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WICKED DEMANDS (Kingdom of Sins 3) by Jordan Marie-review tour

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WICKED DEMANDS (Kingdom of Sins 3) by Jordan Marie-review tour

 

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date September 21, 2023

He rescued me when I had nowhere else to turn.
Now, this filthy talking man is demanding payment, but he doesn’t want money.
He wants me in his bed, obeying his every command.

All my life, I wanted to be loved. Instead, I was ignored.
My father gave me what I wanted so he could go back to ignoring me.
Once I understood that, life became easier.
When he arranged to marry me off to the son of his biggest ally, I didn’t mind.
Marco was the older brother of my best friend and honestly, he made me burn.
I wanted to belong to him.
I wanted in his life, his bed and definitely in his heart.
It didn’t quite work out that way.

Marco treated me just like my father did—maybe worse.
Being tolerated by the man you love is a level of pain that I couldn’t endure.
So, I left.
The fact Marco didn’t fight to keep me was horrifically painful.

When one really bad decision lands me in hot water.
I reach out to the only person who has ever cared about me, my best friend Lina.
Too bad, she’s also Marco’s little sister. Marco rescues me, but he’s no white knight.
He’s a monster.

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REVIEW: WICKED DEMANDS is the third instalment in Jordan Marie’s contemporary, adult KINGDOM OF SIN dark, erotic, Mafia romance series. This is Greek Mafia heir Marco Stratakis, and Helena Kratos’ story line. WICKED DEMANDS can be read as a stand alone but for backstory and cohesion I recommend reading book two SAVAGE INTENT-The events of WICKED DEMANDS run parallel to, and cross over with the events of SAVAGE INTENT.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Marco and Helena), covering approximately four years, WICKED DEMANDS follows the arranged engagement and marriage between Greek Mafia heir Marco Stratakis, and Helena Kratos’. At sixteen years of age Helena Kratos was promised to Greek Mafia heir Marco Stratakis, a promise of which she was wholly on board but as Marco’s life spiralled out of control, he left his young fiancé alone, to protect her from the life that was taking him down. Taking control of his father’s business and Mafia connections, Marco would bide his time before claiming our story line heroine but Helena was struggling with her fiance’s apparent rejection, and her loneliness forced Helena to take a stand but all was not well in the world of the criminal underworld, and Helena would find herself a pawn in a much larger game of winner takes all. What ensues is the slow building relationship between Marco and Helena, and the potential fall-out when Helena discovers her life as she knew was all a lie.

The world building continues to focus on the dangerous and deadly life of the criminal underworld. From the Greek Mafia, the Italian Mafia, and the Russian Bratva, Helena’s naivety is about to threaten any semblance of independence and peace for our story line heroine. Months and sometimes years would pass before Helena had any contact with the man that she loved, and the loneliness would push our heroine to take back control.

The relationship between Marco and Helena is an age-gap, arranged marriage between two powerful Greek Mafia families. Helena is best friends with Marco’s sister Melina (Savage Intent), and Marco is determined to protect both the women in his life. Having suffered at the hands of his father, Marco is willing to die to safeguard the lives of Melina and Helena. Helena knew Marco was the man she would marry but struggled in the wake of Marco’s absence and the job that required him to leave for extended periods of time. The $ex scenes are intimate, provocative and intense.

Once again, there is a large ensemble cast of colorful and powerful secondary and supporting characters including the head of the American Italian Mafia and Marco’s brother in law, Antonio De Luca, and Marco’s sister Melina Stratakis (Savage Intent); Marco’s brothers Sebastian, Gio and Elias; their father Dracos Stratakis; Helena’s father George Kratos, as well as Bratva members Ivan Levkin and Zervas Cirillo; MC member EZ and his wife Liberty; and bodyguard Victorio. The requisite evil has many faces.

WICKED DEMANDS is a story of abuse and murder, power and control, betrayal and greed, forgiveness and acceptance, family and love. The premise is dramatic, dark, gritty, and haunting; the romance is edgy; the characters are broken, desperate and animated.

Reading Order and Previous reviews
Carnal Vows
Savage Intent

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Reviewed by Sandy

 

I’m just a simple small town country girl, haunted by Alpha Men who talk in my head 24 hours a day.

I knew I wanted to write when it became clear I couldn’t be happy with just viewing other people’s stories. I always wanted to rewrite them.

Like why did Jack have to die? Why couldn’t Rose move her butt over? Because that was a huge piece of wood she was on, people.

Happy Endings should be fought for, but they should always happen. Mine might take some curves and twists, but they eventually get there.

Having published over fifty stories, it always feels surreal that this is my life. Hitting USA Today had me crying for days, but nothing is more special than hearing from readers that they loved one of my books.

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Carnal Vows / Savage Intent by Jordan Marie-review tour

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Carnal Vows / Savage Intent (Kingdom of Sin 1 & 2) by Jordan Marie-review tour

 

 

CARNAL VOWS
(Kingdom of Sin 1)
by Jordan Marie
Genre: adult, contemporary, dark, erotic, Mafia romance

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ABOUT THE BOOK:Release Date April 15, 2023

I’ll cheat death to claim her.
She belongs to me.
I owe everything to Emilia’s father. I’d do anything for the man.
When he asked me to marry his daughter, I thought he was insane.
I was only going to protect her. That was my job.
Yet, one innocent kiss changed everything.
Now, it’s not about what her father wants.
It’s all about her.

When enemies try to take her and the life we could have away, they will learn why they call me the devil. I’ll show them no mercy. Emilia is mine and God help anyone who tries to come between us.

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REVIEW: CARNAL VOWS is the first instalment in Jordan Marie’s contemporary, adult KINGDOM OF SIN erotic, Mafia romance series. This is Mafia princess Emilia Korslova, and Niko Petrova’s story line.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Emilia and Niko) with a couple of additional first person, following several time lines, CARNAL VOWS follows in the wake of Mafia consigliere Maxwell Korslova making preparations for his only daughter’s future. Several years earlier Maxwell Korslova contracted with Niko Petrova to marry his daughter Emilia but our heroine was barely a teen, and Niko struggled with the aga difference between himself and the woman he would grow to love. Maxwell Korslova didn’t trust many men in his life but Niko was the only man he could trust with his only child. As the years pass, Niko came in and out of Emilia’s life without ever getting up close and personal, until her twentieth birthday when Niko would claim Emilia as his own but all was not well in the Korslova family, someone else was eyeing Emilia for himself, and Niko’s past refused to let go. What ensues is the slow building romance and relationship between Emilia and Niko, and the potential fall-out as an assassin takes aim at the men Emilia loves.

Niko Petrova was keeping his distance from the woman who was too young to claim. Maxwell Korslova make preparations for the what if or why, and Niko was the man Maxwell trusted, a man he loved like a son. Emilia Korslova struggled with the contract her father make between himself and Niko Petrova. Emilia didn’t have a choice but there were others ‘creeping’ around the periphery of the family, others who were determined to claim Emilia as their own. A lack of maturity follows Emilia throughout the story but we meet the heroine when she is only fourteen years old, and she will be protected from the outside world for the next fix years.

The relationship between Emilia and Niko begins as a contract; an arranged marriage to protect a young woman who had lost so much as a child but Niko was involved with someone else, someone who was refusing to walk way without a fight. The $ex scenes are limited but passionate and intense.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful, dynamic and powerful secondary and supporting characters including Emilia’s personal protector Victorio; head of the American Italian Mafia Antonio De Luca; Niko’s best friend and attorney Callan, and Emilia’s best friend Zoe. A relationship between Zoe and Callan develops parallel to Emilia and Niko’s relationship-Zoe and Callan’s story is found in the prequel novella PURE TEMPTATION. The requisite evil has many faces.

CARNAL VOWS is a story of power and control, betrayal and vengeance, obsession and murder, family, relationships, friendships and love. The premise is intriguing and captivating; the romance is seductive but struggles with difference in ages, experience and our hero waiting until Emilia is twenty years old. The characters are energetic but desperate and determined.

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SAVAGE INTENT
(Kingdom of Sin 2)
by Jordan Marie
Genre: adult, contemporary, dark, erotic, Mafia romance

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date June 14, 2023

Melina gave me her body and ran away.She can run, but she can’t hide.

I needed to lose myself in a woman.It was just supposed to be one night.She gave more than either of us bargained for.I claimed her innocence and she disappeared.

She has no idea the lengths I will go to find her.I won’t allow her to get away again.

I’ll track her down. Nothing will keep me from her.I don’t care what I must do.Even if I have to declare war to keep her, Melina will be mine.

••••••

REVIEW: SAVAGE INTENT is the second instalment in Jordan Marie’s contemporary adult KINGDOM OF SIN dark, erotic, Mafia romance series. This is head of the American Italian Mafia Antonio De Luca, and twenty year old, Greek Mafia daughter Melina Stratakis’s story line. SAVAGE INTENT can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary. SAVAGE INTENT runs parallel to, and crosses over with the events of CARNAL VOWS (1), and Zoe and Callan’s novella PURE TEMPTATION .5.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Melina and Antonio) SAVAGE INTENT follows in the wake of a one night stand in which Melina Stratakis ghosted Antonio DeLuca. Melina is a prisoner of her abusive father, head of the Greek Mafia, Dracos Stratakis, made even more difficult by her father’s control of her six older brothers. One night of freedom found Melina in bed with the head of the American Italian Mafia Antonio De Luca but Antonio has no idea as to the true identity of our story line heroine. With the help of his men, Antonio will discover, the woman he knows only as Lina, has been sold to an Irish mobster, a man whose intent is to sell Melina for sexual services but Antonio isn’t about to stand by and watch the woman with whom he will fall in love, marry someone else. As Antonio and his men, along with the help of Melina’s brother Marco, attempt a rescue of our story line heroine, Antonio has invoked the ire of the powerful Greek Mafia. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Melina and Antonio, and the potential fall-out as Melina, once again, finds herself a prisoner by the people she was born to hate.

The relationship between Melina and Antonio is aggressive and intense. Antonio is quick to claim Melina as his own, and wants a wedding as soon as possible. Melina is hoping to wait having been dumped from the proverbial frying pan into the fire but more attempts to extricate Melina force Antonio to marry the woman with whom he is falling in love. Antonio is all about the exhibitionism, and he and Melina are often on full display in front of his men. the $ex scenes are provocative.

There is large ensemble cast of interesting and intriguing secondary and supporting characters. We are introduced to Melina’s father Dracos Stratakis, all six of Melina’s brothers but four will eventually side with our story line hero: Marco and his fiance Helena, Sebastian, Gio and Elias; as well as the return of Niko and Emilia, and Emilia’s former bodyguard Victorio. Marco and Helen’s story line is next.

SAVAGE INTENT is a dark, gritty and heart breaking tale of dysfunctional family power and control, betrayal and vengeance, abuse and murder, acceptance and love. The premise is captivating; the romance is seductive; the characters are powerful, dynamic and determined.

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Reviewed by Sandy

 

I’m just a simple small town country girl, haunted by Alpha Men who talk in my head 24 hours a day.

I knew I wanted to write when it became clear I couldn’t be happy with just viewing other people’s stories. I always wanted to rewrite them.

Like why did Jack have to die? Why couldn’t Rose move her butt over? Because that was a huge piece of wood she was on, people.

Happy Endings should be fought for, but they should always happen. Mine might take some curves and twists, but they eventually get there.

Having published over fifty stories, it always feels surreal that this is my life. Hitting USA Today had me crying for days, but nothing is more special than hearing from readers that they loved one of my books.

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In Too Deep Jordan Marie-Review & Excerpt Tour

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IN TOO DEEP (Doing Bad Things #2) by Jordan Marie-Review and Excerpt Tour

 

IN TOO DEEP
Doing Bad Things #2
by Jordan Marie
Release Date: October 17, 2017
Genre: adult, contemporary, erotic, romance

 

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ABOUT THE BOOK: RELEASE DATE October 17, 2017

I did a bad thing.

I did a really bad thing.

I’m not a bad person, I swear. I just made a few mistakes.

Mistake number one was agreeing to rent my hotel out to an insufferable a**hole, named Aden Smith¬.

Mistake number two was ignoring his threats to sue me when he handed over a list of items he deemed “unacceptable”.

Mistake number three was diving into the pool to save his life when he fell. It would have been less complicated to hide his body.

When the hospital refuses to let me know how he is, I panic.

Claiming to be his wife might be my biggest mistake yet—especially when he believes me!

He might have been the one drowning, but I’m sinking in a bed of lies, going down fast—and there’s not a rescue in sight.

••••••••••

REVIEW: IN TOO DEEP is the second installment in Jordan Marie’s contemporary, adult DOING BAD THINGS erotic, romance series. This is forty year old Hollywood movie star Aden McIntyre, and twenty six year old single mom / motel owner Hope Lucas. IN TOO DEEP can be read as a stand alone story without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story line is revealed where necessary. Aden McIntyre is connected to our story line heroine through her cousin White, and his friend Gavin O’Leary (GOING DOWN HARD #1).

Told from dual first person perspectives (Hope and Aden) IN TOO DEEP follows the acrimonious relationship built upon the ongoing lies between Hollywood actor Aden McIntyre, and single mom/motel owner Hope Lucas. Aden McIntyre is tired of the Hollywood scene and the fame-hungry starlets when he walks away from his latest picture deal into the anonymity of Clancy, Idaho, population six hundred. With a recommendation from Gavin’s friend White, Aden heads to the Hard Acres Motel where his life will take an unexpected and disastrous turn. Enter Hope Lucas, White’s cousin, and the woman with whom Aden will fall in love. What ensues is the building but deceptive relationship between Aden and Hope, and the fall out when the truth is finally revealed.

When Hope Lucas inherited the Hard Acres Motel in Clancy Idaho, our heroine had no idea the mess of which she was walking into. With renovations only partially complete, and no readily available cash to continue the work, Hope considers walking way until her ‘first’ customer arrives two weeks early demanding a room, and a place to stay. Aden McIntyre wants nothing to do with Hope Lucas, and her run-down motel but our hero is desperate to escape, and pushes our heroine into a two week deal. The back and forth, excessively angry confrontations, name calling, and bitter feud will end when Aden lands in the hospital without any memory of past. A small lie will snowball into the scam of the century as Hope claims to be Aden’s wife, and immediately begins to turn Aden’s life into a comedy of errors as the lies continue to build-one after another.

IN TOO DEEP is a story of deception; of one woman’s desperate need to feel wanted; and one man’s desire to escape the world from which he belonged. The believability aspect to the story line is limited; I had a difficult time with the continuous, ongoing, over the top lies and fabrications that snowballed into an unimaginable and preposterous backstory for one man whose memories were wiped clean by a pool side accident. Not withstanding the couple’s original acrimonious and hate filled, rude and crude introduction, the lies spewed and fabricated history by our story line heroine is questionable on so many levels. In the end my sympathies leaned towards Aden McIntyre as Hope Lucas continued the ruse for weeks.

On one level the story line could have been a great romantic comedy but the couple’s introduction and their original treatment of one another revealed a distasteful and offensive side to each of the story line characters; the language was cutting, meant to hurt and inflict damage-the use of a certain four-letter word is caustic. The premise is engaging; the characters are impulsive and spirited; the romance is heartbreaking-forged by deception and lies.

I am probably in the minority with my review ;I wanted to accept the circumstances presented but the believeability was lacking on so many levels. I need to be pulled into a story that resonates with my emotions but I could not get past Hope and Aden’s original treatment of one another, and the heroine’s ongoing deception and bizarre tale of lies.

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Reviewed by Sandy

 

Excerpt beige

Aden

I planned to apologize. Really—I did. I was dreading it. In my experience when you apologize to a woman you show them weakness, and with weakness they smell blood. It never ends well. Still, I shouldn’t have said what I did about her. I was going to the office to say I’m sorry, see if there was literature about where I can find a place with take-out food and leave—quickly.
One thing stops me.
I open the door to the office and this small boy comes running out at me, completely naked. He slaps his hands against my legs, just reaching above my knee. I stop quickly so I don’t plow him over.
“You my Daddy?” he asks. I know nothing about kids, but I do know one of the last things I ever want to hear from one are those words. His question strikes fear in my heart, but the fact his hands are covered in some dark brown unknown substance terrifies me. I watch as it smears across the legs of my favorite jeans. I’m not sure what it is, but he’s not wearing any clothes—including a diaper. Do kids his size wear diapers?
“Jack! You get back here right now young man!”
“Daddy!”
The child screams the name like it’s being torn from his heart, the moment White’s cousin captures him in her arms and pulls him away. The scream is so piercing I wince.
“Do you need something?” she asks over the noise. Her face instantly hardens, whereas just a moment ago she was smiling, even chasing after her son.
“Does he belong to you?” I ask, all thoughts of giving an apology gone. My voice is that of a growl really. It seems this woman brings out the worst in me.
“I—”
“He destroyed my clothes.”
Her eyes go round and briefly I notice she has brown eyes…almost as dark as whatever the child rubbed all over me.
“Daddy!” he screams again, and the woman’s face blushes a deep red.
“Hush, Jack. That’s not your Daddy,” she hisses.
“He doesn’t know who his father is?” I don’t bother keeping the censure out of my voice. This entire revelation doesn’t surprise me. I’m making a mental note to punch White in the face the next time I see him.
“It’s just chocolate. It will come out of your pants. You should probably flush it with club soda or…”
“Do I look like I do laundry?”
“Well—”
“Does your hotel even have laundry service?”
“There’s a laundry mat in town,” she says defensively.
“Charming.”
“Daddy!” the child screams again.
“Listen, Jack and I were—”
“Wrestling in chocolate?”
“Is there something you need?” she all but growls, her face tight with irritation.


 

 

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A QUIRKY WRITER GOING WHERE THE VOICES TAKE HER.
USA Today Best Selling Author Jordan Marie, is just a simple small town country girl who is haunted by Alpha Men who talk in her head 24 hours a day.

She currently has 14 books out including 2 that she wrote under the pen name Baylee Rose.

She likes to create a book that takes you on an emotional journey whether tears, laughter (or both) or just steamy hot fun (or all 3). She loves to connect with readers and interacting with them through social media, signings or even old fashioned email.

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