Ravage / Ruin (Heaven & Hell ) by Elizabeth Knox-reviews
RAVAGE
(Heaven & H*ll 7)
by Elizabeth Knox
Genre: adult, contemporary, crime world, dark, romance
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date September 26, 2025
Pain. Pleasure. Insanity.
Everything I craved was in the depths of Hell—and I knew I’d explore every sexual fantasy that ever crossed my mind.
That’s where I met Cassius Wolfe–the devil himself.
He was the kind of man who made the entire room fall quiet. A man who snapped his fingers and his men wouldn’t hesitate to shoot you between the eyes.
He was the man who promised to ravage me while he was in the city, and he kept his promise.
I knew nothing of Cassius Wolfe before this weekend, and now I couldn’t get him out of my mind.
The only problem? I had to wait an entire year to see him again.
Ravage is a prequel to Ruin, a very dark romance that will trigger you. This book is not for the light of heart. This spicy dark romance is intended for mature audiences only.
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REVIEW: RAVAGE by is the prequel novella to Elizabeth Knox’s contemporary, adult RUIN dark, erotic, BDSM romance duet, a part of the multi-authored Heaven & H*ll series. This is Cassius Wolfe, and Selene Deveraux’s introductory story.
NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there WILL BE triggers for more sensitive readers.
Told from dual first person perspectives (Selene and Cassius) RAVAGE follows the unconventional relationship between owner of the underground $ex club H8ll, and twenty-three year old Selene Deveraux. Approximately eight year earlier Selene Deveraux’s life imploded, and in the ensuing time our heroine struggled to make sense of what happened and why. Searching for something, anything to help her feel, our heroine finds herself at Club H8ll wherein all of her needs will be addressed by the darkness that is Cassius Wolfe. Three days of total control, Cassius is determined to break the woman he cannot forget but when Selene demands more, Cassius pushes Selene to rethink what it is she needs.
The world building is dangerous and dark; an atypical and unconventional pairing between a woman who is lost, and a man who is determined to own our heroine body and soul. The relationship between Selene and Cassius is gritty and dark; the $ex scenes are provocative and unique.
The secondary and supporting characters are interesting and dynamic. We are introduced to Cassius’ right hand man Vincent: owner of Purgatory Lucian, as well as Selene’s best friend Emilia, and her ex David.
RAVAGE is a story of secrets and lies, power and control, death and destruction, acceptance and loss. The character driven premise is dark, gritty and dramatic; the romance is limited to sexual domination and submission; the characters are desperate and broken. RAVAGE ends on a cliff hanger-you have been warned.
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RUIN
(Heaven & H*ll 8)
by Elizabeth Knox
Genre: adult, contemporary, crime world, dark, romance
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date May 22, 2026
I killed her parents when she was sixteen.
Cassius
Years later, I made her fall in love with me. She wears my collar. Sleeps in my bed. Runs my empire at my side. And she has no idea that the man who owns her body is the same man who destroyed her world. Selene Deveraux was supposed to be a weapon. A tool. The judge’s daughter, sharpened into something useful and aimed at my enemies. I wasn’t supposed to need her. I wasn’t supposed to break when she found out the truth, held a gun to my chest, and didn’t pull the trigger. Now the Russians are circling, her best friend is bleeding in a chair, and the woman I ruined is the only person who can save everything I’ve built. She’ll have to choose—the man who murdered her parents, or the life he built for her on their graves.
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REVIEW: RUIN by Elizabeth Knox is the eighth instalment in the multi-authored HEAVEN & H*LL dark, erotic, romance series. This is billionaire crime lord focusing on Cassius Wolfe, and Selene Deveraux’s continuing story. RUIN should not be read as a stand alone as it picks up one year after the events and cliff hanger of book seven and prequel novella RAVAGE.
NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there WILL BE triggers for more sensitive readers.
SOME BACKGROUND: Approximately eight year earlier Selene Deveraux’s life imploded, and in the ensuing time our heroine struggled to make sense of what happened and why. Searching for something, anything to help her feel, our heroine finds herself at Club H8ll wherein all of her needs will be addressed by the darkness that is Cassius Wolfe. Three days of total control, Cassius is determined to break the woman he cannot forget but when Selene demands more, Cassius pushes Selene to rethink what it is she needs.
Told from dual first person perspectives (Selene and Cassius) RUIN picks up one year after the events and cliff hanger of RAVAGE in which Cassius sends Selene away wherein she will grow into a colder, stronger and more professional partner for our story line hero, but a partner who is about to discover that the man with whom she had fallen in love in the man who broken and destroyed her world.
The world building follows Selene’s rise to power within Cassius’ criminal organization. A woman, who in one year, learned to manipulate, operate and control almost every aspect of Cassius’ organization; a woman who would become Cassius equal as well as his most feared foe.
The relationship between Cassius and Selene is predicated upon power and control; a Dom/sub scenario in which the power slowly begins to balance until the reality of what happened and why shakes the foundations of their growing love. The $ex scenes are intimate and intense.
The secondary and supporting characters are powerful and intriguing. We are re- We are introduced to Cassius’ right hand man Vincent, Lionel, Peer and Paul, as well as Selene’s best friend Emilia, and her ex David. We are introduced to Natalia Cruz, one of the few heads of the criminal underworld, and Marco Salieri. The requisite evil has many faces.
RUIN is a story of power and control, betrayal and heart break, secrets and lies, forgiveness and love, grief and loss. The character driven premise is dramatic, edgy and tragic; the romance is seductive; the character are damaged, powerful and dynamic.
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Reviewed by Sandy
