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  Training with Jeramy has been the highlight of my life, but everything changes when I’m sold to the highest bidder. I knew my fate would be harsh, but I never expected to be saved. Fighting is all I have left, but can I survive the corrupt desire? COMPLETED SERIES! The Dark Allegiance series must be read to avoid spoilers and understand who the characters are and where they came from! This is a DARK NOVELLA SERIES with HEAVY TRIGGERS. Reader’s discretion is HIGHLY advised. Book 1: Ruthless Bonds Book 2: Merciful Vow Book 3: Dark Reckoning Book 4: Sinful Deception Book 5: Corrupt Desire Book 6: Brutal Reign Book 7: Hidden Shadows My Review This book is darker again. What I mean is that poor Raelynn really has a horrible experience in this book. There are a few scenes that can be traumatic. Luckily, they are not too long or very graphic. Yet, the scenes are part of the story.  Fortunately for Raelynn, she has Jeramy there by her side. He is her knight in shining armor. With Je...

  I use words like sweet venom to deter others from climbing my walls. I can’t let anyone see all the broken and jagged bits of my soul because they’ll never understand. I have lost so much of myself in the hands of monsters who only wanted to cause pain and destruction in the wake of their power. Amongst the chaos, I never expected them to rebuild me using the very wall I used to shield myself away from the world with. Can we survive the fall, or were we always doomed to be lost in the wreckage? COMPLETED SERIES! The Dark Allegiance series must be read to avoid spoilers and understand who the characters are and where they came from! This is a DARK NOVELLA SERIES with HEAVY TRIGGERS. Reader’s discretion is HIGHLY advised. Book 1: Ruthless Bonds Book 2: Merciful Vow Book 3: Dark Reckoning Book 4: Sinful Deception Book 5: Corrupt Desire Book 6: Brutal Reign Book 7: Hidden Shadows My Review This is Gianna's story. We met her in Merciful Vow, book two in this series. After the tragic e...

  Scottie Price just started a new job, and it's a real sausage fest. She's the only woman on a team filled with Brads and Chads. Expecting a bachelor pad atmosphere, she is quickly corrected when she finds out everyone is happily married. In an effort to impress her boss, Scottie mentions her non-existent husband in a company meeting. But eagle-eyed Chad points out her lack of wedding ring. Panicked, Scottie creates a story about her unhappy marriage. Unfortunately for Scottie, her boss has a solution - a one-on-one session with the best marriage counsellor in the Northeast, who happens to be her boss's husband. With no way out of her lie, Scottie agrees to see him. Frantic, she calls in help from her best friend who sets her up with his brother, an improv-obsessed millionaire. Enter Wilder Wells. More than happy to take on the job, he teaches Scottie the main rule of always say yes. But the rule backfires during the session when Wilder signs them up for an eight-day summe...

  You'll love this book if you enjoy: 🖤 Spicy Taboo Rom Com 🌊 Reverse Age Gap ✨ Love after Loss 🕛 Older Heroine (46) 🖤 Sexual Exploration 🌊 MF, MFM, MM, FF, MF + MF ✨ LGBTQ Rep 🕛 HEA 🖤 Single POV Tragedy struck when I least expected it, leaving me a widow in what was supposed to be the prime of my life. With my daughter away at college, I withdrew further—becoming a reclusive version of myself. The quietness of my big empty house was suffocating, my only form of solace being the rhythmic laps I repeated each day in my pool. Day after day, I remained frozen in time, while the world moved on without me. Until…a year later, at forty-six, two young, handsome men came into my life who were more than willing to help me embark on a steamy journey of self-awakening. I found myself eager to watch and learn…to explore exactly what they were offering. And before long, I was diving deep into more than just the water of my pool. My time with them taught me everything I needed to see that...

  I put him in prison, and now he is out. My brother’s best friend is going to take his revenge, and I will be at his mercy. Sometimes, the most dangerous man can be the sweetest reprieve. Will our past consume us, or will this be our dark reckoning? COMPLETED SERIES! The Dark Allegiance series must be read to avoid spoilers and understand who the characters are and where they came from! This is a DARK NOVELLA SERIES with HEAVY TRIGGERS. Reader’s discretion is HIGHLY advised. Book 1: Ruthless Bonds Book 2: Merciful Vow Book 3: Dark Reckoning Book 4: Sinful Deception Book 5: Corrupt Desire Book 6: Brutal Reign Book 7: Hidden Shadows My Review I have to admit that thus far this book is my favorite in this series. Yes, there is still steamy scenes, but they are few and far between. Which in a way, I liked this a lot as it allowed the storyline to shine more.  Once Nilah realized that Gus was not out for revenge against her, she could relax and give into him. I loved the way they ...

  The guy I just met at the mansion I inherited from a complete stranger? He's drop dead gorgeous. Sexy. And rude with a Capital R. Turns out he's not the hot gardener as I wrongly assumed. He's not only a famous rock star who grew up in the house, he's also ready to fight for it. And being both hot-headed and Irish, he's going to fight hard and dirty. I'm not moving out. Full Stop. But neither is he. So we agree on some simple rules. We'll play roommates for a while. What could possibly go wrong? Living together with an Irish Hothead will surely cause a major storm. Let's hope bracing that storm won't turn into a hurricane. My Review I enjoyed this book a lot. The witty banter between Patrick and Lori is what really hooked me. They were throwing out some sharp barbs. Patrick loved to get under Lori's skin and push her buttons. It made for hilarious moments.  Yet, this was all the part of the romantic buildup. Just if you had told this to Lori an...

  Book 1 of 2: Armas Locas Series BLURB// Survival  is more than living. It is a  desire , a  will , something that  burns  so deep in one’s  soul … Raella is celebrating her fortieth birthday. Her husband, Brian, has decided to take her on a vacation to celebrate the memorable birthday, thus ruining all her birthday plans. She decides to take a solo excursion, only to find herself at the mercy of the Armas Locas, one of the most dangerous and influential Mexican cartels in the area. She becomes the prized possession of their leader, and the prime obsession of their second in command. Can she find a way to survive the emotional entanglement, the physical harassment, and sexual urges of two seriously powerful men and still manage to free herself? If she cannot survive, none of the women taken have a chance at freedom, because they’ve all been lost to the chains of evil. Segundo is second in the Armas Locas cartel. When Raella is brought in, he knows, de...

  Romance Tropes: Single Mom, Small Town, Holiday Romance (Fourth of July), He Falls First, Pleasure Dom, Men in Uniform (Firefighters), Slow Burn, Later in Life Romance “You always this stubborn?” “You always this annoying?” Thirty-four-year-old Claire Moore feels like her life is going up in flames. A newly single mom, she’s juggling a sick kid and a bartending shift when a fire breaks out at High Five in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Per usual, she has to save the day. Enter Jake Schmidt: local firefighter, Marine veteran, and all around good guy who’s distracted by the captivating, strong, sassy, red-headed woman who manages to put out the fire moments before he arrives. And despite their tense first impression, he’s determined to win her over. This blond guy isn’t her usual type, but with the chemistry building by the day, she has to decide if she wants to let him in. Trusting someone new isn’t easy, especially when you’ve been burned before. This heartfelt Fourth of July romance is...

  We are bound by choice, not by blood. Between family secrets and instant connections, we must fight through lies and betrayal in order to survive. Can our merciful vow be enough to save us from the dark? COMPLETED SERIES! The Dark Allegiance series must be read to avoid spoilers and understand who the characters are and where they came from! This is a DARK NOVELLA SERIES with HEAVY TRIGGERS. Reader’s discretion is HIGHLY advised. Book 1: Ruthless Bonds Book 2: Merciful Vow Book 3: Dark Reckoning Book 4: Sinful Deception Book 5: Corrupt Desire Book 6: Brutal Reign Book 7: Hidden Shadows My Review I enjoyed this book in this series. For what Camilla experienced, she is a lot tougher than she first seems. It was meant to be that she crashed her car into Dante's. This is a quick and steamy read.  Speaking of Dante, son of a mafia family. Which I am a sucker for a Mafia man. He does have a gentle side to him. Diego on the other hand is like a fierce bulldog. Yet, I really liked t...

  Kickoff is book one in the Touchdown series. It’s a spinoff from the Wrecked series. 🏈 opposites attract 🏈 high school quarterback 🏈 athlete FMC (swimming) 🏈 touch her and d!e 🏈 he falls first 🏈 childhood friends to enemies to it's complicated 🏈 mental health rep Star quarterback for my high school team, I am at the top of my game. Everyone wants a piece of me. Except the one person I want to give all of me to. Straight A student and swimming champion, Melinda Shepard has no interest in me or my football glory or my dating rep sheet. A few years ago, we’d nearly become friends, but that connection went up in flames before we had time to really get to know each other. When her life is at risk one night, and I’m the only one there to care for her, I’m back in the friendship zone. Finally. Years later, our chemistry hasn’t faded, and that attraction between us is still sizzling. Even though my heart belongs to her, and I’m pretty sure hers is mine too, Melinda is trying to ke...

  From award-winning novelist Lynne Hugo, Mothers of Fate, a masterful story of three women and a young man navigating the complexities of adoption and its aftermath that raises a question for every reader. Does fate direct our lives—or do our own choices? Deana Wilkes, who’s needed braces to walk since a disabling accident long ago, seeks out Monica Connell, an attorney, to find the child she was forced to relinquish in a closed adoption thirty years ago. Back then, Deana believed that the passion between her and Tony, her married boss, meant they were destined for each other. It was wrong, Deana knew, but believed it was also meant to be. Tony’s long gone now, and Deana’s constructed a life out of the wreck of their affair. She’s ready to finally make things right and meet her son. But Monica’s wife, Angela, was adopted herself after an early history of abandonment and foster homes. Devoted to the memory of her parents, she’s certain that closed adoptions need to remain closed un...

  Claire speaks with the dead every day, and honestly, sometimes she prefers them to the living. But when the monstrous caretakers of the Beyond escape their otherwordly tethers, and a mysterious (and admittedly handsome) Guardian arrives in her world to re-capture them, Claire's life is turned upside-down. She never expected that the responsibility of saving the damn world would rest on her weary shoulders. Someone pass her the whiskey, please. Constantine  meets  Supernatural  in this page-turning paranormal urban fantasy set in the Gaslamp of San Diego, from poet and debut fiction author Sierra Zounes. From the cover... The city of San Diego is filled with people just trying to make ends meet, and the dead are no different. No one knows that better than Claire Reed, gifted (or cursed) with the ability to see spirits of the departed. Struggling on the wrong side of twenty and down on her luck, Claire is stuck performing séances that barely pay the rent. Maybe if bo...

  Father A man of the cloth, one shaken in his faith, realizes his childhood best friend’s daughter is missing. Since his friend is long gone, Luca feels the responsibility of finding her. But when his faith and his allegiances are already on shaky ground, the Father finds he might have left well enough alone. Because the sassy strength that is Sloane Collins is no match for a man teetering on the edge of diving headfirst into a life headed straight for perdition. Taken hostage by one of the five families of New York, Sloane battles the odds and stays alive. Until she’s sold to a worse man than her captor. Digging into herself, she finds faith she didn’t know she had previously, begging on bent knee for a god she didn’t believe in beforehand to spare her. To save her. When HE walks through the door, killing everyone in his path and bathing in their blood, he becomes the one she’ll worship. Become her savior. My Review This newest offering in this series is one that you don't want t...

  Chosen in spite, I am just a means to an end. Sometimes, there is far more than meets the eye, and we all have lessons to learn. Connecting through a desire for revenge, we form an unbreakable and ruthless bond. COMPLETED SERIES! The Dark Allegiance series must be read to avoid spoilers and understand who the characters are and where they came from! This is a DARK NOVELLA SERIES with HEAVY TRIGGERS. Reader’s discretion is HIGHLY advised. Book 1: Ruthless Bonds Book 2: Merciful Vow Book 3: Dark Reckoning Book 4: Sinful Deception Book 5: Corrupt Desire Book 6: Brutal Reign Book 7: Hidden Shadows My Review If you are familiar with Emily's writing, then you are aware that her books are dark. They FMC does not have an easy life. In fact, they experience trauma. This novella is no different. This novella kicks things off right in this series.  The first opening scene is rough to read. However, readers will be happy to know that the MMCs get served just what they deserved in the en...