The eighth book in the series and quite possibly the best in the series so far. I know I feel this way about all of these books, but Merciless Mayhem has surpassed my expectations.
Sue Coletta has a wealth of artistic ability along with her research and desire to write a story that grabs you from the first page and keeps you riveted until the last page. Merciless Mayhem is full of raw truth, and sad situations, but she also adds the right amount of humor to keep your eyes from being misty the entire book. I laughed, I cried, and I got angry reading Merciless Mayhem, but I never wanted to put it down.
Poe is up to his usual stunts, and Shawnee is still growing into her own, Mr. Mayhem is still his usual sophisticated, calm self, but they are all able to work as a team to bring down the Killzme Corporation and save those that need their help the most. Shawnee shows a new side of herself in this book and makes my love for her even brighter. She’s a wonderful character that continues to grow with the guidance and mentoring of Mayhem and Jacy Lee.
I’m not sure where Sue can go from here in making her stories better, but I am sure she will with the next book. Once again this book enlightened me while reading it. I am amazed at the story that is told along with the knowledge that is shared in Sue’s books. I look forward to more in The Mayhem Series.
Knight Grayson isn’t just one of New York’s elite billionaires.
He’s the embodiment of Hades in a tailored suit and a beautiful devil waiting to destroy.
He always gets what he wants, no matter the cost.
Including me.
One harmless, sexy encounter places him in my path and before I know it, I’m caught in his strategic trap.
Although he insists I’m not his Persephone, he steals me away from my almost-fiancé́.
And my life.
This isn’t like the mythical tale of old driven by love.
To him, I’m a pawn in a game of power because I have something he wants.
In order to build his empire and get his legacy, he needs my inheritance.
Since the only way to get that is to marry me, he forces my hand by using my father.
Six months of marriage, along with the ownership of my inheritance, and my father’s extortionate debts will go away.
To save my father, I signed Knight’s contract, binding myself to every term and condition.
But then, the boundaries between us begin to blur.
Each public kiss, intended for show, feels dangerously genuine and pulses with undeniable attraction.
As his hunger for power evolves into a craving for me, we start to forget that our marriage is a contract.
Yearning for his touch was never part of the plan.
Neither was becoming his new obsession.
But when the veil lifts, revealing his dark secrets and twisted lies, we both realize we have more to lose than just ourselves.
Ruthless Knight is a billionaire, forced proximity, fake relationship, and arranged marriage novel inspired by the Hades and Persephone myth. It is a complete standalone with mature language, themes, and content intended for mature readers only.
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.
He’s ruthless and a man that wants more power and wealth. He will go any lengths to gain what he wants, and what he wants is the woman that holds something he needs to gain the power he wants. Knight Grayson is the oldest of the Grayson sons, but his father denies him as his son along with Knight’s younger brother. That doesn’t mean that they don’t hold power, wealth, and a place in the family business, it only means that they gained that from their grandfather, not their father.
Aurora Wright’s future hopes have been doused by her past indiscretions. She’s received more bad news and is sitting in No. 11 by herself trying to eat, but her appetite is gone. So when the waitress comes over to extend an invite from a very handsome man at the bar, she doesn’t know what to do or what to think. She has no idea who the man is, but the waitress does and after she tells Aurora who he is, Aurora decides to have a little fun. Lord knows that in a few days her life will get worse.
It seems that Aurora has a hard time choosing men and her life may just become a living nightmare. However, when secrets come to life and feelings start to get involved, life will never be the same again for either Aurora or Knight.
I loved the characters and the story. There’s a lot of suspense and steam in this book. I look forward to more in the Ruthless Billionaires Series to come.
When a biker needs a fake girlfriend to bring home for the holidays and meet his grandmother, his Club President plays Santa and hires Las Vegas’ most expensive escort for the job.
The woman who shows up at his door turns out to be the one-night stand he’s never been able to forget. Can he play it cool and ignore the embers burning just under the surface?
It’s all fun and games until his feelings stop being fake and start getting real. Then he can’t help wondering if this is just another job for her or if she feels it too.
With plenty of sexual tension, witty humor and some good old fairy godmother Christmas magic, it’s a romantic holiday sure to delight.
Come along for a festive trip to New Orleans for Christmas done the Creole way.
Nicole James is a USA Today and Wall Street Journal
bestselling author who loves writing about hot alpha men who’ll do anything for
the women they love! Her stories are filled with struggle, conflict and real
human emotion. She is the author of the Evil Dead MC series, the Brothers Ink
Tattoo series and more.
Nicole loves to hear from her readers! You can contact her via e-mail, her
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I loved this story of a fake dating, insta love story. Lobo and Hope are a great couple and I love Lobo’s grandmother.
Lobo was having a bad day but when he went out with his neighbor, his night turned out to be great, but the next morning he was left wondering who the beautiful woman was and how he could find her. He never expected to see her again, especially at his front door.
Hope is a high end escort, she only goes on dates with her clients, but when she’s feeling down and meets a handsome man in a ritzy bar, she can’t let him get away. So she spends the night with him, and never expects to see him again. Imagine her surprise when she shows up for a job to go away for the holidays and the client is the man she can’t forget.
This is a great story with great characters and I loved every page of it.
Nikki Landis is the USA Today & International Bestselling, Multi-Award-Winning Author of over 50 romance novels in the MC, reverse harem, paranormal, dystopian, and science fiction genres. Her books feature deadly reapers, dark alpha heroes, protective shifters, and seductive vampires along with the feisty, independent women they love. There’s heart-throbbing action on every page as well as fated mates and soul bonds deep enough to fulfill every desire.
Whew what a ride! This book about broke me, but Nikki Landis put me back together and redeemed herself by the end.
This is a great book and I love the new characters brought in for the Las Vegas Chapter of the RBMC. The Tonopah guys have had my heart and soul since the very first book, but I think there will be a battle for the top guys with the Las Vegas chapter. Maddog is awesome and I can’t wait to meet the rest of his crew as well as read more about the Las Vegas chapter and the work they have ahead of them.
Lark has been living in hell for almost a year now, and it looks like maybe her luck is changing, but will the danger still find her even if she leaves with Maddog? Can she find the peace she’s been searching for and will she finally find a way out from the underbelly of Las Vegas? She’s tough and determined, but her life made her that way.
The former MI-6 agent and the Nuclear Physicist need to keep one step ahead of those trying to find them and put the Nuclear Physicist in a dark hole to finish her work.
Campbell and Quinn were childhood friends, Campbell was Quinn’s older brothers best friend. After Quinn and her brother, Liam, moved back to the States from Scotland, they lost touch. However, Campbell and Liam were best friends and kept in touch through emails and phone calls on occasion. When Campbell gets a frantic call from Quinn asking for help, he’ll do whatever it takes to find her, protect her and help her. His feelings from the past will have to stay there until they can find out who’s targeting her and Liam and clear his name in the process.
Quinn has been living in her own world for too long, and when she realizes something is wrong since she hasn’t heard from Liam for a few days, she starts to get worried, but it only intensifies when she realizes that someone is breaking into her bunker and her life is in jeopardy. Her trust issues will have to be pushed deep if she expects to get help from the only other person that she knows will help her, outside her father and brother. However, it seems that not all is as is seems with Quinn’s life.
I loved this book, it was action packed, has great characters and a great story of government entities working in the dark and keeping so many secrets. I look forward to more of the Deep 8 series to come.
Viking is the president of the Valhalla Rising MC, but he’s not just any MC president. His road name is a play on words from his past. His life has not turned out the way he thought it would, he didn’t ask for his position or to be a chosen one, but his life has been decided for him. His job now it to be sure that the Code of Conduct is carried out as Odin wants it. He only wants to find the one person that can fill the hole in his chest, but Odin keeps putting it off.
Makayla is driven to complete her thesis for her graduate program. She’s chosen Valhalla as her topic, but when her life is put in danger, a man that feels comfortable to her is put in her path and everything she thought she knew about Valhalla could all be speculation on her part. Now she will have to decide whether Viking is a man that she can trust to give her the correct information and keep her safe, or if the danger lurking for her will end her life.
I loved this book and I can’t wait to read more of the Valhalla MC series by Andi Rhodes.
Natasha Knight is the USA Today Bestselling author of Romantic Suspense and Dark Romance Novels. She has sold over a million books and is translated into six languages. She currently lives in The Netherlands with her husband and two daughters and when she’s not writing, she’s walking in the woods listening to a book, sitting in a corner reading or off exploring the world as often as she can get away.
A. Zavarelli is a USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of dark and contemporary romance.
She loves writing about tortured heroes and the strong heroines who love them. When she’s not putting her characters through hell, she can usually be found watching documentaries in the name of research.
She lives in the Northwest with her lumberjack and an entire brood of fur babies.
Dark, twisted, and an awesome read. A witch and the penitent that will fulfill the family contract and break the family curse. Has it worked in the past, or is there something that both families are not seeing. With an elder family member pushing for the contract to be fulfilled to the letter, will the danger and curse in the house ever be broken?
A historical contract that can’t seem to be broken or the curse will continue. Azreal and Willow are the sacrificial lambs, but can they break the curse without fulfilling the contract. Could something more break the curse?
I loved this start to The Sacrifice Duet and can’t wait to delve into The Penitent. I love both Natasha Knight’s and A. Zavarelli’s writing and their books. They both delve into the dark and depraved worlds that not many write about, but they do it in a way that draws the reader into the story and holds them captive until the final page, even with a cliff hanger at the end. This only makes the reader crave the next book to finish the story. The same holds true for The Sacrifice Duet, The Tithing. I loved it!
Genre: Age-Gap, Forbidden, Sex Club, BDSM, Dark Romance, Standalone
Release Date: September 3, 2023
I have a huge diamond ring on my finger, something that shows the world I’m spoken for. To me, it’s a reminder of a secret I can’t take with me when I walk down the aisle.
My new fiancé just became an overnight sensation on the Hollywood scene, and we went from quiet dinners to champagne towers and caviar croquettes with A-listers. While Sebastian basks in his newfound fame, I’m trying to figure out how to fix myself so I can be a good wife.
Deep down, I know there’s only one way. I need to face my demons rather than try and bury them. But Sebastian can’t be the one to help me do it. He can’t know my secret, not if I want a future with him, a man whose life is now under the public spotlight.
It has to be someone else. A complete stranger. Someone I’ll never see again. Better yet, someone who won’t care; who won’t ask questions or hesitate when I tell him what it is I need.
It’s the only way.
Just one night, one stranger, and my own twisted game to try and break free from my past.
But my world implodes when I realize I’ve merely traded one secret for another—and that secret just walked in at my engagement party introducing himself as Gabriel King…
My future father-in-law.
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MY REVIEW: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4 out of 5
Wow! Talk about unexpected Twist!
She’s a woman living under a mask that she can only drop when she’s alone. Her fiance has just become a well known sensation in Hollywood after a chance discovery in his family’s art gallery. Now she has to share him with the world while trying to keep herself protected and out of the public eye. However, someone has other ideas and is sending her notes and text messages telling her that she needs to come clean or they will do it for her. Kallie needs to find a way to hide the pain and make it go away, if only for short time.
Sebastian is a man that is living the high of his new career while seeming to not care about his fiance’s wants. Sebastian’s grandmother is a woman that pushes her thoughts, dreams, and desires onto Kallie when it comes to the wedding of Sebastian and Kallie. Kallie is tired of fighting it and lets her do what she wants, but after one night of finding what she’s been looking for, Kallie isn’t so sure she should marry Sebastian any more.
This was a dark, twisted story of secrets, pain, and find oneself. It took a lot of twists and turns, but Kallie may have finally found her true life. I loved the book and the characters. It was a page-turner for sure. The twisted minds of some of the characters kept the pages turning.
★★★★★ “What an amazing read I couldn’t put it down… This book had everything drama, passion and violence and a fab story line,” – Hayley W.
When passion ignites, this fireman is here for it all…
Ex-military man and dog lover Danny Moretti found his place in this world at the firehouse with his team of heroes. But when a local arsonist starts igniting houses and torturing stray dogs, Danny refuses to back down. He may be in the business of saving people, but he knows when someone deserves punishment.
Widow and single mother Claire George just wants to start over safely with her children–near those she loves the most. But when her world is threatened by a ruthless arsonist, there’s only one man she can trust, Danny Moretti. Their attraction is palpable, and heat burns. Now, it’s up to Danny to protect the one woman and the two children who stole his heart. Can he save them all or will everything he’s ever wanted go up in flames?
D.M. Earl is a U.S.A. Today Bestselling Author who spins stories about real life situations with characters that are authentic, genuine, and sincere. Each of her stories allow the characters to come to life with each turn of the page while they try to find their HEA through much drama and angst. D.M. finds ideas for her next story from within those around her and what she experiences in daily life. Each book has a part of her left behind in it. She lives in Northwest Indiana married to her best friend who was instrumental in the start of her writing career in 2014. When not writing D.M. loves to read, play with her seven fur-babies (yeah crazy) and ride her Harley Dyna Lowrider.
“Enjoy this Ride we call Life.” Remember we only get one chance.
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MY REVIEW: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4 out of 5
I love D.M. Earl’s books in her MC series, Devil’s Handmaidens MC and the Grimm Wolves MC. These books hold some of my favorite characters and I devour them when a new one comes out. When I saw that she was writing in Susan Stoker’s Operation Alpha world, I had to read Claire’s Guardian. I am so glad I did, as this book was just as action packed, page turning, and steamy as her MC books I’ve read.
I love her characters because they have such depth to them, Danny Moretti and Claire George are both very strong characters that show the depth and strength that Ms. Earl’s characters have. Danny Moretti is ex-military, and an animal lover. He’s now a fireman and works with his previous commanding officer when needed to find and take down those that harm others. When an arsonist shows up in their town, Danny and his fire and rescue team as well as his old commanding officer, along with is team of ex-military men and women will come together to find the arsonist. When it’s discovered that the arsonist is out to take down Danny and anyone he cares about, these men and women will stand behind him.
Claire is a widowed mother of twins and needed a new start so she moved near her sister and brother in-law to start over. She’s not looking for a romantic connection but when she sees Danny for the first time, she can’t deny that he’s sexy. When her sister started match making Claire has no control any longer. When she and her boys find themselves in harms way, Danny will go to any lengths to protect them since he now considers them his family.
I loved this book and I look forward to more books by D.M. Earl in any of her series.
Title: Pearl Series: GEM, Book #2 Author: Freya Barker Genre: Romantic Suspense Release Date: August 25, 2023 Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/books/pearl-by-freya-barker Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123167197-pearl Blurb: GEM: A PRIVATELY-FUNDED ORGANIZATION OPERATING INDEPENDENTLY IN THE SEARCH FOR—AND THE RESCUE AND RECOVERY OF—MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN. ALTHOUGH, AT TIMES WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, GEM AIMS TO ENSURE THE VICTIMS RECEIVE JUSTICE…BY WHATEVER MEANS NECESSARY.
Operator Pearl; layered, mysterious, a protector. She appears delicate, analyzes, and moves stealthily. Hot on the trail of a young accomplice in a child exploitation ring, Pearl finds herself posing as a teenager to get close. Unfortunately, joining a group of kids on a wilderness quest means stepping out of her comfort zone and into uncertainty. But with the target in her sights her focus stays razor-sharp. The last thing she needs is the dogged journalist who’s been close on her heels catching up and rattling her cage. When he inserts himself into her investigation, she has no choice but to go along. Thrown together in a mutual pursuit of justice, the negative energy between them sparks up in a new way. Buy Links:
Praise for the novel: ★★★★★ “With the perfect amount of drama, suspense, intrigue and of course heat, this book covered all bases.” – Lesley B. ★★★★★ “This was a great addition to this thrilling but soul shattering series.” – Sophie R.
Janey (GEM operative Pearl) is the computer geek in GEM and prefers to do her investigating behind a screen. However, Jacob, the man that brings Opal, Pearl and Onyx together and guides them in their search and rescue of children being abused and sold as sex slaves, has a different idea and wants her in person on this assignment. Unfortunately, in Pearl’s mind, she also has to put up with Lee Remington, a reporter that seems to always turn up wherever GEM is lately.
Pearl may be a computer geek, but one should not underestimate her or her abilities of survival, protection, or skills in the field. She is just as dangerous as the other operatives, Opal and Onyx. Lee and Pearl are paired together and are looking for the same person that lured young girls away and put them in a position to be sold and used for sick individuals. Both are determined to find the young kid, Jesper, and get answers. However, they when they both end up on a survival outing with youths that are supposed to be protected and helped, they find that there is more going on than most realize and they’ll have to join forces to bring down the ring.
I love this series and the characters are great. Both FMC and MMC are dangerous, strong, and determined to find those responsible and bring down as many people and groups as they. I look forward to Onyx’s book and hopefully more to come with these characters. I loved the book.
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