Chaotic: A Dark Romance

L.O.R.D.S. #7

by Shantel Tessier

HIS ANGEL

I was born into a secret society known as the Lords. There is no limit to their depravity. If they want to be respected, they have to earn it.

Women like me are merely allowed to exist in their world … until they no longer need us.

I’ve spent most of my life wishing death would find me. That I’d be granted an escape from the reality I was forced to endure. But luck has never been on my side. It seemed I was destined to never be anything more than a failure.

I VOW. YOU VOW. WE VOW.

Then one night I took control of my life. It was my first taste of freedom, and I wanted someone to notice me.

Turns out, that was a mistake, and my father had been right, I didn’t deserve to be seen.

A Lord—Kashton Landon Pierce—saved me, and I offered to pay him the only way I knew how—with my body. After he finished with me, I ran.

Now he’s back in my life, wanting to pick up where we left off.

The problem with that is I’m no longer the scared woman I was when we met. I’ve spent years digging myself out of a dark hole, and I refuse to allow any man to drag me back. Especially a Spade brother. Even if he is promising me everything I’ve ever wanted.

I underestimated him. Kashton inserted himself into my everyday life and invaded my dreams.

He needed a pet to keep chained in the basement. A toy to occupy his free time. His brothers were busy living their lives, so he decided to take over mine.

What I didn’t expect was for him to make me feel loved. To be taken care of and put first before anything else. After being told you’re worthless your whole life, it’s hard not to believe it.

Kashton made me feel cherished and accepted me for who I was—unworthy.

For a moment, I found myself hoping for a future that I knew wasn’t possible. One where I could be what he needed. But our world has a way of teasing happiness before stripping it all away.

Genres: Dark Romance, Dark, Romance, BDSM, Smut, Forced Proximity, Suspense

548 pages, Hardcover

Published January 8, 2026

About the author

Shantel is a USA Today & Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author. She lives in Oklahoma with her high school sweetheart, who is a wonderful, supportive husband and their two daughters. She loves to spend time cuddled up on the couch with a good book. Although she has a passion to write, her family is most important to her.

Email her at: Shanteltessierassistant@gmail.com

Reviews

[Kayla | Kayla Reads Smut · Rating 5 out of 5]

I need you to ask me if I am well. Because I am so fucking unwell. I literally just finished Chaotic but it's more like Chaotic finished me and I have been staring at a wall for the last 20 minutes contemplating what to do with my life next, you know what I mean? This book is EVERYTHING we have been waiting a year for. Trust me when I say, Kash's book is so worth the wait. This book is literal perfection. It's everything that I wanted and everything I didn't know I needed.

If you know me at all, then you know that I live and breathe for the LORDS series. This series is my Roman Empire. It consumes every single thought and fiber of my being. I live for my LORDS watch. If you follow me, then you know that there was nothing that made me want Kash's book next after reading Madness. I was full steam ahead on the Adam train (which don't come for my baby, I will accept no criticism on that man). But now that I have read Chaotic, I am currently bound and gagged on my knees for Kashton Landon Pierce saying, I Vow. You Vow. We Vow. because this man had me falling head over heels in love. I thought it was going to be Adam to knock my beloved Ryat off his number one spot, but nope it was Kash. So yeah, I am eating my words. Kashton was the MMC that I didn't see coming. He has my whole entire heart and that was not on my LORDS bingo card for the year. He was everything that I was wanting him to be but also nothing that I expected.

That is all you are going to be getting from me for now... just know this book, this couple... hands down my favorite in this series. They have my whole entire heart. I will be thinking about this one til the end of time.

Savor this one. And I will see you on the other side ♠️🪽

[⁺₊☽⋆Monika⋆☾⁺₊ · Rating 5 out of 5]

How many times have I cried? Yes

[Sinful Dreamer · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book really pulled me in and kept me hooked. The emotional journey was intense love, anger, sadness, and plenty of tears. I was fully invested. That said, the book felt too long. Some parts were repetitive, while other important moments felt rushed or dragged on longer than needed.

The FMC’s story was heartbreaking, and I truly felt everything she went through. She’s strong, resilient, and easy to root for. The MMC was intense, possessive, and deeply devoted, which I really enjoyed. Their relationship was emotional and passionate, but at times it relied too much on physical scenes instead of deeper emotional development.

The writing did get confusing at times with frequent POV and timeline jumps, which affected the pacing. There was also a lot of internal monologue and repeated intimate scenes that made the story feel longer than necessary.

What kept this from being a five-star read for me:
• Some scenes felt underdeveloped
• I was hoping for a stronger revenge arc after everything the FMC endured
• A side character was treated poorly, and I wanted more explanation
• I wished there was more focus on friendships and sibling relationships

Overall, this was an emotional and addictive read that made me cry, but the pacing, repetition, and length kept it from reaching five stars.

[Ashley · Rating 5 out of 5]

“Sometimes you have to hurt the one you love,”

[JenniferAL · Rating 2 out of 5]

What can I say…
If you’ve read one book in the L.O.R.D.S Series you’ve read them all🤷🏻‍♀️.
I mean the plots, tropes, secret sibling, fake deaths and “goodbye” letters are so similar at this point all the books just blend together.
Don’t worry tho Ashtyn is still a shady bitch but now so is Adam, must be a sibling thing.

[alexleasins · Rating 2 out of 5]

long for nothing

[ꜱᴛᴇᴘʜᴀɴɪᴇ ♡ · Rating 4 out of 5]

🄺𝔞𝔰𝔥𝔱𝔬𝔫 🄻𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔬𝔫 🄿𝔦𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔢 ☠︎𐕣⁶⁶⁶

𝑺𝒑𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 ♤♠♤
ᴛʜᴇ ꜱɪɴɴᴇʀ ↳ 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙜𝙪𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙏-𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙣, 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙡𝙚𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙨. 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙮 𝙚𝙮𝙚. 𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙣𝙪𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮; 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙚. 𝙎𝙝𝙚’𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙖 𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙜𝙖𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙧𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣, 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙪𝙥 𝙨𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙣 𝙪𝙥𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙚𝙠. 𝙈𝙮 𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙡𝙪𝙚 𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙢𝙞𝙧𝙠𝙨, 𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜.
ᴛʜᴇ ꜱɪɴɴᴇʀ ↳ 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙪𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝙣𝙪𝙣 𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙤𝙤 𝙨𝙡𝙖𝙥𝙨 𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠, 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙘𝙝𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙡𝙚. ❝𝙒𝙚’𝙫𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙮 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙪𝙥. 𝙄𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙛𝙪𝙣 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙥𝙪𝙩 𝙪𝙥 𝙖 𝙛𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩.❞
ᴄᴀʀɴᴀɢᴇ ↳ ❝𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙙𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙆𝙖𝙨𝙝??❞
❝𝙉𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙬. 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚. 𝙄'𝙢 𝙖 𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙣.❞
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙨 𝙢𝙚 𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙚𝙭𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚.
ᴍᴀᴅɴᴇꜱꜱ ↳ 𝙆𝙖𝙨𝙝 𝙡𝙚𝙛𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙤 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙎𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙟𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙞𝙩 𝙪𝙥 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙢. 𝙃𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙡𝙮, 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙚 𝙖 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙤𝙪𝙨. 𝙄𝙛 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙇𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙩 𝙪𝙥, 𝙞𝙩'𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢. 𝙀𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧.

[Kursed Reads · Rating 4 out of 5]

A Spade brother with a savior complex, Kashton Pierce is instantly enamored when his path crosses with his angel’s.

Our girl has a past and her story is deeply-rooted in trauma, her emotions turbulent. This all makes her journey of self-acceptance, which ultimately leads to her happily ever after, incredibly satisfying.

Theirs is a story with so many layers to peel back. I loved that just when you thought you had stripped them all away, there was a landmine waiting to fuck everything up. We dive deeper into the Lords world with multidimensional characters, emotion, character growth, eye-popping spice, and, of course, nonstop fuckery.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Burn: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Darkness: 🖤🖤🖤
Heat: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Range of Emotions: 😲😬😭😳😍
Ending: 💗 {HEA}

POV: 👫🏻 {Dual | Present • Past}

🗄️ Genre: Contemporary Romance
🗂️ Subgenre(s): Dark, Erotic, New Adult, Suspense

✨ Tropes: Enemies-to-Lovers, Forced Proximity, Found Family, Heroine in Danger, Hidden Identity, Insta-Obsession, Secret Society, Stalker
 
💫 Microtropes: Backward Hat, Boy Obsessed, Forehead Kisses, “Good Girl”, Hand Necklace, It’s Always Been You, Pet Name, Pierced 🐓, Sassy FMC, Secrets & Lies, She’s a Runner, Tattooed MMC, Tragic Past, Who Hurt You?

🔆 Character: Illegal Enterprises

💋 Kinks: ALL OF THEM.

🤰🏻 Pregnancy: n/a

🚩 Red Flags: Alphahole/Antihero, Bulldozer MMC, Manipulation, OTT Hero, Touch-Her-and-💀

⛔️ Safety Squad: There are potentially triggering elements. If you have any hesitation, check the warnings before diving in. Otherwise, blind is best!!

📍 Setting: Small Town

⚠️ Warning: This book is definitely NSFW or with a kiddo by your side. In fact, I would highly recommend you read this one after dark to avoid side eye or awkward conversations.

📣 Type: Chaotic is part of the LORDS series. The couple gets their HEA/HFN, but the overarching storyline carries across the series. As such, this series will be best enjoyed when read in order.

🛑 Be Advised: My Goodreads shelves are … explicit in both senses. As such, they could be considered spoiler-y.

[Jackie · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF @45% 😭😭😭 I have read and enjoyed every book in this series so far, but this one felt so blahhh 🫠🥲 I’m 237 pages in & nothing has happened. The plot is all over the place, the spice is mid????? and repetitive???? and it is way to freakin long. How I still have 300 pages and feel like nothings happening?? I love love The Lords, but reading this feels like pulling teeth 💔 I was anticipating amazing things for Kash but this was a little of a let down 🥺

[Enni (on hiatus) ✨]

Asking for a friend: Why are ppl already giving five star reviews without reading the book first?

[Monica · Rating 1 out of 5]

I got to 10% and it was trying so hard to be badass instead of just telling a story. I've found The Ritual and The Sacrifice to be my favorites of the series, but every book after those two just seem to be trying too hard. Every book is just a ton of child abuse with added trauma and hardcore sex. It's annoying at this point.

ETA:
I think I figured out why I this book annoys me so much, especially its characters. FMC wants revenge against someone/something. She's allegedly devoted to her schemes and consumed by her revenge. So why is she offering sex to a stranger? Is she recording it to blackmail him later? Is she seducing him to use later? Or is she just horny? Every show I've watched, book I've read, and in real life, people don't engage in relationships, because they are so consumed by rage and the need for revenge that people are peripheral. The only time they even notice people is because they surround them or are thought of as pawns. So Everett just getting it on with a stranger for no reason makes absolutely no sense.

Why is Everett trembling when she wants to show loyalty? You'd think she would've practiced feigning confidence, so as not to show weakness in front of the people taught to identify and exploit every flaw.

MMC is no better - he slept with a random stranger, but the dude has no assurances that she doesn't know who he is, if she'll lie about what happened, or that he let his objective go. If FMC wouldn't have killed the objective, MMC would be a literal failure, because his brain stopped working because "pwetty woman; dick making decisions OF SURVIVAL."

I also want to point out that you can be dark and edgy without child abuse (Ryat, Alexius by Bella J.). I also want to point out that just having infertility as another sad experience is dumb. Why not have the characters make the choice to remain childfree, because they don't want what they went through to affect any children they may have. That's character-driven, instead of forcing the plot by stupid decisions.

Movies/shows: The Glory, Zemheri, Arafta
Books: Lothaire (Kresley Cole), Pleasure Unbound (Larissa Ione)
Real life: Zhang Kou Kou

I dnf'd at like 10% and I'm not going to read OVER 800 pages of stupidity and sex, when the book has nothing new or fresh to offer. Did Tessier get jealous of Alchemized or something? There's no way a book with characters as stupid as these will accomplish anything worthwhile, even with the extra allotted time.

I wish authors would stop giving ARCs to the same 5-star people. They aren't going to rate them accurately. Assign it randomly through a book review company.

[Yuee 📚 🎧 · Rating 5 out of 5]

OMG. No words to describe how much i loved the roller coaster of a book
I was great every part of it.
Starting from the play list. To the characters i cried and laughed and got a heart ache cause of it

Kash. I thought i would hate his book but no i loved him how he was caring and a good man
He knew what he wanted and pursued it

Eve what she endured it was too much yet she survived i cried for her alot. This poor girl 🥹💔


Still hate Ashyton. She is a real bitch
Hayden my man.
Tayson is the best.
Sinny hated and loved him in the book 🥹♥️

Adam. ( still can’t decide on love or hate him TBH)


When saint said ( if i have to hear this song one more time i will cut my ears off ) pretty sure my headphones have the same reaction to me listening to Hallelujah for three days straight on a repeat 😅😂

[Felix]

I'm so excited, i feel like throwing up.
I don't care who this is about i just hope there's no sharing. I couldn't read Carnage but I love the rest so much I'm literally obsessed 😭😭😭😭


Thoughts while reading:

NO SHARING!!!! My prayers were answered. Thank you Shantel. 🧎

I absolutely love how obsessed Kashton is. That man is so possessive!
I hate that he still fucks other women even though he keeps talking about how long he searched for her and how obsessed he is. In the same chapter he started with fucking another woman (mentioned not showed) and then calls Eve his future wife and gets extremely mad when someone mentioned that she’s fucking someone else. Like ok double standard.

I always appreciate Shantel’s humor. I can’t even tell if it’s intentional or not but every book made me laugh so hard. It’s my type of humor.
The FMC is finding a target to kill, at a bar, a piece of shit that she lets flirt with her to bring him to her hotel room and butcher him all while the MMC is trigger happy watching her, full of anger and murderous energy wanting to break the damn door and kill the guy because he thinks she wants to hook up with him…that girl will make the poor man die from a heart attack one day.

Exactly what I was fucking saying. I started laughing so fucking hard when Elli pointed a SIG P220 at Kash’s face in the middle of the night when he appeared at their door even though Sin let him inside. We know who wears the pants in this marriage and it’s definitely not Sin. I love that man so much, I can’t even choose a favorite MMC. They’re all so fucking lovable 😭

I’m 100% not a fan of all these flashbacks. Give me their story not the past MC’s

I like how Kash has a whole relationship, marriage and future plans with Eve in his own head while she has absolutely no idea about it. He’s so insane. He’s one of us!

My blood is boiling. I saw on tiktok the Ashtyn scene. Charlotte might be better than Eve for not threatening the whore to knock her teeth out but Eve is even better than me because I would fucking do it. “You might be pregnant but your face isn’t.” She’s a queen. I want the whore dead since I funcking met her in the series

Never thought I would ever say this about a Shantel Tessier MMC but Kash is fucking ADORABLE. Like wtf this man is already head over heels for her and she talked to him once after meeting him again after so many years. For fucks sake, he is literally making life decisions around her and only her WTF THIS DUDE HAS ABSOLUTELY NO RIGHT TO BE THIS STINKING CUTE 😭

Eve injecting Kash with something to escape him, he wakes up face down in the dirt. With a note from her saying “don’t fuck with me. I fuck back”
The first thing he thinks when he sees that? “my future wife has a sense of humor. It’s adorable” sir you just woke up alone in the graveyard face down practically eating dirt because the girl you obviously want to marry, decided to stab you in the neck with a needle and put you to sleep…Shantel’s humor is always so good 🙂‍↕️
I’m laughing so fucking hard. She STAPLED THE NOTE ON HIS BACK.

[Paige · Rating 5 out of 5]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“𝙔𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙄 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙩 𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙄 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙄 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙. 𝙄’𝙢 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙛𝙩 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩.”

WE ARE SO BACKKKK 🤪 I got GOOSEBUMPS reading the prologue oh how I have missed this world. Kash’s book did NOT disappoint. This story was dark, gripping, disturbing, consuming and unputdownable. Each book gets better and better Shantel how do you do this 😫

Some of my absolute favourite moments were Sin and Kash, Sin proving why he’s my favourite MMC, he was CHEFS KISS in this book. But KASHTON LANDON PIERCE? He was EVERYTHING, he lived up to my expectations and deserves all the love. He’s a dark golden retriever with feelings, the way his character was explored was *perfection*. It got a bit deep at times (which I was not prepared for) and I just wanted to hug him so bad because he’s NOT alone 😭 Now our FMC? I was NOT PREPARED. AT. ALL. She is such a badass and I can say with certainty my favourite FMC in the series. I loved Kash and our FMC together, while they had their struggles they persevered and the way Shantel wrote these two you could feel everything.

As always, the plot at large was INSANE and incredible. I was UNWELL so many times, screaming and crying, Shantel is a mastermind and I’m still reeling from this book. She writes the best secret society no one can change my mind! Kash was most definitely worth the wait! Now, can we talk about Adam.. I don’t know what to do with my life now, this book consumed me and I will be in a slump for the foreseeable future.

[Blair Warner · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is time…Time for Kashton Landon Pierces BOOK! And what a ride this book what. First and foremost. Please read the authors notes before reading this book. As always this is a dark romance and this contains contents that might be unsettling to some. Now If I had to pick between my favorite Spade brother’s book. It would have to be between this one and Haidyn’s book Madness! I feel like in this one so much comes together. I when from wanting to binge the book because I needed to know everything to never wanting it to end so I decided to slow down my reading. I verbally shouted YES! Multiple times!!! There have been multiple times I Have wanted to reread this series but haven’t and now because of Chaotic I am going to do this. I am not ready to let it go…SO the reread is going to begin of the whole L.O.R.D.S universe. And I have a feeling that at the end KASH is going to be a top contender for a favorite. Because I JUST LOVED Him and his girl in this book so much!! Who is his girl? Wellll you need to read it ;)

[Amber · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.75 stars

I loved the book but.. it was my least favourite so far. I’m not sure it needed to be that long if I’m honest but I powered through because Shantel is a mastermind and I needed to know everything.

The Mmc & fmc were written really well. I enjoyed finally seeing things from kashtons pov. The twists and turns in this book is crazy and you constantly never know where it’s going to go so keeps you on edge.

However it was disappointing to read the change of other characters, especially Ashtyn. I don’t know whether Shantel played into the all the hate or what, but to see her portrayed how she was, was such a disservice to her character. Don’t get why you’d ruin another fmc from book you’ve already done. I don’t know whether it’s because kash and haidyn had to dislike her so they could be happy with someone else and it be believable? I just don’t get it. Making it sound like saint was exhausted of her as well it was just such a let down. Trying to put a bow around it on the end wasn’t even enough because I knew that it had already ruined her, even the epilogue. “Ashtyn is just Ashtyn” The same with Adam to be honest, even in the end his character took a bashing. I will continue the series and I hope in Adam’s book there is redemption for both him and Ashtyn as this book ruined them.

[Persephone · Rating 5 out of 5]

Did I finish Chaotic, or did it finish me? 🫠 this book drained me but in the best way. It was definitely the heaviest in the series, and I don’t just mean the size of the book lol Shantel doesn’t miss! Everything that Eve goes through is so heartbreaking my god, this girl just couldn’t get a break. But honestly, I feel like it just made her stronger. Even as she doubted herself and her worth, she just wanted to die, but she kept living. Honestly her and Kash were made for eachother, they complimented eachother SO well. Kash is the absolute sweetest, the way he constantly supported her and stood by her side and stood up for her even when she wasn’t around. Haidyn has been my favorite since the spade brothers first came into the picture, but has Kash taken that number 1 spot? 👀🤭

Eve, she is my FAVORITE FMC out of the series. She is so BADASS! SHE PUT TRASHTYN IN HER PLACEEEE! At one point I did feel bad for Ashtyn, but this book had sealed her fate for me and I still hate her 😆 so thank you queen Shantel for making an FMC like Eve who give zero f*cks and don’t play when it comes to her man or Haidyn 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Eve is definitely a girls girl though and it made me love her even more. The number of times that I had to stop because I was laughing so hard at the things she said, her commentary was EVERYTHING!

Im excited for Adam’s book, which will probably be another year, but that’s ok, maybe it will give me the time I need to cool down because he made me so MAD 😡

Kashton baby, I love you.

I Vow. You Vow. We Vow.

[She Reads · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a ride. Eve deserved better and I’m glad Kash is giving that to her. They all do. To be loved is to be treasured and to not have loved or been loved your entire life, it is heartbreaking. Eve and Kash deserve all of the good things. Definitely a crazy ride and had me shook with how many twists and turns there were in this one. One thing after the next poor girl couldn’t catch a break! I bawled, I laughed, and I was pissed through the entire thing. All emotions at once! Can’t wait for Shantel to write the next one- hoping it’s Adam.

[Kyla Honey · Rating 5 out of 5]

okay now I can finally put my thoughts down.

This book was amazing!!! It exceeded all my expectations and kashton is by far my favorite spade brother.

The way Shantel wrote this book was something else. So many Easter eggs from previous books all made sense and all the puzzle pieces started connected and my jaw was on the floooor.

The way the book has so many twist and turns.. I never would’ve guessed any of them honestly.

But can we talk about Eve? I think she’s my favorite FMC Shantel has ever written . My girl was crazy and such a baddie and I would’ve been on my knees just like kashton was.

My heart broke so many times throughout this book, the flash backs of what both of them have been through, will hurt. But believe me when I say it’ll be put back together by the end. But it’s gonna hurt on the journey.. okay??? 🤣 but revenge is always sweet 🥰

And of course the spice.. top tier.
The banter … top tier
Kash & Sin together.. top tier

I need Adam’s book like I need air now, I can’t wait to see how this plays out next.


Spectacular give me 14 of em right neowwwww🥵

Ps - Kashton is top tier TOP TIER🗣️🗣️

[Lynn Salisbury · Rating 3 out of 5]

good. but…

I’ve read all the book connected to and in this series. Kashton was so anticipated. Theories went from the simple to the fantastical. Everyone said it would be cathedral girl. And I hoped it wasn’t. It seemed too predictable for such an amazing author. Everyone said Ashtyn was who they thought. And I hope the author wouldn’t do that to an FMC. I was wrong about both. Everyone hoped for dark Kash. Expected the same darkness as previous Lords and Spades. He wasn’t. I love this world the author created. I will never say I don’t. But please, Mother, give a few of the characters you have written as the “villains” redemption. Specially Adam and Ashtyn. Most don’t like them. Some of us love them. Otherwise I’m happy with this book and would always recommend the author to anyone.

[Caroline Weston · Rating 5 out of 5]

Did this have me crying so much I was gasping for air… YES, Shantel you’re an evil genius 😭😫

[Teodora Vukovic · Rating 1 out of 5]

Here we go again.
I really thought that this time it would be different but I don't know what drugs i was on when i decided that. Probably the drugs that they give the girl before they fuck them.
I dnf-ed this book at 43% and let me tell you this book is not small. It's 822 pages of pure smut. Now, don't get me wrong i love me some smuty books but this is not the smut that is enjoyable for me.
I've read the last 6 books from this series and they weren't any better honestly. The only books i enjoyed a lil bit were The Ritual and Madness.
Now for the review, i went into this thinking that Kashton is going to be my favorite MMC from this series, but alas i was proven wrong....again.
I've read almost 400 pages of this book and I just don't have it in me to finish it. I feel like nothing happened in these 400 pages except the MMC tormenting the poor FMC.
My problem with Shantel's books is that she writes the most god awful men I've ever read, and i have read around 250 books. And she writes her females like they're a breeding stock and that are only good for that. Also in most cases the FMC's are dumb as a rock.Like i said i love smut in books but i also like some story with it.
I have no words for the things that happened to Everett and i feel the most connected to her than most FMC's. I liked her character but she obviously couldn't develop next to Kashton. If you read this you know she was a part of the dollhouse training system and program and she managed to get out at 20. After she decided to fight for women who were in the same situation as her by killing the men from the organization.
But Kashton decided that the job was too much for her so he decided to make her his by chaining her to a wall in his basement. Wow what a gentleman.
That's where i decided to stop.
Every time i read one of her books i get this... uneasy feeling in my chest everytime because i feel sorry for the women because they have no other choice in the books but to be the mens "whores". In most cases the either end up married to them or knocked up.
And her explanation is that they didn't have another choice or that their life is now better as their wives.
If you ask me i think that's total bullshit.
There was a line in this books where Sin from The Sinner says that he HAD to break Elli in order to have her as a wife and that not only was it hard for her but for HIM also. If you don't remember Sin made talies on Elli so her future husband saw how many times he made her come and told her that her husband wouldn't want her now, later Elli tried using bleach to wash her skin.
Do you hear how fucked up that sounds? He later made a comment how it didn't matter if that broke her because he was gonna have her anyways. I don't know if dislike Sin or Saint more.
Also Shantel writes her FMC's so they hate eachother. I think she purposefully made Ashtyn so fucking annoying that nobody would like her. She had all three brothers but now when they all have their wives she is jealous of them because she doesn't have all three of them anymore. It's like one husband to her is not enough. OMG she's so fucking annoying she chased Haydin so much in this book, but ohhh she just wants to be his baby girl again. I really hope that Charlotte fights her later in this or in the next ones because I won't be reading them.
I found Kashton so annoying for tormenting Everett every chance he got. Like Everett said to him "Kashton stop following me, get a life." he literally doesn't. And i hate that his "brothers" pointed out that she would be useless as a Lady because she can't have children.
I really hope Shantel changes her view on babytraping as MMC's way to keep their women. Also it would be more accurate if she gave ARCs to random readers and not the ones that rate her every book a 5 star read.

Remember that this is my opinion and if you liked this books there's nothing wrong with having a different one. I support all readers opinions and i really hope that this is not the case for you and that you liked this book💋

[Rosalyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

⭐️3.5

I’m very emotionally conflicted.

Everything that happened to Eve was absolutely horrendous. She is so strong to have survived all that and come out an absolute badass. But her chapters of her past just killed me. No one deserves to go through what she did. I truly wish Haidyn had known about her sooner. He would have protected her with his life. And it gutted me how many times Kash was right there in front of her without knowing.

I will say that Kashton seems like the kindest of all the bunch. It pained me to see how hurt he was that Haidyn shut him out of his life. He always felt so alone. I love how he went to bat for Eve. He didn’t let anyone fuck around about his girl.

My emotional conflict comes in with how Kash treated her grooming. I DESPISED when he told her she needed to be used to feel good. I get it was kind of trying to say that’s how she was groomed/trained and there’s no shame in feeling good about orgasming that way but I just hated that at times it felt like he was just another fucked up man who used her. I know Kash loved her wholeheartedly but I hated how physical their relationship mostly felt.

I don’t like how the endings of the last two books have felt so far fetched. The whole twin thing already happened in Madness and now it is being used again?! Just feels like something out of a telenovela. And you’re telling me that Bill is this mastermind …I still don’t trust him or Adam. In the previous book, I thought Adam was going to be the good guy who takes out the LORDS but I hate him after this book. He’s hiding so much and all that BS he pulled with Eve. Kash should have shot him a few more times. I’m willing to give him a chance in his book but I feel like all that happens in his book is also going to be far fetched.

Ughhh, but the entire part where Kash thought he lost Eve really broke my heart. I sobbed nonstop for all those chapters. I will say, might just be me ….but maybe the first thing to do after being shot and seeing my husband is NOT to have rough sex…..but that’s just me 🤷🏽‍♀️

I actually started skipping all their sex scenes about halfway through because it was just the same thing over and over. I just wanted to know more about the bigger plot. The book could have been at least 200 pages shorter I would say.

My favorite part was all the Ashton hate because I too hate bitch. Ooooof, when she said what she did to Eve…she lucky it’s words on pages because I would have beat her ass otherwise. Saint 100% deserved better.
I also absolutely adored Sin and Kash’s friendship!

[jazmin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Honestly I did not know what to expect when I started this book. I expected a lot of crossovers, mending friendships, and real answers. What I did not expect was how all over the place this book was and how much it repeated itself. This book really lived up to its name, it was really chaotic. I was so confused when it came to flashbacks because they were all the same with one thing added. Don’t get me wrong I loved the MCs they deserve the world, they both have been through traumatic experiences and they both need to learn how to communicate, with each other and the other people involved. I get there is going to be a lot of hate when it comes to Ash and I get it she deserves it, but instead of talking to the FMC about why she feels a type of way they both decided to go at it! For what!? The FMC also came in hot when it came to Ash and was upset that she ran but there were times where the FMCs actions were similar to Ash’s. And it upset me! Make it make sense! JUST BECAUSE YOU DON’T PULL THE TRIGGER DOESN’T MEAN YOUR ACTIONS WON’T K!LL HIM!!! Yes both Ash and the FMCs traumas are very different but at the end of the day, they are both victims and survivors. And then theres Kash, also talking about Ash instead of communicating with her about boundaries. This conversation should have been addressed from the moment they felt the tension and maybe things would have gone a little different and the girls could have been supporting each other. Now Adam and Bill, they both kept us in the dark the entire book and decided to drop bombs after bombs but they still made no sense. The information they gave us was not enough to understand what the heck was going on in this book. This book could have been condensed honestly if they didn’t wait til the end and then rush over everything. The spicy scenes were not it for me. Usually I get giddy and kick my feet when I read Shantel’s spicy scenes but this one was repetitive and the same thing over and over and over. Don’t get me wrong, a lot of my theories and questions were answered but it still left me confused about a lot of the things that happened.

[Teags Downwiththetriggers · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75⭐️3🌶️ - Dark Romance

🔪Trauma & Healing
🔪Morally black MMC
🔪Stalker
🔪Possessive
🔪Stabby, badass FMC
Mircotropes
Pierced MMC

Honestly - the first 50% of this was BANGING. So good. Ate it up. Kash was a absolute babe and Everett was freaking girlfriend material. Her story had my whole heart breaking, and her way she took her life into her own hands was nothing short of inspiring. We also got some twists and connections to the overarching plot that had my jaw DROPPED.

The second half is where I had problems. It felt rushed, unfinished - and not just the fade to black spicy scenes (I would like to note, that I don't mind fade to black, BUT I read Shantel for her stories and her wild spice, I was dissapointed that I wasn't getting that. On top of that, side characters were acting weird and completely different to the characters that we've gotten to know in the past books, plots felt repeitive and unsurprising. It took me a hot minute to get through the second half of this book.

[Savannah Peters · Rating 2 out of 5]

Thank god that’s over.

It’s been a long time since I started a book then immediately regretted it. I stuck with it (actually, skimmed most of it) because I wanted resolution to the missing women storyline only for it to be (kinda???) concluded in the absolute least satisfying way.
There were so many things that were just stitched together seemingly out of thin air? Also normalize giving history. This book is 800 pages long, we could use a few paragraphs to refresh everyone’s memories.

On top of all this I think I’ve just gone soft. I can’t read the gory and brutal details anymore. It doesn’t need to be written.

All in all, I’m really disappointed and I think the series has lost me.

[ForeverreadinG · Rating 2 out of 5]

Wayyyyy toooooo repetitiveeee

The torture videos of Eve were at first very immersive and obviously so devastatingly sad. After that it just became redundant and overall exaggerated with violence. The “shock” and sorrow for the H had ebbed if not diminished.

The book doesn’t have to be this long. It’s actually absurd.

Kash was tolerable. He was very patient and passionate towards Eve in order for her to seek help and get better.

That’s not to say that he didn’t do some messed up things but it’s a dark romance book at the end of the day, and obviously no one forced me to read this and I wasn’t expecting much.

The smut pissed me off though. Like please, just fuck. There was too much “play with me” scenes and not much getting shit done.

[Jeliza Torres · Rating 5 out of 5]

(♾️) What am I supposed to do with the rest of my life… how can I possibly read any other book that could come anywhere close to this? The devotion, love, obsession, protectiveness, and need that Kashton has towards Eve is UNMATCHED. Eve has made it to my top list of BAD ASS FMCs because how could you possibly withstand YEARS of horrible and disgusting torture and still decide to live and help others that could possibly be going through the same! Shantel wrote PAGES long of listed out abuse she endured and had to be recovered/medically treated for. It felt like it kept going and going and I felt myself getting choked up and tearing up. I am so happy that regardless of all the footage Kashton saw, he still wanted her, actually NEEDED her! He showed her what it was like to be protected, loved and cared for. She deserves to finally live a life of peace, stress free, and full of love with her new family that keeps growing. 🖤🩶🤍

[Eliza · Rating 5 out of 5]

Review coming soon but know that this series is my Roman Empire!!!

[Toni · Rating 5 out of 5]

WHEEWW

First off, this had no business being 800 pages long. I am EXHAUSTED

Secondly, Kashton… who knew you were such a romantic??

Eve is now my fave FMC in this series but boy did they break my heart with her life story

Im about to spend the next few hours staring at a wall..

This was more like a 4.5 ⭐️ just cause I felt like it dragged on forever but otherwise, I loved it.

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Just a note, I would give anything to not read about Ashtyn ever again 😂