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The Fae Princes by Nikki St. Crowe Book Review

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The Fae Princes by Nikki St. Crowe

Blurb

I thought Peter Pan was a myth and Neverland a fairytale. A story spun by my mother who had lost her mind a long time ago.

But there was no denying the overwhelming shadow cast by Peter Pan when he was standing in my house.

Pan took me captive to Neverland and I somehow found my place among him and the Lost Boys.

I’ve never looked back.

Now I’m entangled right alongside him in a war we can’t seem to escape. We thought we had defeated our enemies.

We thought we could finally have our happily ever after.

But there was one enemy we never saw coming.

A fairy who has nothing to lose and everything to gain.

The fairy with golden wings and a dark, twisted heart.

She wants Neverland and she’ll stop at nothing to have it. Including destroying anyone who stands in her way, even her own flesh and blood.

NOTE: The Fae Princes is a reimagining of Peter and Wendy. Characters have been aged up for this darker, grittier version. If you like your enemies to lovers romance with hot, ruthless, morally gray love interests, you’ll enjoy this series. You can expect hate kissing, fighting, bickering, and ‘touch her and I’ll unalive you’ vibes. The Fae Princes is the final book in the main storyline for the Vicious Lost Boys Series.

Sensitive Content

Here are the potentially sensitive content that I observed while reading this book:

  • Abandonment
  • Alcohol
  • Blood
  • Death of a parent
  • Gore
  • Kidnapping
  • Injury
  • Misogyny
  • Murder
  • Rape
  • Sexual content
  • Physical abuse
  • Profanity
  • Toxic relationship
  • Violence

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In The Grey by BB Reid Book Review

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In The Grey by B.B. Reid

Blurb

In the Gray is an all-new wickedly sexy and boundary-pushing standalone from bestselling author B.B. Reid.

ATLAS

I know what they say. Grief makes you do things.
After the year I’ve had, I’m bathing in it.
Dad’s dead.
Mom is…mom.
My boyfriend and best friend are too busy screwing to comfort me.
When a letter arrives with no return address telling me where to go for a new start, I don’t hesitate.
I pack some clothes and what’s left of my life and run.
But I didn’t expect the fire waiting for me when I arrived. I didn’t count on the burn.
Rowdy Wray.
They call him the lion of Idlewild.
Me…I call him boss.
He’s the key to my past and the path to my future.
What happens next is our twisted secret.

ROWDY

Who is this girl?
Atlas Beck.
This damaged young thing shows up at my place of business and tells me she’s my new receptionist.
I should have fired her.
I would have fired her if she hadn’t begged so beautifully.
Atlas told me not to let her go, but she didn’t know what she was asking. And now?
It’s too late to put the crazy back in the cage.

Sensitive Content

Here is the potentially sensitive content that I observed while reading:

  • Abandonment
  • Alcohol
  • Blood
  • Bullying
  • Car Accident
  • Cheating
  • Chronic Illness
  • Death of a parent
  • Domestic Abuse
  • Drug use
  • Emotional Abuse
  • Grief
  • Gun Violence
  • Misogyny
  • Murder
  • Pregnancy
  • Profanity
  • Sexual Assault
  • Sexually Explicit Scenes
  • Stalking
  • Toxic Relationships
  • Violence

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Vicious Cravings by Elliott Rose Book Review

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Blurb

She wants to restore her power… they want to find their missing piece.

Healer. Claimer of Souls. The Mortala.

Keeping secrets was a language Nelloix spoke fluently. Making sure those secrets–the kind a witch like her could only evade for so long–stay hidden is the only way to prevent the nightmares of her past from catching her.

She dared break away from those who sought to bind her power for eternity. Her punishment? A shattered heart to match her broken magic. Swearing off love, fate, and bonding with another being in order to keep both herself and others safe from the curse within.

Time has nearly run out, unless she can find the elusive ingredient she needs for a potion. A botanical extract so rare, Nell might as well abandon all hope…

When shadows from the past find her, what if it’s too late to outrun fate?

Predators. Monsters. Vampires.

Mischief and order. Light and dark. Two fated mates desperate to find the third member of their soul bond. But some mysteries were meant to remain concealed.

Love casts the deepest scars. Both Hunter and Ace have been torn apart by a witch before. Will they be able to overcome their greatest fears–the darkest parts of their own vampiric natures–when their world collides with a mystifying green-eyed witch.

The one who seeks something only they can provide…

Dark cravings pull on an invisible thread weaving three souls together, but will they survive the forces threatening to tear them all apart?

Sensitive Content

Here is the sensitive content I observed while reading this book

  • Alcohol
  • Blood
  • Drug use
  • Death of a loved one
  • Gore
  • Group Sex
  • Murder
  • Profanity
  • Sexually Explicit Scenes
  • Violence

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Pretty Reckless by L.J. Shen Book Review

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Pretty Reckless by L.J. Shen

Blurb

Penn

They say revenge is a dish best served cold.
I’d had four years to stew on what Daria Followhill did to me, and now my heart was completely iced.
I took her first kiss. She took the only thing I loved.
I was poor. She was rich.
The good thing about circumstances? They can change. Fast.
Now, I’m her parents’ latest shiny project.
Her housemate. Her tormentor. The captain of the rival football team she hates so much.
Yeah, baby girl, say it—I’m your foster brother.
There’s a price to pay for ruining the only good thing in my life, and she’s about to shell out some serious tears.
Daria Followhill thinks she is THE queen.
I’m about to prove to her that she’s nothing but a spoiled princess.

Daria

Everyone loves a good old unapologetic punk.
But being a bitch? Oh, you get slammed for every snarky comment, cynical eye roll, and foot you put in your adversaries’ way.
The thing about stiletto heels is that they make a hell of a dent when you walk all over the people who try to hurt you.
In Penn Scully’s case, I pierced his heart until he bled out, then left it in a trash can on a bright summer day.
Four years ago, he asked me to save all my firsts for him.
Now he lives across the hall, and I want nothing more than to be his last everything.
His parting words when he gave me his heart were that nothing in this world is free.
Now? Now he is making me pay.

Sensitive Content

Here is the potentially sensitive content I observed while reading this book:

  • Abandonment
  • Addiction (not main characters)
  • Adult/minor relationship (not main characters)
  • Body shaming
  • Bullying
  • Child abuse
  • Death of a parent
  • Domestic Violence
  • Drug use
  • Emotional abuse
  • Eating disorder
  • Grief
  • Rape (not main characters)
  • Sexual assault
  • Sexually explicit scenes
  • Violence

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The Art of Scandal by Regina Black Book Review

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The Art of Scandal by Regina Black

Blurb

“Love would be so much easier if it were perfect…”

On the night of her husband Matt’s fortieth birthday, Rachel Abbott receives a sexy, explicit text from her husband that she quickly realizes was meant for another woman. Divorce is inevitable, and Rachel is determined not to leave her thirteen-year marriage empty handed. Meanwhile, Matt, a rising star mayor with his eye on the White House, can’t afford a messy split in the middle of his reelection campaign. They strike a deal: Rachel gets one million dollars and their lavish house in the wealthy DC suburb of Oasis Springs, as long as she keeps playing the ideal Black trophy wife until the election.

Then Rachel meets Nathan Vasquez, a very handsome, very lost twenty-six-year-old artist, and their connection makes Rachel forget about being the perfect politician’s wife. As Rachel reawakens Nathan’s long-dormant artistic aspirations, their attraction becomes impossible to resist. But secrets are hard to keep in a town like Oasis Springs, and Nathan has a few of his own. With the risk of scandal looming and their hearts on the line, they’ll have to decide whether the possibility of losing everything is worth taking a chance on love.

The Art of Scandal is a sizzling, conversation-starting debut about rekindling passion, the transformative power of art, and finding love in unexpected places.

Sensitive Content

Here is the potentially sensitive content that I observed while reading:

  • Alcohol
  • Cheating/Infidelity
  • Death of a parent
  • Drug Use
  • Panic Attacks
  • Profanity
  • Racism (Microagression)
  • Sexually Explicit Scenes

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Red Flags by Skye Warren Book Review

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Red Flags by Skye Warren

Blurb

Logan Whitmere, the handsome owner of Cirque des Miroirs, is full of red flags. Secretive. Commanding. Dangerous.

I know better than to trust him, but I’m desperate for a way out of my small town.

He offers me a job as the fortune teller.

What does Logan know that he isn’t telling me? He seems to want to protect me…from the performers. From himself. I fall for his possession. I’m afraid of his obsession.

There are secrets even the crystal ball won’t reveal.

When the truth is unveiled, I’m forced to confront my dark past.

Sensitive Content

Here is the potentially sensitive content that I observed while reading this story:

  • Alcohol
  • Blood
  • Child abuse
  • Death of a parent
  • Domestic Abuse
  • Sexual Content
  • Violence

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Never Too Soon by Chelle Bliss Book Review

Never Too Soon by Chelle Bliss

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Never Too Soon by Chelle Bliss

Blurb

Grace Bianchi has always been drawn to men who are allergic to relationships. But when a mysterious man walks into her shop, saving her from a disaster, she finds herself wondering… is he different than the others?

Ryder Cooper is fumbling his way through life. He’s been lost since his wife passed away, leaving him to raise two young children alone. But when he meets a beautiful tattoo artist with a zest for life, she makes him wonder…could he love again?

Never Too Soon is a journey of two broken hearts who believe in love as they mend their broken hearts, finding their happily ever after.

Sensitive Content

Here is the sensitive content I observed while reading:

  • Cheating (not main characters)
  • Grief
  • Loss of a loved one
  • Miscarriage/Infertility
  • Sexual Content

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Tempting Enemy by M. Robinson Book Review

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Tempting Enemy by M Robinson

Blurb

Look but don’t touch…

From the night she showed up at my bar with a fake ID, I kicked her out. On her birthday, the following week, she showed up again. Except this time, she was demanding a job. Willing to do whatever it took to get it.

Against my better judgment, she got her, but I’m not going to make it easy on her. Neither are the guys at my bar.

I have two choices: Pretend she’s mine to protect her. Or deal with the consequences when her five older, overprotective brothers find out what their little sister is up to.

Either way…

It’s going to be hell on me.

Because I can’t stay away from her.

Sensitive Content

Here is the potentially sensitive content I observed while reading this:

  • Alcohol
  • Car accident
  • Death of a parent
  • Domestic Abuse
  • Gun violence
  • Misogyny
  • Murder
  • Profanity
  • Sexual assault
  • Sexually Explicit Scenes

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A Game of Retribution by Scarlett St. Clair Book Review

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Blurb

Become enchanted by the fantasy world of gods and mortals in bestselling author Scarlett St. Clair’s reimagined New Greece. Readers are “hopelessly addicted” to the story of Hades and Persephone.

Hades, God of the Dead, does not take sides or bend the rules. He makes no exceptions to these values—not for god or mortal, even his lover, Persephone, Goddess of Spring.

Usually, fear prevents retaliation.

But not this time.

When Hera, Goddess of Women, approaches Hades with a plan to overthrow Zeus, he declines to offer help. As punishment, Hera sentences Hades to perform a series of labors. Between killing mythical monsters and recovering deadly stolen artifacts, each feat seems more impossible than the last and draws his attention away from Persephone—whose own tragedy has left her questioning whether she can be Queen of the Underworld.

Can Hades maintain the balance he craves?

Sensitive Content

Here is the potentially sensitive content I observed white reading:

  • Blood
  • Car Accident
  • Death
  • Gaslighting
  • Gore
  • Grief
  • Injury
  • Kidnapping
  • Murder
  • Physical abuse
  • Profanity
  • Sexual Assault
  • Suicidal ideation
  • Torture
  • Toxic relationship
  • Vomit
  • War

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Mother’s Day Inn by Lee Jacquot Book Review

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Blurb

I had everything under control until I met Theo.

My life was simple, straightforward, and clean. I thrived in my career, improved daily at being a single parent, and disguised any not-so-ideal parts of my life pretty well.

Like the fact I carried more than a few insecurities my ex-husband left me with. The biggest being the simple notion that I was one of many options, and my idea of love was ridiculous.

I knew it only existed on the big screen or in the pages of books, but I still wanted it.

Still yearned for it. Still hoped that maybe, somehow, I’d find it.

Never once did I think I’d find it in the lifeguard nearly ten years my junior.

Theo plans to dismantle everything I thought I knew. He wants to rip down every wall I have and rebuild it with just four words.

Sensitive Content

Here is the potentially sensitive content I observed while reading:

  • Emotional abuse
  • Injury
  • Profanity
  • Sexually Explicit Scenes

Ratings

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