I married a douchebag. It's my own fault, really. He came in like a handsome stranger and blew
me off my feet. I fell madly in love, like the naive girl I am. Then he left me high and dry. Turns out, I was nothing more than a business plan for billionaire
playboy, Marcus Tandem. He needed to be married to obtain his
grandfathers business, and I was the poor victim in his path. I thought
we had something real, I believed it was special until the truth reared
its ugly head. I never meant anything to Marcus. Not a damned thing. Five years on and my life has been a struggle. Left with nothing, I've
had to work myself into the ground to clean up my debts and take care of
my sick mother, as well as trying to divorce a man that refuses contact
with me. Five years is a lot of time to plot the perfect revenge. What my dear husband didn't count on, is that fact that I was smarter
than I looked. After all, what married couple doesn't take out a life
insurance policy? If he dies. I get five million dollars. Of course, Marcus doesn't know about it. One drunken night just after I
left made sure of that.
My mother is unwell, she can't pay for treatment. And I'm a bitter
woman. I've been the joke of Marcus Tandem for five years while I've
formed the perfect plan. Now it's my turn. I have to kill him. Oh yes, Marcus will pay for what he did. I made a vow before God, that I would be by his side 'Til death do we
part. I plan to keep that vow.
Bella Jewel is a self published, USA
Today bestselling author. She’s been publishing since 2013. Her first release
was a contemporary romance, Hell’s Knights which topped the charts upon
release. Since that time, she has published over five novels, gaining a
bestseller status on numerous platforms. She lives in North Queensland and is
currently studying editing and proofreading to further expand her career. Bella
has been writing since she was just shy of fifteen years old. In Summer 2013
she was offered an ebook deal through Montlake Romance for her bestselling
modern day pirate series, Enslaved By The Ocean. She plans to expand her
writing career, planning many new releases for the future.
Blood. That's the only memory he carries from a childhood he does not remember. And now it is all he knows. Blood is his life.
Knox Bishop has done a lot of horrible things, all at the command of the man who holds his leash. It's a matter of loyalty for him. Allegiance to the man who saved his life when he was a child. So he goes where he is needed and does what he is told. He tortures. He kills. He kills. He tortures. It is an unrelenting cycle that he constantly craves and can never quite satisfy.
Until her.
Eighteen year old Lacey Barnes distributes her assets to fund her dreams. Medical school is the end game and she is determined to get there by any means necessary. But a family member's careless mistake derails her plans and now she must pay a price in order to save him.
She goes to Knox willingly offering him the only valuable thing she has. Herself. In doing so he allows her into his world, a world filled with darkness but rather than being scared it intrigues her. It lures her, calls to something in her that she hadn't known existed until he awakened it.
Every bit of his flaws is reflected in her and Knox will do anything to keep her in the darkness with him.
Francette lives in Massachusetts with her amazingly supportive husband of ten years and her darling two year old son. Reading amazing books has led her to writing and she’s dabbled in fan-fiction before self-publishing her own works. She’s constantly thinking up new stories to write and does her best work when music is playing in the background. Romance is where she’s most comfortable but she hopes to one day venture in mystery novels. She has a weakness for coffee ice cream, tropical fruits and a good glass of wine.
Roman is a man of little words and lesser morals. He's a man who accepted his demons long before the average person even realized they had any. Roman has never felt emotions like guilt, shame, or remorse. Roman has also never felt love, sympathy, or compassion.
Jaded for reasons unknown with more money at his disposal than he knows what to do with, Roman's walk to the dark side began long before his first kill. He will taunt you, he will make you hope and watch in amusement as you fall for him, believing you're the one who can save his soul. Believing you're the one who can get through because the other twelve failed, you'll know to the marrow of your bones how lucky being number thirteen really is…
How do I know all of this? Because, my name is Heather Mackenzie and I've been number thirteen for a lot longer than I ever intended to be.
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My Review
Before you read this book, beware it is not for the faint hearted. If you love Dark romances, then you will absolutely love this one.
This book should come with oxygen because from the first page I think I held my breath and didn't breathe again til it had finished. By the time it had finished I was a wreck....
If this book was a movie, it is the type of movie that has you pausing every 5 minutes because the suspense is killing you. The type of movie that has you from the beginning watching from behind the settee through your fingers. The type of movie that you know you shouldn't watch but YOU HAVE TOO. The type of movie that from the beginning you secretly hope for one type of ending.
I think I said more OMG, WTF, WTH, ARE YOU FOR REAL, OMG GO, NOOOOO if this was that movie this is the one you are shouting at the screen at. SO don't read it in public as people may think you're crazy.
I LOVED EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS. From the characters, the plot, the pace. The way Kimber has that unique talent that is exceptionally stunning and enthrals you from the first line. You know as soon as Kimber announces she has a book out, you need to drop everything and run to get it.
I cant stop thinking about this book.
THIS BOOK NEEDS ALL OF THE SUPPLIES, ALL OF THEM.
Kimber what can I say except, seriously that book was stunning, amazing, fantastic, exceptional, and more. I CANT wait for the next one.
Shit, sometimes even I don't know. However if I had to type up an author bio (which, son of a bitch, I do) this is how it would read. BTW, caught a lot of shit for this author bio. Really don't give a fuck though, because I was asked to type up a bio. And if I can only say one thing for certain about myself, it's this: I'm real, I don't back down from what I believe, I say what I mean, and I mean what I say. I don't bite my tongue and I never try to hide the ugly parts of who I am... You either love me or hate me, but if you love me... I'll always be loyal, no fucking matter what ;)
I can be called a billon different things—daughter, mother, labor unit nurse, queen bitch, best friend, a lover, and a fighter. I've recently gone through some shit in my life I would have never believed possible, much less believed I would survive and come out conquering feats of which aren't usually met by a small town southern girl. Either fucking way, I came out on top and stronger than before, and though I've been through hell and back, I'm still just lil ole me... a book blogger, book pimp, and a book whore. My two indulgences remain to be my Jack’s in life…Jack Daniel’s and Blackjack. My biggest dream, the day I'll acknowledge that I've succeeded in life and can I die a happy woman, is the day I get to go two stark-naked hour-round sexual bouts with Jason Statham. *Sighs*
I was born and raised in Louisiana… and No, I do NOT live in a bayou, I actually see the beaches on the gulf coast more than I see a bayou, lol. I started writing poems and short stories very early in my life. You know, for the Michael's and Leo's and Nick's in my life. I've been a book hoarder since I was eleven years old, but then a couple years ago something wonderful happened! The 50 Shades of Grey craze brought to life my inner smut whore and I commenced to read anything and everything smut affiliated. When reading wasn't enough anymore and I noticed that so many of the authors of my favorite indie authors and their books weren't getting the exposure their work deserved, I turned it into a mission, starting my own blog, buying their books and reading them one by one. I then wrote my reviews for my blog and didn't hold back in writing them (Hell yeah those motherfuckers a profanity laden). I've never done a single thing in my life halfway. I always go all in. After the success of my Blog, and the insistence of one of my bestest friends, my sister from another mister, Trina Taylor of Bad & Dirty Books, I was ready to finally take the plunge and see if I could write a book that was worth a damn.
I'm a Southern girl to my core, a self-proclaimed smut whore, and I keep hearing that I’m an author, but honestly… I don’t believe the rumors. I don’t feel like a kickass bitch spittin’ out lyrics, or stories, like a motherfuckin’ rockstar.
WARNING! This book is Dark erotica.
This book contains situations that some may find offensive. If you are sensitive to graphic violence read with caution.
This book also leads into a second book. You will get answers but the story will continue into a final instalment. You have been warned. Enjoy.
You meet someone. You date. You fall in love. You marry.
The four simple rules of love….
Wrong! I’m getting married but I’d never met him before now, never dated him, never fell in love. I have no access to the memories of the most magical time of anyone’s life.
My mind won’t allow me to evoke the past, I can’t remember those simple stages to lead me to the fourth .
I can’t comprehend why I would have ever wanted to marry someone like Dante. I should never have passed the first stage, although, I may have seen him through the eyes of the woman I once was, this me that lives, breathes here now, can’t understand how we made it to the next stage.
I’m not sure, without memories, how I know that this voice inside me, telling me I would never have chosen him, speaks some truth, I just know. He’s controlling, arrogant, callous and violent, and utterly hell bent on humiliating and degrading me – Like watching me falter, watching me struggle to comply and be the woman he asked to marry, powers him- as though he wants to break me piece by piece. Fiber by fiber. Until all that’s here is the shell he created from a soul that I once owned.
Now my memories are slowly returning. And they show me a completely different side to meeting him. Our dates, falling in love. The Dante haunting me in the shadows of my mind is loving, gentle and utterly enamored with me, nothing like the man with me now.
And this is what taunts me. My tender lover turned into a debauched, cruel sadist who is determined to consume my life, destroy my mind and murder my spirit.
I am, Star, and just like with some stars in the sky, the light you see is an echo, a façade, I am already gone
I am a no one.
Especially to him. To him I am the dark in his desires, the corrupt in his depravity.
The sin in his immorality
There are no spoilers in this review. You guys know I don't do spoilers. I don't think there is anything I could tell you about this amazing book without giving anything away.
I will give you this -
You meet someone. You date. You fall in love. You marry. The four simple rules of love….
Except is this true?
This book had me upside down, inside out and wrong way round. I felt like I was twirling round the whole time. Then just as you think you have it..... Bam.... It knocks you on your ass. So you think WHAT!!!
I read this book in one sitting. I couldn't put it down. From the First page it enthralled me. It played out like a movie inside my head. The Characters effortlessly fit together like the pieces of a jigsaw, some you think shouldn't fit, but in a strange way they do. I couldn't honestly say which part if any of the book I liked. The whole book was mesmerising.
Ker Dukey and D H Sidebottom are a fantastic partnership in this book. I CANT WAIT for the next book .
I do need to warn you. Once you start this book - YOU WILL NOT want to put it down, so make sure you have all the usual supplies. You are going to need them.
This book gets 5/5 stars and 5/5 for movie moments
I have always had a passion for storytelling, whether it be through lyrics or bed time stories with my sisters. I wanted to be an actress growing up so I could live many roles but I learned early on that my mind was too active... I would want to change the script.I would watch films and think of ways they could of improved the story if they took another direction so i thought it best that i tell my own.
My mum would always have a book in her hand when I was young and passed on her love for reading, inspiring me to venture into writing my own. I tend to have a darker edge to my writing. Not all love stories are made from light, some are created in darkness but are just as powerful and worth telling.
When I'm not lost in the world of characters I love spending time with my family. I'm a mum and that comes first in my life but when I do get down time I love attending music concerts or reading events with my younger sister.
You can find me on Facebook where i love interacting with my readers.
Author of The Heart of Stone, Room 103 and Shadows of Sin series, and the new Blue Butterfly series.
D H Sidebottom is a fulltime mum/author. She lives in Derbyshire, England with her children and two dogs.
She is an avid reader and her tastes range from horror to erotic, but she loves to help new authors get into the ‘scene’. She loves rock music and tattooed guys, and has a weakness for coffee, wine and Belgium buns
She experienced the gut wrenching pain of grief after her boyfriend, Scratch, a member of the Nordic Lords MC, died on the same night that she told him they were going to have a child.
Grief stricken and destroyed, she left Jasper Bay, unable to tell anyone the truth of what really happened that fateful night.
When her childhood friend, Olivia needs her, Jules realizes it’s time to return home and give her daughter what she wants most – a family.
But Jules didn’t count on the tumultuous emotions she would feel around Scratch’s brooding and angry brother, Jaden.
Jaden has vowed to never forgive Jules for, what he feels is her role his brother’s death. Being face to face with Jules again, who is now a mother to a young child, he finds that his anger hasn’t waned and swears to have nothing to do with mom or child.
But how can he reconcile the burning fury in his soul with the irrational urge to touch her? To taste her? To own her completely?
Can wounded hearts that still bleed ever be healed? And can two people broken by their pasts find freedom from their pain in each other?
Amazon Bestselling Author of
the Just One Song series, Don't Lie to Me,
Remembering Us and the Nordic Lords MC series.
I am a wife, a mom, and a writer. I can often be found curled up on the couch with a good book, or obsessively eating Skittles in a very complicated and organized manner. No joke.
