Blade (RBMC: Dallas TX 4) by Kristine Allen-review

Posted on November 2, 2024 by Sandy

💚☠️Blade (RBMC: Dallas TX 4) by Kristine Allen-review💚☠️

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date October 31, 2024

Blade

I’m Finley, but no one has called me that in a long time. My brothers know me as Blade and that suits me fine. When they need the really dirty work done, they call me in. There’s a darkness in me that has no issue inflicting pain. Sometimes I think I crave it.

Despite my brothers falling like flies, I certainly don’t believe in love or relationships—at least not for me. Everyone believed I moved to Texas to watch over Sage, the truth was I was running. I ran from something that terrified me more than staring down the barrel of a gun.

Eliska.

She’d been through hell and she deserved better than me. I couldn’t give her what she wanted so I left. Except she just showed up in Texas with storm cloud eyes full of determination. Danger is looming. Death and destruction are closing in. Things with the club are about to turn upside down and we’re going to make some dangerous enemies. The last thing I need are distractions in the form of a golden-haired goddess.

I will only hurt her—break her. Yet, I’ll cave if I can’t get her to leave. I’ll claim her as mine and that will likely destroy us both.

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REVIEW:BLADE by Kristine Allen is the fourth instalment in Kristine Allen’s contemporary, adult RBMC: DALLAS TX dark, erotic, paranormal romance series, set in the multi-authored RBMC world. This is Finley aka Blade, and Eliska’s story line. BLADE can be read as a stand alone but for back story and cohesion, I recommend reading books one and two TAMING RAPTOR and RAPTOR’S REVENGE.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there WILL BE triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Blade and Eliska) following several timelines BLADE focuses on the return of the woman Blade left behind. Blade doesn’t do relationships , and believing he had failed the woman he loves as a sister (Sage), the return of Eliska places a target on the RBMC: Dallas but all is not well in the world of the RBMC, and with several chapters targeted and all but decimated, the Dallas chapter find themselves at a crossroads when the survivors announce a change in direction for the future.

The world building focuses on betrayal and loss as the remaining RBMC members must come to terms with a possible betrayal, and their future going forward. As the death and destruction destroy the numerous chapters of the RBMC, a new focus and a new future may be the only option remaining.

The relationship between Blade and Eliska is one of second chances but Blade believes he doesn’t deserve love; punishment is his way of proving he is alive, with an ability to feel but when the woman he loves is targeted, Blade must come to terms with his heritage, and the secrets that will be revealed. The $ex scenes are intimate yet aggressive.

There is a large ensemble cast of familiar and dynamic secondary and supporting many of whom we have met in the interconnected world of the RBMC including Raptor and Sage (Taming Raptor / Raptor’s Revenge), and characters from RBMC: Ankeny.

BLADE is a story of betrayal and vengeance, secrets and lies, acceptance and forgiveness, and the supernatural. The fast paced premise is dramatic, captivating, and dark; the romance is impassioned; the characters are broken yet determined.

Reading Order and Previous reviews
Taming Raptor
Raptor’s Revenge
Sparking Ares

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Reviewed by Sandy

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Kristine Allen lives in beautiful Central Texas with her adoring husband. They have four brilliant, wacky and wonderful children. She is surrounded by twenty six acres, where her seven horses, six dogs and three cats run the place. Kristine realized her dream of becoming a contemporary romance author after years of reading books like they were going out of style and having her own stories running rampant through her head. She works as a nurse, but in stolen moments, taps out ideas and storylines until they culminate in characters and plots that pull her readers in and keep them entranced for hours.

Firethorne: A Dark, Gothic Romance by Nikki J Summers-review

Posted on November 2, 2024 by Sandy

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date October 30, 2024

They told me Firethorne would be my salvation. But all I found were sinners hiding inside those walls.

Firethorne is a place best viewed from afar. Strangers aren’t welcome in the dark, gothic mansion. A mansion steeped in twisted myths and urban legends. No one really knows the truth about Firethorne or its elusive family. If they did, they’d realise the reality is far worse than any of the secrets they’ve heard whispered in the town.

When Maya Cole’s father falls on hard times, everything seems hopeless, until the day he’s given a lifeline. A live-in post at the Firethorne estate…

For him and his daughter. He thinks all their prayers have been answered. But Maya is no fool. She knows to be careful what you wish for.

And after meeting the Firethornes, she learns that wishes sometimes turn into nightmares. Devilishly beguiling and wickedly corrupt, they try to pull her into their games of lies and deceit. But with Maya, they soon learn, what they can’t have, they can’t resist. Which only makes the chase even sweeter.

But they’re not the only ones chasing her. Someone else is lurking in the shadows.

Watching…

Waiting…

Biding their time…

Ready to show her that the devil you know isn’t always the one you should trust.

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REVIEW: Where do I start?

With a list as long as a shopping list of warnings first I think. There are many, and I’d advise you to look at them first, they are on the authors web page.

And with that done, let’s get to the story….

I must admit, I read the blurb/cover wrong! I thought it was a college/university story. But it’s not! It’s set in a creepy mansion! “Gothic vibes” already.

But once I realised my mistake, and stopped looking for students I got right in 😝

Maya and her father are on their way to a new life…. Becoming destitute after a few bad choices with investments, (dad was a financial advisor) the pair are given a chance at a new start! But Maya didn’t want to come, her life was back home, her studies were going great. But after losing her mother and nearly losing her father, Maya decided that caring for her father was more important!

Miranda/Lysander/Damien live at Firethorne mansion. Rich kids with nothing to do all day but make plans on how to ruin lives! So when Maya and her dad come to stay… A new game is invented! 😦 except that Damien doesn’t want to play! He’s bored with silly games!

There are some scary moments (check your triggers). There are a few light hearted moments. The sass that Maya has did make me think she wouldn’t be that easy of a target. (Although I did want to shake her a few times!)

Yes it’s a slow burn romance, nothing happens till nearly 1/3 of the way into the book. But once it does 🥵 🥵 🥵 all bets are off 😜

I loved the premise of the book. Definitely “cruel intentions” vibe. People playing with others emotions. Who do you trust?

Daddy Firethorne is just a nasty man. He’s got a hold over them all, always one step ahead. And warping the next generation of Firethorne’s! (Or so he thinks 😮)

Damien is definitely interested in Maya, but doesn’t want to show to show his family any weakness! He’s tried to warn Maya away. And when that doesn’t work he decides to make her his!! 🥵

But no one wants her here, someone is making her life a misery! And can she really trust Damien?

I won’t give the rest of the plot away (I didn’t expect it to go that way if I’m being honest, and it was a BIG surprise!) I don’t want HEA’s for Lysander/Miranda (they really are worth redeeming!)

It’s not a soldier of anarchy or a Sandland story. This baby is a whole different world (but I think him and Adam would have been friends 😜)

After devouring this book in one sitting, I need a cold shower, a bar of chocolate and a blanket for snuggles 🥰

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Reviewed by Julie B 🦋

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Nikki J. Summers is a romance addict who loves to write about strong, feisty heroines and dark, brooding alphas.

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SAVAGE RULE (The Seven Deadly Sinacores 6) by Aidee Jaimes-review

Posted on November 1, 2024 by Sandy

SAVAGE RULE (The Seven Deadly Sinacores 6) by Aidee Jaimes-review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date October 17, 2024

He’s my favorite enemy. The one that makes me burn hotter with every fight. My adrenaline rush.

As The Ferryman’s hit woman, it’s my job to take out each of the men that form the Sinacore Alliance. All worthy opponents. But it’s Gunn Sinclair that gets me hot and bothered.

Huge and sexy as hell, with dimples almost as deadly as the knives he wields, I find myself looking forward to our encounters.

But when he follows me to New Orleans on a mission to take me out, all hell breaks loose between us and the flames rage out of control.

With the lines between enemies and lovers obliterated , we are left with a choice to make. …kiss or kill.

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REVIEW: SAVAGE RULE is the sixth instalment in Aidee Jaimes’ contemporary, adult THE SEVEN DEADLY SINACORES dark, erotic, crime world series. This is Alliance member Gunner ‘Gunn’ Sinclair, and assassin Scarlet Black’s story line. SAVAGE RULE can be read as a stand alone but for back story and cohesion, I recommend reading the series in order as there is an ongoing premise throughout.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers including knife play.

SOME BACKGROUND: All is not well in the criminal underworld, several of the men in charge of the most powerful families in America have been murdered, and there is a connection for all to a murder from the past. The survivors, headed by Luca Sinacore, have formed a group known as the Sinacore Alliance, in an effort to take down the person(s) responsible for the death and destruction of family and friends.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Gunn and Scarlet ) SAVAGE RULE focuses on the building but forbidden relationship between our story line couple. Scarlet Black is an assassin who, on orders from a person known as The Ferryman, is methodically killing anyone with a connection to the man in charge but Scarlett’s latest assignment has our heroine struggling with orders in the face of questionable validation, and the appearance of the man with whom Scarlet will fall in love. Enter Gunner Sinclair, a member of the Sinacore Alliance, and a man who is determined to protect Scarlett with his life. Sentenced to death by the Alliance, Scarlet finds herself facing her executioner, the man who stirs something inside Scarlet she long thought dead and gone. In hiding, our couple find themselves reconsidering the future in the face of their own betrayal of the people in charge.

The world building follows the forbidden relationship between our story line couple. For months, an assassin, working on behalf of the man known as The Ferryman , has been systematically killing anyone with connections to the Ferryman’s past, a past mired in death and destruction of someone he loved. Scarlet Black owes her life to The Ferryman but in the wake of some ambiguous targets, Scarlet begins to questions The Ferryman’s decisions. Gunner Sinclair, Luca’s right hand man and best friend, knows that to stop the killings he must stop the woman known as Scarlet Black but Gunner sees something beneath the cold façade of a contracted killer, a woman who is hurting for sins of the past.

The relationship between Gunn and Scarlet is one of the forbidden. Scarlett is Gunner Sinclair’s target, and Gunner is Scarlet Black’s mark but their mutual objectives find themselves re-evaluating their option, their futures in the face of their own demise. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate.

The secondary and supporting characters are limited. We see the return of Lucan Sinacore, his wife Carina; The Ferryman aka Gideon Black, and Maise Cameron.

SAVAGE RULE is a story of betrayal and hurt, power and control, family and relationships, forgiveness and love. The premise is intriguing, emotional and haunting; the characters are animated, determined and desperate; the romance is thought provoking and spirted. SAVAGE RULE ends on a bit of a cliff hanger-you have been warned.

Previous reviews and Reading Order
Merciless Vows
Ruthless Heir
Cruel Prince
Vicious Captor
Wicked Empire

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Reviewed by Sandy

Rattlin Bones (RBMC Las Vegas 4 by Nikki Landis -review tour

Posted on October 31, 2024 by Sandy

Rattlin Bones(RBMC Las Vegas 4) by Nikki Landis -review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date October 31, 2024

Fear what hides in the shadows …

Skel:

It’s supposed to be a simple job—a request from my new president to scout a potential business.

The strip club in Vegas is nothing special, as routine as any other in the City of Sin. But when I walk in the door, I find a curvy blonde fighting off an overeager, handsy customer. I step in, sweeping her into my arms and issuing a warning to anyone trying to force themselves on a woman. Lacey isn’t grateful. She’s pissed.

When I leave, I can’t stop thinking about her. She intrigues me. It only takes a few seconds to realize she’s just the type of woman I would fall for. Lacey is heaven on the eyes and hell on the heart. She’s wrong in every way: too young, troubled, on the opposite side of the law, and hiding a secret that could shatter the new club I joined. I should stay away.

But I can’t. I have to follow her home, ensuring she’s safe. Something isn’t right when I park my bike. Busting down her door, I stop a vicious attack, saving Lacey’s life. Her enemy? It’s the same one my club has declared war against.

Now, Lacey is mine to protect, and I won’t let anyone harm her. She’s got secrets, but I do, too.

It’s almost Halloween. All the spooky, creepy things that play on the devil’s night? I command them.

She has no idea how vicious I’ll become to end every threat against her and the club. I’m unleashing the monster within, and he’s got a ravenous appetite.

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REVIEW: RATTLIN’ BONES is the fourth instalment in Nikki Landis’ contemporary, adult RBMC: Las Vegas erotic, slightly paranormal, dark, MC romance series, set in the multi-authored RBMC worlds. This is forty year old Brandon ‘Skeletor’ Myers, and twenty-five year old Lacey Maxwell’s story line. RATTLIN’ BONES can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

NOTE: RATTLIN’ BONES and the RBMC : Las Vegas crosses over with RBMC: Tonopah.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Skel and Lacey) following two time lines RATTLIN’ BONES focuses on the building but struggling relationship between our story line couple. Approximately three years earlier Brandon ‘Skeletor’ Myers found Lacey Maxwell, daughter of Judge Curtis Maxwell, zip tied and left in a local cemetery but their ensuing hot and heavy relationship ends when Skel is forced to walk away only to find himself pulled back into our heroine’s life, three years later, when the past is determined to make Lacey pay for the sins of her father.

The world building focuses on dual timelines in which the RBMC is determined to seek vengeance against the Bladed Serpents, for the murder of one of their own, and in doing so, take down the man targeting our story line heroine.

The relationship between Skel and Lacey is tempestuous in the wake of Brandon aka Skel walking away from our story line heroine. Skel has never forgotten the woman who now controls his heart but in order to safeguard the woman he loves, Skeletor much choose a different path going forward. The $ex scenes are provocative and intense.

The secondary and supporting characters include Lacey’s father Judge Curtis Maxwell, as well as RBMC member Manic, Creature, and MC president Maddog. The requisite evil has many faces.

RATTLIN’ BONES is a story of vengeance, murder and madness, acceptance and love. The fast paced premise is entertaining and haunting but felt rushed-the three year jump in timelines offers no discernable information; the romance is seductive; the characters are determined and animated.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Hell on Wheels
Reckless Mayhem
Jeepers Creepers

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Reviewed by Sandy

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EMPEROR OF RAGE (Memento Mori 2) by Jagger Cole- review tour

Posted on October 18, 2024 by Sandy

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date October 17, 2024

I’m trapped by a beautiful psychopath.
A devil with a soul as black as his heart.
Mal Ulstäd is seductive brutality wrapped in sinister allure.
And he knows what I did.
He knows my family destroyed his.
Now he won’t stop, no matter how fast or how far I run.
They say fairytales are just pretend.
But monsters?
Those are real.
And they never, ever let go…

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REVIEW: EMPEROR OF RAGE is the second instalment in Jagger Cole’s contemporary, adult MEMENTO MORI dark, erotic, Mafia romance series set in the author’s Venomous Gods world. This is Mal Ulstad, and twenty-six year old IT hacker Freya Holm’s story line. EMPEROR OF RAGE can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty but I recommend reading the series in order for cohesion. Most of the events of Emperor of Rage cross over with, and run parallel to the events of book one Emperor of Wrath.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise including ‘consensual non-consent’, and graphic violence, there WILL BE triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Freya and Mal) EMPEROR OF RAGE focuses on the enemies to lovers relationship between Mal Ulstad, and twenty-six year old IT hacker Freya Holm. Freya Holm was looking for some dark web information for Kir Nikolayev but stumbling into what she thought was a vacant building was about to change her life forever. Having witnessed the murder of several men, Freya finds herself at the mercy of the killer, a man with connections to the darkest of the dark. Enter Mal Ulstad who is about to control every aspect of our heroine’s life but the past refuses to go quietly and Mal will discover a connection between Freya, her boss and mentor Kir, and the life he once knew. As Mal holds the power in his relationship with Freya, someone else is taking aim at our story line couple.

The world building is multi-layered and intricate as the events of the previous story line become a significant part of the current timeline. Mal Ulstad is desperate to uncover the truth about our story line heroine, a truth that will set Mal on a journey of revenge and pain.

The relationship between Mal and Freya begins as enemies when Freya witnesses Mal killing several men with ties to the Russian Bratva, killings Mal invokes in vengeance for sins of the past. Controlling Freya, and discovering the truth, sets a plan into motion that will threaten the tentative peace between our story line couple, pushing Freya out of his life and into the world that is attempting to destroy our story line hero. The $ex scenes are aggressive, forceful and not without some scenes of questionable consent. As the series progresses, the heroes’ aggression and anger towards the heroine, is not without some controversy and dubious behavior.

Once again, there is a large ensemble cast of dynamic, interesting and powerful secondary and supporting characters including Freya’s friends Damian Nikilayev, Annika and Kenzo (Emperor of Wrath); their father-figure and head of the Nikolayev Bratva Kir Nikolayev; Kenzo’s siblings Takeshi and Hana.

EMPEROR OF RAGE is a story of betrayal and vengeance, secrets and lies, power and control, murder and retribution, family and relationships, acceptance and love. Like the first instalment, the character driven premise is dark, dramatic and raw; the romance is provocative but struggles with the early control and behavior of a man bent on revenge; the characters are broken, embattled and charismatic.

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Reviewed by Sandy

A reader first and foremost, Jagger Cole cut his romance writing teeth penning various fan-fiction stories years ago. After deciding to hang up his writing boots, Jagger worked in advertising pretending to be Don Draper. It worked enough to convince a woman way out of his league to marry him, though, which is a total win.

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WHEN KINGS FALL ( O’Sullivan’s brides 3) by Vi Carter-review

Posted on October 15, 2024 by Sandy

WHEN KINGS FALL ( O’Sullivan’s brides 3) by Vi Carter-review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date October 14, 2024

No King can reign forever but I will try.
Finally, as the head of the O’Sullivan Family, the enterprise is once again running like a well-oiled machine. The gears grind and scrape through Ireland and beyond. We are at the height of our power.
But vengeance whispers in my ear.
Two Brides remain: Niamh, docile and loyal, and Selene, clever and reckless.
Amira has slipped through my fingers. Fingers that are itching to close around the throat of our enemies.
As my Brides get closer to the truth of Sophia Hughes’ death, Victor has voiced his warning. That warning has come in the form of a beast just as dangerous as me. He is trained. He is vicious.
The game of chess has reached its final stage.
And I plan on smashing the board.
When Kings Fall is the third and final installment of Diarmuid O’Sullivan’s story in the chaotic world of the Hands of Kings. Reader discretion is advised. There is spice. There is blood. There is retribution.

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REVIEW: WHEN KINGS FALL is the third instalment in Vi Carter’s contemporary, adult THE O’SULLVAN BRIDES dark, erotic, romance series focusing on Irish Mafia Don / King and assassin Diarmuid O’Sullivan, and his three virgin brides Selene, Naimh Connolly, and Amira Reardon. WHEN KINGS FALL should not be read as a stand alone as it picks up immediately after the events and cliff hanger of book two-WHEN KINGS BEND. If you have not read the previous instalments , there may be spoilers in my review.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there WILL BE triggers for more sensitive readers.

SOME BACKGROUND: The Kings is a cult-like organization with the ability to replace and control CEOs, Presidents and Popes, and Diarmuid is about to rise to the position he has always wanted in the face of the death of his uncle Andrew O’Sullivan but family secrets and demons are threatening from the past. Gifted with three virgin brides by the Kings Organization, Diarmuid is about to come face to face with his future, three women as different as any three woman could be, but three women who could be the downfall of some powerful men.

Told from four first person perspectives (Diarmuid, Selene, Naimh, Amira) WHEN KINGS FALL continues to focus on the tempestuous relationship between Diarmuid and the three woman he was ‘gifted’ for a bride. Amira, having suffered at the hands of Diarmuid’s cousin Wolfe, finds redemption for herself and the women she will rescue; Naimh continues to focus on never quite being enough but a woman who is determined to help Selene uncover the truth. Betrayal from within threatens the sanctity of not only the Kings but Diarmuid’s house, betrayal that will come at a cost. Selene is the woman who has fallen for a man, a man who has fallen in return.

The world building follows the three women in Diarmuid’s life: Naimh is the pawn in her father’s games, a pawn who is desperate to protect her sister Ella: Amira is the target of a psychotic mind, a woman who is fighting for her freedom and the freedom of others; Selene is the heart of the trio, and the heart of the Mafia King Diarmuid O’Sullivan but all three women are searching for the truth, avenging the death of a former bride.

The relationship between Diarmuid and his ‘brides’ is complicated and different for each woman. Amira has chosen to focus elsewhere leaving her ‘sister’ brides to fight for a man who has found himself in a precarious position. Naimh has been relegated to second, number two, and with it come the ability to often come and go as she pleases; Selene has fallen for her monster, a man who will die trying to save the life of the woman he loves.

Once again, the secondary and supporting characters include Diarmuid’s brother Ronan and Lorcan O’Connor; the head of the Hand of Kings Victor Maddigan, fisherman Ben Fleming and Father Isaac. The requisite evil has many faces.

WHEN KINGS FALL is a story of betrayal and vengeance, secrets and lies, power and control, murder and justice, acceptance and love. The premise is dark, gritty and dramatic; the romance is provocative ; the characters are desperate and broken. WHEN KINGS FALL ends on a happily ever after-for now.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
When Kings Rise
When Kings Bend

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Reviewed by Sandy

VI CARTER: When Vi Carter isn’t writing contemporary & dark romance books, that feature the mafia, are filled with suspense, and take you on a fast paced ride, you can find her reading her favorite authors, baking, taking photos or watching Netflix.

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VOWS IN VIOLENCE ( Sons of the Mafia 5) by Vi Carter & ER Whyte

Posted on October 9, 2024 by Sandy

VOWS IN VIOLENCE ( Sons of the Mafia 5) by Vi Carter & ER Whyte-review

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The Commission has sent Azrael, their deadliest assassins, not knowing that a monster already prowls the streets of New York City.

Ivan Romanov.

After years of waiting patiently in the shadows, I’ve finally come to claim what is mine. And that prize is Viviana Valachi, the youngest daughter of the Valachi Don. She is timid and obedient, everything her father raised her to be. But there is a fire in those Valachi eyes that is matched only by her brother, whom I hold captive.

Azrael is on the move. No place or person is safe, even those I keep in golden cages. We must pay for the sins of our fathers—this is the one lesson we have learned in the Five Families. Angel Valachi has thrown our world into chaos, and I have inherited the duty of restoring order in the only way I know how.

Sin pays for sin. Blood must pay for blood.

I didn’t expect my pet to work herself into my body, mind, and soul. As much as I want to feast on the spoils and carnage of this war, I can feel the leash she is wrapping around my throat.

As much as I want to fight it, I find myself captivated by her guidance.
The hunt is on, and none shall sleep for a monster is on the loose.

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REVIEW: VOWS IN VIOLENCE is the fifth and final instalment in the contemporary, adult SONS OF THE MAFIA dark, erotic, Mafia romance series co-authored by Vi Carter and ER Whyte. This is Ivan Romanov, and Viviana Valachi’s story line. VOWS IN VIOLENCE can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty but I recommend reading the series in order for back story and cohesion.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Ivan and Viviana) VOWS IN VIOLENCE follows the forced marriage between our story line couple. Ivan Romanov is currently holding Viviana’s brother Angel Valachi a prisoner in his home, as well as our story line heroine. The Five Families, the ruling Mafia strongholds are in a tenuous state of peace but the Commission is determined to take down everyone at the top, forcing a war for power and control. The entity calling itself Azrael, assassins aka the angel of death, is taking aim at the people in charge including our story line couple. With Ivan on the outside, Vivi’s life is hanging by a precarious and proverbial thread, but with the help of the other Five Families, Ivan begins to target the betrayers including several people on the inside. Her brother now presumed dead, Vivi struggles between head and heard having fallen for the man who could destroy her heart.

The world building is detailed and thorough. Although Vivi’s marriage to Ivan is forced, an arranged marriage by her late father in the hope for more power, Vivi has resigned herself to a life with a man who may not be able to love in return. As the Five Families make plans to rescue our story line heroine, someone else is determined to kill them all.

The secondary and supporting characters are all powerful, brutal and dangerous. We are reintroduced to all of the previous story line couples whose own lives are threatened by the Commission orders and the assassins known as Azrael.

The relationship between Vivi and Ivan is an arranged marriage but Ivan doesn’t do love, and Vivi is determined to play the role of a Mafia wife. In the early stages of their relationship Vivi was a prisoner of the man with whom she would fall in love but a prisoner protected in a gilded cage. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate.

VOWS IN VIOLENCE is a story of power and control, betrayal and vengeance, family and relationships, acceptance and love. The character driven premise is fast paced, dramatic, dark and intriguing; the romance is provocative and sensitive; the characters are desperate, flawed, and edgy.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews

Sins of the Mafia
Vengeance in Blood
Enemies in Ruin
Redemption in Cruelty
Mercy in Betrayal

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Reviewed by Sandy

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Married with two children, Vi divides her time between motherhood and all the other hats she wears as an Author.

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ER WHYTE: E.R. Whyte is a multi-genre author, writing contemporary and new adult romance under E.R. Whyte, reverse harem romance under Evie Rae, and sweet romance under Elle Rae Whyte. Although it would no doubt make life easier to simply choose a genre, she loves romance in all its forms too much to ever do that.

She’s a simple girl at heart, living in a teeny-tiny Virginia town and spending her time finding herself, catering to various fur babies, and indulging her reading, writing, and photography habits. She loves being alone, bananas foster, and Pepsi.

Whyte worked as a high school English teacher for around a decade before she decided she really wanted more time to devote to her family and other fun stuff. Now she thinks up new ways to make tacos on Tuesday, explores the Marvel universe with childish enthusiasm, and spends entirely too much time on the computer.
Life is good.

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THE TATTOO ARTIST (La Petite Mort 1) by Kassandra Marie Lopez

Posted on October 6, 2024 by Sandy

THE TATTOO ARTIST (La Petite Mort 1) by Kassandra Marie Lopez-review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date October 2, 2024

My whole life has been a lie.

I was sheltered and raised in a Catholic household. I was taught to dress a certain way.
Behave a certain way. Never having any free will of my own. But all my Catholic beliefs went out the window when I met him. I was only sixteen at the time.

Deimos…his name sounded so good coming out of my mouth. Rumors were spread that Deimos was just a myth that parents told their daughters to scare them into being obedient or else they would meet Deimos, the GOD of Terror and Dread. I was determined to prove his existence, but I never imagined that the truth would be even more dangerous than lies.

As I dove deeper into the mystery, things got more complicated when I met Alexander, the handsome tattoo artist. My feelings for him became more apparent. I never imagined I could love two people simultaneously. Could I trust my heart? Or would it lead me down a path of destruction? As the stakes increased and the dangers intensified, I had to make a choice: continue my search and risk everything to be with Deimos or lose my chance with Alexander.

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REVIEW: THE TATTOO ARTIST is the first instalment in Kassandra Marie Lopez’ contemporary, adult LA PETITE MORT dark, erotic, Mafia, romance series. This is twenty-four year old, tattoo artist Alexander Hades, Deimos and eighteen year old, artist and student Quinn Connor’s story line.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from three first person perspectives (Alexander, Deimos, Quinn) using present day and memories from the past, THE TATTOO ARTIST follows the building relationship between Alexander and Quinn. Approximately two years earlier, sixteen year old, Catholic school girl, Quinn Connor witnessed the beat down and murder of man outside of her bedroom window. Believing the perpetrator Is the killer known as Deimos, our heroine begins to fantasize about the ‘God of Terror’, a man she would not see for close to another two years. Bored and struggling with a direction in life, Quinn would accompany her best friend Sophia to a tattoo appointment where she will come face to face with her future in the guise of Alexander Hades but all is not as it appears to be, as Alexander’s slow seduction of Quinn is offset by Quinn’s fantasies involving the myth, the killer, known as Deimos.

The world building is complex and multi-layered. Alexander Hades is an enigma; a tattoo artist, an MMA fighter, a killer and a member of the Greek Mafia controlled by the Hades family. Quinn Connor is a naïve, Catholic school girl; a part time librarian with aspirations to be an artist, a young woman whose entire life is predicated on a series of secrets and lies. Protected by Alexander, lusting after Deimos, Quinn finds herself spiralling as the truth is slowly revealed.

The relationship between Quinn and Alexander is a slow building romance as Alexander tenderly seduces the woman with whom he has fallen in love but Alexander has secrets, deep, dark and dangerous secrets that once revealed may destroy his relationship with our story line heroine. The $ex scenes are provocative and intense.

We are introduced to Alexander’s brother: Aristotle and Sebastian: Quinn’s best friend Sophia Sutton; library employee Isaac; as well as Quinn’s ultra religious parents; her friend Owen Walsh, and several members of the Russian, Irish and Greek Mafia. The requisite evil has many familiar faces. There is some history between Sophia and Aristotle.

THE TATTOO ARTIST is a story of secrets and lies, betrayal and vengeance, power and control, obsession and madness, forgiveness, acceptance and love. The premise is dark, dramatic, twisty and intriguing; the romance is passionate and intoxicating; the characters are broken, disturbing, desperate and determined.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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