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Reader Question… Answered! The dark romance read where the lady was kidnapped at her ballet show…

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Kenesha needs our book help and this one is DARK. In fact, you know what?

One part of her question gives me that “Comfort Food” feel that I LOVED so and hurt through sooooooo much – remember that part?? – that had me wondering… “how can it be???? And yet why do I FEEEEEEL this way? GAHHHHHH!!!” 😉 Stockholm Syndrome is so confusing.

Anyway…

She asks:

Hi Maryse,

I have a reader question. I have been racking my brain and googling like crazy to find a dark romance read where the lady was kidnapped at her ballet show. read more

Addison Cain – Alpha's Claim Series Reading Order

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DARK READ ALERT!!! I JUST found out about this one when our fellow readers recommended it for a specific “DARK READ” request. Oooooh and I LOVE my dark reads! This one, I hear, might even be too dark for some. Eeeeeeeeep!! 😉

Kim: So goooood… I just finished this series & couldn’t put it down!!!!
Meagan: I’m not really a dark reader but I LOVED this series!
McKenzie: Born to be Bound (Alpha’s Claim Book 1) by Addison Cain. It’s SUPER dark (too dark for me, tbh) and has a captive/captor plotline as well as some paranormal/dystopic elements. Enjoy!
Joy: Addison Cain’s Alpha’s Claim series. It includes Born To Be Bound, Born To Be Broken and Reborn. The story continues with Stolen (Alpha’s Control Book 1). There’s also her new series, which is a reverse harem titled Branded Captive: A Reverse Harem Omegaverse Dark Romance (Wren’s Song Book 1). I read that first and got hooked on Addison Cain. Then I went on to devour the others that I mentioned. read more

Reader Question – Any recommendations for Stockholm Syndrome books that don’t necessarily end in an HEA?

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Charlene is looking for a very specific “Dark” genre… and oooooohhhh yes! I LOVE going through that whole “in love with a very bad guy” dark kind of story, and having no clue how it’s going to end. There are a few that end *ahem* in a loving way, for sure, but not all of them do. All that attachment and wanting to please (even if it’s so wrong) and in the end…?

Hrmmmm… I certainly have a few that come to mind!! Okay I’m going to dig into my reviews, and see what I can pull up, but BEWARE!!!!! These recommendations are sort of “spoilery” in that Charlene is looking for a particular kind of ending. We might not know exactly how it ends (twists etc), but if it’s recommended here, there’s a chance it doesn’t end sweet. Er… well, I guess it depends on the character. 😉 read more

Here’s my “pre-review” of The Tutor by K. Larsen

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<— K. Larsen knows my love for her darker, more psych-thrillery stories, and sent me a super-early copy all for my very own. And when I found out the premise of this, editing or no editing, cover or no cover, pre-order or no preorder, I WANTED TO READ IT!

ONLY ONE CAN SURVIVE THIS LOVE.

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.

Not the cover… but this author sure knows how to tease us!

She accepts a summer long live-in tutoring job for a handsome man and his little sister at a secluded home deep in the mountains. read more

Book Review – Take Me With You by Nina G. Jones

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Take Me With You
This is one of THE BEST DARK READS I have ever read. And, you know what? It might actually be my favorite one of ’em all. WOW!!!!!! WOWOWOWOWOW!!!!!!!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH to Sally and Lori for recommend this. I buddy-read it with Kandace and we FLIPPED over it. YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT WE LIKE!!! :D!!!!

Sally: Maryse!!!! Wake up!! It’s super early in New York but I can’t hold back LOL I have to share! Okay so I don’t know this author, in fact I have NEVER read this author before. But this book is AWESOME and I don’t know if you have read it yet?!? You know I LOVE me some dark reads and practically NOTHING gets to me BUT …It is one of the most disturbing, gut wrenching, non stop ADRENALINE rushes I have been on in a LONG time! Not for the faint of heart. But if I have any dark read sista’s out there don’t pass this one up. Go in blind!! Don’t read ANY reviews. Easy 5 Star read! And you won’t be able to put it down till your done! read more