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Deceive Me (Broken People 1) by Vi Carter-Review & Excerpt tour

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Deceive Me (Broken People Duet 1) by Vi Carter-Review & Excerpt tour

 

 

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date March 7, 2022

Jared

They say love and hate dance together along the same line.
My feelings for Layla don’t dance on the line; they destroy it.
It’s been seven years since she disappeared without a trace.
And now she’s back, but things have changed—I’ve changed.
I’m no longer the Jared she remembers, the boy who wanted to protect her.
I’m very much my father’s son, and I take what I want, and what I want is Layla.
But this time, I’m keeping her forever.

Layla

Seven years—that’s how long it’s been since I’ve seen him.
After painstakingly putting myself back together, I’m finally ready to start a life without his memory chasing my every step.
Imagine my surprise when my new beginning leads me straight back to him.
Only he’s not the boy I remember.
He’s angry.
Damaged.
Hiding secrets that want to destroy him.
He hates me. He wants me.

I’m not sure I’ll survive the man he has become. His demons threaten to destroy us both.

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REVIEW:DECEIVE ME is the first instalment in Vi Carter’s contemporary, new adult BROKEN PEOPLE dark, erotic, romance duet focusing on nineteen year olds Jared McGivney and Layla Masters.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Jared and Layla) using present day and memories from the past, DECEIVE ME follows the rebuilding relationship and friendship between nineteen year olds Jared McGivney and Layla Masters. Jared and Layla met and grew up in the foster care system, a system that let down our story line couple. Seven years earlier, following a catastrophic injury, twelve year old, Layla disappeared, leaving Jared to fight the system on his own. Fast forward to present day wherein Layla, a shadow of her former self, on her first days at Kingscourt College comes face to face with her past, the boy she once loved but a boy turned young man who is no longer the person she once knew. A target of the mean girls and bully boys, Layla tries to remain on the down low but Jared insists on taking our heroine out of her comfort zone. What ensues is the rebuilding relationship and friendship between Jared and Layla, and the potential fall-out as Jared’s past takes aim at our story line heroine.

Layla Masters has struggled in the years since losing her best friend but found a little peace in the years since. Seeing Jared brings back all sorts of memories of what happened and why but Jared’s attitude runs both hot and cold, in the face of perceived betrayal and the loss of his friend but all is not well in Jared’s personal life, and the fall-out is about to take down our story line couple.

The relationship between Jared and Layla is a second chance friendship. At twelve years old our couple were separated when Layla’s life spiralled out of control. Seven years of therapy and looking for the boy she could never forget to discover that Jared was no longer the boy she remembered. Jared has never forgotten the young girl that continues to control his heart but Jared’s life went from the proverbial frying pan into the fire, and Layla is about to pay the price. The $ex scenes are intimate without the use of over the top sexually graphic language and text.

The secondary and supporting characters include Layla’s parents Evelyn and Carl Masters; Jared’s father, as well as fellow students Ashley, Lucas and Kieran, and the mean girls. The requisite evil have many faces.

DECEIVE ME is a story of anger and rejection, secrets and lies, betrayal and vengeance, friendships and love. The premise is gritty and raw; the romance is seductive; the characters are broken, struggling and hurt. DECEIVE ME ends on a cliff hanger-you have been warned.

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Reviewed by Sandy

 

 

 

Everything in me stills as Jay walks towards me, his face tightening the closer he gets. It transforms him from someone I used to know with dimples and light eyes, to an angry God.
“Hi.” I sound so breathless as he stops in front of me.
He glares at me and rubs his jaw before speaking. “The three days you were missing, where were you?”
He’s angry.
My throat aches again; my heart beats rapidly as I stare up into the dark abyss that wants to consume me. I need to speak, but for the first time with Jared, the words are lodged in my throat.
His large hand touches my jawline, and my eyes flick up at him. His eyes have darkened even further, and I’m not sure what has prompted him to touch me. He looks revolted by the action, yet he hasn’t let me go. When we were younger, I knew exactly what he was thinking, but right now, the unknown is scaring me.
His hand travels down to my neck, his thumb flicking back and forth, his touch burns into me. I swallow.
“Where were you…?” His words trail off as he looks at me with haunted eyes. 


 

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.

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

She has declared herself a coffee & chocolate addict! Do not judge

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Broken God (Savage Heir 5) by Jagger Cole-Review Tour

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BROKEN GOD (Savage Heirs 5) by Jagger Cole-Review Tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 24, 2022

He’s my deepest damnation. And my darkest desire.

Konstantin Reznikov’s war buried me in darkness.

Four years later, he’s the one dragging me screaming from my coma.

The viciously domineering, brutal, terrifyingly gorgeous tyrant who haunts the shattered fragments of my memories. The man with dark gray eyes as cold as his dark gray soul.

I remember almost nothing from my past. But he does. Now, he owns my present, and my future.

Because Konstantin didn’t wake me up for free. He brought me out of my darkness to engulf me in his.

To own me. To trap me in a maze of twisted games and jagged thorns.

Now I’m bound to the broken god of wrath and ruin who might hold the key to my past.

Or maybe, to my unraveling.

Broken God is book 1 in a duet and not a standalone book. The completed duet is a standalone story within the Savage Heirs series, though. You do not need to have read the previous books in this series to read this duet.

This extra dark Bratva academy romance is guaranteed to leave your kindle steaming. Step into the viper’s nest of Oxford Hills Academy and meet the Savage Heirs of Bratva kings and oligarchs. )Absolutely no cheating,

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REVIEW:BROKEN GOD is the fifth instalment in Jagger Cole’s contemporary, new adult SAVAGE HEIRS dark, erotic, Mafia romance series, and the first instalment in the author’s interconnected duet. This is eighteen year old Mafia princess Mara Belsky, and heir to the Reznikov’s throne Konstantin Reznikov’s story line. BROKEN GOD can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty but for back story I recommend reading BRUTAL KING where Mara’s story begins.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Konstantin and Mara)and emails from the past, BROKEN GOD focuses on the weeks after eighteen year old Mara Belsky wakes from a four year coma, a coma induced by a bullet to the back of her head. Mara has no recollection of what happened four years earlier, and in the ensuing time, only bits and pieces from throughout her hospital stay come to the forefront and quickly disappear but Mara’s return to ‘civilization’ begins with her introduction to the Oxford Hills Academy, a private, preparatory school for the rich and infamous, an introduction that includes the dark and dangerous Konstantin Reznikov. Konstantin Reznikov has a precarious and murderous reputation, a reputation earned by his need for control and his ability to kill without remorse, but Konstantin has set his sights on our story line heroine, blackmailing and threatening a young woman who is barely able to control her own life; a girl who is unable to remember what happened or why. What ensues is the acrimonious but building relationship between Konstantin and Mara, and the fall-out as hidden secrets reveal a much darker and more dangerous betrayal than Mara could have ever imagined.

The relationship between Mara and Konstantin is that of jailer and prisoner. Konstantin wants to control every aspect of Mara’s life but in doing so slowly succumbs to his attraction to our story line heroine. Mara knows that to defy Konstantin would threaten the lives and families of the people she loves, people who struggle to understand the control Konstantin has over our story line heroine. The $ex scenes are aggressive and intense with some behavior and actions of questionable consent.

Most of the previous story line couples have cameo roles. We are reintroduced to Mara’s twin sister Lizbet and her boyfriend Lucas (Brutal King); the requisite mean girls, as well as Mara’s former bodyguard Grigori.

BROKEN GOD is a story of betrayal and vengeance, power and control, murder and retribution, secrets and lies. The premise is dark, gritty, raw and dramatic; the characters are broken, embattled, powerful and charismatic; the romance is a power-struggle in which Mara is often threatened when she disobeys or talks back-Konstantin is broken, a bully, a powerful Mafia ‘god’ who is determined to break our story line heroine. BROKEN GOD ends on a cliff hanger-you have been warned.

Reading Order and previous reviews
Savage Heir
Dark Prince
Brutal King
Forbidden Crown

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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.

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Cruel Lies/Cruel Promises by Faith Summers-reviews

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CRUEL LIES (Cruel Secrets Duet 1) by Faith Summers

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 27, 2021

He’s my villain, my monster, my forbidden path…Caspian Ivanov and I come from the same dark world.One where the Bratva and the secret society reign.And, he’s the son of their ruthless leader.

“I’ll destroy you.”

That’s the last thing he said to me.It was on the night of the Reaping.Hard to believe we were ever best friends.His vengeance is, however, the price I pay for keeping a secret I shouldn’t have kept.A secret that ripped our families apart.It made us forbidden to each other.That’s when he became the viperous devil.

Breathtakingly beautiful but with a cold black heart.Like any snake, he wanted to poison me.When our paths collide at Raventhorn University, I stay away from him.What I don’t expect is to become his obsession.Or to be forced to become his wife.Except, we might not get to say I do.

Because someone wants me dead.

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REVIEW: CRUEL LIES is the first instalment in Faith Summers’s (Khardine Gray) contemporary, new adult CRUEL SECRETS dark, erotic, Mafia duet focusing on Mafia/Bratva heirs Caspian Ivanov, and Willow Raventhorn.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Caspian and Willow) covering several years in the life, CRUEL LIES follows the friends to enemies, acrimonious relationship between Caspian Ivanov, and Willow Raventhorn, heirs to their father’s Mafia control. Years earlier, Willow’s parents were murdered, and Caspian’s mother supposedly died by her own hand, leaving Willow and her sister in the care of extended family and friends. In the aftermath, Willow revealed a secret that labelled her persona non-grata in the eyes of the boy she once loved. Fast forward a couple of years wherein Willow’s sister tries desperately to save the life of our story line heroine but the resulting fall-out would find Willow locked up in a psychiatric hospital, fighting for someone to believe her story. Upon her release, Willow enrols at the exclusive Raventhorn University for the children of the connected criminal underworld, and a secret society of ‘Knights’, where she will come face to face with the boy she once loved, a young man who struggles to stay clear of our story line heroine. What ensues is the building but tempestuous relationship between Willow and Caspian, and the fall out as Caspian’s ongoing seduction of Willow is about to place our couple in the direct line of fire.

Caspian Ivanov, not only lost his mother, but his brother as well. As the new heir to the Ivanov family, Caspian is forbidden to contact our story line heroine but Caspian is unable to stay clear of the woman who has stolen his heart. Willow has struggled in the years since the death of her parents but years spent under someone else’s control pushes Willow to withdraw from family and friends. Starting college means a new start to life but the past refuses to let go, and in this Willow finds herself the target of some powerful people. As the soul heir to her father’s business, Willow will be forced to marry , a man she does not love, by the people in charge of the secret society.

The relationship between Willow and Caspian is a friends to enemies to frenemies relationship in which their college reconnection is forbidden , and the threat of retaliation is real and deadly. Best friends as children, Willow and Caspian’s lives will be turned upside down, and the aftermath will see Willow losing not only her parents, her sister but her best friend as well. The $ex scenes are impassioned and intense.

There is a large ensemble cast of energetic and powerful secondary and supporting characters including Caspian’s brother Zak, their father Aleks, and their cousin Thorne; Willow’s friends Lucian Sokolov, and Eilish; Willow’s guardians Adrian and Elaine; Bratva heir Dorian Belkov.

CRUEL LIES is a story of betrayal and vengeance, power and control, family, friendships, and relationships; hatred and love. The premise is dark, gritty and heart breaking; the romance is seductive; the characters are broken, desperate and lost. CRUEL LIES ends on a cliff hanger-you have been warned.

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CRUEL PROMISES (Cruel Secrets Duet 2) by Faith Summers

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 21, 2022

Our vicious past dragged us into a whirlpool of dark secrets.

The villain isn’t supposed to be the hero.
Willow was always mine.
So, I’ll become whatever I need to be to save her.
Including breaking the oath I made when I became a Knight.

The oath is our life and our death.

But she is my path to redemption.
My obsession.
My love.
My wife.
I’ll walk through the fires of hell to protect her.
And the sky will rain the blood of our enemies.
I won’t stop until I get what I want.
Even if it kills me.

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REVIEW: CRUEL PROMISES is the second and final instalment in Faith Summers’ contemporary, new adult CRUEL SECRETS dark, erotic, Mafia, bully romance duet focusing on nineteen and eighteen year old, Mafia/Bratva heirs Caspian Ivanov, and Willow Raventhorn. CRUEL PROMISES should not be read as a stand alone as it picks up immediately after the events and cliff hanger of book one CRUEL LIES.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Caspian and Willow) CRUEL PROMISES picks up immediately after the events of book on in which Willow learns her fate and destiny at the hands of a secret society of ‘Knights’. As the heir to her late father’s business and fortune Willow quickly learns the ‘Knights’ have taken control, of not only her money, but her autonomy as well. Forced to marry a man she doesn’t love, Willow will discover that enemies will become friends, and friends will become enemies in a game of power and control, murder and revenge. As Caspian Ivanov goes in search of the truth, our ‘anti’ hero can no longer trust the people he once called family and friends, knowing the reach of money and power is greedy and long. What ensues is the building but contemptuous relationship between Caspian and Willow, and the potential fall-out as the truth reveals a more sinister darkness than they could have ever imagined.

The relationship between Caspian and Willow is acrimonious at best. Willow and Caspian had been childhood best friends but a family secret pulled Caspian out of our heroine’s life, forcing Willow to struggle with what happened on her own. Marrying Caspian has always been Willow’s fantasy and dream but forced to marry a monster meant the turmoil of a broken heart, and the possibility of losing it all. Caspian Ivanov had never stopped loving our story line heroine but life took a dark and dangerous turn for our story line ‘anti’ hero. Barely surviving the abuse and torture years before, Caspian turns his pain outwards, in an effort to protect the woman with whom he has fallen in love. The $ex scenes are aggressive and intense, with dubious and questionable consent.

Once again, there is a large ensemble cast of powerful and determined secondary and supporting characters including Caspian’s father Aleksander Ivanov, and his cousin Thorne; Willow’s friends Lucian Sokolov, and Eilish; Willow’s guardians Adrian and Elaine. The requisite evil has many faces.

CRUEL PROMISES is a story of power and control, money and influence, betrayal and vengeance, secrets and lies, love and acceptance. The premise is dark, disheartening and twisted but felt a little bit rushed; the characters are haunting and tragic; the romance is dramatic and provocative.

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Reviews 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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Dusk Unveiled (Ravenwood Coven 2) by Carrie Ann Ryan-Review Tour

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Dusk Unveiled (Ravenwood Coven 2) by Carrie Ann Ryan-Review Tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date January 13, 2022.

The Christopher curse is one of legend—so old that every new generation knows they will be touched by it. With every spell muttered, every magical pull needed to save her town, Laurel Christopher knows she’s one step closer to burning to ash and leaving those she loves behind. She’ll fight with all she has to protect her people—and the man she loves—but she might not have enough strength remaining to save herself.

Jaxton Dark lost his best friend to the necromancer attacking Ravenwood but refuses to lose his mate to a curse that could take them both. He’s well aware of the loss calling them, but before he can stand up for those he loves, a betrayal cuts him to the core.

Sacrifice was always an inevitability when it comes to the curse that threatens their fate. Yet it’s only when the darkness makes a subtle and surprising move that star-crossed lovers, Laurel and Jaxton, will truly find out the meaning of who they could be and what they must give up to survive.

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REVIEW:Dusk Unveiled is the second installment in the Ravenwood Coven. It can be read as a standalone, but it’s recommended to read the series in order. This is one of the many paranormal series that the sassy C.A.R has, and wowey, I can’t wait to see what comes next!

*Que BTS “Fire”*

What do you get with a cursed Fire witch, ready to take on the big bad evil to save her loved ones? Laurel Christopher. Every time she uses her magic, she is burned from a curse that seeks to destroy her. With Everything she has in her, all Laurel wants to do is save her town and her family, add in a mate that will stop at nothing, and life is more and more worth fighting for.

Jaxton Dark is a hawk shifter and the wing leader of his group. Born into the town, and the people he has come to love as family and friends, he has a duty to protect them from the evil threat. He will fight and die for what he believes in. Jaxton knows that Laurel is his mate, just as she does, but with the ever growing curse he doesn’t push her to finish the mating bond. That being said, Jaxton won’t let Laurel face things alone. Their spicy moments are on a level all of their own. Can Laurel defeat the threat before the curse takes her? Will she finally give in to Jaxton? Will Jaxton get the revenge he so desires?

I love a good paranormal romance, and C.A.R is so good at them! Enjoy this fast paced, sexy shifter romance but prepare yourself for the ending. The ending is gonna knock your socks off and have you yeeting your kindle across the room.

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Reviewed by Sarah

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Carrie Ann Ryan is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary, paranormal, and young adult romance. Her works include the Montgomery Ink, Redwood Pack, Fractured Connections, and Elements of Five series, which have sold over 3.0 million books worldwide. She started writing while in graduate school for her advanced degree in chemistry and hasn’t stopped since. Carrie Ann has written over seventy-five novels and novellas with more in the works. When she’s not losing herself in her emotional and action-packed worlds, she’s reading as much as she can while wrangling her clowder of cats who have more followers than she does.

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The Last Families by Carla Doria-Review

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The Last Families by Carla Doria-Review 

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 8, 2021.

Escaping their land’s destruction, the Kaptarish, Drontas, Verbaren, and Ninfires have reached the island of Gambir. The last families with talents like mind-reading, extraordinary force, burning with their hands, and flying, hope to find refuge in this place.

Yarisha, the only mind-reader in the Verbaren family, will fall in love with Malakay, the most arrogant sibling in the Ninfire family. She knows the young man’s mother and the matriarch of the Ninfires, Mandely, will never consent to this relationship since she considers the Verbaren family inferior to them.

None of the members in the families expect to find a land full of secrets where those with the darkest looking-skin have better chances to survive and where the leader, Ian, is planning to take wives by force.

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REVIEW:A Fantasy/Dystopian style of book which was really good. A new author for me, and one I’ll be keeping an eye on. A fast paced book in which supernatural families fight to survive.

These families all have different abilities, and all think they are superior to one another.

We start with families fleeing their homes to a new island. It’s a scary time for everyone, characters are vying for leadership, some embrace it, whilst others don’t really want it.

It did remind me a little of swallows and Amazons, but with the characters being a little older it’s also a little like Robinson Crusoe. The squabbling within the families as they set up hierarchy was interesting. Each family is different and that was handy as you don’t want to get them mixed up.

Yarisha and Malakay are the main characters that are in this book. Both from opposing families, both aren’t really suppose to be together, Yarisha is a strong personality and a girl that knows her mind, a leader in her family (but she’s unsure of her role) she knows that she has to get the approval of Malakay’s mother (which is going to be near impossible) Malakay is a complex character who grows within this book.

Uniting families seem like the best plan, the more there are of you, the better your chances of survival. But if you despise everyone around you, how will that be possible?

Multiple points of view can sometimes confuse the reader (I know it does me?) but I never got that with this book, you know who is who with every word written. A complex world and it’s cast soon emerges, and your quickly drawn in.

We then also have the faction that wants to lead EVERYONE. He’s not a nice guy a d it soon emerges that he wants a harem to rebuild his family, but he’s looking at the other families to complete his harem! So that means there will be fighting as the families don’t really wave to give up women to his group!

We also have eyes that are watching the proceedings! Are these friends or foes?

I loved reading this book and hope there will be another as there are so many other characters and stories that could be told.

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Reviewed by Julie B ?

 

 

Carla Doria was born in Cochabamba, Bolivia where she currently resides. Graduated as an Industrial Engineer, she decided to acknowledge her lost love from childhood: writing. She spends her time working, blogging, writing, traveling, doing yoga, biking, running, and enjoying the good life in the city valley of Cochabamba.

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Willing Me Him by Kelly Gendron-Review Tour

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Willing Me Him by Kelly Gendron-Review Tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 9,2021

Theo Nash makes women want to take him home to show off everything they’ve learned in the bedroom all in one night.

Our senior year, my twin brother was diagnosed with a rare bone disease.
Two years later, we lost him.
He left our little brother his skateboard collection.
Mom got his cherished camera.
And me?
He left me his cocky, button-pushing, skirt-chasing best friend, THEO NASH
He not only left me Theo.
He left instructions!
Take my brother’s place as Theo’s best friend for the next five years!
My time is almost up.
And I haven’t fallen victim to his sexy little smiles or his not to be ignored eyes.
NOW
I just need to get through the weekend with him as my fake boyfriend…

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REVIEW: WILLING ME HIM by Kelly Gendron is a stand alone, contemporary, adult, erotic romance story line focusing on twenty-five year olds App developer/firefighter Jody Walker, and bartender/sky diving instructor Theo Nash.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Jody and Nash) using present day and memories from the past, WILLING ME HIM follows five years after the death of Nash’s best friend, and Jody’s twin brother Joey, a death wherein Joey bequeathed his best friend Nash to his sister Joey. Five years would pass, Jody and Nash and best friends but a corporate retreat finds Nash pretending to be Jody’s boyfriend, and the relationship between our couple will never be the same. Returning home Nash ghosts our heroine until a call to go home, wherein Nash’s life is about to take a drastic change going forward. What ensues is the back and forth, building relationship between Jody and Nash, and the potential fall-out when Nash discovers his best friend’s request, and Jody finds herself on the outside looking in when the man that she loves, walks away without looking back.

The relationship between Jody and Nash is a best friend’s sister, friends to lovers, fake boyfriend relationship in which a slow burning attraction turns into something more. Jody has watched from the sidelines as Nash jumped from girl to girl, and Nash struggled in the wake of falling in love with his best friend’s sister. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

We are introduced to Jody’s younger brother Aidan, their mother, and as well as Jody’s co-workers and friends; Nash’s Mima, her friend Betty Jean, and his father Allen.

WILLING ME HIM is an emotional story of loss and grief, friendships and love. The premise is heart breaking yet engaging; the romance is seductive; the characters are struggling but energetic and dynamic.

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Reviewed by Sandy

Kelly’s motto ~ “Bad boys, give ’em a little time and experience, and they will evolve into misbehaving men!” And what hot-blooded woman doesn’t want a naughty, all grown up bad boy?

Kelly Gendron is the author of the TroubleMaker series, the up and coming series ~ Breaking the Declan Brothers, and a few other romantic suspense novels.

When she’s not writing steamy, blush producing romances, she’s out meeting new people while representing a group of reputable nursing facilities. You can find Kelly in a quiet suburb, somewhere between Buffalo and Niagara Falls. If you Google her, she’ll pop up there too. And, please do find her. Kelly loves to hear from her readers, and meeting new people.

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Brutal King (Savage Heirs 3) by Jagger Cole-Review Tour

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Brutal King (Savage Heirs 3) by Jagger Cole-Review Tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 11, 2021

He’s my only cure. And my deadliest poison.

Once upon a time, a scarred beast met a broken beauty.

But to keep my kingdom and appease the Bratva High Council, I’m going to marry a man who’s family my family tried to destroy.

A man who looks at me with cold, brutal blue eyes. A man whose very presence sucks the air from my lungs. A man with no past, shrouded in scars, pain, and darkness.

The rules are simple: get in, get out, don’t fall for the terrifying and magnetically gorgeous Lukas Komarov.

Because this isn’t really about me. This is about securing a future for my sick sister. Even if that means binding myself to a man who hates me.

‘Til death do us part…but that’s going to come quicker than anyone knows.

You see, this story has an expiration date. I have an expiration date.

In six months, I’ll be dead.

They say love is a battle.

And I’ve got nothing to lose.

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REVIEW:BRUTAL KING is the third instalment in Jagger Cole’s contemporary, young adult/new adult SAVAGE HEIRS dark, erotic, Bratva romance series. This is eighteen year old Lizbet Belsky, and Lukas Komarov’s story line. BRUTAL KING can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

WARNING: Due to the nature of the story line premise including graphic violence and abuse there may be triggers for more sensitive readers. Although most of the characters are high school aged, and attend a private, boarding school for the elite, royal, rich or connected, the story line contains adult situations, therefore I do not recommend for anyone under eighteen years of age.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Lizbet and Lukas) BRUTAL KING follows the marriage of convenience between eighteen years olds Lizbet Belsky, and Lukas Komarov. Two years earlier, Lizbet Belsky’ father Semyon was gunned down in a Bratva war. No love loss between Lizbet and her father but a desperate need finds our heroine facing the heads of the Bratva family, aiming to take control of her father’s empire but Lizbet never expected to come face to face with Lukas Komarov, one of the ruling kings at England’s Oxford Hall Academy, and a particular nasty thorn in our heroine’s side. The heads of the Bratva families are not easily swayed and reluctantly make Lizbet choose losing everything or marrying on one of the sons of the Bratva families. Enter Lukas Komarov, and the man with whom Lizbet would fall in love. What ensues is the acrimonious relationship between Lukas and Lizbet, and the potent fall-out as Lukas’ demons begin to take over, and our heroine stands in the direct line of fire.

Lukas Komarov’s backstory is dangerous and dark; heart breaking and demented, thusly, controlling the monster within. Lukas, unable to control the demons from his past, uses pain, in an effort to excise the memories and the dragon that demands to be released. Lizbet is a reminder of everything that went wrong, everything that Lukas cannot control. Lizbet Belsky knows her time is limited, and in this, she is desperate to gain control of her late father’s estate but the Bratva families demand payment for her father’s sins, and this Lizbet is to be made an example, an example that will fall for the man that wants to destroy her life.

The relationship between Lizbet and Lukas is acrimonious at best. Lukas wants nothing to do with our story line heroine believing she is not worthy of attending the prestigious Oxford Hall Academy. With her father’s history, and sins against the reigning Bratva families, Lizbet is persona non grata, and in this, is desperate to gain control before everything is for naught but as Lukas and Lizbet begin to reveal a little bit about their pasts, the pain and darkness begin to engulf our story line couple. The $ex scenes are passionate and seductive without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

We are reintroduced to Bratva Prince/heir Ilya Volkov and Tenley Chambers (Savage Heir 1), Mischa Tsavakov and princess Charlotte Bergendem (Savage Prince 2), as well as Lukas’ adopted parents Victor and Fiona, Bratva heir Konstantin Resnikov, and Lizbet’s roommate Julianna McCreed.

BRUTAL KING is a dark and dangerous story of power and control, betrayal and revenge, creed, desperation, abuse and torture. The premise is raw; the romance is dramatic; the characters are broken, desperate, and determined.

Reading Order and previous reviews
Savage Heir
Dark Prince

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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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THE SENIOR (College Years 4) by Monica Murphy

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 4, 2021.

Eli Bennett.

Magnetic. Outspoken. Infuriating.

Top ranked college quarterback. Sexy. Funny.

Oh, and now my ex-boyfriend.

When he makes me choose between him or a once in a lifetime opportunity, I surprise us both — and don’t choose him. He can’t tell me what to do. Besides, he’ll get over my so-called betrayal and we’ll be back together in no time.

But when I return from my European study abroad program, Eli is still angry. He wants me to apologize for leaving him. I want him to apologize for giving me an ultimatum. Looks like we’re at a standstill.

He’s playing the season of his life thanks to him channeling his anger into aggressiveness out on the field, and now he’s got NFL prospects. His every dream is coming true, but I know he misses me. He still wishes he had his parents’ approval. He’s on top of his game, but secretly, he’s miserable.

Until a life changing moment has us both reconsidering what we’re going to do with our lives. And if we’re going to end up…

Together.

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REVIEW: THE SENIOR is the fourth instalment in Monica Murphy’s contemporary, new adult THE COLLEGE YEARS erotic, romances series-a spin off from the author’s THE CALLAHANS which in turn is a spin off from the ONE WEEK GIRLFRIEND series. THE SENIOR is the continuation of twenty year old Ava Callahan, and Eli Bennett’s story beginning with ADDICTED TO HIM and MEANT TO BE (The Callahans 3 & 4). THE SENIOR can be read as a stand alone but I recommend reading THE SOPHOMORE book three, and the series in order for back story and cohesion as Ava and Eli’s story begins in the aforementioned series.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Eli and Ava) THE SENIOR picks up immediately after the cliff hanger of book three THE SOPHOMORE in which Ava announces she has been accepted to study in Europe , and a devastated Eli pushes her out of his life. Fast forward several months, with the start of the fall semester, and Eli’s senior year as a college quarterback underway, our hero plays his best games ever but Ava’s return forces Eli to reconsider what happened and why.Eli and Ava’s on-again, off-again relationship begins to upset everyone around, and Eli’s selfishness, continues to push Eva out of his life. Weeks turn into months, and the up and down of their relationship begins to take it toll on our story line couple.

Eli and Ava’s relationship is a disaster; a sinking ship of miscommunication, misunderstanding, ego, stubbornness, immaturity and fragility. Eli had struggled to understand Ava’s need to leave, believing she didn’t care about his wants and needs, and in the end, his crumbling psyche was unable to accept our heroine’s choices. Ava had supported Eli’s football career and choices for close to four years but when she chose herself, her relationship with Eli imploded, leaving both Eli and Ava heart broken and destroyed.

THE SENIOR is an emotional story of heart break and loss, stubbornness and immaturity, anxiety, acceptance and love. The premise is dramatic and impassioned; the embattled romance struggles; the characters are broken, raw and edgy.

READING ORDER AND PREVIOUS REVIEWS
The Freshman
The Sophomore
The Junior

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Reviewed by Sandy

Monica Murphy is the New York Times, USA Today and #1 international bestselling author of the One Week Girlfriend series, the Billionaire Bachelors and The Rules series. Her books have been translated in almost a dozen languages and has sold over one million copies worldwide. She is both self-published and published by Random House/Bantam and Harper Collins/Avon. She writes new adult, young adult and contemporary romance.

She is a wife and a mother of three who lives in central California on fourteen acres in the middle of nowhere along with their one dog and too many cats. A self-confessed workaholic, when she’s not writing, she’s reading or hanging out with her husband and kids. She’s a firm believer in happy endings, though she will admit to putting her characters through angst-filled moments before they finally get that hard won HEA.

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