✯Release Review✯The Sacrifice (The 4 Horsemen #3) by Elena Monroe

Title: The Sacrifice
Series: The 4Horsemen #3
Author: Elena Monroe
Genre: Dark Forbidden Romance

Release Date: February 4, 2021

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KHAOS 

I’m not living under any kind of false pretenses here. I know I’m basically a rapper’s attitude with R&B feelings and a pop star’s bank account. 

There were a lot of ways to describe my unconventional lifestyle of part time cult member and full time showman. 

Risk taker. 

Exuberant. 

And my personal favorite adjective: undomesticated. 

I surrounded myself with people who liked a good time but left after they served their purpose of making sure I felt nothing but top shelf feelings. 

I wasn’t about to be like my brothers who let the darkness eat away at their vindication. The only crime I had ever committed was waving the glory of being invited, of saying I came and conquered around like a badge of honor. 

Spoiler alert: None of that earned me respect. 

There’s only one girl who managed to rob me of my fake smile...and my watch. 

GRACE 

I was a throw away, street trash, a child abandoned and scooped up by the bad people you only hear about after they get caught. 

I was hard in a way people found uncomfortable and determined too much work to rehabilitate into society again. I was found guilty over and over enough to let the bad things become who I am, blurring the lines between freedom and a jail sentence. 

Fraud. 

Thief. 

And my least favorite: fake girlfriend to a scary ass kingpin. 

Forced out of a childhood I was surrounded by darkness, evil, and the kind of cutthroat loyalty that landed your body so mutilated they wouldn’t be able to tell who you were if you fell out of obedience. 

They accepted me like family and there’s no quitting your family. 

I had the respect to match my rap sheet. 

There’s only one guy who managed to exonerate me… and my invisible wings.

✯✯5 Romeo & Juliet Filled Stars!!✯✯

Elena Monroe is three for three for me!! This is the 3rd book of hers that I’ve read and I promise you I don’t plan on stopping anytime soon!!

In the previous 2 book’s Khaos is the Happy go lucky one outta the 4Horseman. He’s got a skate ramp in both his office and backyard. You have to pick a hand and you’re either getting a starburst or a riddle. You never know with Khaos. 

We learn Khaos isn’t what meets the eye. He’s definitely putting up a front so nobody will know what scars he’s hiding behind. 

After his high school girlfriend who crushed his heart he won’t let himself fall and get hurt all over again. It’s why he has 25 girlfriend’s on retainer. One for every letter of the alphabet with the exception of G. 

When Birdy walked into Khaos’s life his world started to spin off its axis. Khaos has lived by his own rules for so long and never wanted to change. Birdy is making it where he’s breaking all his own rules and he isn’t even sorry about it. 

Grace AKA Birdy hasn’t had an easy life. Going from group home to group home. She ended up living on the streets and started pick pocketing to earn cash to survive.  

Birdy ended up in juvenile detention until Dove got her out Bc her stealing abilities was something he wanted to use that for himself. 

Dove didn’t have an issue laying his hands on Birdy when he didn’t get what he wanted outta her. Whenever he got to ruff she’d go to her friend Justice and her husband Vic. 

Birdy was just given a new target by Dove. Khaos. Dove wasn’t expecting Birdy to fall for Khaos and to not do her job to to his standard’s. 

Birdy can’t help herself. Khaos makes her feel thing’s she’s never felt in her entire life. Birdy will do anything to save Khaos from Dove. 

Khaos is in a cult and Birdy’s in a gang. These two shouldn’t work but they really do and will fight other’s and their inner demons in order to keep the other safe and to stay together. 

There wasn’t much cult ad the first two book’s but it was just as good!! My heart hurt Khaos with him and his anxiety and panic attack’s. The same with Birdy dealing with the beating’s she received. These two are everything. 

I’m SO looking forward to Bowen’s story next!!!

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EXCERPT

“You don’t know me. You’ve never known me because you chalked me up to be some useless brat you constantly fix mistakes for. I let you all define me. I’ve always just been whatever the fuck you all needed: funny Khaos, quiet Khaos, the Khaos that pushes you right into love when you’re too fucking blind. You don’t see how much she means to me because you don’t fucking see me. No one sees me except her.” My fingers were fisting the material so hard I wondered if I ripped his shirt when he cracked a smile.
His smirk bothered me instantly when he said, “I was testing a theory. Either way you’re becoming a blood donor tonight.”
Letting go of his shirt, I slumped down in the chair still riddled with anxiety and anger. I let myself fold over trying to get centered even though this wasn’t my adult tree house or a bathroom floor like I preferred.
“You’re a fucking psychopath.”
Vic folded his arms over his broad chest, “I had to make sure she meant something and wasn’t just part of your fucking antics... she’s a good person, not part of your fucking reverse harem plot.” A small pause between thoughts he spoke again, “Clave knows that video exists even though we buried it by giving Rodriguez a raid. She's the new price of you missing an event, dumbass. That’s DuPonte’s only rule and you broke it.”
He wasn’t wrong. The Clave doesn’t do well with broken rules and if you’re lucky enough to survive the punishment then it means you lost crucial parts of your life.
Loved ones mostly.
Considering I was the most unattached, the Clave would find a way to hurt me and being caught on tape with the girl I love was as good as me forking over the truth on a silver platter for them.
Hurt me here, please.
We both joked around the idea of us being forbidden because of who we belong to but nothing was more honest.
Star crossed lovers doomed by our loyalties.
“What do you want me to do, Vic? Get on my knees and beg you to make it better? Keep smiling because it’s easier for you guys? I fucked up but I can clean up after myself.”

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AUTHOR BIO

Elena Monroe grew up in Florida scribbling down stories from a very young age. These stories were really just wavy lines filling the paper, but she knew each word, each emotion, each character's name, and there was no tricking her into forgetting what each line signified. Just like her unconventional way of writing as a toddler Elena is setting her own rules and just telling stories. 

Much like her debut novel, The Best Years, life certainly imitated art. Transplanting from the South to the East Coast, Elena currently lives in Connecticut with husband, reformed bad boy. 

Find her on her social media through Twitter at @elenamonroe, Instagram at @elenamonroewrites, Facebook at @elenamonroewrites, and more

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✯Release Review✯Defining Darkness (Royal Bastards MC: Tampa, FL #1) by K.E. Osborn

Defining Darkness by KE Osborn is LIVE!!!

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What if the man who tried to sell you, suddenly became your captor? What if your captor was keeping a secret from you, and not just any secret, a someone? What if behind the walls he builds, his tough exterior isn't what he’s portraying?

But then again, what if I'm wrong? What if he is the devil, and I'm left in the dark fighting for every last breath...

✯✯5 Dark Stars!!!✯✯

This isn’t the first book from this MC but it is the first for this MC Chapter. There’s multiple authors writing The Royal Bastards MC. This is from the bad boys from Tampa. 

All the MC’s earn money thru their own business’s. Some chapters might work together. But, the guys from Tampa aren’t into the heroine business like their closest friends in Miami. Nope!!! They deliver packages that are dropped via bloat and when I saw packages I mean women. They got into business with a slum who grabs women from one location and has them shipped and sold to God knows who. None of the other MC’s agree with it but stay outta the Tampa guys work. 

Nycto and the boys head out to do another pickup. Nobody was expecting the night to end up in the direction it headed. 

Nycto opens up the container and comes face to face with a women standing front and center trying to protect the rest, ESP her younger sister Ivy. There was something about Eva that made him do something he’s never done before.  

Nycto made the decision to not send Eva with the rest of the ladies. But, in order for Eva to ever truly accept him he’d have to save her sister as well. Nycto just doesn’t plan on telling Eva right away about Ivy. 

One minute Eva and Ivy are enjoying themselves and the next they’re waking up in a shipping container filled with other women. When the container opens there’s men all wearing vests with the same logo on it. Eva doesn’t know to expect but there’s something about eyes in the guy in charge. She knows she should be afraid of him but for whatever reason she’s not. 

Next thing Eva realizes she is waking up in the same guy room. Nycto lets her know he didn’t send her to get sold off like the others and that he’ll continue looking for her sister. 

One minute Nycto and Eva are at each other’s throats and the next they can’t keep their hands off each other. Neither one of them know how to handle their feelings for each other and the situation they’re in at the moment. 

Nycto’s trying to do what’s best for his club and for Eva and Ivy. He also knows that if he can’t figure out a way to deal with not delivering the girls to the drop off it’ll not only affect his club but ripple to every other chapter across the country. 

Nycto just can’t help himself there was something about Eva that made him see light for the first time and not make him want to run back to the darkness that he loves so much. 

I finished this book quick!! Nycto is addicting as is Void and the rest of the guys. Even Eva and Ivy I fell for. 

This entire MC is different then I’ve seen before. They’re clubhouse is in a bunker!! And, their brick cell and just everything that goes along with how they take care of those who’ve crossed them is legit the first time I’ve read it. It’s dark, twisted and yet I’m all about it. Wonder what that says about me lol. 

This is a must read book!!! Void and Ivy are next and I’m jumping up and down in my seat excited to read it. Ivy stuck out big time in this book and I’m dying to get into her mind. 

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✯Release Review✯The Wives by Tarryn Fisher

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THE WIVES by Tarryn Fisher is LIVE!!!

“You’ll have whiplash until the very end.”—New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover

New York Times bestselling author Tarryn Fisher delivers a pulse-pounding, fast-paced suspense novel that will leave you breathless. A thriller you won’t be able to put down!

Thursday’s husband, Seth, has two other wives. She’s never met them, and she doesn’t know anything about them. She agreed to this unusual arrangement because she’s so crazy about him.

But one day, she finds something. Something that tells a very different—and horrifying—story about the man she married.

What follows is one of the most twisted, shocking thrillers you’ll ever read.

You’ll have to grab a copy to find out why.

✯✯5 Crazy Stars!!!✯✯ 

This is my first book by Tarryn Fisher and it’s definitely NOT going to be my last!! I was hooked from the blurb and hoped the book was as good as the blurb and it totally was. 

Thursday loves her husband Seth. But their marriage isn’t conventional and isn’t for everyone. Seth is married to Thursday and two other women. Yes, they’re in a plural marriage. Only Thursday doesn’t know Seth’s other wives. She doesn’t know anything about them other then they all share Seth. She doesn’t even know their names. They’re referred as “Monday” and “Tuesday” and Thursday’s OK with it. Or so she thought. 

When Thursday sees a paper for a Dr’s appointment in Seth’s pocket for a “Hannah” she wonders is that Tuesday’s real name. Thursday decides to do a drive-by to get a glimpse of what she looks like. Even though that’s totally against Seth’s rules she figures what he doesn’t know won’t hurt him. 

Thursday bumps into Hannah and realize they’re total opposites, from their looks to how they’re living and even how Seth treats them both. 

That one conversation with Hannah makes Thursday question everything about herself, her marriage and everything about Seth. Thursday wants answers from Seth but isn’t sure she’s ready or can handle the answers. 

Once I opened my kindle I couldn’t put it down until I finished! I legit couldn’t figure out what was going to happen next or what was real or who/what was fake or lying. 

I’ve always loved thrillers and suspense books. It’s why Stephen King has always been one of my favorite authors for as long as I can remember. I’ve been reading a lot of romance and fantasy/paranormal books for awhile now. So getting a chance to read this book was such a great treat. I’ve forgotten how much I love this genre and that I need to start reading it more often. 

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Tarryn Fisher is a New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of nine novels. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, she immigrated to America with her parents at the age of thirteen. She spent the next eighteen years in South Florida, where she earned her degree in Psychology. A sun hater, she currently makes her home in Seattle, Washington, with her children, husband and psychotic husky. Tarryn writers about villains and loves connecting with her readers on Instagram (@TarrynFisher, 61.9k followers). Visit her at TarrynFisher.com for more information, or check out her fashion blog at GuiseOfTheVillain.com. Tarryn is a Slytherin.

 

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✯Release Review✯Untwist (Unbound Trilogy #3) by Kathy Coopmans

Title: Untwist
Series: The Unbound Trilogy, Book 3
Author: Kathy Coopmans
Genre: Contemporary Romance

I waited ten years to grasp hold of a woman I knew was too good to be mine.

Back then, I had failed her. But I knew, somehow, someway, unknowingly to her, I’d find a way to make it up to her.

All the years in between, I watched her from afar. Keeping her safe, protecting her from the shadows that crept in the deep, dark of the night.

Then, out of the blue, she unraveled me with one sweep of her innocent little tongue.

The woman drew me straight toward all her light.

Blinding.

Intoxicatingly.

Mine.

It didn’t take long for me to come undone. Fall in love and change the course of my life.

Ellie Wynn had untwisted me from leading a lifestyle that should have never been mine.

Then fate gave us a crash course about how not all good things come to those who wait.

I’d failed her once again.

This time, her life is on the line.

✯✯5 Untwisted Stars!!!✯✯ 

I’m strung up because of it. I’m tumbling down because I should have known, the shadow that lurked in the night would steal her from me, in a blink of an eye.

And, now, I’m left to wonder how much can a person take before they break?

This is the last book in The Unbound Series and omg what an ending!! You definitely must read the first two books in this series before you read this. 

We pickup exactly where we left off. Shadow’s lied about his release date and he’s came for Logan and Ellie. Caught them by surprise. He’s shot Logan and left him for dead and taken Ellie but not before she fought for Logan. 

Logan knew he should’ve killed Shadow years ago and he’s regretted it ever since. Logan doesn’t plan on making that mistake again. But until he gets that chance he’s gotta take it easy. Logan’s been shot and his younger brothers and closest allies are banding together to find and get Ellie back home and serve up Shadow on a silver platter to Logan. Logan just has to be patient which he’s not known for doing. 

Ellie has lived in fear bc of Shadow since he entered her life and ESP since the night he attacked her. Ever since meeting Logan her entire life changed. She doesn’t want to love her life afraid and alone anymore. Ellie loves the light, happiness and strength Logan brought into her life. Ellie refuses to believe Logan died. She can feel him still and until he comes to rescue her she won’t backdown to Shadow and fight him off every chance she gets. 

Ellie is one strong woman. She never saw herself as strong and never stood up to her fears. Once Logan entered her life Ellie’s backbone came out and she embraced it. She fought and stood up for both herself as well for Logan. 

Logan’s always been a protector. He’s always looked after his brothers since they were younger. He even took over his fathers business that he never wanted. Protecting Ellie was no different. Logan has also loved Ellie since the instant he laid his eyes on her. Logan worships the ground that she walks on. 

These two are literally couple goals. Even when they’re at their lowest, after they’re in mourning a loss and dealing with physical and mental pain they still are madly in love and more worried about the other one before themselves. I’m so in love with Logan and Ellie and as much as I loved their story, I’m sad it’s over. 

I’m hoping Kathy is definitely writing Logan’s brothers stories bc those fine men desperately need HEA AS does Ellie’s best friend. 

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Once when I was a little girl, I dreamt that my dad painted our house pink because he wanted the whole city to know that inside the castle, lived his princess and his queen.

There were thick vines covered in bluebonnets that rose up from the ground and went past my bedroom window ending somewhere in the bright blue sky.

Below on the green grass stood my prince. I couldn’t see his face; I only knew he was someday going to climb up, and we were going to live happily ever after just like all the movies I watched with my mom and dad.

When I woke, I knew our house wasn’t pink, and I knew the man that stood there waiting for me wasn’t real. I pretended he was, and even though I thought boys were yucky, I remember telling my mom about the dream. She didn’t laugh and tell me it wasn’t real. She told me seeing was believing. She said children have a vibrant imagination and mine could be whatever I wanted it to be.

I wasn’t sure what I wanted to be. I only knew someday I wanted to be a mother.

I wanted someone to love me the way my dad loved my mom. So, I used my imagination, and I pretended and daydreamed as most little girls do. Sometimes, my dreams came vividly alive while I slept. Others would occur at random, like the times when my parents and I would lie in the field, surrounded by bluebonnets and gaze at the stars.

In this dream I’m having now, I’m hopelessly in love with a man with dark brown hair and the greenest eyes. A love like ours wasn’t a conventional type of love, but it’s our love, and it came on quickly. Beautiful to me, and everlasting.

In my dream, I’m holding a baby, and this man was holding me as we stared down at our unexpected miracle. I couldn’t tell if it was a girl or a boy. I couldn’t even see its face. I only knew it was a part of me and a part of him. Its heartbeat vibrant and steady. It has ten fingers, ten toes, and a head full of hair the same color as the man. It was perfect, it was healthy, and it was very much alive.

In my dream, there wasn’t a monster holding a gun; there were only beauty and peace and a whispering breeze of calm. In my dream, my parents are alive. My mother knew who I was, and my father, he wasn’t lost in his sea of pain.

I gasp, choking on my saliva, spitting it out and feeling it dribble down my chin as my dream switches directions. The gears start shifting. They grind making an awful noise, and my life swerves, spinning out of control. I come to a dead stop, ending with my worst nightmare in front of me.

A hallucination that can’t be real.

Unpredictable and volatile.

I blink and close my eyes several times to clear the fog. I need to see my baby’s face instead of the monster.

I open them slowly, to find my baby is gone. Sweat drips down my temples; dread surrounds me because as my hands frantically search for my child, it’s then I realize the man holding me isn’t the man I love, it’s the monster.

He’s found me.

Book 1: Unravel
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Book 2: Undone
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Book 3: Untwist
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USA Today Best Selling Author Kathy Coopmans is a Michigan native where she lives with her husband, Tony. They have two son’s Aaron and Shane.

She is a sports nut. Her favorite sports include NASCAR, Baseball, and Football.
She has recently retired from her day job to become a full-time writer.

She has always been an avid reader and at the young age of 50 decided she wanted to write. She claims she can do several things at once and still stay on task. Her favorite quote is “I got this.”

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