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Sun In My Heart by Tricia T LaRochelle-review tour

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Sun in My Heart by Tricia T LaRochelle-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date January 11, 2024

Dive into the tumultuous world of Sophie Quinn, a brave young woman trapped in a perilous marriage to her unpredictable husband, Chad. With Chad being a VP in her distant father’s company and the only man her mother ever approved of, breaking free won’t be easy. However, Sophie is determined—knowing that leaving Chad is not just about finding happiness but surviving.

As she takes her first steps towards independence, Sophie crosses paths with Brian, a rugged handyman with a heart of gold, challenging her perceptions of love and trust. Yet, nothing is ever straightforward. When Sophie learns Brian’s connection to Julian Sommers, the world-famous pop star who fell out of the limelight when a deranged fan murdered Julian’s companion and herself in a Vegas hotel room two years prior, the plot thickens. With secrets swirling around her, and a dangerous husband in pursuit, Sophie’s newfound happiness is on the line.

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REVIEW:Sun In My Heart is a contemporary romance with a Twist by Tricia T. LaRochelle.
Our story begins with Sophie Quinn, a young woman in thr throes of a marriage headed for divorce. Her husband Chad had been abusive to her and she has begun putting her life back together by buying herself a little cottage. Loving her new life far away from her estranged husband was exactly what she needed.

She enjoys her little cabin, and watching Entertainment News. Especially the stories that involve pop singer Julian Sommers. Two years ago Julian disappeared after a tragedy involving a fan. And he has never been the same since.

One day out on a walk Soohie meets Brian, a reclusive handyman working in her neighborhood. Brian seems to come with his own set of issues but Sophie finds him quite refreshing. As time goes on and they spend more time together they both fall quite quickly for each other. What a whirlwind of emotions Sophie encounters. She has never been seen or treated like she is now by Brian, and she enjoys every moment with him. That is until her ex husband shows back up and in a moment of chaos Brian lets his secret come out! And instead of staying and fighting for Sophie he leaves. Leaving her heartbroken and betrayed. Will their love allow them to find each other again? Will Brian ever return to her?

What an amazing story with wonderful twists and turns. Sophie’s life hasn’t been easy, but she is finally fighting for herself and what she wants. I absolutely love how everything plays out for Sophie in the end.

Brian is everything you want for Sophie, having issues of his own added dimension and depth to the story that I wasn’t expecting.

A wonderful twisting romance where the characters get the love they are so deserving of. Highly recommend.

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Reviewed by Erin K.

Since she was a little girl, Tricia T. LaRochelle has been obsessed with tragic love stories. No
beach reads for her. Bring on the grit with a double side of turmoil. She likes to feel the character’s anguish as they fight to overcome obstacles to be together. Growing up in central
Vermont, she has seen her share of tragedy but remains a hopeful romantic. She now lives in
central Virginia where she continues to foster the possibilities of how love can conquer all.

Flickering Heart is the first book in the Sara Browne Series. Stay tuned for updates and announcements on Instagram, Twitter, or sign up for her email list at TriciaLaRochelle.com.

 

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SAVAGE ANGELS (Savage Angels MC 12) by Kathleen Kelly -review

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SAVAGE ANGELS (Savage Angels MC 12) by Kathleen Kelly -review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 31, 2023

Nothing good ever comes easy.

The Savage Angels have been at peace for a long time.

All of us will be tested when the Abruzzi Crime Family tries to seize what we’ve built. For years, we’ve worked hard to keep clean and move away from running drugs, guns, and all manner of illicit activities.

But they forget we are still savage men, and if you go after one of us, our president no less, you will not win.

Salvatore Agostino will need to choose sides. He’d best choose wisely, for although he’s connected to us by blood, we protect the club at all costs.

The Savage Angels are teetering on the brink, ready to carve their legacy with wings bathed in light or blood.

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REVIEW: SAVAGE ANGELS is the twelfth and final instalment in Kathleen Kelly’s contemporary, adult SAVAGE ANGELS MC dark, erotic,MC romance series. SAVAGE ANGELS is the culmination of twelve storylines that focuses on take down of old enemies, new alliances, and the next generation of Savage Angels MC.

Told from several first person perspectives including Savage Angels MC president Dane Reynolds, and his wife/ol’ lady Katarina Saunders, as well as soon to be Don Salvator Agostino, SAVAGE ANGELS focuses on the search and rescue of one of the their own, and the take down of the out of control Don of the Abruzzi Crime Family. As Dane struggles with the what-ifs, alliances will be made that may change the path going forward. From Mafia Crime families to the Obayashi Yakuza clan, the Savage Angels forge a new understanding and system for everyone concerned.

The world building closes some doors, and venture towards a new path and a new future for the Savage Angels MC. The epilogue fast forwards the series fifteen years, in which, we are up close and personal with a perceived betrayal, and the damage caused by secrets, lies and addiction.

There is a large ensemble cast of familiar and charismatic secondary and supporting characters, most of whom we have met in the previous instalments. The next generation is about to come into their own but the rabbit hole of betrayal will claim another victim.

SAVAGE ANGELS is a story of betrayal and vengeance, madness and mayhem, family and friendships, relationships and alliances. The fast paced, character driven premise is intriguing, gritty and emotional; the relationships are established and enduring; the characters are determined and dynamic. SAVAGE ANGELS ends on a cliff hanger-you have been warned-new series, new spin off featuring the next generation.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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Hateful Promise (Costa Crime Family) by BB Hamel-a review

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Hateful Promise (Costa Crime Family) by BB Hamel-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 6, 2023

He’s a creature of black velvet and cold steel.And I’m his new obsession.When my father steals money from three powerful casino bosses, I’m taken captive by the worst of them Erick Costa, notorious gangster and vicious criminal with violent tastes and sickening delights.He cuts me a deal. Create forged paintings for him to sell on the black market, and he’ll let me work off my father’s debt.Except that’ll take forever, and in the meantime, I’m stuck at his pleasure.If I don’t do what he says, he’ll dump my body in the desert like all his other victims.Erick Costa’s big, gorgeous, reserved, and intelligent. I want to pretend like I’m not attracted to him, but the man isn’t shy about flaunting his stacked abs and tattoos.Soon it becomes clear there’s no way this arrangement will work.And when he finds the secret paintings I’ve been making of him?He’ll know exactly how I feel, and he’ll never let me go.The next Costa brother gets his story! Hateful Promise is a standalone, full-length novel, with no cheating and no cliffhanger, so dive in and enjoy!

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REVIEW:HATEFUL PROMISE is the third instalment in BB Hamel’s contemporary, adult COSTA CRIME FAMILY erotic, Mafia romance series. This is casino owner Erick Costa, and artist Heloise ‘Hellie’ Accardi’s story line. HATEFUL PROMISE can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

Told from dual first person perspectives Erick and Hellie) HATEFUL PROMISE follows in the wake of the theft of several million dollars from several local crime organizations in Las Vegas. Professional thief Daniel Accardi has skipped town, and with it, left his only daughter to pay for his sins. Heloise Accardi is an artist, a painter who is about to discover that to pay for the sins of her father, she must either forfeit her life, and work with the Las Vegas gangsters in an effort to defraud collectors of millions of dollars. Enter mobster and billionaire casino owner Erick Costa, the man with whom Hellie will fall in love. Hellie will become Erick’s prisoner and in-house artist, a position that pushes Hellie to the edges of sanity. What ensues is the building relationship between Hellie and Erick, and the potential fall-out when Hellie is forced to betray herself and go against her moral code.

The world building focuses on betrayal and vengeance, forgery and fraud, acceptance and love. Erick finds himself falling for his captive, a woman with a target on her back, and a father who is missing without a trace. In an effort to pay back the millions of dollars in missing money, Heloise Accardi is forced to re-capture the Masters, a feat only a few have ever accomplished. As the days and weeks pass, Erick finds himself falling for his captive, a woman who continues to struggle with what is happening and why.

The relationship between Hellie and Erick begins as prisoner and warden. Hellie must pay for her father’s sins but with Erick as her guardian, she is protected from those wanting vengeance including the death of our story line heroine. The $ex scenes are intimate and provocative.

We are introduced to Erick’s right hand man Ren, his housekeeper Marina, as well as local crime lords Clifton Frost, and Alberto Gallo.

HATEFUL PROMISE is a story of secrets and lies, betrayal and vengeance, forgiveness and love. The premise is heart breaking and emotional; the romance is seductive and fated; the characters are desperate and charismatic.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Twisted Wedding
Wedding Disaster

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Reviewed by Sandy

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SHE WAS MINE FIRST by M. Robinson-review tour

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SHE WAS MINE FIRST by M. Robinson-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date October 30, 2023

He’s a determined billionaire used to getting what he wants, and she’s prepared to marry the wrong man to prove to them she’s moved on. But neither of them is ready to let go of the past…

A small-town, friends to lovers, second chance romance from Wall Street Journal & USA Bestselling Author M. Robinson

Being the man of honor in my best friend Livvy’s wedding wouldn’t be such a big deal…

If I wasn’t in love with her.

But I won’t turn her down. No matter how much it’ll tear my heart out to watch her walk down the aisle toward another man.

It should have been us—from friends to lovers and back again. But after college, I was so busy building my empire that I let her slip through my fingers. She was my first. And once she realizes he’s the wrong one for her…

I’ll be her last.

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REVIEW: SHE WAS MINE FIRST by M. Robinson is a contemporary, adult, stand alone, erotic, romance story line focusing on life-long best friends attorney Elizabeth ‘Livvy’ Collins, and app developer Ethan Carter.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Livvy and Ethan) covering several years SHE WAS MINE FIRST follows the best friends to lovers to best friends relationship between Livvy and Ethan. Ethan and Livvy were childhood best friends but LIvvy came from money, and her father wanted someone else for our story line heroine. Years passed, Livvy became a lawyer, Ethan became a billionaire through app development but Livvy found herself engaged to someone else. Wanting her best friend at the wedding, Livvy asked Ethan to be her man of honor but Ethan was determined to prove he was the better man. In the days before the wedding, Ethan finds himself struggling with the potential loss of the woman he has always loved but in the end, Livvy’s will discover that all was not as it appeared to be.

The world building follows Livvy and Ethan’s back and forth including months to years apart but always there in their hearts and their minds. Livvy is a people pleaser, and as such, she wants to please her parents but in doing so, is about to send her own life spiraling out of control.

The relationship between Livvy and Ethan is a life-long friendship in which they were one another’s firsts: first kiss, first lover, first friend but Ethan was never good enough for Livvy’s parents, and in the end, Livvy was pushed towards another man. Livvy would never cross line between Ethan and her fiancé but secrets and lies were about to reveal, years of betrayal for our story line heroine. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

We are introduced to Livvy’s mother and father, as well as her fiancé Beau Hunter, and their respective parents.

SHE WAS MINE FIRST is a story of power and control, betrayal, secrets and lies, love and friendships, forgiveness and acceptance. The premise is intriguing and captivating.; the characters are determined and dynamic; the romance is edgy and seductive but struggles with the years separated by time.

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Reviewed by Sandy

Wall Street Journal & USA Bestselling Author M. Robinson loves to read. She favors anything that has angst, romance, triangles, cheating, love, and of course sex! She has been reading since the Babysitters Club and R.L. Stein.

She was born in New Jersey but was raised in Tampa Fl. She was pursuing her Ph.D in psychology, with two years left. However, she dropped out of school and became a fulltime writer.

She is married to an amazing man who she loves to pieces. They have two German Shepherd mixes, Kobe and trooper, a Wheaten Terrier, Teddy and a Tabby cat, Gio.

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For Your Heart (For Your Love 2) by Crea Reitan -review tour

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For Your Heart (For Your Love 2) by Crea Reitan -review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date September 7, 2023

The heart is a cruel master.

After the fallout between me, my brother, and Simon, I find myself either wallowing in a black pit of depression or lashing out with vicious rage. Technically, Simon still lives in the condo the three of us bought together, but ever since our relationship imploded months ago, I’ve barely seen him.

His absence is loud and it feels like a knife through my heart.

I miss dancing with him. I miss having him sandwiched between my brother and I at night. I miss the soft brush of his lips against mine, just because. I miss him.

A newly single co-worker strikes a bargain. All he wants is someone to wreck his body while I get to let out my anger. It’s a win-win….

Except I’ve still lost.

Once, the only future I saw was with Simon, but I don’t see a future at all anymore.

Because all I have left is a broken heart and no one to pick up the pieces.

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REVIEW: After reading book one (For your Time) I really didn’t like twins Damon and Declan. They weren’t very nice to Simon, made his life miserable, and in my opinion caused Simon to leave and not return messages or phone calls.

I didn’t like the dynamics between the three, I felt it was just wrong. But that’s just my opinion.

Damon is still in love with his best friend, he doesn’t ever see that changing. But he won’t get to see him if him and his twin don’t change their way of thinking!

Sage is a fitness and nutrition professional in the same gym Damon works in. He’s had a crush on Damon for a while now, but has never had the never to approach him!

It’s starts with Sage proposing a casual relationship (just s£x!) to Damon, and even though both know it’s going to end up in disaster (Damon knows he’s going to break Sage’s heart) they approach each other with caution…..

It took till about chapter 12, for me to forgive Damon and for said character to pull his head out from his a$$ and see what a wonderful man he had in Sage. Once he came to that conclusion (after almost losing him!) he couldn’t hold back his love, he wanted Sage to be his and his alone ?

Additional characters were all needed in this book, including the brainwashed ex girlfriend and Sage’s horrible mother! She was a vile individual and I was glad when Damon evicted her from Sage’s life. I loved catching up with Simon and ? Didn’t see Vulcan in this book (sadly) but we did find out who Declan falls for ?

I want to see Declan’s side of the story now (even though we get a glimpse at the end of this book ?) I want to read his side immediately ?

And I’m going to admit I was wrong, I’m going to eat humble lie and beg forgiveness from both the twins and the author. I was ready to hate the book, and all the characters in it (I’m still in love with book one)

I ended up loving this book (book one still my favourite)

There a lot of triggers in this book, including a taboo subject that a few readers might find hard (and I have a feeling it might evolve in book 3 ??‍♀️)

Click HERE for Julie’s review of book one FOR YOUR TIME

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? Reviewed by Julie B

Crea lives in upstate New York with her dog and husband. She has been writing since grade school, when her second grade teacher had her class keep writing journals. She has a habit of creating secondary, and often time tertiary, characters that take over her stories. All of her RH relationships end up being heavily polyamorous – meaning it’s not just all the men for one woman. There’s also some M/M action going on. When she can’t fall asleep at night, she thinks up new scenes for her characters to act out. This, of course, is how most of her meant-to-be-thrown-away characters tend to end up front and center – and utterly swoon-worthy! Don’t ask her how many book boyfriends she has…

When not writing, Crea is an avid reader. Her TBR pile is several hundred books high (don’t even look at her kindle wish list or the unread books on her tablet). Sometimes, she enjoys crafting; sometimes, exploring nature; sometimes, traveling. Mostly, she enjoys putting her characters on paper and breathing life into them. Oh, and sleeping. Crea loves to sleep!

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Marked (Blood Brothers 5) by Samantha Wilde-a review

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Marked (Blood Brothers 5) by Samantha Wilde-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 27, 2022

She’s made a deal with the devil himself . . .

Detective Sophia Aldridge is on a man-hunt for contract killer Cole Holmes. Ever since the arrests of Lionsgate Kinship, the elusive assassin has dodged the police. Aside from one grainy image of him, no one speaks about the man deadlier than the grim reaper himself. Winding up face-to-face in an alley with him steals her breath. She’s caught him red-handed in a murder, and despite their tousle where he should have killed her, he walked away, leaving her unarmed and pissed off. But the feeling of his large, deadly body up against hers is embossed in her mind.

Getting Sophia underneath him would be a slice of heaven that Cole is too smart to taste. He gave her a warning: stay the hell of his tail if she wants to live. That’s why finding her outside his apartment days later has him seeing red. He makes one final visit to her home, and makes a devastating discovery: hot cop is a mom.

She might be scared of Cole, but she’s not stupid. She swore to protect and she won’t stop until Cole is punished for his crimes. But then her world is shaken . . . her baby girl is kidnapped. Immediately, Sophia assumes Cole is responsible, but when she ambushes his apartment, she realizes she’s wrong. Time is running out, and she needs to bring her daughter home before it’s too late. Cole swears to help, but he has one condition. She needs to let him get away with his lucrative career intact. Sophia will do anything to save her little girl, even break her oath. One thing she can’t guarantee is if she can keep her hands off the dangerous killer who should have her running for the hills.

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REVIEW MARKED is the fifth instalment in Samantha Wilde’s contemporary, adult BLOOD BROTHERS erotic, romantic suspense series focusing on the Holmes brothers-Nash, Cole, Dallas and Dare. This is assassin for hire Cole Holmes, and detective Sophia Aldridge’s story line. MARKED can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary but I recommend reading the series in order for back story and cohesion as there is an ongoing premise throughout.

WARNING: Due to the nature of the story line premise there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Cole and Sophia), covering a few days in the life, MARKED follows the search for a killer. Detective Sophia Aldridge has been searching for assassin Cole Holmes believing he is someone connected to a child-trafficking ring aka Lionsgate Kinship. Walking into a murder scene, Sophia finds herself facing down our story line hero, but Sophia’s life is about to spiral when the people at Lionsgate Kinship set their sights on our story line heroine. With the authorities following the rules, Sophia needs someone to cross the lines when her only child is abducted, and the police have few if no leads to follow. As Cole and his brothers begin a search for the child, secrets reveal a connection to Lionsgate and our story line heroine. What ensues is the quick building romance and relationship between Cole and Sophia, and the potential fall-out as a search and rescue turns deadly, leaving Sophia wondering where everything went wrong.

The relationship between Cole and Sophia is forbidden as Cole is a wanted man, and Sophia has been charged with taking him down but Cole only kills those deserving to die, and Sophia is caught between head and heart knowing to get involved could mean the end of her career. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate.

The secondary and supporting characters include Sophia’s boss, and police chief Kenneth; Sophia’s ex Bart, and their daughter Bella. We are reintroduced to Cole’s brothers and their other halves: Nash and Lexi (Bound 1), Dare and Tessa (Traced 2), Dallas and Gemma (Extracted 4).

MARKED is a story of betrayal and vengeance, power and control, family and relationships. The fast paced premise is intriguing and engaging; the romance is seductive and intense; the characters are broken, desperate and determined.

Reading Order and previous reviews
Bound
Traced
Unchained
Extracted

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Reviewed by Sandy

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BEAUTIFUL BROKEN VENGEANCE by Fiona Murphy -review tour

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BEAUTIFUL BROKEN VENGEANCE (Bratva Bound 2) by Fiona Murphy -review tour

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About the book: Release Date December 20, 2022

Phoenix Raymond is a puzzle. Despite her father selling her to a sick man when she was only a child, she’s a true virgin at twenty-four. Somehow she’s an FBI agent without ever having set foot in Quantico. And most importantly, she wants to destroy my family—but she’s my wife.

She wants us to pay for the skin trade we dealt in. It doesn’t matter we got out of that a long time ago. The debt for her is personal. The woman is tenacious, a problem who refuses to go away. Two weeks ago I demanded my brother allow me to end her as a problem. He denied my request and told me to figure out another way. One week ago he told me to find a wife. When she shows up on my doorstep broken and bleeding, I solve her problem and mine.

Once she’s healed, she thinks she can walk away—that she has to walk away. She thinks because her…needs are different that I won’t want her, won’t be the daddy she craves, that I’ll leave her the way everyone else has. What she doesn’t understand is she belongs to me. She is mine to keep, to protect, to be whatever she needs. I will never let her go. Not even a bullet and blood will buy her freedom. I’m a Levin, Bratva, and we keep what’s ours.

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REVIEW: BEAUTIFUL BROKEN VENGEANCE is the second instalment in Fiona Murphy’s contemporary adult BRATVA BOUND dark, erotic, Bratva age-gap romance series-a spin off from the author’s THE SABATINI FAMILY series. This is thirty eight year old Aleksander Levin, and twenty-three year old computer hacker turned FBI agent Phoenix Raymond’s story line. BEAUTIFUL BROKEN VENGEANCE can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story line is revealed where necessary.

NOTE: Most of the events run parallel to, and cross over with, most of the events of book one BEAUTIFUL BROKEN OBSESSION.

WARNING: Due to the nature of the story line premise there WILL be triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Aleksander and Phoenix) BEAUTIFUL BROKEN VENGEANCE follows computer hacker turned FBI agent Phoenix Raymond on her quest for revenge against the Levin family. Several years earlier Phoenix’s foster father was murdered, and our heroine believes someone in the Levin family was responsible. Determined to take down the Levin empire, Phoenix works her way into a position within the FBI in an effort to ferret out information about the Levin family but our heroine isn’t the brightest bulb in the house, and finds herself at the mercy of Aleksander Levin. Battered and broken from a fact finding mission gone wrong, Phoenix wakes up days later, only to discover she is married to Aleksander Levin, and there is a price on our heroine’s head. What ensues is the building but contemptuous relationship between Aleksander and Phoenix, and the potential fall-out when the truth is revealed.

Phoenix Raymond is a young woman whose determination to destroy the Levin family is single minded, and eventually lands her in the proverbial hot water. Phoenix’s goal is to take down all child and human trafficking rings, beginning with what she believes to be the Levin Bratva connection. Phoenix doesn’t act, she reacts; she is oblivious to the social norms of the real world, and intricacies of Bratva life; her issues of low self-esteem are exacerbated by years of trauma and abuse, self-hatred, and a lack of self-worth, and the fine line between strong-willed and annoying is cross several times. Aleksander Levin needs a wife but doesn’t want an arranged marriage with someone else. Having watched his brother suffer without the woman he loved, Aleksander takes control, claiming our heroine as his own but Aleksander’s relationship with Phoenix quickly evolves into Daddy-dynamic kink, as our heroine struggles to let go of the past. As Aleksander and his brothers deal with the business of Bratva life, Phoenix often battles between head and heart believing she is unworthy of Aleksander’s love.

The relationship between Phoenix and Aleksander begins acrimoniously as our heroine continues to threaten the Levin family. Aware yet oblivious to the criminal underworld, Phoenix often finds herself at a disadvantage, believing she is capable of controlling the situation yet not. As the relationship between Phoenix and Aleksander becomes sexual, our heroine must come to terms with what she wants moving forward. The $ex scene are intimate, erotic, provocative including a scene of questionable consent, domination and power. Once again, I do not like the use of a certain four letter word-used 60 times throughout the story-although I accept the word in my MC and Mafia romances, I found the overuse distracting, excessive and disruptive (again) including 25 instances of the word sl*t.

The secondary and supporting characters include cartel members Manuel Rodriguez, and Richie Angelo: Aleksander’s right hand man David; FBI Agents Presley and John. We are re-introduced to Aleksander Levin’s brothers Maxim, Damien, Nikita, and Milos and Celia, as well as their mother; Tony, Luca and Dominic Sabatini. The requisite evil has many faces.

BEAUTIFUL BROKEN VENGEANCE is a story of power and control, betrayal and vengeance, murder and abuse, acceptance and love. The premise is dark and dramatic; the romance is Daddy-kink dynamic focused; the characters are broken yet determined.

Take note of the trigger warning as some scenes may not be tolerated by more sensitive readers.

Click HERE for Sandy’s review of book one BEAUTIFUL BROKEN OBSESSION

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Reviewed by Sandy

Due to commitment issues I have lived in many different cities and my favorite is Chicago but I have managed to settle into Austin and perhaps my commitment issues are behind me. 

I have enjoyed reading from a very young age and it wasn’t long before the children books bored me and I read the books my mother enjoyed Stephen King and Dean Koontz and I didn’t sleep without the light on until I was about ten.

I came across my first Harlequin by accident and it was love at first read, no one died and happy endings? It was a whole new world and I loved it.

I wrote my first story at eight and everyone died, of course. Since then I would like to think I’ve gotten better and now I’m writing the happily ever afters I first fell in love with, with some hot sex thrown in along the way. 

As a plus size woman myself, I have started writing the stories I always wanted to see myself in but never did. And now I’m ecstatic to give BBWs the happily ever afters with hot Alphas I want to read.

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BRATVA ANGEL (Ivankov Brotherhood) by Sabine Barclay-review tour

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BRATVA ANGEL (Ivankov Brotherhood 5) by Sabine Barclay-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 13, 2022

Our worlds couldn’t be further apart…
She’s light. I’m dark. She’s an angel. I’m a devil.

I’ll never walk away from my life with the bratva.

My only choice is to bring her in.

She’s mine and always will be.

Maybe she doesn’t know we’re soulmates yet, but I have since we met.

I’ll do anything to protect her. No one’s foolish enough to stop me.

And if they are…

I’ll take her to the limits of what she thinks she can handle, then I’ll please her any way she wants.

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REVIEW: BRATVA ANGEL is the fourth instalment in Sabine Barclay’s contemporary, adult IVANKOV BROTHERHOOD erotic, Bratva, romance series. This is thirty year old, second in command in the Ivankov Brotherhood Aleksei ‘Aleks’ Kutsenko, and twenty-eight year old, high school theatre teacher Heather Hampton’s story line. BRATVA ANGEL can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

WARNING: Due to the nature of the story line premise including bondage and discipline, as well as Daddy/ baby girl dynamic, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Aleks and Heather) BRATVA ANGEL follows the building romance and relationship between thirty year old, second in command in the Ivankov Brotherhood Aleksei ‘Aleks’ Kutsenko, and twenty-eight year old, high school theatre teacher Heather Hampton. An accidental meeting with Aleks Kutsenko at a local grocery store pulls Heather Hampton into a world she knew little about. Aleksei Kutsenko is the second in command of the Ivankov Brotherhood, and the Bratva is at war with both the Mafia and Cartel. Heather is the daughter of a soon to be retired police officer, and the Kutsenko family questions to whom her allegiance will sway but there is more to Heather’s family than anyone could have imagined, and the connections go deeper, threatening the lives Heather, Aleks, and the people they love. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Heather and Aleks, and the potential fall-out as perceived betrayal, desperation and vengeance are at the heart of the attacks against our story line couple.

The relationship between Heather and Aleks is one of immediate attraction; a rapidly building romance between two people from opposite sides of the law but a romance predicated upon understanding, acceptance and love. Heather is determined to swear her allegiance to the family, while Aleks claims Heather as his happily ever after. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and provocative with some scenes of bondage, discipline, anal and rope play. There is a Daddy/baby girl dynamic between our couple, a dynamic seen with every couple in the author’s series.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful and energetic secondary and supporting characters: Pasha’s brothers- Anton, Sergei, Mischa and their parents Alina and Grigori; Maksim and Laura (Bratva Darling 1), Bogdan and Christina (Bratva Sweetheart 2), Pasha and Sumiko (Bratva Beauty 4) and their mother Galina. We are introduced to Heather’s parents John and Maureen Hampton, as well as her sister Danielle, and her husband Mike. The requisite evil has many faces.

BRATVA ANGEL is a story of power and control, betrayal and vengeance, family and relationships, acceptance and love. The premise is captivating and compelling; the romance is seductive ; the characters are powerful, determined and strong.

Previous Reviews

Bratva Sweetheart
Bratva Treasure
Bratva Beauty

Copy supplied for review

Reviewed by Sandy

Sabine Barclay, a nom de plume also writing Historical Romance as Celeste Barclay, lives near the Southern California coast where she’s a former rower and a hopeful surfer, a self-proclaimed foodie, and a lover of the outdoors. Sabine enjoys attending reader events and travels domestically and internationally for book signings and speaking engagements. Before becoming a full-time author, Sabine was a Social Studies and English teacher. She holds degrees in International Affairs (BA), Secondary Social Science (MAT), and Political Management (MPS). She channels that knowledge into creating engrossing contemporary romances that bring the steam will make your toes curl and your granny blush.

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