Just wanted to pop in and give you a little update on what I have been reading. Not surprising I have been on a dark reading binge. I wish I had a reason I could give you that would explain why the dark and taboo genre calls to me. I love a story that sticks with me and makes it hard for me to go on to the next book, and for me, that is the dark and edgy stories.
Let's start with this Duet by Giana Darling, 🠈 makes a few appearances on my reading list. I had no idea what I was in for, I found this in KU under "based on recent purchases we recommend this." I had no idea this duet would consume me the next 4 days.
It is dark and there are so many twists and turns I had whiplash. There are crossover characters from The Evolution of Sin trilogy, but they are secondary and you can read this duet without getting lost.
If you have any triggers this duet will engage them, so be warned.
Highly recommend it if you are a fan of very dark stories.
It was the biggest day of my life.
I know most people say that about something joyous; graduation, a wedding ceremony, the birth of their first child. My situation was a little different.
Sure, it was my eighteenth birthday, but it was also the day that I was sold.
Sold to a man with hair like a crown of gold and eyes blacker than the darkest pits of Hell.
He bought me to own me, to control me, and to use me as a means to an end.
I was his tool and his weapon.
And through it all, somehow, I also became his salvation.
It was the worst day of my life.
Not only was it my wedding day, but it was also the day I chose to die.
Two men.
The first, my Master, my captor, and my impossible love.
The other, his brother, a mafioso I was meant to ensnare and ruin.
If I had any hope of living a normal life reunited with my family, I had to make a choice.
End my old life as I knew it and start fresh, or take down the monsters that hunted me and haunted my Master.
In the end, the decision was never really mine to make. Because Alexander Davenport would come to claim me even in death.
Back to the dark MC side with Giana Darling once again. Loved Inked in Lies struggled a bit with Dead Man Walking. Both were gritty and the character development is superb. I always know what I am getting with this author and I love it. Lies was so enduring to my heart. For some reason, I found this story sweet and loving. Maybe it was the back story of Nova and Lila. Knowing you met your soul mate at such a young age and never wavering from loving him, it was just so good.
Handsome as sin, older in a way that meant forbidden.
He had tattoos on his hands and wickedness tucked in his grin.
I was a goner as a girl to a man they called Casanova for a reason. He would never love me, at least not the way I needed him to.
I tried to move on. But I couldn’t turn my back on him or The Fallen MC.
So when they needed me most, I offered the only thing of value I could use to help them.
My body.
And when helping them meant putting my life on the line, Nova had to decide just how much he was willing to do to get me out alive.
Dead Man, the struggle was I didn't really connect with Priest and his lack of communication. He was so intense all the time and that, I felt weighed the story down a lot. He is interesting and lives up to the "killer" mantra. I just needed a little bit of a smile here or there. Really good read just a heavy one.
A psychopath.
The Irish enforcer for The Fallen Men MC is everything good girls is taught to stay away from.
Only, I found myself inexorably drawn into his dark gravitational pull. I wanted to know what it would be like to walk beside the human personification of Death and hold his hand, feel his kiss, and maybe even earn his undying love.
But Priest McKenna is older, cold as ice, and notoriously unfeeling.
So what are the odds that a dead man walking would come to life for little, insignificant me?
When a serial killer begins to target the women of Entrance, BC, and The Fallen suffers another terrible blow, Priest resolves to hunt down the killer himself.
And when the murderer sets his eyes on me?
My very own psychopath steps between me and certain death, thrusting us into an intimacy I prayed we would never recover from.
Next up is Lessons in Sin by Pan Godwin, I devoured this story! What is more taboo than a Priest and his student? This book lives up to all the hype and then some. If you read Priest by Sierra Simone then this is right up your alley. If you have age gap problems, this is one to skip. Father Magnus is not for the faint of heart.
But I found a way to control my impulses.I became a priest.
As Father Magnus Falke, I suppress my cravings. As the headteacher of a Catholic boarding school, I’m never tempted by a student.
Until Tinsley Constantine.
The bratty princess challenges my rules and awakens my dark nature. With each punishment I lash upon her, I want more. In my classroom, private rectory, and bent over my altar, I want all of her.
One-touch risks everything I stand for. My faith. My redemption. And even my life.
As if that could stop me. I need her pain, and her heart, and she needs my lessons in sin.
I hit a bit of a Pam Godwin stride with the Tails of Sin series. If you want dark cowboy done right, this series is for you. Knotted is book #1 and it is so good! Second chance romance that seems like it is never going to happen. There are many trigger warnings in these books and if you have any, you should tread lightly. From the jump, Knotted is a heartstring-tugging intense story. Jake and Conor (female) are childhood sweethearts headed for a bright future of love and happiness. Lies and deceit from people that are supposed to love them, set things into motion that cost years of hurt. They make a pact to get revenge and OMG it is super intense and really good!
I try to forget her.
It’s impossible.
First love, first kiss, first…
Not all our firsts.
We were sixteen the night she was violently assaulted while I helplessly watched.
I’ll never forget the sounds of her suffering.
Or my inconsolable agony when she left Oklahoma.
Years later, she returns to honor our teenage pact.
Except for the boy she loved is gone, replaced by a ruthless cattle rancher knotted with secrets.
She doesn’t know my dark cravings or the trails of sin that lead to her.
I don’t deserve her, but one truth remains.
She’s mine.
I have become a fan of Faith Summers and her Russian Bravata stories. This one Deceptive Vows was particularly good! The idea of impersonating a cartel princess and being forced to marry the man in line to take the head as part of the Bravata was original. The twists and turns this story takes are such a great ride. You think you have it all figured out when all of a sudden, curveball! Really good and original plot.
A monstrous Bratva leader who binds your wrists and promises to break you. Mikhail Dmitriyev is a beautiful devil with a villainous heart and a thirst for revenge.
The choices he gave me when he stole me away from my home with an army of men were very clear—marry me or die.
I chose to marry him and live.
But there’s one small problem with his grand plan to rain Armageddon on the Mexican Cartel.
I’m not the woman he thinks I am.
I’m not the cartel princess he thinks he took to make his enemies bow to him. When my captor finds out my secret and realizes he married the wrong woman, love won’t be enough to save me.
And neither will his obsession.
Deceptive Vows is a dark mafia arranged marriage romance. It contains dubious situations, mature content, and graphic violence some readers might find offensive and/or triggering.
Rounding out my trip to the dark side is Fifty Six by Seven Rue. Let's just start with the triggers, major age gap, BDSM, orgasm denial, degrading, spanking, watersports, breath play, very vulgar language. All sexual acts in this book are consensual between two legal adults. There is no rape.
If you are not into "DADDY" stories this is NOT for you. I loved it because I like something different from the norm and WOW did this fill it.
TRIGGER WARNING
This book is only for very open-minded readers.
There will be all kinds of kinks, some that are often seen as nasty and disgusting.
I don’t kink shame, and if you don’t either, turn the next page.
If you think you can’t handle it without judging or shaming me as an author writing fiction, but also readers who like these types of books, please do not read fifty-six.
This book is only for very open-minded readers.
There will be all kinds of kinks, some that are often seen as nasty and disgusting.
I don’t kink shame, and if you don’t either, turn the next page.
If you think you can’t handle it without judging or shaming me as an author writing fiction, but also readers who like these types of books, please do not read fifty-six.
Valley
Guys my age didn’t know how to treat me right.
Girls my age would never understand how powerful a woman can feel being adored by older men.
And men twice, even triple my age could never say no to me.
Not even Riggs.
Thirty-eight years my senior and my dad’s best friend.
Rough, short-tempered, and an alpha male.
I liked being in control in every situation, but he made it hard.
He challenged me while I kept teasing, wanting to push not only his but my own limits.
And when the most unexpected thing occurred, Riggs showed me just how much he hated the games I played.
Guys my age didn’t know how to treat me right.
Girls my age would never understand how powerful a woman can feel being adored by older men.
And men twice, even triple my age could never say no to me.
Not even Riggs.
Thirty-eight years my senior and my dad’s best friend.
Rough, short-tempered, and an alpha male.
I liked being in control in every situation, but he made it hard.
He challenged me while I kept teasing, wanting to push not only his but my own limits.
And when the most unexpected thing occurred, Riggs showed me just how much he hated the games I played.
