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Monty Jay

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Born

in Virginia , The United States

Website

https://linktr.ee/author.montyj

Genre

Romance, Fiction, Gothic

Influences

Stephen King, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, William Faulkner, Oscar Wi ...more

Member Since

May 2020

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Monty Jay is a dark romance author with titles published in multiple countries. Their books are for hopeless romantics with wicked hearts looking for their next morally grey hero. They call the Appalachian mountains home, along with their two furry friends, Poe and Maeve. When they aren’t writing you can find them reading anything Stephen King, in a tattoo chair or binging a new true crime documentary.

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Average rating: 4.02 · 170,884 ratings · 24,415 reviews · 14 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Lies We Steal (The Hollow Boys, #1) 3.63 avg rating — 46,984 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Truths We Burn (The Hollow Boys, #2) 4.17 avg rating — 32,919 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blood We Crave: Part One (The Hollow Boys, #3) 4.10 avg rating — 29,247 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blood We Crave: Part Two (The Hollow Boys, #4) 4.19 avg rating — 26,153 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Oath We Give (Hollow Boys, #5) 4.29 avg rating — 20,072 ratings — published 2023	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wrath of an Exile (River Styx Heathens, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 11,039 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love & Hockey (Fury, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 1,858 ratings — published 2020 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ice Hearts (Fury, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 976 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shattered Ice (Fury, #3) 4.10 avg rating — 866 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blind Pass 4.25 avg rating — 648 ratings — published 2021 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Monty Jay

Hollow Boys (5 books)
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“Malnourished hearts will feast on anything that resembles love.”
― Monty Jay, The Blood We Crave: Part One

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“I missed you too,” I snicker, my voice raw and scratchy. “I did miss you. It’s just…” he whispers softly. “Can I keep you?” And my soul breaks because of it.”
― Monty Jay, The Truths We Burn

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“I’m keeping you.”
… “You’ve always had me, Rook. Always.”
― Monty Jay, The Truths We Burn

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Monty’s Quotes

“B walked into my life thinking he was just another person, but he walked out of it being the other piece of my soul.”
― Monty Jay, Love & Hockey

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“I knew that something had burst into our lives, something like fate. It messed with our strings, the ones that tie human beings. Fate twisted, looped, and knotted ours. Until it was so messy, so dirty, they weren't strings anymore.”
― Monty Jay, Love & Hockey

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“Bishop is more than just a person to me, he’s my person.”
― Monty Jay, Love & Hockey

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“What I have learned about life is that letting go doesn’t mean loving any less.”
― Monty Jay, Love & Hockey

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“What does that make me, B?"
Without hesitation, no doubt, he responds with something I never saw coming.
"You're everything, Vallie.”
― Monty Jay, Love & Hockey

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