HEARTPOUNDING, COMBUSTIBLE BOXED SET **4.75 stars**
“You may have been named after a spider, but never forget, birds eat spiders.”
The CONSEQUENCES queen has a new boxed set -- WEB OF SIN -- that delivers a solid punch in a riveting trilogy of secrets, lies, and promises …
SECRETS:
SECRETS HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE DELICIOUS!
Meet Sterling Sparrow and Araneae McCrie. A king named after a ruthless sparrow and a woman named after a deadly spider – neither will go down without a fight. A tangled web of secrets is right – his presumed criminal empire, her thriving business of luxury silk clothing (see the spider reference there?), and the secretive past that brings them together in the confusing present. Who is she? Who is he? Why is everyone chasing them? He rules over a vast and deep empire … and he’s come to collect his queen, but concealment, danger and mayhem are around every corner. Secrets have never been more delicious.
LIES:
WHAT A TANGLED WEB OF LIES! … on the twisty hunt for truth. New characters emerge and existing ones are fleshed out. Where will the truth lead, as this book zeroes in on Araneae’s identity and secrets from the past? Who is she really and will she find the normal life she seeks? Politics and mistresses and underground mobs and family and murder and dirty, dirty secrets. For now we focus on her identity solely as the key, and what a wild ride it is! Sparrow realizes his biggest adversary is his lover. Promises are starting to be made, with love and trust hanging in the balance.
PROMISES:
BREATHLESS ENDING! … in a rollercoaster wrap-up of detours, sidelines, murky motives, shocks, and spine-tingling sex en route to HEAville. Secrets have been dark … twisted … questionable. The lies even more confounding. The closer we get to trust and the truth, the more it slips away. Promises will finally bring them into the light of truth. AR has a knack for dragging us deeper and deeper into the fray through complex levels of villainy and heroics. Araneae and Sterling continue to build trust in their relationship, despite curveballs constantly thrown at them about her safety and past. The path is littered with broken trust and speed bumps of decoys and kidnappers in a gripping page-turner. The mystery and intensity never lets up on the heart-pounding, rocky road to answers. Will the answers bring this couple even closer together … or drive them apart? Above and beyond all the secrets, lies, and promises is the most important thing … LOVE.
I own all these books individually and urge readers to take this unparalleled adventure in a pageturning romantic mystery filled with sexy sizzle, and dark and twisty combo of mystery and chemistry. AR never disappoints.