Dark, Reverse Harem, Reviews, Romance

Stolen (Saving Setora #1) by Raven Dark & Petra J. Knox

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Synopsis:

It all began when the road warriors found me outside Hell’s Burning, lost and dehydrated. When the bikers took me into The Compound, I thought I was saved.

Especially when, as a Violet—a rare genetic anomaly prized above all—I’m taken in and raised by one of the wealthiest men in the world. Educated and groomed by the best teachers money could buy, I mistakenly thought he had a great future planned for me, one in which I’d be cared for and cherished.

I was wrong.

For centuries, women have been sold as slaves. In my 18th year, my benefactor reveals a truth that shatters my world. I’m to be put on display before the wealthiest of society at one of the biggest auctions this world has ever seen…as a slave.

But that night at the auction, something goes wrong. I am stolen by members of the infamous Dark Legion, a road warrior crew feared the world over. Torn from the only world I have ever known, now I have not one master, but four.

I shouldn’t want these dangerous, deadly men with their leather cuts and their growling bikes, but the deeper my captors draw me into their dark and twisted world, the more I crave what they do to me. They stole me from a powerful man who’ll stop at nothing to get me back. If I don’t find a way to escape soon, my new masters might just steal my heart.

***Stolen is Book One of the Saving Setora series, a dark, dystopian Reverse Harem romance with biker tones. There is no cheating, and the final book ends with an HEA for Setora and her four men. This full length novel contains triggering elements and four twisted heroes who know how to own a woman right.


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This book…. oh this book… It had SOOO much potential and the authors could have done so much with the story. Unfortunately, the way they decided to go was all wrong.

You see, I’m trying not to completely rant and be mean to the authors with this review. So with that being said, all I’m going to say is that I did not like this book. At all. I found the main male interests to be highly abusive, sadistic, and Setora’s relationship was unbelievably unhealthy. To illustrate how messed up her relationship with them was, I am going to share this quote:

“My masters were monsters, but they were my monsters, and they’d protect me from far, far worse ones.”

After reading that quote, do I really need to give any other evidence to show how wrong these men were for Setora? I am a hopeless romantic and I let a lot of things slide when it comes to morally grey male characters, but this book pushed even ME over the edge. I just can’t do it and I will definitely not be continuing the series.

ARCs, Contemporary, Reviews, Romance

Biker Baby (Kings of Mayhem MC #3) by Penny Dee

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Synopsis:

I was about to make a huge mistake.
And when I say huge, I mean, approximately ten inches’ worth of mistake.
But after the week I’d had, this was just what I needed. A night of big bad mistakes with a big bad biker.

Honey Scott
Finding out your boyfriend is a cheating loser is a real buzz kill. Finding out you’re actually the other woman, is devastating. Call it temporary insanity, but I decide the best way to get over the loser I’d dated for two years is to get under a biker with tattoos, dimples and a hard body he knows how to use.

He’s going to make everything better with numerous mind-blowing orgasms. But just for one night.

Except one faulty condom means my one-night stand isn’t so one-night after all.

Caleb Calley
After a night of insane sex, the beautiful blue-eyed brunette gave me the slip. And even with all the women on offer afterwards, I can’t get her off my mind. So when she turns up at the Kings of Mayhem MC compound I’m quick to give her a second night of amazing sex and crazy orgasms. But this time, I’m not ready to let her go.

There’s just one problem— she’s not interested.

But if she thinks she’s going to give me the slip again, then she’s got another thing coming. I know she is keeping a secret from me but I don’t care what it is. I want her and I’m going to make her mine.

Biker Baby, book three in the Kings of Mayhem MC series.


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“Welcome to hell, ladies.”

*I received an eARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*

I really liked this book. The pacing was spot on and the story line immediately grabbed me. The characters were developed really well and the romance was perfectly done. This book ended up being so much more than a romance though. It was about family and trust and letting go of the past.

Honey & Caleb- I loved these two. I thought that they both progressed well separately and together. They started out with trust issues and past mistakes haunting them. Watching them grow and learn to overcome that was beautiful.

Cade & Indy- Before reading this book, I had not read the previous books in this series about Cade and Indy. But I sure am now. I need these two’s story and, going off of what I saw in this book, I just know it’s going to be great.

Autumn- How could I not love Autumn? Not only do we share a name, but she is a great character on top of that! She is hilarious and so outspoken. I am SOOOO hoping that a book about her and Maverick is in the works. I would just eat that story up like candy.

Grandma Sybil- That woman was an absolute joy to have in the book. She was not what I was expecting at all and the scenes with her in it constantly had me laughing.

Chance- I really need his story… Like yesterday. I have heard that his book is the next one and you better believe that I will be reading that!

Overall, I really enjoyed this book. It was a brilliant blend of dark and light and exactly what I needed! I need more of these characters as well as this series.