Tommie

Plot twists

Revisado: 04-25-25

Toxic Love - Jagger Cole

Narrated By: Walker Williams and Emery Erickson

Narrator Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
They both did an excellent job bringing these characters to life. I felt their pacing and tone were perfect also. They brought forth all the emotions the characters were meant to draw from the readers. Absolute perfection. Walker did a perfect job bringing Dante to life as Emery did also as Tempest.

My Review:
My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Genre: Dark Romance
Pages: 424
Nickname: Little Hurricane
Tropes:

💫Enemies To Lovers
💫Marriage of Convenience
💫Strong FMC
💫Humorous Banter
💫Plot Twist
💫Arranged Marriage
💫Protective Siblings
💫Found Family

This is Dante and Tempest story. This book literally took me over. I listened to it as I drove to and from work.

The patriarch of the Black family arranges a marriage between his 18 year old daughter Maeve and 34 year old Dante. On the day Dante and Maeve are to sign their blood oath commitment, Tempest arrives in dark tinted car and convinces Dante she can sign their blood oath from her car. Hidden so he can’t recognize her they both sign their blood oath with their own blood cementing their commitment. In mafia families a blood oath can only be broken when one of them passes away.

Tempest along with her two brothers are livid with their grandfather for arranging this marriage for his 18 year old daughter.

Tempest believes she only had months to live because of some rare disease she has feels she has nothing to lose in replacing Maeve.

The banter between Dante and Tempest is top tier. She has no problem ruffling his feathers and the nickname he gives her fits her perfectly - Little Hurricane.

Her family hates him, he has own set of enemies This book is action packed. The plot twist at the end was unexpected but I loved it!

Now go read the book or listen to the audiobook and let Dante and Tempest take you into the eye of their storm!

#romance #darkromance #bdsm #suspense #primal #jaggercole #toxiclove #mafia #mafiaromance

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Captivating

Revisado: 04-13-25

Vicious Society - Morgan Bridges
The Obsidian Order Duet Book 2

Narrated By: JUNE DEBORAHAE & TEDDY HAMILTON

Narrator Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

They both did an excellent job bringing these characters to life. I felt their pacing and tone were perfect also. They brought forth all the emotions the characters were meant to draw from the readers. Absolute perfection. Teddy did a perfect job bringing Xavier to life as June did also as Delilah

Book 1 : Vicious Secret
Book 2 : Vicious Society

My Review:
My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Pages: 386
Genre: Dark Romance
Tropes:

💫Morally Grey MMC
💫Enemies To Lovers
💫Secret Society
💫Stalker Romance
💫He Falls First
💫Touch Her And
💫St@bby MFC

I downloaded the audio to both these books because Teddy Hamilton is one of my favorite narrators. I was so very surprised by the books. If you like The Ritual you will love this duet and I highly recommend!

Xavier a a trained recruit for a secret society that’s sole purpose is secrecy, loyalty and power. Each recruit is born into one of the founding families but must prove their capabilities to keeping the society’s secrets and protecting and building its power.

Delilah was raised in foster care but adept at taking care of herself. Her foster brother is also attending the same college and is a recruit in the same secret society Xavier is in.

After the ending of Vicious Secret I was on pins and needles for this book! It did not disappoint! It held me captive and was action packed! You will not relax or be at ease until the last page!

You will discover just how evil Xavier’s dad truly is in this book.

You will discover just how much Xavier is willing to do to keep Delilah his Little Raptor.

Have tissues ready because Delilah is put through the ultimate test for her life.

I’m hoping the author changes her mind and changes this from a duet to a series.

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Writing Perfection

Revisado: 03-21-25

Corrupted Hearts - Jagger Cole
Venomous Gods #4

Narrated By: WALKER WILLIAMS
EMERY ERICKSON

Narrator Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

They both did an excellent job bringing these characters to life. I felt their pacing and tone were perfect also. They brought forth all the emotions the characters were meant to draw from the readers. Absolute perfection. Walker did a perfect job bringing Kratos to life as Emery did also as Bianca

My Review:
My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Pages: 465
Genre: Dark Romance
Tropes:

🖤Dark Mafia
🖤Forced Marriage
🖤Grumpy/Sunshine
🖤Enemies To Lovers
🖤Italian Mafia X Greek Mafia
🖤Possessive Psycho Hero
🖤Untamable Heroine

I have heard about Jagger Cole forever and decided I had to see what the fuss was about. I grabbed this audiobook and dived in blind. First check out trigger warnings before reading. I have no triggers everything in this book was consensual.

This is Kratos and Bianca’s story and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I now know what the fuss was about and I’ll be grabbing other of his audiobooks as I have time between ARC’s.

Seems it’s just not meant to be for different mafia families to play nice together. What’s different in this book is how the hero and heroine met and for what purpose. They seem to both have a dark side. Their dark sides drew them together and in the process they developed feelings.

Their two families deciding on an arranged marriage between the two played right into the scenario their mutual dark sides had set in motion.

Enter a female Federal Agent from Kratos past who has considered him to be hers since he was 13 and you have trouble with a capital T.

Now go read or listen to the book to find out what havoc this agent reeks on all the mafia families and most importantly on Kratos and Bianca’s marriage.

#romance #darkromance #bdsm #suspense #primal #jaggercole #corruptedheart #mafia #mafiaromance

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Football Romance

Revisado: 03-19-25

Vegas Aces, The Tight End - Lisa Suzanne

PERFORMED BY CJ BLOOM & NELSON HOBBS

Narrator Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

They both did an excellent job bringing these characters to life. I felt their pacing and tone were perfect also. They brought forth all the emotions the characters were meant to draw from the readers. Absolute perfection. Nelson did a perfect job bringing Ben to life as CJ did also as Kaylee.

This audio book contains all five books:

⭐️⭐️Tight Spot
⭐️⭐️Tight Hold
⭐️⭐️Tight Fit
⭐️⭐️Tight Laced
⭐️⭐️Tight End

My Review:
My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Pages: 1377
Genre: Romance
Tropes:

🏈Age Gap
🏈Brother's Best Friend
🏈Fake Relationship
🏈Pro Football
🏈Secret Relationship
🏈Sports Romance

This is Ben and Kaylee’s story told in five books. They navigate hiding their romance from family members due to her brother Jack playing on the same team as Ben and their being best friends. Her other brother Lucas is now retired after also playing on the same team as Jack and Ben.

Ben has always been a player and party animal until he gets involved with Kaylee. With the paparazzi always outing her partying nature he stays in trouble with his coach.

A plan is put into place to revamp his image. His publicist decides he needs a fake girlfriend to take the heat off and decides on Kaylee as the fake girlfriend not knowing they are secretly seeing each other. Thus starts the groundwork of this series which only escalates with each book.

Continuous situations come up that force them to take the fake relationship to even a higher level as Ben is set up by a fellow player who wants his position, a past girlfriend and a past hookup cause constant grief. Not to mention his mother wants him back with his ex-girlfriend of a decade ago. Add in the betrayal of his best friend since kindergarten and you have more than most relationships can survive.

It seems no matter how much Ben and Kaylee love each other the world is against them.

I definitely recommend this series. I think it’s easier to follow their journey through this audiobook of all the books combined.

#romance #footballromance #vegasacesseries #vegasacesthetightend #vegasaces #thetightend #tightspot #tighthold #tightfit #tightlaced #tightend #lisasuzanne

❓Have you read a football romance❓

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The characters

Revisado: 03-09-25

Fashionably Felonious- Robyn Peterman
Hot Damned Book 19

Narrated By: Jessica Almasy

Narrator Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Jessica does an excellent job narrating these characters. I can’t imagine hearing anyone else’s voice doing these books. Her voice is perfection, pacing is perfection as is tone. She definitely brings these characters to life!

My Review:
My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Pages: 264
Genre: Paranormal/Fantasy
Tropes:
🤣Laughter Inducing
👗Clothing optional
🍷Glass Breaking Voices
🪦Cemetery shenanigans
🧛‍♂️Vampire fight for supremacy
🧙‍♀️Witches are our friends
👹Devil is on our side and his brother too

After reading a very emotional book this book was a delight and a palate cleanser.
It had me laughing the WHOLE way through! These characters are so unpredictable that you have absolutely no idea what they are going to say much less do next.

We are not even going to discuss the two tube top wearing ladies, the demon eating chips or the two desperate gentleman trying to come up with suitable names because Astrid strikes them with lightening after each of their suggestions.

There is a sweet love story interwoven in their high jinx’s. Astrid is The Chosen related to God and the Devil both and her hubby Ethan is the Vampire ruler. Plus everyone needs to meet Tracy and have her in their corner!

You definitely need to read this laughter inducing book. I’ve read others in this series and loved them all!

I highly recommend.

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Captivated

Revisado: 02-13-25

Tracing Scars - Brandy Hynes
KORT Book 3

Narrators: Teddy Hamilton & Avery Caris

They both did an excellent job bringing these characters to life. I felt their pacing and tone were perfect also. They brought forth all the emotions the characters were meant to draw from the readers. Absolute perfection. Teddy did a perfect job bringing Ty to life as Avery did also as Rena.

Narrators Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

My Review:
My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Pages: 500
Genre: Romance
Tropes:

•🖤 Mafia/Secret Society
* 🌙 Jealous/Possessive hero
* 🖤 Action/ Suspense
* 🌙 Brother’s best friend
* 🖤 One bed
* 🌙 Trauma/grief healing
* 🖤 Mutual pining
* 🌙 Found family
* 🖤 Touch her and X (a lot)
* 🌙 Forbidden/Secret relationship
* 🖤 Morally Gray MMC and FMC
* 🌙 Pierced MMC

I finished this third book just in time for Charring Bones at the end of this month.

I love this series and highly recommend ieveryone reads or listens to this series.

This is Ty and Rena’s book. They were put through so many trials and angst induced situations. No one else would have survived all the many situations they found themselves trying to survive.

I’m writing this after just finishing this book and my feet haven’t touched the floor since! I have absolutely loved each of these books BUT this one is my favorite! Now go grab them and fall in love with this series also.

Book 1 - Burning Ivy (Ivy & Wells)
Book 2 - Carving Graves (Liam & Celeste)
Book 3 - Tracing Scars (Ty & Rena)
Book 4 - Charging Bones will be released February 27, 2025

Thank you @brandylhynes and @hambright_pr for introducing me to this series by gifting me Burning Ivy eBook.

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❓What series grabbed you on the first book and held you hostage until the last❓

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Mesmerized

Revisado: 01-20-25 El oyente recibió este título gratis

The Unplanned Wedding - L Steele

The Davenports Book 3

NARRATED IN DUET BY SHANE EAST & EVELYN ROSE

Thank you @authorl.Steele and @hambright_pr for this gifted Ebook and ALC copies.

Narrator Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I felt their pacing and tone were perfect also. They brought forth all the emotions the characters were meant to draw from the readers. Absolute perfection. This narration was done in duet which is my absolute favorite style. Shane’s gravelly voice was perfection for Knox. and Evelyn was perfection in her delivery of June. Excellent performance by both!

My Review;
My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Pages: 396
Genre: Romance
Tropes:

💼 Workplace romance
💰 Boss - Employee love
💒 Marriage of convenience
🪖 Emotionally wounded military vet hero
🚩 OTT possessive MC
🫦 Curvy FMC
🛏️ One bed
💍 "my wife"
⁉️ "Who did this to you?"

This is Knox and June’s Story. Knox a wounded war hero and June a former foster child.

I loved Knox’s character so much! If your war injuries caused females to gasp and turn away from you I think you’d turn into a grump, untrusting individual also. Most of his assistants didn’t last a day much less a week. That is until June. She recognized a man who gave all to the country he loved and saw his scars as medals of honor.

Knox fought their relationship with everything he had but he couldn’t stay away from June. Then enter his grandfather announcing he had arranged a marriage for him in a scenario that would unite the two largest competing companies.

Knox saw this as his way out and to push June away.

Now go grab the book and find out how that worked out for him and June.

I highly recommend this book. It held my attention and I loved the characters.

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Emotions

Revisado: 01-10-25

Carving Graves - Brandy Hynes
The KORT Series Book 2)

NARRATED IN DUET BY
ANGELINA ROCCA & AIDEN SNOW

Narrator Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

They both did an excellent job bringing these characters to life. I felt their pacing and tone were perfect also. They brought forth all the emotions the characters were meant to draw from the readers. Absolute perfection their voices were remarkable and easy to listen to.

My Review:
My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Pages: 498
Genre: Dark Mafia Romance

TROPES:
* 🖤Jealous/Possessive Hero
* 🖤Mafia/Secret Society
* 🖤Found Family
* 🖤Forbidden/ Secret Relationship
* 🖤Close Proximity
* 🖤He falls first and falls Hard.
* 🖤Action/Suspense
* 🖤Touch her and Die
* 🖤Praise
* 🖤Hate to lovers
* 🖤Morally gray

After reading and loving Burning Ivy I had to read Liam and Celeste’s story. I found the audio and grabbed it. It did not disappoint. I loved it just as much!

This book has it all…dark mafia, FBI/CIA secret societies and those who can’t be mentioned AND a romance that will make you drool! Not to mention Liam’s three friends he was a navy seal with, Ty, Wells and Gage.

This book is filled with angst, suspense and mystery. Most importantly you get to watch Liam and Celeste fall in love.

We should all be lucky enough to have 4 men protect us and love us unconditionally

I can’t wait to read Ty and Gage’s books and see what fierce ladies win their hearts!

IMO this is a must read series!

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Spellbinding

Revisado: 12-18-24

Thank you so very much @saracatebooks for this beautiful wonderful book!!! I’m honored to have it on my shelves!

Keep Me - Sara Cate
Sinful Manor Book 1
Narrated by Kelly Tager and Will Watt

Narrators Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Narrators Review: 
They both did an excellent job bringing these characters to life.  I felt their pacing and tone were perfect also.  They brought forth all the emotions the characters were meant to elicit from the readers.  Both of their voices were very pleasing to listen to. Hearing Will’s Scottish accent was perfection.

My Review:
My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Pages: 336
Genre: Romance
Tropes:
⌨️dual POV
🍺 romance
⌨️contemporary realistic
🍺dislike to like
⌨️close/forced proximity
🍺arranged marriage
⌨️dislike to love

Killian a Scottish Highlander suffers from Agoraphobia and has spent years never leaving his Scottish manor.

Sylvie is emotionally harmed by her successful artistic parents who have no clue how to show their daughter love.

An accidental meeting between Killian and Sylvie as she sneaks in the manor to photograph a heirloom doesn’t go well. Sylvie heads back to the states minus her photos.

She is then approached by Killian’s sister with a proposition. A fake marriage for one year with the result giving Killians Aunt the family Manor forcing him to leave the house with Sylvie gaining a fortune freeing her from cold parents.

Living in the manor with Killian has different results than the family had hoped. Despite their original meeting they grow close over the time they spent together.

Then a family betrayal blows everything up. And breaks everyone’s hearts. Read this amazing book to find out how things turn out for Killian and Sylvie and their families.

I truly loved this book so very much and highly recommend it. I adored the Scottish setting.

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Obsessed

Revisado: 12-08-24

Vicious Secret - Morgan Bridges
Book 1 of the Obsidian Order
Part of a duet

Narrated By: Teddy Hamilton and June deBorahae

Narrator rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Both narrators did an excellent job bringing these characters to life. I felt their pacing and tone were perfect also. They brought forth all the emotions the characters were meant to draw from the readers. Absolute perfection. I’ve followed Teddy Hamilton for a long time. He’s one of my absolute favorite narrators.

My Review:
My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Pages: 340
Genre: Dark Romance
Tropes:

💫Morally Grey MMC
💫Enemies To Lovers
💫Secret Society
💫Stalker Romance
💫He Falls First
💫Touch Her And
💫St@bby MFC

Xavier a a trained recruit for a secret society that’s sole purpose is secrecy, loyalty and power. Each recruit is born into one of the founding families but must prove their capabilities to keeping the society’s secrets and protecting and building its power.

Delilah was raised in foster care but adept. At taking care of herself. Her foster brother is also attending the same college and is in the secret society Xavier is in.

Xavier decided 3 years ago Delilah was his and made her his in a secret ceremony backed by the society. Her foster brother objects but doesn’t have the power or the society backing to change things.

Xavier’s dad who is one of the highest ranking members and leaders of the society is constantly testing Xavier.

The final test pushes the limits of all of them. Xavier’s dad is determined to win but he doesn’t give Xavier the respect he deserves. The book ends on a cliffhanger but the next book is due out June 2025.

I’ve got the book on preorder! I can’t wait for Vicious Society!

I highly recommend this book.

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