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The Bad Man
It’s Mia Kennedy’s first day working at Bellevue Asylum and she couldn’t be more excited to begin her nursing career. If only she knew that the man she should be most afraid of would turn out to be the one she couldn’t let go.
Jamison Coy has been shut away for ten years in the asylum with no hope of escape. He never cared about leaving until he saw her. Now all his thoughts are consumed with Mia and how he can have her all to himself.
Jamison Coy has been shut away for ten years in the asylum with no hope of escape. He never cared about leaving until he saw her. Now all his thoughts are consumed with Mia and how he can have her all to himself.
91 pages, ebook
Published July 18, 2024
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Alexa Riley
284 books16.2k followersAlexa 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
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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August 22, 2024
FINALLY, in a long ahh time they finally wrote a hero who is a hardass and a pushover-protective alpha.
🟥SPOILERS-🟥
Virgin h
Virgin H (yaaaass)
He is locked up in a mental asylum where the h gets a job as a night-duty nurse.
Smut- 15/10. Lord save me because he has been locked up since he was 18, so he has a lot of pent ...you know..... 👀 This is ONE of the dirties book by AR.
No-cheating.
No OW drama.
OM drama.
Safe, no-cheating.
Mention of domestic and sexual abuse by Hero's father.
🟥SPOILERS-🟥
Virgin h
Virgin H (yaaaass)
He is locked up in a mental asylum where the h gets a job as a night-duty nurse.
Smut- 15/10. Lord save me because he has been locked up since he was 18, so he has a lot of pent ...you know..... 👀 This is ONE of the dirties book by AR.
No-cheating.
No OW drama.
OM drama.
Safe, no-cheating.
Mention of domestic and sexual abuse by Hero's father.
January 21, 2025
What is this? 🕴️
December 12, 2024
4/5 dark & dirty
TROPES:
-hero is a patient in an asylum for 10 years (since 18)
-nurse/patient
-instalove/obsession
-dual virgins
Jamison is a patient in an asylum and he has a thing for the new night shift nurse, Mia. They do dark and dirty things!! There’s a touch of CNC/dubcon, which I loved. This was a good read!
SAFETY:
dual virgins
no OM/slight OM but he’s dealt with
no cheating/sharing
triggers: past physical and sexual abuse from hero’s father, murder, dubcon
kinks: dubcon, CNC, rough sex, BDSM, risk of getting caught
HEA
TROPES:
-hero is a patient in an asylum for 10 years (since 18)
-nurse/patient
-instalove/obsession
-dual virgins
Jamison is a patient in an asylum and he has a thing for the new night shift nurse, Mia. They do dark and dirty things!! There’s a touch of CNC/dubcon, which I loved. This was a good read!
SAFETY:
dual virgins
no OM/slight OM but he’s dealt with
no cheating/sharing
triggers: past physical and sexual abuse from hero’s father, murder, dubcon
kinks: dubcon, CNC, rough sex, BDSM, risk of getting caught
HEA
August 14, 2024
Professionalism?
Nowhere to be seen.
Trauma? Abundant.
I've missed how chaotic AR novellas are 😭 they're one of my og novella authors and I felt weirdly nostalgic reading this?
Anyways, I loved the premise of the story (I feel like this would've worked SO well as a full-length novel 💀)- and this was overall just fun 🤸♀️.
Trauma? Abundant.
I've missed how chaotic AR novellas are 😭 they're one of my og novella authors and I felt weirdly nostalgic reading this?
Anyways, I loved the premise of the story (I feel like this would've worked SO well as a full-length novel 💀)- and this was overall just fun 🤸♀️.
October 16, 2024
Así me gustan 🫦🫦🫦 obsesionados a primera vista y sin contacto femenino
November 6, 2024
Basura.
November 23, 2024
It’s been a while since I read Alexa Riley’s books.
Always been one of my top to go authors.
This one had a interesting plot of MCs meeting in a mental institution of sorts. It was steamy and exciting!
Always been one of my top to go authors.
This one had a interesting plot of MCs meeting in a mental institution of sorts. It was steamy and exciting!
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October 11, 2024okay hear me out
| not-so review review instead welcome to a yapping sesh.
My favorite microtrope is Dual Virgins however despite this, This year, whenever I read a book that has the microtrope and I really don't like the story, the writing, etc, I won't really put it nor consider them in my GR shelf and even on my personal reading list.
I've been here on GR for quite some years now, and at the beginning, I love everything Dual V. Like as long as it is one, I'd freaking read it, even though I often get unsatisfied at the end. It was bc, I told myself, why would I be choosy, the microtrope might be around but it is not really THAT usual {still} like the stereotypical tropes
Whenever I go through my GR shelves and browse, I still get surprised and kinda disappointed how the amount of books there in my dual v, or v H shelves were not a lot, and were not really matching the amount of dual v books I've ever read.
Before, huge portion of my positive reviews were influenced by the fact that they have the both v microtrope, and when I think about it, If that aspect wasn't included on some of those books, they'd never really work out for me lol. Like, yk. It was sort of a game changer for me. A consolation almost lol.
At this point of my life, There were a lot of books with BV that I've read but admittedly based on my experience it is kinda hard to find satisfactory ones, like really good reads yk.
It is still rare to find a really good book that would be up on your favorite reading list in accordance with your favorite microtrope and shii.
And yes, this has that element, unfortunately, like a lot of dual v books, this one did not really work for me, either.
There is something about some authors that wrote in a very formulaic way that was able to execute them very well, and some just do not work out.
I really hated how I get much pickier with the books I've read as the time went by. I mean ig as what others says Different strokes for different folks ykwim.
anw, this might work for others though,
a good short read.
| not-so review review instead welcome to a yapping sesh.
My favorite microtrope is Dual Virgins however despite this, This year, whenever I read a book that has the microtrope and I really don't like the story, the writing, etc, I won't really put it nor consider them in my GR shelf and even on my personal reading list.
I've been here on GR for quite some years now, and at the beginning, I love everything Dual V. Like as long as it is one, I'd freaking read it, even though I often get unsatisfied at the end. It was bc, I told myself, why would I be choosy, the microtrope might be around but it is not really THAT usual {still} like the stereotypical tropes
Whenever I go through my GR shelves and browse, I still get surprised and kinda disappointed how the amount of books there in my dual v, or v H shelves were not a lot, and were not really matching the amount of dual v books I've ever read.
Before, huge portion of my positive reviews were influenced by the fact that they have the both v microtrope, and when I think about it, If that aspect wasn't included on some of those books, they'd never really work out for me lol. Like, yk. It was sort of a game changer for me. A consolation almost lol.
At this point of my life, There were a lot of books with BV that I've read but admittedly based on my experience it is kinda hard to find satisfactory ones, like really good reads yk.
It is still rare to find a really good book that would be up on your favorite reading list in accordance with your favorite microtrope and shii.
And yes, this has that element, unfortunately, like a lot of dual v books, this one did not really work for me, either.
There is something about some authors that wrote in a very formulaic way that was able to execute them very well, and some just do not work out.
I really hated how I get much pickier with the books I've read as the time went by. I mean ig as what others says Different strokes for different folks ykwim.
anw, this might work for others though,
a good short read.
October 8, 2024
primero que todo qué vergüenza, lo pensé mucho para agregar este libro y otro, ya hace semanas que me lo leí pero no había sido valiente hasta ahora, me lo empecé pensando que era otro tipo de libro, me refiero a que tenía más trama y no todo iba a girar en torno a la vida sexual de los protagonistas que pues están también en una posición muy comprometida, sobretodo la chica, no es un libro buenísimo, solo lo recomiendo única y exclusivamente si estás aburrida, quieres leer algo diferente y no demorar mil años, tienes bloqueo lector o algo parecido.
la calificación fue de 2.8 porque pensé que iban a desarrollar algo de la medio trama que sale.
la calificación fue de 2.8 porque pensé que iban a desarrollar algo de la medio trama que sale.
October 9, 2024
Es un libro super corto, donde una enfermera nueva lleva a un manicomio y conoce a Jameson. El esta en el psiquiatrico desde hace años, y esta totalmente normal ahi ya que su papa lo encerro porque vio cosas y no por salud mental.
Ella, es Mia, y cuando llega es atacada por Jameson que la muerde, es virgen y se vuelve loca por el. Le da cintas de pelo y hasta tienen relaciones.
El sufria violencia y no se si abuso, no entendi por parte del doctor, y lo descubren cuando el lo mata al dr, y lo culpa al padre de el que también era culpable.
Ella es super infantil, y no tiene sentido. Hasta es ilegal lo que se plantea
Ella, es Mia, y cuando llega es atacada por Jameson que la muerde, es virgen y se vuelve loca por el. Le da cintas de pelo y hasta tienen relaciones.
El sufria violencia y no se si abuso, no entendi por parte del doctor, y lo descubren cuando el lo mata al dr, y lo culpa al padre de el que también era culpable.
Ella es super infantil, y no tiene sentido. Hasta es ilegal lo que se plantea
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August 30, 2024
Yo me leí esto apenas salió y me había olvidado. Me quedé sorprendida al leer este MMC porque creo que es la primera vez que leo uno así de AR 😐 fue diferente pero no me gustó la forma en que trataron los "gustos" de ambos MCs.
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September 8, 2024Eh. I didn’t hate it.
H 28/h 20s
Dual 1st person POV
No cheating or sharing
No real ow/om drama
Dual virgins (I’m pretty sure)
Very spicy
Violence and Death
Mentions of domestic abuse and SA (H’s father)
Epilogue (7 yrs later)
HEA
H 28/h 20s
Dual 1st person POV
No cheating or sharing
No real ow/om drama
Dual virgins (I’m pretty sure)
Very spicy
Violence and Death
Mentions of domestic abuse and SA (H’s father)
Epilogue (7 yrs later)
HEA
November 1, 2024
Este sorprendentemente me gustó 🧘♀️
y no les tenía fe ajsja pero jamison resolvió 🤫
y no les tenía fe ajsja pero jamison resolvió 🤫
November 28, 2024
No se dejen engañar por la portada cute, es de esos dark romance fuertes. Me sorprende que me haya gustado mucho. 3.5
August 17, 2024
Actual Rating: 4.5 Stars
I absolutely loved this story! It was crazy and broke every rule and was spicy AF. I can’t wait for more from this world and Alexa Riley! This story was seriously one that I couldn’t put down!
I absolutely loved this story! It was crazy and broke every rule and was spicy AF. I can’t wait for more from this world and Alexa Riley! This story was seriously one that I couldn’t put down!
January 13, 2025
’A pesar de mi amor por el orden y las reglas, me encuentro atraída hacia su caos. Si soy honesta conmigo misma, soy adicta a ello.’
•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.
The bad man de Alexa Riley
Argumento:
Es el primer día de trabajo de Mia Kennedy en el Asilo Bellevue y no podría estar más emocionada por comenzar su carrera de enfermería. Si tan solo supiera que el hombre al que más debería temer resultaría ser el que no podría dejar ir.
Jamison Coy ha estado encerrado durante diez años en el asilo sin esperanza de escapar.
Nunca le importó irse hasta que la vio. Ahora todos sus pensamientos están consumidos por Mia y cómo puede tenerla toda para él.
Mi humilde opinión:
Romance con atracción instantánea, vírgenes duales, enfermera-paciente, obsesión, asilo mental.
De vez en cuando algún librito de A.R se me cruza por casualidad y The bad man tenia un argumento que me llamó la atención.
La historia me pareció diferente a lo que la autora me tiene acostumbrada, acá no había dulce y divertido sino que es una onda mas oscura y tiene desencadenantes (se menciona, no se muestra) como abuso físico y sexual (por parte del padre del héroe), tortura (por parte del doctor del héroe) y asesinato.
Jamison es un paciente que fue encerrado a los 18 años por su padre en un asilo mental porque fue testigo de como este y su mejor amigo, su ahora doctor psiquiátrico, abusaban brutalmente de mujeres. Mia es la nueva enfermera que comienza su turno de noche y se siente inmediatamente atraída por él al punto que se pregunta la razón por la que estuvo encerrado por 10 años.
Me pregunté porque Jamison no insistió en buscar ayuda y contar lo que hicieron el padre y su amigo para que los encerraran por los abusos. No le dijo ni siquiera a Mia que estaba dispuesta a ayudarlo. El simplemente se quedó tranquilo en el asilo leyendo un libro? Solo hace algo para salir de allí cuando conoce a Mia.
Los protagonistas tienen una lujuria instantánea, encuentran la forma de tener sexo en el asilo, hubo fetiches que les gustaba a ambos, el BDSM no me molestó tanto pero no me gustó el consentimiento dudoso.
Esperaba el suspenso, peligro y algo de acción con el tema que se estaba tocando pero fue decepcionante. Mia comienza a investigar sobre Jamison, descubre lo del doctor y no sigue indagando más a fondo? Cuando Jamison entra en acción y parece que habrá un peligro real, este se hace cargo de la situación enseguida y no sucede gran cosa.
Al final todo se resuelve fácil, los malos terminan en prisión, Jamison es libre del asilo y cargos, Mia no tiene que renunciar a su titulo de enfermera, tiene su HEA.
Es una lectura que lees en una sentada, tenia algo interesante que se pudo haber aprovechado mejor pero el romance si bien estuvo bien tuvo cosas que como se dice no fue mi taza de té.
August 29, 2024
FMC: Mia
MMC: Jamison
Tropes: morally grey, nurse/patient, mental health institution
Spice Rating: 3
Series: No
POV: Dual
Cliffhanger: No
I’ve enjoyed many books by this author duo. The idea is there but the execution could have been better. It was entertaining. It did push some boundaries with the whole patient/nurse piece that some readers might not enjoy. There are a lot of questions left unanswered. The reader doesn’t learn much about the characters, specifically the FMC, which for the most part is typical with an AR read. I definitely think with more detail, it could have been a four or five star book for sure. I did just see there is another book related to this one with a doctor that was mentioned. I do plan on giving that one a try as I hope to learn more about his story and involvement.
MMC: Jamison
Tropes: morally grey, nurse/patient, mental health institution
Spice Rating: 3
Series: No
POV: Dual
Cliffhanger: No
I’ve enjoyed many books by this author duo. The idea is there but the execution could have been better. It was entertaining. It did push some boundaries with the whole patient/nurse piece that some readers might not enjoy. There are a lot of questions left unanswered. The reader doesn’t learn much about the characters, specifically the FMC, which for the most part is typical with an AR read. I definitely think with more detail, it could have been a four or five star book for sure. I did just see there is another book related to this one with a doctor that was mentioned. I do plan on giving that one a try as I hope to learn more about his story and involvement.
December 31, 2024
This was really good, I enjoyed it very much. Mia starts working at an asylum and there she meets an inmate named Jamison. Jamison has been locked up in there since he was a young man and Mia makes him feel things he's never felt before. I liked their chemistry and how they interacted with each other. Jamison was always calm but Mia made him murderous. There were lots of other things happening in the background, like the man running the place, the orderly taking his orders and the fact that no one knows why Jamison has been in the asylum for so long. Mia just wanted to help people and her finding herself at the asylum, she was able to help and change Jamison's life. I liked the fact that they were both virgins but Jamison did some not so virginal things to her. Overall it was a good story.
December 27, 2024
2.5 stars
I saw some reviews saying this had a virgin hero trope, but I'm not so sure about that. It was never confirmed, it was just mentioned that he was in the asylum since he was 18 and he never acted inappropriately with staff before the heroine, and one nurse made a comment how the heroine was probably his first kiss, but the hero never confirmed it. And I also disliked how she seemed to be the one pursuing him. He was definitely into her, but it felt like she was chasing him and I'm not a fan of that.
I saw some reviews saying this had a virgin hero trope, but I'm not so sure about that. It was never confirmed, it was just mentioned that he was in the asylum since he was 18 and he never acted inappropriately with staff before the heroine, and one nurse made a comment how the heroine was probably his first kiss, but the hero never confirmed it. And I also disliked how she seemed to be the one pursuing him. He was definitely into her, but it felt like she was chasing him and I'm not a fan of that.
August 16, 2024
meh. the heroine had no personality. she worked hard to get a degree in nursing and then she decided within two minutes to throw it all away in order to pursue a sexual relationship with a patient at a mental health institution. that, and her having no family, is all we know about her. there was no depth or nuance to her as a character. the hero was flat as a character, too. idk why the two of them fell in love.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 2, 2024
Both virgin MC gets the book 5 stars.
OMG! After such a long time, I am loving Alexa Riley's book. I always like books by this author but the previous series of the fairytale was missing something. This was a bang-on.
Simple story with a dark touch. Not overwhelming but interesting. I would have loved to see the villains suffer more, but hey, what more can you do than kill them?
Happy reading!
OMG! After such a long time, I am loving Alexa Riley's book. I always like books by this author but the previous series of the fairytale was missing something. This was a bang-on.
Simple story with a dark touch. Not overwhelming but interesting. I would have loved to see the villains suffer more, but hey, what more can you do than kill them?
Happy reading!
August 16, 2024
3.5✯
-virgin heroine, I think he was also a virgin
-no ow drama
-dual POV
-unwanted attention from om
-insta love/lust
-OTT possessive jealous alpha hero (he was a bit rough, I liked him)
-no separation
-likeable heroine
-no cheating or scenes with OP
-epilogue: 7 years later -married with at least 2 kids
-virgin heroine, I think he was also a virgin
-no ow drama
-dual POV
-unwanted attention from om
-insta love/lust
-OTT possessive jealous alpha hero (he was a bit rough, I liked him)
-no separation
-likeable heroine
-no cheating or scenes with OP
-epilogue: 7 years later -married with at least 2 kids
August 22, 2024
3.5 Stars
Man, I miss reading this kind of dirty story. I need to get back to more AR, because there really isn't a whole lot out there like it. They are too short for my preference, but this one felt longer due to the depth of the characters and story. I had a few unanswered questions, and the ending felt a bit rushed, but otherwise, it was exactly what I wanted right now.
Man, I miss reading this kind of dirty story. I need to get back to more AR, because there really isn't a whole lot out there like it. They are too short for my preference, but this one felt longer due to the depth of the characters and story. I had a few unanswered questions, and the ending felt a bit rushed, but otherwise, it was exactly what I wanted right now.
August 22, 2024
Hurts to give AR less than a 3 star but I did not enjoy reading this one. Felt like it was not written by them- Maybe because it was a setting that is pretty new for an AR novella? I don't know but the story and MCs rubbed me the wrong way. Usually AR's H are powerful and here that is not the case as he is a patient/prisoner and I felt he was too beta-ish. The h also was not very relatable...
November 3, 2024
Jamison is locked away in an asylum and no one knows why. Along comes new nurse Mia, who awakens Jamison on level no one has witnessed.
This book was a good quicky that gave you so much that you knew this was a full length novel but sadly isn't. If you're looking for a great quicky I suggest you check this out. Happy reading! 🙋🏽♀️
This book was a good quicky that gave you so much that you knew this was a full length novel but sadly isn't. If you're looking for a great quicky I suggest you check this out. Happy reading! 🙋🏽♀️
November 28, 2024
“Do you think for one second that I’d care about another living soul other than you.” ✨
Este libro era justo lo que necesitaba para retomar la lectura, cortito, con spicy, el protagonista está obsesionado con ella >>>> se lee muy rápido, igual todo es instantáneo jajaja no hay mucho desarrollo ni drama, pero se agradece porque en este momento del año, solo me alcanza para leer libros cortitos 😂
Este libro era justo lo que necesitaba para retomar la lectura, cortito, con spicy, el protagonista está obsesionado con ella >>>> se lee muy rápido, igual todo es instantáneo jajaja no hay mucho desarrollo ni drama, pero se agradece porque en este momento del año, solo me alcanza para leer libros cortitos 😂
August 28, 2024
Jamison and Mia
I really enjoyed this book.
The tension, the angst, the sexual attraction between Jamison, a man that had been locked up in a mental institution by his father for 10 years, and the new nurse, Mia.
Highly recommended
I really enjoyed this book.
The tension, the angst, the sexual attraction between Jamison, a man that had been locked up in a mental institution by his father for 10 years, and the new nurse, Mia.
Highly recommended
August 29, 2024
Favourite. Love.
September 17, 2024
Familias funcionales y profesionalismo es lo menos que hay en este libro.
Léelo bajo tu propio riesgo.
Después de meses sin terminar nada de lo que comenzaba a leer me termine este libro tan… malo(?
Léelo bajo tu propio riesgo.
Después de meses sin terminar nada de lo que comenzaba a leer me termine este libro tan… malo(?
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