⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5 out of 5

Wow! This book is action and Alpha packed, it’s steamy, and an edge of the seat read with twists throughout. I loved it from the first page to the end.

Georgia Westbury comes from a wealthy family with a father who is only concerned on the next deal that will get him more money. He’s corrupt and doesn’t care about his family unless they are helping him bring in more money. He married into money and has ruled his family with an iron fist from day one. Georgia has lived a life of money and no wants, with the exception of love and care. The one boy she has had a crush on for years, she has to act like she’s better than him and doesn’t care about him because her father had drilled it into her head that he is dangerous and no good.

Beau Bradford has loved Georgia for years. Growing up and going to the same school since day one, he has had her in his sights for years in high school. They have a strained relationship until tragedy hits Beau’s family and Georgia is in danger. That’s the turning point for them, but it won’t last for long.

I loved this story and it was hard to put the book down. I love the characters and will have to read Ms. Brooks’ other books. This was my first read of Ms. Brooks, but it definitely won’t be my last. I was gifted this ARC to read and I am so happy that I was a winner and had the chance to read it. I loved it and can’t wait for more. I give this story a 5-star review because it had everything I love in a book. Alpha, possessive man, a woman who has no problem letting that man take care of her and puts all of her trust in him, even if it takes ten years for her do it, action from start to finish and pages that draw my attention so much that I lose track of everything going on around me.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5 out of 5

Look at that SEXY cover too!

WOW! This book was full of heat, turmoil, and secrets. It’s so wrong, but such a great read!

Father Gabriel Thorne is a man in turmoil. He is an ex-Navy SEAL now a Catholic Priest. His past has eaten at him for almost twenty years. April 23 is always a rough day for Father Gabriel. It was the day that his life changed him. He changed from a cocky young man who thought he was invincible to a killing machine for the SEAL’s. After he left the Teams, he struggled for a few years before he was saved by Father Michael and his life changed again, giving him a new purpose.

Blue “Mariana” has had a rough life. Her mother was neglectful and found her life from a needle and a bottle. When she finally told Blue about her father, it was a lie, but it was a lie that Blue lived and found her path to live. She was determined to search out and destroy the man who killed her father. Little did she know that her life would be changed in so many ways with that determination for revenge.

I hated Blue in this story, especially the beginning. Her need for revenge blinded her and made her a person that was destructive and mean. I hated the way she was with Gabe and he had no idea why. I did eventually warm up to her, after Gabe brought out the kind person who wasn’t blinded by hate and destruction. I was happy to see Gabe find peace with his past and his life. I give this story a 5-star review and highly recommend it if you enjoy stories of taboo love, age difference, angsty, tumultuous characters, or stories ex-Military men, you will love this story. It’s hot kept me on the edge of my seat while reading it because I wasn’t sure when Blue would finally see the light. I love Alana Albertson’s SEAL stories and was so happy to see the Pickled Frog in this story.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5 out of 5

Another great story in The Sinister Fairy Tales Collection!

The Mafia is for life! Especially if you are born into it. Then you just have to find your own way of living and surviving the life. Arabella and Domenico have found a way to do that.

Belle is a woman who needed to find freedom and get out of her gilded cage. At nineteen she finally found her way out from under her father’s thumb after he humiliated her. She slipped her guards and found her way to a new life that she was able to maintain for three years. She needed to find a way to pay for rent and food, so she worked at a strip club for cash under the table. She needed to keep watch thought to make sure that she wasn’t found by her father or his associates to keep her freedom. The only trouble is that she is found, and that freedom is taken away from her again. The secrets she’s keeping from her captive could help her, but she is not aware that one of the men who is her captor knows her secrets and is keeping his own.

Domenico is a high ranked mafia member and he is the man that has Belle in a cage and is keeping her prisoner. He has secrets of his own that he is keeping from Belle. He has lived a life of danger, death, and abuse from a family that can’t accept him for who he is. He was given a directive before Belle was taken to keep her safe, but he doesn’t know who she is or what has prompted the kidnapping or the directive. When he finds out what’s going on and what’s in store for her, he decides to take her and keep her safe, but it puts them both in danger now.

I loved this story and the characters are great. Belle and Domenico are perfect for each other and the secrets that they are keeping could either be detrimental or help them. Their story is full of action, betrayal, deception, loyalty, twists, secrets and lust. I loved the buildup to their lives and their future. They are both dangerous and can keep each other safe and protected. Their power and strength are paramount to who they are as well as how they will rule their family. Belle and the Beast are perfect in this Sinister Fairy Tale. I give this story a 5-star review and cannot stress enough how great The Sinister Fairy Tales Collection are. I highly suggest that you start reading them as soon as possible.

⭐️⭐️⭐️✨ 3.5 out of 5

She’s naïve, semi-educated, beautiful, and looking for more in her life. Unfortunately for her, the offer she has received is not legitimate and she has no idea what she’s signing up for. Carmen DuPree is looking for a way to get out of her life in Mississippi and move on to a better life. She wants to open her own dance studio and the offer she has been made could help her with that, little does she know that it could lead to her demise.

He works for Dark Horizon’s and most of his jobs have been working overseas in protective services, but now he has agreed to help with a job of taking a captive and sending her to a buyer that is looking for young girls. He’s not completely comfortable with this job and the woman he has to put on a plane is not his normal type, but when the buyer decides that she is too old for him, Eamon Hart is now in a situation where has to get rid of the beautiful young girl he is holding captive. The only problem is that he doesn’t want to.

This was a good story. A story of captive to lover with two people who could not be more different. Carmen was born and raised in Mississippi as a poor girl raised in the system due to a tough family life. Eamon was a Marine and now works for a black ops company that takes on various jobs. They are both damaged from their childhoods and are both trying to survive. This is the first of this kind that Eamon has taken on. He doesn’t trust easily and only has one person he can rely on. I give this story a 3.5-star review and recommend it to readers who enjoy ex-military, black ops, or captive to lover stories. This was my first read of this series and my first read of Sonora Voss.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5 out of 5

Wow talk about a dysfunctional family that are loyal, ruthless, and entertaining, the characters in this series are just that. They aren’t always loyal to the Salesi Mafia family like they should be, but they are loyal to a fault. A series full of Lust, danger, twists, and lovable characters.

This series includes the story of:

Nico Salesi and his best-friends little sister, Shaye. Their story is complicated. They grew up together and even though their families are part of the Salesi Mafia family, their parents have had a divorce of sorts. Shaye’s parents are not a tight with Nico’s as they once were because her father became too greedy. Nico tries to keep Shaye away and safe, but his feelings for her are too ingrained to keep her away. Besides, she won’t let him dictate her life to her anyways.

Max and Sloane. Sloane was not raised in the Mafia, but she has been Shaye’s best-friend forever and although they all think she has no idea who they are, she is not a dumb girl. She’s watched The Soprano’s. Max and Sloane’s story is a story of Max making so many mistakes that he almost loses his girl. His past choices and mistakes will come back to haunt him and Sloane, and they have a lot to overcome to move on and find their HEA. Max finds the reason to be a better man and there is no stopping him once he finds it and figures out what he wants out of life. I love Max and his loyalty is hard to ignore. He may not always have his head in the right space, but his heart definitely is.

Rocco and Kat’s story is a story of two lethal people who fight their attraction and tell themselves that they can’t go there. There are too many secrets between these two and they could destroy both of them or they can make them stronger. They come from two different families, but their families work together. Kat has survived a devastating loss and is looking for closure, but she doesn’t have all of the facts and no one wants to tell her because she can be a lose cannon. Rocco is the only person who can save her and set her on the right track to live her life and find peace. Even with the huge secret he has kept from her. I loved these two as well.

Then there was the Bonus Book: Fatal Lies. It is a story to two people who found each other in the most in opportune time, but the heart wants what the heart wants. These two are fighting for their lives and have a huge secret between them, but Braxton has made promises to Loren as well as kept the truth from her so that he can protect her. Loren is running for her life because she was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Braxton is looking for redemption as well as closure. These two are fighting to stay alive.

I loved these stories and had a lightbulb moment after reading Rocco and Kat’s story. It took me that long to figure out she’s the crazy cousin of the Severinov’s. I read their stories first and now I understand so much more after reading Kat and Rocco’s story. If you like Mafia, Bratva, suspense, men who will do anything for their families, and women who keep their men on their toes, then you will love this series. I did and I give it 5-star review for all of the books in the series.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5 out of 5

Sinclair Develin is The Fixer in the Nations capital. He is a man who can make things go away, find the truth in situations, clear someone’s name, or clean up a situation. He will do it all for a fee, a large fee. He’s powerful, sexy, and dangerous.

Evangeline is a government agent working on a baby trafficking ring and her case has just been halted by Sinclair. She now has to figure out a way to get her case back online. However, there are a lot of things holding her up, one being that she’s been implicated in a sex tape and been suspended. She’s strong, beautiful, and determined.

This was the first book I read in the Touch Series, but it was fine to read as a stand-alone. It was also a great book and I want to go back and read the others now. The heat between these two is off the charts and the fact that they have a history is a cherry on top. The twists in this story are mind blowing and heart breaking as well. If you like stories with twists, deception, strong women who can take care of themselves and others as well as step back and let someone help them and take care of them, characters who come out of the book for you, then you will love this story. I found the characters to be fun, strong, smart, and capable of pulling me in and keeping me hooked until the very last page. I give this book a 5-star review and enthusiastically recommend it to readers.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5 out of 5

ARGH! Not again. I need to know how this is going to end.

Grant has never stopped loving Mia, but he is having a hard time seeing her side of things and forgiving her. He has his own theory on what happened and Joaquin’s situation. His digging can only cause more questions and more theories to come to light.

Mia’s whole reason for making herself into someone else was to save her brother’s life, not get Grant back, but she can’t deny that it’s a great perk to the situation. She’s having a hard time seeing things the way Grant is presenting them, but she knows that she loves him and doesn’t want move on in life without him.

Wow! This story is full of twists, intrigue, secrets, deception and some serious psycho characters. I loved every page of the story and was so frustrated when it ended. I want more. I hate having to wait until May for the next part of the story, but I am sure that it will be worth the wait. I have no problem with books ending on a cliff-hanger, what I do hate is the wait to get the rest of the story. I give this story a 5-star review and highly recommend it to readers who enjoy twisted, psychotic characters, military men that will do just about anything to protect their loved ones. I cannot wait for Deadly Scandals. Ms. Albertson has done a great job with this story and the suspense is killing me. I actually love the suspense and she’s done a great job with the build up and leaving me wanting so much more.