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Book Review: Hated

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  At twelve years old, I killed my mother and found my father dead in the bathtub. I didn’t mean to; at least, that’s what I tell myself. Years of neglect, cruelty, and being told I wasn’t really her daughter pushed something inside me past the point of return. When she stood over me with a shattered wine glass, I snapped. Sometimes I think I regret it. Other times, I wonder if she was right—if I was never meant to be human at all. That was a lifetime ago. I’ve spent years learning how to hide the monster that came out that night. But monsters recognize their own. When my violence resurfaces and blood stains my hands once again, someone notices. Someone who saw me back then too, only he hadn’t found me yet. Larkin never pretended to be anything but a monster. For years, he’s carved a path through the Pacific Northwest, hunting the girl who unknowingly stole his first kill. Instead of ending me, he draws me into a deadly game—one I shouldn’t enjoy, no matter how intoxicating it feel...

Book Review: Heartless

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  Eighteen years ago, Cassian Byers murdered his older sister. And I witnessed the whole thing. For nearly two decades, I’ve fought to bury the memories of my troubled childhood, which includes the haunting image of my babysitter’s murder. Life in Hayden Fields has been eerily calm—no big crimes or chaos—until now. Until the first girl dies. And I see Cassian outside of my window on the first night of October. It seems he remembers me just as well as I remember him. And when teenagers start showing up dead, there’s only one likely suspect. Except I’m the only one who seems to think so. To everyone else, he’s quiet and reserved; polite enough to sway public opinion in his favor. But I know the truth: he’s responsible for these murders, and he’s watching me. Now, I must find a way to prove it—without becoming his next victim. * HEARTLESS  is a contemporary dark romance standalone set in the Pleasure & Prey universe. This is an MF romance. This book contains scenes of violenc...

Book Review: Pretty Little Killer

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  I should’ve been able to leave them in the past, especially once I’d gone home for winter break. Yet as soon as my plane touches down in St. Augustine, my sweetest nightmares are waiting for me, reminding me of all of the reasons I can’t stop thinking about them. I tell myself that I need to end this before I’m the one with a knife in my stomach; that Oliver and Rook are the worst kind of people and certainly not capable of love. Until the unthinkable happens when they aren’t around, leaving me broken, hurting, and confused. Suddenly I can’t tell what’s right or wrong anymore, and their darkness beckons to all of my broken edges, promising me something I can’t find outside of their embrace. But once I give into the darkness they offer, I’ll never be able to go back to who I was. And that’s exactly what they want. Pretty Little Killer   is the second book of the Pretty Obsessions series. It includes MMF, MFM, MM, and mature content. To see a full list of possible triggers, us...