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Ruined Legacies #1

Sweet Madness

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As the eldest heiress of a multi-million empire, Ella Kenton lives under a microscope. Everything she wears and does is scrutinized by the media. She can’t do anything without being compared to her famous parents or her picture-perfect siblings.

She learned to cope with fame at a young age but she wants more. She wants things that no one understands.

A love that transcends time and space.

A love story that rivals that of the many romance novels she reads to escape the chaos of her world.

No one understands her or her heart’s longing.

No one except the man she shouldn’t want. The man who once made her heart beat wildly with just one smile. The man assigned to keep her safe from an obsessed fan.

There’s just one problem…he’s forbidden.

Too bad she doesn’t care.

Shaw Banning has one job and that is to protect the firstborn of the former president of the United States and his equally famous wife.

The girl he once knew as Moonshine is all grown up and she’s trouble wrapped up in a pretty and forbidden package.

The more Shaw tries to stay away, the more she pushes him.

Rules are broken.

Hearts are stolen.

A cosmic love story is born.

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Published January 1, 2024

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About the author

Adriana Brinne

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Adriana Brinne, is a new author who fell in love with reading from a very young age but never felt brave enough to share her words with the world. Born and raised on the enchanting island of Puerto Rico, Adriana’s tropical upbringing imbued her with a deep appreciation for beauty and storytelling. By day, she navigates the world of computer science as a full-time tech, but when she’s off the clock, she indulges in her favorite contemporary romances written by her favorite authors and binge-watches The Big Bang Theory.

Adriana’s writing is characterized by her love for sweet and spicy romance, soft yet strong female protagonists, and grumpy heroes who secretly adore them. While she delights in exploring a variety of romantic tropes, she steers clear of themes involving cheating or death, preferring to craft stories that evoke all the feels without those heavy dark elements.

You can connect with Adriana on Facebook at www.facebook.com/adrianabrinne or join her reader group, Adriana’s Unholy Ground, at this link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/11054...


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5,837 reviews
August 25, 2024
Shaw y Ellaiza tienen características y motivaciones únicas que los hacen sentir auténticos. A medida que avanzaba en la historia, me sentí conectada con ellos y sintiendo empatía por los desafíos que enfrentaban. La evolución de su relación es lenta y está bien construida. La dinámica entre ellos explora la inseguridad y el verdadero significado del amor. Shaw, como guardaespaldas, no solo protege a Ellaiza físicamente, sino que también se convierte en su apoyo emocional, lo que añade una capa de profundidad a su conexión. Por otro lado, Ellaiza, a pesar de su estatus, enfrenta sus propias luchas internas y anhelos, lo que la hace más identificable.

No se necesitó una ruptura de tercer acto al final, porque el crecimiento de su vínculo y la comunicación eran suficientes para afianzar su relación. La separación, aunque dolorosa, resaltó la complejidad de sus sentimientos y la nobleza de sus personalidades. En lugar de recurrir a un desenlace predecible lleno de drama, Adriana opta por un enfoque más sutil y emocional. En resumen, la relación entre Shaw y Ellaiza es un viaje sobre la reflexión sobre el amor, la autoaceptación y lo que significa ser suficiente para alguien.
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April 29, 2025
the weird age gap and the old spice threw me off
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640 reviews53 followers
December 18, 2024
ARC kindly provided for the author in exchange for an honest review

Ranking: 4.5⭐


I've wanted to read Adriana Brinne since she debuted, unfortunately I couldn't BUT I'm so happy that Sweet Madness was my first book by Adri because it's one of the sweetest and most tender love stories I've read this year, I fell so hard in love with the place where the story takes place, with Ella & Shaw, their personal stories, and everything the author did with this beautiful book.

Ella is a charmingly sweet girl, daughter of the former president and with a VERY famous family that she loves and in which love her unconditionally, one of the things I loved most about her story and that also takes a very interesting turn at several moments in the book. She's a very peculiar character: a lover of the color pink, chocolate cupcakes with pink frosting, stars, the universe, and making her family happy, BUT it's that last part of her personality that has led her to lose herself a little in order to feel part of her family, something that broke my heart, but that the author handled super well in the plot and made me love them all a little more.

Shaw is the new love of my life! A man who was in Ella's life several years ago and who is completely different from what she remembered: Shaw is broken by life, by the tragedies of his past and the unexpected abandonment he suffered from the only person he loved in his life, he's a truly grumpy cowboy, and I love that, not so deep down, he's a man almost as sweet as Ella.

This is one of the most beautiful love stories I have read this year! I really liked the path that Adriana gave to Shaw & Ella, that they both showed themselves vulnerable with each other and that strengthened the bond that already existed between them. I also loved the flashbacks throughout the story because they contributed a lot to the plot, they helped me understand the past of these two and the relationship they were building, but I think my favorite moments were those in which Ella saw that Shaw from the past and in which he realized what he really felt for her. And I loved the ending too, all the information, the author gave us about the future of this couple made me so happy!

🧁Ella: 5/5
🪐Shaw: 5/5
🧁Plot: 4.5/5
🪐Love story: 5/5
🧁Secondary characters: 4/5
🪐Cover: 5/5
🌶️: 4/5

ARC amablemente por la autora a cambio de una reseña honesta

Puntuación: 4.5⭐


Quería leer a Adriana Brinne desde que debutó, desafortunadamente no pude hacerlo, PERO estoy muy feliz de que Sweet Madness haya sido mi primer libro de Adri porque es una de las historias de amor más dulces y tiernas que he leído este año, me enamoré muchísimo del lugar en el que se desarrolla la historia, de Ella & Shaw, sus historias personales y todo lo que la autora hizo con este libro tan bonito.

Ella es una chica encantadoramente dulce, hija del ex presidente y con una familia MUY famosa a la que ama y en la que la aman incondicionalmente, una de las cosas que más amé de su historia y que también da un giro muy interesante en varios momentos del libro. Ella es un personaje muy peculiar: amante del color rosa, de los cupcakes de chocolate con frosting rosa, de las estrellas, el universo y de hacer feliz a su familia, PERO es esa última parte de su personalidad la que la he llevado a perderse un poco para poder sentirse parte de su familia, algo que me rompió el corazón, pero que la autora manejó super bien en la trama y me hizo amarlos a todos un poco más.

Shaw es el nuevo amor de mi vida! Un hombre que estuvo en la vida de Ella hace varios años y que es completamente diferente a lo que ella recordaba: Shaw está roto por la vida, por las tragedias de su pasado y el abandono inesperado que sufrió de la única persona que amo en su vida, es un cowboy verdaderamente gruñón, y me encanta que, no tan en el fondo, sea un hombre casi tan dulce como Ella.

Esta es una de las historias de amor más bonitas que he leído este año! Me gustó muchísimo el camino que Adriana le dio a Shaw & Ella, que ambos se mostraran vulnerables con el otro y eso fortaleciera mucho más el vinculo que ya existía entre ambos. Amé también los flashbacks a lo largo de la historia porque aportaban mucho a la trama, me ayudaron a comprender el pasado de estos dos y la relación que estaban construyendo, pero creo que mis momentos favoritos fueron esos en los que Ella veía a ese Shaw del pasado y en los que él se daba cuenta de lo que sentía realmente por ella, además, me encantó el final, toda la información que la autora nos dio sobre el futuro de esta pareja me hizo muy feliz!

🧁Ella: 5/5
🪐Shaw: 5/5
🧁Trama: 4.5/5
🪐Historia de amor: 5/5
🧁Personajes secundarios: 4/5
🪐Portada: 5/5
🌶️: 4/5
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268 reviews5 followers
August 28, 2024
Shaw and Ella 😫😫💖 OMG OMG! 5 stars! 5 stars! 5 stars!!

This book was so much of sweetness and it was absolutely perfect!! It made me laugh, giggle and frickin cry too. 😭💖 Adriana you are one of my favourite authors, never doubt that 😎💖 An age gap romance? Perfect! 🤭

Ellaiza "Ella" Kenton is Arianna and Sebastian Kenton's eldest daughter and child. With her father being the Former President, life has been difficult on her and the public hasn't made it any easier either. They constantly poke at her and it made me so angry! She was becoming a shell of a person and that made me so sad. To add to that, she misses the man she's been in love with since she first saw him. He was her first love and the one who continues to hold her heart no matter what. Shaw Bear 😫💖

When a threat arises as a stalker targets her and her family, Ella is forced to take refuge where no one could find her. When she lands in Montana and comes face to face with the man she can't get over, she knows life is going to change forever.

Ella is the cutest FMC ever! I kid you not 💖 She's literally the colour pink and that's so frickin adorable! She's a sunshine character. She's so brave and mature! That made me admire her even more! With her midnight hair, expressive sparkly blue eyes and a heart of gold, you can't help but adore her 😫💖 Ella makes me want to go to a ranch and fall in love with tulips and my own Shaw Banning 😌 She's made me love the color pink all over again 😌💖 Thank you Ella and Adriana 💖

Shaw Banning. My grumpy grumpy hero. He's absolute love. My heart 💖 He doesn't like the color pink but he starts to love it because of her 😫 He's been through an absolutely harsh life growing up, and my heart hurt so much for him. He lives on a remote ranch in Montana and when he takes the job to protect Ella, he knows he's absolutely done for when he sees her get out of the car 😏🤭 He's tall, rugged, tanned, has dreamy brown eyes, blonde hair and absolute masculine beauty 😫😫🔥Not to forget he's a literal cowboy 😎 You know the saying.... wear the hat, ride the cowboy 😈

Together they're the rainbow with how magical they are 😫💖 They're exactly the couple I think of when I picture, cupcakes, pink, sweetness and happiness 💖💖💖 Their love is so worth fighting for and I'm so glad they did! A love like theirs is rare and so damn precious. The mouth on this man 😈😏 and Ella is even better. She's kinky and feisty and I loved it!! Together they set my screen on fire with their chemistry and touches.

If you haven't picked them up yet, you need to do so asap 💖 I promise you'll absolutely love it 😌
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714 reviews38 followers
September 4, 2024
This was the most sweetest, heart stopinng story I have ever read.!💖💖
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️4.5

Ellaiza Kenton is the Former President daughter.
And with her dad responsibility her life isn't easy, always being in the public life.
But when a threat targets her and her family, she is forced to take refuge when no one can find her.
Little did she know that in her little escape vacation, her life will change forever coming face to face with her former bodyguard, and the man she is in love her whole life.

Shaw Banning lady's is hot as hell cowboy, who im absolutely in love with.
He's life growing up was not so easy.
my heart broke for him,and the things he get through.
He is living in his remote ranch in Montana and when he takes the job to protect Ella,he for sure wasn't ready for the girl he once remembered, now fully grown woman in one sinful packet that make him forget himself.

As I say I love Shaw and I love Ella.
They are so adorable together, but in the same time hot and kinky as hell😌
I love also how was mentioned every character in the next generation series, and get a little glimpse of all of them making me excited for their books that are to comes.

Adrian hase make me in love with my first book by her Milla,but now she continues to hold my love for her writing with this one to💖💖
Looking forward for the next book and my sweetest soul Willow story.
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21 reviews
August 21, 2025
It was my first cowboy romance 🤠🤭!

🧁This book tells us about a forbidden love. Ellaiza is the president's daughter, who has to move to another state for a while. This was because her family was under threat from a stalker. When she moves to Montana, she is reunited with her old bodyguard, Shaw Banning. Shaw is the one who will be in charge of watching over her safety. What they both didn't expect was that this situation led them to become closer than ever. What will happen to this connection between them?

🧁Adrianna Brinne did a great job with this book. Having multiple points of view gave me a better understanding of the history of both characters. Even getting to know a bit about the parents (which have their own books, but I haven't read yet 🤭). Ellaiza and Shaw touched my heart with their beautiful love story. Even though it was a soft romance, Shaw showed his possessive side towards her and fought to have her back in his life. Seeing how they both recovered their shine together proves to us that when we meet our soul mate everything around us starts to become bright and colorful. ❤️🩷👑
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77 reviews
December 12, 2024
4.5 / 5 ⭐️
I think sugar has been poured into this story. Ella’s bright sunshine personality and her love for astronomy drew me in.

Being the eldest heiress to a multi-million empire, every little bit of Ella Kenton’s life was scrutinised. Although she learnt to cope with it, she eventually lost her true self. I guess it also didn’t help that she was missing a certain someone.

Forced to take refuge in a small town, Ella finally met him again. Shaw Banning. The man who had once been in her life is now back again as her bodyguard.

I loved seeing Ella find her true self again. She’s really the personification of pink and I totally love it!
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December 11, 2024
It was cute…. But like why Ella one moment was portrayed as such a baby and the next min expected to be grown adult?
Like one moment feels like I’m reading about a teenager and the next with shaw she’s in early-mid twenties??
Idk it was cute but way too cringe and at times Ella seemed pickme ngl like waawaa my rich parents can’t get me the boy I want so I’m depressed???
26 reviews
August 23, 2024
ugggh mad mad love

This book was everything!! I loved to see her parents again too! I can’t say enough the writing is phenomenal!
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89 reviews1 follower
October 5, 2024
Overhyped slow burn. Release date kept being pushed so I thought this must be good. But It was not for me. Couldn’t get into but finished, some parts were cute but there was no wow factor.
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470 reviews14 followers
December 3, 2024
This book was sweet and at parts it was heart breaking. I enjoyed watching Ella pull Shaw out of his grumpiness. I always enjoy the notes before each chapter and the ones from Shaw were just perfect.
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3,629 reviews1 follower
October 13, 2024

"Sweet Madness" is an engaging fantasy novel that captivates readers with its rich world-building and complex characters. The story follows a young heroine, burdened by her family's dark legacy, as she navigates a realm filled with magic and danger. Brinne's writing is vivid, making the settings come alive. The plot twists keep you on your toes, while the themes of love, loyalty, and self-discovery resonate throughout. Overall, "Sweet Madness" is a thrilling read that blends adventure and emotional depth, leaving readers eager for the next installment in the Ruined Legacies series.
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