rjordan19's reviews
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Overall: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Readability: 📖📖📖📖 (This is a shorter novel, so it was easy to fly through. If it was a longer book I would have struggled I think)
Feels: 🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔 (There’s some established but being a short novel details are left out and some of it just didn’t make the best sense to me)
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞 (In the theme of things – obsessive, stalking hero – there’s some romantic things (you know...the toxic kind but I like that haha) but he was also initially going to kill her and overall the romance was just lacking a bit to me)
Sensuality: 💋💋💋 (I wanted more of an emotional pull from these scenes. They were explicit but more mechanical to me)
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Humor: A bit
Perspective: First person from both the hero and heroine
More character focused or plot focused? mmm plot? It’s hard to say, it’s more sex focused haha
How did the speed of the story feel? fast
When mains are first on page together: almost immediately – towards the end of the prologue. They are together again as adults at 22% in (chapter 4)
Cliffhanger: No, this ends with a happily ever after
Epilogue: Not labeled as such, but the last 2 chapters take place 2 months later
Format: read an e-book version through kindle unlimited
Why I chose this book: I came across it on one of my searches for masked men 😆 – I think it was on one of the ‘similar as’ lists on either Amazon or Goodreads

Should I read in order?
I believe this is a standalone novel

Basic plot:
Aster is getting on her with life at college when she comes face to face with her stalker

Give this a try if you want:
- contemporary romance
- college setting
- Halloween!
- dark elements – please check your content warnings for safety!
- second chance-ish feels
- taboo – they were steb siblings but not raised as children together (15/17 when they met) and reunited as adults)
- tattooed hero
- secret identity – the hero pretends to be the heroine’s boyfriend at first
- revenge plot – the hero wants revenge on the heroine for what she did to his father
- higher steam – 6ish scenes including various kink elements like praise, degradation, masked sex, knife play, blood play, throat play

Ages:
- I don’t think they are specifically mentioned as adults, but from context clues regarding events I’d say the heroine is 20/21 and the hero is about 22/23 (He’s two years older than her)

First line:
Before my mom announced that we were moving in with her new husband, I didn’t even know she was married.

My thoughts:
Yay for a book playlist!!!

So I am very into certain dark elements. But very not into others. And unfortunately the books I’ve been picking have been including all those elements and some of it goes too far for me. I like a little darkness, but not too much. I don’t mind murder but I don’t love gore. I love dubcon and even noncon but don’t want blood used as lube. I’m not in love with reading about sexually cruelty or pain.

So this novel had some elements I really liked. But overall I had a little bit of a disconnect with the writing and some of the plot elements. There were a few things I just didn’t understand.  Our intro to the hero makes him seem like an arrogant (NOT in a good way) brat. Smirky and just….irritating. So I could have done without the prologue because it honestly kind of ruined the hero for me.


Few random reading stats for this author
# of books read: This is my first by this author
Average rating: 3 stars
Favorite book: This one?

Endearments

The hero calls the heroine ‘darling’ and ‘doll’. 

Quotes Any typos/mistakes are my own

Here’s some lines from the beginning that I get what they were trying to get the reader to feel but it just was cringey to me. This was our first meeting of the hero.

He smirked before leaning forward, placing his palms on my cheek, and bringing my body toward his. He smashed his lips against mine, and I melted inside. I had never been kissed before. My first kiss was with my new stepbrother. Once the shock subsided, I pulled myself away and slapped him.
///
“I was proving a point. You’re a virgin, and you kiss like one. Don’t worry; I’ll change that eventually. For now, save all your firsts for me. Or else.”
---
“Once you orgasm again, I’ll relent and let you breathe.” My eyes widened. What if I couldn’t breath? I’d die? “And if you don’t, you’ll die being fucked, and you’ll like it like the good little slut you are. I’ll make use of your corpse, through.”
---
I dunno, it’s just not doing it for me

“I won’t say I love you, Aster. It’s overrated. It goes past love. I’m obsessed with you. I crave you. I need you. I hunted you down for years to find you again, and I won’t let you go. If I have to say I love you to keep you, I’ll tell you every fucking day, but you know it goes beyond that. I would kill for you. I have killed for you. I’d let you keep killing just to keep you satiated. I’d kill everyone on this goddamn planet if it meant having you.”
 

Content warnings: These should be taken as a minimum of what to expect. It’s very possible I have missed some.

- toxic parenting – the heroine’s mother puts her in dangerous situations and is a bit neglectful
- mentions of domestic abuse and abuse on page – the heroine’s current boyfriend abuses her
- cheating – the heroine’s boyfriend cheats on her
- stalking of heroine by hero
- scenes of drinking
- drugging – the heroine is drugged at a party (E)
- murder on page
- torture including cutting off a person’s fingers

Locations of kisses/intimate scenes, safe sex aspects, consent, pregnancy/child in the story:

 
Safe sex: 

  No 

 
Hows the consent? 

  This is not a good novel for consent. Various elements of dubious and non-consensual acts occur so if consent is important to you in any way I would bypass this one 

 
Pregnancy/children in story? (Please note this is the best to my memory/note taking. If you see something I missed please feel free to message!) 

  No children in the story but the heroine does get pregnant within the last few chapters. 

 
6% - kiss (as children 15 and 17)
22% - 🔥masked sex – the heroine thinks the hero is her boyfriend and he follows her into a bathroom at the party and fucks her on the counter then they move to the door – throat play, praise/degradation
36% - 🔥forceful blow job – praise, blood and knife play
38% - 🔥kiss that leads into blood play, fingering for her, DP sex with the knife handle anally
48% - 🔥anal sex
76% - 🔥primal play, sex in front of a kidnapped victim (heroine’s cheating boyfriend) then fucking in front of said boyfriend
96% - 🔥oral for her, vibrator play, DP with with the vibrator 

 

Overall: 2.5 rounded to ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Readability: 📖📖📖 (I wasn’t in love with the writing)
Feels: 🦋🦋 (I was more annoyed than anything)
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔 (It was more focused on the present actions, not a lot of character depth)
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡ (I didn’t feel much tension because the hero was with another woman throughout most of the story and I felt the majority of interactions were between the heroine and her spectral helper)
Romance: 💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥 (I didn’t take good notes but I think there’s a full scene at the end a partial before that)
Humor: Yes, this is a lighthearted story with humor
Perspective: first person only from the heroine
More character focused or plot focused? character-ish
How did the speed of the story feel? medium
When mains are first on page together: very soon into the story
Cliffhanger: No, this ends with a happily ever after
Epilogue: Yes, 6 months later
Format: listened to the audiobook from my library (hoopla)
Why I chose this book: I have this one my spooky TBR list for October but I can’t recall how I came across it...I feel like maybe on a goodreads recommended list when I was looking at other books? I was sucked in by the cover, which looked cute.

Should I read in order?
I believe this is a stand alone novel.

Basic plot:
Adelle sees her platonic roommate in an enchanted mirror and is told he is her soul mate.

Give this a try if you want:
- contemporary romance with some light paranormal magic
- Halloween vibes
- love triangle – the hero has another love interest when the heroine decides to fight for him
- roommates/friends to lovers
- camping
- shorter story
- average steam – I think there’s 1 full scene and a partial in this short story

Ages:
- didn’t catch either

First line: Taken from audio. Probably butchered.
Adelle Hendrix glanced down at the filmy peasant shirt, ruffled brown skirt, and colorful scarf tied around her waist.

My thoughts:
I just couldn’t get into this one! I think I had a bit of disconnect with the writing style. There was a lot of ‘stupid’ and ‘idiot’ and it was all from the heroine’s POV. I wasn’t in love with the way the Romani fairy godmother was depicted and the focus on her droopy boobs (though meant for humor, it just didn’t strike me as funny). The hero was with someone else most of the book which usually drives me nuts. I’m glad this was a shorter novel.

But I think others could like it – it’s light hearted, and shorter and I do hope you enjoy if you give it a go.

Few random reading stats for this author
# of books read: This was my first
Average rating: 3 stars
Favorite book: This one??

Content warnings: These should be taken as a minimum of what to expect. It’s very possible I have missed some.

- the heroine was left at the alter when she found out her fiance had a wife and 3 kids (happened 4 years ago in this story)
Author content warnings? Didn’t hear any on audio

Locations of kisses/intimate scenes, safe sex aspects, consent, pregnancy/child in the story:

 
Safe sex: 

  I don’t recall...I don’t think so? I’m didn’t pay close attention... 

 
Hows the consent? 

  It’s good 

 
Pregnancy/children in story? (Please note this is the best to my memory/note taking. If you see something I missed please feel free to message!) 

  No children in the story and I don’t think there’s any mention of children. No pregnancy. 

 
There’s a bj and sex scene at the end of the book 

 

Overall: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Readability: 📖📖📖📖📖 (It took me a bit to get into this one and I was annoyed in the beginning, but after about 30% I didn’t want to stop reading!)
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔 (There’s more for the heroine, but Is till feel like this story focused a lot on the present, plot events, and not much background for the characters – Z especially you don’t know a ton about him)
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡⚡ (I loved the tension build up in this one – it has some slow burn feelings with them taking awhile to be on page together, but a build up of events)
Romance: 💞💞💞 (I mean….I thought some things were romantic but obviously TOXIC AF – but for fictional things….there were things I liked)
Sensuality: 💋💋💋💋 (I loved these intimate scenes. I thought there was a good mix of ‘in the head’ emotional feels and explicit details
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥+
Humor: Yes? There’s humor sprinkled out...there’s dark elements. It’s not really a humorous or lighthearted book but I was definitely getting some Dead Pool vibes
Perspective: First person from both hero and heroine
More character focused or plot focused? A bit of a mix but maybe more plot? There were a lot of meandering scenes and thoughts, and a lot about trying to solve the mystery of the great grandmother’s death
How did the speed of the story feel? slow
When mains are first on page together: It took forever! I think it was chapter 11 of 42 when they are first on page together and chapter 15 with their first interaction. But there were some interactions before then – mention of her seeing him at a book signing, scenes of him stalking her, but they weren’t actually on page together interacting until well into the story
Cliffhanger: Yes, this ends on a big cliffhanger and is concluding in book 2 (Hunting Adeline) with a HEA
Epilogue: No
Format: listened to audiobook (owned)
Why I chose this book: Because it’s everywhere and I had to have an opinion too

Should I read in order?
Yes! This is book 1 but please start here.

Basic plot:
Adeline catches the eye of Z and her world will never be the same.

Give this a try if you want:
- Dark romance! Plenty of content warnings, including murder on page, torture, death, child/human trafficking, as well as toxic relationship elements like severe stalking and codependent relationships
- stalker hero!
- author heroine (not a huge part of the story)
- mystery to solve – the heroine finds her great grandmothers diaries in the house she inherits and tries to solve the mystery of her murder
- spooky/gothic vibes – the heroine lives in basically a haunting mansion
- hero has heterochromia
- scarred and tattooed hero
- Seattle setting
- higher steam but it had a little bit of a slower burn feel – primal play, ravishment fantasy, dominating hero with biting and bruising, throat play, bondage, brat elements and 10ish full scenes

Ages:
- heroine is 26, hero is 32

First line:
The windows of my house tremble from the power of thunder rolling across the skies.

My thoughts:
So, obv I’ve seen this book all over, forever. And I was a little scared to read it. I didn’t really hear a lot of specifics about it, just that it was dark and fucked up. But I like to have opinions on things, so when my friend said she was reading it, I made the dive in!

This book is way too long for me right now 😝 and I’m struggling with long books. I grabbed it on kindle unlimited but saw I could get the audio for cheap so I grabbed it there and I’m really glad I did! I really loved the narration here and I think it helped me like the book more.

I was a bit annoyed in the beginning. It felt slow and meandering and I was basically rabid for the mains to have some kind of interaction. But when they do, I was totally hooked. I wanted to be reading this all the time.

The hero – I can’t even say I liked him. But I loved him? He was very toxic, of course, and arrogant and said such cringy stuff...but I don’t know if it was just giving me Dead Pool vibes or just giving me all my toxic fantasies lol. I have read a number of books with similar elements recently and I can’t help but feel like they were taken with inspiration from this story but this story just made it better. I had better tension building with this one and I loved being in the heros POV so much.

I love those jerky, arrogant, pushy, dominating heroes and Zade delivers that in spades. Stalking, jealous and possessive he gave me everything I wanted in that regard. I loved this book for that, though some of the plot and the scenes went a little out of my comfort zone.

Few random reading stats for this author
# of books read: This is my first by this author
Average rating: 5 stars
Favorite book: This one!

Endearments

Hero calls the heroine ‘little mouse’. 

Content warnings: These should be taken as a minimum of what to expect. It’s very possible I have missed some.

- god, lots of them. I’m sure I’m going to miss a bunch.
- the hero stalks the heroine and doesn’t take no for an answer. He rapes her with a gun handle but it’s very ravishment fantasy in the way it’s written. She is coerced, but there’s feelings of want there. If consent is important to you I would never touch this novel
- there’s a lot of death, murder, torture on page. The hero has a torture chamber and has murdered plenty of people and it happens on page multiple times
- there’s a human trafficking/child murdering ring that’s a big plot point. There’s mention of children kidnapped and killed. There’s mention of cannibalism and drinking children’s blood and child rape.
- there’s elements of parental toxicity and death of family members
- mention of a past fire, where people died in the house and their ghosts haunt it
- some brief thoughts of suicide while standing on a cliff
- scenes of smoking and alcohol

Author content warnings? Didn’t hear them in the audiobook but I think they are in the e-book

Locations of kisses/intimate scenes, safe sex aspects, consent, pregnancy/child in the story:

 
Safe sex: 

  No, but I think the heroine is on birth control 

 
Hows the consent? 

  Oh, its so bad. No consent here. 

 
Pregnancy/children in story? (Please note this is the best to my memory/note taking. If you see something I missed please feel free to message!) 

  No children in the story, but there is some mention I think of the hero wanting to get the heroine pregnant? But there is no pregnancy on page or mentioned in this story. 

 
Early chapter – there’s a kiss with Grayson that’s interrupted
Chapter 8 – fingering for her with a man she brought home from a club
Chapter 15 – 🔥 biting and bruising, a non-consensual gun fucking scene
Chapter 17 – mention of heroine self pleasure
Chapter 18 – 🔥 bondage and mouth taped, oral for her, biting, fingering
Chapter 21 – 🔥 kisses, hero slaps her with his cock, bj
Chapter 22 – kiss
Chapter 23 – 🔥 bj, throat play with a belt
Chapter 25 – 🔥 daddy/little girl dirty talk, fingering for her during a movie
Chapter 27 – kisses
Chapter 29 – 🔥 kisses in a house of mirrors, forceful bj, sex against the mirror, well endowed hero
Chapter 33 – 🔥 kisses, primal play, heroine self pleasure in front of the hero, sex against a tree
Chapter 34 – 🔥 oral in the car with seatbelt bondage, her on top
Chapter 38 – 🔥 heroine self pleasure
Chapter 40 – 🔥 her on top, primal play, missionary
Total chapters: 42 

 

Overall: ⭐️⭐️ (I ended up liking some of the steamy scenes or else this would be 1 star)
Readability: 📖 (I ALWAYS finish my reads. And god this book tempted me to break that streak. I didn’t want to read it. And every time I picked it back up, I continued not wanting to read it)
Feels: 🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔 (There’s a lot of recovery for the heroine in the latter half, and some more family elements introduced for the heroine but overall not a ton of character depth here. And I still don’t really have an idea how Zade can literally have and do whatever he wants. He’s like a gazillionaire with infinite replenishable resources)
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡ (There is some build up once the mains are together again. But since I was just coming off book 1 a lot of that tension was broken)
Romance: 💞💞💞 (Some things there toxic and over the top but I still found them romantic that the hero said and did 😅
Sensuality: 💋💋💋💋 (I loved these intimate scenes. I thought there was a good mix of ‘in the head’ emotional feels and explicit details)
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥+ (I didn’t keep track this time but there’s a plethora in the latter half of the book)
Humor: Not much – this book was a lot darker than book 1 in some ways because so much happened to the heroine. There might be some lines of line humor but it’s not a humorous book. I do like Zades one liners when he’s murdering people though...
Perspective: First person from both hero and heroine
More character focused or plot focused? plot
How did the speed of the story feel? medium? Slow? I felt like I was stuck in places forever….
When mains are first on page together: I just thought book 1 took forever. Half the freaking book before the mains are on page together and I am so salty over it and will never get over it. Bleh.
Cliffhanger: No, this ends with an HEA
Epilogue: I don’t remember and don’t care to check
Format: listened to audiobook (owned)
Why I chose this book: Because I loved book 1 and was so eager to read more.

Should I read in order?
Yes! Please read book 1 first as this is a direct continuation of the story and all the plot is remainder from the actions of book 1.

Basic plot:
Adeline is taken and Zade works to rescue her.

Give this a try if you want:
- Dark romance! Plenty of content warnings, including murder on page, torture, death, child/human trafficking, as well as toxic relationship elements like severe stalking and codependent relationships (remnants from book), and some extreme torture and rape on page for the heroine – 200+ pages worth
- stalker/jealous/protective/possessive hero
- revenge on your rapists
- hero has heterochromia
- scarred and tattooed hero
- Seattle setting
- higher steam but it had a little bit of a slower burn feel – you get to read about the heroine getting tortured and raped for the first 200 pages, then the latter half does have a number of sex scenes between the hero and heroine. I didn’t count them.

Ages:
- heroine is 26, hero is 32 in book 1, so maybe they aged a year if that

First lines:
Smell. The first of my senses to trickle in.

My thoughts:
I hated this book. I am so betrayed. After my high of book 1, I guess I was expecting to like this one similarly but that was not the case.

The mains aren’t together for the first half of the book. And that entire first half was so awful for me to read. It was just pages and pages and pages….hundreds of pages...of rape and torture. I hated it.

When they come together, I liked a few elements here and there – the revenge on the rapists was satisfying and some of the sex scenes were fine but I was so fucking annoyed and salty over the first 300 pages I read that I barely cared. Not a fan.

Few random reading stats for this author
# of books read: 2
Average rating: 3.5 stars
Favorite book: Book 1, by a lot

Endearments

Hero calls the heroine ‘little mouse’. 

Content warnings: These should be taken as a minimum of what to expect. It’s very possible I have missed some.

- god, lots of them. I’m sure I’m going to miss a bunch.
- elements of dubious/non-consent between the hero and heroine. They have a stalker relationship where the hero didn’t take no for an answer
- there’s a lot of death, murder, torture on page. The hero has a torture chamber and has murdered plenty of people and it happens on page multiple times
- there’s pages….hundreds of pages...of reading about the heroine being abused and raped and tortured and tormented and beaten and it’s fucking awful
- I don’t want to relive any more...if you have a specific question just send me a message and I’ll see if I know!

Author content warnings? Didn’t hear them in the audiobook but I think they are in the e-book and on Carlton’s website

Locations of kisses/intimate scenes, safe sex aspects, consent, pregnancy/child in the story:

 
Safe sex: 

  No, but I think the heroine is on birth control 

 
Hows the consent? 

  The heroine is raped on page multiple times by multiple people in the first half. The sex with the hero is more consensual but if you’ve read book 1 you know their whole relationship is based on dubious consent at best. These novels are not for the consent seeking. 

 
Pregnancy/children in story? (Please note this is the best to my memory/note taking. If you see something I missed please feel free to message!) 

  No children in the story, but there is some mention I think of the hero wanting to get the heroine pregnant? But there is no pregnancy on page or mentioned in this story. He also talks about removing her birth control without her consent 

 
I didn’t take notes. The first 200 pages has the heroine being raped repeatedly. The latter half of the book has a plethora of scenes with the hero. Higher steam but slow burn for the mains again. 

 

Overall: 4.5 rounded to ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Readability: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥+ (I think there’s 7 full scenes but my note taking was sloppy AF)
Humor: A bit
Perspective: third person from both the hero and heroine
More character focused or plot focused? character
How did the speed of the story feel? medium
When mains are first on page together: I didn’t note this, but I want to say it took a little bit, maybe 10% or so? Around chapter 6.
Cliffhanger: no, this ends with a happily ever after for the mains
Epilogue: yes, two years later
Format: voluntarily read an advanced reader copy from the author in e-book form (thank you!) that I am very, very late on..

Should I read in order?
This is part of Glen’s Forged Alliances series. While there is some minor character mention from book 1, I found this one very readable completely alone!

Basic plot:
Hannah is presented with a very taboo bargain from her husband...

Give this a try if you want:
- Victorian romance – 1863
- mix of English countryside and London settings
- taboo / forbidden romance – the heroine is married and the hero is her husband’s bastard
- breeding – heroine makes a bargain with her husband about letting another man impregnate her
- former soldier hero
- overcoming a villain
- masquerade
- higher steam – 7 full scenes with kink elements like breeding, edging, lactation, bondage

Ages:
- both mains are around 33, hero might be 34

First line:
The Earl was home.

My thoughts:
I LOVED the premise of this one. I thought it was fun and different, and had lots of forbidden things we don’t usually see in historical romance.

I was very into the beginning of this story. I liked both mains, I liked the tension building...I had a few issues with how the whole ‘secret meetings’ were carried out but I liked the steam so overall didn’t care that much 😆

I liked the first half of the novel more than the second half but that’s not surprising considering the shift in plot points and my preferences.

I think Glen just keeps getting better with her novels. I have liked her books more and more as she publishes. Higher steam, some dirty talk, angst and emotions all wrapped up...love.

Quotes Any typos/mistakes are my own

“Maybe I want it complicated. Maybe I want to inconvenience myself, as you so eloquently put it. Maybe I want to touch you and take my time stroking your desire. And trust me, darling. When I’m done with you, your oil won’t be necessary. You will be dripping wet for me.”
---
“You are toying with me,” she accused.
His twisted half smile was sinful. “I haven’t even started toying with you. When I’m through, you will beg me for more.”
Oh, he was wicked.
---
He reached the door and planted a hand on it before she could escape. His large body caged her. Not touching, but she could feel the warmth emanating from him all along her back. She should have felt alarm. Yet all she felt was cherished, protected.
---
“I understand. And I approve. Just…be careful with her heart, will you?”
Gabriel stilled for a few heartbeats. “Have you considered, sir, that my heart may be in as much danger as hers?”
 

Few random reading stats for this author
# of books read: 5
Average rating: 4.6 stars
Favorite book: Probably The Marquess and His Muse

Content warnings: These should be taken as a minimum of what to expect. It’s very possible I have missed some.

- attempted assault/rape of the heroine by evil side character (interrupted by hero)
- remembrance of child abuse from hero by his father including beating and whipping
- mention of animal abuse – hero’s father used riding crops with metal ends and pointed spurs
- heroine was 18 when she married her husband (not the hero) at 58, but their marriage grew into a friendship and was not an abusive marriage
- baby in danger (only a few pages)

Locations of kisses/intimate scenes, safe sex aspects, consent, pregnancy/child in the story:

Safe sex: 

  No 

Hows the consent? 

  It’s good 

Pregnancy/children in story?  (Please note this is the best to my memory/note taking. If you see something I missed please feel free to message!) 

  Yes, pregnancy is a major plot point here and the heroine does fall pregnant and give birth within the story. 

14% - kiss
17% - touches
28% - kisses
35% - kisses
43% - 🔥 kisses, oral for her

“Shhh. Be quiet if you dno’t want people coming over to watch.”
Oh, goodness gracious. How was she supposed to keep quiet when he did that?

47% - 🔥 him standing, her on the bed

Gabriel reached out and lifted Hannah, maneuvering her to lie on her back, on the edge of the bed.
“I’m sorry Hannah. I wanted to go slower for our first time. But I underestimated the effect you have on me.”

49% - 🔥 hero asks the heroine to self pleasure for him and edges her, sex

“Stop,” he commanded and her eyes opened, fixing their unfocused gae on him. As if she couldn’t comprehend his words. Her fingers did not obey, so he reached out and removed her hand. The frustrated whimper she emitted had him chuckling.

53% - kiss
56% - 🔥 her on top

“Straddle me,” he said in a hushed tone, already maneuvering her skirts into position.
Her eyes widened even as a thrill ran down her spine. “Here?” she whispered.
His eyes held hers full of lambent desire and wicked promise. “Here. Now.”

61% - 🔥 blow job (complete), followed by sex

Fuuuuck, Hannah. I can’t resist you. That feels so damned good. That’s it, darling, take a bit more.

83% - lactation scene
85% - 🔥 her on top

Reaching between their bodies, she grabbed the waistband of his trousers and started undoing his buttons.
He lay passive beneath her. Not helping, but not stopping her, either. When at least she had freed his member, she closed her hand around it, tearing a strained grown from his chest.
“Take me,” he whispered, flexing in her hand.

99% - 🔥 hero ties up the heroine (epilogue sex), oral for her, lots of edging, light spanking, sex

“Tut, tut, don’t struggle, you’ll only make the knots tighter. You are at my mercy now, and I’m about to have my wicked way with you. Maybe if you are a very good girl, I’ll let you come.” 

 

Overall: 3.5 rounded to ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Readability: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋🦋 (There were things I didn’t love about this book, but there were still some scenes that grabbed my heart! I felt the angst and had some heartbreak and longing with the characters)
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞💞 (While I did get frustrated with the hero, I thought both characters did romantic things for each other and there was a lot of sweet moments in this story!)
Sensuality: 💋💋💋💋 (I -LOVE- Bradley’s kisses and intimate scenes. Love love love. This book was a bit lighter than some of her others I’ve read, but still had so much I crave in romance scenes)
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑🍑 ( I love how much time Bradley spends on her kisses and intimate scenes. They get so emotional and I get so wrapped up in them – LOVE!)
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥 (I might have missed one??? I only have one in my notes but it’s weird to me there wasn’t a penetration on page...)
Humor: A bit – more if you like that enemies to lovers banter play
Perspective: third person from both hero and heroine
More character focused or plot focused? character
How did the speed of the story feel? medium
When mains are first on page together: pretty soon in, about 3%
Cliffhanger: No, this ends with a happily ever after
Epilogue: yes, about 2 years later
Format: voluntarily read an advanced reader copy through NetGalley in e-book form (thank you!) that I’m a bit late on.
Why I chose this book: I LOVE Anna Bradley. She’s one of my favorite writers so I will always read her books!

Should I read in order?
I don’t think it’s necessary. The mains from the other 2 books are at the house party within this book, but the main focus is on the main couple. Maybe you get a better feel for Grantham (the hero) if you read the series in order -I’ll admit I didn’t pay a lot of attention to him in book 2 when I read it haha.

Basic plot:
Maxwell Burke wants Hammond Court back after his father wagered it away – except he isn’t ready for the feisty Rose St. Claire that is within residence.

Give this a try if you want:
- Regency – 1819
- English countryside setting – Gloucestershire
- class difference – hero is a duke, heroine is an adoptive daughter of a gambler
- sunshine (her) and grump (him) vibes
- close proximity – the hero and heroine were each given half of a house and also are together at a house party
- bespectacled hero
- house party
- holiday vibes – this has a winter/snowy country backdrop and includes Twelfth Night and Christmas celebrations – ice skating and sleigh rides too ;)
- bit of a size difference (taller hero)
- rags to riches
- lower steam – I believe there’s a few kisses and one full scene?

Ages:
- hero is around 31, heroine is 21

First line:
He shouldn’t have come here.

My thoughts:
Sadly, I was a bit disappointed in this one – I adored book 2 of this series.

This one, I loved the idea of it – I like revenge plots (this hero was enemies with the heroine’s father), and I love the close proximity of being in a house that both characters want. But, the beginning felt really repetitive to me and I got a bit bored. I struggled with the hero – he was a bit of a jerk, which I can get behind, but he held onto it a bit too long for me.

But still, this one had elements that I loved in it. Some of the scenes gave me those angsty feels I am always chasing in Bradley’s books, and I really appreciated the all is lost ending and make up.

Few random reading stats for this author
# of books read: 16
Average rating: 4.19 stars
Favorite book: Maybe Lady Eleanor’s Seventh Suitor (with Way to Win a Wicked Earl a close second)

Quotes - any typos are my own! I also am reviewing an early ARC copy so there may be minor differences from finished publishing

Bradley is one that describes her characters in ways I love!

Whoever was inside felt no urgency to alight, but left his coachman standing on the drive, his greatcoat flapping about in the wind, and snowflakes gathering on his shoulders, until finally, finally, a long leg encased in a pair of fitted, dark gray pantaloons appeared, ending in a shiny black boot with handsome gold tassels.
A large, immaculately gloved hand landed on the top edge of the door, and then the rest of the man unfolded himself from the carriage. He turned to say something to his coachman, then marched up the drive until he was standing directly belowh her window.
Rose sucked in a breath. The man was undoubtedly the owner of the carriage.
He was...goodness, she’d never seen anything like him before. His face was partially obscured by the brim of an elegant beaver hat, but she caught a glimpse of a straight, aristocratic nose and a mass of thick, dark hair. He was exceptionally tall and broad-shouldered as well, perhaps the largest and most ideally formed gentleman she’d ever laid eyes on, the power of his body tightly leashed, like a coiled spring.
---
Especially men the size of the Duke of Grantham, whose sheer magnitude made her perfectly serviceable kitchen feel as if belonged in a doll’s house.
Why, the man’s legs alone seemed to stretch for miles.
---
They stared at each other, the moment going on and on, heavy with the crackling tension between them. He was dimly aware of the room falling silent, of his servants’ curious glances, but he couldn’t tear his gaze away from the curve of her parted lips. Heat thrummed through his veins, unfurling in his belly. He flexed his fingerings, digging his nails into his palsm to keep from reaching for her, and dragging the back of his knuckles across the soft, warm skin of her cheek.
What would her lips taste like?
Cinnamon and sugar, sweet, dark teacle -
“Your Grace?” She swallowed, her slender throat rippling. “The t-tea cakes?”
 

Content warnings: These should be taken as a minimum of what to expect. It’s very possible I have missed some.

- father being an alcoholic and wagering family items and property away is a plot point
- parental death/adoptive parent death and grief
- scenes of gun use and firing (no injuries)
Author content warnings? No

Locations of kisses/intimate scenes, safe sex aspects, consent, pregnancy/child in the story:

 
Safe sex: 

I don't recall any penetrative sex

 
Hows the consent? 

It's good!

 
Pregnancy/children in story? (Please note this is the best to my memory/note taking. If you see something I missed please feel free to message!) 

  There’s some minor scenes with a child side character, but pregnancy isn’t talked about and doesn’t occur on page 

 
48% - kiss
64% - kiss
72% - kisses, fingering for her 

 

Overall: 4.5 rounded to ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Readability: 📖📖📖📖 (I really loved James’ writing style)
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡ (There is a lot of focus on the mains and plenty of kisses and I loved that!)
Romance: 💞💞💞💞 (I loved the push and pull of their relationship! I felt like they truly cared about each other)
Sensuality: 💋💋 (It’s very sweet but very vague and short and I prefer my scenes longer and with more details and explicit language)
Sex Scene Length: 🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥 (one open door but very short/vague scene and 1-2 brief mentions of implied sex)
Humor: A bit
Perspective: Third person from both the hero and heroine
More character focused or plot focused? character
How did the speed of the story feel? medium
When mains are first on page together: It took awhile! I think they are first on page at about 14%, or chapter 4
Cliffhanger: No, this ends with a happily ever for the mains
Epilogue: Yes, a bit less than a year later
Format: read through kindle unlimited subscription in e-book form

Should I read in order?
This is the first book in James’ The Beaumont’s series, but I believe you get to know Priscilla in her first series, The Reluctant Lords. I found myself wishing I had started there.

Basic plot:
Priscilla and West are perfect for each other according to their parents – so of course they must not give in. They do strike a bargain of a fake relationship though to keep family off their backs...

Give this a try if you want:
- late Regency - 1821
- Northamptonshire and London settings
- bespectacled hero
- widow heroine
- fake relationship
- heroine wants an affair
- refreshing communication between the mains – including hero apologies!!!
- hero wants to marry for love
- lower steam (1 short open door scene that’s a few sentences without details) but plenty of kisses, tension and longing sprinkled throughout the book

Ages:
- Hero is 32, heroine is 23

First line:
Out of the corner of his eye, West could see his brother’s shoulders visibly relax, moving an inch further away from his ears as the first mount of dirt hit the coffin with a resounding thud, piercing the crisp air around them.

My thoughts:
I am so glad I tried this book! So I actually started this book quite awhile ago. I was absolutely in love with James’ writing immediately. But it was in the middle of a really chaotic time in my life – we were moving and my reading time was really chaotic and inconsistent and I was super grumpy and stressed. (and of course reading like 10 books). I knew I wanted to be able to savor these words and I set it aside for when things calmed down and that was this week! I read this one quickly and added all her others to my TBR.

I found these characters and some things in the plot really refreshing here. This whole story I thought was so sweet, with so many nuances I appreciated. Some writers have a prose that just grabs you, and I am finding that in James.

This one is a lower steam read, which I will admit I love more steam in my books. But – I knew that going in which helped me, but also – this book still had great tension! There is longing between them, and build up and kisses and sweetness and I still felt their love.

I really loved so many things about this book. Romance can get a bit...repetitive in some ways, which I don’t really mind necessarily but it’s wonderful to be surprised. To have things said allowed that you have wished characters would say. To have some tried and true tropes executed just a bit differently than you have read 50 times prior and it makes you smile in the best way. These relationships and side characters were so bright and engaging….I plan on going back and reading her debut series as well!

Few random reading stats for this author
# of books read: This is my first!
Average rating: 5 stars
Favorite book: This one

Endearments

Hero calls the heroine ‘Cilla’ 

Quotes/spoiler-y thoughts:Any mistakes/typos are my own

I rather loved the realism of travel here! So many books present Scotland as an afternoon visit haha

“It is being applied to a new kind of transport called the railway. The steam engine will power a locomotive that moves across tracks, pulling compartments behind it. Materials, as well as people, will be able to move across the country much fast. If the early estimates are to be believed, and I find them reliable, one could move from the southern end of the country to Scotland in just over a day.”
West’s eyes bugged at John’s statement. Drastically cutting down travel times across the country could have limitless implications.

And I also appreciated the acknowledgment of how hard carriages actually are to get intimate in!

She strained forward in an attempt to be closer but stumbled and had to catch herself as her backside slid off the edge of the bench. Pushing herself back up, she sent her forehead straight into West’s chin, and he burst into laughter.
“I suppose a carriage isn’t the most convenient of places for sharing intimacies, though I’m sure many have tried,” he said through gasps of laughter. Priscilla was mortified but soon found his mirth at the situation contagious and joined him, laughing at herself.
 

 Content warnings: These should be taken as a minimum of what to expect. It’s very possible I have missed some.

- parental death with some remembrance of an abusive father
- slavery is discussed (as an abomination) and expressions of racism on page (not by the mains, by dis-likable side characters)
- light moment of body shaming – heroine’s mother tries to snatch a pastry while saying she won’t fit in her wedding dress.
- mention of heroine’s husband becoming ill soon into their marriage and she became a type of caretaker for him before he passed

Locations of kisses/intimate scenes:

 
Safe sex: 

  hero pulls out 

 
Hows the consent? 

  It’s good! 

 
Pregnancy/children in story? (Please note this is the best to my memory/note taking. If you see something I missed please feel free to message!) 

  A side character (from Saving the Viscount) falls pregnant in this story. There’s also mention of this heroine trying for an heir with her now deceased husband. I don’t think children were really a talking point for this couple – It’s implied it might happen as West presented a marriage contract that would let the fortune go to future children they had, but no pregnancy on page or mention of wanting children. 

 
23% - kiss
37% - kiss
39% - kiss
65% - kiss
73% - kiss
75% - sex but it’s too vague to know any positions, but it is mentioned the hero pulls out 

 

Overall: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Readability: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑 (maybe a 3...these are pretty short though)
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥
Humor: A bit – it’s on the sarcastic side
Perspective: First person from the heroine
More character focused or plot focused? character
How did the speed of the story feel? fast
When mains are first on page together: pretty soon into the story (about 21% but it’s basically immediately after the flashback prologue)
Cliffhanger: They are in a relationship and are happy but the plot does end on a cliffhanger and it will continue in another story.
Epilogue: No
Format: read on kindle unlimited in e-book form
Why I chose this book: I read book 1 and saw this one was a short read and I love the cover!

He takes my chin in one of his large hands, his blue eyes burning into me. “It’s rather hard to find a punishment that you do not enjoy.”
“Well stop making everything so sexy.”

Should I read in order?
Yes! This is a continuation of Riding the Headless Horseman, so start there.

Basic plot:
Hesse and Arletta try to find a way to exist in the realm of the dead.

Give this a try if you want:
- monster romance
- Sleepy Hollow vibes
- witch heroine / headless horseman hero
- mid steam – 2 full scenes in a very short page count – but the scenes are definitely short

Ages:
- heroine is around 28 and hero is a few hundred years old (taken from book 1)

First line:
When I cry it sounds like smashing plates.

My thoughts:
I guess this short story wasn’t anything like I thought it was going to be? I thought it was going to be like an extended epilogue of the couple, or maybe tie up some loose ends from book 1. I wasn’t thinking it would be more of a teaser and leave you on another plot cliffhanger.

I started this series because I really wanted to try book 2 though so that’s okay as this has all led me to that point.

I definitely recommend you read book 1 before reading this one. This continues a bit of mystery in the realm of the dead and how a living witch and the headless horseman (Hesse) can find happiness together.

Few random reading stats for this author
# of books read: 3
Average rating: 3.66 stars
Favorite book: Maybe Riding the Headless Horseman?

Content warnings: (This should be taken as a minimum because I could have missed some!)

- scenes of an abusive relationship including verbal abuse and physical violence on page
- elements of death are a big focus
Author given content warnings: I believe Molly has content warnings on her website.

Locations of kisses/intimate scenes, safe sex, consent, pregnancy/child in the story:

 
Safe sex: 

  No 

 
Hows the consent? 

  It’s good 

 
Pregnancy/children in story? 

Nothing mentioned 

 
46% - 🔥 missionary
59% - 🔥 fingering for her, her on top 

 

Overall: 3.5 rounded to ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Readability: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡ (not much tension, they get right to it)
Romance: 💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋 (There was something missing in here for me, maybe an emotional build up?)
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑 (The scenes were somewhat brief to me, some a 2 in length)
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Humor: Yes
Perspective: first person from both the hero and heroine but mostly from heroine
More character focused or plot focused? character-ish? Maybe just sex?
How did the speed of the story feel? fast
When mains are first on page together: Not too far in (about 20% into this shorter story)
Cliffhanger: No, this ends with a happily ever after for the mains
Epilogue: No
Format: read through kindle unlimited subscription in e-book form
Why I chose this book: I actually can’t recall how it got on my radar….I think from following @fern.does.books on instagram, I started following Molly Likovich and wanted to try it.

A tarot card.
Death.
I look up over the bridge and see a looming shadow at the other end. I take a step back, suddenly feeling like the biggest idiot in the world for coming out here alone. Idiot horror movie maiden – party of one.
The wind howls and with it, a deep, rumbling voice speaks.
Come to me.

Should I read in order?
This is the first in Likovich’s Sexy Sleepy Hollow series.

Basic plot:
Arletta is kidnapped by the Headless Horseman on Halloween.

Give this a try if you want:
- monster romance
- Sleepy Hollow
- a playlist to go with your read
- Halloween vibes!
- witch heroine that does tarot, crystals, palm reading, pendulum, ruins…
- abducted heroine
- hero washes the heroine
- kinks include some levels of roughness, D/s elements (punishment and hero wants to be called ‘master’), praise, wax/candle play, spanking
- mid to higher steam – this is a shorter book with 4ish scenes but the scenes are rather short

Ages:
- heroine is 28, hero is a few hundred years old (late 1700s)

First line:
Let it hereby be known that I, Arletta Harrington, do not believe in Death.

My thoughts:
I was hoping I would love this one more than I did! I’m not sure what I was expecting. Maybe the more modern feel to the writing took me a bit to get used to. (I dove in blindly and was maybe thinking it was more historical setting). The spicy scenes were a bit too short for me and I wanted a bit more emotional connection with the mains.

Overall though this is a fun, spicy romp perfect for a quick and spooky read. If you’re okay with a kidnapping and kink elements, add this to the fall line up! I’m always here for a Sleepy Hollow tale, or Headless Horseman romp….

Cock/Hero Stats

- our hero is ‘an eight-foot-tall man clad in black, muscles so big that his clothes stretch taut across his body, and nothing but that goddamn pumpkin on his shoulders’
- hero is well endowed but it’s not really described?
- hero runs around with a carved pumpkin on his shoulders but removes it in his realm
 

Few random reading stats for this author
# of books read: 2
Average rating: 4 stars
Favorite book: Probably this one so far

Content warnings: These should be taken as a minimum of what to expect. It’s very possible I have missed some.

- death of a family member (grandmother)
- mention of a prior toxic relationship
Author content warnings? Yes, she has them on her website

Locations of kisses/intimate scenes, safe sex aspects, consent, pregnancy/child in the story:

 
Safe sex: 

  There’s a mention of ‘I’m going to take a wild guess that birth control isn’t going to be an issue here. I never heard of anyone getting pregnant from an agent of doom and gloom.’., but overall no safe sex 

 
Hows the consent? 

  I wouldn’t read this if you want consent in your books. It’s dubious at best because the hero doesn’t take no for an answer and kidnaps the heroine. 

 
Pregnancy/children in story? (Please note this is the best to my memory/note taking. If you see something I missed please feel free to message!) 

  No children, pregnancy, or talk of children other than the birth control comment above. 

 
41% - nipple play, fingering for her, clit slapping
58% - fingering for her
75% - spanking and sex against the bed post
91% - kisses, her on top, oral for her 

 

Overall: ⭐️⭐️
Readability: 📖📖 (There were a lot of errors and mistakes, to the point that I – me, the typo queen – was bothered by it.)
Feels: 🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔 You know the bare minimum about these two, but it is a short story
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡
Romance: 💞 (I can LOVE dubcon and noncon but I didn’t find this book romantic at all. No feels. Only cringe.)
Sensuality: 💋💋💋 The actual sex was okay to me – it was explicit but missed a lot of that emotional pull I crave
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥 (It’s basically one extended scene for this short story)
Humor: Ummm no? Maybe? I didn’t find it funny but I think it’s there for some people
Perspective: first person from both hero and heroine
More character focused or plot focused? plot? Sex?
How did the speed of the story feel? fast
When mains are first on page together: It takes awhile, about 43% into this short story
Cliffhanger: Yes – this ends with an open ending...it’s not a happy for now but kind of implied there’s a possiblity of a continuation of the relationship...the ending does say ‘the end for now….’ so I’m not sure if there’s more coming.
Epilogue: There is a chapter listed as epilogue but it’s just a day or so in the future and very brief
Format: read this book through kindle unlimited in e-book form
Why I chose this book: I saw a post by @monsterlovers_bookclub on instagram and had to try it!

Should I read in order?
It’s fine to read this alone

Basic plot:
Hayden has to work the night of the Halloween carnival and meets her stalker

Give this a try if you want:
- contemporary erotic horror (not really a romance)
- shorter novel
- curvy heroine
- stalker hero
- ravishment fantasy
- you’re okay with nonconsensual acts
- mid to higher steam – there is basically one extended sex act, but it’s most of the story

Ages:
- didn’t see them mentioned

First line:
I stumble out of the house of mirrors, panting heavy and shaking.

My thoughts:
Oof, I struggled with this one! I was so excited to see another short, masked hero book, but this one didn’t do it for me at all.

If you are looking for pure ravishment fantasy with lots of noncon from the hero and a touch of darkness, I think you should give this one a go!

As for me, I didn’t connect with the writing. I am VERY forgiving of typos and errors. I know they happen (just look at literally anything I post). I know editors miss things and it’s human nature. But this one felt really raw and unedited to me. Multiple (like...every page) missing commas, punctuation, missing words in sentences...repetitive. It just wasn’t very readable to me. I am all for swearing in my reads, but ‘shit’ and ‘fuck’ were in like every sentences and it just started to feel juvenile to me.

The author portrays the heroine as overweight, which I was here for! But doesn’t really comment on the hero’s size in comparison so when it’s said that ‘her small body writhing beneath me’ I was like, why isn’t he admiring her curves??

This book was mostly cringe for me, not much I loved. Along with the overtones of religion I was just not feeling it.

Few random reading stats for this author
# of books read: This is my first
Average rating: 2 stars
Favorite book: I guess this one?? I’m thinking I wouldn’t read this author again sadly.

Quotes So, usually I will own all typos and mistakes as my own because I make them constantly. But this one I did try to copy the text verbatim – there’s a lot of typos and errors in this one, missing commas and punctuation, etc

I struggled with the writing! Things like

“What are your weird senses tingling or some shit again?” She asks, rolling her eyes.
I sigh. “I’m not Spiderman. I don’t have spidey senses,”
---
Oh him. The preacher’s son whose so beautiful it should be a sin. His skin is the perfect shade of tan. His hair? Dark brown, almost black, long on top and short on the sides. His eyes were a beautiful blue that’ll hypnotize you. Jaw line that could slice and dice anything. Now I sound like a stalker. Fuck.
---
I live twenty minutes away, well if you’re driving. If you’re unlucky like me and walking, then I have no idea how long it takes. Can forever be the answer? Because the way my knees are feeling right now, it’s been forever.
---
I pop out of my hiding spot and run to where I hid my car. I jump in and start it up. The tires screeched as I pressed the pedal to the floor and accelerated onto the rain-soaked pavement. I slide a little when my tires hit the pavement.
“Shit, shit shit” I shout as I correct the steering wheel. I get my car under control and speed down the road, catching up to them. I follow them, but not too close.
I follow them until they turn on the street Hayden lives on. I keep driving until I find somewhere close to park.
Not finding anywhere, I say fuck it and park on the street in front of a random house.
---
“Say anything about what happened tonight, and I’ll make sure attend church every day. From the ground” I hiss, taking a step back, letting him scramble into his car.
---
He’s walking slowly. The orange light is from a mask. The eyes are X’s, and the mouth looks like it’s supposed to be sowed shut.
---
I can hear her running. Zigzagging between the mirrors. Sometimes a catch sight of her and the look on her face makes my cock grow harder.
---
“Why?” I choke out.
He laughs. Fucking laughs. “You know, I asked God that same exact thing. And you know what? He never answered, so here we are,”

---
I’m here for dubcon and even noncon! All this book did though was make me cringe and want it over.

Then he slams into me, breaking me open. I open my mouth and try to scream, but the grip Alec has around my throat silences me.
“Oh, fuck,” he groans, continuing to pound in and out of me. All I feel is pain. My stomach’s cramping and the burning gets worse.
He let’s up on the hold he has on my throat, and I take a deep breath. “That’s it, baby. Relax, breath through it. It’ll feel good soon,” he moans into my ear.
My body is too tired to fight, so I give in. All the way in.
----
“It’s too much, please,” I beg. What am I begging for? No fucking clue.


I think you’re begging for him to get his knife handle out from inside you???
 

Content warnings: These should be taken as a minimum of what to expect. It’s very possible I have missed some.

- there are elements of religion here – mention of religious camps, the stalker hero is the preacher’s son
- forced piercing – the hero pierces the heroine’s nipple while he has her bound and gagged
- fatfobic comments from a side character I’d have to spend too much money on snacks and fast food,” I hear Adam say as I make my way to his car. I feel my anger rising. “She’s kinda big, bro. But she’s got a nice face and sexy pair of tits, so,” Adam says laughing.
- non-con (rape and other nonconsensual acts) – hero pursues the heroine and forces her to do multiple things she doesn’t want to do, including piercing, getting fingered, rape

Locations of kisses/intimate scenes, safe sex aspects, consent, pregnancy/child in the story:

 
Safe sex: 

Nope. 

 
Hows the consent? 

  Oh, it’s not there AT ALL. This is a total ravishment fantasy, so if you prefer consent in your books avoid this one. 

 
Pregnancy/children in story? (Please note this is the best to my memory/note taking. If you see something I missed please feel free to message!) 

  No children in this story or talk of pregnancy. 

 
58% - hero chases the heroine in the house of mirrors, then a corn maze. When he catches her, he undresses her with his knife. Penetration with the knife handle. Hero binds the heroine’s wrists with a rosary. Leads soon into a church scene, where the hero gags the heroine, hangs her by her rosary beads, and puts a nipple clamp on her boob then pierces her nipple. Sex (virginity loss for heroine), then the hero pulls out, retracts his knife and DPs the heroine with his cock and knife handle