DEVIOUS VOW (Venomous Gods 2) by Jagger Cole -review tour
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 22, 2024
Once he was my enemy. Now, he’s my boss.
Rich, successful, viciously gorgeous, and sinisterly brutal, Alistair Black is every bit his last name.
Morally black. Inky black heart. Devious black soul.
In college, we were enemies. Rivals. Bully vs bully. I almost ruined his life.
Now, ten years later, our paths cross again when I’m forced to work under him.
And he hasn’t at all forgotten or forgiven me for what I did to him back at school.
Now he’s my brooding, emotionally unavailable boss with the body of a god.
And I’m his plaything.
The target of his malice and revenge. The one from whom he wants to hear “yes, sir”, and nothing else.
Years ago, I thought I was done with Alistair Black.
But it turns out, he’s nowhere near done with me…
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REVIEW: DEVIOUS VOW is the second instalment in Jagger Cole’s contemporary, adult VENOMOUS GODS dark, erotic, romance series. This is attorneys twenty-nine year old Eloise LeBlanc, and thirty four year old Alistair Black’s story line. DEVIOUS VOW can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story line is revealed where necessary.
NOTE : Due to the nature of the story line premise, there WILL BE triggers for more sensitive readers.
Told from dual first person perspectives (Eloise and Alistair) DEVIOUS VOW follows the second chance relationship between our story line couple. Ten years earlier, while attending the same school for children of parents in organized crime, Eloise LeBlanc and Alistair Black bullied one another until one-night together changed all of their lives going forward. Fast forward ten years, Alistair Black is a ruthless attorney, and his firm is forced to hire our story line heroine, a position that places Eloise in the direct line of fire . Alistair despises everything about the woman with whom he will fall in love but secrets and lies are about to reveal a different past, a different perception, and betrayal at the heart of their entire lives. What ensues is the acrimonious but rebuilding romance and relationship between Eloise and Alistair, and the fall-out when the truth is revealed threatening everything our couple thought was true.
The world building is detailed and complex. Betrayal and greed are rampant; dysfunctional family values threaten futures, lives, friendships and jobs. Secrets and lies reveal years of deception at every level of family defects.
The toxic relationship between Eloise and Alistair is one of second chances. A perceived betrayal ten years earlier sent Alistair into a frantic tail spin but Eloise suffered more than he could have ever imagined. Reconnecting ten years later pushed Alistair to avenge what he believed to be the ultimate betrayal but the truth would reveal a different story. The $ex scenes are provocative, aggressive and intense.
There is a large ensemble cast of colorful, dynamic and powerful secondary and supporting characters-some questionable, some dark, some abusive, many not worthy of a second chance. We are reintroduced to Dante Sartorre and Tempest Black (Toxic Love), as well as Alistair’s brother Gabriel, their grandfather Charles Black, and crime lord Massimo Carveli. The requisite evil has many faces.
DEVIOUS VOW is a story of power and control, betrayal and vengeance, secrets and lies, family and friendships, jealousy and love. The premise is dramatic, intense and dark; the romance is controversial and consuming ; the characters are desperate and determined
Click HERE for Sandy’s review of book one TOXIC VOW
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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.
Now, Dad to two little princesses and King to a Queen, Jagger is thrilled to be back at the keyboard.
When not writing or reading romance books, he can be found woodworking, enjoying good whiskey, and grilling outside–rain or shine.
You can find all of his books at www.jaggercolewrites.com
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