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Kings of Deception
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Published February 1, 2026
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February 6, 2026
WTF
Where to start? This was the strangest RH I have read so far. The storyline was okay. There is some hockey threaded in the story but felt more like a filler and had unresolved issues. The MFC was all over the place. Part weak, part survivor and part selfish. For most of the book I felt for Jax and thought he was too good for Tigerlily- which was a weird name. The ending changed that and I didn't care for either one. Her other relationships were just as messed up and their was little character growth. The spicy scenes were mild which was fine. I rarely write reviews but this story left me thinking WTF.
Where to start? This was the strangest RH I have read so far. The storyline was okay. There is some hockey threaded in the story but felt more like a filler and had unresolved issues. The MFC was all over the place. Part weak, part survivor and part selfish. For most of the book I felt for Jax and thought he was too good for Tigerlily- which was a weird name. The ending changed that and I didn't care for either one. Her other relationships were just as messed up and their was little character growth. The spicy scenes were mild which was fine. I rarely write reviews but this story left me thinking WTF.
February 7, 2026
The abuse the fmc Tigerlily suffered in the hands of her stepfather was horrible but some of it didn’t make sense. She’s a 20 year old adult, she shouldn’t have had rules to follow like she did and I don’t see how people around her didn’t see something was wrong especially since he abused her in public. You’re telling me none of her friends even think his behaviour is weird. She should have moved out a long time ago and told him to fuck off!
Now with the reverse haram part, It kind of seemed like she favoured Callum more than the other 2 mc’s, it also seemed like Zeff was just a background character and Jax liked her way more than she liked him. Callum didn’t really seem interested in her and was still saying other girls were hot. It kind of seemed like the guys didn’t really like each other much. Calling each other idiots, getting jealous that she showed another one attention and saying it’s not their problem to take up for each other. I feel if you’re in a reverse haram or any type of relationship, there needs to be a type of bond or relationship (doesn’t need to be sexual) between the mmc’s.
There was some inconsistencies in the book such as her being at and saying she’s staying the night at two of the mc’s house then she ends up going home. Also, her saying she don’t want to be alone tonight and wants all them together but then one of the mc’s leaving and going back to his house. It seemed like a lot of things just randomly started popping up like her mom situation came out of nowhere (I know it’s in the blurb but there was no mention or hint of it till it just came out of nowhere). I think a lot of things happened just to have added drama. The hockey drama with the teammate made no sense.
Now with the reverse haram part, It kind of seemed like she favoured Callum more than the other 2 mc’s, it also seemed like Zeff was just a background character and Jax liked her way more than she liked him. Callum didn’t really seem interested in her and was still saying other girls were hot. It kind of seemed like the guys didn’t really like each other much. Calling each other idiots, getting jealous that she showed another one attention and saying it’s not their problem to take up for each other. I feel if you’re in a reverse haram or any type of relationship, there needs to be a type of bond or relationship (doesn’t need to be sexual) between the mmc’s.
There was some inconsistencies in the book such as her being at and saying she’s staying the night at two of the mc’s house then she ends up going home. Also, her saying she don’t want to be alone tonight and wants all them together but then one of the mc’s leaving and going back to his house. It seemed like a lot of things just randomly started popping up like her mom situation came out of nowhere (I know it’s in the blurb but there was no mention or hint of it till it just came out of nowhere). I think a lot of things happened just to have added drama. The hockey drama with the teammate made no sense.
February 12, 2026
surprised at the plot and twists in this. binged audio in 1 day. dark and ❤️🔥
February 14, 2026
the end reset what could’ve been a decent book
I don’t really know what it was about this book, it sounded good from a blurb on a reel, so I got it.
There’s something that feels disjointed and not cohesive, like certain parts of the story didn’t flow, or that it was written in parts and then not meshed well together. I really didn’t feel invested with these characters, there didn’t feel like any chemistry, and the hockey trope ended up just being an afterthought so that the readers into hockey romance would be interested in picking this book up.
*Spoilers*
The beginning was confusing and weird . How Jax and fmc met and how he saved her-How a college hockey player would’ve been able to get ejected and make it outside- the whole start felt weird and incomplete- more like it wasn’t written well, instead of how everything was purposefully thought out, which you find out in the end- (in the epilogue) that he had planned to meet Fmc . He had basically been stalking her since he was 14, because his stepdad was her biological dad and because fmc lied and said her mom killed her dad (Jax’s stepdad) and not her @busive stepdad. So he apparently kept tabs on her- thinking her spoiled but also not? If he had actually done his homework or “stalking”, he would’ve known right off the bat that she was a victim. I think it would’ve made more sense to put this scene in the beginning instead of making it feel like an afterthought at the end, and giving more context and complexity. It would’ve made so much more sense why Jax is so invested- instead of making this feel like an instalove trope (not a favorite of mine). Finding out at the end how he stalked and potentially planned a downfall for both her and her step dad- didn’t make a lot of sense, if he did do his homework he’d have known sooner she was a victim, if he truly stalked her and she was “his” he would’ve known she was in an awful living situation- so he basically let her live 5+ years in hell. That makes him a terrible love interest. I started out appreciating Jax in the beginning, out of the three, he seemed the only one who actually cared about the Fmc, his “stalking” and what he witnessed, he tried taking steps in order to free her, care for her, and protect her. The beginning was frustrating how the Fmc was pretty much intimate with everyone but him even though he was most involved in her. It almost felt like she was playing favorites and him protecting and being there for her wasn’t noticed or appreciated? The other guys didn’t go to any great lengths, didn’t put in the time- in fact, one of them showed up to her house, creeped in her room- basically got her caught- even though the 3 knew her dad was nuts, possessive, and could unalive her, they legit kept putting her in positions to get caught and risk her life. How can a reader be invested in a relationship where the MMC is acting so dumb, he’s putting her life in danger (all of them, but especially callum)? Then at the end you think “Jax is probably the best because he cared for her from the start” and it ends with him saying, “he’s pulled all the stings and he’ll never tell her the truth, he’ll let her keep being so grateful and let her Pu**y keep thanking him” there’s a fine line when you’re making stalking sexy, vs gross and creepy. He immediately became gross, the possessiveness no longer sexy- Katie, you turned your mmc into an absolute f-boy, creep. And the grosser part is that it wasn’t just Jax but zephyr knew about it too. I can understand the duplicity but then having that inner monologue? it reset the entire tone of the book and made him so gross. As a reader, the ending felt like she ended up in a cage, and she has no idea, no power, zero control over her life and body. She didn’t end up with sexy possessive men- she ended up with a manipulative creep who thinks her body is his belonging, and not a sexy mutual feeling where she knows she owns them. that inner dialogue killed that for me. He will let her body keep thanking him? That’s so gross. That felt so transactional. Her body will be the currency he cashes in on as payment for “saving her life” The ending relationship isn’t cohesive and fair, Jax’s continued attitude of “she was mine first and I want her all to myself, mine, mine mine” is a poor representation of reverse harem romances. And lastly, the hockey segment just felt like filler. I still don’t understand the point of the hockey captain and why he did what he did or the point in adding about him liking Callium- was there any real point to that drama? That plot point wasn’t well developed.
Katie, do us all a favor and redeem this book, write a sequel book where she finds out the lies, leaves them, becomes an independent, strong, boss B and then they have to grovel- please for the love of everything give the Fmc her autonomy- flip the narrative to her owning THEM.
I don’t really know what it was about this book, it sounded good from a blurb on a reel, so I got it.
There’s something that feels disjointed and not cohesive, like certain parts of the story didn’t flow, or that it was written in parts and then not meshed well together. I really didn’t feel invested with these characters, there didn’t feel like any chemistry, and the hockey trope ended up just being an afterthought so that the readers into hockey romance would be interested in picking this book up.
*Spoilers*
The beginning was confusing and weird . How Jax and fmc met and how he saved her-How a college hockey player would’ve been able to get ejected and make it outside- the whole start felt weird and incomplete- more like it wasn’t written well, instead of how everything was purposefully thought out, which you find out in the end- (in the epilogue) that he had planned to meet Fmc . He had basically been stalking her since he was 14, because his stepdad was her biological dad and because fmc lied and said her mom killed her dad (Jax’s stepdad) and not her @busive stepdad. So he apparently kept tabs on her- thinking her spoiled but also not? If he had actually done his homework or “stalking”, he would’ve known right off the bat that she was a victim. I think it would’ve made more sense to put this scene in the beginning instead of making it feel like an afterthought at the end, and giving more context and complexity. It would’ve made so much more sense why Jax is so invested- instead of making this feel like an instalove trope (not a favorite of mine). Finding out at the end how he stalked and potentially planned a downfall for both her and her step dad- didn’t make a lot of sense, if he did do his homework he’d have known sooner she was a victim, if he truly stalked her and she was “his” he would’ve known she was in an awful living situation- so he basically let her live 5+ years in hell. That makes him a terrible love interest. I started out appreciating Jax in the beginning, out of the three, he seemed the only one who actually cared about the Fmc, his “stalking” and what he witnessed, he tried taking steps in order to free her, care for her, and protect her. The beginning was frustrating how the Fmc was pretty much intimate with everyone but him even though he was most involved in her. It almost felt like she was playing favorites and him protecting and being there for her wasn’t noticed or appreciated? The other guys didn’t go to any great lengths, didn’t put in the time- in fact, one of them showed up to her house, creeped in her room- basically got her caught- even though the 3 knew her dad was nuts, possessive, and could unalive her, they legit kept putting her in positions to get caught and risk her life. How can a reader be invested in a relationship where the MMC is acting so dumb, he’s putting her life in danger (all of them, but especially callum)? Then at the end you think “Jax is probably the best because he cared for her from the start” and it ends with him saying, “he’s pulled all the stings and he’ll never tell her the truth, he’ll let her keep being so grateful and let her Pu**y keep thanking him” there’s a fine line when you’re making stalking sexy, vs gross and creepy. He immediately became gross, the possessiveness no longer sexy- Katie, you turned your mmc into an absolute f-boy, creep. And the grosser part is that it wasn’t just Jax but zephyr knew about it too. I can understand the duplicity but then having that inner monologue? it reset the entire tone of the book and made him so gross. As a reader, the ending felt like she ended up in a cage, and she has no idea, no power, zero control over her life and body. She didn’t end up with sexy possessive men- she ended up with a manipulative creep who thinks her body is his belonging, and not a sexy mutual feeling where she knows she owns them. that inner dialogue killed that for me. He will let her body keep thanking him? That’s so gross. That felt so transactional. Her body will be the currency he cashes in on as payment for “saving her life” The ending relationship isn’t cohesive and fair, Jax’s continued attitude of “she was mine first and I want her all to myself, mine, mine mine” is a poor representation of reverse harem romances. And lastly, the hockey segment just felt like filler. I still don’t understand the point of the hockey captain and why he did what he did or the point in adding about him liking Callium- was there any real point to that drama? That plot point wasn’t well developed.
Katie, do us all a favor and redeem this book, write a sequel book where she finds out the lies, leaves them, becomes an independent, strong, boss B and then they have to grovel- please for the love of everything give the Fmc her autonomy- flip the narrative to her owning THEM.
February 23, 2026
Another great story.
Kate Olivia knows how to spin a great story. Each story digs deep into the nuances of the characters, their history, quirks, and desires. The good, the bad, and the ugly get exposed, making believable characters who linger in your mind.
One hockey game, one punch, one dark hero, and the world is forever changed. Meet Tigerlily, A woman with too many secrets. Her step father has her under his control. Holding her 10yo sister captive so Tigerlily has to comply.
Jax, her dark knight, finds her, watches out for her, and holds her together. Zephyr, is his roommate and teammate, who is also ensnared by the darkly beautiful woman. Fellow teammate, Callum, also becomes intrigued. Soon they're playing a deadly game, watcher her, trying to keep her and her sister safe.
As her stepfather spirals into deeper madness, holding the sisters hostage, it culminates into a night where death comes knocking. Tigerlily returns home to an angry, vengeful stepfather who proceeds to beat her, then strangled her nearly to death.
Jax sees the assault through the window and breaks down the door. She passes out, Jax and Damien are fighting, and Zephyr takes Zinnia outside. Damien pushes Jax off him, opens his closet, and pulls a gun. Seeing this, Tigerlily gets up, lunges in front of Jax and is shot.
A race against time ensues as the men all try to get her to the hospital in time. As they await news on her, the police arrest Damien, take Zinnia to CPS, and leave the three men in shock.
This story is one of love, growing, making choices, acceptance, and redemption. Highly recommended.
Kate Olivia knows how to spin a great story. Each story digs deep into the nuances of the characters, their history, quirks, and desires. The good, the bad, and the ugly get exposed, making believable characters who linger in your mind.
One hockey game, one punch, one dark hero, and the world is forever changed. Meet Tigerlily, A woman with too many secrets. Her step father has her under his control. Holding her 10yo sister captive so Tigerlily has to comply.
Jax, her dark knight, finds her, watches out for her, and holds her together. Zephyr, is his roommate and teammate, who is also ensnared by the darkly beautiful woman. Fellow teammate, Callum, also becomes intrigued. Soon they're playing a deadly game, watcher her, trying to keep her and her sister safe.
As her stepfather spirals into deeper madness, holding the sisters hostage, it culminates into a night where death comes knocking. Tigerlily returns home to an angry, vengeful stepfather who proceeds to beat her, then strangled her nearly to death.
Jax sees the assault through the window and breaks down the door. She passes out, Jax and Damien are fighting, and Zephyr takes Zinnia outside. Damien pushes Jax off him, opens his closet, and pulls a gun. Seeing this, Tigerlily gets up, lunges in front of Jax and is shot.
A race against time ensues as the men all try to get her to the hospital in time. As they await news on her, the police arrest Damien, take Zinnia to CPS, and leave the three men in shock.
This story is one of love, growing, making choices, acceptance, and redemption. Highly recommended.
February 27, 2026
I wouldn’t say this was a bad book, but wtf was that ending? IYKYK, absolutely did not see that part two coming. At all. And I’m not a fan of it, at all. Why was that needed? It’s so left field, this felt like an extreme after thought.
I’m also unhappy with this being called a reverse harem. Because the one MMC never truly was on board with sharing, and kept pressuring her or acting like a 2 year old with a tantrum when she wouldn’t pick only him. He should have walked away and she should have let him walk away, because he didn’t want to share and she dint want to not have them all.
This honestly was more of one FMC bouncing around multiple guys, vs what one would consider a reverse harem. There was no all the men worshipping one female, it was her bouncing around between them.
Lots of missing information that made the plot confusing as well. And again I’m gonna mention part 2 of the book, wtf was that. I downgraded my rating simply for that fucked up addition.
I’m also unhappy with this being called a reverse harem. Because the one MMC never truly was on board with sharing, and kept pressuring her or acting like a 2 year old with a tantrum when she wouldn’t pick only him. He should have walked away and she should have let him walk away, because he didn’t want to share and she dint want to not have them all.
This honestly was more of one FMC bouncing around multiple guys, vs what one would consider a reverse harem. There was no all the men worshipping one female, it was her bouncing around between them.
Lots of missing information that made the plot confusing as well. And again I’m gonna mention part 2 of the book, wtf was that. I downgraded my rating simply for that fucked up addition.
February 9, 2026
Plot: 3/5 • Spice: 3/5 ————> Well, it’s not that this wasn’t good… it’s just that after the halfway point, after the shooting, this became so predictable it became boring.
You knew Jax wasn’t going to walk away forever. You knew he’d reconcile with his friends. You knew she wouldn’t go to jail for the shooting. You knew she was going to get her sister back. You knew her mom was going to get out of jail. You knew she was going to drop out of college. You knew all three guys were going to attach to Zinnia.
It was good. It was cliche and warming, but too predictable. Hockey was a good forefront for a while too. So that was nice. and it’s a standalone
The finale, with Jax’s revelation. Kinda shady keeping that information to himself (and Zeff), but whatever. 🤷🏻♀️
You knew Jax wasn’t going to walk away forever. You knew he’d reconcile with his friends. You knew she wouldn’t go to jail for the shooting. You knew she was going to get her sister back. You knew her mom was going to get out of jail. You knew she was going to drop out of college. You knew all three guys were going to attach to Zinnia.
It was good. It was cliche and warming, but too predictable. Hockey was a good forefront for a while too. So that was nice. and it’s a standalone
The finale, with Jax’s revelation. Kinda shady keeping that information to himself (and Zeff), but whatever. 🤷🏻♀️
February 23, 2026
don’t know how i feel about this one
so jax started off pretty great but he progressively turned more and more into damian and it was actually so annoying. he hated damien and yet he acted so much like him and treated lily like a possession just like damien did. honestly i kinda hate him. love love love cal and zephyr though they’re my babies. the ended with finding out that jax knew about lily literally the entire time and was actively stalking her and seeking to destroy her entire life for YEARS was super creepy and gross. especially the last sentence. he claimed he loves her but that isn’t love at all.
so jax started off pretty great but he progressively turned more and more into damian and it was actually so annoying. he hated damien and yet he acted so much like him and treated lily like a possession just like damien did. honestly i kinda hate him. love love love cal and zephyr though they’re my babies. the ended with finding out that jax knew about lily literally the entire time and was actively stalking her and seeking to destroy her entire life for YEARS was super creepy and gross. especially the last sentence. he claimed he loves her but that isn’t love at all.
February 14, 2026
Surprisingly good
I’ve never read this offer before, but I was really impressed with this book. Unlike a lot of other reverse harems out there, this one has a very realistic approach to how jealousy and typical questions about how the balance in the relationships might work. I will definitely read this author again.
I’ve never read this offer before, but I was really impressed with this book. Unlike a lot of other reverse harems out there, this one has a very realistic approach to how jealousy and typical questions about how the balance in the relationships might work. I will definitely read this author again.
February 22, 2026
Wtf... well that ending was 🤯
Must read!! The ending🤌🤯 ... i want to reread it just to be shocked again!!... if you love RH Dark stalker romance with a twist, you have to read this!!
Must read!! The ending🤌🤯 ... i want to reread it just to be shocked again!!... if you love RH Dark stalker romance with a twist, you have to read this!!
February 15, 2026
Loved this book!!!
Kate Olivia. You kept me on the edge of my seat. Awesome job. The characters were so real and relatable.
Kate Olivia. You kept me on the edge of my seat. Awesome job. The characters were so real and relatable.
February 23, 2026
Good read
Fairly decent book. Great for any big hockey fan if you know the dialect and all. Otherwise a good story line, kept me wanting to read it.
Fairly decent book. Great for any big hockey fan if you know the dialect and all. Otherwise a good story line, kept me wanting to read it.
February 25, 2026
damnnn
Wow! Such an interesting read. Did not expect all that 😙 So well written that I was focused on the wrong things! Still wish we got more Callum time <3
Wow! Such an interesting read. Did not expect all that 😙 So well written that I was focused on the wrong things! Still wish we got more Callum time <3
February 28, 2026
It's okay
The spice was real lackluster and disappointing, tbh.
The final twist at the end felt unnecessary.
The plot and writing just were not very strong.
The spice was real lackluster and disappointing, tbh.
The final twist at the end felt unnecessary.
The plot and writing just were not very strong.
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