Hood River Hoodlums, Book 2
by K Webster
Publication Date: May 28, 2020
Genres: High School Bully Romance
Purchase: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Kobo | Apple Books | Eden Books From USA Today bestselling author K Webster comes a forbidden best friend’s little sister romance called Little Hoodlum! There are few people in this world I thought I could count on. My brother. My two best friends. And him. Jordy Martinez. Problem is, Jordy thought protecting me was his sole mission in life. He gave up everything for me and my brother, including his freedom. Losing him left me hollow and empty. But after three long years, I’ve learned to live without him. Until I get mixed up with a guy who has dangerous connections in Hood River and everything begins to crash down around me just in time for my senior year of high school. Possessive boyfriend with a penchant for violence. Best friend turned enemy. Fights with my big brother. Everything’s a mess and I’m not sure there’s any fixing it. I might just need that bully ex-convict who’ll do anything—again—to keep me safe. All I want is peace, happiness, and love. And I won’t go down without a fight in order to get it. I’m a Hoodlum after all. They call me Little Hoodlum, but I’m not so little anymore… This is a full-length high school friends-to-lovers, forbidden, and new adult romance with high angst, suspense, and gutting emotion. It’s book two in the Hood River Hoodlum series that will have interlinking storylines. Little Hoodlum shouldn’t be read as a standalone and is the continuation of a four-book planned series that gives each Hoodlum a book. The first book in the series is the only MM story. The others, including this one, are MF.
My Review
I am all about some yummy forbidden romance, my friends. I started to fall in love with the fascinating world of Hood River, K Webster created and all the hoodlums that live there ,back when I got my first preview in the bully me anthology. Now my heart is absolutely all in and I’m never turning back.
What completely sold me was when I got to read Hollis and Roan’s story in Hood River Rat. I can’t even tell you how much I was looking forward to this book. I will be honest, Jordy did a lot in Hood River Rat that made me borderline hate him. However , later in the book , I started to realize the depth of his love for Roan and Roux. TBH my heart was quickly thawing into a puddle of goo and it was all for Jordy Martinez. He was loyal, so loyal that there wasn’t ANYTHING he wouldn’t do to protect them.
Now I refuse to give spoilers so I will just tell you, Jordy did something life changing for Roux and Roan and there were consequences for those actions. There was a domino effect, because of the way he continued to handle things after that. To protect them, to protect his own heart, whatever his reasons were. When he feels there is a threat to Roux he will get himself involved in their lives once again. From the moment their eyes meet its instant off the charts sparks and flames. She’s no longer the little girl she was last time he’d seen her, and she’s noticed just how much he’s changed while he was away as well. This has Forbidden/ taboo all over it. Jordy is twenty-one and Roux is seventeen.
I have loved both of these characters since the beginning, so it was heartbreaking to experience their longing for one another. They wanted each other so badly but they had so much going against them. This entire book is a fight for Jordy to get away from his past. But even if he could he would literally walk through fire for Roux, so it’s not that easy.
This made for an amazing book full of angst, suspense and a gripping emotional experience all around. I loved everything about it. Roux and Jordy were perfect together. He was the ultimate! His love for her knew no bounds. But when his past and her present collide will his love for her, get them both killed. And what will happen to his friendship with her brother when their secret comes out. This is book two in the Hood River Hoodlums Series and while it is a stand-alone, it would be better if you read book one -Hood River Rat first.
My Cr8zysockbookblock blog wrap up :
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐⭐️-Don’t miss this friends-to-lover, brothers-best friend, Forbidden Romance. This has everything you could possibly want: angst, suspense, love, lies, betrayal, secrets, forgiveness.
🔥🔥🔥🔥- Jordy and Roux are everything sweet and Smokin hot in the bedroom. It’s rough and sweet and just perfect! Yes, Yes, Yes!!
Also in the Series
About K. Webster
K Webster is a USA Today Bestselling author. Her titles have claimed many bestseller tags in numerous categories, are translated in multiple languages, and have been adapted into audiobooks. She lives in “Tornado Alley” with her husband, two children, and her baby dog named Blue. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, drinking copious amounts of coffee, and researching aliens.
She was the fruit of a forbidden tree, but nothing in this world was going to stop me from tasting her.
My name is Dylan Murphy, and I work for the rich and powerful of an exclusive Manhattan building. Graham Morgan was my first boss, but soon after I was working with some of the most famous entrepreneurs, business moguls, and movie stars in the city. They trusted me because I always followed the cardinal rules:
Never betray secrets. And never, under any circumstance, get personally involved.
I’d never dreamed of violating my professional mantra.
Not until she walked past me.
The look we exchanged that night set my body on fire, and I knew right then and there that no matter the consequences, she was going to be mine. But she was one of them—off limits and out of my league, but she was the kind of woman who I was willing to risk everything for.
I keep other people’s secrets for a living, but the biggest secret of all might be my own.
Secret Keeper was my first read by Christoper Harlan and overall I found it to be an enjoyable read. This is the story of Dylan Murphy a man who grew up with rags, now workin for the rich. When he finds himself facing a dilemma of conscience. Take a job for a new slime ball or the unemployment line what will he choose. To make matters worse he just so happens to meet the most beautiful woman he’s ever seen… and part of that new job has to do with her.
Penelope was a great character. She was having a rough go of it, but had finally found a bright spot in her life. That ray of sun was, Dylan. He was like a fairytale dream come true really, but that’s the thing about fairytales, they can never really come true and always have a villain. This book was a quick read and had heat, lust, and get, forgiveness, a funny grandma and a bit of angst. It was a good solid four star ⭐️ read!
When I met Ryan, I might’ve been trying to break into his basement.
It was for a good cause. I swear. Also, my dog broke in first.
Ryan Blake is jaw-dropping handsome, wealthy & cocky. Not quite my type. By some miracle, he doesn’t call the police on me when he catches me trying to rescue my dog. He even fetches a doctor for me. Don’t ask why.
I don’t figure I’ll see him again. Then, I do. Then, he kisses me. Once. Twice. Is three times the charm? To be honest, I swooned at the first kiss.
All swooning aside, we are seriously opposites. I wear cowboy boots and skirts. He wears suits and ties. He’s all New York City. I’m a Southern girl looking for a new start. We even talk at different speeds.
The list of things I don’t expect from Ryan is long. I don’t expect him to think twice about me. I don’t expect him to nearly bring me to my knees with a look. I don’t expect him to be so much more than I ever imagined.
I absolutely don’t expect to fall for him. So hard I’m skidding sideways just to catch my balance.
Sexy Suit was my first read by J.H. Croix and I found it to be an adorable read. The meet cute between Ryan and Addie was original and super funny. I love books about a southern girl moving to the big city,,because I’m a southern girl. The author captures the fun, exciting, and nerve wracking adventure of relocating to a new and totally unfamiliar city with humor and witty banter, and steam. Ryan is a complex character with sadness in his past, and that has shaped him into the man he is. But he is caring and giving even though he gives off this unapproachable vibe. Addie is fun and outgoing and something about her pulls out feelings in parts of him he didn’t think he was capable of feeling.
I love Addie’s spirit and her relationship with her mom and even her dog. She’s spunky and just what Ryan needs in his life even if he didn’t know it.
This is definitely a fun and quick read. It had enough going on to keep me engaged but not too much. They had witty banter and great chemistry and fire in the sexy scenes 🔥 and a HEA😍 for all. A solid four star ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ read for me.
When my best friend Aubrey asked me to tag along to an event with her, I never could have imagined that it would be the day that my life changed forever.
He’s arrogant and demanding and doesn’t take a hint. Landon Barker, the quarterback for the Hermosa Beach Trojans, is a player on and off of the field. He’s got his sights set on me as his next play, but I see right through him. Aubrey says I’m overreacting, that I should give him a chance. What she doesn’t realize is men like Landon don’t fall for the girl next door. That’s not reality. She got her fairytale, although it was a long road. Not all of us are that lucky.
Landon
She’s a friend of our new kicking coach’s wife. When I ask Chance for her number, he tells me I have to find a way to get it myself.
Nothing when it comes to Emma has been easy. She’s the first woman ever to turn me down, and that won’t do. However, as time passes, it’s about more than that. It’s about her smile, her laugh, and just spending time with her. She thinks I’m a player, and she’s right. What she doesn’t know is that I play to win, and her heart is the ultimate trophy.
I Love, Love, Loved this!!😍 Emma and Landon’s story holds infinite love in my heart! They were adorable and sweet and he was just sweet and swoony, girls!
Emma, sweet animal loving, caring Emma has seen the headlines. She knew what Landon Barker was all about, and she wasn’t falling for it. He could flash that sexy smirk all he wanted, nope it wasn’t gonna work…right?
Landon was gorgeous and talented on the field, he didn’t play to lose, and the game he wanted to win was Emma’s attention. He goes ABOVE AND BEYOND! This guy y’all! He wasn’t a jerk, he was west as pie! 🥧
I LOVED HIM!
Y’all this was funny and charming. Landon was persistent and confident and endearing. It was hilarious how he just punched his way into Emma’s life and her heart.
Emma did her best to resist this man, but the more she was around him the more she realized the tabloids may have been wrong about him after all.
When his hard work pays off and he finally get the girl will his public persona destroy it all?
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⭐️⭐️⭐⭐⭐️- This book is a super fast read because you just won’t want to put it down. Full of amazing characters, fun and hilariously witty banter. Sinfully sexy love scenes and just enough drama to keep your heart slightly tender and worried for a minute before wrapping up this story up beautifully in the end.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥- Landon Barker and Emma are nothing short of SMOKIN HAWTT!!
🌪Cliffhanger Warning-No cliffhanger!! I COULD NOT HAVE LOVED THIS ENDING MORE!! 😍😍
Holy Cow!! Camilo and Sheridan’s story was EVERYTHING! This book had me rolling! It was hilarious and sexy and original. I could literally go from fanning myself from the heat of these characters’ connection to cracking up. It was slap full of these one-liners that had me dying, seriously I was like “and now I’m dead” lol
Sheridan is gorgeous and focused. She is weathly and super successful. She’s also snobby and somewhat entitled. She’s on her way to her dads wedding in Costa Rica. While there she plans to get her dads BFF to once and for all finally stake his claim on her. One measly little category two hurricane and a super hot pilot that’s too concerned with everyone’s safety managed to derail her plans. Camilo is this smokin hot playboy pilot, and oh my god y’all is he ever hawt! He loves his family and is a total ladies man, tending to hook up wherever they have a layover.
Both of them are dealing with some internal emotions and that just gives them more fuel to add to their fires, Hers in the form of her rigidity and him is his playful no seriousness towards attachment attitude. From the moment they meet sparks fly and you’re never sure what you’re gonna get. They are at each other’s throats. For once Sheridan finally found someone that can stand up to her verbal spars and give back to her as good as she can throw out and it’s.freakin.hilariously.hott!!
I adore every character in this book and would love to have ALL of their stories. The humor and fun of this entire book just brings fun and excitement. It’s such a hot quick read that’s perfect to break up the seriousness of everything that’s going on right now in the world. Let this book come and give you an escape, because it will and it’s fantastically epic!! I love the fact that from one minute to the next I don’t know if they are going to start fighting or well… you know🤫😏
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⭐️⭐️⭐⭐⭐️- If you are looking for a hilarious and funny book with amazing characters grab this book. I love K. Webster’s writing and I read everything she writes and she’s so good. She writes angst and drama so well that when she puts out something like this I realize I almost forgot how incredibly funny she is. I love her romantic comedies as well. If you haven’t read funny K.Webster you are in for a treat. You laugh your bonkers off, I know I did 😏
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥- I would become a member of the mile high club for Camilo any day of the week and twice on Sundays!!Even in the little Airplane bathroom between flyers on the way back home from an annual chili cook-off!! Okay maybe not quite but you feel me right?!!!! I mean dang y’all! SMOKIN!!
🌪Cliffhanger Warning-No cliffhanger! HEA PERFECTION YEAH!! 😍😍
I fell in love when I was sixteen. Landon was my entire world and I thought he would be my forever. But I was young and dumb, and with one error in judgement, I destroyed any chance of a future we could’ve had together, along with our hearts.
Twelve years later and I’m going through the motions of life, but not actually living. Which is why I let my friends, Bridget and Simon, set me up on a blind date. Turns out, it’s not so blind after all. Because the man sitting in front of me is the same man who’s held onto my heart all these years.
Landon
They call me a Clutch Player because I’m good under pressure and quick on my feet. I was also quick to fall in love. The first time it was with baseball, the second was with Harper. And for a short time I had them both.
Until I lost Harper and all I had left was baseball.
For years, I focused on my career. I had accepted that baseball was my one true love.
Until I saw her again. I never imagined we’d ever get a second chance, but now that she’s sitting right across from me, I know there’s no way in hell I’m going to let her go again.
Oh My Heart!! This book y’all! I mean if you’ve ever read a Nikki Ash book, you know she has this incredible ability to put your feelings through the ringer, and this book was certainly no exception. But this was absolutely perfect in its delivery and was everything I was hoping for it to be and then way more. I fell so in love with Landon and Harper’s story.
Landon and Harper’s characters as teenagers were
amazing. I loved that the author wrote part of their story as teens, it helped us to connect with them and to really see the strong bond they had, before it all went to hades in a handbasket. I loved the innocence and wonderment of them discovering everything together. They were just fun! Neither had the best things going on at home but found comfort in each other. They were best friends as well as lovers. They made me laugh so many times and they also made me cry. When their lives were torn apart by one mistake, I was gutted, ruined, I was devastated.
The Landon and Harper we get as adults are somewhat different. Landon is a little jaded when it comes to relationships and Harper is just trying to take care of her family and avoid drama with her ex. When a chance meeting of a blind date brings her face to face with Landon she’s thrown off. She still feels so much for the man who’s heart she crushed, along with her own as teenagers. There was still so much of the younger versions of themselves even though they were now right around thirty years old. I’m a total sucker for a second chance romance. So I was really happy with the turn of events we were getting in this second half. Landon was still so loveable and caring and loyal. Harper was still adorably clumsy and a fantastic caregiver. You couldn’t hardly read a scene between these two that didn’t have butterflies swarming in your tummy. They had super hot chemistry and witty banter. They brought out emotions in your emotions.
This book was gut check to the feels y’all. It had conflict and frustration and I loved every single second. This book also had some fantastic secondary characters, drama, heat, love, lies, forgiveness. Oh… and a sexy swoony hero, and a make you LOL clumsy heroine. You like books with characters you absolutely loathe? Well this book has a couple of those too! Yup, pretty much everything!
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⭐️⭐️⭐⭐⭐️- If you are looking for a second chance romance with love, forgiveness, frustrating moments, fantastic characters and all the feels. Grab this book today! Nikki Ash pitches a perfect game with this one! ⚾️
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥-GAH!!Okay so it’s hot and sweet (more sweet) in the beginning because they’re young. But when they are older!!! HOLY HAWT HADES!! SO FREAKIN SEXY!!
From USA Today bestselling author K Webster comes a forbidden best friend’s little sister romance called Little Hoodlum!
There are few people in this world I thought I could count on.
My brother. My two best friends. And him.
Jordy Martinez.
Problem is, Jordy thought protecting me was his sole mission in life.
He gave up everything for me and my brother, including his freedom.
Losing him left me hollow and empty.
But after three long years, I’ve learned to live without him.
Until I get mixed up with a guy who has dangerous connections in Hood River and everything begins to crash down around me just in time for my senior year of high school.
Possessive boyfriend with a penchant for violence.
Best friend turned enemy.
Fights with my big brother.
Everything’s a mess and I’m not sure there’s any fixing it.
I might just need that bully ex-convict who’ll do anything—again—to keep me safe.
All I want is peace, happiness, and love.
And I won’t go down without a fight in order to get it.
I’m a Hoodlum after all.
They call me Little Hoodlum, but I’m not so little anymore…
This is a full-length high school friends-to-lovers, forbidden, and new adult romance with high angst, suspense, and gutting emotion. It’s book two in the Hood River Hoodlum series that will have interlinking storylines. Little Hoodlum shouldn’t be read as a standalone and is the continuation of a four-book planned series that gives each Hoodlum a book. The first book in the series is the only MM story. The others, including this one, are MF.
K Webster is a USA Today Bestselling author. Her titles have claimed many bestseller tags in numerous categories, are translated in multiple languages, and have been adapted into audiobooks. She lives in “Tornado Alley” with her husband, two children, and her baby dog named Blue. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, drinking copious amounts of coffee, and researching aliens.
Hood River was supposed to be the change I needed.
A fresh start.
An escape from my painful past.
Better in every way.
I’m a popular guy. Approachable. I make friends easily.
Cool car. Nice clothes. Good attitude.
Everything will be fine.
School is school.
I’ll keep my head down until graduation and try not to stick out.
College will be here before I know it.
Yet my first day proves to be anything but easy.
The Hood River Hoodlums—our school’s most notorious group of bad boys—have put a target on my back.
Their leader, Roan, hates me.
He calls me Rat.
To him and his friends, I’m a loser who doesn’t belong at their school.
I could pretend I don’t care about their hate.
If only Roan wasn’t so hot.
He’s mean, cruel, and sexy as hell.
My nemesis is impossible to ignore…and a secret part of me doesn’t want to.
Here I thought being gay was the worst of my problems. Turns out, being gay and crushing on your enemy takes the cake.
My Review
I am all about some delicious M/M, and Hood River Rat tickled my fancy in every single way. Enemies to lovers/frenemies to lovers fans,THIS is the book to read. GAH! Y’all this book was EVERYTHING. Yes, it was super hot and intense and I loved every minute because… Well, Hollis and Roan! I loved the fact that this was two super hot dudes, but honestly I tended to get so caught up in them as their characters, that their gender didn’t matter as much as their journey to love. I was so drawn into their story. I was mesmerized. I was speechless, reeling and warm in my little southern heart. Seriously, this book that will have me jonesen like crazy until I can get my paws on Little Hoodlum. I just want more from The Hood River Hoodlums world K. Webster has created. This delicious tale of stolen kisses and forbidden love by K. Webster is a must read for fans of M/M or really just fans of literary amazingness in general.
This story will hit you in all your feels. It’s more than just a bully romance. It’s about good people and a little rough around the edges people that haven’t had the easiest time of it, but they find camaraderie together. It was just poignant and heartbreaking and healing and perfect. Roan and Roux just plain devastated me at times, but Hollis and his open and loving family patched them back up, just like K. Webster did to my heart by the end of this story.
However there’s one little name that causes a flutter of sadness, and that’s Jordy. But, I am hoping and have a feeling like maybe that will work itself out in the next book. Please K. Webster 🙏🏻
Told in dual POV get ready to fall in love with Roan and “the Rat” and the rest of the characters in this book. Each one was an intrical part of making this book the amazing reading experience it was and I can wait for more of them in the next book.
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐⭐- MY POOR HEART Y’ALL!! This book O-M-G. Secrets,angst, hot sexy times, so much heart, banter, heart ache, disappointment, and tears, These characters are LIFE!
🔥🔥🔥🔥-This is somewhat of a slow-burn romance however the tension is there from early on. But HOLY HOT HADES!! When then steam kicks in though, dang!! It’s hotter than a sauna. Steamy, hot, sweaty, and oh so sexy.
🌪Cliffhanger Warning-🌪🌪Thankfully NO Cliffy! This beautiful couple gets a perfect Happy! 😍Though K. Webster does set it up for mere books in this series and I for one can’t wait!
🔫 Trigger Warning-This book is a Bully romance and does have violence and scenes that could be considered triggers for some. If you have concerns you can PM for more information.
This is a full-length high school enemies-to-lovers and new adult romance with high angst, suspense, and gutting emotion. It’s book one in the Hood River Hoodlum series that will have interlinking storylines. Hood River Rat can be read as a standalone and starts off a four-book planned series that gives each Hoodlum a book. This is the only MM story. The others are MF.
About K. Webster
K Webster is a USA Today Bestselling author. Her titles have claimed many bestseller tags in numerous categories, are translated in multiple languages, and have been adapted into audiobooks. She lives in “Tornado Alley” with her husband, two children, and her baby dog named Blue. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, drinking copious amounts of coffee, and researching aliens.
A Royal Bastard’s MC Novel by K Webster Publication Date: January 21, 2020 Genres: MC Dark Romance
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I had it all.
Family. Career. A future.
Until a couple of bikers took it brutally away from me.
They scarred me both inside and out, killing the man I once was.
Jared Koynakov is dead and Koyn rose from the ashes.
Ten years later, I live by a code that is shaped by hate, anger, and revenge.
As prez, I’ve built a brotherhood of men who share the same thirst for vengeance and are loyal until the end.
Together, we will find those bastards and end them.
Every last one of them.
All it takes is one slip, and I almost have them in my grasp.
Until a pretty pageant girl, who looks far too much like my daughter, steps into the fray causing the ultimate distraction.
I must choose between my revenge and being her savior.
I’m one helluva biker with a taste for torture, but I’m an even better daddy…
My Review
K. Webster, I bow down to you!! This book, y’all. This incredibly dark and dirty and twisted book! Now I have read MC romances, but I have not read a tale like Koyn and Hadley’s story. EVER!
It is crazy twisted and sick and unique and I was blown away by Koyn’s ability to worm his way into my heart. There was almost two sides to Koyn. There is the Koyn of the past, before he endured the worst possible experience anyone could ever go through and then the Koyn of today. The one that lives his life with one ultimate goal, to serve up revenge on the one(s) that took everything from him. I’m not even really a fan of the “call me daddy” kinda romance books, but I totally didn’t mind it this on AT ALL. This book was that amazing. No lie. 😍🔥😍
Hadley’s character invoked so many emotions in me. She was sassy and beautiful. Yet, she was broken and at the same time strong. She had been through unimaginable things. But she made it through and made it out. She got herself caught up in a rough and dangerous world by choice. Because it was preferable to her pampered pretty princess life with the devastatingly disgusting secrets kept behind closed doors. Doing her best to go as unnoticed as possible in the previous club won’t work for her after the events that led her to Koyn’s compound.
I don’t want to give too much away but the push and pull between her and Koyn, Holy GAH!! He’s drawn to her because she reminds him of his daughter. She views him as anything but a father. A Dirty Daddy, Yes! Delicious!! My heart melted and broke for him at the same time. I understand why he was the way he way towards Hadley, but then when he made a decision he did, it literally gutted me along with her.
His loyalty to his guys, his drive. It was hot. This man was broken and scarred, bit inside and out. He had a depth to him though. You could see glimpses of the man he used to be. Before he lost everything. His character was tortured and complex and I loved him.
The guys in Koyn’s club are some of the most sick and twisted, yet they are loyal and I’m drawn to them. I want all their stories.
I just know there is some special “old ladies” out there that will bring these rough yet sinfully hot, hog driving’ men to their knees! If you think you’ve read some nasty, just wait till you take a little trip to the slaughterhouse and see the Royal Bastards MC gang serve up a side of revenge in ways that only they can. It’s crazy insane. And I Floved Ever.Single.Second!
⭐️⭐️⭐⭐⭐️- I’m officially OBSESSED with all things RB MC . I went through all the emotions in this book. It was so full of action, suspense, angst, sex, hear, banter, blood, tears, live, loss, revenge, and redemption! I can’t wait for more with the rest of the club members stories! This book was raw and gritty and phenomenal. Grab it today!
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥-OMG! HOLY HOT HELL. For as much as Koyn might have tried to avoid it happening it was inevitable. He and Hadley and he were beyond all things imaginably hot! The were explosive and forbidden and just straight up Yummy! Sexy scenes were off the charts hot!
🌪Cliffhanger Warning- This has a HEA , but sets us up for the stories of other club members from other chapters from all over. I can’t wait! 😍
🔫 Trigger Warning-This book is a MC romance and does have some scenes that could be considered triggers for some. It also deals with some serious and sensitive content that could be disturbing to some. Some of the scenes are fairly graphic. If you have concerns you can PM for more information.
About K. Webster
K Webster is a USA Today Bestselling author. Her titles have claimed many bestseller tags in numerous categories, are translated in multiple languages, and have been adapted into audiobooks. She lives in “Tornado Alley” with her husband, two children, and her baby dog named Blue. When she’s not writing, she’s reading, drinking copious amounts of coffee, and researching aliens.
Sweet Baby Desus in a manger! Y’all better get ready, because this conclusion is crazy, fantastic! I’m still trying to wrap my head around everything that was thrown my way in this book.
Stolen Lies pics up and follows Talia, Kosta and the Demetriou crew right at a year after the major cliffhanger that we were left with a the ending of Hidden Truths. We finally find out what happened to Talia. The question is…What will Kosta do and say about information surrounding Talia’s disappearance when he comes face to face with the details? Who will be the recipient or recipients of his revenge? Will it be a new enemy or someone he once loved?
Talia was sweet, innocent, yet sassy in the first book. The Mafia Princess inside her shines in this book. We see a strength in her come out like never before. Sometimes you can find strength in the smallest of packages and that’s what happened here. She found hers. It got her through, gave her purpose and focus, and patience. She knew she needed to plan to escape perfectly to be able to get out of the situation she was in at the beginning of the book.
I loved the Talia we got to see in this book. She was so amazing. She was even more loving and nurturing than in the first book. BUT she was also tough as nails and she had to make some life changing, split second decisions and she did them without hesitation. I think she grew into who she was destined to be in this book.
Kostas was suffocating himself in so much grief in the beginning missing Talia. That was hard to read. He was pining and letting himself go. I was glad for the realization of just how much he loved her to hit him, but hated it had to happen for him in that way. Now, in this book we get to see glimpses of a much softer side to Kostas. The was he is with Talia, made my heart-a- flutter. Kostas is definitely a character that makes heart rates go up and panties drop. There is something to be said for a man that can touch a woman tenderly with a hand that also was used to end someone’s life. So. Freakin.Hot!
I don’t want to give anything about this book away. So let me say, this story is a web weaved slap full of lies, secrets, scandal, and sex. It’s about murder, kidnapping, revenge and pure hatred. It’s full of so many suspense-filled moments of pure adrenaline rushing, heart-stopping, nail biting, hubby bring me some wine before I throw my kindle, moments. IT IS OFF THE FREAKIN CHARTS THAT GOOD!!
My cr8zysockbookblock blog wrap up for this book!
⭐️⭐️⭐⭐⭐⭐️Dark/Mob Suspense Romance ✔️
Suspense ✔️
Slow Burn ✔️
Steam ✔️
Angst and Revenge ✔️
ALL THE FEELS ✔️
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥- There isn’t anything hotter that Talia and Kostas… Maybe like the eighth circle of Hades, but that’s about it. They are hotter than everything and everyone else though , and that’s hot AF!!
🌪Cliffhanger Warning-No cliffhanger! HEA! Holy flippin’ flapjacks! Talk about clawing, kicking, scratching, dragging your way through a bullet blazing war zone, just to then walk two miles across hot coals get home to find your home taken out by tsunami. Yeah, it felt like this for this poor couple to get to their well earned HEA! But it wait fast paced so the wait cane quickly!
🔫 Trigger Warning-This book does have some references to the scene in the first book that could be considered triggers for some. They are not overly graphic. This is a “mobish” book so expect the typical blood and gore that comes with such. If you have concerns you can PM for more information.
