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EVA

Being back in the small town of Coal's Lake was the last thing I wanted. My plan was simple, run my grandfather's bar long enough to pay off it's debts, then sell it and head back to London.

It was a good plan. Until he walked through the door. Tall, dark and extremely odd. Making a deal to teach the adonis how to please a woman leaves me weak at the knees. He's hiding secrets will tear us apart.

AMOR

After eons in Olympus, I'm over it. My fascination with the mortals has reached an all time high and I strike a bargain to hang up my arrows and become human for a vacation.

Bumping in to the angry woman who runs the bar leaves me reeling. My obsession with her leads to her teaching me the art of pleasure, little does she know that there's only on woman for me. Our time together is limited, but she doesn't know the real reason why; despite my inexperience, I'm the god of passion.

158 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 30, 2024

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Profile Image for Kursed Reads.
801 reviews9,295 followers
January 16, 2024
Having always been intrigued by humans, Amor grows restless in Mount Olympus. Garnering approval to take a vacation and live as a human for 10 days, he lands in Coal’s Lake.

Coming home after losing Pop, Eva is just there long enough to get Rusty’s in sellable condition so that she can return to her life in London.

Cute, spicy, and perfect for the season, Corrupting Cupid is a contemporary meets mythology romance novella.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
Burn: 🔥🔥🔥1/2
Darkness: 🤍
Heat: 🌶️🌶️
Range of Emotions: ☹️🤭😁🥵😍
Ending: 💗 {HEA}
POV: 👫🏻 {Dual}

🗄️ Genre: Contemporary Romance
🗂️ Subgenre(s): Mythological

✨ Tropes: Hidden Identity, Reimagining
💫 Microtropes: Boy Obsessed, Sėx Lessons, Virgin MMC

💋 Kinks: 🍑, Squirting

⚠️ Warning: This steamy read will leave your panties wet and reaching for BOB.

🚩 Safety Squad: n/a

📣 Type: Corrupting Cupid is a standalone.

🛑 Be Advised: My Goodreads shelves are … explicit in both senses. As such, they could be considered spoiler-y.
Profile Image for Ari Loves All The Books.
385 reviews73 followers
February 1, 2024
This was such a cute and smutty book!!
Who doesn't love a virgin MC .. who goes by the name we all love "Cupid" .. I thought this book was cute and gave me all the little love feels.
Profile Image for Chelsea (thatbookishteach).
346 reviews49 followers
January 15, 2024
This was only 98 pages but nothing Effie ever writes disappoints. We get a virgin Cupid who decides he wants to try out being a human and gets some lessons on sex from a mortal FMC. Perfect amount of spice and I was especially fond of the last smutty scene 🤣 can’t wait to read the full collection this is part of!
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105 reviews13 followers
August 14, 2024
3,75⭐️

It was so sweet. Happy fun time^^
Profile Image for Chrissy.spicy.
23 reviews
January 16, 2024
ARC Review 🏹

Eva is back home after her grandfather passed to take over his bar but she has a whole life in London and she can't decide if she want to leave and sell the bar or stay and keep the last thing she has of him. Amor is fascinated with humans and he wants to experience the life they live in so he gets permission to do so and When him and ave meet it's like love at first sight and things happen kinda fast after that don't want to give spoilers so just know there's some lessons that will be learned.🤭👀

When I say kicking my feet and giggling like a little girl🤭 Amor is adorable and sexy at the same time, the amount of highlights I have in this novella is wild lol.
" A thousand men could fu$k you in the a$$ , but I'm the only one who can make you scream up in the stars." and he mean it literally.
Profile Image for Emilee Anna.
49 reviews2 followers
January 18, 2024
eARC review 📚 may contain spoilers

If you are looking for a spicy 🌶️, fast paced Valentines novella - this one’s for you!

Amor 🩷 otherwise known as Cupid, 💘 was instantly captivating. His intrigue for the mortals, and his love for Eva - despite having to give up all he knew!

And can we talk about Eva taking control and teaching Amor exactly how to please a woman?! What more could you want! And his willingness to please Eva, hot hot hot!

Yet another ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Effie read for me!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Profile Image for Liv.
758 reviews11 followers
January 15, 2024
⋆。°✩ Spoiler Free Reviews ⋆。°✩

4.5 stars! I read this book as an ARC, courtesy of Effie Campbell herself, though all thoughts feelings and opinions are my own. I have not been paid for this review.

The plot - this book is what happens if Cupid isn’t actually the baby cherub we all know him as? What if he’s a tall ripped God of Mount Olympus, like Zeus? (But not Zeus because he’s a dick) Cupid, or Amor, wants to go visit the humans, so he does. He meets and falls for Eva, our FMC. She’s just come home to Coals Lake after her grandfather passed away to debt and a bar, Rusty’s, that she’s determined to flip and sell to get back home to London. We have a fantasy romance, god X human, forbidden romance (a god… with a human?! Scandalous), and a sizzling sweet romance in novella format. Smut was a 3.5/5 on the spice scale, the flying scene was EVERYTHING.

The characters - for a novella, this was definitely something I worried about. It’s a spicy novella so character development and plotline can come second to the smut but in this case, Ms Campbell has found a way to combine it all! I truly cared for the characters and even the side characters were interesting enough to entertain potential spin offs.
Profile Image for becca.
238 reviews37 followers
January 14, 2024
LOVE LOVE LOVEEE ❤️

effie darling, thank you for giving me the chance to read this earlier i am in AWE of amor and eva ☹️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

cutie patooties i ADORED them
Profile Image for Anna Jamerson.
70 reviews
March 6, 2025
....no. I mean if you are looking for just straight smut with ZERO character development or storyline then yeah I guess. But.. still no
Profile Image for Maddie Watson.
77 reviews3 followers
January 14, 2024
ARC REVIEW 📚💜

Okay, I’ve read a slew of Greek Gods and Goddesses smut over the years but never one about Cupid!!!!
1.) the fact the MMCs name is Amor?!! I freaking love it!!!
2.) he quite literally gave up the life of a God to be with his soulmate and holy crap!! It was insanely sweet!!!
3.) THE FACT THAT CUPID WAS ACTUALLY A VIRGIN!!!!! THE MOUTH ON THAT MAN WOULD HAVE ME THINKING OTHERWISE!!!!

I absolutely loved this book and honestly I’m really hoping that Effie Campbell writes more similar to this!!! It’s a 10/10 for me!!
Profile Image for Sammi Hansen.
213 reviews12 followers
January 30, 2024
*eArc* review for my honest opinion

I was swinging my feet with giddiness and I’m not one to search out a Valentine’s Day themed book.

So she’s a grumpy woman… why she was forced to come back home and deal with some things. He’s the inexperienced god who is on a “vacation” in her town. He is ready to give his entire life up for her. This book may be short but it’s not short on spice.
Profile Image for Rachel Nahabedian.
819 reviews23 followers
January 21, 2024
4 stars

I’m not for the virgin trope, but since it was the MMC I’ll allow it. I’m also not for instalove, but, hey, this is a novella so we gotta get straight to the point.

There’s just something hot about a virgin MMC who wants to learn how to please his partner. Like no qualms about anything, just making them happy.

I mean, the spice here was just so hot. Who knew Cupid was a hot AF man now? Who knew anal could be so magical? 😂

“I’d rather live with her for 50 years and actually experience life than survive for eons, never having lived a day.”

Thank you Effie Campbell for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own.
Profile Image for Katie Murphy.
1,013 reviews97 followers
January 13, 2024
✨ARC Review✨

Personally I will devour absolutely anything this author writes. I am so grateful to have found Effie’s books through TikTok last year🫶🏼

I know it’s January but this book definitely put me in my Valentine’s Day feels.. and why would that be you may ask? Oh because the MMC is Cupid of course😮‍💨

Amor is sick of living his life as a god on mount Olympus and basically wants to spend some time around humans. He is granted a 10 day period in which he can spend on earth. This is where he meets Eva who has just returned to Coal’s Lake after the death of her grandfather and has taken over his bar.

One thing you need to know about our darling Cupid Amor, he is in fact a virgin.. I know I know and as a result of this he asks Eva to give him “lessons” 👀

This is a short and steamy novella with also some cute moments thrown in. I mean it was practically adorable when Amor anonymously bid on himself in auction on behalf of Eva so she could win a date with him since he didn’t want to spend it with anyone else and he was aware she didn’t have the funds to bid on him😩.

Thank you to the author for providing this e-arc for my honest thoughts ✨
Profile Image for Beatriz Ortiz.
312 reviews5 followers
February 5, 2024
✨Review✨
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Corrupting Cupid by Effie Campbell

On time and totally ad hoc with Valentine's Day just a week away, this novel is part of the Fourteen Shades of Red collection, 14 stories written by a different author.

From the cover I loved it, to the story, I liked everything!
And I had not read a story where the MMC was inexperienced in love and they had to teach him and I almost wanted to become the volunteer teacher of course.

Something that I loved too much is the name of the MMC: Amor, which means Love in Spanish and I totally loved that.

This story has what I like: he falls first, instalove and very hot, reverse grumpy - sunshine, dual POV, novella based on Greek mythology, so what more can I ask for.

I really enjoyed each page. Effie really knew how to narrate this story perfectly in a novella and she didn't lack anything. For me it was simply brilliant.

I am infinitely grateful to the author @effiecampbell and @happilybookedpr for the digital copy and giving me the opportunity to give my free opinion.

I recommend it? Yes absolutely!
Profile Image for Iskra Dimitrova.
471 reviews27 followers
January 18, 2024
Hello….

Why, why do I have to fall for the unattainable.. 😅😍😩🔥

‘Your existence alone is divine torture, Eva.’

To say I gobbled this up, would be an understatement, took me less than an hour to plow right into these pages.

I may have done a bit feral for this…. immortal specimen of a MAN?
Effie freaking Campbell!!!! 👌🏻


‘Take your panties off and climb up on my face, sweetheart.’

That mouth.. 🫠🫠🫠

‘I’m going to fill you with my cum, sweet one, and then I’ll lick it from your thighs.’

Eva is the whirlwind of an FMC - having returned to a place of comfort, to deal with her past, present and future and I loved every bit of her personality.
Which for me (if you know me) is a rare instance.




Chef’s kiss. I need MORE!
I want MORE!

5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
3/5 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Angst the perfect amount 👌🏻

Cupid’s thoughts - Immortality is overrated, let me have a 🍑 of mortal experience. 😈
Profile Image for Bee.
252 reviews26 followers
January 9, 2024
Eva is back in Coal's Lake after her beloved pop's passing to take his beloved bar, revamp it, and sell it before returning to London back to her corporate job and boyfriend of six months John. She's not home for more than a day when John sends her a breakup text and everything just overwhelms her.
Amor may be Cupid, but his lack of experience in the love department is the laughingstock of the gods. He wants the human experience and so he requests a vacation to the human world from Zeus. When granted he just so happens to land in Coal's Lake and stumbles upon Eva and her ramshackle bar...
I loved this novella! I am not one to typically read romance if it's not of the darker variety but if Effie writes it, I am immediately going to read it! This was such a fresh take on a romance, where the woman takes the wheel and shows the man what she wants. Amor was so cute and innocent; I found it so difficult not to fall for him!
If you want a cute and spicy short read for Valentine's Day, this is definitely for you!
Profile Image for Anastasia Richards-Wright.
47 reviews3 followers
January 14, 2024
ARC REVIEW 🥰🖤
Everything I’ve read from Effie Campbell so far has been nothing short of amazing. I eat her writing up and Corrupting Cupid is just another book added to that list. This novella is perfect to ring in the Valentines Day feeling, it’s cute and hot, hot, hot! The MMC, Amor, is a virgin who asks the MMF, Eva, to help coach him into being experienced; I think this may be one of my new favorite tropes! Amor aims to please, and you know we love nothing more than a man who LOVES to please his woman. The only downfall of this novella is that it was a novella. I need more Amor and Eva like right now!
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️.5
Tropes:
✨he falls first
✨inexperienced MMC
✨reverse grumpy sunshine
✨small-town romance
✨god/mortal
Profile Image for Missi Dorman.
245 reviews10 followers
January 13, 2024
Corrupting Cupid is a spicy valentines romance. It is part of the Fourteen Shades of Red limited edition Valentine’s Day romance collection.

Dive into a world of love and gods in this captivating Valentine’s novella! Amor, the MMC, takes a break from Olympus for 10 days on Earth, crossing paths with Eva, who’s just inherited her grandfather’s bar. The twist? Cupid is a virgin and seeks “lessons” from Eva! 🔥 With steamy moments and adorable gestures like an auction bid for a date, this e-arc is a rollercoaster of emotions. Kudos to the author for the thrilling ride! 💘 #ValentinesRead #CupidInLove #BookReview 📖✨

Book overview
EVA

Being back in the small town of Coal's Lake was the last thing I wanted. My plan was simple, run my grandfather's bar long enough to pay off its debts, then sell it and head back to London.

It was a good plan. Until he walked through the door. Tall, dark and extremely odd. Making a deal to teach the adonis how to please a woman leaves me weak at the knees. He's hiding secrets will tear us apart.

AMOR

After eons in Olympus, I'm over it. My fascination with the mortals has reached an all time high and I strike a bargain to hang up my arrows and become human for a vacation.

Bumping in to the angry woman who runs the bar leaves me reeling. My obsession with her leads to her teaching me the art of pleasure, little does she know that there's only on woman for me. Our time together is limited, but she doesn't know the real reason why; despite my inexperience, I'm the god of passion.

Fourteen Shades of Red: Day 10
Releases on Kindle Jan. 30th
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52 reviews12 followers
January 14, 2024
This is a steamy novella perfect for Valentine’s Day. Amor is a God (Cupid) from Olympus and also a virgin who is curious on the way the mortals live. He convinces Zeus to let him go on a “vacation” to experience life as a mortal. He didn’t expect to meet Eva, the angry bartender, whom he becomes obsessed with. His obsession with her leads him to convince her to teach him lessons on the art of passion and pleasure not knowing who he truly is. Neither of them expected to find love but it isn’t all hearts and arrows but that doesn’t stop them from needing each other despite the rules of the Gods.
5/5 ⭐️3.5/5 🌶️
Profile Image for Isis.
196 reviews
February 7, 2024
What a smutty novella🤭

I ate this up, I can’t even think right 😂

Cupid isn’t a baby with a diaper and a bag of arrows. He is Amor with golden arrows, black wings, and did I mention a virgin?

Eva came back to her small town after the passing of her beloved grandfather. She was determined to spruce up his tattered bar and sell it but everything changed once Amor comes to find what he’s looking for👀

The chemistry between both characters was so good! I loved that the MC is a virgin and Eva gets a chance to show him the ropes. He is utterly obsessed with her and I’m all for it. Novella’s always leave me wanting more and this was no different 😂
Profile Image for LJ Perez.
214 reviews16 followers
January 31, 2024
So two angels and Cupid walk into a bar… I just had to finish this in one setting. It was perfect from the start! Who would have thought you’d go from wanting Cupid to hit you with an arrow, to hitting you from…you know.
Corrupting Cupid was a short novella that packed all the spicy and a fantastic plot! Not to mention one of my favorite tropes. Also including doing some crazy stuff while flying 😮‍💨 thank you Effie for another awesome book!! I’m definitely in the mood for some corrupting now.

XxX- Laura
Profile Image for Dani (criesinanxiety).
92 reviews6 followers
January 13, 2024
Short and Steamy novella perfect for Valentines! I love the MMC! Honestly him trying to figure out how humans live was so cute!! Also who wouldn’t want Cupid falling for them??🤭 I will definitely read a whole book just about this couple!

Definitely recommend if you love
~ Grumpy FMC
~ Virgin MMC (the FMC gives him lessons🫣)
~ god/mortal
~ Small Town Vibes


(I was given an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review)
Profile Image for Natasha.
77 reviews6 followers
January 17, 2024
This is the perfect little Valentine’s Day read!
Cupid just got hot!
Effie Campall has fast become one of my favourite writers and this book will be added to one of my favourite this year!!
The start of the book we meet Eva who has had to return to her small town home after learning of some tragic news..
she is thrusted into a life she does want and is looking to get leave the small town as soon as she can..
I’m walk Cupid a god on holiday..
this is where the magic starts!
I love how Effie wrote Cupid, making me wish it was me teaching him his nightly lessons..
I won’t say any more than that, I don’t want to spoil it!
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566 reviews17 followers
February 1, 2025
When you read anything written by this Author you can guarantee two things...

One.. its going to be one heck of a ride..

And two... bring a fan cause it's going to get HOT!

Author Effie Campbell has this incredible talent of picking you up and abruptly dropping you into these intense scenes.

Her knack at describing every detail and emotion has you immediately in a chokehold.

Even with the short and spicy stories there's still plenty of plot.

Who can take a v!rgin Cupid and make it work... she can.

The FMC is a total baddie and I LOVE that she takes the lead!

And that air scene... sheeewwww.

If you love Monster romance, small town spicy romcoms, or just a short and spicy read this books for you!

Profile Image for Stephanie.
310 reviews9 followers
January 17, 2024
“I want you to fill me up. Leave a piece of you inside me.”

This Cupid novella was a fun and spicy Valentine’s Day read! I think this is the first book that I’ve read with an inexperienced MMC and experienced MFC. Don’t worry- what he lacks in experience he makes up for in enthusiasm, and he is a quick learner 😉. I was so excited to read my first Effie Campbell ARC of 2024 as a street team member, and I can’t wait to share more of her books!

MF
Cupid and human
Vïrgïn MMC
Teach me
He falls first
🍑 play

🌶️🌶️🌶️
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Profile Image for Chayla Nepote.
240 reviews
January 16, 2024
Okay for starters I am not a huge fantasy fan. I haven’t been able to really get into many of them. This novel however was pretty amazing. I will definitely classify this as a smutty fantasy romance. Amor and Eva were kinda cute all throughout. I hope there is more to there story at some point. If you’re into fantasy smut definitely give this one a read!
Profile Image for Aimee Bea Reads.
16 reviews3 followers
January 22, 2024
Corrupting Cupid - ARC Review

Star rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice rating: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Release date: 30/01/2024

After the death of her Pops, newly single Eva moves back home to tend the bar that was left to her. Amor (our very attractive Cupid) is tired of life in Olympus, and is granted a stay on the moral plane.

Cupid, although inexperienced, definitely doesn’t bring down the desire of a winged man 😏

Despite being short in length, the plot and character development wasn’t shoved aside to allow for the smut. Instead, Effie gives us the full package!

A must read for Valentine’s Day 😍
Profile Image for Kashlyn Wood.
123 reviews
January 14, 2024
I had the wonderful opportunity to receive an ARC copy of Corrupting Cupid by Effie Campbell in exchange for an honest review.
And let me tell ya…. This was a spicy novella, I finished reading it front to back in a little over an hour. I wish it was more! I found myself immersed in the story, falling for the characters, experiencing all the feels. It had a good amount of spice and emotions. The MMC was absolutely adorable (and he was FREAKING CUPID). I loved the grumpiness of the FMC.
This is a perfect read for Valentine’s Day and I will probably be reading again on the day of. It put me in the right mood for the coming holiday! 😅 5 / 5!!
Profile Image for Brigettha.
67 reviews19 followers
January 16, 2024
This book was hands down absolutely amazing, I honestly wish it was longer. Once I started this I couldn’t put it down, I read this so fast in one sitting.

I haven’t read anything like this before, I’m speechless

You need to add this to your tbr and read it asap

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5 stars
Profile Image for Noriboo.
692 reviews41 followers
January 17, 2024
Cute and spicy short read.
I liked that the story wasn't just spicy scenes: there was grieving about the loss of a parental figure and finding a new place to belong. I enjoyed it!


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