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Thursday, March 5, 2020

Mini Reviews: Dark Bully Romances


Angry God
All Saints High #3
By: LJ Shen
Published: February 15, 2020
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Book Summary:

From #1 Amazon Bestseller L.J. Shen comes a new, emotional standalone about first love, second chances, and overcoming breathtaking losses at a young age.

Vaughn Spencer.
They call him an angry god.
To me, he is nothing but a heartless prince.
His parents rule this town, its police, every citizen and boutique on Main Street.
All I own is a nice, juicy grudge against him for that time he almost killed me.
Between hooking up with a different girl every weekend, breaking hearts, noses and rules, Vaughn also finds the time to bully little ole’ me.
I fight back, tooth and nail, never expecting him to chase me across the ocean after we graduate high school.
But here he is, living with me in a dark, looming castle on the outskirts of London.
A fellow intern. A prodigal sculptor. A bloody genius.
They say this place is haunted, and it is.
Carlisle Castle hides two of our most awful secrets.
Vaughn thinks he can kill the ghosts of his past, but what he doesn’t know? It’s my heart he’s slaying.

Angry God is a stand-alone, DARK High School Romance. It deals with sensitive subjects some may find triggering.



My Thoughts:


I love LJ Shen's writing.  She develops the most deeply layered characters, and emotional reading experiences.  I am a huge fan of the All Saints High Series.  Vaughn's story was deep, dark, and twisted.  While he was a difficult character to like at first, we saw glimpses of the good in him throughout the story.  We end up learning why Vaughn because so angry, and appeared unfeeling and coldhearted.  The reason broke my heart.  However, we end up with a spectacular happily ever after, and a story that I was glued to from beginning to end!






About the Author:

L.J. Shen is a USA Today, Washington Post and Amazon #1 best-selling author of contemporary, New Adult and YA romance. Her books have been sold to nineteen different countries. She lives in California with her husband, son, cat and eccentric fashion choices, and enjoys good wine, bad reality TV shows and catching sun rays with her lazy cat. 






Credence
By: Penelope Douglas
Published: January 13, 2020
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Tiernan de Haas doesn’t care about anything anymore. The only child of a film producer and his starlet wife, she’s grown up with wealth and privilege but not love or guidance. Shipped off to boarding schools from an early age, it was still impossible to escape the loneliness and carve out a life of her own. The shadow of her parents’ fame followed her everywhere.

And when they suddenly pass away, she knows she should be devastated. But has anything really changed? She’s always been alone, hasn’t she?

Jake Van der Berg, her father’s stepbrother and her only living relative, assumes guardianship of Tiernan who is still two months shy of eighteen. Sent to live with him and his two sons, Noah and Kaleb, in the mountains of Colorado, Tiernan soon learns that these men now have a say in what she chooses to care and not care about anymore. As the three of them take her under their wing, teach her to work and survive in the remote woods far away from the rest of the world, she slowly finds her place among them.

And as a part of them.

She also realizes that lines blur and rules become easy to break when no one else is watching.

One of them has her.

The other one wants her.

But he…

He’s going to keep her.

*Credence is a new adult standalone novel suitable for readers 18+.



My Thoughts:


Kinky, erotic, and a bit twisted.  The beginning was slow building, the middle had me glued to my kindle, and the end packed a powerful and emotional punch!  This is a story that will spark a lot of controversy, and isn't going to be for everyone, but I loved it, and couldn't put it down!







About the Author:

Penelope Douglas is a New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author. Her books have been translated into fourteen languages and include The Fall Away Series, The Devil’s Night Series, and the stand-alones, Misconduct, Punk 57, and Birthday Girl. Please look for Kill Switch (Devil’s Night #3), available now. 





Saturday, March 16, 2019

Book Review: Kill Switch (Devil's Night #3) by Penelope Douglas



Kill Switch
Devil's Night #3

By: 
Penelope Douglas

Published:
Feb. 9, 2019

Source: Purchased

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Mature Content:
Erotica 18+

Book Synopsis:

"I've done far worse than what I went to prison for. She has no idea how bad this can get."

WINTER

Sending him to prison was the worst thing I could've done. It didn't matter that he did the crime or that I wished he was dead. Perhaps I thought I'd have time to disappear before he got out or he'd cool off in jail and be anything but the horror he was. 

But I was wrong. Three years came and went too fast, and now he's anything but calm. Prison only gave him time to plan. 

And while I anticipated his vengeance, I didn't expect this. 

He doesn't want to make me hurt. He wants to make everything hurt. 

DAMON

First thing's first. Get rid of her daddy. He told them I forced her. He told them his little girl was a victim, but I was a kid, too, and she wanted it just as much as I did. 

Step two... Give her, her sister, and her mother nowhere to run and no fuel to escape. The Ashby women are alone now and desperate for a knight in shining armor. 

But that's not what's coming. 

No, it's time I listened to my father and took control of my future. It's time I showed them all--my family, her family, my friends--that I will never change and that I have no other ambition than to be the nightmare of their lives. 

Starting with her. 

She'll be so scared, she won't even be safe in her own head by the time I'm done with her. And the best part is I won't have to break into her home to do it. 

As the new man of the house I have all the keys. 

*Kill Switch is a romantic suspense suitable for readers 18+. It is advised to read Corrupt (Devil's Night #1) and Hideaway (Devil's Night #2) prior to reading this book. Both are available on Kindle Unlimited.




Devil's Night Series on Goodreads:

Our Review
Our Review


Purchase Links for Corrupt (Book #1):
B&N | Google Play | iTunes | Kobo


Purchase Links for Hideaway (Book #2):
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Purchase Links for Kill Switch (Book #3):



Lindy's Thoughts:


Kill Switch is the third book in the Devil's Night Series.  Each story in this series includes the "Four Horseman," (Michael, Kai, Damon and Will;) has a large plot that includes these central characters, and a smaller plot that focuses on one of the horseman and the woman that he has a love/hate obsession with.  Therefore, it is highly recommended that you read these books in order, so that you are not lost.

Kill Switch is Damon and Winter's story.  These two character's have a long, dark and fascinating history with one another.  They met when she was just eight and he was eleven years old.  Throughout the years, interest, fascination, attraction, and temptation, have turned in to obsession, seduction, and rage; due to a variety of circumstances that were out of their control for the most part.

Damon is the most twisted and disturbing of the four horseman.  However, we learn the reasons behind his dark ways.  Little by little, we see a softer side and vulnerability that Winter soley brings out in Damon.  I thought it was great how Ms. Douglas gave Damon's character so many complex layers.  It added dimension and made his character interesting and realistic.  I loved how loyal, protective, and devoted he was to those he cared about.  With Winter, we see her strength, perseverance, resilience, and gutsiness.  She can be vulnerable, as well as feisty.  She doesn't let anyone run all over her, and that was a huge part of her appeal to Damon.  I loved her character!

The plot of Kill Switch was slow-paced in certain areas, and fast-paced in others.  I especially loved the ending, and all of the exciting and unexpected plot twists!  The story delivered a variety of different elements.  There were parts that were sexy, as well as suspenseful, and emotional, which added to the ebb and flow of the story.  A word of caution, this story is written for mature audiences and has dark and explicit erotic elements.  This is not a "vanilla," romance, so if that is not your "thing," then this story is not for you.

It was wonderful being reunited with all of the characters from the previous books in the series, and I am really looking forward to getting Will's story next.  The teaser for his story had me dying to get my hands on it right now!!!  The Devil's Night Series is unique and unlike anything I've ever read before.  I have enjoyed all of these books immensely, and am a total fan girl for everything written by Penelope Douglas!










Mikki's Review:


The Horseman are backkkkk!!! Kill Switch was my most anticipated book of 2019 and it did not disappoint! Penelope Douglas always finds a way to transport me into a world I never want to leave. I am absolutely in love with her writing style. The beauty about her stories is that no matter how many times you read them, you always end up falling in love with her words and characters all over again. 

Kill Switch is the third book in the Devil's Night Series. You need to read Corrupt and Hideaway to follow Damon's journey. He's kind of complicated and addictive so you need to find out all the things he did before reading his book. I love that every book is a puzzle to this intoxicating world of Devil's Night.

In this book we follow Winter and Damon. Their story is intense and passionate. The baddest Horseman is about to meet his match. There is a thin line between love and hate and these two are about to cross it. Be ready for a reading journey filled with shocking revelations and unexpected twists and turns. 

Damon's book exceeded all of my expectations. I was expecting this story to grab me from beginning to end and it did not disappoint! I already knew I was going to love Winter since all of Pen's heroines have a special place in my heart. I really loved how she pushed all of Damon's buttons. She made him step out of his comfort zone and I saw a side of him I did not expect. I was really surprised by his actions and how he changed during this journey. It was amazing to see all of the other characters and the role that they each have in this saga. I can't wait to reunite with all of them again.

Penelope Douglas saved the most intriguing Horseman for last. Will is still an enigma to me and I can't wait to read his story. The little sneak peek we got at the end of Kill Switch totally made my heart race. These stories keep on getting more intense and all-consuming. Kill Switch was a page-turning reading journey that left me wanting more! If you have not met the Four Horseman, you are seriously missing out! The bad boys of Devil's Night will rock your world!







Teaser:


About the Author:

Penelope Douglas is a full-time writer living in Las Vegas with her husband and their daughter. When she's not writing or reading, she loves road-tripping, touring retired, old ships, and pinning anything not nailed down. 



Her books include the Fall Away series (Bully, Until You, Rival, Falling Away, Aflame, and Next to Never) and the Devil's Night series (Corrupt and Hideaway (and Kill Switch and Nightfall--not yet released). Please look for her stand-alones Misconduct and Punk 57. Available now.  







Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Blog Tour & Giveaway : Pretty Lost Dolls (Pretty Stollen Dolls, #2) by Ker Dukey & K. Webster


Pretty Lost  Dolls
Pretty Stolen Dolls, #2
by Ker Dukey & K.Webster

Release Date:
November 28th, 2016

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Genres:
Adult
Dark
Romantic
Suspense

Source:
Author via Blog Tour Host

eARC received in exchange of honest review

Synopsis:

Benny had a dolly who was sick, sick, sick. 
Just like him, his dolly needed darkness as a fix, fix, fix. 
So they tormented and hunted and played tricks, tricks, tricks. Together their sins a lethal mix, mix, mix. 

Until Benny missed his dolly who was lost, lost, lost. 
He needed to find her and love her at any cost, cost, cost. 
Not wanting him and his dolly to be alone, lone, lone. 
He made plans to bring his dirty dolly, home, home, home. 

Have you ever touched another’s soul with the essence of your own, breathed them in so they become apart of you? 
I have. 
Finally starting to live, feel and fall in love, amongst all the chaos surrounding me. 
Dropping my guard and letting another into my heart. 
I left my soul open. 
I left my heart open. 
I left the door open. 
And he stole me. 
Dillon…I’m sorry.




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Review:


The Pretty Stolen Dolls Series, by Ker Dukey & K. Webster, has been such a dark and twisted reading journey! These two authors wrote a story that kept me on the edge of my seat from beginning to end! I never knew what Benny was going to do next or how twisted things would get. The blurb is what caught my attention when I added this series to my TBR list. It gives you just enough details to make you want to read it without knowing too much about the story. 

Pretty Lost Dolls is the continuation of Jade’s story. What happened to Jade in Pretty Stolen Dolls is heartbreaking. I won’t go into details on what happens in Pretty Lost Dolls, what I will say is that each and every struggle in Jane’s life has made her the warrior that she is today. In this second book, you can see how she stripped away all those layers of pain and turned her life around to reach the light at the end of that dark tunnel. This story is told from different POV’s and I am so happy that the authors gave us those three different POV’s. I really wanted to read Benny’s POV. We get to find out what happened to him as a child. He has such a dark and twisted past. His story left me speechless. The twists and turns in this book are insane!!! Pretty Lost Dolls exceeded all of my expectations. This series will make you feel a hurricane of emotions. 

I’m a big fan of K. Webster so I’m already familiar with her writing style. Ker Dukey is a new-to-me author and one author I will without a doubt follow after reading these books. The writing style was amazing and I could not even tell that two authors wrote the book. This duo wrote a series that I will never forget. The Queens of Darkness have captured my attention. Always expect the unexpected with these two! I really hope that this is not the last time they write a book together. I can’t even begin to tell you how many times I got chills on this reading journey. That ending was WHOAAAAA!!! I need more!!! 

Oh, by the way ... Good luck with getting that doll song out of your head ...

Oh.my.world. 

So Creepy!!! 


Rating:


I give, Pretty Lost Dolls, by Ker Dukey & K. Webster, 5 intense, wicked, enthralling, villains also get to steal the spotlight stars!




Teasers:






About Ker Dukey:


My books all tend to be darker romance, edge of you seat, angst filled reads. My advice to my readers when starting one of my titles...prepare for the unexpected. 

I have always had a passion for storytelling, whether it be through lyrics or bed time stories with my sisters. I wanted to be an actress growing up. 

My mum would always have a book in her hand when I was young and passed on her love for reading, inspiring me to venture into writing my own. I tend to have a darker edge to my writing. Not all love stories are made from light, some are created in darkness but are just as powerful and worth telling. 

When I’m not lost in the world of characters I love spending time with my family. I’m a mum and that comes first in my life but when I do get down time I love attending music concerts or reading events with my younger sister. You can find me on Facebook where I love interacting with my readers. 


About K. Webster:


K Webster is the author of dozens of romance books in many different genres including contemporary romance, historical romance, paranormal romance, and erotic romance. When not spending time with her husband of twelve years and two adorable children, she's active on social media connecting with her readers. 

Her other passions besides writing include reading and graphic design. K can always be found in front of her computer chasing her next idea and taking action. She looks forward to the day when she will see one of her titles on the big screen. 


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