Damage Control (Dirty Money, #2) ~ Lisa Renee Jones

Wall Street meets the Sons of Anarchy in Damage Control, the smoldering, scorching next novel in the explosively sexy Dirty Money series.

The only thing more dangerous than a dark secret is a damaged heart…

Shane Brandon has been pushed to the brink, torn between his corrupt family and his explosive, all-consuming desire for Emily Stevens, who he now knows is not who, and what, she seems. Has he trusted the wrong person? Will she, not his brother Derek, be the ultimate destruction of his family Empire?

Emily tries to run from Shane, but he will stop her, confront her, force her to reveal all — one hot touch and kiss at a time, under every intimate detail of who this woman is, and what she wants, is exposed. But as he tears away the dangers of the unknowns with the woman in his bed, and in his heart, The Martina Cartel has set their sights on his company, his family, and the one piece of leverage they believe he won’t gamble with: Emily.

We start off exactly where we were left off in the first book and HOLY CRAP what a ride...

I first need to point out that if you thought Shane and Emily burned up the sheets before? Gahhh- in this installment they were HOTTER, Smoking Hot!! 

There's no way I can go into detail about the plot without giving anything away - Hell I still don't know what will happen next.. how it all will go down! I've been left on the edge of my seat desperate for the next.. Yes another cliffy but that much closer.. 

This series is full of Suspense, Secrets and intense characters who all have a purpose and have been strategically placed.. So many layers!! Layers I want, NEED to unravel.. 
EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.

Opaque Mirrors ~ Courtney Lane

When the line between fiction and reality bleeds, there is no end to the lies or a truth to be found.

It was never supposed to happen. He was supposed to remain a porn star—the source of my fantasies—in my expansive collection of torture porn. But he found me, and he only wants one thing from me. He calls it the ultimate orgasm; death.

He gives me the illusion of choice—my life or his.

I thought my choice would be the end of my troubles, but it followed me to a town known for its close-minded, small population and hypocritical way of thinking. 

My madness lurks in the shadows. It watches me and seduces me with pretty smiles and dirty degradation. It assures me that my fantasies aren't wrong. It tells me that they will star in all of my nightmares…and I want nothing more.

Content contains strong violence, coarse language, graphic sex, scenes of horror, and situations that most readers would find objectionable. Reader discretion is highly advised.

Fiction & Reality were completely BLURRED...

This was an absolute Mind Fuck!!

I just didn't know what to believe.. the Title is so fitting

Nothing was as it seemed, but then again the story had you thinking it was so 

transparent when it really wasn't..

Whitney tried to move on.. tried hard to put her 

past behind her..

tried to suppress her erotic desires, 

her dangerous thoughts ..

Her fantasies of erotic torture!!

what's a girl to think or do when the very thought of getting her hands on 

snuff porn gets her excited, can so easily get her off!!

Were her daydreams real? did she have anything to do with all the murders taking place? 

Was she losing her mind?

What was real?

This read was filled with twists and turns,, 

mind games like I never could've imagined..

I thought I was having a nervous breakdown while reading it.

It felt sort of like a "who done it" murder mystery..

With an Erotic flare!!

Mason was an enigma hot and cold.. 

He pushed all of Whitney's naughty buttons and was able to fulfill her darkest desires..

Was he a mind reader? where did he come from? 

what secrets did he hide behind that control freak persona?

 why the mood swing's into a total asshole?

Up until the very end I held my breath, when it all finally began to unravel and the puzzle pieces were neatly placed.. (and no they did not just fall into place for me)

It's all made clear and we are no longer looking at a distorted picture.. But one with full clarity, fucked up truths and an HEA..

 Are you ready for the Ultimate Orgasm?

AMAZON

A Love so Tragic ~ Stevie J. Cole

Promises. 

We all make them. Sometimes we break them. But what happens when the promise you break haunts your dreams, when that moment of betrayal echoes within every last beat of your heart? 

Love. 

Love is passionate, painful, and all consuming in the most brutal yet beautiful way. How many people have you said 'I love you' to? Five, ten, maybe no one? I've said that word to two men, but only one where I felt it. 

Tragic. 

This word sums up my relationship with Nicolas: devastating, painful, depressing. 

A first love that should have lasted a lifetime, but I ruined with a stupid decision. Nicolas is my star crossed lover, and even though Shakespeare has taught me that stories such as ours always end in tragedy, I can't not love him, even if I'm married to someone else.

I don't condone cheating, I don't think it's right in any way, shape or form
Blah Blah Blah!!
But I'm not gonna lie and say I made an exception to read this or "I had no clue" what this read might be about..
The fact is I really, REALLY enjoy reading about it.. I love the anticipation, the anxiety maybe the adrenaline rush from the possibility of getting caught..
That's why I read..
To immerse myself  in these characters lives to feel what they feel, from a spectators POV though,,

This is a story on how 1 mistake can change so many lives, how the simplest of acts can and will change the path of your life, how not every sacrifice or well meant decision is the right one.

Sometimes not even time can overcome fate..
Destiny is Destiny
Why fight it even if  it my lead to more heart ache or even tragedy?

I absolutely LOVED this Tragic Love story
cheating be damned because there was cheating..
But hey maybe one wrong can un~wrong another?

AMAZON

The Starkest Truth (Breaking Insanity, #2) ~ Courtney Lane

This is not a romance.

After her recent nuptials, Nikki Brenton is quickly thrust into a world she once avoided. Unable to adjust, her unhealthy addictions begin to tempt her and threaten to poison more than her sanity.

Nothing has ever been peaceful for Eric Brenton, and his life with Nikki is no exception. The past he suppressed has returned to wreak havoc on his life. He quickly discovers he can’t avoid his past, because it’s ready to attack him where he is most vulnerable.

When the truth is as subjective as reality, the line between trust and doubt is tested; for Nikki and Eric the line may come dangerously close to disintegrating. 

Love these Warnings!!! Lets me know I'm in for one hell of a ride...

Content contains descriptive violence, graphic sex, coarse language, and scenes that some readers may find objectionable. Reader discretion is strongly advised.

WOW!!!

Reading TST was like being dropped off in the middle of an endless maze..

It was Wickedly Complex, Twisted, Gritty and Dark!!

So many players this time around Eric and Nikki are basically the pawns...

Eric was hands down one of the cockiest most sadistic, manipulative, narcissistic SOB's 

I've had the pleasure of reading about..   He's the type of Asshole you'll Hate to Love..

He'll have you creaming your panties while scaring you straight!

Eric was this beautiful demented man..

In The Sordid Promise he was untouchable, cunning and fearless..

We definitely got to see the Ethan side of him through his nightmares and what bits and pieces he fed Nikki of his damaged past..

He somehow managed to get snared in one of the many webs he's weaved - literally stuck

Oh what tangled webs we weave!!

Nikki just needed someone to confide in, a friend..

Just one Damn Friend!!!

But no one was stupid enough to dare extend that Olive Branch, they knew their 

lives would never be the same...

There were so many secrets, so many lies and deceit

I felt as if I was on a never ending roller coaster where the biggest drop was stuck on replay 

Over and Over again.

It was a total mind Fuck!!

It was bitter sweet to see Nikki start off so strong and then slowly start to come undone!!

She never once held her tongue no matter the consequence.. But she was no match for Eric

nor his sordid past..

Due to obvious reasons old and new she couldn't be 100% honest with Eric she held something's back to protect her heart and others to protect him.. But as they say no good deed goes unpunished and so it set off a chain of disastrous events!!

That ending!!! 

So much left unanswered, so many new players...

We were left with organized chaos..

I need to know...

AMAZON

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!!