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Book Review 5 out of 5 stars! First and foremost! Each book ends with a HEA for the couples, but there is an overarching plotline! A bigger picture happening in the background that has been building since book one! * * * * * “Welcome to France, Mason. Are you going to behave?” Mason has been kidnapped! Our strong and silent bodyguard finds himself in the hands of those whom the Business have named murderers. Les Frères Perdus, The Lost Brothers, have struck again, only this time they took Mason back home with them alive. But for how long?! Mason finds himself surrounded by wealth, art, beauty, and cruelty. Being told he was "chosen" by the Initiator. Mason refuses to succumb to the ways of the cult! He will fight until the very end but when he actually meets Gabriel things begin to change. Having only known a life of hardship and strife he finds himself questioning everything. Gabriel cannot figure out Mason, but he knows for a fact the man is his. The two struggle to underst...

Book Review 5 out of 5 stars! First and foremost! This series goes in order and ends on cliffhangers! Meaning my review will contain spoilers and be confusing if you haven't read the first two installments! * * * * * "Mar, I'm not a housewife or a king's trophy." - Ina Ina can't catch a small break! Before she can truly settle back into her life surrounded by those, she calls friends or a lover she has to journey out again. The South is threatening to rebel and King Rewan doesn't want an all-out war. Ina's not thrilled about going to the South but when an urgent family matter gives her no choice, she becomes an unstoppable hurricane of rage. As she ventures to Castle Thorn Ina finds there's a lot more going on in the South then any of them realized. It's Mar's turn to chase after Ina! Only the dragon has to do this carefully as there's a lot on the line if they don't handle things accordingly. Court intrigue and politics really stin...

Book Review 5 out of 5 stars! First and foremost! This series goes in order and ends on cliffhangers! Meaning this review will contain spoilers and be confusing if you haven't read the previous installment! * * * * * * "The only thing left to decide is if I'll end the prince or his father first." - Lor Lor's sick of prisons! Whether they are actual prisons that one would hope to never see, or ones gilded and covered in gold. A cage is a cage no matter how you spruce it up. . . Only this time she will not fall so easily for anything. Lor's guards are high as she tries to survive being in close proximity to the Darkling Prince, Nadir. She will never be swayed by a man again, even if her magic seems to respond to him. Lor was tasked with finding the Heart Crown but how can she accomplish such a mission with the Prince hovering over her? She may just need to team up with him in hopes that he won't betray her. She will not trust him, and Nadir wishes to know al...

Book Review 5 out of 5 stars! "Come tomorrow, 'Ezra' wouldn't exist anymore." - Ezra Being on the run keeps one constantly on the move and going through identities like Band-Aids. Only that way of "living" is getting old and tiresome. Ezra wants to be able to finally just settle down somewhere and be safe. Wishing to actually make possible lifelong connections and more, but he knows he cannot have such a fairytale. Not when his family is the way it is. . . Everything changes during a fighting match within a bar. Meeting the mysterious and very attractive Killian sets off a series of events that Ezra could have never imagined! The supernatural world really does exist, and Ezra just so happens to be caught up in the middle of it all after Killian saves him. But their time together may be cut short as Ezra's family continues to hunt him down! There's also something sinister haunting Ezra and his bloodline that's growing tired of waiting. . . ...

Book Review 5 out of 5 stars! First and foremost, this series goes in order and ends on cliffhangers! If you haven't read the first book go and do that otherwise this review will be confusing and contain spoilers! * * * * * "What worked Leo?" - Paige Paige had to return to the other side of the fence, only because Franklin wasn't with her! She will never be like her mother and will always place her son's life higher than anything else. But now she must play the part because what she comes back to is worse than what she was used to. . . The State already controlled so much but Paige really feels the strings of a puppeteer tightening around her. She has no choice but to follow. . . her life isn't the only one on the line! The President is dying, and Paige must find a cure for him. Does she really want to save his life? Who can she trust and who should she keep at a distance? Which way is up?! Paige is trapped within a spider's web, and she must untangle hers...

Audiobook Review 5 out of 5 stars! Narrated by Kirt Graves "The Game is almost upon Levena and I am filled with a giddiness that has nothing to do with my grandest scheme yet." - Thatch Thatch's an immortal who enjoys coming to Levena when he isn't busy with other dimensional duties. Levena being a place he wishes he could call home but because of what he is he cannot. Making the most of his time he has created a Game, but shh no one knows he's the one behind it! Only this Game. . .this Game is going to be different, and the prize will be a wish granted! Thatch doesn't know how special this week will really be until he crashes into the one person, he wishes would remember him the most! Arlo Rook. Never in all his years of living would Thatch have been able to predict the twists and turns the festival week is about to take. Being the last of your kind is harder than anyone can imagine and being what he is Thatch has to follow some painful rules. Is there such a...

Book Review 5 out of 5 stars! First and foremost, this series goes in order! Even though the couples in each book end with HEAs there is an overarching plotline happening!  * * * * "F*ck, do I love a good chase, and Charlie Wilkinson has been the one I've wanted. . ." - Samuel Something always drew Samuel toward Charlie since they were teenagers. The shy, standoffish kid enticed Samuel but then life happened, and they were separated. Samuel hasn't stopped thinking about Charlie and the minute he was reunited with him he became even more obsessed! Only Charlie had to deal with something no one should have he saw his parents get executed. . . To ensure Charlie will be a good asset for the mafia family, the Business, Charlie has to complete a mission. Samuel greedily accepts the position of personal bodyguard and vows to protect Charlie at all costs! But as the two get closer Samuel can't seem to keep his eyes or hands off of Charlie, he wants him bad. Charlie has me...

Book Review 5 out of 5 stars! "I declare hunting season open after graduation. And I will be coming for you." - Austin Connor made one, big mistake close to the end of college graduation, why had he been so stupid?! Luckily for him the last semester is almost over, and he can high tail it back to his home in Manhattan and AWAY from Austin Carrington. Austin will surely forget about everything and move on, right. . ? Everything comes to a horrible halt for Connor when college crush/nemesis becomes his business partner! His brother stating that it would be beneficial for both mafia families in solving a mutual problem. That and to keep his lovely wife happy who may or may not have come up with the idea. . . Connor wants nothing to do with Austin or the Void, but he cannot argue with his brother who's the head of the Business. He just has to get through one mission with Austin and then he can be free of him forever. Hopefully. . . "I think I might just hang on to that ...

Book Review 5 out of 5 stars! "Sugar and caffeine. Legal drugs that make the world go round." - Rylee Rylee was about to have it all, the ending and new beginning to her story until she had to end it all with some phone calls. Something had seemed off about her fiancé but maybe that was just a case of cold feet. . . When Rylee finds him having "fun" with another woman it solidifies everything for her! Heartbroken she's trying to move on when a near fatal accident has her needing to take an emergency trip.  Leaving the big city life for a small town all the way in Alaska. She hopes to relax and put some distance between things and avoid men! Only how can you do that when the men of Mystery, Alaska are mouthwatering, no, stay focused. Rylee tries to ignore the strong pull she has toward Wrath, it doesn't help that he keeps stating they are mates, and this is fate. Is fate even a real thing? Why does she feel safe with him?  "I've never met a man that ...