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Twisted Secrets by Katee Robert Book Review

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twisted secrets by katee roberts

Blurb

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Katee Robert continues her smoking-hot series about the O’Malleys-wealthy, powerful, and full of scandalous family secrets.

Greed. Ambition. Violence. Those are the “values” Olivia Rashidi learned from her Russian mob family-and the values she must leave behind for the sake of her daughter. When she meets Cillian O’Malley, she recognizes the red flag of his family name . . . yet she still can’t stop herself from seeing the smoldering, tortured man. To save her family, Olivia sets out to discover Cillian’s own secrets, but the real revelation is how fast-and how hard-she’s falling for him.

Plagued by a violent past, Cillian is more vulnerable than anyone realizes. Anyone except Olivia, whose beauty, compassion, and pride have him at “hello,” even if she’s more inclined to say good-bye to an O’Malley. While his proposal of sex with no strings seems simple, what he feels for her isn’t, especially after he learns that she belongs to a rival crime family. Cillian knows that there is no escape from the life, but Olivia may be worth trying-and dying-for . . .

Sensitive Content

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

  • Alcohol
  • Death of a Loved One
  • Grief
  • Gun violence
  • Profanity
  • Sexually Explicit Scenes
  • Stalking
  • Violence

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Souls and Sorrows by Sav R Miller Book Review

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Souls and Sorrows by Sav R Miller Book Review

Blurb

Nobody asked him to step in.
I had everything under control, but by the time I shuffled onstage, there was no chance to stop him.
Men ogled and touched as I offered my body and soul to the highest bidder, and I could tell my stranger didn’t like what he saw.
Or maybe he did.
Maybe he liked it too much, and that was why his number shot up.

A quarter billion dollars and one existential crisis later, Cash Primrose was dragging me down the aisle in the name of convenience.
I suppose it could be worse.
My new husband treats me as an equal, which is more than most women in my world get.
Still, I find myself constantly expecting the other shoe to drop.
For the beast who hides himself away, except in the dead of night, to show his true colors.

I’m waiting for the monster my mother always promised would come.
But maybe that monster is me.

Souls and Sorrows is a dark romance inspired by the myth of Eros and Psyche. It contains material not suitable for all audiences. Reader discretion is advised.

Sensitive Content

This is a dark romance! Very dark. I have included the content warnings Sav R Miller has shared as well as any sensitive content I observed while reading this book:

  • Abuse
  • Child Sexual Assualt/ Pedophilia (off page/past, not between main characters)
  • Death of a Parent
  • Graphic Violence
  • Gun violence
  • Kidnapping
  • Misogyny
  • Murder
  • Panic Attacks
  • Physical Assualt
  • Police Brutality
  • Profanity
  • Sexual Assault (not between main characters)
  • Sexually Explicit Scenes
  • Torture
  • Violence

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Illicit King by Maggie Cole Book Review

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Blurb

He’s not my king.

Tall, rugged, and focused on destroying my family, Brody O’Connor’s the one person I need to avoid.

He seduced me on purpose, and now I’m paying the consequences.

Every step I take, he’s there, lurking in the shadows, studying me, waiting for any chance to undermine my efforts to become my father’s successor.

He’s succeeding.

No matter how much I try to shake him or our heated encounters, I can’t.

He insists I’m naive, in the dark about what my family is really about, and what he tells me I can’t fathom.

He’s lying.

Screwing with my head.

It can’t be true. My father is cruel, but he wouldn’t do this.

Or would he?

If Brody’s right, then where does that leave me?

Where does it leave us?

Illicit King is book one of Mafia Wars Ireland. It’s a forbidden-love enemies-to-lovers age-gap dark-mafia romance.

Sensitive Content

There are no content warnings for this book but it is dark, mafia romance. Here is some of the sensitive content I observed while reading:

  • Abusive relationship (side character)
  • Alcohol
  • Blood
  • Death
  • Kidnapping
  • Misogyny
  • Murder
  • Profanity
  • Sexually Explicit Scenes
  • Torture
  • Violence

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Corrupted Chaos by Shain Rose Book Review

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Blurb

My enemy doesn’t make the rules behind closed doors…
Even if he’s my boss.

Cade Armanelli might be an infamous hacker with billionaire status who operates better alone, but I earned my spot working alongside him…
Whether he likes it or not.

It’s precisely why I’m on the first plane to an undisclosed location for our cybersecurity team retreat. I’m ready to prove to our company that I can handle anything…
Except sharing a cabin and a bed with my meticulous, elusive boss.

He’s antisocial.
Ruthless.
Enemy number one.
Unfortunately, he’s also number one in tatted, dark, and dangerous. I quickly come to find that not only are his hacking skills perfection, but so is his performance in the bedroom.

Not that it matters. I have a job to keep, a heart to protect, and our nation’s data to secure.
Cade can’t help me with any of that.
He’s a distraction. One I have to avoid…
Even if it means I’m spray painting a red line down our bed and keeping my boss on his side.

Corrupted Chaos is a light mafia standalone romance with forced proximity, steam, and a tech mogul that will fight and grovel for a HEA with his spitfire woman.

Triggers

Shain Rose provides content warnings for her books on her website. I have included those plus any others I observed while reading:

  • Addiction (recovered but struggles)
  • Alcohol
  • Blood
  • Breath play
  • Death
  • Drugs/Drug Abuse
  • Kidnapping
  • Murder
  • Profanity
  • Sexually Explicit Scenes
  • Suicide
  • Violence

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Fractured Freedom by Shain Rose Book Review

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Blurb

Is it so bad that I tricked my older brother’s best friend into taking my v-card?

Maybe.

In my defense, it was Dante Reid—my crush, my first love, and the one I ended up pushing away.
Our paths split in opposite directions.
I went to college on one coast while he returned to work with the US Army on the other.
The end.
Or so I thought.

After graduating and attempting a bucket list of self-discovery, guess who I find standing outside the jail, bailing me out from a crime I didn’t commit?
Dante freaking Reid—this time with more muscles, more tattoos, and more demands.
One of which is to move in across the hall from him so he can keep me safe. Like I need protection after a little felony mix-up.

I don’t.
Unless it’s from him.
Because Dante has been my downfall before …

And living next to the guy I gave my innocence to a long time ago may actually end in my complete devastation.

Triggers

Shain Rose does include sensitive content warnings on her website so I have included those here plus any other potentially triggering content I observed while reading:

  • Alcohol
  • Blood
  • Depression
  • Hostages
  • Miscarriage
  • Murder
  • Profanity
  • Sexually Explicit Scenes
  • Stalking
  • Violence

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Shattered Vows by Shain Rose Book Review

Blurb

I’ve traded my hand in marriage for six months to save my city.

To Sebastian Armanelli:
Most powerful man in the city…
And the hottest one-night stand of my life.

My new husband promises to be a gentleman by day and play his part. But in the dark of night he’s commanding, ruthless.

And possessive.

I’m starting to feel he can’t share what’s his.
And that now includes me… his lawfully wedded wife.

USA Today Bestselling Author, Shain Rose delivers a standalone arranged marriage romance where a grumpy mafia boss will wed a free-spirited surf girl and make sparks fly.

Triggers

Shain Rose provides some trigger warnings on her website for her books so I’ve included them here in addition to any other sensitive content I observed:

  • Alcohol
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Death of a Loved One
  • Murder
  • Profanity
  • Steamy Sexual Scenes
  • Violence

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