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Dark Temptations/Dark Inheritance by Charlotte Byrd-reviews

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Dark Temptations/Dark Inheritance (Dark Intentions 4 & 5) by Charlotte Byrd-reviews

DARK TEMPTATIONS
( Dark Intentions 4)
by Charlotte Byrd
Genre: adult,contemporary,romantic,suspense

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date September 20, 2021

I pushed her away to keep my secrets to myself. What I don’t yet know is that her life is already in danger.
I have so many regrets. If we had never met, she’d be safe now.
Some love stories are a slow burn. Ours was quick to ignite, scorching and branding our souls before we’ve even taken that first breath.
Everything around me blurred and all that existed were his lips, his touch…
The chase and the heat between us became addictive.
Our nights together were a distraction; one we craved to the point of letting the world crumble around us.
We should have paid attention; we should have known that it would come to this.
We both knew it couldn’t last, but that didn’t change what we desired most.
All we wanted was each other…
Dark Temptation is the fourth novel in the Dark Intentions series. It is a dark romance/romantic suspense about debt, lies, wealth, crime and family bonds.

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REVIEW: DARK TEMPTATIONS is the fourth instalment in Charlotte Byrd’s contemporary, adult DARK INTENTIONS romantic, suspense serial focusing on businessman Dante, and journalist/receptionist Jacqueline Archer. DARK TEMPTATIONS should not be read as a stand alone as it picks up after the events and cliff hanger of book three DARK SINS.

NOTE: If you have not read the previous instalments, there may be spoilers in my review.

SOME BACKGROUND: Jacqueline Archer’s mother needed a life saving procedure, and our heroine needed a quick influx of cash. On the recommendation of her best friend Allison, Jacqueline applies for an exclusive membership to the $ex club Redemption, where she will meet businessman Dante Langston. This is their story.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Dante and Jacqueline) DARK TEMPTATIONS picks up immediately after the fall-out of perceived betrayal, secrets and lies. Jacqueline and her mother have been mourning the death of her brother Michael but recent information has come to light regarding Michael’s supposed demise. Searching for answers, and struggling with the potential betrayal of the man with whom she was falling in love, Jacqueline reconnected with someone from her past, a reconnection that was about to give fodder to Dante’s need to push our heroine aside but Dante’s life was quickly spiralling out of control, as Jacqueline is caught between head and heart not knowing whom to trust including our story line hero. As Dante begins to reveal the truth about his past, Jacqueline will discover that her relationship with Dante has placed a target on her back, a target she may not be able to outrun.

DARK TEMPTATIONS is a revealing and intriguing story line wherein Dante reveals the struggles and abuse of a young boy growing up in boarding school, and his need to exact revenge against those who did him harm. Learning at the feet of father, both Dante and his brother Lincoln, now find themselves paying for sins of the father, sins that now threaten the people they love. Charlotte Byrd continues to pull the reader into a twisted story of power and control, secrets and lies, family, fraud and catastrophic choices.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Dark Intentions
Dark Redemption
Dark Sins

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DARK INHERITANCE
Dark Intentions 5
by Charlotte Byrd
Genre: adult,contemporary,romantic,suspense

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 26, 2021.

Now that all of our secrets are out in the open, we must live with the choices we made and the truth of who we really are.
Jacqueline has found out the truth about her brother, the secret that I vowed to never reveal. She wants to see him again and doesn’t care that it will endanger not only her life but all of ours.
The thing that I have feared has happened. The worst of the worst men are after us and they only have one goal: to take our lives.
It’s time to RUN.
Darkness descends. Yet hope remains.
The danger that I tried to keep at bay this whole time has come for us with a vengeance.
Will we ever have a happily ever after or will our life together (what’s possibly left of it) continue to teeter on the edge?

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REVIEW:  DARK INHERITANCE is the fifth and final instalment in Charlotte Byrd’s contemporary, adult DARK INTENTIONS romantic, suspense serial focusing on businessman/assassin Dante Langston, and journalist/receptionist Jacqueline Archer. DARK INHERITANCE should not be read as a stand alone as it picks up after the events and cliff hanger of book four DARK TEMPTATIONS

NOTE: If you have not read the previous instalments, there may be spoilers in my review.

SOME BACKGROUND: Jacqueline Archer’s mother needed a life saving procedure, and our heroine needed a quick influx of cash. On the recommendation of her best friend Allison, Jacqueline applies for an exclusive membership to the $ex club Redemption, where she will meet businessman Dante Langston. This is their story.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Dante and Jacqueline) and several third person perspectives DARK INHERITANCE picks up immediately after the events and cliff hanger of book four DARK TEMPTATIONS.Dante Langston’s father has resurfaced following a life of crime, and with it everyone he loves is now in danger. Not wanting to place Jacqueline in the direct line of fire, Dante and Jacqueline go their separates ways, never forgetting about the love they left behind but Dante’s father has plans to retaliate against the people he believes have done him wrong, and in this Jacqueline will find herself reunited with the man that calls to her heart. Years will pass, Dante and Jacqueline will move on with their lives together , start a family, and look forward to their own happily ever after but the past, once again, resurfaces, and with it betrayal from a familiar but not surprising source.

Meanwhile, Jacqueline’s brother Michael has ‘returned from the dead’, and continues to ask forgiveness from the sister whose heart he broke months before but Dante is in desperate need of help, and a debt owed must be paid by Jacqueline’s brother.

DARK INHERITANCE is an intriguing story that closes several open ended plot points involving a number of secondary and supporting characters. We learn about the depth of betrayal, and the truth behind Dante’s father’s ongoing troubles and ‘desire’ to run, as well as Dante’s brother’s Lincoln marital woes, and growing family. Jacqueline and Dante spend a large portion of the story line apart, each moving forward without one another but once reunited, the story line skips several years wherein our couple look to the future, all the while, continuing to look behind. The slow building premise is captivating but felt rushed to the finish; the characters are impassioned; the romance is intense-the $ex scenes are limited .

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Reviews by Sandy

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Dark Redemption/Dark Sins by Charlotte Byrd-reviews

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Dark Redemption/Dark Sins (Dark Intentions 2 & 3) by Charlotte Byrd-reviews

DARK REDEMPTION
(Dark Intentions 2)
by Charlotte Byrd
Genre: adult, contemporary, dark, romantic suspense

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ABOUT THE BOOK : Release Date July 5, 2021.

He saved my mother’s life. Now, I owe him a debt. But I don’t even know who he is.

Dante Langston is man of extreme wealth and privilege and just as much darkness.
Our time together was supposed to be a one night stand.
No names. No phone numbers. No other way to get in touch.
But I keep going back to look for him.
What I don’t yet know is that he already knows me.
He has been watching and waiting. He needs to stay away to protect his secrets but he can’t.
Neither can I.
I’m addicted to his lips and his touch. He’s addicted to our shared pain.
What happens when I find out the debt I owe is to him?
What happens when I find out the other secrets that he is much more desperate to keep?

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REVIEW: DARK REDEMPTION is the second instalment in Charlotte Byrd’s contemporary adult DARK INTENTIONS erotic, romantic suspense trilogy. This is the continuing story of businessman Dante Langston, and receptionist/ journalism major Jacqueline Archer’s story line. DARK REDEMPTION should not be read as a stand alone as it picks up immediately after the events and cliff hanger of book one DARK INTENTIONS.

NOTE: If you have not read book one, there may be spoilers in my review.

SOME BACKGROUND: Jacqueline Archer’s mother needed a life saving procedure, and our heroine needed a quick influx of cash. On the recommendation of her best friend Allison, Jacqueline applies for an exclusive membership to the $ex club Redemption, where she will meet businessman Dante Langston. This is their story.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Jacqueline and Dante) DARK REDEMPTION picks up immediately after the events and cliff hanger of book one wherein Dante has gone behind our heroine’s back, and in doing so, angered Jacqueline such that neither one spoke to one another in several months. A chance meeting on the beach in the Hampton’s finds Dante and Jacqueline rekindling their relationship, a relationship that is about to take a different turn. Dante is struggling with a recent account, and Jacqueline may be the perfect foil to uncover the who and what of the man in charge. What ensues is the rebuilding romance and relationship between Jacqueline and Dante, and the potential fall-out as Dante’s past refuses to remain buried and gone.

Meanwhile, Dante’s brother Lincoln’s wife is pregnant but her husband is all but an absentee spouse. Secrets will reveal that all is not well between Lincoln and Marguerite, and in this, Dante and Jacqueline find themselves caught in the middle of a potential minefield of secrets and lies.

The relationship between Dante and Jacqueline begins acrimoniously as neither one is ready to forgive and forget. Jacqueline is upset that Dante has gone behind her back even though his intentions helped and did no physical harm. Dante’s actions have placed our hero in a precarious position, not with with Jacqueline, but with his dysfunctional family, who keep secrets buried from one another.

We are reintroduced to Dante’s brother Lincoln and his wife Marguerite, as well as their mother Adele, and Jacqueline’s best friend Allison.

DARK REDEMPTION follows several paths focusing on the back and forth, up and down relationship of our story line couple, but also on the relationships between Allison and Jacqueline, and Marguerite and Lincoln, Lincoln and Dante, everyone and Adele. The are a number of secrets, lies and betrayal that everyone continues to dance around, and it is only a matter of time before everything is revealed. The premise is engaging; the romance is tender ; the characters are struggling = DARK REDEMPTION ends on a cliff hanger-you have been warned.

Click HERE for Sandy’s review of book one DARK INTENTIONS

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DARK SINS
(Dark Intentions 3)
by Charlotte Byrd
Genre: adult, contemporary, dark, romantic suspense

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date August 2, 2021

When I saved her mother’s life, I didn’t do it with my own money. I took out a debt. Now I have to go back to my old life.

I have certain skills that people are willing to pay a lot of money for.
Everything has a price, and Jacqueline was worth it.
But what happens when I make mistakes? What happens when the debt I have to pay becomes too great and the darkness that envelops me becomes too much?

From bestselling author Charlotte Byrd comes an intense romance about debts, lies and secrets and the extent to which people go for love.

A letter arrives.
It was not an accident. It was murder.
But who did it? Why?
The cops think it’s a false lead. There’s no other evidence, but I have to do everything to find out the truth.
My brother’s death is no longer a tragedy to get over, but a wrong to put right. It becomes my obsession.
What happens when I start to uncover the lies?

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REVIEW: DARK SINS is the third instalment in Charlotte Byrd’s contemporary, adult DARK INTENTIONS dark, romantic, suspense series. DARK SINS is the continuing story of businessman Dante Langston, and receptionist/ journalism major Jacqueline Archer’s story line. DARK SINS should not be read as a stand alone as it picks up immediately after the events and cliff hanger of book one DARK REDEMPTION

NOTE: If you have not read book one and two, there may be spoilers in my review.

SOME BACKGROUND: Jacqueline Archer’s mother needed a life saving procedure, and our heroine needed a quick influx of cash. On the recommendation of her best friend Allison, Jacqueline applies for an exclusive membership to the $ex club Redemption, where she will meet businessman Dante Langston. This is their story.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Dante and Jacqueline) following several paths, DARK SINS picks up immediately after the events of Dark Redemption wherein Jacqueline and Dante have reunited in the Hampton’s, and the demons from Dante’s past begin to make a reappearance but all is not well in Dante’s life, when his mother, brother and estranged father make demands that Dante struggles to commit. As Dante continues to battle with a questionable business account, Jacqueline offers to go ‘undercover’ in an effort to find information about the who, what and why. While in Seattle interviewing for the job, Jacqueline reconnects with an old flame that pushes Dante out of her life.

Meanwhile, an anonymous letter addressed to Jacqueline’s mother claims Jacqueline’s brother Michael’s death was no accident, and our heroine and mother are hoping for the police to reopen the investigation but secrets and lies are about to reveal more than anyone could have ever imagined.

DARK SINS is a revealing and haunting addition to the Dark Intentions series. Charlotte Byrd pulls the reader into a world of secrets and lies, betrayal and vengeance, power and control. The fast paced,character driven premise is gripping and intriguing; the characters are edgy but flawed. DARK SINS ends on a cliff hanger-you have been warned.

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Reviews by Sandy

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Dark Intentions (Dark Intentions 1) by Charlotte Byrd-a review

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DARK INTENTIONS (Dark Intentions 1) by Charlotte Byrd-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date June 7, 2021

One debt. One secret. One night.

I have a secret and I’ll do everything in my power to keep it that way.
I’ve been watching her for a long time.
I’ve been following her.
She’s lost a brother. I lost a best friend, but no one could ever know.
She’s in pain, and so am I.
She deserves so much better than me. I am rotten to the core and if I take this any further, I will pull her into my darkness.
But I can’t stay away. I can’t stop.
What happens when she starts to uncover my lies? What happens if love isn’t enough?

I’m not supposed to know his name and he’s not supposed to know mine. But we break that rule. That’s not the only one.

He gives me chills and makes my body ache. He makes my pain go away. He’s just a distraction, but I can’t get enough of him.

What I don’t know yet is that he will help save my mother’s life.
What I don’t know yet is that I’ll owe him a debt.
What I don’t know yet is that he is a man of many secrets. Secrets dark enough to break us both.

Dark Intentions is the first novel in the Dark Intentions series. It is a dark romance/romantic suspense about debt, lies, wealth, crime and family bonds. There is no cheating.

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REVIEW: DARK INTENTIONS is the first instalment in Charlotte Byrd’s contemporary adult DARK INTENTIONS erotic, romantic suspense trilogy. This is businessman Dante Langston, and receptionist Jacqueline Archer’s story line.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Dante and Jacqueline) DARK INTENTIONS follows Jacqueline Archer as she struggles with events in her life. Her twin brother Michael was killed three months earlier; her mother Elizabeth’s cancer has returned with a vengeance, and the experimental treatment costs are out of her reach. When a friend suggests the $ex club Redemption to blow off a little steam, Jacqueline finds herself up close and personal with mystery man Dante (Langston), a man who stirs something deep within our story line heroine. An anonymous donor pays for Elizabeth’s treatment but all is not well when the treatments begin.

Meanwhile, Dante’s brother Lincoln’s life is about to implode, and our hero battles with head office regarding the investment into a company with questionable financial anomalies but Dante is about to drop everything when a call from Jacqueline reveals her mother’s failing health.

DARK INTENTIONS is a story of secrets, power, money and control. Dante Langston knows more about Jacqueline Archer than has yet to be revealed, and in this their connection may be deeper than anyone could have imagined. The premise is intriguing; the romance is steamy; the characters are battling personal and professional demons at every turn.

I do have one particular issue with the time line in this particular instalment. It is mentioned Dante’s mother was a socialite in the 1960s; her first husband left her in 1968, yet she supposedly just turned sixty years old. The story is set in the present as there is mention of an Apple™ watch, but to have been married in 1968, Dante’s mother Marguerite would have been seven years old…therefore, the author needs to re-establish a correct timeline otherwise Dante’s mother is not 60 but closer to 75-80 years old.

DARK INTENTIONS ends on a cliff hanger-you have been warned.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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