La Casa di York

Lavish #1

by Charlotte Byrd

Il mondo è mio… poi lei spezza ogni cosa.

Potere, controllo e desiderio è l’unica vita che conosco.

Everly è tutto quello che io non sono: carina, gentile, normale.

Non la merito, ma devo averla. Sono una falena. Lei è la mia fiamma.

Questo posto è pericoloso e non perdona, e lei non gli appartiene. Ma non si fida di me. Perché dovrebbe?

Che succede quando lei diventa prigioniera e il potere che credevo di avere non è abbastanza?

Che succede quando cercano di separarci?

Genres: Romance, Dark, Dark Romance, Contemporary, Amazon, Contemporary Romance

314 pages, Paperback

First published October 16, 2018

About the author

Charlotte Byrd is the bestselling author of numerous contemporary romance novels. She lives in Southern California with her husband, son, and a crazy toy Australian Shepherd. She loves dark books, hot weather and crystal blue waters.

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Reviews

[Melanie Bennett · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dark and disturbing.
If you like troubling and twisted, this series is for you!
For me, not so much.
The author took on subjects that were bold and in your face difficult, but she executed the plot and characters perfectly! The emotions, writing and thought into this story deserve no less than a 5star and it certainly wouldn't be fair to diminish the work because I have issues with some of the content, that's on me.
This is an amazing start to a series and a must-read for those that are intrigued by difficult subjects.

[Dora Harvey · Rating 5 out of 5]

I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book.

Wow—what can I say! This dark and suspenseful romance is dirty, sexy and scintillating but astoundingly good! Mystery, danger, darkness, slavery, suspense, kidnapping, passion and sex that is off-the-chart hot, and intrigue that makes it very interesting and compelling to keep you glued to the pages of this fascinating story. This story will keep you on the edge of your seat to find out what happened next. You NEED to READ! I wasn't expecting the turn this story took; it has quite an unexpected surprise that is jaw-dropping good! Charlotte Byrd manages to weave grippingly dark and twisted plots with artfully developed main characters. Charlotte did it with this dark romance by effortlessly transporting me to the turbulent and violent life of Easton Bay, Everly March, and King of York (Easton’s father who has insatiable desires). Everly was bored with her job. On a date with Jamie, she meets Easton (dangerous billionaire, handsome, ruthless, charismatic, demanding, and sexy), who warns her that she is in danger with her date. While in a taxi going home, she passes out. Everly wakes up the next day in a strange place. She realizes that she has been kidnapped because the door is locked, window does not open, and being told she was imprisoned at York Island. Everly will do anything to escape, but she must now rely on Easton, who is supposed to be her enemy, to survive and what a journey it is—what it became after so much time in captivity, what is the price of freedom, and then…. A surprise I didn’t see coming—this is so, so good. There are several surprises and plot twists and turns within the story that makes it interesting. This twisted, steamy and disturbing dark romance with gripping details, deep and troubled characters, and suspenseful story that will shock you and enthrall you leaving you gripping for more. This book will pique your interest and draw you in from the beginning to the very end. I can’t wait to read the next book.

[Cheryl Graham-Petit · Rating 5 out of 5]

House of York is one of those extremely captivating, sexy, steamy, intriguing, intense, and dark reads that kept me hostage from the very beginning to the very end. It's fast-paced, has a great storyline and characters and filled with danger, betrayal, twists and turns and so much more.

I voluntarily reviewed an advance reader copy of this book.

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I couldn't keep reading this one. It's dark, which I don't mind, but this premise is not my cup of tea.

[R ♥ · Rating 1 out of 5]

I didn't even know what this book was about, I just read it cause I'm trying to clean out my kindle. I hated this but I also think it's because I don't like reading about the tropes in this novel. The beginning was actually very interesting and led me to believe it was going to be a horror/thriller, I think if it was I would've enjoyed this more 😂 The rest of this book was just a heaping pile of messy and boring concepts that I did not care about so I skimmed a lot of this.

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[Kathy · Rating 5 out of 5]

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House of York was a dark sexy read that makes you want more!

Everly is a beautiful young girl desperate for a change but what she doesn't realize is the change she gets is not going to be easy. It will be hard, it will hurt and it will break you.


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[Pixel Sowelo]

I am leaving this unrated because I don't know how I feel about it.
I can see the appeal. It was just too dark and crude for me. I am not following up this the series.

[Emily Nalen · Rating 1 out of 5]

Although it had an interesting storyline, I didn't really enjoy the writing. I found myself skipping through a lot it. I just didn't find it very good. Sorry.

[Claire jackson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love it

Amazing book on to the next one can’t put it down good have time off from work this week ❤️❤️

[Ilene G> · Rating 4 out of 5]

There are triggers.

A lot of intrigue and suspense. Everly is surviving a horrific ordeal. She is then forced in a dark contest. Easton is involved with the contest Everly does not know if she should trust him . The plot is filled with surprises . There is brutality.

[B. Koe · Rating 5 out of 5]

The DARK side of WEALTH and POWER and the beginning of an EPIC tale!
Author Charlotte Byrd has found the secret; a way to write about darkness which entices and envelops readers, compelling them to finish one of her novella’s without taking a break, a drink, or even a breath. She does so through her ability to introduce what a first seem to be common characters and then embroils them in circumstances so far from the experience of most romance readers that pages are consumed in the hopes that the characters they’ve come to care about, these rays of light, will somehow escape the darkness. Once again Byrd has presented TITILLATION so MASTERFULLY woven, no reader can resist its pull. The heroine, Everly, is a college graduate going nowhere fast, working a dead-end job she hates but needs, and is feeling hopelessly confined by the choices she has made. Less than 48 hours later she learns what being hopeless and confined really means . . . “HOUSE OF YORK” is dark and deals with issues and activities meant only for mature readers (Those 18+ or older only, please!) While obviously written to minimize triggers, the content is DARK, the suspense and tension within its pages are gut clenching, and choice is taken away; yet the allure of hope makes the story too enticing to ignore. So, readers read on and recognize that although aspects of the story are indeed cringe-worthy, the story is so well written, the protagonist characters, once identified, are so appealing and the plotline is so compelling they dare not stop until the last word is consumed. I voluntarily read an ARC copy of “HOUSE OF YORK” and this is my honest review. I STRONGLY recommend “HOUSE OF YORK” be the next purchase for those who like their romances to lean dark. Get your copy of “HOUSE OF YORK” today! Happy Pages! 😉

[Misty Goan · Rating 5 out of 5]

A compelling well written fascinating, dark romance with gripping details, and deep, troubled great characters that will shock and enthrall leaving you gripping for more. The romance is dirty, sexy and scintillating. It has mystery, danger, darkness, slavery, suspense, kidnapping, passion and sex that is off the charts hot, with intrigue that makes it very interesting. This twisted, steamy, disturbing, and suspenseful story has lots of action, intrigue, and is very entertaining, with several unexpected surprises, tests, alot of twists and turns, and a big cliffhanger.  It's a dark, dangerous, mysterious, frightening story, about a powerful man and his two sons, the oldest is just like his father, cruel, takes what he wants and women are for his use, and the second son who doesn't want anything to due with his father or what goes on at the island. In this multi story series you find Everly after being on a date and having the perfect evening with her date, Jamie who is handsome, and seems to be the perfect man. When she was approached by another handsome man Easton to run. Last she remembers she is getting in a cab. She wakes up the next morning, kidnapped and imprisoned in a strange place, locked in a room on the Island of York. She is told, she is in a competition to win the love of a man or else.  It iss to be the wife to the King of York but elimination has consequences. I was glued to the pages of this fascinating story can't wait for next in the series. I voluntarily read and reviewed this ARC.

[Nate · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow, I couldn't get enough of Everly & Easton's story...so dark & intriguing. Probably the best book I've read for a very long time. Can't wait to start the next one. Lost all sense of time reading this one till I got to the end. Holy cow!!! I'm voluntarily leaving an honest review for a copy of the book.

[Cheryl Graham-Petit · Rating 5 out of 5]

House of York is one of those extremely captivating, sexy, steamy, intriguing, intense, and dark reads that kept me hostage from the very beginning to the very end. It's fast-paced, has a great storyline and characters and filled with danger, betrayal, twists and turns and so much more.

I voluntarily reviewed an advance reader copy of this book.

[Pam · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very Dark romance? suspense? Cliff-Hanger!

WOW - what a great beginning to what seems like a great series. Not a lot of steam - but the suspense and intrigue are there by the bushels! This book kept me on the edge of seat - and I can't wait for the next book to come out - I really think if you like dark romance you'll LOVE this one. I was given an ARC of this book for my honest opinion.

[Roger Denniston · Rating 1 out of 5]

Trigger warning

Not what I expected at all.I thought it was going to be a romance novel - not even close. Locked in a dungeon and having horrible things happened to you is not the reading escape I was looking for...pass on this

[Madeleine · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can't believe I just read that. The competition intensifies and the goal is to win. So good! Eagerly awaiting the next book to this amazing series.

[Libri e Altri Disastri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Recensione di Yaya:

Ci sono incontri che hanno il potere di cambiare la nostra vita, questo non sempre in positivo e ben presto la nostra Everly lo scoprirà e lo proverà sulla propria pelle.

Incontra Easton per la prima volta ad una festa, ma chi è questo ragazzo bellissimo che la guarda intensamente? E soprattutto perché la mette in guardia, dicendole di scappare, di allontanarsi dall'uomo che l'ha portata a quella festa? Come potrebbe fidarsi di un uomo che nemmeno conosce? E perché ce l’ha tanto con Jamie, l'uomo affabile e sexy che ha conosciuto da poco?
Come in un cattivo presagio, tutto ciò che Easton le dice si avvera, viene rapita e condotta sull'isola di York, diventando a tutti gli effetti una schiava.

Sono una prigioniera. Una detenuta. Una schiava. Non ho nessun potere, ma possiedo tanto altro. Possiedo un cervello e un cuore.

Si trova sull’isola insieme ad altre donne come lei innocenti, educate e dolci. Inconsapevoli di quello a cui andranno, loro malgrado, incontro.
Hanno perso la libertà, hanno perso contatto con la realtà. Sono in un posto fuori dal mondo, dove ci sono delle regole ben precise da seguire.
Una prigione, per quanto dorata possa essere sempre prigione rimane.

Celle, guardie, e un re che decide, che toglie la vita. Easton è uno dei suoi figli, dunque è il principe di York, ma a differenza di suo fratello Abbott e di suo padre, è un uomo con dei sani valori. Valori che nonostante siano stati messi in dubbio e alla prova, piegati da suo padre, non sono mai stati del tutto spezzati. Amerete questo ragazzo, così profondo, così vero e reale, così dolce, apprezzerete il suo atteggiamento, il suo voler proteggere a tutti i costi la nostra protagonista, vi accorgerete fin da subito di come la chimica tra di loro sia esplosiva.
Tiene alla vita di quelle donne, e tiene, in maniera particolare, a Everly.

Lei è una donna forte, che nemmeno per un attimo rinuncia a combattere. Ha ben chiaro di voler scappare, di voler tornare alla sua vita di sempre. E da furba qual è inizia a escogitare un piano. Certo, non aveva però considerato Easton tutte le emozioni che avrebbe provato insieme a lui, e tante, tantissime altre variabili.
Easton si sente in colpa per non essere riuscito a salvarla, e ad evitarle la prigionia a York, cerca così in tutti i modi di renderle la permanenza sull'isola più gradevole.

Quello che sento per lui è più profondo. È come se esercitasse su di me una attrazione gravitazionale, e più ci avviciniamo, più desidero stare con lui.

È così che pian piano si instaura tra i nostri protagonisti un bellissimo rapporto di amicizia, fiducia, rispetto ma basterà tutto questo in un mondo dove le regole non esistono?
Non vi resta che scoprirlo leggendo il libro.

Unico appunto che mi sento di fare e che nonostante la storia sia bella, intrigante, il lavoro di editing non sia stato fatto correttamente, il libro è infatti pieno di errori, credo siano dovuti al lavoro di traduzione, o almeno lo spero però è davvero un peccato perché questi in qualche modo ne hanno rallentato la lettura. Vi auguro comunque buona lettura se deciderete di dare una possibilità a questa storia.

[buzy_reading · Rating 1 out of 5]

Lavish Lies is about men who kidnapped women bring them to an island on York to compete for the love of a man. But first they are disciplined and trained to obey.
Everly was captured, kidnapped, and imprisoned in a luxurious home. Before she was kidnapped she worked at a job she hated making very little money to cover rent and bills. She wanted to become a writer eventhough she studied to become a psychologist. While waiting in her prison she longs for that boring job because at least she had her free will.

Every is an insecure gullible twenty-five year old living in Philadelphia. She worries about her weight, doesn’t like her body, and shies away from compliments. She meets a man named Jamie who takes her to a party where she’s taken to a remote location away from home.
The description about Lavish Lies is vague leaving out who the main characters are. Well I’m here to tell you that Everly is the main character. As for the mysterious male character it must be Easton as his name is the first mentioned in the opening prologue.

I found the beginning too far fetched. The way Everly met Jamie inviting her to a party for a first date wasn’t the transition I expected in this type of trope. The only indication regarding the type of story this is the reference about a prisoner and contestants in some game to win the love of this guy.
I’m not exactly sure what the concept of this book was trying to accomplish but I must say it didn’t progress quickly enough with all the minute details crowding the storyline. This was one of those on-the-nose narratives where every minute detail was included. These details didn’t advance the plot. In fact, I skimmed through all these tedious details.
This is supposed to be a dark romance but all I can do is laugh at the absurdity of these scenes. I’m quite familiar with dark exotic taboo story’s but this one is lacking. It’s missing that deep rooted fear a character should be faced with when put in this situation.
I knew from the beginning this book wasn’t going to score higher than a 1 star. The writing style is not dialogue driven and the storyline is mediocre. Here is what bothers me...”he starts to do unspeakable things to her.” Here is some advice: If you want to write a dark romance then you need to cross the line by writing all the painful elements of what Everly is faced with. I need to experience the fear and pain. That statement told me nothing except to insert my imagination. This isn’t the time to have a reader insert his or her imagination. How am I to believe how scared Everly is if the author can’t create the scene for me to visualize? There is no emotion behind these words. They are just words taken from the dictionary with no feelings to back them up. Here’s another example:”It’s a terrible, horrific place from which I yearn to escape.” Please Explain in better detail what makes it horrific and terrible aside from saying the words. I need to become engulfed and encapsulated by the characters fear in order to believe what is being written.
I did like the way Charlotte delivered the story in parts that was helpful.

[Anne Harris · Rating 5 out of 5]

WOW OMG this book kept me on the edge of my seat. not for the faint hearted.
Poor Everly March she is having the worse time, she is in a job she hates, answering phone calls in a icebox of an office. She feels like her life cant get any worse. then she meets the attractive Jamie at the café and feels her life is starting to look better. But things quickly spiral out of control. Whilst Jamie and Everly were at a charity fund raiser, a man called Easton tells her to run she is not safe with Jamie. Everly is confused but decideds to go home alone but once in the taxi she starts to feel strange.
Everly wakes up in a strange bedroom with what she can only thing of as a bad migraine. Her head feels like its going to explode. As she looks around the room she notices all the clothes and shoes are in her size. The bathroom is stocked with everything she would need. As she goes to investigate outside, she finds the door locked and the handle is just for show. Where is she? Was this Jamie's doing? Was Easton right? What was going to happen to her now??
OMG this is an amazing read that just leaves you wanting more. A Brilliant read I can tell this series is going to Wicked.
I voluntary read an ARC and now I am choosing to leave my honest review

[Kristy Watson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everly hates her job. She meets a guy in a coffee shop. He seems like a real gentleman. They go a date and she meets the mysterious Easton. Easton tells her she is in danger. She doesn’t know what to believe. She leaves and blacks out. When she comes to she is in a unfamiliar place. She tries to find a way to escape to no prevail. A man comes to her room wanting her. She fights him off then gets knocked out. She comes to and is dragged to a dungeon. She is in a cell with several other woman. They are tortured over and over. One day they let her go back to the house. At a cocktail party she sees her first attacker. She tries to brush him off nicely. He introduces his brother who happens to be Easton. She of baffled on why he is here. What does Easton have to do with a place like this. The next party Abbott tries to rape her until Easton rescues her. He saves her once again but without paying a hefty price. His father orders him to have sex with Everly within 2 days. What he doesn’t know is she is starting to have feeling for him. He is starting to having feelings for her. What a tangled web we weave. Will Easton go through with the order? Will Everly find out why she was kidnapped?

I can’t wait to read the next book!!!

[Jess Swann · Rating 3 out of 5]

Alors, je ne pensais pas dire ça, mais au final, j'ai beaucoup aimé ce livre (en dépit des fautes d'orthographe et de certains chapitres parfois très confus, sachant que l'auteure ne prend même pas la peine de donner le bon prénom en entête du chapitre, du coup, on met du temps à comprendre le point de vue dont est vu le chapitre)

Cependant, j'ai beaucoup apprécié l'histoire, qui pour le coup est réellement hard ( le passage dan le donjon est un modèle du genre). Everly est un personnage attachant (pour une fois, à la base ce n'est pas une bombe) et j'aime réellement la manière dont elle se comporte sur l'île de York. J'aime également beaucoup le personnage d'Easton, entièrement soumis à sa famille, enfin à son père... Le scénario est assez pervers pour me plaire et me faire passer outre les nombreuses coquilles du roman



Ce que j'aime : l'histoire, réellement perverse, le fait que l'auteure ne fasse pas semblant avec les scènes hard, les personnages d'Everly et d'Easton et leur relation naissante



Ce que j'aime moins : beaucoup de fautes d'orthographe, d'incohérences et de coquilles



Pour résumer



Un scénario intéressant et une histoire vraiment "hard" ce qui compense le manque de travail sur la forme



Ma note



7,5/10

[Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

When you finally meet 'the one' you live happily ever after, right? WRONG. Everly meets handsome Jamie at a coffeehouse and they hit it off right away, but is he too good to be true? He must be because she ends up a prisoner in the Kingdom of York, which is more a kingdom of horrors than a fairy tale land. She has no idea where she is, how she got there, or why she was taken in the first place and the more she tries to find answers to those questions the more imprisoned she becomes. She quickly learns she can't trust anyone, and she can't even trust her own eyes because there are no rules in York except for the prisoners. When she meets Easton, the only person who appears to genuinely want to help her, she quickly learns that he may be prisoner himself instead of the saviour she hopes he is. So can Everly survive the perils of York or will she lose herself in the process? I thoroughly enjoyed this first book in Charlotte Byrd's new series House of York and I can't wait to read what happens next. She never fails to deliver a thrilling read that makes you crave more.

I received an advanced reader copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

[hollie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’m flittering between a 2.5-3 stars for this one. I haven’t got a clue what I want to rate it because I haven’t got a clue if I even enjoyed it.

The thing about Charlotte’s books is that they are so dark and she deals with very taboo subjects. I have read some other books from her and felt weird about them also. I respect she has tackled some of the subjects she has but I can also find a lot of things wrong with them, most of all how she romanticises abuse of all kinds.

I can appreciate she has a good writing style and every book of hers I have been able to read in one sitting. The plotting and pacing is interesting and I always am curious to see what happens.

Possibly a big thing I have found in this book was that I found our main character annoying. I preferred Easton more than Everley and I wanted a better explanation of the competition than we got. Why was this happening? How can the King of York have so much power? Why do the other girls think this is something amazing?

I can’t say if I’ll pick up the second instalment or not. I need to sit on my thoughts for a bit first.

[Vanessa Silva · Rating 5 out of 5]

PT: É um livro desconcertante, mas eu apreciei bastante. Evelyn é atraída para uma emboscada durante um encontro com um desconhecido fascinante e bem parecido. O resultado é que ela acaba raptada e mantida em cativeiro. Conforme a trama avança, descobrimos que ela vai sofrer atrocidades, mas para sobreviver tem de entrar no jogo. Só que inevitavelmente acaba por se deixar envolver por um homem que vive naquela prisão e ai tudo muda. A história é boa, embora tenha pormenores que me incomodam. A saga é composta por 3 livros. E este primeiro podem obter gratuitamente na app Kobo.

EN: It's a disconcerting book, but I really enjoyed it. Evelyn is lured into an ambush during an encounter with a fascinating and good-looking stranger. The result is that she ends up kidnapped and held in captivity. As the plot progresses, we find out that she is going to suffer atrocities, but to survive she has to play the game. But it inevitably ends up getting involved by a man who lives in that prison and everything changes there. The story is good, although it has details that bother me. The saga consists of 3 books. And this first can get for free on the Kobo app.

[Karen L Ledee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everly hates her job but feels like she has no choice if she wants a roof over her head. She meets Jamie in a coffeeshop during her lunch break. They feel a connection and he asks for a date. Then he invites her to a fundraiser ball where she meets Easton. He tries to warn her to run away but it’s too late. She wakes up locked in a room with no way out. She is on York Island. The King of York is looking for a new wife and Easton is his younger Son. The king is a CEO is the real world but he is in charge on his island. The competition is a version of the bachelor but elimination has consequences. You wonder about evil, greedy powerful people and how they can get away with everything and anything. Well written as is Charlotte’s standard. This is a continuing series so there is a cliffhanger. Looking forward to the next addition.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book

[Janet Taggart Baldwin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everly is stuck in a dead end job not actually doing what she went to school for. She is bored and stuck in a rut. What would you say to a magical evening out with Jamie, a handsome, perfect man who seems to be the one? But, wait, then you're warned by Easton, another handsome man, to run and go back to your boring life. What to do? So she runs, and wakes up in some sort of competition to be the wife of the King of York. WTCrap? Only this isn't like the Bachelor! Rules are all over the chart! Is Jamie really bad or is It Easton? What about Austin? Why does her old boring job sound like where she needs to be right now but she can't get back! There are surprises, tests, turns, and a big cliffhanger that will leave your mouth hanging open for the rest of this fabulous new series by Charlotte Byrd! Click it now and immerse yourself into this dark and luscious world!

[Christine Gamble · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing!

I love this book. You can't put it down. A great story developing. It is dark, seductive and a great love story developing for Everly and Easton. Easton tries to convince her to run from the party. Everly was kidnapped and taken to the island. She protects herself and thrown in the dungeon for it. She is doing everything to not lose hope. She sees Easton on the island. She don't trust him since she thinks he help kidnap her. When she relized the truth the connection that she was fighting with Easton starts. Will they connect and their love can grow? Will their love be strong enough to survive the king of york? Will their love be strong enough to demise the island of york? This is a must read. I cannot wait for the series to be complete. I will be reading House of York again.

[Emma · Rating 5 out of 5]

**CAUTION** There are triggers in this book on sexual assault, if sensitive, do not read.
WOW!!!... I have never read anything like this. This book was amazing, fascinating, enthralling. It is a horror, suspense, mystery thriller. Everly March is forced into a world she could never imagine in her worse nightmares. She has no one to turn to, no one can help her and no one is her friend. Easton York is a prince of York and secretly has tried to help Everly but she is not sure if she should believe him or not, have faith in him or not. He did save her from his cruel abusive brother Abbott. He did try to warn her from the very beginning. Now she has met the King of York and realizes that there is so much more at stake than she thought. An exciting read. I received an Advanced Readers Copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.