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Loyalty and love are pitted against each other when a cursed man is forced to choose between family obligation and the possibility of happiness.
Dumped, robbed, and heartbroken, Violet pawns her engagement ring and heads south to be the maid of honor at her best friend’s wedding. When Julien interrupts a moment of private agony to comfort her, she finds herself drawn to the unusual man.
Punished for a crime he never committed, and trapped for one hundred years in the same house with his brothers, Julien Dalcour is a bitter shadow of his former self. However, when he meets Violet, his desire to break his ghostly affliction is rekindled.
But someone must pay for the crimes committed by the Dalcour family, and that someone has no intention of accepting punishment. When Julien vanishes, Violet is left to defend herself against a sinister force who intends to write her into this tragic supernatural tale.
An intriguing blend of paranormal romance and human nature, which leaves the reader longing for their own ghostly encounter.
Dumped, robbed, and heartbroken, Violet pawns her engagement ring and heads south to be the maid of honor at her best friend’s wedding. When Julien interrupts a moment of private agony to comfort her, she finds herself drawn to the unusual man.
Punished for a crime he never committed, and trapped for one hundred years in the same house with his brothers, Julien Dalcour is a bitter shadow of his former self. However, when he meets Violet, his desire to break his ghostly affliction is rekindled.
But someone must pay for the crimes committed by the Dalcour family, and that someone has no intention of accepting punishment. When Julien vanishes, Violet is left to defend herself against a sinister force who intends to write her into this tragic supernatural tale.
An intriguing blend of paranormal romance and human nature, which leaves the reader longing for their own ghostly encounter.
72 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 26, 2020
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October 17, 2020
Violet ventures to New Orleans for her best friends wedding. She ends up staying at a haunted mansion and falling for a ghost. It's a quick read with a HEA. I volunteered to read this book via Booksprout.
October 12, 2020
A Beautiful Romance
In “Damned” the main character, Violet, gets taken for all her money and possessions by her fiancée, who takes off the day before they are to leave for Violet’s best friend, Chloe’s wedding. In New Orleans at Chloe’s fiancée’s home, Violet is confronted with the most handsome man she had ever seen, too bad he’s a ghost. This funny, enjoyable tale has unexpected twists, suspense, danger, and a HEA that will shock you. This is an amazing short read.
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In “Damned” the main character, Violet, gets taken for all her money and possessions by her fiancée, who takes off the day before they are to leave for Violet’s best friend, Chloe’s wedding. In New Orleans at Chloe’s fiancée’s home, Violet is confronted with the most handsome man she had ever seen, too bad he’s a ghost. This funny, enjoyable tale has unexpected twists, suspense, danger, and a HEA that will shock you. This is an amazing short read.
I received a free copy of this book. This review was posted voluntarily
October 9, 2020
Violet fiancee took off with all her money , and even cleaned out thier place. When her best friend is getting married in New Orleans she gets a ticket and tells all to her friend. While shedding few tears she meets talk dark and handsome Julian but refuses to fall for another man she just need an escort down the aisle for her friend wedding.
While talking to her friends chloe fiancee she learns there is a curse on his family and that includes Julian . Violet decides to help end the curse . Can Violet let the past go and help Julian and his brothers and find happiness ?
Good book fast paced if you want a funny and steamy short read.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
While talking to her friends chloe fiancee she learns there is a curse on his family and that includes Julian . Violet decides to help end the curse . Can Violet let the past go and help Julian and his brothers and find happiness ?
Good book fast paced if you want a funny and steamy short read.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
October 1, 2020
From heartbreak to escape, finding love then with a promise having to lose it, from seeing ghosts to breaking a curse, this story was captivating
October 30, 2020
This is book six of the Paranormal Tales from Firefly Island series and the main character is Violet, who finds out when she tries to buy a plane ticket to her best friend’s wedding, that her bank account has been completely emptied! The only person with access to her account, is the man who asked her to marry her the previous night, her boyfriend now fiancé, who it turns out has emptied her account and even her house, before leaving her with no notice! She doesn’t even know where he is, nor whether the name he gave her is really his actual name, and she can’t get her money back as she allowed him to have access to her account. She pawns the ring Roland gave her and that gives her enough money to get to her friend Chloe’s wedding in time.
She arrives at Chloe’s fiancé Mason’s family home and is told she won’t need to find a hotel, as there is no way Chloe would let her out of her sight before the wedding. She wants to look out for Vi and have her involved in everything that’s going on. Roland was supposed to walk Vi down the aisle in the wedding ceremony, but now Chloe wants to try and set her up with another single guest, about the last thing Vi wants! They give her a room at the front of the house and sets her bags there, warning her it is an old home and that there might be some odd noises in the night. They need to dress for dinner, but Vi doesn’t have anything, so Chloe lends her a dress and tells her to meet them downstairs in an hour. Vi shuts the door and finally breaks down and starts to cry. A knock at the balcony door surprises her and she opens it to find a handsome stranger, who looks a bit like Mason, there. He introduces himself as Julien Dalcour and she asks if he is going to be her escort the next day. Someone who is not too attractive and isn’t looking for a relationship! He makes a joke of her reply and the fact she tried to say she didn’t find her attractive, when her body tells him otherwise!
He arranges to be available later that night, just to talk, but kisses her. As he does that, strange things happen in the room, with a chair falling over and a curtain tangling up in it. He leaves for what he calls a prior engagement and after she gets changed, she makes her way downstairs. As she passes through the library, she sees portraits of mason’s ancestors and is shocked to find one of Julien Dalcour 1821 – 1843! Julien and his brothers were thought murdered, Henri, Julien, and Beau, and they haunt the house to this day. Their cousin Oliver was also thought killed, but he has never haunted the house. They were all punished for a crime one of them was accused of doing. None of them owned up, so they were cursed and trapped in the house for the last hundred years. Until one of them admits what they did, the rest will continue to pay. When Julien meets Violet, he wants to end his ghostly life and have a life again in the past. Chloe is annoyed, as she has never met any of mason’s ghostly family, while Violet meets someone on her first ever visit.
The ghosts like to play tricks on the household, but they also have their own likes and dislikes and can be cruel as well. Henri especially, can be harsh in his treatment of others and always seems the angriest of the three. Violet spends a night with Julien for company and begins to fall for him. She knows there can be no future together, but would like to help him end his painful existence as a ghost, so offers to help break the curse. Only problem is, that the person who should have been cursed and didn’t want to own up to their actions all those years ago, still isn’t willing to admit to anything. The other brothers and their cousin have had to suffer for over a hundred years, all for the selfish actions of the other. Violet will not find it quite as easy as she thought to help Julien and in his absence, after he spent so much energy trying to stay with her in a solid state, he can’t come back to stop her being hurt at all. A lovely tale of love in impossible circumstances and a ghostly setting! I can’t wait to read some more and catch up with the other tales in the series. I received an ARC copy of this book from BookSprout and I have freely given my own opinion of the book above.
She arrives at Chloe’s fiancé Mason’s family home and is told she won’t need to find a hotel, as there is no way Chloe would let her out of her sight before the wedding. She wants to look out for Vi and have her involved in everything that’s going on. Roland was supposed to walk Vi down the aisle in the wedding ceremony, but now Chloe wants to try and set her up with another single guest, about the last thing Vi wants! They give her a room at the front of the house and sets her bags there, warning her it is an old home and that there might be some odd noises in the night. They need to dress for dinner, but Vi doesn’t have anything, so Chloe lends her a dress and tells her to meet them downstairs in an hour. Vi shuts the door and finally breaks down and starts to cry. A knock at the balcony door surprises her and she opens it to find a handsome stranger, who looks a bit like Mason, there. He introduces himself as Julien Dalcour and she asks if he is going to be her escort the next day. Someone who is not too attractive and isn’t looking for a relationship! He makes a joke of her reply and the fact she tried to say she didn’t find her attractive, when her body tells him otherwise!
He arranges to be available later that night, just to talk, but kisses her. As he does that, strange things happen in the room, with a chair falling over and a curtain tangling up in it. He leaves for what he calls a prior engagement and after she gets changed, she makes her way downstairs. As she passes through the library, she sees portraits of mason’s ancestors and is shocked to find one of Julien Dalcour 1821 – 1843! Julien and his brothers were thought murdered, Henri, Julien, and Beau, and they haunt the house to this day. Their cousin Oliver was also thought killed, but he has never haunted the house. They were all punished for a crime one of them was accused of doing. None of them owned up, so they were cursed and trapped in the house for the last hundred years. Until one of them admits what they did, the rest will continue to pay. When Julien meets Violet, he wants to end his ghostly life and have a life again in the past. Chloe is annoyed, as she has never met any of mason’s ghostly family, while Violet meets someone on her first ever visit.
The ghosts like to play tricks on the household, but they also have their own likes and dislikes and can be cruel as well. Henri especially, can be harsh in his treatment of others and always seems the angriest of the three. Violet spends a night with Julien for company and begins to fall for him. She knows there can be no future together, but would like to help him end his painful existence as a ghost, so offers to help break the curse. Only problem is, that the person who should have been cursed and didn’t want to own up to their actions all those years ago, still isn’t willing to admit to anything. The other brothers and their cousin have had to suffer for over a hundred years, all for the selfish actions of the other. Violet will not find it quite as easy as she thought to help Julien and in his absence, after he spent so much energy trying to stay with her in a solid state, he can’t come back to stop her being hurt at all. A lovely tale of love in impossible circumstances and a ghostly setting! I can’t wait to read some more and catch up with the other tales in the series. I received an ARC copy of this book from BookSprout and I have freely given my own opinion of the book above.
November 1, 2020
Another amazing book by Alyssa Drake.
This newest addition to the Firefly Island series didn't disappoint! Betrayed and robbed by the man she's suppose to marry, Violet heads south to be the maid of honor in her best friend's wedding, she meets Julien. Cursed for a 100 years for a crime he didn't commit, Julien meets a woman who draws him like no other woman ever has.
Not only is the chemistry between Julien and Violet sizzling hot, the story line flows so smoothly that it captivates you! Full of drama, suspense and love, I was captivated from the get go! A definite must read! I can't wait to see what else Alyssa brings.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
This newest addition to the Firefly Island series didn't disappoint! Betrayed and robbed by the man she's suppose to marry, Violet heads south to be the maid of honor in her best friend's wedding, she meets Julien. Cursed for a 100 years for a crime he didn't commit, Julien meets a woman who draws him like no other woman ever has.
Not only is the chemistry between Julien and Violet sizzling hot, the story line flows so smoothly that it captivates you! Full of drama, suspense and love, I was captivated from the get go! A definite must read! I can't wait to see what else Alyssa brings.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
November 2, 2020
Violets’s boyfriend just cleared out her bank account and cleaned out her apartment leaving her with nothing as she was leaving for New Orleans for her best friends wedding. She goes and tells her friend what happened and decides to just be there for her friend. But she comes face to face with a hot handsome man named Julian and begins to rethink about dating. But she soon finds out he’s a ghost and that theirs a curse on him and his brothers. Will she decide to help them?
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.
November 5, 2020
Damned is a short, suspenseful story about a woman who was destroyed by her so called boyfriend and left with nothing while she was at her friend's wedding. Violet's journey on Firefly island is filled with intriguing characters and captivating twists. This short story held me captive while reading it and with every page I turned I fell deeper into Violet and Julian's story. If you love paranormal stories with twists then I definitely recommend you read this book and this series. I voluntarily reviewed a copy of this book.
October 31, 2020
Alyssa Drake knows how to draw you into a story. This is a short story that grabs your attention and keeps it. Four men are damned because of the wrong doing of one. Violet is going to her best friend’s wedding where she meets a ghost. She has to help free him and now the story gets interesting. I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and the views and opinions are my own.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and the views and opinions are my own.
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November 1, 2020
I've read several books written by Alyssa Drake; she has done a great job at writing a good short story; she is becoming one of my favorite authors. I can’t wait to read more of books her books.
The story line caught my attention at the very beginning and kept me interested throughout the entire book.
I received a free copy of this book via booksprout and I’m voluntarily leaving a review.
The story line caught my attention at the very beginning and kept me interested throughout the entire book.
I received a free copy of this book via booksprout and I’m voluntarily leaving a review.
November 2, 2020
This is a brilliant read.
Wonderful well written plot and story line that had me engaged from the start.
Love the well fleshed out characters and found them believable.
Great suspense and action with wonderful world building.
Can't wait to read what the author brings out next.
Recommend reading.
I read a complimentary advance copy of the book; this is my voluntary and honest review.
Wonderful well written plot and story line that had me engaged from the start.
Love the well fleshed out characters and found them believable.
Great suspense and action with wonderful world building.
Can't wait to read what the author brings out next.
Recommend reading.
I read a complimentary advance copy of the book; this is my voluntary and honest review.
November 4, 2020
When Violet is left stranded by her fiancé, she heads to her friend Chloe’s wedding in New Orleans anyway. When she gets there she tells Chloe what happened and there she meets Julien who comforts her. Only he’s a ghost who has been cursed. Can she help him in return? I enjoyed this engaging romance. I received an arc of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
November 5, 2020
Damned by Alyssa Drake is an amazing story to read. This is book number six in this amazing series that I have loved reading and can not wait to see what this author will write next. I highly recommend this story to everyone who loves reading about fantasy and paranormal romance.
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.
November 6, 2020
Book six in the Paranormal Tales from Firefly Island series a well written story that kept me turning pages. What a beautiful ending for Violet and Julien, and a great way to let Chloe and Mason know she was okay. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
December 12, 2020
Though the starting was tame, the storyline sure packed a punch and was very engaging. 2 things that could have been better worked on were
1. The length of the book - the book was over even before it began
2. The abruptness of the last few pages - the ending was too abrupt
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
1. The length of the book - the book was over even before it began
2. The abruptness of the last few pages - the ending was too abrupt
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
November 12, 2020
Short but very entertaining. I enjoyed reading this tale of a young woman who finds herself in need of help after her life is thrown a twist. Enter someone who is in need and her focus shifts. A fun story.
I requested a copy of this book so I could provide an honest review.
I requested a copy of this book so I could provide an honest review.
November 13, 2020
I wasn't sure about this book but I really enjoyed it. Violet is ripped off by her fiance, she decides to head to New Orleans. While there she meets a dark, mysterious stranger named Julian. A steamy and fast-paced romance that is quite good.
October 26, 2020
This is the first book I’ve read by this author but it definitely won’t be the last! This book is wonderfully written and captivating. It’s flows easily and is a fast paced book.
The characters are great and realistic. I absolutely love the ghost aspect! They are my favorite but extremely hard to find a good one. There’s drama, suspense, love, and so much more. Never boring. I definitely recommend this book.
The characters are great and realistic. I absolutely love the ghost aspect! They are my favorite but extremely hard to find a good one. There’s drama, suspense, love, and so much more. Never boring. I definitely recommend this book.
November 13, 2020
Loved reading this book. Violet is a wonderful character. This is the first book I have read by
Author Alyssa Drake. But it won't be my last.
Author Alyssa Drake. But it won't be my last.
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