Title: Broken
Author: Serena Akeroyd
Genre: Dark Romance
Tropes: Forbidden/Priest
Release Date: August 1, 2024
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Forgive me, Father, for I am undeserving when blood soaks these hands that hold Your gift to me.
I am broken and find solace in the darkness.
She is pure and basks in the light.
Did You send her to be my shelter?
I made a vow of celibacy.
She remained untouched.
Did You create her for me?
I am a sin eater, a purger of evil.
She is an angel, a guardian of good.
Did You know she would be my savior?
Thank You, Father, for she is the one sin I will willfully commit.
Broken is a forbidden, dark romance and a complete standalone
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Judging from the title of this book, I knew this book was going to be dark and the characters were going to be a bit broken themselves. What I was not expecting was the main characters to have such a deep past that ultimately reshaped their entire future. This story was not only tough at times, but it made you suspend your beliefs a little bit.
Andrea has always been a Straight-forward person. If she wanted something, she was not afraid to go out and get it. Growing up with a strict military dad, you would think that she would be a rule follower but you know what? She makes her own rules. Her fascination with a priest that was kidnapped, morphed into a transcending love that will not only take her a lucrative career path, but it will ultimately put her face to face with her muse.
Father Savio knows just how precious life is and he's grateful for it everyday. Carrying out his duty to serve and be there for anyone that needs it, has never wavered despite going through his own special brand of hell. But he also wants to protect his parishioners and he knows that even though there's pure love and beauty, there's also dark and evil.
This was a slow burn in the beginning and even though that might not be for everyone, I actually enjoyed that. From the letters to the dual povs, there was just something so hypnotic about that time frame that captured everything beautifully. As the story progressed and we got further along, I did not enjoy the time jumps. I knew why it was done but I feel like it could've slowed down a little bit more.
If you're looking for a dark forbidden stalker romance, you should give this one a try.
Please be aware that this book contains some sensitive subject matter
Andrea has always been a Straight-forward person. If she wanted something, she was not afraid to go out and get it. Growing up with a strict military dad, you would think that she would be a rule follower but you know what? She makes her own rules. Her fascination with a priest that was kidnapped, morphed into a transcending love that will not only take her a lucrative career path, but it will ultimately put her face to face with her muse.
Father Savio knows just how precious life is and he's grateful for it everyday. Carrying out his duty to serve and be there for anyone that needs it, has never wavered despite going through his own special brand of hell. But he also wants to protect his parishioners and he knows that even though there's pure love and beauty, there's also dark and evil.
This was a slow burn in the beginning and even though that might not be for everyone, I actually enjoyed that. From the letters to the dual povs, there was just something so hypnotic about that time frame that captured everything beautifully. As the story progressed and we got further along, I did not enjoy the time jumps. I knew why it was done but I feel like it could've slowed down a little bit more.
If you're looking for a dark forbidden stalker romance, you should give this one a try.
Please be aware that this book contains some sensitive subject matter
AUTHOR BIO
USA Today and International Best Selling Author, I am most known for my mafia and MC series set in the Five Points Mob Universe.
Avid reader of all things romance, I first started my career as a why choose author in both contemporary and paranormal. I eventually made my way to MF romance where I found my groove with the O’Donnelly brothers, the Satan Sinners the Valentini Family, and most recently, the New York Stars and Pigeon Creek series!
In my back list you can find some MM, MF, MFM and Why Choose romances. HEA guaranteed!
When not writing I am either reading, traveling or coloring.
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Title: Fighting My Way Back
Author: Jacob Chance
Genre: Dark MMA Sports Romance
Tropes: Age Gap, Hurt/Comfort, Grumpy Hero
Stalker, College Student, Tragic Past
Release Date: July 26, 2024
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After a brutal attack at college, I return home to heal over the summer.
Enter Silas: a former MMA champion with a scowl as permanent as his tattoos. Taking self-defense lessons from him feels like a step in the right direction.
With every training session, our bond strengthens, turning pain into passion and doubt into self-confidence. Before long, our self-control unravels and we cross lines we shouldn’t.
But my emotional wounds linger longer than the physical ones. How can I move beyond my tragic past to embrace the future I deserve?
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Fighting My Way Back was the journey of one woman's fight for self assurance, security and falling in love with someone unexpectedly. It's about self discovery, forgiveness, family and not only having physical strength, but having the mindset of being strong as well.
After suffering from a traumatic attack, College Student Gwen Ledger is now recovering home at her dad's house in North Carolina. Still shook up from the experience but determined to get better, Gwen decides that the best thing for her is to learning how to defend herself and who's a better teacher than a former MMA fighter?
Silas knows what it means to work your body after a injury from the ground up and to get it back in the best physical shape. As the owner of one of the best gym for athletes and fighters, his focus is to make sure he's training everyone at top level. But his personal life has taken a hit for the last few years and Silas knows that if he wants that to change, he needs to go out of his comfort zone a bit. What he doesn't expect is to fall for someone who's not only younger than him, but needs his help in more ways than one.
I really enjoyed the first half of the story and I liked the connection between the main characters. They were an unlikely match but became perfect for each other in every way. They were supportive, flirty, and you felt the attraction between them from their first interaction. As the story progressed, things started to speed up a little too much for me and I felt like the author was rushing towards the end. I also didn't like how a couple incidents kept occurring. I understood the first one because it set the book in motion but more than once? That was over the top for me and I really wished that it didn’t happen as often as it did.
If you're looking for a semi dark MMA fighter romance with tragic past, then you should give this one a try.
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Jacob Chance grew up in New England and still lives there today. He's a martial artist, a football fan, a practical joker, and a bacon lover.
A USA Today bestselling author of sports romance and romantic suspense, Jacob has endless ideas and plans on providing his readers with many more entertaining stories.
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AMID CLOUDS AND BONES from Ella Fields is available now and free to read with Kindle Unlimited!
Title: Amid Clouds and Bones
Author: Ella Fields
Genre: Fantasy Romance
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As the half faerie daughter of a human king, my days were spent tucked out of sight—until the Seelie Fae sought an alliance with our kingdom. In exchange for my father’s help in defeating their Unseelie enemies, I would wed Atakan the heartless.
The Seelie prince loathed everyone, but none more than me. Throughout the years leading to our nuptials, each encounter grew more terrifying than the last as he demonstrated how he’d earned his infamous reputation.
Fear would only doom me faster. So I learned to hide it with games I soon became happy to play. I wasn’t supposed to crave a monster. But just when I’d thought I might tame the untameable, fate intervened.
And delivered me straight to his enemy.
Title: The Stranger
Author: J.L. Perry
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Tropes: Billionaire, Grumpy/Sunshine, Age Gap
Fake Relationship, Forced Proximity, Office
Romance, He's Her Boss, Friends to Lovers
Release Date: July 19, 2024
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SPENCER:
When I woke to my phone ringing just after 5 am on a Sunday—my only day off—it was safe to say I wasn’t impressed. I answered the call with an abrupt, “What!” The audible gasp and berating that followed had me grumbling, “Someone better be dead, Mother.”
“After the relationship status you were tagged in on Facebook, no less, I very well could be,” was her reply.
Relationship status?
With who?
I immediately clicked on the app, only to find it was true.
Delilah St. James had one of those faces that was hard to forget, and I knew I’d never laid eyes on this pretty blonde with beautiful blue eyes before.
I could’ve let my assistant, PR company, or my lawyer deal with it, but against my better judgement, I clicked on the Messenger app.
“Do I know you?” I typed.
DELILAH:
When my sister decided to post photos of her—on what was supposed to be my honeymoon—with my ex-fiancé on social media, I did something reckless and impulsive. I tagged her long-time crush, Spencer Prescott, in a fake relationship post. The last thing I expected was for him to reach out.
I apologised profusely and told him I’d take it down immediately, briefly explaining why I had done it, and he replied with something unexpected.
“Leave it up. What can it hurt?”
Minutes later, I got a friend request from his mother … immediately inviting me to brunch. I only agreed to go, so I could tell her the truth to her face.
What happened next was a domino effect that would change the course of all our lives.
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I had a feeling that I was really going to enjoy this book when I first read the blurb and you know what? I was right. Humor, angst, sexual tension and an office age gap romance? Take my money why don't you!
After going through a horrible breakup and seeing her sister go on her honeymoon trip with her ex fiance, Delilah St.James does something naughty and out of the blue. Thinking that no one important is going to see her relationship status post, Lilah is shocked to see a message from her so-called boyfriend. But little does she knows, that message is only the beginning of a series of life changing events.
Spencer Prescott has everything that a successful man could ask for. He's driven, rich, has a successful company and a meddling mother that would not only do anything for him,but would love to see him settle down. Meeting Delilah was never the plan but as fate would have it, he's is about to be knocked off his feet.When a perfect opportunity arises, leave it to Spencer's mother to not only cement her mark in matchmaking, but she becomes a fierce and funny side character that you will instantly fall in love with.
I was not expecting to enjoy this book as much as I did but I'm so happy that I took a chance on this one. There were a few things about some of the side characters that grated on my nerves and I wished that the author would've delved into the reasoning behind all of it but aside from that, this was a really good read. I loved the main characters and I really liked that the hero stood his ground and knew exactly what he wanted. He was protective, steadfast, and was all in.
If you're looking for a sexy age gap office romance, I highly recommend this one.
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Jodi is a wife and mother, born in Sydney, Australia. She recently moved to a property in the Hunter Valley with her family for a tree change. Under the name of J. L. Perry, five of her books have been #1 Bestsellers; including BASTARD, JAX, HOOKER, NINETEEN LETTERS and THE BOSS. Foreign rights to some of her books have been sold to Germany, Hungary, Czech and France where BASTARD became a top #20 bestseller. Some of her other titles include, FINDING HIM, FINDING FOREVER, FINDING US, FINDING FORGIVENESS, THE THIEF, ONLY ONE NIGHT, MR. BLACK, MR. EDWARDS and THE STRANGER.
NINETEEN LETTERS was debuted under the name of Jodi Perry through publishing giants, Hachette where it won the RWA Ruby Award for 2018 Romance Book of the Year. She also secured a publishing deal in the UK, with Sphere, an imprint company of Little Brown.
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Title: Fighting My Way Back
Author: Jacob Chance
Genre: Dark MMA Sports Romance
Tropes: Age Gap, Hurt/Comfort, Grumpy Hero
Stalker, College Student, Tragic Past
Cover Design: Emily Wittig
Release Date: July 26, 2024
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If every scar tells a story...
Mine is about surviving.
After a brutal attack at college, I return home for the summer to recover. But my emotional wounds are taking longer to heal than my physical ones.
When I meet Silas, a former MMA champion with a scowl as permanent as the tattoos on his powerful body, asking him to teach me self-defense seems like the perfect idea.
In the gym, our bond grows stronger, and the pain turns to passion. His close proximity unravels my self-control.
Even though he tries to keep me at arm's length, I'm chipping away at his resistance. He thinks he's too old and jaded, but I’m not easily deterred.
He saved me, and now I’m going to fight for us. Because our connection is intense, raw, and dangerously real.
My fears are no longer about the shadows of my past… but a future together that may never be.
Jacob Chance grew up in New England and still lives there today. He's a martial artist, a football fan, a practical joker, and a bacon lover.
A USA Today bestselling author of sports romance and romantic suspense, Jacob has endless ideas and plans on providing his readers with many more entertaining stories.
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This chilling, sizzling, and addictive thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Vi Keeland follows a New York psychiatrist’s dark descent into dangerous obsession.
This isn’t a love story.
It’s a story about obsession.
After experiencing a terrible loss, New York City psychiatrist Meredith McCall feels painfully adrift. When she crosses paths with a man with whom she has a tragic connection, she follows him, sparking an unhealthy obsession with Gabriel Wright. How is he doing so well while her life is in shambles?
But when Gabriel walks into her office as a patient, seemingly unaware of who she is, she knows it crosses all ethical and moral bounds to treat him. Yet, Meredith can’t bring herself to turn him away and becomes further entangled. With her life and career continuing to unravel, it appears that things could not get any worse…until they do.
This isn’t a love story.
It’s a story about obsession.
After experiencing a terrible loss, New York City psychiatrist Meredith McCall feels painfully adrift. When she crosses paths with a man with whom she has a tragic connection, she follows him, sparking an unhealthy obsession with Gabriel Wright. How is he doing so well while her life is in shambles?
But when Gabriel walks into her office as a patient, seemingly unaware of who she is, she knows it crosses all ethical and moral bounds to treat him. Yet, Meredith can’t bring herself to turn him away and becomes further entangled. With her life and career continuing to unravel, it appears that things could not get any worse…until they do.
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I should've known that based off the title of the book, that this story was going to be a head scratching, mind game. Who's playing who?
One year ago Meredith experienced a tragic loss that turned her professional and personal world upside down. Still reeling from the loss and trying to pick up the pieces, she's now counting down the days to a sense of normalcy in returning to work. Being a Psychologist in New York is not easy and with everyone constantly on the go, you have to move to their speed.
Getting back to a route will surely do Meredith some good and keep her from pursuing an unhealthy hobby but little does she know, she's in for one big surprise.
I have to say that I really loved the premise of this story and I liked that it was a psychological thriller. We saw the main character at her worst and in that moment, she was fighting to get back a little peace and calm the chaos. With that being said, we also saw her truly hit rock bottom and you start to question if it's self punishment, stupidity, or guilt. Trust begins to evaporate and you're no longer certain if anyone is in their right minds at this point.
If you're looking for a slightly predictable thriller that will have you questioning everyone's motives,then this one's for you.
About The Author
Vi Keeland is a #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and USA TODAY bestselling author. With millions of books sold, her titles are currently translated in twenty-six languages and have appeared on bestseller lists in the US, Germany, Brazil, Bulgaria, Israel, and Hungary. Three of her short stories have been turned into films by Passionflix, and two of her books are currently optioned for movies. She resides in New York with her husband and their three children where she is living out her own happily ever after with the boy she met at age six. Find out more at ViKeeland.com.
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