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Rampage: Boiling Point by Kathryn C Kelly-review

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Rampage: Boiling Point (Death Dwellers MC Legacy 8) by Kathryn C Kelly-review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release December 24, 2025

Christopher has reaped what he sowed in his marriage and, by extension, the club. Things between the heads of the Caldwell clan are returning to normal, though life at large remains hectic. Megan’s drastic change inspires Christopher’s next move.

CJ struggles to find his way after so many upheavals. Ryan’s deceit finally catches up to him. Axel is concerned that something will happen to send his mother away for good, so he takes matters into his own hands. Johnnie’s treachery has an unintended victim, one that neither he nor Rory ever considered. Diesel and CJ are at each other’s necks, and neither is keen to back down. The girl at the center of it all? Rebel. Jana’s presence adds tension. Diesel still intends to marry her, but he can’t get Rebel off his mind, much to everyone’s chagrin. Christopher experiences déjà vu as his sons’ rivalry starts to mirror what played out between him and Snake so many years ago.

Meanwhile, forced by a club vote, Christopher seeks an uneasy partnership with Bash and the Scorpions, though mistrust is high. Everyone wants peace, but the path there isn’t easy. As bullshit runs amok, bodies and betrayal pile up. Things reach a boiling point, making a last alliance between the Death Dwellers and the American Scorpions unlikely.

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REVIEW:RAMPAGE: BOILING POINT is the eighth instalment in Kathryn C Kelly’s contemporary, adult DEATH DWELLERS MC: LEGACY dark, MC series, a spin off set in the author’s DEATH DWELLERS MC world focusing on the multi-generational family, and dysfunctional membership in the Death Dwellers MC. Most of the original couples plays a significant role throughout the legacy series. Covering but a couple of days in the life, RAMPAGE: BOILING POINT is part one of the two part RAMPAGE. I recommend having a working knowledge of the series and the characters, as much of the current timeline is as of a direct result from the previous instalments in both series. RAMPAGE: BOILING POINT should not be read as a stand alone as it picks up immediately after the events of book seven REMISS.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise including strong language, graphic violence and SA, there WILL BE triggers for more sensitive readers. Many of the main characters are under sixteen years of age but the series is intended for adult readers.

Told from numerous omniscient third person perspectives including club president Christopher ‘Outlaw’ Caldwell and his adopted son Diesel, RAMPAGE: BOILING POINT advances the series but a few days, and continues to focus on the flawed, dysfunctional and unstable family dynamics of the member of the Death Dwellers MC, and the large extended and unorthodoxly interconnected Caldwell family. Christopher ‘Outlaw’ Caldwell continues to struggle with his tenuous hold on the MC founded by his grandfather, and his relationship with the woman who controls his heart. The membership in the Death Dwellers MC is splintering along with the fluctuating support of the people Christopher trusted, watching from the sidelines as the next generation begins to take control.

Meanwhile, Christopher and Meggie’s fourteen year old daughter Rebel is battling between head and heart, both loving and hating a much older man she considers family, a man who is about to destroy every aspect of her soul. Heartsick and heartbroken Rebel is forced to suffer the desolation of a friendship and love are broken beyond repair.

RAMPAGE: BOILING POINT follows several intersecting pathways revealing old wounds, personal betrayal, jealousy and greed. Christopher is unprepared for the spiral he is both participating in, and witnessing, a spiral that threatens any chance of happiness for everyone involved.

The large ensemble cast of secondary and supporting characters are questionable, destructive, obnoxious, wretched, atypical, and problematic. There are few redeeming qualities; no one is immune to betrayal and revenge; even the youngest find themselves both predator and prey, when vengeance is dark and deadly.

RAMPAGE: BOILING POINT is a story of betrayal and vengeance, power and control, secrets and lies, violence and death, jealousy and greed. The character driven premise is dramatic, dark, gritty and unconventional; the characters are disrespectful, unlikeable yet determined and desperate. The language is offensive, graphic and shocking-heed the trigger warnings-this series is not for everyone. RAMPAGE: BOILING POINT ends on a cliff hanger-you have been warned.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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He Sees You (Dark Holiday 1) by Elizabeth Knox-review

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He Sees You (Dark Holiday 1) by Elizabeth Knox-review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 21, 2025

She writes about killers. He kills. This December, they’ll meet.

Celeste Sterling came home to the Adirondacks with writer’s block and daddy issues. She’ll leave with blood on her hands and a monster’s ring on her finger.

Between now and then? Twenty-three days of being hunted by a man who makes her fictional villains look like choir boys. A man who collects deer skulls like love letters. Who knows every filthy word she’s ever written—including the ones she deleted.

Welcome to a small town where everyone’s keeping secrets, Daddy’s gun won’t save you, and the local serial killer has been waiting two years for his favorite author to come home. Celeste thought she understood darkness. After all, she’s made millions writing it.

But there’s a difference between typing “he’s dangerous” and having danger learn your daily routine. Between writing “touch her and die” and watching him make that promise literal.

Between creating a monster and realizing one already exists.

***The hunter has become obsessed.The author is about to become his.And Daddy dearest? He’s about to become family with a serial killer.

‘Tis the season for a dark romance that will ruin you for safe men and happy endings.

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REVIEW:HE SEES YOU by Elizabeth Knox is a stand alone, contemporary, adult, dark, erotic, holiday romance focusing on thirty-one year old, author Celeste Sterling, and Cain Lockwood’s story line.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there WILL BE triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Celeste and Cain) HE SEES YOU follows author Celeste Sterling as ventures home for the Christmas holidays, in search of the muse which has been missing for a while but Celeste’s return home comes with the warning of a serial killer in the Adirondacks, a serial killer whose victims all have questionable pasts. As Celeste’s dark romance story lines begins to take on a life of their own, our heroine will be pulled into a world of vengeance, a world in which she is about to becomes a principal player.

The world building is dark and gritty, as the reader is up close and personal with not only the monsters in Celeste’s books but the monsters in real life.

The relationship between Celeste and Cain is controversial and unconventional, yet the ultimate goal is to cleanse the world of evil. As Celeste and Cain begin to uncover the truth, our couple make plans for their own happily ever after. The $ex scenes are erotic and passionate.

The secondary and supporting characters are questionable and deviant. We are introduced to Cain’s sister and Celeste’s agent Juliette Lockwood; Celeste’s father Sheriff Sterling; Deputy Jake Bauer, and Detective Morrison.

HE SEES YOU is a gritty, haunting and tragic tale of power and control, betrayal and vengeance, dysfunctional family dynamics, acceptance and love. The premise is raw and gritty; the romance is unorthodox and unique; the characters are destructive, deviant and twisted.

Caution should be exercised for readers susceptible to triggers.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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PROPERTY OF ROYAL (Kings of Anarchy MC) by Morgan Jane Mitchell

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PROPERTY OF ROYAL (Kings of Anarchy MC: Kentucky 2) by Morgan Jane Mitchell

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 17, 2025

After betraying her club, Becki Crowley is handed over as punishment to Royal, the Kings of Anarchy’s black-clad secretary, the man who keeps the books, the secrets, and the bodies buried. What starts as revenge twists into obsession as girls begin disappearing around Pearly Gates, whispers of a Demon Leaper creep through the county, and the line between monster and man starts to blur.
While the club scrambles to hold itself together, Legend and Sophie’s once-unbreakable bond begins to crack, threatening the fragile peace keeping Hell from burning down.
Royal speaks in riddles and bleeds secrets.
Becki’s got sins she’s trying to bury.
Together, they might damn the whole town.
If you love alpha bikers, forced proximity, enemies-to-lovers heat, love triangles, knife play and twisted love stories scarred by the past, this steamy, gritty romance will leave you begging for more.
Becki
Hell, Kentucky ain’t big enough for the both of us, and I damn sure didn’t come back to be forgiven.
After I tried to tear Legend and Sophie apart, the Kings handed me over like property.
My sentence? Live under the roof of Royal, the quiet, dangerous, poetry-spitting secretary of the Kings of Anarchy MC.
I expected chains.
I didn’t expect his hands.
His knives.
Royal ain’t like the rest of them. He’s dark in a way that feels old. Protective in a way that feels dangerous. I was raised to fear fire, but he’s the one burning me alive.
And when girls like me start going missing, I realize the truth might be worse than the rumors.
Royal
Club said I could have her.
They didn’t say what to do with her.
Becki Crowley isn’t a woman you tame. She’s the kind you cage or worship, and I haven’t decided which sin I’m committing yet.
She tried to break the Kings from the inside. Now she’s mine to deal with, body, heart, and every twisted secret between us.
In Hell, Kentucky, revenge is a love language.
Protection is possession.
And I plan to speak both fluently.

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REVIEW: PROPERTY OF ROYAL is the second instalment in Morgan Jane Mitchell’s contemporary, adult KINGS OF ANARCHY MC: KENTUCKY dark, erotic, MC romance series, a part of the multi authored KINGS OF ANARCHY MC. This is KOAMC secretary Royal, and preacher’s daughter Becki Crowley’s story line, as well as a continuing look at the struggling relationship between Legend and Sophie. PROPERTY OF ROYAL can be read as a stand alone but for back story and cohesion, I recommend reading the series in order as there is an ongoing premise throughout. There is a slight supernatural element to the story line. If you have not read book one, PROPERTY OF LEGEND, there may be spoilers in my review.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise including knife play, there WILL BE triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from four first person perspectives (Royal, Becki, Legend, Sophie) PROPERTY OF ROYAL follows in the wake of the imprisonment of Reverend Ezekiel Crowley’s daughter Becki Crowley, a young woman who is struggling with years of abuse, abuse that continues with her contact with the KOAMC. In the previous story line, Becki threatened Legend and Sophie, because of Sophie’s father’s connection to the religious cult known as the Pearly Gates, a connection that sees a number of missing and murdered young women going back several years. Becki is determined to prove she is not the threat to the KOAMC but a messenger that has been used and abused by the same people involved with the Pearly Gates cult. Sophie wants nothing to do with Becki but Royal is determined to protect the woman that is more like him than he could have ever imagined.

The world building follows several intersection paths that lead back to the Pearly Gates, and Hell, Kentucky. Becki’s imprisonment at the clubhouse is a threat to Sophie and Legend’s relationship, a threat that sees a history between Legend and our story line heroine.

The relationship between Royal and Becki is unconventional and atypical. Their attraction to one another is mired in a barley veiled hatred and issues of trust but Becki wants the same things as Royal, a man whose predilections run dangerous and dark. The $ex scenes are intense.

The secondary and supporting characters are questionable and deviant. Several of the members of the KOAMC return, as well as the reintroduction of Becki’s father Reverend Ezekiel Crowley.

PROPERTY OF ROYAL is a story of power and control, betrayal and vengeance, secrets and lies, dysfunctional family dynamics and abuse, acceptance and forgiveness. The character driven premises is dramatic and dark;there is no romance only an aggressive and growing relationship; the characters are determined, desperate and destructive. PROPERTY OF ROYAL ends on a bit of a cliff hanger-you have been warned.

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Silent Schemes /Dirty Game by Elizabeth Knox & Haven Snow-reviews

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SILENT SCHEMES/ DIRTY GAME (Broken Blood prequel & 1) by Elizabeth Knox and Haven Snow

SILENT SCHEMES
Broken Blood prequel
by Elizabeth Knox and Haven Snow
Genre: adult, contemporary, dark, Mafia, romance

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date September 3, 2025

I was sent to kill him. I gave him an heir instead.

Sienna

My father raised me to be a weapon. Cold. Calculating. Lethal.

Varrick Bane was supposed to be just another target. Another king to topple. Another body to leave bleeding on concrete while I collected my father’s approval like coins.But the Bastard King of Vancouver doesn’t die easy.

He saw through my seduction before I even walked through his door. Knew I came to kill him. And instead of putting a bullet in my head, he kept me close—too close—until the lines between predator and prey blurred beyond recognition.

Now I’m carrying his child. My father is demanding blood. My sister’s life hangs in the balance. And Varrick? He’s turned me from a weapon into something far moreA woman with something to lose.

In this city, love is a death sentence and betrayal is currency. I have three weeks to kill the only man who’s ever seen me as more than a killer. Three weeks before my father kills everything I love.

The game was always rigged. But when you play with kings, even winning means losing everything.

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REVIEW: SILENT SCHEMES is the first instalment and prequel in the contemporary, adult, BROKEN BLOOD dark, erotic, crime world romance series co-authored by Elizabeth Knox and Snow Haven. This is Varrick Bane, and Sienna Cross’s story line.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there WILL BE triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Varrick and Sienna) SILENT SCHEMES follows the building relationship between Varrick Bane, and Sienna Cross, a relationship predicted upon a lie but a relationship meant to end in death of our story line hero. Sienna Cross is a weapon, honed by her father and his men, a weapon meant to destroy anyone standing in their way. Varrick Bane has been keeping tabs on the woman sent to kill but a woman with whom he will fall in love.

The world building follow Sienna as she struggles in the wake of falling for a man she was sent to kill. There is a war on the horizon, and our couple are about to caught in the middle.

The relationship between Varrick and Sienna is based on a lie. Sienna has been trained as an assassin, and Varrick is her next target. Varrick is wholly aware that Sienna has been sent to kill but our hero has fallen for the woman who will take a part of him he may never get back. The $ex scenes are limited but intense.

The secondary and supporting characters are charismatic yet questionable. We are introduced to Varrick’s half brothers Korrin and Cyrus; Varrick’s mentor Will Romano; Sienna’s sixteen year old sister Maya, and their father Theodore Cross, crime lord Bastian Cross; Sienna’s aggressive handler Vincent Carlisle.

SILENT SCHEMES is a story of power and control, betrayal and vengeance, family and relationships, love and loss. The character driven premise is dark and edgy; the romance is virtually non-existent; the characters are energetic and determined. SILENT SCHEMES ends on a bit of a cliff hanger-you have been warned.

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DIRTY GAME
(Broken Blood 1)
by Elizabeth Knox and Haven Snow
Genre: adult, contemporary, dark, Mafia, romance

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date September 27, 2025

Rosalynn

I should have stayed away. Hell, I knew he was bad news the first moment I saw him. But, I’d always been drawn to bad men, and he was no different. Only, there was something different about him.

He wasn’t the kind of man who would throw me against a wall and beat me until I couldn’t see straight. Varrick was a monster and I had no doubt about it. Yet, in time he became my monster, lurking in every shadow, willing to kill for me.

The world was against us, but we could survive it all.

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REVIEW: DIRTY GAME is the second instalment in the contemporary, adult BROKEN BLOOD dark, erotic, crime world romance series co-authored by Elizabeth Knox and Haven Snow. This is forensic accountant Rosalynn Lombardi, and crime lord Varrick ‘King’ Bane’s story line. DIRTY GAME can be read as a stand alone but I recommend reading the prequel SILENT SCHEMES for background and cohesion.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there WILL BE triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Varrick and Rosalynn) DIRTY GAME focuses on the building relationship between our story line couple. Rosalynn Lombardi and Varrick Bane. Rosalynn has been sold to Varrick Bane as payment for a debt, a debt incurred by her family, a family that has used and abused our storyline heroine. As a forensic accountant, Rosalynn will become a beneficial to Varrick Bane, as she digs deeps and navigates a book keeping system that hides the numerous sins and betrayals by the people Varrick one trusted. As Rosalynn slowly begins to trust the man who could destroy her heart, Varrick’s past demands retribution, everything and more.

The world building focuses on betrayal and vengeance as Rosalynn must come to terms with the proverbial ‘frying pan into the fire’ but a fire that will become guardian and protector in the face of corruption and mistreatment. As Rosalynn begins to uncover a trail of exploitation and theft, the past returns demanding everything and more.

The relationship between Varrick and Rosalynn begins as a transaction, a payment for debt but quickly turns into something more. Varrick will become aware of the tragedy and abuse that has befallen our heroine, and in doing so, promises to love and cherish the woman that will call to his heart. The $ex scenes are intimate and seductive.

The secondary and supporting characters are energetic, and powerful. We are introduced to Varrick’s half-brothers Korrin and Cyrus; Rosalynn’s brother Marco, and their uncle Enzo, and Varrick’s housekeeper Maria. The requisite evil has many faces.

DIRTY GAME is a story of secrets and lies, betrayal and vengeance, power and control, greed and madness, dysfunctional family dynamics, acceptance and love. The character driven premise is dark, dramatic and gritty; the romance is edgy and provocative; the characters are desperate, determined and struggling to heal.

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Remiss (Death Dwellers MC: Legacy 7) by Kathryn C Kelly-review

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Remiss (Death Dwellers MC: Legacy 7) by Kathryn C Kelly-review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date September 30, 2025

Christopher discovers that actions have consequences, and he’ll do anything to right his wrongs and get his wife back. If he’d known Megan walking away was a possibility, he would’ve reined in his bullshit ages ago.

Against the backdrop of an MC in turmoil, Christopher faces his ultimate fear: losing Megan because of his own f*ckery.

Will he convince her to give him another chance? Or has he lost her for good?

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REVIEW: REMISS is the seventh instalment in Kathryn C Kelly’s contemporary, adult DEATH DWELLERS MC : LEGACY dark, MC series, set in the author’s DEATH DWELLERS MC world. REMISS, like the previous instalments focuses on the multi-generational and dysfunctional membership in the Death Dwellers MC. Most of the original couples from the DEATH DWELLERS MC series play a significant role throughout the Legacy series.I recommend having a working knowledge of the series and the couples, as a number of the events in the current timeline are as of a direct result from previous instalments in both series. Many of the characters are under sixteen years of age, but the series is intended for adult readers.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise including graphic violence, strong language and questionable themes, there WILL BE triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from several omniscient third person perspectives including club president Christopher ‘Outlaw’ Caldwell and his wife Meggie, REMISS continues to focus on the dysfunctional dynamics of the Death Dwellers MC, their embattled and embittered interconnected families, and a dangerous and deadly fight for power, control, and money . Meggie, as Christopher’s wife, is the queen, but a queen who is tired of her husband’s secrets and lies. Meggie is not a member of the MC but has a controlling interest in more ways than one, and it is that interest that has placed several targets on Meggie’s back, targets directed by the people she knows. As Christopher continues to spiral, Meggie is determined to ‘remove’ the baggage and the ‘vitriol’ that threaten her family, and in this, Christopher takes aim at those threatening to destroy their life.

The world building is detailed and complex, dark and unconventional. As the story unfolds, many of the past secrets and lies are revealed, allowing the characters to adjust to the truth, wherein the reader will relish knowing the connections and some of the backstory.

There is, yet again, a large ensemble cast of questionable, problematic, unlikeable, and violent secondary and supporting characters, many of whom have been initiating actions to take down the man in charge.

REMISS, like all of the previous instalments is dark, gritty, graphic, edgy ,dramatic and often cringeworthy. There is graphic violence and raw language, accusations, jealousy, fear, suspicion, betrayal, and vengeance, secrets and lies, death and destruction, forgiveness and love. The premise is twisted, dark and tragic; the language is graphic, strong, and may be offensive to some readers -even the children as young as ten use offensive language and violence; the characters are deviant, brutal, eccentric and unorthodox.

Heed my warning, REMISS and the Death Dwellers MC series is not for everyone. There are no hearts and flowers, or happily ever afters-there is always something or someone determined to destroy.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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Beautiful Lies (Vale Billionaires 1) by Faith Summers-review

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Beautiful Lies (Vale Billionaires 1) by Faith Summers-review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 15, 2025

I made a deal with a monster in a tailored suit. When my father died, I thought grief was the worst thing I’d ever face. I was wrong. He left behind dark secrets and a single lifeline keeping my mother alive—our family’s hundred-year-old restaurant.

Then Knox Vale walked into my life and ended my world with a single look. Cold in his eyes. Controlled in his movements. Catastrophic in every way that matters. Heir to a multi-billion-dollar empire— and the man my father didn’t just work for…
but betrayed. Knox owns the loan tied to our restaurant. With one signature, he could take everything I have left.Unless I accept his alternative:

Marry him. For six months. A deal with a beautiful devil. To save my mother, I agree to his terms: A legal marriage. A perfect public lie. No love. No lines crossed. Rules that were doomed the moment he touched me. Because when I enter his world, everything shifts.

Knox Vale watches me like I’m a secret he intends to unravel. Touches me like I’m a weakness he plans to exploit. And when the mask slips, I see a man I shouldn’t want… yet can’t walk away from. I thought he’d ruin my life. I didn’t expect him to rewrite it.

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REVIEW:BEAUTIFUL LIES is the first instalment in Faith Summers’ contemporary, adult VALE BILLIONAIRES erotic, romance series focusing on the Vale siblings. This is thirty-two year old, heir to the family owned Vale Global Holdings, Knox Vale, and twenty-six year old artist Isla Monroe’s story line.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Knox and Isla) BEAUTIFUL LIES follows in the wake of the death of Isla’s beloved father John Monroe, a man whose secrets ran dangerous and deep. With the family owned restaurant at stake, Isla and her mother will discover that all is not as it appears to be, and our heroine is about to become a payment for sins of the past. To save everything and everyone she loves, Isla is contracted to marry our story line hero, a man with a bigger agenda than she could have ever imagined.

The world building follows the building but acrimonious relationship between Isla and Knox, as Vale Global Holdings goes in for the proverbial kill. Isla believes she has six months to save her family legacy but there is not saving when the Vale family is involved.

The relationship between Knox and Isla is tempestuous at best. In an effort to save the family business, Isla is forced to marry a man she does not love but a man who will reveal years of secrets and lies that threaten her family. Falling for Isla was never in the cards but Knox finds himself falling for a woman whose heart he is about destroy. The $ex scenes are provocative and intense without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful, energetic and sometimes questionable secondary and supporting characters. We are introduced to Knox’s siblings-Dorian, Levi, Locke, Adeline and their father Jeremiah Vale; Knox’s assistant Sheila, Isla’s ex boyfriend Chad Holloway, her best friend Mia, and Isla’s mother. Dorian’s story is next.

BEAUTIFUL LIES is a story of secrets and lies, betrayal and vengeance, power and control, family and relationships, acceptance and love. The character driven premise is edgy and dramatic; the romance is seductive and tense; the characters are desperate, determined and charismatic.

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DANGEROUS KING/ SHADOW KING by Bella Ray-reviews

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DANGEROUS KING/ SHADOW KING (Savage Kings of New York 2 & 4) by Bella Ray-reviews

Dangerous King
Savage Kings of New York 2
by Bella Ray
Genre: adult, contemporary, dark, erotic, Mafia

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RELEASE DATE: August 21, 2025

I spent fourteen years surviving the mafia. But falling for its prince might destroy me.

I grew up a hostage.Collateral in a blood-soaked deal between my father and the mafia.For fourteen years, I was hidden in the shadows of the Giordano estate—unseen, unheard, and never free.
Until the night they went too far.

They kidnapped a girl and strapped her to the same torture chair I once bled in.This time, I couldn’t stay silent.I risked everything to free her.I didn’t know she was the sister of Enrico Sartori—heir to one of New York’s most ruthless mafia families.

A man with a reputation carved in fear.A man who doesn’t owe anyone.But he owed me.And he paid that debt with fire.Now I’m under his protection.In his fortress.Wearing his name, even if it’s only temporary.He says I’m safe.That no one will ever touch me again.But when Enrico looks at me, safety is the last thing I feel.

He’s cold fury wrapped in tailored suits. Brutal. Possessive. Untouchable. And when he calls me piccolina, I forget how to breathe. But power in the mafia is never stable. Enemies are closing in—some hiding behind blood ties, others behind thrones. And I’m not just leverage anymore.

I’m a liability. A distraction. A weakness he can’t afford. Now the man who swore to protect me may be forced to choose: His family. Or me. And in this world, love is the most dangerous gamble of all.

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REVIEW: DANGEROUS KING is the second instalment in Bella Ray’s contemporary, adult SAVAGE KINGS OF NEW YORK dark, erotic,Mafia romance series. This is thirty year old, Mafia boss Enrico Sartori, and nineteen year old Catalina ‘Cat’ Costa’s story line. DANGEROUS KING can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story line is revealed where necessary.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Enrico and Catalina) DANGEROUS KING follows in the wake of the abduction of Enrico Sartori’s sister Isabella but upon her rescue Enrico discovers another young woman who help save the life of his sister. Catalina ‘Cat’ Costa has been a prisoner for close to fourteen years, a pawn between the criminal underworld and the political elite. With the arrival of Isabella, Cat saw her chance to escape, and with it, a chance at a happily ever after with the man that would call to her heart but a fight for power is about to send the crime world into a spiral, and our couple will be caught in the middle.

The world building follows the rescue and healing of Catalina Costa,as she begins to blossom into herself. Enrico sees the woman that he will one day marry but the family is about to go to war, and the people at the top have been betraying the people who trust them the most.

The relationship between Cat and Enrico begins as a rescue but quickly turns into something more. Enrico has become Cat’s guardian and protector but our heroine is struggling to find her place in the world. The $ex scenes are erotic and provocative.

There is a large and diverse ensemble cast of secondary and supporting characters including members of the Mafia, Cartel, and Russian Bratva. We are introduced to Cat’s parents Mayor Cesare and Loredana Costa; Cat’s siblings Lucas and Sabine :Enrico’s parents Fabrizio and Eliza; sister Isabella, brothers Dante, Mattheo, Tommaso, as well as Don Edoardo, and Don Antonio ‘Toni’ DeLuna. The requisite evil has many faces, and those closest to our couple can’t always be trusted.

DANGEROUS KING is a story of secrets and lies, betrayal and vengeance, power and control, jealousy and madness,family and relationships, acceptance and love. The character driven premise is detailed, dramatic and edgy; the romance is seductive and spicy ; the characters are animated, charismatic and determined.

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SHADOW KING
Savage Kings of New York 4
by Bella Ray
Genre: adult , contemporary, dark, erotic, Mafia romance

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 18, 2025

As the daughter of a mafia don, I was born into power and danger— but nothing could prepare me for him. He was supposed to be my bodyguard. My father’s most trusted soldier. A man carved from silence and shadows. He wasn’t meant to look at me the way he did. And I wasn’t meant to want him.

One night, everything changed. One promise turned into a cage. And I learned what it meant to be owned by the wrong man. Then Raffael came for me. He isn’t a savior. He’s a killer—cold, ruthless, forged in blood. He doesn’t protect to save. He protects to possess.

Now I’m trapped between the man who controls me and the man who would burn the world to set me free. He says I belong to him. He says he’ll never let me go. And the terrifying part? I believe him. I should fear him. I should hate him.

Instead, I crave the monster who was never meant to love me.

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REVIEW: SHADOW KING is the fourth instalment in Bella Ray’s contemporary, adult SAVAGE KINGS OF NEW YORK, dark,erotic, Mafia romance series. This is businessman Raffael DeSantis, and Mafia princess Sophia Orsi Giordana’s story line. SHADOW KING can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Some of the events of SHADOW KING cross over with , and run parallel to some of the events of the previous story lines.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there WILL BE triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Raffael and Sophia) covering three years, SHADOW KING follows in the wake of the arranged marriage between Sophia Orsi, and man who would meet a brutal end. Raffael DeSantis has been in love with Sophia for as long as he can remember but he believed he was a nobody, and without the power to save the woman he loved. Three years would pass, and Raffael would set into motion a plan to rescue our story line heroine, a rescue that may be too late to save our heroine’s soul but all is not as it appears to be, Raffael is about to embark on a new path towards a future he never new existed, a future that now lays claim to our story line heroine.

The world building follows Raffael as he begins a new life, a new direction in the face of betrayal and the loss of the woman he loves but for three years Raffael has struggle without our story line heroine, a struggle Raffael knew nothing about.

The relationship between Raffael and Sophia begins as an assignment when Raffael is assigned to protect our story line heroine but Sophia was young and immature, and in this, her behavior would ultimately end with a man who destroyed her soul. Raffael is determined to reclaim the woman he loves, a woman who has always loved the man who stole her heart. The $ex scenes are passionate and intense without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful, questionable and dangerous secondary and supporting characters. We are introduced to Sophia’s father Carlos Orsi, her brothers Angelo and Marcello Orsi, nurse Violet; women’s shelter coordinator Lexy, Gray Elia; Don Edoardo, Roberto Giordano, and Roberto’s powerful grandmother Donna Margarita. The requisite evil has many faces.

SHADOW KING is a story of power and control, betrayal and vengeance, secrets and lies, family and friendships, relationships and love. The character driven premise is dramatic, edgy and dark; the romance is impassioned but the couple spend about fifty percent of the book apart; the character desperate, determined and charismatic.

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ARRANGED ADDICTION (Dark Arranged Mafia Romance) by BB Hamel

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ARRANGED ADDICTION (Dark Arranged Mafia Romance) by BB Hamel

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 30, 2025

My spicy self-care box just got delivered to my boss’s desk. Now he’s opening it right in front of me. And staring at my new lingerie…

Declan Whelan’s a gorgeous nightmare.

He’s handsome as sin and demands strict obedience.

Nothing I do ever makes my crazy boss happy.

At least until a package filled with some workplace inappropriate objects gets accidentally delivered to his desk…

And now he’s very interested in everything about me.

Dinner leads to a steamy night in his penthouse suite.

I get a taste of a new side of my beautiful, psychopath boss.

But his attention comes at a price.

He’s overwhelming and obsessed in ways I never imagined.

We have a history I didn’t know about… one splattered with blood and filled with secrets.

He promises he’ll take care of me.

All I have to do is give him everything he wants… and meet his exacting standards.

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REVIEW: ARRANGED ADDICTION by BB Hamel is a stand alone, contemporary, adult,dark, erotic, Mafia romance set in the Marino and Rossi Family Crime worlds. This is heir to the Whelan Irish Crime Syndicate and businessman, forty something Declan Whelan, and twenty-five year old, PA Casey Brennan’s story line. ARRANGED ADDICTION can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous instalments is revealed where necessary.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there WILL BE triggers from more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Declan and Casey) ARRANGED ADDICTION follows in the wake of the murder of Casey’s best friend and co-worker Natalie. A misdirected package, a night out with the boss, and Casey returns to discover her life is spiralling out of control. In an effort to protect the woman with whom he will fall in love, Declan Whelan forces Casey into marriage, a marriage that is meant to insulate and safeguard our story line heroine. Casey has been targeted, threatened by the demons from the past, a man who has returned to take what doesn’t belong.

The world building is detailed and complex as Declan Whelan fights for control and power of the Whelan Crime family, and our heroine who refuses to accept her current direction in life. Years of secrets will reveal a connection to the past, as Casey must come to terms with what is happening and why.

The relationship between Casey and Declan begins as boss and employee but Casey’s declaration of a failed love life pushes Declan to take control, ensuring Casey’s future is at his side.Declan’s obsession with Casey began years before but our heroine has been protected and insulated from the ghosts of the past. The $ex scenes are erotic, provocative and intense.

The colorful and often questionable secondary and supporting characters include the return of Declan’s brothers: Seamus (Arranged Control), Cormac (Arranged Obsession), their parents Siobhan and Padraig, and Casey’s aunt Sheila. The requisite evil has many faces.

ARRANGED ADDICTION is a story of secrets and lies, betrayal and vengeance, power and control, grief and loss, family and friendships, acceptance and love. The character driven premise is dark, dramatic and gritty; the romance is seductive and edgy; the characters are determined and charismatic.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Vicious Heir
Shattered King
Arranged Obsession
Arranged Control

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Reviewed by Sandy

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