Homeless and on the run, I take a maid’s job at The Limit, a private island resort. I hope to find refuge there but instead I’m mistaken as their new plaything by the four wealthy owners. They make me an one million dollars to play their twisted games. Five days. Five hunts. One prey … me. But I’m not the naïve victim they think I am. As the game unfolds, secrets are revealed and power dynamics shift, until we’re all left questioning everything we thought we knew. When things take a deadly turn, will they sacrifice everything for me?
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Marissa Farrar is a multi-published romance and fantasy author. She was born in Devon, England, loves to travel and has lived in both Australia and Spain. She now resides in the countryside with her husband, three children, a crazy Spanish dog, two rescue cats and six hens. She has a degree in Zoology, but her true love has always been writing.
Marissa is the author of sixteen novels, including the dark vampire ‘Serenity’ series. Her short stories have been accepted for a number of anthologies including, Their Dark Masters, Red Skies Press, Masters of Horror: Damned If You Don’t, Triskaideka Books; and 2013: The Aftermath, Pill Hill Press.
If you want to know more about Marissa, then please visit her website at www.marissa-farrar.blogspot.com. You can also find her at her facebook page, www.facebook.com/marissa.farrar.author or follow her on twitter @marissafarrar. She loves to hear from readers and can be emailed at marissafarrar@hotmail.co.uk.
"I think most have no idea how f*cking depraved we can be." Yeah, this line pretty much sums up the whole book…and gives you an idea about the content warning😅Don’t get me wrong, I liked the depravity, before it got confusing..
For context, this started off as a case of mistaken identity. Each year, 4 hoteliers indulged in an annual ‘game’ and this year, they wrongly assumed the FMC was the ‘bait’. This wasn’t one of those instances where the characters were painfully oblivious to all the red flags being waved.
This FMC desperately needed this new job, so in her first few days, she chose to overlook when strange (but vague) questions were asked or weird ‘prep work’ occurred. It was life or death and she could afford to question it.
Honestly, my ‘Criminal Minds’ obsessed brain was constantly questioning the mystery that surrounded this character. Who was she hiding from? Why did ‘he’ want her? Who was she? I was hooked and needed the answers.
Now, this was a solid 4 stars up to the 40% mark…then it went off the rails a little. I don’t mean in terms of darkness, but in how dramatic some plot twists became. Some of the MMCs' reactions were just irrational; they resembled mini toddler tantrums. This was also when the humiliation and degradation were amped way up.
The FMC's personality also changed with the change in circumstances. She became very needy. I completely understand her loneliness, but she was painted as this strong character and then she would beg for attention, contradicting who I thought she was. I get having moments of vulnerability, but her personality just wasn’t consistent in the second half.
I was surprised by the final plot twists, as it was set up to make you believe you knew what was coming when you most likely didn’t.
Overall solid 3 stars. I liked it enough to finish and the epilogue was cute.
I absolutely loved this series! It's so dark and delicious, I read it within a short amount of time! It's about a heroine who goes to an island... and the men there are dark and depraved. She learns about her desires, needs, and kinks - all with the help of three men who want to possess her. Loved it.
I thought this had breeding kink throughout but she's on the pill most of the story. It does end with pregnancy (last 3% or so) but the idea of reading 560 pages of clean breeding just killed my interest.
This was everything I could ever want and more. Absolutely flipping incredible. The story of Honor, Rafferty, Brody, Asher and Wilder has a special place in my heart. I was sucked into their world from the very beginning and I didn’t ever want to leave. The spice, kinky fuckery, primal kink and emotional plot twists are TOP TIER. Don’t even get me started on Wilder’s pierced pecker… my jaw hit the floor when I searched what I was 😮😳<< my face after seeing images of it on google! Like as if his 🍆 wasn’t big enough he decided to add THAT piercing… lord have mercyyyy, is it normal to be terrified and turned on at the same time?!? 🤣 This was an emotional rollercoaster, I went into it blind and fuck me am I glad I did! The emotional plot twists threw me through multiple loops and at times it felt like my heart was about to burst out of my chest. I literally couldn’t sit still during some parts! I was on the edge of my bed, sitting up and then laying down, biting my nails, pacing in the bedroom and screaming internally at what was going on! It was a beautiful ending, I cried happy tears! The relief I felt for all of them was overwhelming like I felt everything that they did. The joy and love was pouring out of the book, it was beyond beautiful! The water works were in full force during the epilogue 🥹🥹🥹 If you’re looking for a dark, why choose series to binge read… READ THIS 🔥
Primal Limits by Marissa Farrar and S. R. Jones is The Complete Limit Series. This is a great box set that has a total of three books with 560 pages of page turning reading. If you haven't read Ms. Farrar or Ms. Jones before this is a wonderful way to start. Here are the books that you will be getting in The Limit Series: Blurred Limits Brutal Limits Broken Limits
Three books included. The different books are very defined sections of the story. Honor and the guys (Brody, Asher, Wilder, and Rafferty) start as a financial exchange for certain interactions. That changes almost immediately. The transitions they all go through are huge. Who they all are by the end is hardly recognizable, but still remain exactly who they are at their cores. There were a couple small NTA, like her cheek should have still been badly bruised in the end of the second and into the third book, but it is somehow amazingly not. And I still want to know if Felicity had something to do with what happens at the end of book 2 because it is never really stated for certain who is to blame for the leak issue, just assumed. Filled with lots of smuttiness—dub con included.
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3.8/5 stars. GIRL, if you have an editor? Fire them immediately. If not, please hire one. The grammatical errors throughout all three books prevented me from giving this 4.8/5 stars-holy shit was it distracting. HOWEVER, this book is somethin’ else. I thoroughly enjoyed the POV changes and how engaged we were with each of them and their individual backstories. (Made me feel included, like a fifth in their group.😂) Hahahahah amazing. This is like Flock on STEROIDS.🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ count me out on the gay sex, though. 😂😂😂
I enjoyed this! It was a quick and easy read. The start and middle of it was really good, but I feel like the plot was low key lost. I feel like Asher did a complete 180 and become obsessed out of nowhere. I also feel like they talked about a lot of kinks and things and then didn’t do them which was disappointing. That being said I still really enjoyed this!
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Not possible to leave zero stars. This woman has the survival instinct of roadkill and very clearly needs to go to therapy. The red flags that we excuse because of a huge cock is insane and why does Asher go from seeing women as nothing but objects (confirmed in his own POV) to then a simp from a hug??? It's giving incel. Hate these men and remember kids, consent is important
Box set of all 3 books: phenomenal! the FMC apples for a maid job but ends up in this cat & mouse game with 4 brooding men: Rafferty, Wilder, Brody & Asher. There is a LOT of spice, virgin FMC, pierced MMC The ending was so good I didn't want it to end, the overcome of trauma shown in this book is also very well done I wish there was more than 3 books!! lol
This omnibus of The Limits series was fire! I was hooked from the start and could not stop reading. It has primal play, mistaken identity, age gap, reverse harem tropes and the heat with the sexy times was amazing. I highly recommend this series toeveryone.
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I didn’t like how cruel they treated her at the end. She was obviously scared and in pain. They also talked too often and too vividly about the girls they have previously shared.
I love rh stories where the men see the woman and instantly pursue her and only have eyes for her. In this story, she just took the place of who was originally supposed to be on the island with her. It was just by chance she ended up with them instead.
Reverse harem with virgin heroine and 3 rich men. Running form her abusive dad, she finds herself on an island to be a maid... yet she gets mixed up with someone wanting to play their game... so she naturally just took her place 👀
Primal Limits is the complete Limit Series. It's a complete collection of the full-length standalone novel with no cheating and ends on cliffhanger followed a complete with a oh so satisfying happily-ever-after in the final book. The collection is comprise of Blurred Limits, Brutal Limits, and Broken Limits. Although each book is part of the series they each can be read as a standalone. It's beautifully written with engaging characters and twisty storyline that captures your attention from the first chapter and keeps you hooked, riveted, invested and turning the pages until the end. It's an addicting and unputdownable read that will have you sweating like a sinner in a church. A fast paced, raw, enthralling story. It's dark, dirty, twisted, and depraved. A story of mistaken identity with virgin heroine Honor who's on the run from her vile, evil, and vicious step-father who have done egregious acts. Honor is homeless and on the run. She found herself end up at a private island known as The Limit, there she takes a job as a maid in hopes of finding asylum from her step-father. But instead she found herself caught in tangle web when she was mistaken for the plaything of the four wealthy owners. They made her offer that she could not refuse one million dollars to play their dirty, sadistic, depraved and twisted games. Five days, five hunt with her being the prey with nothing to lose and the possibility of gaining her freedom she thought why. Blurred Limits in these books you find four broken billionaire Asher, Wilder, Brody, and Rafferty who gets off sadistic, vile, and cruel games to get over the trauma that they have been through. Poor Honor was just trying to get away from the travesty in her life and stumbled into something just as bad as what she was trying to get away from. But she thought that at least with the millions of dollars that she would receive she could start over her life, one where her step-father would not be able to find her. Honor was hiding a big secret from the men one she could not reveal. They suspected that something was off with her and that she wasn't like their normal plaything but they still went along with games. It's so sad and gut-wrenching that Honor had to go through that she went in the games just for a safe haven from her step-father. Everything is going well and consensual with all parties and a safe word was given but once her secret was discovered everything took a turn for the worst. The guys turn unconscinable towards her or her feelings. The guys subject her to same type of trauma that they went through and believed it was a healing mechanism for them. The author will leave us on a mind-blowing cliffhanger with that twisted ending. It started as a game but things turned more sinister and dangerous and now there's no rules, no limits, no get out clause and no escape. In Brutal Limits the story picks up where it left off the trust that they had gain is now gone and they decided to take advantage of situation because they feel as if she deceive them. So now games get more psychological, physical, emotional, and mental with no holds bar. We get a little background on why these guys are so devious and broken. The guys put their selfishness aside and try to understand Honor a little bit and why an innocent virgin would subject herself to such debauchery. Asher, Wilder and Rafferty tried to work out their feelings for Honor. But Brody wasn't having any of it and decided that he would push her even farther and harder to break her but his plan backed fired. And Honor decided to flee from them and ran right into the threat that she was trying to get away from. She ran right into her step-father trapped and he kidnap her, leaving the guys scrambling wondering where she went only to find out that it was Brody's fault. We are once again left on jaw-dropping cliffhanger. An opposite attracts story, reverse harem romance, age gap trope story, threats, rape, billionaire romance, lust at first sight, with lies, secrets, danger, violence, hatred, action, emotions, tension, evil, rough intense sexual scenes, dirty talking, dominance, submission, BDSM, kinks, taboo, surprises, trauma, twists and turns, suspense, mystery, revelation, fear, retaliation, debasement, pain and pleasure, sexual abuse, sex and sin, debauchery, Dub-Con, Non-Con, abduction, steam, passion, survival, power play, and so much more. The chemistry between Honor and the guys are electrifying and scorching hot and burn up your kindle.
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The complete limit series in one book and I literally devoured it in 2.5 days! ♥️ Blurred Limits, Brutal Limits & Broken Limits ♥️ Very well written and if you like character relationships, characters own stories/pov’s, intriguing, mysterious, suspense, why choose, dark themes, steamy, hot, drama, delightful, thrill of the chase, raw passion & primal? Then this book is for you. Please check your triggers before reading.
Where to begin! This book was everything and more! This book was absolutely delicious 🖤 POSSIBLE SPOILERS 👇👇
Blurred limits - Honor is running away from her life, from her past and applies for a job on an island to get away. Unbeknownst to Honor, she is mistaken for someone else when she arrives to begin her new role. Rocking up in baggy clothes, she meets her new bosses, Rafferty, Wilder, Brody & Asher. Keeping a secret, Honor tries to muscle through with her new ‘role’, without the bosses finding out. Ends on a cliffhanger BUT the next book is right there, on the next page 🖤
Brutal limits - Honor’s secret has been found out and it flings a spanner in the works. Rafferty, Wilder, Brody & Asher all have their own views and how they should deal with the fall out. Albeit, they discover there is more to Honor that resonates with the four, than they could have imagined. Growing closer to Honor, all four know that they can’t let her go.
Broken limits - the concluding book of the series. As Honor, Rafferty, Wilder, Brody & Asher begin exploring their truths, things take a turn for the worst. Will it all end well for the five-some? Or will it all end badly? That much I am not telling you! You will need to go buy it or download it on KU or other app and read it for yourself. One thing I will tell you, you will not and I repeat, will not regret it!
Blurred Limits: Blurred Limits is a dark and twisted reverse harem with a unique storyline. Honor gets a job as a maid on an island resort but when she gets there she is mistaken for someone else and things take some crazy turns after that. I loved the way the author brought Honor and it makes you wonder what would you do for $1 million dollars? Blurred Limits is book one in The Limits series and after that cliffhanger, I can't wait to read the next book to find out what happens next. Brutal Limits: Brutal Limits is book two of The Limits series and it picks up where book one left off. After that cliffhanger ending, I wasn't sure what the guys would do to Honor after they found out she lied. If you trigger easily this book isn't for you but if you like to dip your toes in the dark and dirty side I definitely recommend you grab this series. Just like book one this one ends in a cliffhanger and I can't wait to read book three to find out how Honor and the guy's story ends. Broken Limits: Broken Limits is book three and the final book in The Limits series. This book picks up after the cliffhanger ending in Brutal Limits book two of the series. From the beginning of book one to the last page of Broken Limits this series us to the dark and dirty side and I loved every delicious page. Honor and the guys go through a lot in this book but it made getting their hea that much steamier. This is one series that I will be rereading in the future just in case I missed something. I voluntarily reviewed a copy of this book.
Complete series in 1!! Filled with secrets and lies and so much more. The authors take us on quite the journey for Honor and the guys!
Blurred Limits We meet Honor, our FMC. She is stuck in a hard situation and hiding secrets. She isn't the only one though. We also meet Wilder, Asher, Brody and Rafferty I thought this was a great start to the series. The authors did a great job grabbing our attention and then leaving us with that cliffhanger!!! Brutal Limits This book not only heats up on the spice department, but also picks up in the drama. Dark and dirty. Honor really is pushed to her limits in this one. She goes through a lot and I hurt for her at times. Despite all the bad, I feel like we do get to see some changes in their relationships. Maybe even some growth. Do be warned we are left with a cliffhanger again!! Broken Limits What an ending!! This book was a roller-coaster. So much has happened and changed. I love seeing them all come together. While the journey to their ending wasn't easy. I think the authors do a great job wrapping things up and giving them their HEA!
Marissa Farrar and Sky Jones are fiendishly talented and this 3 book series is so freaking hot, filthy, and hedonistic. Honor is running from her evil murderous stepfather with close to nothing. She hired on as a maid for an island retreat thinking it would be harder for him to find her. Rafferty, Brody, Wilder, and Asher are under the impression that she’s their new prey: contract and NDA signed allowing them to hunt her for 5 days with a safe word and monetary reward.
Marissa and Sky skillfully made these characters come to life: exposing their traumatic experiences which shaped their lives, their goals, and their dark sexuality. There are many triggers but the story and the characters are powerful, poignant, and passionate. Honor’s strength is her determination to survive, her courage to see herself, and her heart. She intrigues her men, brings out their hearts, and makes them even stronger. I was addicted to their story, the adrenaline rush, and the dedication these men had to each other. Loved it!!.
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This trilogy starts off intense, and never, not once, lets the tension drop. Blurred Limits starts off dark and intense, and just when you think it couldn’t go any further, it goes even darker and more intense. Honor, oh, poor, Honor, goes from the fryer pan to the fire to the surface of the sun and things are getting hot hot hot! I found this story so gripping, tidbits of the men’s character are doled out piecemeal so I never really knew how they were going to react, which made the book even more exciting. In Brutal Limits, Brody, Rafferty, Wilder and Asher have pushed Honor to her limits repeatedly, doing what they can to get her to break. But when she doesn’t, feelings start to grow. This story is dark but HOT, things are getting more and more intense - I LOVED IT ALL! In the final story, Broken Limits, Honor’s been kidnapped by her step-father, and her men are on the hunt to get her back. Plus, Pastor Wren still poses an emotional risk to Rafferty, Brody, Wilder and Asher. This story has a lot of on-page violence, all necessary, and some celebratory steam as well. This series absolutely gripped me and at times shook me, but it was a great ride.
Honor is running from her stepfather. Who is a big shot detective with the LA PD. She has been basically living on the streets. Trying not to leave a digital foot print he might pick up. She gets hired to be the maid at a retreat that is on an island. When she gets to the island she is mistaken for someone else. When she realizes it. She knows she has to take the chance that the owners won’t find out. She isn’t who they think she is. So, she can get the million-dollar prize. She is desperate for money so she can keep hidden from her stepfather. The four owners have all bonded over their traumatic pasts. And it is hard for them to trust anyone else but each other. Will they eventually trust Honor? Loved this why choose romance! Their story is a twisting and turning rollercoaster. That you do get straighten out at the end. LOL. I love how different the MMC’s all are. But they still have a brotherhood that can’t be broken. And how Honor somehow brings out the best in all of them. And they all learn they can trust her. Even Brody the stubborn one that is the hardest to convince. This series is packed full of action scenes and don’t forget the steamy scenes! They were HOT!! The series kept my attention the whole way through. And there wasn’t a dull moment anywhere!
Blurred limits- Running from her past Honor finds herself on and insland and mistaken for someone else she soon finds her world in a spin thanks to Raffety, Wilder, Asher and Brody but will they learn her secret? This is book 1 and ends on a cliffhanger well written steamy, mysterious and more!
Brutal limits-With Honors truth discovered Brody, Raff, Asher and Wilder have very different ways of dealing with the fall out, whilst they discover more about Honor and the reasons shes there, they find them selves growing closer but also more trouble is on its way. well written book 2 in the series and ends on a cliffhanger, suspense filled, dark themes, steamy hot chemistry and more.
Broken limits-Honor,Raffety, Brody,Wilder and Ashers concluding book, with Honor taken the guys have to work full force to get her back and safe. Great ending for the series, steamy, drama and more.
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This collection was all three book from The Limit series by Marissa Farrar and S.R. Jones and what a rollercoaster of a read it was. Honor is on the run from her abusive, lecherous stepfather, who happens to be a dirty cop. She thinks by hiding out as a maid at a private island she will be safe. But when she arrives, she is mistaken as a submissive that has signed up to play "games" for money. Wilder, Asher, Brody and Rafferty own the island and run the games but believe that Honor is there for their week of "fun". They soon find out their mistake, but things have gone too far and they continue. As they discover more about her and why she is running, their alpha, protective sides roar to the front. And when Honor learns more about these 4 damaged men, her mama bear comes out as well. Full of sizzle, steam, action, drama, and so much more, I thoroughly enjoyed this collection.
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3.5/5 Book 1 was good, book 2 could have been 100 pages less and it would have been better. I got a bit bored because it was repetitive a little. And we didn't really advanced on the plot.
Also, insta love is real in this book. They've known her for five days and are pretty much in love, her too. And I just can't. It's too much. Talk about passion instead of love, please. It's just cringy at this point since they only know each other through sex. Which is ok but love has to be built.
If you don't mind insta love, it also has : - private island - reverse harem - virgin FMC - running from her step father - stalker - incognito/lies (which leads to enemies to lovers) - dirty talk - humiliation/degradation - pussy slapping - DP - primal play/CNC - she spits on him - breath play - kinda breeding/creampie
I read the full three book series (Blurred Limits, Brutal Limits and Broken Limits) one after another and I am so glad I had them all because I could not put them down!
It starts with Honor landing a maids job at The Limit island resort which is the perfect opportunity to get away from her step father and sleeping rough. However, one misunderstanding and white lie later, our innocent FMC is firmly in the sights of four hot as hell MMC’s 🥵🫣 Rafferty, Wilder, Brody & Asher all with their own demons to fight.
This is an intensely fascinating and quite riveting tale that will have you completely enthralled. The fast-paced narrative and captivating storylines are sure to capture your interest and keep you thoroughly involved. There are some surprising outcomes that serve to increase the overall fascination with this compelling tale. And the dark aspects and level of passion within the characters add depth to the taboo elements, which only serves to drive the level of that fascination. Fair warning, at times this can be emotionally hard to read and there are scenes that may make you uncomfortable, but it’s a unique journey and the ending is surely well-deserved. I have, without a doubt, enjoyed reading this thrilling and intriguing romance from start to finish.
blurred limits 3.75 ⭐️ good intro to the series the books seem like they’ll be short and fast, which is what i’m in the mood for rn interesting premise of the girl,the tragic pasts and the game they play
brutal limits 4.25 ⭐️ such a fun second book i liked seeing the games continue and watching characters develop don’t like brody rn, love the rest of them though the ending 👀 🔪
broken limits 4.25 kinda guessed the plot twist about the connections, but it was still good this was probably the most action packed book in the series and it was fun to read and watch the guys realise it was more than just a game
bonus 3 ⭐️ fun bonus chapter from brodys pov set during a semi spicy scene in the first book
Primal Limits - It all starts with mistaken identity and then the games start
Primal Limits contains the three books of The Limit series - 1. Blurred Limits 2. Brutal Limits 3. Broken Limits
This series is about Honor, Brody, Wilder, Rafferty, and Asher. Each story builds on on the previous so the books must be read in order. It all starts when Honor is mistaken for someone else and then games are afoot, along with a winding and at times emotional story. Each chapter is from a different characters POV and the voices are distinct. I had read these books when they were published and reading the story again was an enjoyable treat.