****4 Stars**** Review: No Matter What (Sex & Mayhem #4) by K.A. Merikan

--- A gentle heart has no place in an outlaw’s chest ---

Ghost. Not a member of the Coffin Nails MC. Not a doctor anymore. Not gay.
Luca. Bent, not broken. Will not let go of Ghost. No matter what.

Ghost finds out the hard way that people you meet online aren’t always who they seem to be. When he met ‘Zara’ five years ago, they became inseparable. She’s been with him through the rough and the smooth. He’s been there for her when her abusive boyfriend had her in tears.

She is The One, and despite all his friends considering him crazy, Ghost is about to propose.

But ‘Zara’ turns out to be Luca, and Luca is most definitely a guy. Yet Luca is the same person with big dark eyes, so desperate to be saved that Ghost can’t help but fall head first.

Luca’s so-called boyfriend is not just abusive. He is a Sicilian drug lord, a man dangerous and ruthless. If Ghost is to ever save the person who wreaked havoc on his heart, he has to make a deal with the Coffin Nails MC. But being a member is a destiny he’s always tried to avoid. And when a life of violence becomes too much to bear, he might be the one needing Luca to catch him when he falls.

This is the first book I've read written by K.A. Merikan and I really enjoyed it. This is Ghost and Luca's unconventional story. Ghost initially meets Zara (aka Luca) while playing an online game and they have a virtual relationship for five years. Zara has a secret, she's a man and owned by a Sicilian drug lord in order to payoff his family debt.

While Zara is visiting the U.S., Ghost decides to meet up with her and propose. To Ghost's astonishment he discovers Zara's true identity. Ghost's decides not to leave without Luca, although he turned out to be a man. Ghost, with assistance, abducts Luca to save him from further abuse. Unfortunately, it wasn't going to be that easy. There were deals that needed to made and lives that would be changed.

Although Ghost discovers that Zara is a man, he still has true feeling for him. Ghost uncovers his suppressed feelings and decides to give a relationship with Luca a shot. In order to get Luca out of the clutches of the mafia, Ghost has to make a deal with the devil (aka the Coffin Nails MC). Ghost and Luca make many sacrifices for each other, for their relationship and for their safety. Overtime Ghost accepts who he is and who he loves. It goes beyond gender, it's about true connection. Although the story contains violence, it's truly a beautiful love story of two lost souls who find each other despite all odds and do everything in their power to protect each other.