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Merciless Hunter (Dark Syndicate 4) by Faith Summers-Review Tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date May 10, 2021

She should have run away from me when she had the chance…

I was on a mission of retribution and vengeance:find my son then make my enemies pay for kidnapping him and killing my wife.

Then I met her.

Olivia made a big mistake when she tried to trick me.

I’m the leader of a blood-thirsty brotherhood.

In the Bratva the rules are simple:

An eye for an eye.A tooth for a tooth.Enemies will always be enemies.

Try to fool me, and you pay with your life.
Except this beautiful angel managed to enchant me.

So I make her my prisoner.A captive at the mercy of my desire.

One taste and I don’t want to let her go.One taste and I want to make her mine.

When danger comes knocking, our fates crash together.Locked in a web of deceit and betrayal.

Tangled in secrets and lies.I thought I had nothing left to lose.

Until my enemies take her.Love has no place for a dark soul like me.

But I’ll walk through the fires of hell to get her back.

••••••••

REVIEW:MERCILESS HUNTER is the fourth instalment in Faith Summers’ contemporary, adult DARK SYNDICATE dark, erotic, crime world, romance series. This is thirty-six year old, Bratva Pakhan of the Los Angeles Brotherhood Aiden Romanov, and twenty-six year old Olivia Markov’s story line. MERCILESS HUNTER can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty but I recommend reading the series in order for back story and cohesion. MERCLIESS HUNTER is the introductory storyline to the next arc of the series.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Aiden and Olivia) MERCILESS HUNTER focuses on nine years after the destruction of Aiden’s life. Having ‘betrayed’ the Order Aiden would lose not only his wife but his infant son to an attack and fire that left so many dead. Fast forward to present day wherein a young woman set about to seduce our story line hero in an effort to locate her missing brother Eric. Enter Olivia Markov, and the woman with whom Aiden will fall in love. Olivia’s brother has been missing for close to five years, presumed dead in car crash, but Olivia suspects her brother is alive and is desperate for Aiden’s help. Olivia is an abused young woman who’s fiancé is deadlier and more evil than anyone could have imagined, and our heroine goes from one captor to another as she seeks to find the brother she has always loved. What ensues is the tempestuous relationship between Olivia and Aiden, and the potential fall-out as their time together comes to a close, and Aiden seeks revenge for betrayal at the highest order.

Aiden doesn’t do relationships having lost the only woman he would ever love. Olivia Markov is a broken young woman, who has sold her life to another man in an effort to protect the family she loves but secrets and betrayal run darker and deep, and Aiden is about to discover what he once thought was lost, may be alive and well. The Markov family lost everything and in the ensuing years, our heroine finds herself a prisoner and slave to a man who seeks to control everyone and more.

The relationship between Olivia and Aiden is predicated upon a lie as Olivia hopes to seduce our hero into helping locate her missing brother but with the help of his ‘brothers’, cousins and friends, Aiden will soon discover that all is not as it appears to be including the woman with whom he is falling in love. The $ex scenes are aggressive, dominant and seductive, and not without some questionable acts of consent.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful and energetic secondary and supporting characters including syndicate leader Massimo D’Agostino (Ruthless Prince 1), Dominic D’Agostino (Wicked Liar 3); Aiden’s cousin and Sovientrik Maksim, and bodyguard Ilya; Olivia’s fiancé Jude Kuzmin, her friend Amy; mob wife Percephone Falcione.

MERCILESS HUNTER is a story of power, control, betrayal and revenge. A tale of family, friendships, relationships and love. The premise is raw and twisted; the romance is aggressive, edgy and provocative; the characters are dramatic, tragic and intense.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Ruthless Prince
Dark Captor
Wicked Liar

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Reviewed by Sandy

“Where do we go from here? Where do we even start?”
That is the real problem. What do we do with this information?
“My best guess is that our next move should be to go to L.A. and find a way to see what Aiden Romanov knows,” Amy replies.
“But who can go?” Mom rasps. It’s another good question.
“I was thinking I could—” Amy begins but I cut her off by raising my hand.
“No. If your next words were to go to L.A. then it’s a no,” I answer and Mom nods.
“We are not putting you in any more danger,” Mom agrees.
“I don’t know what I would do if something happened to you,” I say. “Please tell me Jude won’t know you helped us.”
“No, he won’t. My contact works outside the realms of everything, and that’s why I didn’t use any of my devices at work or at home. He will never know.”
“Good. I think that’s it. You should stop helping now.”
“I can’t just stop helping. What are you going to do?” Her brows pinch and the worry I saw earlier in her bright green eyes intensifies.
What am I going to do?
That’s such a good question.
Eric’s in captivity, and if I marry Jude, the same fate awaits me. Marrying him will be the anchor to my hell.
I will be in captivity, and what do I think is going to happen to Mom?
If Jude can threaten my life so easily and tell me fucked up shit about not wanting something to happen to me after the wedding, what do I really think he’ll do to my mother?
If he can make my brother disappear for five years, can I be foolish enough to think worse won’t happen to me?
This is just the tip of the shit and…I have a really bad idea.
An idea which takes residence in my soul with each passing second. “I’ll go,”I say and they both look at me as if I’ve just lost my mind.
It’s laughable because I wonder the same.
Have I gone crazy?
Do I really think I can save Eric and change things?
Stop Jude?
Find Aiden and do what?
I have no plan and I’m just me.
Olivia Markov.
There’s nothing special about me.
But I’d sure as fuck prefer to walk in the valley of the shadow of death, in the lair of beasts, than sign my life away to Jude Kuzmin.
“No,” Mom blurts. “Olivia no.”
“Then what? What should we do? Leave things as they are? Leave Eric to die in captivity? You want me to marry Jude so he can accidentally kill me, then kill you?”
“Olivia it’s dangerous.”
“Don’t you think I know that.”
“Olivia, I have to agree with your mother,” Amy says. “Aiden Romanov is a very dangerous man, and we have no idea what the newly found Syndicate members are like.”
“You’re telling me this, and you were offering to go?”
“Eric is my friend. I just want to help.”
“You have babies.”
“I know, and I… I just feel bad I can’t do more.”
“You’ve helped enough.”
“But we’re stuck. How are you even going to escape? There are guards everywhere, and they’re with you twenty-four seven.”
And if I escape Mom’s dead. There must be a way around this.
When I think about yesterday when I saw Jude and the way he treated me I shudder inwardly.
He wants us to focus on that fucking wedding, and every time the word is mentioned I feel like I want to die.
I close my eyes and the thought of the wedding stirs an idea in my mind. An idea that just might work. My eyes snap open and I look at Amy and then at Mom.
“I think I might have come up with something. Something that will get me to Aiden Romanov.”

Faith Summers is the Dark Contemporary Romance pen name of USA Today Bestselling Author, Khardine Gray.

Warning !! Expect wild romance stories of the scorching hot variety and deliciously dark romance with the kind of alpha male bad boys best reserved for your fantasies.

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Wicked Liar (Dark Syndicate 3) by Faith Summers-Review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 31 2021

Maybe it’s the angel who tempts the devil, not the other way around…
Two years ago, the angel was mine.

She didn’t belong with a mafia devil like me.

All it took was one night for me to break her wings.

She nearly died from my mistakes.

So I left.

I planned to stay away, but then my old enemies resurfaced.

Forced to go home, I had to face her

One look and obsession made me want her.

One forbidden kiss and I wanted her to be mine again.

One night with her and I wanted redemption.

She can fight me all she wants, but I’ll fight back to own her.

I’m the selfish devil who will do anything to get his girl back.

So when I see her in an auction, I bid.

Fifteen million dollars makes her mine for thirty days.

And that’s where our story truly begins.

When the past and present collide, I find out she has dark secrets.

As the secrets spill, nightmares come to life.

We find out who the monsters and demons truly are.

And they make me look like a saint…

•••••••

REVIEW:WICKED LIAR is the third instalment in Faith Summers’ contemporary adult DARK SYNDICATE erotic, Mafia romance series focusing on the D’Agostino brothers-Massimo, Tristan and Dominic. This is thirty year old, Dominic D’Agostino and twenty-eight year old, PA Candace Ricci’s story line. WICKED LIAR can be read as a stand alone but for back story and cohesion I recommend reading the series in order.

WARNING: Due to the graphic violence and nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

SOME BACKSTORY: In the criminal underworld there are two secretive but warring factions on the verge of rekindling their power and control: The Syndicate of the Brotherhood, an organization Massimo D’Agostino is hoping to revive, and the Circle of Shadows, a group whose affiliation with human trafficking has long been associated with assassins and killers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Candace and Dominic) WICKED LIAR focuses on Dominic’s return to the family following two years in rehab and isolation, in an effort to clean up and protect the people he loves but Dominic has come into some important information, information that may reveal the leadership and people behind the Circle of Shadows. Hoping to rekindle his broken relationship with Candace Ricci, Dominic sets about to seduce our heroine but Candace refuses to fall for the man that nearly destroyed her life. As Dominic and his brothers, along with Aiden Romanov continue to search the dark web for clues as to the identity of the members of the Circle of Shadows, a prior betrayal by one of their own, sets into motion an even deeper search into the encrypted world of the people involved. What ensues is the rebuilding relationship between Candace and Dominic; the search and take down of the Circle of Shadows, and the potential fall-out as Candace becomes a pawn in a world that took everyone she loved.

Candace Ricci was the daughter of the D’Agostino help, and in this she was raised alongside the brothers she calls family and friends but Candace had fallen in love with Dominic D’Agostino never expecting our hero to abandon her when she needed him the most. Desperate to uncover the truth behind the murders of her parents, Candace sets a plan into motion that may destroy them all. Two years would pass before Dominic returned home, wherein our hero would discover some of the secrets of the Circle of Shadows, but betrayal from within is a bitter pill to swallow, and in this, the brothers continue their hunt for the people involved.

The relationship between Candace and Dominic is a former best friends, second chance romance between two people torn apart by secrets and addiction. Candace lost her entire family to corruption, power, and the criminal underworld, and refuses to lose her heart (once again) to a man who may or may not be around for the long haul. Dominic D’Agostino has never stopped loving our story line hero, but with his return come the memories of what happened two years before, and the secrets Candace has kept from the D’Agostino siblings most of her life. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense, without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

The ensemble cast of colorful and charismatic secondary and supporting characters include Dominic’s brothers and their wives: Massimo and Emilia (Ruthless Prince 1); Tristan and Isabella (Dark Captor 2); Aiden Romanov; French billionaire investor Jacques Belmont. The requisite evil has many face. Aiden’s story line is next.

WICKED LIAR is a story of power and control; abuse and addiction; family, relationships, betrayal, vengeance and love. The premise is dark, edgy and heart breaking; the characters are broken, healing, and determined; the romance is spicy, sensitive and moving. WICKED LIAR ends on a bit of a cliff hanger-you have been warned.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Ruthless Prince
Dark Captor

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Reviewed by Sandy

Faith Summers is the Dark Contemporary Romance pen name of USA Today Bestselling Author, Khardine Gray.

Warning !! Expect wild romance stories of the scorching hot variety and deliciously dark romance with the kind of alpha male bad boys best reserved for your fantasies.

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Dark Captor (Dark Syndicate #2) by Faith Summers-Review Tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Relesase Date November 1, 2020

My Enemy murdered My wife and My Father, So I Took His Daughter

I stole the Bratva princess.
And, locked her away on my island.

An eye for an eye.
A tooth for a tooth.
Blood for blood.
Stealing Isabella is the only way to find her father.
I just wasn’t prepared for the temptation of her.
Or, the effect she’d have on my cold dead heart.
One taste I shouldn’t have had and I wanted more.
She’s my captive
My enemy’s daughter.
Being with her is unthinkable.
Yet, I want to claim her, take her, own her.
Make her mine.
The deal was a life for a life.
I’m just not sure I want to give her back when the time comes.
And definitely not when she’s carrying my baby…
I started a war when I stole her away like a thief in the night.
Now it’s time to fight the battle.

•••••••

REVIEW:DARK CAPTOR is the second instalment in Faith Summers’ contemporary, adult DARK SYNDICATE erotic, dark, mafia romance series focusing on the D’Agostino brothers. This is thirty year old Tristan D’Agostino, and twenty-two year old, assistant therapist Isabella Viggo’s story line. DARK CAPTOR can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous instalments is revealed where necessary.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Tristan and Isabella) DARK CAPTOR follows in the aftermath of the kidnapping of twenty-two year old Isabella Viggo, the daughter of the Mortimer Viggo, an assassin with the Circle of Shadows. Six years earlier, on his wedding day Tristan’s wife Alyssa was kidnapped and killed by a member of the Circle of Shadows, and our hero has been plotting his revenge every since. Fast forward to present day wherein, Tristan and his brothers will discover that Mortimer Viggo has a daughter, the perfect fodder for war and vengeance. Enter twenty-two year old Isabella Viggo, the woman with whom Tristan will fall in love. What ensues is the kidnapping of Isabella, and building relationship between Tristan and Isabella, and the potential fall-out as Tristan’s revenge comes to fruition, and Isabella becomes collateral damage in a war between families.

DARK CAPTOR follows several paths including the abduction of Isabella Viggo; Tristan’s need for vengeance; Dominic D’Agostino’s fall from grace; and the rise and fall of both the Circle of Shadows, and the Syndicate of the Brotherhood, a Syndicate of which Massimo D’Agostino is hoping to revive.

The relationship between Tristan and Isabella is an enemies to lovers: a Stockholm –esque syndrome romance as is most of the author’s stories in this series of dark Mafia romances. Tristan is unable to keep away from our story line heroine, and as such finds himself falling for a woman who is as broken and lost as our story line hero. As their relationship continues to build, Tristan knows it is only a matter of time before he will have to let go of the woman with whom he is falling in love. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense, and not without some issues of questionable consent.

The colorful secondary and supporting characters include Tristan’s brothers Massimo and Dominic, as well as their sister of the heart Candace; Isabella’s father Mortimer, his right hand man Dimitri, and Isabella’s guard Sacha.

DARK CAPTOR is a dramatic and intense story line . The premise is edgy and dark; the romance is passionate and provocative; the characters are tragic and energetic.

Click HERE for Sandy’s review of book one RUTHLESS PRINCE

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Reviewed by Sandy

Faith Summers is the Dark Contemporary Romance pen name of USA Today Bestselling Author, Khardine Gray.

Warning !! Expect wild romance stories of the scorching hot variety and deliciously dark romance with the kind of alpha male bad boys best reserved for your fantasies.

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Ruthless Prince (Dark Syndicate #1) by Faith Summers-Review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date 14, 2020

We were destined for disaster from the second we met …

Massimo D’Agostino is the heir to his father’s empire.
Don’t be fooled by his handsome face, or that piercing blue gaze.
He’s no prince charming.
He’s dangerous and feared, possessive and fierce.

Our first meeting began with a contract that forced me to marry him and sign my life away.
I was a debt repayment and a pawn in his game to exact revenge against my father.
The only way out is death.

I belong to him now.
Me, the Balesteri Mafia Princess.
Pure and untouched…
Owned by the devil who placed me in a gilded cage.

But something unexpected happened the moment our paths collided.
It made me want more of what he had to offer every time I lay beneath him.

Then the past came knocking at the door and dark secrets scattered at my feet.
Suddenly I don’t know truth from lies.
Or, who the monster in this story is.
I thought it was my husband.
Now I’m not so sure…

••••••••

REVIEW:RUTHLESS PRINCE is the first instalment in Faith Summers’ contemporary, adult DARK SYNDICATE dark, erotic, Mafia romance series. This is twenty-nine year old, heir to the D’Agostino empire Massimo D’Agostino and nineteen year old, Mafia princess Emelia Balesteri’s story line.

WARNING: RUTHLESS PRINCE contains mature content, graphic violence, and triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Massimo and Emelia) RUTHLESS PRINCE follows in the aftermath of the D’Agostino family losing everything. Twelve years earlier the D’Agostino family lost their empire, their seat on the Syndicate, and the family matriarch to an apparent suicide, all with the aid of syndicate member and competing Mafia head Riccardo Balesteri. Fast forward to present day wherein, a now twenty-nine year old Massimo D’Agostino, the new head of the D’Agostino empire, seeks retribution for sins of the past starting with Riccardo’s nineteen year old daughter Emelia Balesteri as payment for a debt owed. Hours before her trip to Italy to study art, nineteen year old Emelia Balesteri would become the prisoner and reluctant fiancée of Massimo D’Agostino, the man she now blames for destroying her life. As Massimo and the D’Agostino family continue to tear apart the Balesteri empire, Riccardo Balesteri sets a plan into motion to destroy them all, in an effort take back everything and more.

Massimo D’Agostino vowed vengeance the day Riccardo Balesteri held a gun to Massimo’s then twelve year old head at his beloved mother’s funeral. Having humiliated Massimo’s father, and sent the family away with nothing but the clothes on their back, Riccardo slowly found himself deep in debt, owing his life and his business to the D’Agostino family. Handing over his daughter Emelia as partial payment for a debt owed, Emelia would quickly learn that all was not well in her father’s life. Oblivious to her father’s sins and his connection to the D’Agostino family, Emelia would become fodder, the spoils of war meant to be part of a bigger plan.

The relationship between Emelia and Massimo begins as an enemies to lovers, arranged Mafia marriage wherein Emelia continues to be a princess in a gilded cage. From the outset Massimo meant to break his beautiful Mafia princess but would soon discover that Emelia was the balm to his shattered heart. The $ex scenes are aggressive, intense and passionate but I struggled with the use of a certain four-letter word.

There is a large ensemble cast of secondary and supporting characters including Massimo’s brothers Dominic, Andreas and Tristan, as well as their father Giacomo D’Agostino; Riccardo Balesteri; Bratva assassin Vlad Kuznetsov; Emelia’s best friend Jacob, housekeeper Priscilla, Candace, and Massimo’s ex Gabriella. Not everyone will survive to see another day.

RUTHLESS PRINCE is a story of family, blood, honor and death; a story of betrayal and vengeance; retribution and retaliation; deception, secrets and lies, power and control. The premise is gritty and dark; the characters are edgy and tragic; the romance is dramatic and provocative. The world building set the stage for the upcoming war as Massimo sets out to reform the Syndicate in the face of a new enemy known as the Circle of Shadows.

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Reviewed by Sandy

 

“You can’t have me,” I cry.
“The contract we signed earlier says different, Princess.” He smiles. “We will be married in one month’s time and that is all you need to know.”
“There must be some other way my father can pay you back. Let me go.”
“No. I’m the one the debt is owed. I choose how I want to be paid.”
“There must be some other way.”
“I’m sure there is, except I’ve done exactly what I wanted to do,” he answers.
My heart squeezes. This is the man I’m supposed to marry. While he looks like a fairytale prince, he’s not.
“It’s wrong. You must know that.”
“Stop it,” he orders. His smile fades. That cool, calm demeanor returns, and I realize then that this is his dangerous side. “Stop trying to prey on my good side. I don’t have one.”
“Don’t you have a heart?” I make one final attempt to reach whatever I see in him that might resemble something human.
“No.” He smirks, and my soul quivers.
This is crazy.
There’s only one thing I can do.
Escape… 


 

Faith Summers is the Dark Contemporary Romance pen name of USA Today Bestselling Author, Khardine Gray.

Warning !! Expect wild romance stories of the scorching hot variety and deliciously dark romance with the kind of alpha male bad boys best reserved for your fantasies.

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TEMPT ME (Dark Odyssey #4) by Faith Summers-Review Tour

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Love is a weakness for a man like me…

Two years ago my enemies murdered my wife.
They took away the mother of my newborn son.
That’s how I became the beast…
A merciless, heartless, soulless creature.

That’s why I made the deal with Ava:
Take her to repay her father’s debt…

I couldn’t resist.
Not when I saw she feared me as much as she wanted me.
I wanted the beauty, a woman nearly half my age.
I wanted to own her and possess her.
Then I wanted more.
More than her obedience and submission.
I wanted her body, heart, mind and soul.

I never knew I was signing my death warrant when our paths collided.
I never knew who she truly was: A Bratva princess who’s supposed to be a ghost.
Her dark secrets unearth old enemies who want her dead.

I’m Vincent Giordano, underboss to the Giordano family .
I should know better than to start a war.
I should know better than to let love into my cold heart.
This isn’t a fairytale.
When she kisses me I won’t turn into a prince.
I’ll still be the beast.
Yet, I can’t let them take her.
I just don’t know what it will cost me this time.

••••••••••

REVIEW: TEMPT ME is the fourth instalment in Faith Summers (aka Khardine Gray) contemporary, adult DARK ODYSSEY erotic, mafia, dark romance series focusing on the Giordano family who own and operate the exclusive Dark Odyssey Sex Club, and the reigning family in the Chicago mob. This is the new boss of the Chicago and the Italia Giordanos, and single father Vincent Giordano, and journalist Ava Knight’s story line. TEMPT ME can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Ava and Vincent) TEMPT ME follows several converging paths including two million dollars in missing money, and a potential partnership with the Russian Bratva. When her father was discovered to have stolen two million dollars from the Giordano family, Ava Giordano offers up herself as payment for her father’s sins but Ava’s naïvete found our heroine unaware that she would become the personal possession of Vincent Giordano, to do with as he pleases. From a sexual plaything to the woman with whom he would fall in love, Vincent will discover that there is much more to Ava than he could have ever imagined. As the Russian Bratva continues to seek a partnership with the Giordano family, a background search uncovers the truth, and the danger that awaits for everyone involved. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Ava and Vincent, and the potential fall-out as Ava’s past comes seeking revenge, and Vincent believes himself unworthy of his own happily ever after.

Two years earlier Vincent’s wife Sorcha was killed in a war between competing mob families. Unable to forgive himself for the loss of his wife, Vincent’s grief is palpable and painful. Meeting Ava Knight give Vincent a second chance at happiness and love but threats to Ava’s safety force Vincent to push away the woman with whom he had fallen in love. The $ex scenes are passionate and erotic.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful secondary and supporting characters including Vincent’s brothers: Nick (Tease Me #1), Gabe (Taunt Me #2), Salvatore (Thrill Me #3), parents Julian and Angela Giordano; their cousins Christian and Georgiou; Vincent’s son Timothy and her nursemaid Marguerite; Ava’s father Mark; as well as several members of the Russian Bratva.

TEMPT ME is a story of family, betrayal, relationships and love; power, control, vengeance and death. The premise is gritty and dark; the characters are animated, real, wounded and edgy; the romance is provocative and intense. TEMPT ME is a startling and intoxicating look at the one family’s struggle to remain on top.

 

Reading Order and Previous Review

Tease Me
Taunt Me
Trill Me

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Reviewed by Sandy

 

Faith Summers is the Dark Contemporary Romance pen name of USA Today Bestselling Author, Khardine Gray.

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Taunt Me / Thrill Me by Faith Summers-Review Tour

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TAUNT ME
(Dark Billionaire Mafia Romance/Dark Odyssey #2)
by Faith Summers
Genre: adult, contemporary, erotic,mafia, romance

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 5, 2020

She was always mine … whether she wanted to be or not

Ten years ago I allowed another man to take her to pay her father’s debt.
Fighting for her would have started a blood war.

Now she’s back in my life and brings more than I bargained for.
She comes to me scared, helpless, and begging for my help.
Her enemies want to take her again.
Blackmail her and hold her captive.

I’ll help her…but for a price.
Thirty days. Nothing off limits
The years that have passed haven’t changed a thing.
I still want her just as much as I ever did.
I want her for myself.
On her knees before me, in my bed, everywhere.
Every day, forever.
I’ll protect her from everything.
Except me.
Beneath the mask I wear, I may be the devil she doesn’t want, but needs.

I want her to be mine.
My property, my possession.
What I never knew was our second chance may be my end.

••••••••

REVIEW: TAUNT ME is the second instalment in Faith Summers (Khardine Gray) contemporary, adult Dark Billionaire Mafia Romance/Dark Odyssey erotic, mafia, romance series focusing on the Giordano brothers who own and operate the exclusive Dark Odyssey Sex Club. This is thirty-eight year old Gabriel Giordano, and twenty-eight year old Charlotte Revello’s story line. TAUNT ME can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous instalments is revealed where necessary but I recommend reading the series in order for back story and history.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Gabe and Charlotte) TAUNT ME follows the rekindling romance and relationship between thirty-eight year old Gabriel Giordano, and twenty-eight year old Charlotte Revello. Ten years earlier Charlotte Revello was caught in a mob war not of her making-payment for sins of the father, Charlotte found herself facing ten years of sexual servitude in Sicily, Italy for a man her father had long angered beyond our heroine’s comprehension but Charlotte left behind the man whom she loved, a man who would never stopped loving our story line heroine. Fast forward to present day wherein another mob battle for control finds Charlotte believing she is a free woman, when she returns to the States in an effort to start anew. Enter Gabriel Giordano, the man who has never stopped loving Charlotte, but a man who is now the target of the Italian mob. What ensues is the rebuilding romance and relationship between Charlotte and Gabe, and the potential fall-out as Charlotte fears for Gabriel’s life and offers herself up, as payment, again.

Gabriel Giordano will never forget Charlotte Revello but all attempts at a rescue were met with numerous killings, tortures and abuse. Ten years would pass wherein Gabe finds himself at a crossroads in both his personal and professional world until the moment Charlotte enters back into his life. Charlotte Revello endured years of humiliation and abuse, and with the death of her original abductor, Charlotte finds herself the target of a psychotic mind. Fleeing to America, Charlotte thought she could get her life in order but quickly discovers that the darkness and danger have followed her home.

The relationship between Gabe and Charlotte is one of second chances; a rekindling romance between two people torn apart by the sins of the father, and the ongoing war for power and control. Charlotte struggles with the darkness of her past but Gabriel is determined to save Charlotte from the demons. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense but I struggled with the use of a certain four-letter word when used in a romantic situation.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful secondary and supporting characters including Gabe’s brother Nikolai and Vincent, as well as their cousins Christian and Georgiou; Charlotte’s parents and her sister Cordelia,. The requisite evil has many faces including Antonio DeLuca, and Tobias Antonella.

TAUNT ME is a story of family, betrayal, power and revenge. The premise is dark and gritty; the romance is provocative; the characters are dangerous, broken, spirited and flawed. My only concern was the number of times stupid choices meant stupid results –for a crime organization, intelligence and common sense were not at the top of their list of priorities.

Click HERE for Sandy’s review of book one TEASE ME

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THRILL ME
(A Dark Billionaire Mafia Romance :Dark Odyssey Book 3)
by Faith Summers
Genre: adult, contemporary, erotic,mafia, romance

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date March 31, 2020

Time to break the rules and make her submit to me…

We dance like devils, except we wear masks.
Every night a different one.
Dancing on the edge.
Dancing with danger.
Me and her, for years.

I’ve allowed her to think she doesn’t already belong to me.
Time to change that up and claim her.

Possess her, dominate her, own her.
Heart. Body. Mind. Soul.

I’m Salvatore Giordano and I always get what I want.
I want her on her knees or chained to my bed.
Submitting to my every command.
Fulfilling our wild fantasies.
I’ll make her cave to temptation.

I thought it would be simple.
Until the day she saw something she shouldn’t have.
Now she has a target on her back.
My enemies want her.
It’s kill or be killed.
Ruthless against the heartless.
I have to become both to save her.
Even if it costs me everything.

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REVIEW: THRILL ME is the third instalment in Faith Summers’ (Khardine Gray) contemporary, adult Dark Odyssey erotic, mafia romance series focusing on the Giordanao brothers who own and operate the excusive Dark Odyssey Sex Club. This is thirty nine year old Salvatore Giordano, and Maria ‘Mimi’ Cipriani’s story line. THRILL ME can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous instalments is revealed where necessary but I recommend reading the series in order for back story and history.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Salvatore and Mimi) THRILL ME follows several intersecting paths including the friends to lovers relationship between Salvatore Giordano, and Mimi Cipriani, and the ongoing battle between the warring Chicago Crime families. Salvatore Giordano has lusted after Mimi Cipriani for as long as he could remember but Mimi had fallen in love with Salvatore’s brother Gabe. With Gabe’s recent marriage to his long lost love Charlotte (Taunt Me #2), Salvatore jumped at the chance to make Mimi his own but Mimi struggled to more forward from the past, a past she kept close to her heart. Meanwhile, a rival Chicago Crime family has targeted the Giordano family for power and control, taking aim at everyone and anyone who got in their way. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Mimi and Salvatore, and the fall-out as the mob war brings heart break, death, betrayal and revenge.

Overwhelming loss will, once again, begin to suffocate the Giordano family resulting in Salvatore’s ascension to capo but with his ascension comes the struggle to take down the people responsible for the threats against the Giordano family, and the direct threat against the woman he loves. Mimi Cipriani has accepted she has never been Gabriel’s love but with it came personal loss, and ongoing heart break. Falling for Salvatore Giordano was easy especially when Salvatore had fallen for her. With the hopes of opening her own restaurant, Mimi finds herself caught between family and love but soon discovers that family is not always those bonded by blood.

The relationship between Mimi and Salvatore is a friends to lovers romance wherein Salvatore is hoping to make Mimi his own but Mimi continues to struggle with issues of trust believing Salvatore could break her heart, a break from which she may never return. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense.

Once again, there is a large ensemble cast of colorful secondary and supporting characters including Salvatore’s brothers: Vincent and his wife Sorcha: Nick and Mia (Tease Me #1) ; Gabe and Charlotte (Taunt Me #2); parents Julian and Angela Giordano; their cousins Christian and Georgiou; and Mimi’s father. The requisite evil has many faces including Marc , Lawrence and Sergio Fontaine.

THRILL ME is a story of family, blood, power and control; murder and revenge; betrayal, secrets and lies. The fast paced premise is engaging, dark and dramatic; the characters are energetic and emotional; the romance is edgy and tender. Here’s hoping the author has plans for Vincent, Christian and Georgiou.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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TEASE ME
(Dark Odyssey #1)
by Faith Summers
Genre: adult, contemporary, dark, erotic, mafia, romance

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About the book: Release Date January 21, 2020

An angel like her… and a devil like me.

Was it wrong to prey on the weak?
Especially when the weak came in the form of this beautiful angel on the doorstep of my club.
My club The Dark Odyssey.
The place where people live out their wildest fantasies.
Here, beneath the mask.
Nothing is off limits and just like Vegas, what happens here stays here.

She’s too angelic for the wild masquerade parties I hold.
She couldn’t possibly know she’s standing at the doorway to sin.

It’s clear she’s here for something else.
I smell desperation and fear…
That’s fine, I’ve already decided she’ll be mine.
I’ve found the perfect toy to play with.

I’m Nick Giordano and I always get what I want.
I want her body.
Obedience.
Submission.
Heart and soul.

I’ll claim her. I’ll break her, and possess her

She’s the perfect distraction from my enemies.
And, the darkness of my world.

••••••••••

REVIEW: TEASE ME is the first instalment in Faith Summers’ (aka Khardine Gray) contemporary, adult DARK ODYSSEY erotic,BDSM, mafia romance series focusing on the Giordano brothers who own and operate the exclusive Dark Odyssey Sex Club. This is thirty-four year old, Nikolai Giordano, and attorney Mia Chase’s story line.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Nick and Mia ) TEASE ME follows the building relationship between thirty-four year old, Nikolai Giordano, and attorney Mia Chase. Mia Chase is desperate for money now that her troubled brother Carter has gotten himself involved with the local drug Cartel but desperation finds our heroine stepping out of her comfort zone in an effort to save the lives of the people she loves. Applying to work at the exclusive Dark Odyssey Sex Club Mia will come face to face with one of the owners, Chicago mobster Nikolai Giordano, the man who wants Mia as his very own personal waitress. Mia has not been honest with Nick Giordano regarding her need for a quick influx of cash, and the ongoing threats against her family find Mia agreeing to be anything and everything that Nikolai wants. What ensues is the highly sexual relationship between Mia and Nick, and the potential fall-out as a debt owed comes due with Mia’s life.

Meanwhile, Nikolai’s best friend Tommy lies in the hospital, after being targeted by an unknown enemy. As Nikolai and his brother’s search for the truth, rumours about Tommy’s connections begin to weigh heavily on the Giordano brothers.

Nick Giordano doesn’t do relationships but something about Mia calls to his heart. Nikolai wants Mia as his own personal ‘waitress’ but Mia finds herself wanting something more than to be used as Nikolai’s nightly sex toy. Mia is willing to go above and beyond in an effort to save her father’s life but our heroine never expected to fall in love with a man whose life revolves around the Chicago mob.

The relationship between Nick and Mia is one of immediate attraction but Mia was hired to be Nikolai’s toy. With limited sexual experience, Mia finds herself pulled into a world she knows nothing about, a world where she will become a pawn to be threatened and abused by Nikolai’s enemies. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic, and intense.

We are introduced to Nikolai’s brothers Gabe , Vincent and Salvatore; their father ; Mia’s brother Carter, and her best friend Chloe. The requisite evil has many faces.

TEASE ME is a story of family, betrayal, power and control. The premise is dark and gritty; the romance is seductive and hot; the characters are charismatic and energetic. TEASE ME is an animated introduction to the Dark Odyssey series

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Reviewed by Sandy

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TAUNT ME
Dark Odyssey #2
by Faith Summers
Genre: adult, contemporary, dark, erotic, mafia, romance

ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 5, 2020

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She was always mine … whether she wanted to be or not

Ten years ago I allowed another man to take her to pay her father’s debt.
Fighting for her would have started a blood war.

Now she’s back in my life and brings more than I bargained for.
She comes to me scared, helpless, and begging for my help.
Her enemies want to take her again.
Blackmail her and hold her captive.

I’ll help her…but for a price.
Thirty days. Nothing off limits
The years that have passed haven’t changed a thing.
I still want her just as much as I ever did.
I want her for myself.
On her knees before me, in my bed, everywhere.
Every day, forever.
I’ll protect her from everything.
Except me.
Beneath the mask I wear, I may be the devil she doesn’t want, but needs.

I want her to be mine.
My property, my possession.
What I never knew was our second chance may be my end.

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Faith Summers is the Dark Contemporary Romance pen name of USA Today Bestselling Author, Khardine Gray.

Warning !! Expect wild romance stories of the scorching hot variety and deliciously dark romance with the kind of alpha male bad boys best reserved for your fantasies.

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