Craving Hex

by Ashlee Rose

BOOK TWO IN THE RISQUÉ READS SERIES.
Interconnected Stand-alone's.
Can be read as complete stand alone, but Lauren does appear briefly in Seeking Hallow.

Craving Hex
Book 2 in the Risqué Reads series.

Forbidden.
Taboo.
So wrong, yet so right.

Lauren should have never craved her step-brother Hex, but her craving became more like an addiction.

When she caught her boyfriend Jed cheating on her, Hex made his intentions known. Lauren tried to ignore him, but the pull just became too much. Before Lauren knew what was happening, she and Hex were sinning together.

Craving Hex is a short, smut-filled novella with mature themes. 18+

Genres: Novella, Romance, Enemies To Lovers, Forbidden Romance, Smut, Forced Proximity, Dark Romance

50 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 21, 2023

About the author

Ashlee Rose lives in the UK where she resides with her husband, three children and her crazy cockapoo.

When Ashlee isn't being a stay at home mum and housewife, she is losing herself in her steamy romance novels and swoon worthy alphas.

Ashlee has always been an avid reader of romance and lives in a fantasy world.

In 2018, she decided to try her hand at writing, a few months later Something New was published. After vowing to finish the Entwined In You series and leaving it at that, Ashlee got the itch to continue and has many more romance novels up her sleeve.


Ashlee is on all social media platforms so go over and give her a follow.

Reviews

[Ana · Rating 4 out of 5]

хотілось би більш розширеної версії книги

[disha · Rating 4 out of 5]

✨ 𝐀𝐑𝐂 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 ✨
when the readers note says it's pure smut! it filled with pure filthy smut! i just received this book 30 mins ago and i immediately started when i heard the book tropes!

𝙍𝙖𝙩𝙚: ★★★★
𝙎𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙚: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️.75
𝙀𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜: HEA
𝙋𝙊𝙑: Dual

𝙂𝙚𝙣𝙧𝙚: Forbidden Romance
𝙏𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚: step sibling to lovers/ bad boy x good girl
𝙆𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙨: praise kink
𝙏𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜: cheating not by MMC

𝙈𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬:
holy!! this is so spicy! i think i just came 💦Super filthy specially the church scene. Hex craving her step sister knowing that it's wrong he didn't cared bout the society! One smutty moment in church took a turn and they finally realised how much they crave each other!!

Highly recommended!!

𝙌𝙪𝙤𝙩𝙚:
• So wrong together, but yet it felt so right.
My constant craving, my darling Hex.
Here’s to our forever and ever.

• “I feel like sinning with you,”
“Plus, I am fucking starving,”

⛔ 𝙈𝙮 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙩, 𝙧𝙖𝙬, 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙘, 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩 𝙛𝙚𝙬 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨. ⛔
⚠️ 𝘾𝙝𝙚𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜

[Neelakshi · Rating 1 out of 5]

“I need to make love to you,” he chokes, gasping as he breaks away, “I promise I’ll fuck you hard and fast after, but right now, I have these unfamiliar feelings suffocating me and all I want to do is fuck you right.”

Man said it like making love to her was a chore he needed to get over with😭

[Lunarbookwyrm aka Phoebe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Her boyfriend cheated on her stepbrother is about to step in. She “hates” his guts or so they say they hate each other but as usual I’m always loving the hate ducking. I’m here for the smut and I got what I need.

💋Enemies to lovers
💋stepbrother romance
💋alphahole who takes what he wants
💋 smutty, short, and filthy plus HEA

Rating 4 ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
Spice Level 3/5🌶️ 🌶️ 🌶️

[౨ৎ]

craving sex or whatever that was

[Natasha Allen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was good but sooo short and so abrupt!!

[sophhhhh · Rating 2 out of 5]

1.75

[Emma Hutton · Rating 3 out of 5]

A spicy 50 pages.

[Meagan Lambrecht · Rating 5 out of 5]

Omg, I'm loving these little novella's so much! Again one that didn't disappoint at all 😍
Short and spicy, a perfect read for a mood reader like myself. ❤️

And the confession booth, guuuuuuuurl... 🤣🫠

[Madison Drumm · Rating 3 out of 5]

“𝙂𝙤 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙡.” 𝙃𝙚 𝙨𝙢𝙞𝙧𝙠𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙥𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙚𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙣𝙖𝙥𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙤𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙜𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙝. “𝙊𝙝, 𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙄’𝙢 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙄’𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙚.”

If you're a fan of taboo romance with a lot of heat, this one's for you! Hex, the bad boy with a surprising soft side, has undeniable chemistry with Lauren. Their dynamic is intense, and the tension between them is off the charts. The book is packed with steamy moments that will keep you hooked, and Hex's possessiveness and dirty talk add to the excitement. Lauren, dealing with a cheating ex, finds herself drawn to Hex, and things quickly heat up. While there were some grammatical issues that distracted from the story, the steamy romance definitely kept me reading. It’s a quick, spicy read perfect for fans of forbidden romance—or for anyone who just needs to get their rocks off!

“𝘿𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙢, 𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙡. 𝙄’𝙡𝙡 𝙛 𝙪𝙘𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙞𝙢.”

“𝙄 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙇𝙖𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙣. 𝙔𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙚. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙚.”

“𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙡 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙬𝙣, 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙮 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙩 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙄 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙪𝙥𝙩 𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣.”

Tropes:
Enemies to lovers
Stepbrother romance
Alphahole who takes what he wants
Novella
Church scene
HEA

[Brittanie England · Rating 5 out of 5]

Release Review

This is book 2 two of the risqué reads series and was originally only available on Ashlee’s Patreon!

I loved this book!! Everything about this novella is amazing!! This book is all based all about Lauren and Hex and very heavy on smut! I’m here for it!!!

Lauren and Hex! WOO they are mind blowing and I loved loved loved the “church scene”! It will definitely make you blush! I thought I knew where it was going but damn…. It flies right past and beyond!

This is a forbidden romance between step siblings! Their push and pull of their relationship is amazing! I love the bad boy and good girl match! It’s a perfect And extremely spicy novella!



Patreon Review 10.31.2022
YES! Everything about this novella is amazing! I am so glad to be apart of Ashlee’s Patreon and this is the reason! I will support her in everything!

Lauren and Hex! WOO they are mind blowing and I loved loved loved the “church scene”! It will defiantly make you blush! I thought I knew were it was going but damn…. It fly right past and beyond!

[Courtney Tremble · Rating 3 out of 5]

enemies to lovers/taboo

Short, spicy, taboo, enemies to lovers, magic. The connection is undeniable, lust the driving force between them, and they know it’s wrong. But that doesn’t stop them.

“Don’t waste your tears over him, angel. I’ll f uck you right and make you forget all about him.”

“Go to f ing h ell.” He smirks as he wipes the spit from his cheek then snaps his head back towards me and grits his teeth. “Oh, I will be and after I’m finished with you, I’ll be dragging you down there with me.”

“You’re wet for me baby, just admit it.” “Bite me,” I snap. “Oh, I will.”

“The devil made me his own, making my body react in a way it never had before and all I could think about was when he was going to corrupt me again.”

“Hex, please,” I beg, “we have to stop.” My hips buck, my fingers clasping at his bare skin. “I can’t,” he breathes, his lips lowering down over mine, “I need you, I don’t care what people think Lauren. You’re mine. You belong to me.”

[Katie Murphy · Rating 4 out of 5]

My jaw was on the floor for the entire length of this novella because OH MY LORD IT WAS DELICIOUSLY SINFUL and I loved every minute of it.

If Ashlee writes it I will read it no questions asked👀 The entire church moment I could not breathe- Ashlee knows what she’s doing in the smut department🥵

If you are looking for a spicy, taboo, step sibling novella then this is definitely the book for you.

Thank you to the Author for providing this book for my honest review.

[Navss (read.yourbooks) · Rating 4 out of 5]

THE MIRROR SCENE??!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥

Do read the author's note because this novella is purely smut, little to no storyline but oh my god it's Strangers to enemies→enemies to step siblings→step siblings to lovers!!

[dais · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was pure FILTH 🔥
Step sibling romance will forever be my favourite and Ashlee fucking smashed it!!!!
10 chapters of pure toe curling smut!!!!!
my heart is owned by Ashlee’s men <3

[Nat]

a smutty novella

[Deseree · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ir was a spicy good time. Really quick read of smut when you need it

[Kerry Barratt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Exactly what it says on the tin. 50 pages of pure smut. I would have liked this to be a full novel, but I'll settle for what I got

[Samantha · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.75

I really enjoyed this book so much it was very spicy and smutty between Hexley and Lauren in the book and especially love the church scene with the confession box and I really like that Lauren and hallow are still friends from the first novella and it’s a forbidden romance between step siblings and bad boy x good girl trope and not a fan of Jed Lauren’s cheating ex boyfriend in the book and I love reading Ashlee rose writing and that Lauren has to move back home with her mum and step dad Christopher and step brother hex and I love that this was a very quick and spicy read and I can’t wait to read the next book in the series and I love that hex nicknames for Lauren such as brat and little one and I like that hex and Lauren parents were okay with this

Very spicy and smutty
Dual PoV
Forbidden romance
Step-siblings
Bad boy x good girl
Praise kink
Cheating boyfriend not MMC
From stingers to step siblings to lovers
50 pages
Part of risqué reads series

[Khae De jesus · Rating 5 out of 5]

I received this book from Ashlee Rose in exchange for an honest review.

CRAVING HEX

Spice Rating 8/10
Book rating: 5/5


This is RISQUE!!! :) I like how the POV of switches from Lauren to Hex. You get to see the best of both worlds. This mostly targeted on mature readers and people of love to read spicy content. This has a slow burn as the story progresses. Spicy moments of the books looks that you want to re create. I enjoyed reading every page. Ashlee Rose’s creation of the story as always is not always about the spice but also about creating a wonderful story to impart to her readers. The only thing I am not a fan of is that it is painfully short and I want more!! :) Thats how good it is. :) Making you read some more. :)

[Samantha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Raw, passionate, possessive & Sinful!!!

Straight off the bat the Author address’ that if you’re looking for plot look elsewhere. This is pure smut. If thats what youre after then dive right in 🥵 Hex & Lauren are step-siblings. They have a typical sibling relationship - mostly hate. But underneath that is the lust.. the temptation. The crave!! Hex goes for it and slowly makes Lauren come around to the idea of sinning with him and where best to persuade her but at church 🫠 that scene was 🔥🔥 and to top it, infront of her ex who she caught cheating. This was a fun, fast, filthy ride. I loved every second!!

[Cdoc's Library · Rating 3 out of 5]

Take me to church indeed, dear lord 🫠

5 million stars for that church scene. It's been a while since I've read such a scandalous revenge moment, and that was good not gonna lie 🥵

The rest of it though, was severely lacking. It had more substance than the last novella which I appreciated, but it was still really choppy.

In the end, it's simply a smutty novella and I knew that going in. Definitely a good enough way to spend like an hour, and that church scene alone made it well worth my time 😏

[Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

I have no idea what I just read and I have no idea if I actually enjoyed it???

Saw a reel on booksta and thought ooo church sex, that sounds fun

The authors note at the start literally says there’s little to no plot and pure smut and she wasn’t lying

I’ve been in a proper book slump, not being able to concentrate to read any of the books I currently have started and I don’t know if this has made it better or worse?

Send help

[Carrie West · Rating 4 out of 5]

You did what where?

For a novella, there was a lot more than “only”dirtiness. Don’t get me wrong, now. Bring on all the dirtiness, but having more was much appreciated for this. How she got back at Jed was spectacular. That for sure was top three favorite moments in this. Another being the parents. They are the best.

[Alicia S · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well okay then

3 ⭐️
5/5 🌶️

For a spicy novella this one goes the distance. Quick - spicy - no plot. It works for what it’s written for. I don’t know why the author thought she needed to make these two fall for each other in less than 50 pages - like come on now unrealistic and no build up and it wasn’t even necessary haha let smüt be smüt

[Anj · Rating 4 out of 5]

Stars: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

This was such a steamy novella!! I love a taboo romance so when I saw “stepbrother” I knew I was going to enjoy this. This book is primarily smut with very little or hardly any plot. If you’re not into a book that is purely smut I wouldn’t recommend this. Me on the other hand? I loved it!!! That church scene was just *chefs kiss*

[Sandy · Rating 4 out of 5]

#2 in the series and definitely better than the first. I hope it gets even better in the rest of the series! Definitely liked the MMC in this one. If you are a fan of the enemies to lovers trope and enjoy taboo romances, you'll like this quick read.

P.S., the church scene alone bumped this rating up +1 ⭐ for meeee 🫠🔥

[booking _with_romancegirl · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hex is a bad boy who heart was way better than I thought

The book was really good I had a little bit of a disconnect just because of the Religious aspect of it but other than that the book was really good I feel that hexley a little bit more soft and sweet but his dirty talk and possesiveness is what makes him so tempting

[FiveAcreReads · Rating 5 out of 5]

Did I immediately read this the second it downloaded to my Kindle? YES. Holy hell, this book has me PANTING. Such a good quick read!

“I feel like sinning with you” had me 🫠🥵

As with ALL books, please check the TW’s and also read the blurbs!

[joanne29 · Rating 5 out of 5]

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

Book 2 - this book is a spicy, hot read! I love reading a step-brother book and this doesn’t disappoint. Hex is a dominating alpha that is oh so hot - who goes after what he wants. If you want a quick, spicy read then this is for you. Give it a try - you will love it!