Axel Creed is a world-class partier. He loves women, especially ones with long legs and a six-pack. He's earned his Rabies, on and off the field. He's the craziest of the Fearless Five, and he takes pride in all the debauchery he's committed. But he’s had a secret since freshman year. He’s obsessed with Scarlett Quinn even though she’s not his usual type. Thoughts of her curvy figure haunt his nights. It’s been two years since Axel first noticed Scarlett. He’s stalked her, learned her mannerisms, and now he means to have her.
Scarlett Quinn has a secret of her own. She's a hard worker and wants to be a journalist after graduation. She dreams of becoming a household name. As Axel tries to pursue her, she runs at first. She's always liked her boys a lot more tame. Axel is intense, and her natural-born submissive nature loves his assertive dominance.
Axel's kisses burn brighter than any Louisiana sunset. Why can't she resist him, and why can't he forget her? Is this a match made in Heaven or a disaster waiting to happen? With every great love story, there is opposition, and drama will abound throughout. But when Scarlett gets a tip for the school newspaper that she has to investigate, Axel will stop at nothing to keep her safe. This is a darker story than Book #1. Axel is not a villain, but he isn’t a hero either. So, when a murder happens on campus, he’s not above morally grey decisions to keep Scarlett safe. Will outside forces keep them apart, or will they find the love they have always dreamed of?
This book was so god damn good. I loved every second of it. I think Scarlett definitely dreamed Axel up from her dirtiest book boyfriend fantasies. Axel embodies all the best book boyfriend tropes 🙌
Axel is OBSESSED with Scarlett from the second he sees her, like can't be with anyone else, sneaks into her bedroom at night, and scares off any other man obsessed, and I am all for that obsession.
The chemistry between Axel and Scarlett is off the charts hot. Scarlett is a natural submissive, and Axel is more than happy to dominate her.
The story had me hooked from the very first page, and I couldn't put it down. I was more than happy to get lost in the world of the fearless again.
I loved how confident Scarlett was. She had no illusions about herself, she knows she's a big girl and she works it and she doesn't let it stop her from doing what she wants.
I couldn't recommend this book enough. Do yourself a favour and dive straight in to meet your new book boyfriend obsession 🫠
I was invested in this read from the start! I couldn’t wait to see what was in store for Axel and Scarlett next. Axel definitely had the overprotective alpha demeanor, and Scarlett was the more introverted, “wallflower” type who still didn’t take any sh*t, or was quickly learning not to. Also loved seeing plus size representation with a curvy FMC! It was instant love for Axel, he absolutely falls first. Scarlett was just as attracted but needed a little convincing. Their love story is packed with sexual tension and lots of spice. There were also a lot of twists for these two that kept me turning the pages (not going to give any spoilers). Overall a great book I’d recommend you pick up!
OMG!!!! This book to me is beyond 5 stars, I want a Axel Creed. I was so happy when I was reading that Scarlett was a bigger size girl whom fell in love with a big time football player. There story starts off when Axel sees her at the freshman orientation. He begins thinking of her nonstop for two years he wanted her and finally one day he got the nerve and told her. From there on he was obsessed with her. I highly recommend this book I couldn’t put it down. I want more. I didn’t want it to end.
OMG OMG I didn’t want it to end!!!! Scarlet and axels love story is amazing!! I have a huge crush on Axel!!! Once I started reading I couldn’t stop!!! This story is amazing and can’t wait for more!!!!
I really liked the book, it's sweet and just a tad bit stabby. My favorite quote? 'But you won, didn't you?' I had to hold in my laugh because it's 8:47am and my other half is asleep. Lmao.
I have no words Ellis Worth you did it again this book had me hook line and sinker i love you’re work the first book and now the second book my heart holds a special place for both books I can’t wait for more to come your an absolutely amazing writer how you make it seem like we are part of the story is absolutely amazing 10/10 recommend can’t wait for more books from you 🖤🖤🖤🖤
This book was so good! I read it in a day. I'm convinced that i need a man like Axel Creed! I loved how sassy Scarlett was throughout the book and kept gaining her confidence. So good!
CAPTIVATING read! It was soooooo good! Axel is 🥵! And the way he is absolutely OBSESSED and in love with Scarlett! Great story! Amazing writing! All around GREAT read!
Axel saw Scarlett and was instantly interested but watched her for two years following her and learning about her. Scarlett was attracted to Axel but he’s not her type. The next thing she knows this Axel is making his mood, and she runs, but his dominance calls to her submissive side. Scarlett is a journalist and has a meeting learning some information that she has to check out. This becomes dangerous and Axel is going to do anything to keep her safe. Can they be together and stay safe ? Great characters and storyline Highly recommended Amazing book. I love Axel and Scarlett. Great supporting characters. This book has all the feels. Check your trigger warnings. I absolutely love this book and series can’t wait to see what’s next.
My lord,…..Whew! If you have any self doubt as a curvy girl or just self doubt as a woman this book is for you! Let me tell you what❤️. Axel Creed is such a contradiction in today’s society as a whole. He is the star football player, looks that will knock you off your feet and an obsession for Scar! Scar is one of those girls that are on the sidelines looking into a world she thinks she would never forget into. HA!!
She is someone after my own heart. She is self assured in herself but never thought she would get the man she wants. Axel proves to her that he is not like all the other men. She is naturally submissive and gravitates to Axel as an alpha male. Yes, yes he is an alpha male. This is a story of a man that will no longer see her as a wallflower. What a beautifully written story about love, connection, compassion and the commitment these two characters have for each other. It’s steamy and captivating with each chapter I read. Ellis pulled me in like a moth to a flame and it was beautiful! 5🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 6🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Let me start by saying I do NOT read sports books unless it’s just a flash mention somewhere. Just not something I typically enjoy. The cover, although beautiful almost lead me to bypass this. I would have KICKED myself for not giving it a try. This is so much more than your typical sports read, that just happens to be what they do but never takes away from your plot!! This story was intriguing and overall well laid out and planned. The writing was spot on and the delivery had me saying, just one more chapter, every damn chapter!!! The possessive, stalker ish, Alpha MMC was ohhh sooo perfection to me. Your FMC, that’s meeee! I love that I could relate to her character, the book worm, the curvy size, the thoughts running through her brain throughout the story, it’s so damn relatable! The banter between them, omg amazing! I loved it all and as a 1st time reader, I am now a fan!!! Well done!!
This story is definitely for readers who love reading dark romance with the element of mystery to keep the engagement. Axel and Scarlett’s chemistry was one of the reasons I enjoyed reading this book and I really liked how they brought out different sides of one another. The spice and the suspense kept me wanting one more chapter every single time and even though Axel is the definition of a red flag, I was here for it!! The story was well thought out and kept me intrigued throughout and I can’t wait until the next book!
Hero or villain? You'll have to decide after reading this story of one AXEL CREED and his "WALLFLOWER" Scarlett! This sport's romance will surely put you in your "sports reading era"! When Axel sets eyes on Scarlett her freshman year he vows to make her his, but will he? He's learned her every detail. Will the most sought after football partier on campus settle down? What happens when Scarlett is hiding a secret of her own? This story, with all its twists and turn will truly captivate you. I ate this book up and low key want this relationship for me, minus a few things they may do..... or maybe I do..
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Absolutely loved this book!!!!! I love the chemistry and the way the author gave life to these characters. I was stuck and glued to this book the second I started to read . Gahhhhhhh I loved it so much!!
The story was a little too immature and all over the place for me. I was losing the very little interest I had in this book when he went from wanting to claiming her to agreeing to fake date? I can’t 🤦🏻♀️ I couldn’t get into it or like any of the characters.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Wallflower No More is a twisted feel-good book, to me at least. Scarlett Quinn is a plus sized, curvy FMC who has become accustomed to standing on the sidelines of life. That is, until freshman orientation, when she bumps into the elusive Axel Creed, the strong, unattainable, and morally grey MMC. That day changed their lives.. she just didn't know it yet.
I won't say more because it's a captivating read, but it deserves to be unfolded as you read it.
While the journey was rocky, I loved the ending.. 🖤 beautifully written - also LOVED the nicknames! 🥀
This book was a great follow up to Learning to Love. I enjoyed the suspense and the spice was fantastic. Two words, Axel Creed. Good lord. The man is a walking red flag with a bull horn and I’m like a moth to a flame. It is always a bonus for me when the heroine is plus size. There needs to be more representation in romance. I absolutely loved the epilogue, but I want more of Axel and Scarlett’s story! Maybe someday…..
Okay, Axel Creed’s story, is much darker than I thought it would be. What we did see of him in the first book seemed more playful but with an edge. Axel, in this book comes with a lot of issues. Not all of his issues are of his making, but as an adult, he has to learn to take responsibility for them. He has to know that stalking, illegal use of cameras, and bribery are not legal. Yet, he did it anyway. There is only one person he would do this for, and that is Scarlett Quinn a curvy girl she is nothing like any of the women he has bedded before.
Dating was never part of the equation because he knew Creeds didn't have it in their DNA to ever be married and settle down. However, in his freshman year, he catches sight of Scarlett, and he is lost to all other women. They are both juniors and for the past two years, Axel has stalked her all without her knowing until... Knowing. His dating or even looking at other women was nonexistent. Mainly hanging with the team or guys from the house, his housemates, the Fearless Five part of the football team at The University of Texas. Now that she was living alone away from her cousin, Janet, he had amped up his stalking of her place. It was on the seeder side of town.
His winter break was brutal. Now it was August. Axel had kept away from his girl because of his billionaire father. He would never approve of Scarlett because everything with his father was smoke and mirrors. Axel had to make sure he could provide for a future he hoped to have with Scarlett. However, when he sees her at the Fraternity Luau with Ethan Chambray, and he is with his arm draped over her shoulder he loses it. Especially, when he had warned Ethan off twice already. Let's just say there was an altercation, and Ethan didn't win that round.
When Scarlett stormed off it was Axel who went after her. He knew enough about her habits to know exactly where she would be. Welcome to their meet-cute. Most girls would be put off by his stalkerish ways. Not Scarlett. She’s into dark romances, and she’s into all kinds of tropes really. Just know that someone who Scarlett thinks is her friend is not, and it's a good thing Axel is so possessive. One thing this author can do is capture you quickly and even though your mind is telling you this is too far-fetched. You still can want to read.
DAMN!!!! I love romance stories with realistic curvy female main characters and the unhinged men who can’t get enough of them and become totally obsessed. This was one of those kinds of stories. I was hooked from page one and could not put this one down. When I turned that last page, I wanted more, and I didn’t want to let these amazing characters go.
I fell in love with Scarlett right from the very start. This girl has my heart. She is so relatable that all of her struggles with weight, friendships and family, were things I could understand completely. Scarlett is so sweet, slightly innocent and is totally submissive (perfect for a domineering alpha).
Axel, now this is a man that is morally-gray, totally obsessed and undeniably unhinged. At times he had my head spinning from all of the whiplash he was giving me. He took one look at Scarlett and vowed from that point on he would make her his no matter what. But first he would stalk her for a few years. He needed to find the best opportunity to take the plunge and make it hard for her to say no.
Scarlett lets Axel tell her how things are going to be and the submissive inside her allows it to happen. She may think that this is just a game to Axel because how can someone her size get someone as sexy as him, but Axel is about to prove to her that what he feels for her is 100% real. He will do anything for her, protect her anyway he can and take care of her forever.
Scarlett and Axel’s back and forth banter had me laughing out loud and then gushing with love over them both. Their sexual chemistry was undeniably hot and I loved how Scarlett just went with everything Axel wanted to do to her (I probably would too as he is one filthy, dirty talker).
This was a beautifully written story with such amazing and relatable characters (even if Axel is completely crazy and obsessed) and with a storyline that was filled with wonderful friendships, funny moments, compassion, healing, passion and an all-consuming love.
How are there so many 4 and 5 star reviews. This book goes downhill right from the first chapter. I'm always against female authors romanticising toxic male behaviour.
There were so many problems with this book. I didn't understand the pacing. Scenes changed so quick that we are unable to understand the setting. The rapid introduction of characters at any point was disorienting. The dialogues were cringe. Especially the interactions between Scarlett and Jared. Not a single character was likeable. There were multiple typos with errors even in the character's names like Jaxon becomes Jackson and Axel becomes Axle. What the hell!!! Don't start on the grammatical errors and punctuations.
But the worst of all was Axel. If women met a guy like Axel in real life they would have had a restraining order against him. Don't justify toxicity with good looks and bad childhood. Axel stalks Scarlett for 2 years. Makes a copy of her house keys and would stare at her every night when she slept. Seriously!!!?!! And Scarlett says it's sweet. She just ends up having sex with him. Scarlett is supposed to be a submissive who doesn't counter Axel at all. She does whatever he tells her and gets horny with his toxicity shows. She implants a tracking device on her body and justifies it by saying that she could do the same with him. (I just... Can't).
Wallflower No More by Ellis Worth (The Fearless: Book 2)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫/🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
✅ Stalker ✅ Possessive MMC ✅ Curvy Bookish FMC ✅ Fake Dating ✅ Dark College Romance ✅ BD$M
TW: Drugging, R@pe, Murder.
Two years. Two years he’s been watching her, waiting for the right time to claim her. The second their eyes locked at Freshman orientation, he knew he had to make her his. The problem? He knew his father would never approve. Creed men only dated supermodels and Scarlett was anything but. Axel didn’t care. She was his.
Scarlett has never been the thin popular one, that’s her nasty cousin Janet. Everyone in her life has reminded her that because she’s bigger, she’s worth less. So she’s confused when the super popular football player is literally stalking her. After two years, she’s about to find out.
Will a terrible event threaten their new found happiness? Can Axel get to his girl in time?
I loved this book so much! Axel and Scarlett’s story was so sweet (we love an obsessed stalker)! Their chemistry is amazing and I really enjoyed the way they brought out each other’s dominant and submissive sides. I can’t wait for the next book!
Thank you, Ellis Worth and Passion Author Services for an ARC of this book! My review is mine and freely given!
- fake dating - stalker - alphahero - college/sports romance - possessive MMC - plus size FMC - fast read (I was 40% in before I knew it)
4.5 STARS!
This is Book 2 in The Fearless series. This is a standalone series so you don't have to read Book 1 in order to read this one. BUT it does mention and dances around some things that happened in Learning To Love. I will be going back to read LTL, because now it has me curious!
HOLY MOLY! The RED flags be REDding with this one.... haha THe majority of the time while reading I was thinking, "Why? How? Why has she not called the cops? How is she okay with ALLL (because there's a lot) of the things???" But at the same time I could NOT stop. I will say if any of that happened in real life it would not be okay, but you just have to remember it is fiction. Our FMC is not a pushover and is no longer a wallflower.
I will be going back to read Learning To Love, which follows Dani & The Jake Ryan soon. I need to know what happened in their book!
:: TWO OF MY FAVORITE QUOTES ::
"My Scarlett lives her life like she's destined to be a wallflower, but a sunflower can't be called by any other name."
"I love you forever." She smiles. "Forever and a day."
Book : Wallflower No More (The Fearless: Book Two) Author : @authorellisworth Ratings : ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
ARC REVIEW
This tale of Axel Creed's obsession with Scarlett Quinn kept me hooked with intriguing twists and a thrilling plot.
Axel and Scarlett's love story was more like a thrilling experience with a well-developed storyline and equally developed characters and their pasts. The author intricately described each part in detail.
Axel's dark, intimidating character had many shades, which was like a treat to read. The author made sure to make his character more interesting.
Scarlett's character was a delight to read her determination to become a journalist and her inner turmoils were so well expressed.
Axel and Scarlett's chemistry was also one of the reasons why I really loved reading this book.
This dark love story with hot chemistry is definitely a must-read for readers who love reading intense dark romance with mystery elements that will keep them engrossed.
I really enjoyed this book. Football playboy Axel Creed has many secrets, one of which is that he's been obsessed with curvy Scarlett Quinn since freshman year of College, and he's now more determined than ever to win her over.
Axel is 🥵🔥 and his chemistry with Scarlett was insanely addicting. Axel isn't your average hero. He's a very grey, domineering figure with a lot of baggage from his childhood, which makes him and this story flow so well.
This book had me hooked from the beginning and I finished it in one sitting. Scarlett's confidence was admirable. I adored that she didn’t let anything get in the way of her dreams and she wasn’t going to change who she was or how she looked for anybody.
Thank you to the author and Passion Author Services for this ARC. I am leaving this review voluntarily.
Kinda came in like a palette cleanser, I needed something to wrap me up and steal my attention, and this absolutely did!
Axel is so unh!nged, honestly the things he did - are a 🚩- however, I am into it.
The self restraint - is to me admirable, despite other actions - that may suggest otherwise. 😉
Scarlett - May every bookish girl find her own Axel, because YAS QUEEN! So exciting to see her get that deserved recognition & love, and of course attention.
Will definitely be continuing the series (and rewinding to read the first one!)
All I have to say is Axel Creed is one of my favorite characters!!! This man is obsessive, protective, dominant, and stalker not to mention a bedroom king. The way he would literally do anything for his girl is breathtaking. Scarlett starts to break out of her shell and becomes this amazingly strong, successful woman. She doesn't let things get to her and even helps someone in a huge way. This book was deliciously sweet in all the right ways!! The plot twist on here was amazing. The ending was definitely a chefs kiss.
My first book from Ellis Worth and I'm glad I got the chance to read 😊
Axel is the football jock that we all love to hate and bonus,he come with some red flags while Scarlett was quiet down to earth person. Opposites attract in the best way possible. I love how Axel knew what he wanted and wouldn't take no for an answer. The little spicy 🔥 time within 10% was nice 🥵
This was a fantastic read! I love a well written sports romance and this was so easy to get into. I was hooked in from the prologue. Loved Scarlett- she is sure of herself but also used to being on the side lines quite a bit. Her chemistry with Axel is fab- he falls first and hard and makes very sure that she soon realises that she means evening to him. Loved their interactions. I’ll definitely be looking to read the first book of this series of interconnected stand-alone.
I loved Learning to Love and just when I didn’t think it could get better and spicier here comes Wallflower No More! I love Axel and his touch her and die personality and how obsessed he is with Scarlett. I love Scarlett’s southern charm and banter! Being from the south and a football loving’ girl it’s hard to love the Longhorns in real life but this fictional version I absolutely love! I’m looking forward to Jaxson’s love story next! 5/5 ⭐️