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  Trapped by a man who said he loved her. Trapped by a man who said he would never do it again. Trapped in a marriage that had long lost its love. There was a darker secret that Sigmund never told. He was trapped in a game, that once you play… There was no escape. No other way out. With each pawn in place. The Game Master can begin. One was Innocent. One was Tarnished. One was Guilty. Another was a stalker. Another was a killer. Death. Obsession. When the Game Master has their hands on you. There’s no escape. My Review Sigmund awakes to find himself with blood on his hands...literally. Before he can comprehend what has happened, he gets a phone call. He is told he has to play a game or his wife; Ember will meet her demise.  I have not read any of the prior books in this series. Yet, this book can be read as a standalone novel. If you like horror books or movies like Saw or Escape Room themed movies, then, you will want to check out this book. I do want to say though that the g...

  Step beyond the rain-covered glass and into a greenhouse that awakens only after nightfall. In The Greenhouse That Bloomed Only at Night, a lone caretaker moves quietly through the lantern-lit corridors of a vast Victorian greenhouse while rain falls steadily against the outer glass and rare flowers slowly unfold beneath the humid dark. Through fern passages, orchid chambers, lily pools, tropical domes and elevated iron walkways, the greenhouse follows its long nocturnal rhythm while the outside world disappears into mist, condensation and silence. Written as a calm and immersive sleep story for adults, this atmospheric bedtime story unfolds slowly across a single rain-soaked night. Heating pipes murmur beneath old stone floors. Lantern reflections move across wet glass. Water gathers on leaves and iron framework while night-blooming flowers open according to the warmth, humidity and passing hours before dawn. There is no danger here. No violence. No urgency. Only the quiet movem...

  Luca 'Bones' Bonetti My rightful place is at the head of the Bonetti empire. With my father dying, the pressure is on to prove I’m the man he can trust with his legacy. He has but one stipulation. I, Luca Bonetti, certified playboy, must take a wife. When I find a stunning brunette attempting to steal from me, everything changes. Sweet little thief. She may be beautiful, but she chose the wrong man to mess with. I have two choices. Kill her or use her to get what I want more than anything. What I hadn’t bargained Her refusal. Her little body tempting me at every turn. Her sassy little mouth. What she doesn’t realize is the harder she fights, the more it thrills me. I love a challenge. And breaking in my butterfly will be nothing short of exhilarating. My Review Luca aka Bones has caught a "butterfly" Athena. Bones is not about to let Athena go any time soon. For anyone in Athena's situation, they would cower but not Athena. She is reliant and as the story progre...

  She bet me she could break the wildest horse on the ranch. I should've known she'd break me instead. I gave up bull riding when a two-thousand-pound monster shattered my leg and nearly killed me. Now I break horses for the Shotgun Saints and keep my head down. Stay loyal to my Prez. Don't touch what doesn't belong to me. Especially not Dakota—Phantom's daughter, Sharp's rodeo princess, and the woman I've been trying not to want for the last few years. She was too young when I patched in. Jail bait wrapped in denim and daddy's protection. So, I kept my distance, watched her climb the barrel racing circuit, and told myself she was off-limits. Then she won regionals, got drunk on victory, and made a bet in front of the entire she'd break the meanest mustang on the ranch. If she succeeded, I'd take her to nationals. Not as her protector—as her man. I should've walked away, should've laughed it off. Instead, I shook her hand and sealed both ...

  Rule #1: Never work with your enemy. Rule #2: Definitely don’t sleep with him either Rule #3: Never get emotionally invested in your quirky small hometown. Unfortunately, I’ve broken all three rules… When a career-ending scandal sends me back to Maplewood, Vermont, I need to lay low and figure out my next steps. Instead, I find my hometown in crisis. The local economy is struggling, the beloved Maple Festival has been stolen by a rival town, and I’m forced to work side by side with Mayor Gabriel Harding, my childhood rival and the town’s optimistic hometown hero. Helping Gabe save Maplewood should be simple. I’m a political strategist. He’s a small-town mayor. Together, we’re supposed to save Maplewood. The problem? Gabe refuses to see me as the villain I think I am. Every time I push him away, he fights harder for me, for this town, and for the future neither of us imagined. Somewhere between arguing over town budgets, getting snowed in together, and one ill-advised one-night...

  WHAT TO EXPECT: Pitch black plot Serious on page NC Bodily Mutilation N*crophilia YOU CAN OUTRUN A MONSTER. YOU CAN’T OUTRUN A DEMON DISGUISED AS A GOD They took my name first. Then my face. I was brought here to pay for sins that were never mine. Traded, reshaped, and punished until the woman I used to be is completely erased. They say I look like her. They demand that I become her; become a living ghost. And when I fail, they remind me what happens to replacements that don’t fit their requirements. For a long time, I believe there is only one man doing this. His cruelty and obsession simply wearing different moods like a living god who punishes and absolves at whim. By the time I learn the truth, that there are in fact two of them, that they are twins, it’s already too late. I no longer remember who I was before they remade me. And I don’t know if that loss terrifies me…or if surrendering to it is the only way I can survive. My Review Leandra and Lazarus do not have a straightf...