REVIEW: Kismet by Nicky James

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KISMET

by Nicky James

Release Date: December 22, 2025

Review

Fantastically written, morally gray mystery romance, with many twists and turns, that will make you question your feelings and will have you unsure where you stand!


I had to question my own feelings along the way - a serial killer is making a point, but now Kobe has to figure out what that is in order to solve it. His own feelings on the case, along with his burgeoning feelings for the new sexy pathologist, Dom, make for an emotional story. 


Their romance is sweet and tender, surrounded by death and darkness.


I enjoyed the hometown setting, exploring the city through the murderer, the detectives and these two men falling in love.

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Synopsis

My name is Dominique Chevalier, and I am broken. Two years ago, a beloved part of me died. Angelique was everything, but she left me alone.

Alone with an infant, a broken heart, unimaginable pain, and a promise that I’ll never forget.

After relocating and taking a job as Ottawa’s chief forensic pathologist, I find purpose.

I find escape from the anguish that threatens to drown me.

I find him.

Detective Kobe Haven is everything I can’t have but everything I want.

Our paths cross when we are called to investigate a murder. Kobe is charming, smart, and relentless, but I can’t move on. I’m not ready. Before I know what’s happening, he’s under my skin, inside my veins, warming a special place in my heart.

I can’t turn him off.

He’s all I think about.

But do I really know him?

Does he really know me?

As the case unravels and the bodies pile up, true feelings surface.

Winter storms rage. Spring is nothing more than a feverish wish on a cold night. Eternally out of reach.

Or is it?

Is Kobe someone I can trust?

Is he someone I can love?


**This is an MM romantic mystery. The case under investigation deals with heavy, possibly triggering topics. A list of content warnings can be found on my website.**

About Nicky James

I live in the small town of Petrolia, Ontario, Canada and I am a mother to a wonderful teenage boy (didn't think those words could be typed together...surprise) and wife to a truly supportive and understanding husband, who thankfully doesn't think I'm crazy.


I have always had two profound dreams in life. To fall back hundreds of years in time and live in a simpler world, not bogged down by technology and to write novels. Since only one of these was a possibility I decided to make the other come alive on paper.

I write mm romance novels that take place in fantastical medieval type settings and love to use the challenges of the times to give my stories and characters life.


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