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These Family Ties: An Extreme Taboo Anthology
Weave your way through the Complex Taboo love that’s Thicker Than Blood. Lose yourself in the Wrath and Ruin of The Loveless, and always remember that Daddy Knows Best how to pull you out of The Chaos Between illicit emotions as you Double Down on everything you feel.
These Family Ties is an extremely taboo anthology that is not for the close-minded. Due to the nature of these stories, it’s best to leave your morals at the door.
Jay Leigh Brown
Emery LeeAnn
Ayden Perry
Nicole Blackwood
W.P. Woodbine
A. Roux
Ally Vance
Yolanda Olson
These Family Ties is an extremely taboo anthology that is not for the close-minded. Due to the nature of these stories, it’s best to leave your morals at the door.
Jay Leigh Brown
Emery LeeAnn
Ayden Perry
Nicole Blackwood
W.P. Woodbine
A. Roux
Ally Vance
Yolanda Olson
818 pages, Paperback
Published August 19, 2024
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Yolanda Olson
223 books1,885 followersYolanda Olson is a USA Today Bestselling and award-winning author. Born and raised in Bridgeport, CT where she currently resides, she usually spends her time watching her favorite channel, Investigation Discovery.
Occasionally, she takes a break to write books and test the limits of her mind. Also an avid horror movie fan, she likes to incorporate dark elements into the majority of her books.
You can keep in touch with her on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Occasionally, she takes a break to write books and test the limits of her mind. Also an avid horror movie fan, she likes to incorporate dark elements into the majority of her books.
You can keep in touch with her on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
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November 26, 2024
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Featuring:
🖤 The Loveless by Yolanda Olson 🖤
BLURB:: Her favorite movie was The Shining.
Mine was Grand Hotel.
She always wanted to get a love letter in the mail.
I sent her one hundred and one.
She looked at me like I was just another stranger on the street.
I looked at her like she was the love of my life.
She wanted to escape.
To be free.
So I took her.
It wasn't my fault.
I just wanted to make her happy.
RATING: 5⭐️
REVIEW: I need you to love me less. While Brodie never says those words I can’t help but feel this is her one true wish. Survival is the name of the game and she does everything she needs to survive Eitan’s unwavering love.
I found it cute that in a severe role reversal Eitan basically courts his little sister. Watching over her while she’s out with friends. Buying her cute gifts. Bringing her chocolates and other favorite items. He does all he can to make her smile… except remove her chains.
Love is crazy and sometimes you truly wish you were loved less. Then again that suffocating adoration can turn into true happiness.
🖤 brother-sister ❤️ captor-captive 🖤 HFN
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🖤 Complex by Ally Vance 🖤
BLURB :: They say the first woman a child learns to love is their mother… well, she's the only one I'll ever love.
All the other girls have been for practice. A means to an end while I bide my time, honing my skills until I know I'll be able to satisfy and completely ruin her for any other man... even my father.
RATING: 5⭐️
REVIEW: Edward has been a naughty boy. He longs for forbidden fruit and tries to fk his feeling away at college, filling willing warm holes. Yet when school break arrives the 21yo has finally had enough. Opportunity presents itself and he is powerless to abstain. I loved how he threw caution to the wind, slid into that bed and claimed what he wanted. Then he stepped it up the next time. But that final climax was a doozy. The best fk off I’ve seen in a while. Truly wish this was longer but satisfied with all we were given.
🖤 mother-son ❤️ somnophelia 🖤 drugging the h ❤️ HEA
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🖤 Taboo by Emery LeeAnn 🖤
BLURB:: They call me Tracker because in the company I track down people who need dealt with.
They try to run, but I always catch them in the most merciless way.
She wasn't supposed to interrupt my life.
My brother and his wife weren't supposed to die in a car crash. I was her only next of kin.
My thoughts are toxic. I wake up each day with killing on my mind, but now with her here, there's something else.
She is intoxicating. I can feel myself wanting her like it's a visceral hunger.
How do I keep her away from the darkness that is inside me and not ravage her sweet innocent body?
****
My name is Cait. My life turned upside down when my parents died.
My Uncle graciously took me in. There is an unseen chemistry between us.
He looks at me like I'm his last supper and he is starving. My body shudders in response.
What have I gotten myself into?
RATING: 5⭐️
REVIEW: get ready for a scorchingly good time. These two melt the pages. Although this is a short story, I become engrossed in the life of Uncle Tracker and found myself wanting to see more of him doing his job.
🖤 uncle-niece ❤️ Hitman - Politician’s Aide 🖤 HEA
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💙 Double Down by Jay Leigh Brown 💙
💙 BLURB :: I wasn't a gambling man until her.
She broke me, spit me out, then consumed my brother while I watched.
She took us both down like a bet she'd won.
I've watched her from the shadows, spinning her web like spider, sucking her mates dry before moving on to the next.
Beautiful.
Deadly.
Hungry.
She keeps her young close, teaching her progency to weave webs of their own.
Imagine my surprise when her spiderlings emerge. Black patent leather and shiny, blood red lacquer beckon, weaving tllhe webs that will ensnare their next victim.
They produce the same poison, but at twice the dose.
They think I'm fresh prey. An easy target to disappear into their lair.
I think I'm hungry. It's time to double down.
.
.
💙 Daddy Knows Best by Ayden Perry 💙
💙 BLURB:: The last time I saw him, I disobeyed him. He shot me for running.
The last time I saw him, he was being put in handcuffs.
Seeing him now, the handcuffs are gone. There’s nothing holding him back.
This time I’ll obey like a good girl. And I'll pay for when I wasn't.
Now I know that Daddy Knows Best.
He’ll make sure of it.
.
.
💙 The Chaos Between By Nicole Blackwood 💙
💙 BLURB :: She was always the bright light to my darkness. The good in a world full of evil.
I did all I could to protect her, to shield her from the monsters that go bump in the night. Including me, the one monster that loves her like I shouldn’t.
The blood on my hands is far from old. It's fresh and hot, and now she knows. She knows my sins, what's in my heart, in my head. She knows the things I've done. All in the name of 𝘩𝘦𝘳.
I'd been afraid for so long that I would never be able to let her go. Now, I know I can't.
.
.
💙 Thicker Than Blood by W.P. Woodbine, pen name for Winter Paige 💙
💙 BLURB :: Aleela, the daughter of a syndicate crime family, and Brennan, the family’s enforcer, have a secret. Cousins by blood and prisoners to a corrupted legacy, the desire they’ve fought for so long is consuming them.
One taste of pretty poison and they’re both tainted.
At stake is the family’s position of complete control over the dark underbelly of the city and Aleela is expected to take her place as the ruthless heir, leading the syndicate with an iron fist. If they leave, the walls of their family’s legacy come crashing down. If they stay, their loyalties will tear them apart.
Their passion is perverse... depraved…insatiable, but in a world where violence reigns, their love is Thicker Than Blood.
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.
💙 Wrath and Ruin by A. Roux 💙
💙BLURB:: Westley Harrington seems to think that what’s mine is his. My nephew makes no secret about the games he’s playing and what he desires.
First, he wanted my home.
Then he wanted my company.
And now…he wants me.
includes reviews, blurbs, teasers, and more
LAST DAY to purchase is December 8, 2024: https://geni.us/thesefamilyties
Featuring:
🖤 The Loveless by Yolanda Olson 🖤
BLURB:: Her favorite movie was The Shining.
Mine was Grand Hotel.
She always wanted to get a love letter in the mail.
I sent her one hundred and one.
She looked at me like I was just another stranger on the street.
I looked at her like she was the love of my life.
She wanted to escape.
To be free.
So I took her.
It wasn't my fault.
I just wanted to make her happy.
RATING: 5⭐️
REVIEW: I need you to love me less. While Brodie never says those words I can’t help but feel this is her one true wish. Survival is the name of the game and she does everything she needs to survive Eitan’s unwavering love.
I found it cute that in a severe role reversal Eitan basically courts his little sister. Watching over her while she’s out with friends. Buying her cute gifts. Bringing her chocolates and other favorite items. He does all he can to make her smile… except remove her chains.
Love is crazy and sometimes you truly wish you were loved less. Then again that suffocating adoration can turn into true happiness.
🖤 brother-sister ❤️ captor-captive 🖤 HFN
.
.
🖤 Complex by Ally Vance 🖤
BLURB :: They say the first woman a child learns to love is their mother… well, she's the only one I'll ever love.
All the other girls have been for practice. A means to an end while I bide my time, honing my skills until I know I'll be able to satisfy and completely ruin her for any other man... even my father.
RATING: 5⭐️
REVIEW: Edward has been a naughty boy. He longs for forbidden fruit and tries to fk his feeling away at college, filling willing warm holes. Yet when school break arrives the 21yo has finally had enough. Opportunity presents itself and he is powerless to abstain. I loved how he threw caution to the wind, slid into that bed and claimed what he wanted. Then he stepped it up the next time. But that final climax was a doozy. The best fk off I’ve seen in a while. Truly wish this was longer but satisfied with all we were given.
🖤 mother-son ❤️ somnophelia 🖤 drugging the h ❤️ HEA
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.
🖤 Taboo by Emery LeeAnn 🖤
BLURB:: They call me Tracker because in the company I track down people who need dealt with.
They try to run, but I always catch them in the most merciless way.
She wasn't supposed to interrupt my life.
My brother and his wife weren't supposed to die in a car crash. I was her only next of kin.
My thoughts are toxic. I wake up each day with killing on my mind, but now with her here, there's something else.
She is intoxicating. I can feel myself wanting her like it's a visceral hunger.
How do I keep her away from the darkness that is inside me and not ravage her sweet innocent body?
****
My name is Cait. My life turned upside down when my parents died.
My Uncle graciously took me in. There is an unseen chemistry between us.
He looks at me like I'm his last supper and he is starving. My body shudders in response.
What have I gotten myself into?
RATING: 5⭐️
REVIEW: get ready for a scorchingly good time. These two melt the pages. Although this is a short story, I become engrossed in the life of Uncle Tracker and found myself wanting to see more of him doing his job.
🖤 uncle-niece ❤️ Hitman - Politician’s Aide 🖤 HEA
.
.
💙 Double Down by Jay Leigh Brown 💙
💙 BLURB :: I wasn't a gambling man until her.
She broke me, spit me out, then consumed my brother while I watched.
She took us both down like a bet she'd won.
I've watched her from the shadows, spinning her web like spider, sucking her mates dry before moving on to the next.
Beautiful.
Deadly.
Hungry.
She keeps her young close, teaching her progency to weave webs of their own.
Imagine my surprise when her spiderlings emerge. Black patent leather and shiny, blood red lacquer beckon, weaving tllhe webs that will ensnare their next victim.
They produce the same poison, but at twice the dose.
They think I'm fresh prey. An easy target to disappear into their lair.
I think I'm hungry. It's time to double down.
.
.
💙 Daddy Knows Best by Ayden Perry 💙
💙 BLURB:: The last time I saw him, I disobeyed him. He shot me for running.
The last time I saw him, he was being put in handcuffs.
Seeing him now, the handcuffs are gone. There’s nothing holding him back.
This time I’ll obey like a good girl. And I'll pay for when I wasn't.
Now I know that Daddy Knows Best.
He’ll make sure of it.
.
.
💙 The Chaos Between By Nicole Blackwood 💙
💙 BLURB :: She was always the bright light to my darkness. The good in a world full of evil.
I did all I could to protect her, to shield her from the monsters that go bump in the night. Including me, the one monster that loves her like I shouldn’t.
The blood on my hands is far from old. It's fresh and hot, and now she knows. She knows my sins, what's in my heart, in my head. She knows the things I've done. All in the name of 𝘩𝘦𝘳.
I'd been afraid for so long that I would never be able to let her go. Now, I know I can't.
.
.
💙 Thicker Than Blood by W.P. Woodbine, pen name for Winter Paige 💙
💙 BLURB :: Aleela, the daughter of a syndicate crime family, and Brennan, the family’s enforcer, have a secret. Cousins by blood and prisoners to a corrupted legacy, the desire they’ve fought for so long is consuming them.
One taste of pretty poison and they’re both tainted.
At stake is the family’s position of complete control over the dark underbelly of the city and Aleela is expected to take her place as the ruthless heir, leading the syndicate with an iron fist. If they leave, the walls of their family’s legacy come crashing down. If they stay, their loyalties will tear them apart.
Their passion is perverse... depraved…insatiable, but in a world where violence reigns, their love is Thicker Than Blood.
.
.
💙 Wrath and Ruin by A. Roux 💙
💙BLURB:: Westley Harrington seems to think that what’s mine is his. My nephew makes no secret about the games he’s playing and what he desires.
First, he wanted my home.
Then he wanted my company.
And now…he wants me.
August 28, 2024
Ok this is for Ayden Perry’s Daddy Knows Best. Holy shit, this book was freaking hot, first of all Swayze is having a party at her house. Her mother is a druggie passed out in the living room so she decides to take Cole in her room and do the dirty not only that his best friend Tommy is sitting there watching so Swayze is getting her thing on with Cole and her door opens and she notices a gentleman and he sitting there watching her after she finishes this gentleman gets irritating and kick everybody out and come to find out. It’s her dad mind you Swayze hasn’t seen her dad in 10 years. She doesn’t really see him as a dad. She starts fantasizing about him and let me tell you this book is so full of taboo. It is creamy it is steamy, oh my gosh, you literally can’t put this book down. I did for about 30 minutes when I got to the part of her and her daddy I had to pause the ending shit this ending was fantastic. Highly recommend this book.
dnf-for-now
October 28, 2024Let's do this!
Story 1: Double Down by Jay Leigh Brown (☆☆)
CW: MMF, childhood abuse, torture stuff, siblings incest
It was okay-ish.
Story 2: Taboo by Emery LeeAnn
CW: uncle/niece
Story 3: Daddy Knows Best by Ayden Perry (☆☆☆)
CW: father/daughter, parental abuse, substance usage, torture
Very dirty. Very wrong. Probably the highlight for the anthology for me.
Story 4: The Chaos Between by Nicole Blackwood
Story 5: Thicker Than Blood by Winter Paige a.k.a. W.P. Woodbine
Story 6: Wrath and Ruin by Alice la Roux
Story 7: Complex by Ally Vance
Story 8: The Loveless by Yolanda Olson
Story 1: Double Down by Jay Leigh Brown (☆☆)
CW: MMF, childhood abuse, torture stuff, siblings incest
It was okay-ish.
Story 2: Taboo by Emery LeeAnn
CW: uncle/niece
Story 3: Daddy Knows Best by Ayden Perry (☆☆☆)
CW: father/daughter, parental abuse, substance usage, torture
Very dirty. Very wrong. Probably the highlight for the anthology for me.
Story 4: The Chaos Between by Nicole Blackwood
Story 5: Thicker Than Blood by Winter Paige a.k.a. W.P. Woodbine
Story 6: Wrath and Ruin by Alice la Roux
Story 7: Complex by Ally Vance
Story 8: The Loveless by Yolanda Olson
October 21, 2024
Daddy Knows Best - 🤷🏻♀️ meh
August 27, 2024
This review for only AYDEN PERRY section of the book.
First just let me say how thankful I am to receive this.
And I finished reading this part within 24 hrs. I couldn’t put it down. I was addicted and need to know what was gonna happen.
Everything was going great! Until she found out a secret she didn’t expect. And that when things turns for the worse………An ACCIDENT.
So because of the accident she basically had to start all over.
But her need for daddy…. 🤤 but her feistiness is what kept her going and staying strong!
The way they killed the last person was a bit extreme. But I loved it!! Just imagine doing that to your worse enemy….
What a great ending. 😜😜
First just let me say how thankful I am to receive this.
And I finished reading this part within 24 hrs. I couldn’t put it down. I was addicted and need to know what was gonna happen.
Everything was going great! Until she found out a secret she didn’t expect. And that when things turns for the worse………An ACCIDENT.
So because of the accident she basically had to start all over.
But her need for daddy…. 🤤 but her feistiness is what kept her going and staying strong!
The way they killed the last person was a bit extreme. But I loved it!! Just imagine doing that to your worse enemy….
What a great ending. 😜😜
finished-but-hated
October 8, 2024My kingdom for an editor, not only do most of these have sloppily abrupt "and we ran away together to live happily ever after" endings, some authors can't even keep their own timelines straight: the last story both has Lead Dude and His Mom musing about how Lead Dude was adopted as an infant, then later Lead Dude muses while peeping in on His Mom and His Dad that he "was conceived by the two of them". So which is it? EXPLAIN, ALLY VANCE, EXPLAIN!
November 5, 2024
top tier taboo
Story 1 - confusing beginning, took a bit of effort to wrap my head around the prose too. Very anti-climatic ending. Mmf but full on group scene 🌟🌟
Story 2 - skipped a couple chapters in. I don’t like when it’s blurb insinuates it’s 🩸 taboo then it’s not. Plus there was 0 build up or chemistry.
Story 3 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 - great balance of spice and plot. Loved the humour and angst
Story 4 - 🌟🌟🌟🌟 - dark and twisted. Great quick build of tension. But uncomfortable with the frequent references to when she was younger
Story 5 - 🌟🌟🌟 - good humour. Fast paced. Ending felt rushed and not well put together
Story 6 - 🌟🌟🌟 - love a powerful fmc. Not my fav story just because it’s not my cup of tea. Good writing
Story 7. - skipped as not my cup of tea
Story 8 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 - was on edge the whole time. Was terrified they wouldn’t get a hea. Loved it
Story 1 - confusing beginning, took a bit of effort to wrap my head around the prose too. Very anti-climatic ending. Mmf but full on group scene 🌟🌟
Story 2 - skipped a couple chapters in. I don’t like when it’s blurb insinuates it’s 🩸 taboo then it’s not. Plus there was 0 build up or chemistry.
Story 3 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 - great balance of spice and plot. Loved the humour and angst
Story 4 - 🌟🌟🌟🌟 - dark and twisted. Great quick build of tension. But uncomfortable with the frequent references to when she was younger
Story 5 - 🌟🌟🌟 - good humour. Fast paced. Ending felt rushed and not well put together
Story 6 - 🌟🌟🌟 - love a powerful fmc. Not my fav story just because it’s not my cup of tea. Good writing
Story 7. - skipped as not my cup of tea
Story 8 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 - was on edge the whole time. Was terrified they wouldn’t get a hea. Loved it
September 1, 2024
THE LOVELESS BY YOLANDA OLSON
Eitan has watched and planned his capture for Brodie to perfection and she wants nothing to do with the creep but taking no for an answer will not do she needs to learn what she needs and deserves like he said she wanted to leave home anyway so why not I love her and I'm what's best she is mine.
I thought Eitan was very good to her he gave his patience, time to understand she's not going anywhere and to accept her fate even though it's taboo and wrong all well it's happening chains and all.
I really liked this one I didn't know what was going to happen and the twist at the end I was saying no way but yep it did.
Eitan has watched and planned his capture for Brodie to perfection and she wants nothing to do with the creep but taking no for an answer will not do she needs to learn what she needs and deserves like he said she wanted to leave home anyway so why not I love her and I'm what's best she is mine.
I thought Eitan was very good to her he gave his patience, time to understand she's not going anywhere and to accept her fate even though it's taboo and wrong all well it's happening chains and all.
I really liked this one I didn't know what was going to happen and the twist at the end I was saying no way but yep it did.
September 18, 2024
Wrath and Ruin by A.Roux
This short Novella was about a guy called West, he knew what he wanted and who he wanted.
Whatever his aunt had, he thought it was his to have. There was no secrets to the game West was playing. He made his mind up on what he desired..
Delphine was the pawn to the chest game that was being played. She knew the games would be dangerous, they would have consequences
After a night of passion, Delphine marked West, the night they had they wasn't able to forget..
The twist was Dephine was West's aunty.. they was related, so they shouldn't be together, but can a strong love change all that once was?
Is there a happy ending after all?
This short Novella was about a guy called West, he knew what he wanted and who he wanted.
Whatever his aunt had, he thought it was his to have. There was no secrets to the game West was playing. He made his mind up on what he desired..
Delphine was the pawn to the chest game that was being played. She knew the games would be dangerous, they would have consequences
After a night of passion, Delphine marked West, the night they had they wasn't able to forget..
The twist was Dephine was West's aunty.. they was related, so they shouldn't be together, but can a strong love change all that once was?
Is there a happy ending after all?
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 28, 2024
I have read Wrath and Ruin by A. Roux and I loved it. It was definitely taboo and I loved every word of it. The characters were likeable and the writing was faultless.
I am so looking forward to reading more of these stories.
I am so looking forward to reading more of these stories.
September 16, 2024
The problem is not the subject, it's that the stories are boring.
April 9, 2025
idk why i read this book🤦🏽♀️
September 17, 2025
I can't believe the authors managed to make taboo so boring 🥱
All the stories needed better editing. Most of them felt rushed and unfinished and none of them made sense.
All the stories needed better editing. Most of them felt rushed and unfinished and none of them made sense.
December 1, 2025
3.5⭐️ A mix bag. Some stories were really good, others were just meh. Overall it kept me entertained.
February 9, 2025
୨ৎ↳ Double Down by Jay Leigh Brown(MMF)⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.5
୨ৎ↳ Taboo by Emery LeeAnn(MF)⭐ 1.5
୨ৎ↳ Daddy Knows Best by Ayden Perry(MF)⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4
୨ৎ↳ The Chaos Between by Nicole Blackwood(MF)⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4
୨ৎ↳ Thicker Than Blood by Winter Paige/W.P. Woodbine(MFM?)⭐ 1
୨ৎ↳ Wrath and Ruin by Alice la Roux(MF)⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5
୨ৎ↳ Complex by Ally Vance(MF)⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4
୨ৎ↳ The Loveless by Yolanda Olson(MF) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4
୨ৎ↳ Taboo by Emery LeeAnn(MF)⭐ 1.5
୨ৎ↳ Daddy Knows Best by Ayden Perry(MF)⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4
୨ৎ↳ The Chaos Between by Nicole Blackwood(MF)⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4
୨ৎ↳ Thicker Than Blood by Winter Paige/W.P. Woodbine(MFM?)⭐ 1
୨ৎ↳ Wrath and Ruin by Alice la Roux(MF)⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5
୨ৎ↳ Complex by Ally Vance(MF)⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4
୨ৎ↳ The Loveless by Yolanda Olson(MF) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4
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