Ruthless Villain (Ruthless Billionaires 3)by Faith Summers-review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 6, 2024

My Knight. My Rebel. My Forbidden Villain …

In the dazzling lights of Vegas, I indulged in a passionate one-night stand with a man who looked like a Greek god in the flesh.
We agreed: no names, no strings attached, just an unforgettable night of fun.
The plan was simple—say goodbye and move on.
Little did I know fate had other ideas for me.
I never expected to run into Mr. Greek god in New York a week later at my father’s fundraiser.
Nor to find out that the godlike man is Luc Le Blanche, the NHL star defenseman for the Hawks.
The Hawks, as in the hockey team my father just bought.
To make matters worse, my father declares me off-limits to him because of the bitter rivalry between Luc’s father and mine.
Luc has also made an enemy out of my father since the team’s sale.
Due to the control my father has over my inheritance and Luc’s career with the team, we’re forced to obey his demands.
The problem is we can’t keep our hands off each other.
Despite the stakes, neither of us can resist the magnetic pull drawing us together.
Caught between desire and duty, Luc proposes a daring solution:
We see each other in secret.

Of course I agree.

I know the risk and what’s at stake if we get caught.
I also know he can’t be mine.
Yet each stolen moment and every forbidden kiss fuels my hunger for the 6’6 tattooed hockey god.
When things get complicated, I’m not sure what will break me more.
The exposure of our secret romance.
Or falling for him…
A man my father calls the villain.

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REVIEW:RUTHLESS VILLAIN is the third instalment in Faith Summers’ contemporary, adult RUTHLESS BILLIONAIRES erotic, romance series. This is thirty-one year old, professional hockey player/billionaire Luc Le Blanche, and twenty-four year old heiress/journalist Autumn Jakobe’s story line. RUTHLESS VILLAIN can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary. Luc Le Blanche is best friends with Knight (Ruthless Knight 1)and Jericho Grayson (Ruthless Rebel 2).

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Luc and Autumn) RUTHLESS VILLAIN follows the forbidden relationship between our story line couple. Luc Le Blanche was on leave from the New York Hawks, and Vegas looked like the perfect destination to lick his wounds but Luc never expected to be ghosted by his one-night stand, a woman who quickly would steal his heart but upon his return to the team, Luc would discover the woman of his heart is the team owner’s daughter, a man who has targeted our story line hero. What ensues is the building but forbidden relationship between our story line couple, and the potential fall-out when Luc and Autumn’s affair become public knowledge.

The world building is detailed and dark. Autumn’s past is heart breaking,and in the interim she is no longer in control of her life, having all of her personal and private directed without her consent. Having met Luc meant a new start and a new future but lines will be drawn, rules will be broken, and Autumn will become a pawn in a dangerous game. Luc has been proclaimed the bad-boy of hockey but he is struggling in the wake of the team owner’s hatred of, and dislike of everything Le Blanche. A history between families threatens the growing love between our story line couple, and someone else is taking aim at the woman Luc loves.

The relationship between Luc and Autumn begins as a one-night stand in Las Vegas, wherein neither one knew the other’s true identity. Unable to locate the woman with whom he would fall in love, Luc would quickly discover that claiming her heart comes with too many barriers he may not be able to control. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top,sexually graphic language and text.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful and energetic secondary and supporting characters including several teams members, Autumn’s parents including her father Shawn Jakobe, her sister Charlotte and fiancé Cole; hockey player Evan Kowalski, as well as Knight and Jericho Grayson.

RUTHLESS VILLAIN is a story of power and control, betrayal and vengeance, secrets and lies, family and friendships, relationships and love. The premise is emotional, captivating and edgy; the characters are animated, tragic and inspiring; the romance is seductive and provocative.

Reading order and Previous reviews
Ruthless Knight
Ruthless Rebel

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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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