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Pepper Winters – Goddess Isles Series Reading Order

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<— NEW SERIES BY PEPPER WINTERS ALERT!! DARK READ (dark romance… maybe even reverse harem?) Not sure, but by this blurb, it sounds like it will be intense for fans of this genre.

About book #1:

“There was a boy once. A boy who wasn’t strong enough to save me when I was taken.”
There was a girl once. A girl called Tess Snow who sat with me in the dark, waiting to be sold.
There was an owner once. An owner who bought me, entrapped me, and made me his unwilling goddess.”

Eleanor Grace is a naïve dreamer. Trusting and young, she believes her travel-loving boyfriend can save her when her freedom is snatched and sold. Squirrelled away to an island at dawn, delivered to a man even darkness won’t touch, she’s bound by a contract. read more

Kitty Thomas – Pleasure House Series Reading Order

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Queen of super-dark reads (and I mean these can get DARK!!), and a new book in this series just went LIVE!!! 😀 P.S. This is the author of my beloved dark-favorite “Comfort Food” (although it’s not part of this series).

Anna: I read Guilty Pleasures by Kitty Thomas about a year ago. I remember it wasn’t quite as dark as I’d expected, but there were definitely some interesting twists and turns. It is one of those books that I still remember a lot about even a year later, and for someone like me who reads a million books and has a shifty memory that is probably saying something 🙂 read more

Monica James – All The Pretty Things Trilogy Reading Order

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<— DARK READ ALERT & IT SOUNDS CRAZY!!! She’s kidnapped on her honeymoon, and sold to him… P.S. Book #2 JUST WENT LIVE!!!

About book #1:

I was kidnapped on my honeymoon by three masked men.

Blindfolded.
Bound.
Destination unknown.

I was told to stay silent and abide by their rules. But they didn’t realize I wasn’t a victim…not anymore.

The open sea was my backdrop for nine torturous days. During that time, glimmers of my fate were revealed by a man with the mysterious chartreuse-colored eyes. He should have scared me, but he didn’t. read more

Reader Question – The book about the girl that stumbles upon a crime, and they take her…

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Kelli is looking for this one! Two books immediately came to mind (I discuss why, below) but I know they’re not the ones, so I’m dying to find out too!

She asks:

Hi!

I’ve come across your blog while trying to hunt down a book I read a few years ago.

I cannot for the life of me recall the name or even the author, but it’s out of a distinct genre and a dark read, so, I’m hoping you’ve read it and it rings a bell. I really need to read this book again!

Anyways, it’s about a girl who stumbles up on a crime being committed and she’s found out by the men committing it (a murder if I remember right, and she’s hid beside dumpsters). So, they take her, and she ends up in this beautiful home that is also a S&M private club of some sort. The man who keeps her, kind of deprives her from affection until she’s all but starved of it and begs for communication. read more

K. Larsen – The Tutor Series Reading Order

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<— DARK READ/KIDNAPPED ALERT!!! She’s stuck out in the wilderness with a reclusive man and his sister. EEEEEEP!! SO GOOOOOD!!!

AND!! Book #3 just went LIVE today (although the author confirms it CAN be read as a standalone. That said, she was a major character in book #1, so I recommend reading them in order for the maximum effect). 😀

About book #1:

After a party gone wrong and in desperate need of money for the fall semester of college, twenty-year-old Nora Robertson needs to escape her hometown. read more