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Vices
I'm no angel, and I've seen my fair share of trouble. A bit of time behind bars, it's all part of my story. But none of it mattered until that ill-fated scheme to earn some cash with Shawna brought the wrong people to her shop. Now, I'm caught in a deadly dance with three men who make my past transgressions look like child's play.
I'm not above faking it to survive, but as the days drag on, I'm beginning to realize that I'm in way over my head. And with every encounter, what started as a fight to save my skin morphs into something more—an uncomfortable obsession that threatens to consume me.
I'm not above faking it to survive, but as the days drag on, I'm beginning to realize that I'm in way over my head. And with every encounter, what started as a fight to save my skin morphs into something more—an uncomfortable obsession that threatens to consume me.
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Published August 13, 2025
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October 31, 2023
Well, this one was something else...
It's dark, gritty and spicy.
Characters are each on their own. We have three MMC (Grant, Perry, Isaac) and one FMC (Trish), as it says this is dark reverse harem.
To be honest I don't see any, okay maybe there is just a little bit, of romance here. We have Perry and Grant that are obsessed and Isaac who is li-la obsessed (not yes not no, he craves her) with Trish. There is no love. However there is expectation of it. They want more from her.
In my opinion, if you like Lauren Biel I think you would like this one also, again this is my opinion, that's the only author I read that has this type of content (dubcon and noncon). With that being said don't forget to check TW.
⭐️ 4,5/5
🌶 4/5
It's dark, gritty and spicy.
Characters are each on their own. We have three MMC (Grant, Perry, Isaac) and one FMC (Trish), as it says this is dark reverse harem.
To be honest I don't see any, okay maybe there is just a little bit, of romance here. We have Perry and Grant that are obsessed and Isaac who is li-la obsessed (not yes not no, he craves her) with Trish. There is no love. However there is expectation of it. They want more from her.
In my opinion, if you like Lauren Biel I think you would like this one also, again this is my opinion, that's the only author I read that has this type of content (dubcon and noncon). With that being said don't forget to check TW.
⭐️ 4,5/5
🌶 4/5
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January 12, 2024
Hmmm could’ve been better…
There were some good and some bad parts of this book. Just more bad than good…
**SPOILERS**
Patricia “Trish” gets out of prison and goes to couch surf on her friend Shawna’s couch. Shawna has a dry cleaning business but it a wannabe clothing designer. Now, mind you, Trish was locked up for “petty theft,” she tried to steal a designer hand bag and was caught, it’s not like she murdered someone.
On a “hustle,” which was pretty much Shawna’s idea, Trish goes to a red carpet event and gets “caught” in her hustle by her marks bodyguards. The bodyguards Perry and Grant get this grand idea to blackmail Trish into easy sex with them. They, of course, think this is an awesome idea. Pretty girl whenever they feel the need for her unwilling and unable to say no…or so they tell themselves. Going into this delusion is the fact that they believe because she doesn’t say “no” to them when they both USE HER like she’s some corner hooker, means she’s INTO them, or at least the idea of the “arrangements.” Oh, let’s not forget that the first few times they f*ck her, they’re holding a gun on her and threaten to “off her,” if she doesn’t do what they want.
When their boss (Trish’s original mark, the wife of what we have to assume is some big time mob boss) learns about her bodyguards actions she’s pissed, and tells Grant to “fix things.” She can tell that Trish is despondent and listless after being so carelessly used and horribly spoken to. Grant’s idea if fixing the problem is to pay for Trish’s rent at a nicer studio apartment, and telling her they won’t hold her to the “sex anytime we want it agreement, anymore.” Perry doesn’t agree…he’s become a bit obsessed with Trish, and their friend Isaac is just kinda along for the ride.
Trish for her part is really torn (God knows why, they treat her like shyte, especially Grant and Isaac - how he talks to her) but she kinda “likes them” *gag* but also hates how helpless they made/make her feel. She gets Grant to buy her a gun and teach her how to use it, and has a plan to turn the tables on the men who bulldozed their way into her life and are treating her like a whore. And when I say they’re treating her like a whore I mean it! They say the nastiest things to her, give her MONEY after the first time they use her, and talk to her like she’s a walking vagina and nothing more. How she develops feelings for them is beyond me.
So, the good. I actually liked Patricia “Trish” to a degree. I thought she had this “innocent air” about her although life had knocked her around and she had to grow up without anything or anyone. She made her choices (bad as they may be) because she didn’t see another way out. However…I REALLY did not like how her personality changed when Grant, Perry and an Isaac entered the picture. I’m okay with dark romance and some dubcon if it really is dubcon, and resolved “happily” or at least where both parties are happy, and yes my romantic heart likes a HEA. I really felt as if what Grant, Perry and Isaac did to Trish in the beginning was riding a VERY FINE LINE of dubcon, she couldn’t really give consent because she was under extreme duress and her life was being threatened. Just because her body reacted to what they did, doesn’t mean she enjoyed their actions and how they went about subduing her. After they left her, she felt like shyte! They called her a tool for getting off, just another p*ssy, an easy lay, and the things they did to her WITHOUT HER CONSENT were awful. They talked themselves into believing that she was enjoying their actions because her body responded, but hey, just because women have natural bodily reactions to stimuli doesn’t mean that their head and mind and heart is into it.
Grant decides to end the agreement and Perry says no way. By this point, Trish kinda likes the sex, AND LOVES the perks of having her rent paid for, and “being kinda cared for.” She definitely prefers her new digs. She makes some conditions of her own, one of which is that she gets to exact revenge on the guys that made her feel like a used hole. Grant indulges her, thinking she’ll never get the drop on them, he can pay her rent and wash his hands clear of her. Perry disagrees, and Isaac’s on the fence. Perry gets Trish to CONSIDER a new arrangement. They’ll keep paying for her place, getting her little gifts as long as SHE AGREES to be theirs without too much complaint. Trish thinks for a bit and decides that considering she has absolutely no one, no family, and no job prospects, that being theirs isn’t so bad, especially since she kinda has started to feel things for Perry, especially. The other two are a harder sell, but they all end up in some very twisted HEA.
**OPINIONS/REVIEW**
All right, this book could’ve been SOOOO MUCH BETTER if Alyssa Clark had 1. Made it longer 2. Made it into a duology or trilogy 3. JUST FLESHED OUT THE CHARACTERS MORE! Especially the main ones!! We barely know Trish! Were introduced to her getting out of jail and then she’s pulling a “con” almost immediately. Uhmmmm I get that’s all she knows what to do, but she just got outta prison, SERIOUSLY?!!! We get almost NO INFORMATION about her past, what made her the way she is, and her constant back and forth between wanting to destroy and kill her attackers/rapists/ dubcon partners, gives me freaking whiplash!! Perry and Grant and Isaac are a-holes. Yes they’re bodyguards for a mob boss and protective detail for his girl, but they come off as murderous thugs who don’t take no for an answer!! Perry at least has the decency to tell her he’s coming to “like her/is obsessed with her,” but Grant still thinks killing her is the way to go, and a Issac has no spine, he’s a sheep following he friends. Just as in Trish’s case, we GET NO BACKGROUND into the hitmen/bodyguards personal life or history! It’s just expected that we accept their very F’ed up ideas on “relationships,” i.e. they don’t have any, they sleep around like the dogs they are. And without history or any deeper connection to these hitmen/bodyguards, we can only take them at face value, and that face they present isn’t pretty.
The sex scenes ARE GRAPHIC - BE WARNED!! And they are Not sweet at all!! They downright “nasty and somewhat filthy.” They really do USE TRISH!!
My singular biggest issue with Vices is that Trish gets a little “fire” back, wants to turn the tables on these handsome but deranged men, and take control of her life. But by the way the author writes it, all she does is PROVE TO HERSELF AND THEM that she couldn’t kill them if she tried, and that she is a total masochist who thrives on their VERY VERY DARK DESIRES.
So in conclusion. The dubcon is very very present. The heroine concedes at the end (maybe gaining her version of a HEA! No matter how screwed it is! She literally LETS HERSELF BE BOUGHT and taken care of like some sort of pet, and she’s happy for it!!) *eye roll* to each their own, I guess!! The guys (Maybe Perry the most) realize they have some sort of feelings for her…or at least no longer want to blackmail or KILL HER ANYMORE! And everything ends on the not that she’s “bought” and taken care for by these three murderous idiots forever long they deem her to be (Perry says forever, but who the heck knows? They’re all psychopaths!).
If the characters had been given more depth or background, perhaps this book would’ve made more sense. But going off of what I read, the heroine loses her spunk and gives in to potentially become a “kept women” okay one with a gun, lol. And her men, all majorly stunted boneheads get what they want in the end.
P.S. Shawna the designer gets set to the back burner, so does Mrs. Voss, (Jean) who I thought had the potential to be more present in the book and become great friends with Trish!!
There were some good and some bad parts of this book. Just more bad than good…
**SPOILERS**
Patricia “Trish” gets out of prison and goes to couch surf on her friend Shawna’s couch. Shawna has a dry cleaning business but it a wannabe clothing designer. Now, mind you, Trish was locked up for “petty theft,” she tried to steal a designer hand bag and was caught, it’s not like she murdered someone.
On a “hustle,” which was pretty much Shawna’s idea, Trish goes to a red carpet event and gets “caught” in her hustle by her marks bodyguards. The bodyguards Perry and Grant get this grand idea to blackmail Trish into easy sex with them. They, of course, think this is an awesome idea. Pretty girl whenever they feel the need for her unwilling and unable to say no…or so they tell themselves. Going into this delusion is the fact that they believe because she doesn’t say “no” to them when they both USE HER like she’s some corner hooker, means she’s INTO them, or at least the idea of the “arrangements.” Oh, let’s not forget that the first few times they f*ck her, they’re holding a gun on her and threaten to “off her,” if she doesn’t do what they want.
When their boss (Trish’s original mark, the wife of what we have to assume is some big time mob boss) learns about her bodyguards actions she’s pissed, and tells Grant to “fix things.” She can tell that Trish is despondent and listless after being so carelessly used and horribly spoken to. Grant’s idea if fixing the problem is to pay for Trish’s rent at a nicer studio apartment, and telling her they won’t hold her to the “sex anytime we want it agreement, anymore.” Perry doesn’t agree…he’s become a bit obsessed with Trish, and their friend Isaac is just kinda along for the ride.
Trish for her part is really torn (God knows why, they treat her like shyte, especially Grant and Isaac - how he talks to her) but she kinda “likes them” *gag* but also hates how helpless they made/make her feel. She gets Grant to buy her a gun and teach her how to use it, and has a plan to turn the tables on the men who bulldozed their way into her life and are treating her like a whore. And when I say they’re treating her like a whore I mean it! They say the nastiest things to her, give her MONEY after the first time they use her, and talk to her like she’s a walking vagina and nothing more. How she develops feelings for them is beyond me.
So, the good. I actually liked Patricia “Trish” to a degree. I thought she had this “innocent air” about her although life had knocked her around and she had to grow up without anything or anyone. She made her choices (bad as they may be) because she didn’t see another way out. However…I REALLY did not like how her personality changed when Grant, Perry and an Isaac entered the picture. I’m okay with dark romance and some dubcon if it really is dubcon, and resolved “happily” or at least where both parties are happy, and yes my romantic heart likes a HEA. I really felt as if what Grant, Perry and Isaac did to Trish in the beginning was riding a VERY FINE LINE of dubcon, she couldn’t really give consent because she was under extreme duress and her life was being threatened. Just because her body reacted to what they did, doesn’t mean she enjoyed their actions and how they went about subduing her. After they left her, she felt like shyte! They called her a tool for getting off, just another p*ssy, an easy lay, and the things they did to her WITHOUT HER CONSENT were awful. They talked themselves into believing that she was enjoying their actions because her body responded, but hey, just because women have natural bodily reactions to stimuli doesn’t mean that their head and mind and heart is into it.
Grant decides to end the agreement and Perry says no way. By this point, Trish kinda likes the sex, AND LOVES the perks of having her rent paid for, and “being kinda cared for.” She definitely prefers her new digs. She makes some conditions of her own, one of which is that she gets to exact revenge on the guys that made her feel like a used hole. Grant indulges her, thinking she’ll never get the drop on them, he can pay her rent and wash his hands clear of her. Perry disagrees, and Isaac’s on the fence. Perry gets Trish to CONSIDER a new arrangement. They’ll keep paying for her place, getting her little gifts as long as SHE AGREES to be theirs without too much complaint. Trish thinks for a bit and decides that considering she has absolutely no one, no family, and no job prospects, that being theirs isn’t so bad, especially since she kinda has started to feel things for Perry, especially. The other two are a harder sell, but they all end up in some very twisted HEA.
**OPINIONS/REVIEW**
All right, this book could’ve been SOOOO MUCH BETTER if Alyssa Clark had 1. Made it longer 2. Made it into a duology or trilogy 3. JUST FLESHED OUT THE CHARACTERS MORE! Especially the main ones!! We barely know Trish! Were introduced to her getting out of jail and then she’s pulling a “con” almost immediately. Uhmmmm I get that’s all she knows what to do, but she just got outta prison, SERIOUSLY?!!! We get almost NO INFORMATION about her past, what made her the way she is, and her constant back and forth between wanting to destroy and kill her attackers/rapists/ dubcon partners, gives me freaking whiplash!! Perry and Grant and Isaac are a-holes. Yes they’re bodyguards for a mob boss and protective detail for his girl, but they come off as murderous thugs who don’t take no for an answer!! Perry at least has the decency to tell her he’s coming to “like her/is obsessed with her,” but Grant still thinks killing her is the way to go, and a Issac has no spine, he’s a sheep following he friends. Just as in Trish’s case, we GET NO BACKGROUND into the hitmen/bodyguards personal life or history! It’s just expected that we accept their very F’ed up ideas on “relationships,” i.e. they don’t have any, they sleep around like the dogs they are. And without history or any deeper connection to these hitmen/bodyguards, we can only take them at face value, and that face they present isn’t pretty.
The sex scenes ARE GRAPHIC - BE WARNED!! And they are Not sweet at all!! They downright “nasty and somewhat filthy.” They really do USE TRISH!!
My singular biggest issue with Vices is that Trish gets a little “fire” back, wants to turn the tables on these handsome but deranged men, and take control of her life. But by the way the author writes it, all she does is PROVE TO HERSELF AND THEM that she couldn’t kill them if she tried, and that she is a total masochist who thrives on their VERY VERY DARK DESIRES.
So in conclusion. The dubcon is very very present. The heroine concedes at the end (maybe gaining her version of a HEA! No matter how screwed it is! She literally LETS HERSELF BE BOUGHT and taken care of like some sort of pet, and she’s happy for it!!) *eye roll* to each their own, I guess!! The guys (Maybe Perry the most) realize they have some sort of feelings for her…or at least no longer want to blackmail or KILL HER ANYMORE! And everything ends on the not that she’s “bought” and taken care for by these three murderous idiots forever long they deem her to be (Perry says forever, but who the heck knows? They’re all psychopaths!).
If the characters had been given more depth or background, perhaps this book would’ve made more sense. But going off of what I read, the heroine loses her spunk and gives in to potentially become a “kept women” okay one with a gun, lol. And her men, all majorly stunted boneheads get what they want in the end.
P.S. Shawna the designer gets set to the back burner, so does Mrs. Voss, (Jean) who I thought had the potential to be more present in the book and become great friends with Trish!!
November 6, 2023
I’m really sad to give this one 2 stars.
Vices is supposed to be a dark reverse harem romance. Unfortunately for me, the characters felt short, with little or no personality and it felt more like a quick smutty read.
The book is well written but there’s just not enough plot to keep my attention. I’m a huge fan of dark romance and RH and I had a lot of expectations for this one, the blurb makes the book sound very interesting and I was expecting a troubled but strong female character, but Trish falls short and I didn’t like the MMCs at all, they're bullies just for the hell of it and out of nowhere they're having sex. there’s nothing that explains why suddenly they are obsessed with the MFC.
By the end of the book you get the idea that there's going to be a sequel, so I hope it improves in the second book because I think the story has potential, but for me the characters need to be a lot more developed (what they're feeling, how those feelings develop, why they do certain things).
It’s a dark romance so please check TW before reading.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Vices is supposed to be a dark reverse harem romance. Unfortunately for me, the characters felt short, with little or no personality and it felt more like a quick smutty read.
The book is well written but there’s just not enough plot to keep my attention. I’m a huge fan of dark romance and RH and I had a lot of expectations for this one, the blurb makes the book sound very interesting and I was expecting a troubled but strong female character, but Trish falls short and I didn’t like the MMCs at all, they're bullies just for the hell of it and out of nowhere they're having sex. there’s nothing that explains why suddenly they are obsessed with the MFC.
By the end of the book you get the idea that there's going to be a sequel, so I hope it improves in the second book because I think the story has potential, but for me the characters need to be a lot more developed (what they're feeling, how those feelings develop, why they do certain things).
It’s a dark romance so please check TW before reading.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
December 4, 2023
When con woman - Trish (FMC) decides to help out a friend - Shawna to start her own business things don't go to plan. More so when a chance meeting there with Jean leads to a budding friendship which proves dangerous. Creating a complicated dynamic between Trish, Grant, Perry and Isaac.
I'm slightly torn after reading this book. I loved Trish, Shawna and Jean firstly. I kind of wanted more book time from them. My problem was with the guys more so with their attitude at the start of the beginning especially with how they treated Trish even though it was hot they were definitely Alpha***** that needed a good slap with their entitled attitudes which supposedly was a form of protection for Jean. Honestly it annoyed me places but as the book progressed and Trish found her strength that she gave as good as got from then on I got into this book more. I'm curious to see what will happen in the next book now.
I'm slightly torn after reading this book. I loved Trish, Shawna and Jean firstly. I kind of wanted more book time from them. My problem was with the guys more so with their attitude at the start of the beginning especially with how they treated Trish even though it was hot they were definitely Alpha***** that needed a good slap with their entitled attitudes which supposedly was a form of protection for Jean. Honestly it annoyed me places but as the book progressed and Trish found her strength that she gave as good as got from then on I got into this book more. I'm curious to see what will happen in the next book now.
October 27, 2023
Let me start off by saying this is super heavy on the non con and dub con trope type so if this is a trigger for you…. This book probably isn’t for you. Second, I enjoyed the book, however there seemed to be very little actual plot to it. Third, the author wanted to make this a RH, which I eat up…. But the third guy, Issac seems to be written almost as an afterthought. I did enjoy the characters though as well as what little plot that was there. I wish the author would build more onto this book and let us have at least a few scenes of the MCs interacting without s3x being involved. I won’t be reading the next book in the series.
Is it worth the read? Meh… it was a quick smutty dark rh read. It’s well written just not enough plot to keep my attention. But it was quick so overall, yes.
This is an arc review.
Is it worth the read? Meh… it was a quick smutty dark rh read. It’s well written just not enough plot to keep my attention. But it was quick so overall, yes.
This is an arc review.
October 27, 2023
Vices is a dark reverse harem romance. Please check TW before reading. Trish has had a hard life growing up and is considered a low-life con-artist by society standards. She does what she feels she needs to just to survive. The closest thing she has to a family is her one and only best friend. During one of her con-artist attempts, she accidently befriends a member of a huge crime family, which of course brings even more trouble into her life in the forms of Perry, Grant and Isaac. Trish has lost almost all control of her life. Will she be able to get back her control? Great story. At the end it gives you a look into what's next and I can't wait!
October 23, 2023
This book started off with a bang. Trish has never had the best of luck in life and spent time in jail for shoplifting. Now released and headed back to her friend’s place. Needing a place to stay her friend allows her to sleep on the couch. Being good at become someone else and to help out, she wears a beautiful dress designed by Shawna and attends a glamours party. Trying to get notice out there of the gown she is wearing, she meets Jean. Little did Trish know that her life is not what it seems. Guarded by 3 body guards Perry, Grant and Issac, Trish’s life is about to change forever.
November 3, 2023
Check your tw before reading.
I decided to read this for the rh and I feel like it was ok. Two of the 3 males were like Obsessed and the third was like eh.
There wasn’t much plot between the character but it was heavy in the spice.
If you’re into dark romance with con non this is for you.
Usually it’s not a book I go for but there’s enough rh that I enjoyed this read.
Thanks Netgalley and scarlet for the arc!
I decided to read this for the rh and I feel like it was ok. Two of the 3 males were like Obsessed and the third was like eh.
There wasn’t much plot between the character but it was heavy in the spice.
If you’re into dark romance with con non this is for you.
Usually it’s not a book I go for but there’s enough rh that I enjoyed this read.
Thanks Netgalley and scarlet for the arc!
November 1, 2023
Trish never seems to catch a break and she is in some serious trouble this time around. When a con has her befriending someone with mafia connections will it bring her luck or another downfall. This story kept me glued to the pages from start to finish.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
October 23, 2023
Trish goes from the frying pan into the fire trying to make a quick buck and now she's in big trouble she has ruthless bodyguards after her or should I say after her bedroom skills. I have a fondness for dark and delicious stories and this one is a goody.
November 3, 2023
Ms. Clark…naughty, naughty, and I Loved It!
This is dark, delicious, dirty and daring!
Ms. Clark had me tingling in all the right places! Devious smile!
Trish, Perry, Grant and Issac…what might they do for you? I'd give it a go!
This is dark, delicious, dirty and daring!
Ms. Clark had me tingling in all the right places! Devious smile!
Trish, Perry, Grant and Issac…what might they do for you? I'd give it a go!
November 18, 2023
I enjoyed Trisha’s book. It was an entertaining and intriguing read. And am voluntarily leaving my review.
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