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Audrey Rose wakes from a coma to find that she’s engaged to a stranger. Deciding that being married to someone she doesn’t know is better than the life she left behind, she agrees to go along with the lie. It doesn’t hurt that his touch sends a shiver down her spine.

Finley Howard takes one look at the sleeping beauty and knows there’s no way he’s living without her. Thankfully when he lays his claim she seems to be in total agreement. Although he should be suspicious he’s too busy trying to get her back into bed.

75 pages, ebook

First published November 1, 2023

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Alexa Riley

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Alexa Riley is two sassy friends who got together and wrote some dirty books. They are both married moms of two who love football, donuts, and obsessed book heroes.

They specialize in insta-love, over-the-top, sweet, and cheesy love stories that don’t take all year to read. If you want something SAFE, short, and always with a happily ever after, then Alexa Riley is for you!

Feel free to follow us each on twitter @smut_sasshole & @SassNSmut

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433 reviews913 followers
November 17, 2023
It started off as a great storyline but fell a little short for me. I think the fairytale premise is great but the story a bit to generic with mid-tier spice 🌶️ I almost wish the author chose one kink and ran with it to town.

The mmc is dirtier than some of Alexa Riley’s recent books, which I did enjoy (some mentions of some dub con and somnophilia)
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1,724 reviews150 followers
November 21, 2023
Audrey ha vivido encerrada la mayor parte de su vida por su madre. Ahora por fin ha encontrado una manera de escapar pero su huida se ve frustrada a la mitad cuando sufre un accidente. Cuando despierta en el hospital con un hombre asegurando que es su marido, ella sabe que está mal seguirle el juego pero quizás es su mejor oportunidad para escapar. Pero ella ha sido siempre la prisionera de su madre y ella no va a dejarla ir así como así.

Pues ha sido un libro rápido, cuqui y con final ultra feliz. Es que llevo un temporada tan grande de dark romance en dark romance que necesitaba algo light y Alexa es maravillosa para eso. Ya sabéis vale para pasar el ratito.
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2,375 reviews93 followers
November 17, 2023
I am obsessed with this series!!! I love me a spicy twist on a fairytale and this one delivers it all! It’s quick, consuming, and spicy in the best way!!! I can’t wait for more from this world from Alexa Riley!
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2,007 reviews107 followers
November 19, 2023
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'No has recordado tu mejor día conmigo. Porque aún no ha sucedido.'





•Mi opinión puede contener Spoilers.
•Esta destinada a ser un descargo personal no para que alguien más lea pero si lo haces y te ofende, me disculpo porque sé lo que es que te guste un libro y otros lo critiquen.





Sleepless Pact de Alexa Riley

Argumento:

Audrey Rose despierta del coma y descubre que está comprometida con un extraño. Decidiendo que estar casada con alguien que no conoce es mejor que la vida que dejó atrás, acepta aceptar la mentira. No duele que su toque le envíe un escalofrío por la espalda.

Finley Howard echa un vistazo a la bella durmiente y sabe que no hay forma de vivir sin ella. Afortunadamente, cuando él presenta su afirmación, ella parece estar totalmente de acuerdo. Aunque debería sospechar, está demasiado ocupado intentando llevarla de nuevo a la cama.

Advertencia: los cuentos de hadas son para siempre, así que toma tu pijama y prepárate para el mejor tipo de cuento antes de dormir. Le hemos dado a estos cuentos clásicos nuestra propia pizca de amor y estamos ansiosos por que disfrutes de ellos.



Mi humilde opinión:


Me gustó la vuelta de rosca que AR le dio al cuento de hadas de La bella Durmiente. Tenía su clásico Instalove picante con el héroe exagerado posesivo alfa y la heroína inocente, más el drama y peligro.

La historia me mantuvo enganchada desde el comienzo. La madre loca la verdad me dio mucho miedo, yo no sé cómo pudo salirse con la suya durante tanto tiempo. Me dio pena Audrey que hasta creyó que la loca era ella. Aplaudí su iniciativa de escape que le funcionó hasta que la golpea por accidente el auto de Phillip. La parte del hospital no me quedó claro, interpreté que ella se golpeó la cabeza y tuvo un desmayo pero en la sinopsis menciona que salía de un coma? Es confuso. También me pregunté qué pasaba con la madre antes, cómo llegó a tener a la hija prisionera y qué pasó con ella después cuando Phillip rescata a Audrey.

En general me gustó la historia y aunque no soy muy fan de la autora tengo curiosidad por los demás retelling.
188 reviews11 followers
January 14, 2024
b a s i c s :
short n spicy dual pov
would def reread

s h e l v e s :
alpha
cinderella-esque
damsel/knight
endearing fmc
fake
instalove
moves her in
on the run
ott
parent probs
possessive
princess treatment pampering
protective
rich hero
take care of u
virgin h
wife her up

e n d e a r m e n t s :
♥︎baby girl♥︎

k i n k s :
desperation
dry humping
just the tip
no condom
praise
pussy humping
somno
tss
💦

e n d i n g :
HEA w/ baby

p l o t :
Ok plots kinda fuzzy bc its been a min since I read this but.
Audy's mom is crayyyyyyyyyyy. She's messed up, and as such, basically keeps Audrey prisoner in her own house. Thankfully Audrey finally escapes, but she kinda ends up getting hit by a car - the car of none other than our leading man Phillip. He takes her to the hospital and she pretends like she's got amnesia and has no idea who she is. This works out for him bc he's decided she's his and claims to be her husband. They carry on like that, as "husband and wife" for a while lol. Since Audrey's been locked up her whole life, Phillip is literally showing her the world. It's super cute and endearing to see her live out things she's only seen in movies or read in books.

“A bookstore?” I suggest.  A million times I begged to go into one, but my mom wouldn’t let me.

“We can go to a bookstore if you want.” 

“Get coffee in there too?” There are always coffee shops next to or inside of bookstores. I've noticed the times we’ve driven past them. 


h o t c l i p s:
I’m not sure how many hours we’ve slept but when I wake up, Audrey is tucked close against me, her back to my front with my entire body spooned around her. 

She makes this tiny little hum of contentment, and I use the hand I have on her belly to rub up and down the bare skin. She’s so fucking soft and delicate as she cuddles against me, and I close my eyes, desperate to absorb this feeling. 

The shirt I made her put on has bunched around her chest, and when my fingers move up, I graze the bare skin of her breast. When I slide them lower, the edge of her panties tickles my fingertips, and I trace the material over to her hip and back. 

My face is buried in her hair with my other arm under her head so she can use me as a pillow. The way I’m holding her is intimate, and my body responds to her proximity. She fits against me like she was made to be there, and my cock certainly agrees. 

Last night when she climbed into my bed, it was all I could do not to take her. I was a fucking saint and kept my hands to myself, but somehow while she was sleeping, she made her way over to me. What was I supposed to do?

The underwear she’s got on look cheap, like the ones you can get in a pack of ten. She deserves to be dripping in the finest silks and most expensive lace. Yet somehow these plain cotton panties are the sexiest thing I’ve ever seen, and I can’t stop touching them. 

She lets out another little hum of happiness when I slowly dip my fingers inside her panties. I feel soft curls between her legs just before I slide lower and touch her pussy lips. Biting back a moan, I take my fingers out and then bring them to my mouth to wet them. 

Once they’re slick, I push them back into her panties and then between her lips. As softly as I can, I begin to rub her clit in slow little circles and close my eyes. She feels so fucking good and warm, and my mouth is watering to taste her. 

Sneaking my fingers out of her panties, I lick them again, and I can taste her pussy. The flavor of her is so sweet and innocent it makes me want to do bad things to her. 

This time when I slide back into her panties she’s wet, and my fingers slide into her. I can feel her tight little hole squeezing me as I push in one finger, then two. She’s turned on, and I can hear how wet she is as my slippery fingers move in and out and then over her clit. I’m so fucking hard that the head of my cock has come up through the band of my loose sweats, and the bare tip is pushing against her ass. 

Looking down, I can see I’ve made a wet spot on her panties from where cum has leaked out and onto her. The tip is creamy with my need to get off, and my fingers flex inside of her at the thought.

“Phillip?” Her voice is still filled with sleep, and her thighs tighten, forcing my hand to stop. 

“Shh, spread them for me,” I say in her ear. “Come on, baby girl.” She hesitates, and I kiss her neck before rubbing my nose against her ear. “Just let me get off real quick. All you have to do is lie here.” 

“But—”

“You’ll like it,” I whisper and then put my hand on the inside of her thigh to gently pry it open. “Stay exactly like this for me. I’ll be fast.”

I don’t wait for her to respond as I shove down the front of my sweats and take my cock out. My hard length lands on the inside of her thigh right against her panties and pushes against them. 

“That’s it, stay like that.” 

Pulling the material to the side, I nudge the blunt head of my cock right at her wet opening and slide against it. Audrey tenses but doesn’t tell me to stop. Using the panties to cover my cock and hold it in place, I keep it there as my fingers go to her clit. 

“What a good girl you are,” I say against her ear, and I hear her breath catch. 

My hips thrust forward, and I slide against her pussy while fucking her panties, and it’s so goddamn hot. The sound she makes is a cross between a gasp and a moan as I rub her clit and rub my cock against her. 

I’m humping her like I’m fucking her without entering her little hole, but every now and then, the tip of my cock sweeps over it and pushes in. It’s a tease for both of us because every time I do it, she holds her breath and I feel her getting wetter. 

She’s so fucking wet that her panties are soaked and my cock is dripping with her juices. Her fingernails dig into my arms as her breathing gets choppy and her eyes squeeze shut. 

“You love this, baby girl,” I say, and I can feel my cock leaking all over her. “You love cumming so pretty for me.”

I’m so fucking turned on that I can’t control myself any longer. While she’s still getting off, I push my cock into her a few inches and jack myself off. The heat of her pussy surrounding the tip is enough, and I cum harder than I ever have in my entire life. My balls draw up tight as I pump and pump waves of release into her. 

I only meant to go in a little, but it feels so good, and she’s so wet that I push in a little more. Cum leaks out around my cock, and I greedily pull out and slide back through it. 

“One more time, baby girl. That’s all I need.” I kiss her neck and then do it again. The feel of her full of my cum is intoxicating. 

I hiss when I pull out of her heat for the final time and roll on my back while taking her with me. My cock is lying against my stomach still hard and throbbing like it’s ready to get off, and my heart is racing. That felt so fucking good, but I want more. I want to be balls deep in her while she begs me never to stop, but I have to get control of myself. 
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60 reviews2 followers
April 17, 2025
I liked the first half very much, it was very intriguing. However, instead of developing more of the story there, the book abruptly became "rescue the damsel" thing, and there was no story anymore. It is such a shame, it had the potential of being great.
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579 reviews17 followers
February 1, 2024
4⭐️3🌶️

Oh my word I just love AR quick read Taboo,, when your in a slump and just need some fun AR is the way to go 🤩
123 reviews5 followers
December 2, 2023
This has got to be the worst attempt to disguise internalized misogyny from AR.
Dnf.
Stopped when the H is inside of the h taking her virginity and comparing how it feels against OW.
This is the second fucking book within a week I've read where the H is not only comparing the h to OW but also WHILE HE'S INSIDE HER.

I beg your fucking biggest pardon??

Also the OW drama is so fucking unnecessary. From the H admitting that he only views women as object to use for his pleasure "I'm only around women long enough to get off" HELLO DEHUMANIZATION. Just fuck your hand dude, to the not one not two BUT FOUR instances where the h is embarrassed/humiliated running into a woman that H casually fucked in the past or a woman that is WAY TO friendly with the H. H also trivializes her anxieties/ discomfort so that was super cool.👍🏽

H is also the type of man to get random nudes from women he's fucked in the past adding to the disrespect of the h.

⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️
Virgin h
Manwhore H
HUGE OW Drama
- Don't know any other safety details because I loathe OW comparisons but the added layer of comparing the h to OW while the H is inside of her having sex for the 1st time was NEXT LEVEL DISGUST. AR wrote H to view all women as interchangeable/ replaceable


0/5 🌟Avoid. Honestly AR has always been super untrustworthy and now they both are really showing their ass with their thinly veiled misogyny. YOU WRITE FICTION. Which means you can write a heroine experiencing anything at all in a fairytale world and you chose disrespect and humiliation?? Okay cool, how very imaginative of you.
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254 reviews4 followers
April 9, 2024
NO LO RECOMIENDO EN ABSOLUTO 👎🏽

Harta de las autoritas romantizan la #ViolenciaDeGénero, el #abuso verbal y emocional, el #AbusoSexual y/o la #violación.

Que la madre drogue a su hija es terriblemente grave y atenta contra la integridad de ella, ¿pero la hija mezcla drogas con alcohol para sedar a la madre? ¿Enserio ésta autora es tan negligente para escribir algo así? ¿Y si la asesina? ¿Más que rezar para que no la atrapen debería hacerlo para no matarla? Ésta trilogía es cada vez peor...

“Normalmente solo estoy con una mujer el tiempo suficiente para correrme...” ¿Quién ha dicho que murió el romanticismo?

Es literal un secuestro como hacían los hermanastros del primer libro de ésta DECEPCIONANTE serie.

“...mientras ella dormía, se abrió camino hacia mí. ¿Qué se suponía que debía
hacer?” ¿No abusar sexualmente de una mujer o niña que ni siquiera conoce y que tuvo una noche horrible?

“Deja escapar otro zumbido de felicidad cuando meto lentamente los dedos
en sus bragas. Noto unos suaves rizos entre sus piernas justo antes de
deslizarme hacia abajo y tocar los labios de su coño.
Conteniendo un gemido, saco los dedos y me los llevo a la boca para humedecerlos.” Hasta acá llegó mi estómago. ¡Que ASCO me dan que esta señora convalide el ABUSO SEXUAL! Ni siquiera sabe si es adulta o menor de edad, ¿o sí? Éstos son los que después lloran que “parecia mayor”.

SI NO HAY CONSENTIMIENTO VERBAL EXPLÍCITO Y LA PERSONA NO ESTÁ CONSCIENTE: ES ABUSO SEXUAL o en su defecto VIOLACIÓN.
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104 reviews
November 24, 2023
WHAT THE FUCK WAS THIS???
NOT SAFE.

Virgin h
HUGGGEEEE Manwhore H

Lots of OW drama and H compares h to all the OW he’s fucked in the past.
-H gets a nude from an OW
-H runs into his ex fuck buddy in front of h and doesn’t do anything to stem the disrespect just says that he doesn’t really remember her

Also only uses OW for sex and views women as existing only as a receptacle for his dick not as actual people. Just objects.

I’m surprised this is even an Alexa Riley story. There’s zero romance and the H is huge misogynist and super disrespectful of the h to the point where mid sex he’s comparing her to the OW TO HER FACE!!


0/5 I think AR is on there way out. Barely putting anything out and producing something as misogynistic as this story in 2023 is mind blowing. Praying for your downfall esp. after all of the plagiarism.
27 reviews
November 24, 2023
I keep hoping for the old Alexa Riley back. After being disappointed for so long, I tried reading her latest book again. The start is promising but the old AR magic is totally gone. The one who wrote the Mechanic, Coach, Back River Quiver or any of her older books. It's not easy for me to give a negative review but I really really wish for the old Alexa Riley back. She used to be the best author for me. I guess I just have to re-read her old books from now on.
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5,109 reviews629 followers
November 26, 2023
"Sleepless Pact" is the story of Audrey and Finley.

A bit confusing. The heroine has been trapped all her life under her mums rule. She escapes, only to get into an accident and wake up with the hero claiming to be her husband. There's loads of drama before things end.

Extremely baffled by what the heroine's mum was actually doing, or why the amnesia needed to be faked.

meh

Safe
2/5
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775 reviews49 followers
December 7, 2023
***TRIGGER WARNING: Mother of the heroine is constantly drugging her, especially to keep her asleep. I think it's also mentioned that she's given shakes or something that always make her stomach hurt and I'm guessing that's drugs, too. There was no real closure on that whole situation. ***

(Rating is not based on TW.)
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540 reviews18 followers
December 17, 2023
I have read so many alexa riley books over the past couple of years and they all started to blend together but this one reminds me so much of their earlier work and let me just say I am here for it!

The H was the right blend of cold, cocky and possessive to the outside world but a total marshmallow for his girl.

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429 reviews8 followers
January 25, 2024
I normally love Alexa Riley for being sweet and to the point. This was so quick it never made it to a point.
While I understand, Audrey's mother kept her captive nothing else made sense, or was explained.
So this just this story was just a mish mash of mild romance and erotic blah, with no real story.

I'm annoyed I wasted time reading this.
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140 reviews
May 18, 2024
Ella a estado prisionera de su madre desde siempre y cuando decide escapar en dl carro de uno de sus ayudantes no se da cuenta y es atropellada por un hombre que decide llevarla al hospital y cuando le preguntan que quien es el dice que su esposa ella no lo desmiente y deciden jugar un juego de esposos, pero su madre la sigue buscando y no descansará hasta encontrarla y volverla a encerrar.
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793 reviews21 followers
May 23, 2024
I was expecting more of the sleeping beauty theme on this but I did not get it, it was like a premise only but it did not revolve around it. For a short story, i totally understand. I am grateful for Alexa Riley books that started me back in reading but lately they kinda fell short on me, even the AR taboo books I've read recently.
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4,432 reviews1 follower
January 7, 2024
I enjoyed reading this story. It was definitely different, and a bit uncomfortable, the whole mother thing, heartbreaking. But from there, if gets happier, and things are looking up, but, enter the mother…. The best revenge is a life well lived and throughly loved. Loved their epilogue.
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1,223 reviews19 followers
October 4, 2024
Audrey and Phillip were great. I loved that they both played along till the last moment.

But I hate that they were interrupted and she ran out and got kidnapped. I wish that part was written differently.
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600 reviews
October 26, 2024
A veces me pregunto que me lleva a leer estas cosas.

Es como un cuánto de Disney, pero completamente raro y con exceso escenas spicy. Pero bueno, cuando leemos a Alexa Riley ya sabemos un poco lo que nos espera.

¿Me entretuvo? Sí.
¿Lo recomiendo? Probablemente a la mayoría de las personas no.
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86 reviews1 follower
July 2, 2025
THE MOTHER 🙂🔪

Also I’m guessing this story was based on Aurora 🤔

Either way i freaking loved it 😭

DRIPPING IN DIAMONDS 💍 💎🥵

Also he gifte- sorry persuaded her to allow him to present her with an ISLAND for their anniversary gift 😭🤌
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1,613 reviews131 followers
November 18, 2023
i loved this, i wished it was a lot more tho .
i wished the authors would play more with this plot and add more stuffs in it .
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