Souls Unfractured (Hades Hangmen, #3) ~ Tillie Cole

"For fractured souls are like magnets.

Drawn to collide into an impossible bliss…"

Labeled a ‘Cursed’ woman of Eve from birth, Maddie has endured nothing but pain and repression at the hands of The Order’s most abusive elder, Moses. Now living with her sister in The Hangmen’s secluded compound, finally, Maddie, is free. Free from the suffocating faith she no longer believes in. Free from endless years of physical and mental torment.

Just… free…

At age twenty-one, the timid and shy Maddie is content to live within the confines of her new home—safe from the outside world, safe from harm and, strangely, protected by the Hangmen’s most volatile member; the heavily pierced and tattooed, Flame.

Flame.

The man who ceaselessly watches over her with his midnight dark and searing eyes. The man who protects her with a breath-taking intensity. And the man who stirs something deep within her numbed heart.

But when circumstances conspire for Flame to need HER help, Maddie bravely risks it all for the broken man who has captivated her fragile soul.

The Hangmen’s most infamous member, Flame, is ruled by one thing—anger. Plagued by haunting demons from his past, an all-consuming rage, and isolated by an abhorrent hatred of being touched, Flame's days are filled with suffocating darkness, pierced only by a single ray of light—Maddie. The shy, beautiful woman he cannot purge from his thoughts. The woman he has an overwhelming need to possess…
... the only person who has ever been able to touch him.

Flame’s mission in life is to protect Maddie, to keep her safe. Until a trigger from his troubled past sends him spiraling into madness, trapping him in the deepest recesses of his disturbed mind.

His Hangmen brothers fear that Flame is beyond saving.

His only hope of salvation: Maddie and her healing light.

Dark Contemporary Romance.
Contains explicit sexual situations, violence, disturbingly sensitive and taboo subjects, offensive language, and very mature topics.
Recommended for age 18 years and over. 

After a few days of regrouping and trying to put my thoughts and emotions into words I still don't think I could ever do the story justice..

I've loved this series from the 1st but Flame & Maddie's story has just floored me.

Tillie Cole is just utterly amazing!! I never could have fathomed the abuse Flame had been put through. What he dealt with. What he was able to overcome. I balled my fucking eyes out.. His back story wrecked havoc on my mind for days.. 

We somewhat had an idea of Maddie's horrific abuse.. But she totally surprised me with her strength and her ability to guide Flame through his demons.. Grasp on to what she wanted and put her fears and past aside for Flame!!

From that very first scene at the church where Flame called, Hell screamed out to Maddie.. I felt his distress his fears his need to protect her at all cost.. I had goose bumps..

"I let a scream tear from my injured throat. And I kept pushing my bike harder"

The want and desperate need Flame and Maddie had for one another was just tragically beautiful. Both so damaged they couldn't allow themselves the simplest touch, caress, embrace!!! 

"What are words? Sometimes the flick of a pair of eyes or the flush of skin reveals everything you need to know. Words can wound. Silence can heal."

" I have been there too. I have felt the urge to fade, to never wake again. But then something happened to me. Someone happened to me... YOU."

This story flowed effortlessly, perfectly!! The scene was set for whats next to come and I for sure will be anxiously awaiting.. All the characters were present and all had their role to play.. I was only sad when I realized Flame & Maddie's story had been fulfilled..

Tillie Cole this was perfection!!

Certified!! 

#Flamesproperty!!

Out of Time (Nine Minutes, #2) ~ Beth Flynn

They thought with his execution it would all be over. 

They were wrong.
The leader of one of South Florida’s most notorious and brutal motorcycle gangs has been put to death by lethal injection. Days later, his family and friends should have been picking up the pieces, moving on. Instead, they’ve been catapulted into a world so twisted and dangerous even the most ruthless among them would be stunned to discover the tangled web of deception, not only on the dangerous streets of South Florida but all the way to the top. 
In this gripping follow-up novel to Nine Minutes, Out of Time takes readers from the sun-drenched flatlands of 1950s Central Florida to the vivid tropical heat of Fort Lauderdale to the halls of Florida’s Death Row as we finally learn the gritty backstory of Jason “Grizz” Talbot, the terrifying leader of Satan’s Army motorcycle gang, and the secret he spent his life trying to conceal. 
Not even Grizz’s inner circle knows his full story—the tragedy that enveloped his early life, the surprise discovery that made him the government’s most wanted and most feared, and the depths of his love for Ginny, the tenderhearted innocent he’d once abducted and later made his wife.
Once Grizz’s obsession and now the mother of his child, Ginny has spent years grieving the man she’d first resisted and then came to love. Now remarried to Tommy, a former member of the gang, the pair have spent more than a decade trying desperately to live a normal existence far from the violent, crime-ridden world they’d once carved out on the edge of the Florida Everglades. For Tommy, especially, the stakes are high. Desperately in love with Ginny for years, he’s finally living his dream: married to the woman he never thought he could have. But even with the façade of normalcy—thriving careers, two beautiful children, and a genuinely happy and loving marriage—they can’t seem to put the past behind them. Every time they turn around, another secret is revealed, unraveling the very bonds that hold them together. 
And with Grizz finally put to death, now Ginny has learned secrets so dark, so evil she’s not even sure she can go on. 
Will these secrets tear their love to pieces? And how far will Grizz go to protect what he still considers his, even from beyond the grave?

I Devoured it!!

I know I'll be going through a serious book funk after finishing OOT!!

Nothing will appeal, I'll be in limbo for days, all I'll speak about is OOT!!

It was that FUCKING GOOD...

I never really thought Nine Minutes ended on a cliffy but there was so much more that could've been answered.. And we get that in OOT with a cliffy and more questions and so many other crosswords and story lines!!! Gahhhh 

Grizz was the mother-fucking man hands down, 

the way every turn was already mapped, questions anticipated.. 

The life he was brought up in and the life he led weren't easy.. Reading about his past was gut wrenching, 

I could sympathize and came to terms with the man he became. He absolutely adored 

Kit and while reading OOT you could grasp just how deep that Love went..

Ginny had so much thrown at her and had to come to terms with all the lies she 

lived with..

All the decisions made for her, she was sheltered for her own sanity.

 I wondered while reading if she would've been able to deal with the truths, 

been able to still Love Grizz as much as she did knowing how ruthless he was, really seeing how he dealt out his punishments and how he gained all that respect and 

fear from his club and those around him.

Grunt finally got a chance to tell his side of story, shed some much needed light on past events. 

I kept telling myself through out the story that he was SO young, also had an abusive childhood and was forced to grow up way to fast. 

As well as everything he did, every move he made was all for Love. He was loyal to a fault but again loyal to those he deemed worthy. We got to see a different, more mature, controlled/reserved side to Tommy and he was amazing and so patient with Ginny.

I fell for him more and more as I continued to read, but also wanted to kick him in the neck with certain revelations..

SO many characters played important roles which I will not get into.

But all I will say is that there were some jaw dropping, eye opening moments that were just Brilliant. BUT no matter what was revealed and what the future holds for those still actively in the game I have been and forever will be Team Grizz..

One of the coolest things about reading this book is that I know all the counties and streets mentioned in it.. Some roads I take on a regular basis and can't help but wonder how it would have looked back in the 50's..

I still cannot believe when I picked up NM last year that it was from a debut author, 

and NOW reading OOT the continuation to NM I'm still in Aww of the writing, world building and characters have been amazing.. I will continue to follow Beth Flynn anxious to see what else she has in store for us and recommend these books to anyone that will listen for a very long time..

Nine Minutes (Nine Minutes, #1) ~ Beth Flynn

On May 15, 1975, fifteen-year-old Ginny Lemon is abducted from a convenience store in Fort Lauderdale by a member of one of the most notorious and brutal motorcycle gangs in South Florida. 

From that moment on, her life is forever changed. She gets a new name, a new identity and a new life in the midst of the gang’s base on the edge of the Florida Everglades—a frightening, rough and violent world much like the swamps themselves, where everyone has an alias and loyalty is tantamount to survival. 

And at the center of it all is the gang’s leader, Grizz: massive, ruggedly handsome, terrifying and somehow, when it comes to Ginny, tender. She becomes his obsession and the one true love of his life. 

So begins a tale of emotional obsession and manipulation, of a young woman ripped from everything she knows and forced to lean on the one person who provides attention, affection and care: her captor. Precocious and intelligent, but still very much a teenager, Ginny struggles to adapt to her existence, initially fighting and then coming to terms with her captivity. 

Will she be rescued? Will she escape? Will she get out alive—or get out at all? Part psychological thriller, part coming-of-age novel, filled with mystery, romance and unexpected turns, Nine Minutes takes readers into the world of one motorcycle gang and inside the heart of a young girl, whose abduction brought about its fall. 

AWESOME!!!

I lost some serious sleep cause I couldn't put this book down!!!

What a fantastic read I Love it when I pick up a book and from the first page I'm hooked.. This one did that to me!!!

I was able to picture all the places she named since I live in Ft Lauderdale.. And I always hear about how this road lead there before it was developed and this road ended here so it was definitely a plus for me.. It was a dark emotional read that definitely can trip tons of triggers..Especially for this Floridian knowing about our high kidnapping statistics in these parts.. SO it is definitely not for everyone..

In my opinion from the way this story described what the 15 year old captive went through (not in a creepy descriptive way mind you all those scenes basically faded out) I was able to get a very clear picture on how Stolkholm syndrome develops and takes deep roots.

And the ending was just jaw dropping there were SOOO many pieces to different puzzles and so many secrets that we KNEW were there but would never have imagined ran so DEEP!!

I for one may be sick cause I actually felt a bit sorry for Grizz towards the end.. Because his Obsession wasn't intentionally to hurt her but to LOVE her and in return be LOVED! In his twisted demoralized head.

I cannot wait for the next story.. This one did not end on a cliffy but I KNOW the next can answer so much more!!

This is another one of those reads I'll be yapping about for a while

and having all my reading buddies pick up!!

What A FABULOUS Debut for Ms. Beth Flynn..

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Transcendence ~ Shay Savage

It’s said that women and men are from two different planets when it comes to communication, but how can they overcome the obstacles of prehistoric times when one of them simply doesn’t have the ability to comprehend language?

Ehd’s a caveman living on his own in a harsh wilderness. He’s strong and intelligent, but completely alone. When he finds a beautiful young woman in his pit trap, it’s obvious to him that she is meant to be his mate. He doesn’t know where she came from; she’s wearing some pretty odd clothing, and she makes a lot of noises with her mouth that give him a headache. Still, he’s determined to fulfill his purpose in life – provide for her, protect her, and put a baby in her.

Elizabeth doesn’t know where she is or exactly how she got there. She’s confused and distressed by her predicament, and there’s a caveman hauling her back to his cavehome. She’s not at all interested in Ehd’s primitive advances, and she just can’t seem to get him to listen. No matter what she tries, getting her point across to this primitive, but beautiful, man is a constant – and often hilarious – struggle. 

With only each other for company, they must rely on one another to fight the dangers of the wild and prepare for the winter months. As they struggle to coexist, theirs becomes a love story that transcends language and time.

               Infinitely Brilliant stars!!

Genius.... This was an honest to goodness Caveman's POV...

The Grandaddy Alpha Male, the Originator!!! and the real kicker is that it was an Epic Love Story!!

He was MAN he provided, protected and reproduced!! (that's all there was too - hey I did say his POV)

This is the first book I've read by Shay Savage but DEFINITELY wont be the last!

A few of my girls said how wonderful it was and I just had to see for myself..

I didn't question the how of it and through out wanted to get Beh's POV but it worked and I was hooked until the very end..

Or the Beginning...

It was such a different refreshing read I wholeheartedly recommend it.. It was written solely through his thoughts and kept true to that primitive feel and spoke through emotion and attraction.. There was also humor through out which kept me giggling and it was all due to simple actions and responses!

Ehd luffs Beh and he loved those Khizz's!!

I literally..

Eternal Lovers

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