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Aftertaste
Aftertaste is a collection of stories from USA Today best-selling author, Yolanda Olson, and A. A. Davies.
Available for a very limited time, this collection includes the following:
FROM THE WRECKAGE
(Previously published in A Family Affair Anthology)
ILLICIT
(Previously published in A Family Affair Anthology)
KENJI
(Previously published in Another Family Affair Anthology)
RIVALRY
(Previously published in Another Family Affair Anthology)
RECKLESS
(Bonus Story)
RESIST
(Bonus Story)
These stories are unputdownable extreme taboo, forbidden, delicious delights.
Available for a very limited time, this collection includes the following:
FROM THE WRECKAGE
(Previously published in A Family Affair Anthology)
ILLICIT
(Previously published in A Family Affair Anthology)
KENJI
(Previously published in Another Family Affair Anthology)
RIVALRY
(Previously published in Another Family Affair Anthology)
RECKLESS
(Bonus Story)
RESIST
(Bonus Story)
These stories are unputdownable extreme taboo, forbidden, delicious delights.
- GenresAnthologies
253 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 18, 2021
24 people are currently reading
84 people want to read
About the author
Yolanda Olson
223 books1,889 followersYolanda Olson is a USA Today Bestselling and award-winning author. Born and raised in Bridgeport, CT where she currently resides, she usually spends her time watching her favorite channel, Investigation Discovery.
Occasionally, she takes a break to write books and test the limits of her mind. Also an avid horror movie fan, she likes to incorporate dark elements into the majority of her books.
You can keep in touch with her on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Occasionally, she takes a break to write books and test the limits of her mind. Also an avid horror movie fan, she likes to incorporate dark elements into the majority of her books.
You can keep in touch with her on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
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May 20, 2021
I’ve read some of these stories in the second anthology, Another Family Affair but I missed reading some from the first anthology so I neeeeded to pick this up.
I’ll rate each story individually and link my previous review if I’ve already read it somewhere else.
▪️ From The Wreckage by Yolanda Olson
I missed this one in the first anthology so yayyyy for getting to read it! Uncle-niece story with a bit of other familial relations as a backstory in there. I was a bit disappointed at the lack of naughty times and without a lot of detail. That’s what I liiiiive for, haha. And it ended with a literal bang, that’s for sure. 😳 (Psst.. not that kind of bang, you perv😂)
3.5⭐️
▪️ Illicit by A.A. Davies
Older aunt (28) and younger nephew (18). I don’t think I’ve ever actually read an aunt-nephew book so yay. The storyline was whatever though and it ended super abrupt. But I got one pretty hot sex scene so I’m still happy.
3.5⭐️
▪️ Kenji by Yolanda Olson
Read this in Another Family Affair so I skipped it in this boxset. Snow is Kenji’s cousin. I didn’t like it much because pet play isn’t really my thing buuuut when it is, I like the fluffier sweeter side. This definitely isn’t that. But obviously if you’re reading Yolanda’s stories you know that shit going in. 😂
(My review is over here)
2.25⭐️
▪️ Rivalry by A.A. Davies
This was one of my absolute favorites in Another Family Affair. Since this whole boxset is about family love, I don’t think it’s a spoiler to say that it’s about 2 high school students who didn’t know they were related at first. Then when they found out, they were like fuck it. Hah, I love that. This was one that I would love as a full-length story.
(My review is over here)
4⭐️
▪️ Reckless by Yolanda Olson
Well damn. That escalated quick as fuck. 😳 At least we got a little sex scene in there. I kinda wish there was a bit more meat to this story, honestly... but I liked what I did read. This is the kinda shit I enjoy - any blood and gore and murder directed at side characters and not the main characters. (FYI this is a brother-sister story)
3.75⭐️
▪️ Resist by A.A. Davies
This one features Thalia, the best friend of Sage from Rivalry. We actually get a quick mention or 2 of Sage and Storm. 😍 Thalia’s story includes brother-sister of the noncon variety while also featuring some FF action between Thalia and an older girl, Haven. This was interesting enough but just an okay read. Haven’s brother, Rush, is mentioned and said to have a story in the Outlaws Anthology.
3.5⭐️
Overall this was decent. I liked the additional stories added in here plus some I didn’t get a chance to read in the other limited time only anthologies. I definitely recommend this if you like that family lovin’ and missed the first 2 Family Affairs.
I’ll rate each story individually and link my previous review if I’ve already read it somewhere else.
▪️ From The Wreckage by Yolanda Olson
I missed this one in the first anthology so yayyyy for getting to read it! Uncle-niece story with a bit of other familial relations as a backstory in there. I was a bit disappointed at the lack of naughty times and without a lot of detail. That’s what I liiiiive for, haha. And it ended with a literal bang, that’s for sure. 😳 (Psst.. not that kind of bang, you perv😂)
3.5⭐️
▪️ Illicit by A.A. Davies
Older aunt (28) and younger nephew (18). I don’t think I’ve ever actually read an aunt-nephew book so yay. The storyline was whatever though and it ended super abrupt. But I got one pretty hot sex scene so I’m still happy.
3.5⭐️
▪️ Kenji by Yolanda Olson
Read this in Another Family Affair so I skipped it in this boxset. Snow is Kenji’s cousin. I didn’t like it much because pet play isn’t really my thing buuuut when it is, I like the fluffier sweeter side. This definitely isn’t that. But obviously if you’re reading Yolanda’s stories you know that shit going in. 😂
(My review is over here)
2.25⭐️
▪️ Rivalry by A.A. Davies
This was one of my absolute favorites in Another Family Affair. Since this whole boxset is about family love, I don’t think it’s a spoiler to say that it’s about 2 high school students who didn’t know they were related at first. Then when they found out, they were like fuck it. Hah, I love that. This was one that I would love as a full-length story.
(My review is over here)
4⭐️
▪️ Reckless by Yolanda Olson
Well damn. That escalated quick as fuck. 😳 At least we got a little sex scene in there. I kinda wish there was a bit more meat to this story, honestly... but I liked what I did read. This is the kinda shit I enjoy - any blood and gore and murder directed at side characters and not the main characters. (FYI this is a brother-sister story)
3.75⭐️
▪️ Resist by A.A. Davies
This one features Thalia, the best friend of Sage from Rivalry. We actually get a quick mention or 2 of Sage and Storm. 😍 Thalia’s story includes brother-sister of the noncon variety while also featuring some FF action between Thalia and an older girl, Haven. This was interesting enough but just an okay read. Haven’s brother, Rush, is mentioned and said to have a story in the Outlaws Anthology.
3.5⭐️
Overall this was decent. I liked the additional stories added in here plus some I didn’t get a chance to read in the other limited time only anthologies. I definitely recommend this if you like that family lovin’ and missed the first 2 Family Affairs.
December 10, 2021
(updated: 12.10.2021)
🧡FROM THE WRECKAGE by Yolanda Olson (MF)
RATING: 5⭐️
BLURB: 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲. 𝗜'𝘃𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘆 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗯𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹. 𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼. 𝗜𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸. 𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗛𝘂𝗰𝗸. 𝗜 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲. 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗼 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲. 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗮 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗲. 𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗛𝘂𝗰𝗸 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀. 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗜'𝗺 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱. This story was originally published in the Family Affair anthology. The author has since added new content and it is for sale on her website.
REVIEW: Oh Huck, you not so gentle giant. Your wife may not have been the one for you all along. Seems your tastes were a little more familial in nature, Maddi is her mother’s daughter after all. How could you resist. Sampling your sister once upon a time left you craving her copy, even if she’s your daughter (or so it seems to be inferred). This was a complete novella with a HEA ending.
I wonder if Huck and Troy, from Deep Blue, live near each other. That would make for some interesting family farm days.
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🧡ILLICIT by A.A. Davies (MF)
RATING: 5⭐️
REVIEW: Ugh 😩 I wish this story was longer!! It’s a tale as old as time - teacher falls for her student. Only this time the student is actually her half-sister's eighteen year old son, her nephew. Add underlying drama in the story and I’m left with so many questions. Are they ever found? Who exactly is Carter’s dad? How is Jennifer doing? What ever actually happened to Guy? While we did get a happy in the moment ending I’m greedy and want more, so much more. This story was originally published in the Family Affair anthology.
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♥️ KENJI (An Irongate Prequel) by Yolanda Olson (MF)
Rating: 4⭐️
BLURB: 𝗦𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗴𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱. 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝘄 𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗜 𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝘀𝗮𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗜 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲. 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲. 𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘀. 𝗜 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱. 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱, 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗵𝗲'𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝘄. 𝗔𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀. 𝗔 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝘀. 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗻𝗼𝘄. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻'𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿. 𝗔𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀.
REVIEW: Kenji keeps Snow as his companion. She is his pet fox. Her day-to-day life is what you would expect for a pet. She is collared, fed from a bowl, and made to sleep at Kenji's feet. This took the games of a dom in a new direction for me but overall I have to say I am highly intrigued with Kenji and hope to see more this Japanese tattoo artist. Especially with that ending!! We're left wondering what secrets the future hold. *At this time the Irongate series has not been released. This story was originally published in the Another Family Affair anthology.
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🧡RECKLESS by Yolanda Olson
RATING: 4⭐️
REVIEW: Hudson Winstead is dreading her older brother Rogan’s release from jail. She was always his favorite toy to destroy. Having besmirched the family name oil tycoon Charles Winstead and wife Greta aren’t keen on their son’s return either. An awkward family reunion leads to twists I wasn’t expecting both in and out of the bedroom. It would have been fun to see this Bonnie and Clyde crime couple living their best crime spree life. Maybe we’ll get treated to a story expansion down the road.
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🧡RIVALRY: A Lakemere Story part 1 by A.A. Davies (MF)
Rating: 3.5⭐️
BLURB: 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸. 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵. 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗜 𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿. 𝗜'𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲. 𝗪𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝘀, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗜 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗜 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗯𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗺. 𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘂𝗽. 𝗨𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱. 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗜 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘆. This story was originally published in the Another Family Affair anthology.
REVIEW: This story seems like a simple storyline. Rich boy falls for a girl from the other side of the tracks. Rival schools. Different crowds. The jock and the outsider. Then everything changed in the last few pages. While I started to see the twist being hinted at, I kept trying to discount my suspicions up until the very end. And Storm and Sage didn’t care, not one bit. They just rolled on with life and a HEA.
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🧡 RESIST: A Lakemere Story part 2 by A.A. Davies
RATING: 5⭐️
Phew, this one packed a punch. We first meet Thalia as the best friend of Sage in the story RIVARLY. One night of letting go gave Thalia an unencumbered moment of solace with Haven high above everyone else in a cage at Vibe. Then disaster struck when a lie of omission was uncovered. They say age is just a number yet it’s the dividing line for many things.
Thalia’s life is anything but perfect, complete with miserable parents and the stepbrother from hell. If circumstances were different he’d be the bully you’d hate to love. But that’s not the case here. Intense noncon scenes ensue with brutal consequences. This was a complete novella with a HFN ending and was previously published in the Girls Night anthology.
The complete Lakemere series is comprised of four interconnected stories. The author hasn’t mentioned if this will ever be republished as an omnibus, but we can all cross our fingers and hope!!
✨ PART 1: RIVALRY
✨ PART 2: RESIST
✨ PART 3: UNRULY is a forbidden romance between Haven’s big brother Rush and his ex-girlfriends mother that was published in the OUTLAWS anthology.
✨ PART 4: INDECENT is a forbidden romance between Blaise, a Chicago Fire Captain and partime doorman at Vibe, and his niece that was published in the A Final Family Affair anthology.
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🧡FROM THE WRECKAGE by Yolanda Olson (MF)
RATING: 5⭐️
BLURB: 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲. 𝗜'𝘃𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘆 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗯𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹. 𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼. 𝗜𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸. 𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗛𝘂𝗰𝗸. 𝗜 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲. 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗼 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲. 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗮 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗲. 𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗛𝘂𝗰𝗸 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀. 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗜'𝗺 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱. This story was originally published in the Family Affair anthology. The author has since added new content and it is for sale on her website.
REVIEW: Oh Huck, you not so gentle giant. Your wife may not have been the one for you all along. Seems your tastes were a little more familial in nature, Maddi is her mother’s daughter after all. How could you resist. Sampling your sister once upon a time left you craving her copy, even if she’s your daughter (or so it seems to be inferred). This was a complete novella with a HEA ending.
I wonder if Huck and Troy, from Deep Blue, live near each other. That would make for some interesting family farm days.
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🧡ILLICIT by A.A. Davies (MF)
RATING: 5⭐️
REVIEW: Ugh 😩 I wish this story was longer!! It’s a tale as old as time - teacher falls for her student. Only this time the student is actually her half-sister's eighteen year old son, her nephew. Add underlying drama in the story and I’m left with so many questions. Are they ever found? Who exactly is Carter’s dad? How is Jennifer doing? What ever actually happened to Guy? While we did get a happy in the moment ending I’m greedy and want more, so much more. This story was originally published in the Family Affair anthology.
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♥️ KENJI (An Irongate Prequel) by Yolanda Olson (MF)
Rating: 4⭐️
BLURB: 𝗦𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗴𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱. 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝘄 𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗜 𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝘀𝗮𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗜 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲. 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲. 𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘀. 𝗜 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱. 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱, 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗵𝗲'𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝘄. 𝗔𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀. 𝗔 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝘀. 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗻𝗼𝘄. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻'𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿. 𝗔𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀.
REVIEW: Kenji keeps Snow as his companion. She is his pet fox. Her day-to-day life is what you would expect for a pet. She is collared, fed from a bowl, and made to sleep at Kenji's feet. This took the games of a dom in a new direction for me but overall I have to say I am highly intrigued with Kenji and hope to see more this Japanese tattoo artist. Especially with that ending!! We're left wondering what secrets the future hold. *At this time the Irongate series has not been released. This story was originally published in the Another Family Affair anthology.
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🧡RECKLESS by Yolanda Olson
RATING: 4⭐️
REVIEW: Hudson Winstead is dreading her older brother Rogan’s release from jail. She was always his favorite toy to destroy. Having besmirched the family name oil tycoon Charles Winstead and wife Greta aren’t keen on their son’s return either. An awkward family reunion leads to twists I wasn’t expecting both in and out of the bedroom. It would have been fun to see this Bonnie and Clyde crime couple living their best crime spree life. Maybe we’ll get treated to a story expansion down the road.
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🧡RIVALRY: A Lakemere Story part 1 by A.A. Davies (MF)
Rating: 3.5⭐️
BLURB: 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸. 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵. 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗜 𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿. 𝗜'𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲. 𝗪𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝘀, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗜 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗜 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗯𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗺. 𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘂𝗽. 𝗨𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱. 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗜 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘆. This story was originally published in the Another Family Affair anthology.
REVIEW: This story seems like a simple storyline. Rich boy falls for a girl from the other side of the tracks. Rival schools. Different crowds. The jock and the outsider. Then everything changed in the last few pages. While I started to see the twist being hinted at, I kept trying to discount my suspicions up until the very end. And Storm and Sage didn’t care, not one bit. They just rolled on with life and a HEA.
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🧡 RESIST: A Lakemere Story part 2 by A.A. Davies
RATING: 5⭐️
Phew, this one packed a punch. We first meet Thalia as the best friend of Sage in the story RIVARLY. One night of letting go gave Thalia an unencumbered moment of solace with Haven high above everyone else in a cage at Vibe. Then disaster struck when a lie of omission was uncovered. They say age is just a number yet it’s the dividing line for many things.
Thalia’s life is anything but perfect, complete with miserable parents and the stepbrother from hell. If circumstances were different he’d be the bully you’d hate to love. But that’s not the case here. Intense noncon scenes ensue with brutal consequences. This was a complete novella with a HFN ending and was previously published in the Girls Night anthology.
The complete Lakemere series is comprised of four interconnected stories. The author hasn’t mentioned if this will ever be republished as an omnibus, but we can all cross our fingers and hope!!
✨ PART 1: RIVALRY
✨ PART 2: RESIST
✨ PART 3: UNRULY is a forbidden romance between Haven’s big brother Rush and his ex-girlfriends mother that was published in the OUTLAWS anthology.
✨ PART 4: INDECENT is a forbidden romance between Blaise, a Chicago Fire Captain and partime doorman at Vibe, and his niece that was published in the A Final Family Affair anthology.
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🧡FROM THE WRECKAGE by Yolanda Olson (MF)
RATING: 5⭐️
BLURB: 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲. 𝗜'𝘃𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘆 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗯𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹. 𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼. 𝗜𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸. 𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗛𝘂𝗰𝗸. 𝗜 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲. 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗼 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲. 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗮 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗲. 𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗛𝘂𝗰𝗸 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀. 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗜'𝗺 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱. This story was originally published in the Family Affair anthology. The author has since added new content and it is for sale on her website.
REVIEW: Oh Huck, you not so gentle giant. Your wife may not have been the one for you all along. Seems your tastes were a little more familial in nature, Maddi is her mother’s daughter after all. How could you resist. Sampling your sister once upon a time left you craving her copy, even if she’s your daughter (or so it seems to be inferred). This was a complete novella with a HEA ending.
I wonder if Huck and Troy, from Deep Blue, live near each other. That would make for some interesting family farm days.
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🧡ILLICIT by A.A. Davies (MF)
RATING: 5⭐️
REVIEW: Ugh 😩 I wish this story was longer!! It’s a tale as old as time - teacher falls for her student. Only this time the student is actually her half-sister's eighteen year old son, her nephew. Add underlying drama in the story and I’m left with so many questions. Are they ever found? Who exactly is Carter’s dad? How is Jennifer doing? What ever actually happened to Guy? While we did get a happy in the moment ending I’m greedy and want more, so much more. This story was originally published in the Family Affair anthology.
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♥️ KENJI (An Irongate Prequel) by Yolanda Olson (MF)
Rating: 4⭐️
BLURB: 𝗦𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗴𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱. 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝘄 𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗜 𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝘀𝗮𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗜 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲. 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲. 𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘀. 𝗜 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱. 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱, 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗵𝗲'𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝘄. 𝗔𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀. 𝗔 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝘀. 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗻𝗼𝘄. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻'𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿. 𝗔𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀.
REVIEW: Kenji keeps Snow as his companion. She is his pet fox. Her day-to-day life is what you would expect for a pet. She is collared, fed from a bowl, and made to sleep at Kenji's feet. This took the games of a dom in a new direction for me but overall I have to say I am highly intrigued with Kenji and hope to see more this Japanese tattoo artist. Especially with that ending!! We're left wondering what secrets the future hold. *At this time the Irongate series has not been released. This story was originally published in the Another Family Affair anthology.
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🧡RECKLESS by Yolanda Olson
RATING: 4⭐️
REVIEW: Hudson Winstead is dreading her older brother Rogan’s release from jail. She was always his favorite toy to destroy. Having besmirched the family name oil tycoon Charles Winstead and wife Greta aren’t keen on their son’s return either. An awkward family reunion leads to twists I wasn’t expecting both in and out of the bedroom. It would have been fun to see this Bonnie and Clyde crime couple living their best crime spree life. Maybe we’ll get treated to a story expansion down the road.
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🧡RIVALRY: A Lakemere Story part 1 by A.A. Davies (MF)
Rating: 3.5⭐️
BLURB: 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸. 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵. 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗜 𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿. 𝗜'𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲. 𝗪𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝘀, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗜 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗜 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗯𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗺. 𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘂𝗽. 𝗨𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱. 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗜 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘆. This story was originally published in the Another Family Affair anthology.
REVIEW: This story seems like a simple storyline. Rich boy falls for a girl from the other side of the tracks. Rival schools. Different crowds. The jock and the outsider. Then everything changed in the last few pages. While I started to see the twist being hinted at, I kept trying to discount my suspicions up until the very end. And Storm and Sage didn’t care, not one bit. They just rolled on with life and a HEA.
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🧡 RESIST: A Lakemere Story part 2 by A.A. Davies
RATING: 5⭐️
Phew, this one packed a punch. We first meet Thalia as the best friend of Sage in the story RIVARLY. One night of letting go gave Thalia an unencumbered moment of solace with Haven high above everyone else in a cage at Vibe. Then disaster struck when a lie of omission was uncovered. They say age is just a number yet it’s the dividing line for many things.
Thalia’s life is anything but perfect, complete with miserable parents and the stepbrother from hell. If circumstances were different he’d be the bully you’d hate to love. But that’s not the case here. Intense noncon scenes ensue with brutal consequences. This was a complete novella with a HFN ending and was previously published in the Girls Night anthology.
The complete Lakemere series is comprised of four interconnected stories. The author hasn’t mentioned if this will ever be republished as an omnibus, but we can all cross our fingers and hope!!
✨ PART 1: RIVALRY
✨ PART 2: RESIST
✨ PART 3: UNRULY is a forbidden romance between Haven’s big brother Rush and his ex-girlfriends mother that was published in the OUTLAWS anthology.
✨ PART 4: INDECENT is a forbidden romance between Blaise, a Chicago Fire Captain and partime doorman at Vibe, and his niece that was published in the A Final Family Affair anthology.
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🧡FROM THE WRECKAGE by Yolanda Olson (MF)
RATING: 5⭐️
BLURB: 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲. 𝗜'𝘃𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘆 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗯𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹. 𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼. 𝗜𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸. 𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗛𝘂𝗰𝗸. 𝗜 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲. 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗼 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲. 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗮 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗲. 𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗛𝘂𝗰𝗸 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀. 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗜'𝗺 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼 𝘂𝗻𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱. This story was originally published in the Family Affair anthology. The author has since added new content and it is for sale on her website.
REVIEW: Oh Huck, you not so gentle giant. Your wife may not have been the one for you all along. Seems your tastes were a little more familial in nature, Maddi is her mother’s daughter after all. How could you resist. Sampling your sister once upon a time left you craving her copy, even if she’s your daughter (or so it seems to be inferred). This was a complete novella with a HEA ending.
I wonder if Huck and Troy, from Deep Blue, live near each other. That would make for some interesting family farm days.
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🧡ILLICIT by A.A. Davies (MF)
RATING: 5⭐️
REVIEW: Ugh 😩 I wish this story was longer!! It’s a tale as old as time - teacher falls for her student. Only this time the student is actually her half-sister's eighteen year old son, her nephew. Add underlying drama in the story and I’m left with so many questions. Are they ever found? Who exactly is Carter’s dad? How is Jennifer doing? What ever actually happened to Guy? While we did get a happy in the moment ending I’m greedy and want more, so much more. This story was originally published in the Family Affair anthology.
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♥️ KENJI (An Irongate Prequel) by Yolanda Olson (MF)
Rating: 4⭐️
BLURB: 𝗦𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗴𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱. 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝘄 𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗜 𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝘀𝗮𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗜 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲. 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲. 𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘀. 𝗜 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱. 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱, 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗵𝗲'𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝘄. 𝗔𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀. 𝗔 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝘀. 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗻𝗼𝘄. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝗻'𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿. 𝗔𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀.
REVIEW: Kenji keeps Snow as his companion. She is his pet fox. Her day-to-day life is what you would expect for a pet. She is collared, fed from a bowl, and made to sleep at Kenji's feet. This took the games of a dom in a new direction for me but overall I have to say I am highly intrigued with Kenji and hope to see more this Japanese tattoo artist. Especially with that ending!! We're left wondering what secrets the future hold. *At this time the Irongate series has not been released. This story was originally published in the Another Family Affair anthology.
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🧡RECKLESS by Yolanda Olson
RATING: 4⭐️
REVIEW: Hudson Winstead is dreading her older brother Rogan’s release from jail. She was always his favorite toy to destroy. Having besmirched the family name oil tycoon Charles Winstead and wife Greta aren’t keen on their son’s return either. An awkward family reunion leads to twists I wasn’t expecting both in and out of the bedroom. It would have been fun to see this Bonnie and Clyde crime couple living their best crime spree life. Maybe we’ll get treated to a story expansion down the road.
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🧡RIVALRY: A Lakemere Story part 1 by A.A. Davies (MF)
Rating: 3.5⭐️
BLURB: 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸. 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵. 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴. 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗜 𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿. 𝗜'𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲. 𝗪𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝘀, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗜 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗜 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗯𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗺. 𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘂𝗽. 𝗨𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱. 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗜 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘆. This story was originally published in the Another Family Affair anthology.
REVIEW: This story seems like a simple storyline. Rich boy falls for a girl from the other side of the tracks. Rival schools. Different crowds. The jock and the outsider. Then everything changed in the last few pages. While I started to see the twist being hinted at, I kept trying to discount my suspicions up until the very end. And Storm and Sage didn’t care, not one bit. They just rolled on with life and a HEA.
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🧡 RESIST: A Lakemere Story part 2 by A.A. Davies
RATING: 5⭐️
Phew, this one packed a punch. We first meet Thalia as the best friend of Sage in the story RIVARLY. One night of letting go gave Thalia an unencumbered moment of solace with Haven high above everyone else in a cage at Vibe. Then disaster struck when a lie of omission was uncovered. They say age is just a number yet it’s the dividing line for many things.
Thalia’s life is anything but perfect, complete with miserable parents and the stepbrother from hell. If circumstances were different he’d be the bully you’d hate to love. But that’s not the case here. Intense noncon scenes ensue with brutal consequences. This was a complete novella with a HFN ending and was previously published in the Girls Night anthology.
The complete Lakemere series is comprised of four interconnected stories. The author hasn’t mentioned if this will ever be republished as an omnibus, but we can all cross our fingers and hope!!
✨ PART 1: RIVALRY
✨ PART 2: RESIST
✨ PART 3: UNRULY is a forbidden romance between Haven’s big brother Rush and his ex-girlfriends mother that was published in the OUTLAWS anthology.
✨ PART 4: INDECENT is a forbidden romance between Blaise, a Chicago Fire Captain and partime doorman at Vibe, and his niece that was published in the A Final Family Affair anthology.
𝓋𝓍𝒽𝑒𝓍𝓃 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹𝓈
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January 15, 2023
Overall Rating:
FROM THE WRECKAGE - 3.5 stars
ILLICIT - 3 stars
KENJI - DNF
RIVALRY - 2 stars
RECKLESS - 3 stars
RESIST - 2 stars
FROM THE WRECKAGE - 3.5 stars
ILLICIT - 3 stars
KENJI - DNF
RIVALRY - 2 stars
RECKLESS - 3 stars
RESIST - 2 stars
September 17, 2021
Stories I read:
1.From the wreakage by Yolanda Olson
2.Illicit by A A Davies
3.Kenji by Yolanda Olson
4.Rivalry by A A Davies
5.Reckless by Yolanda Olson
6.Resist by A A Davies
I have read the first two stories in the Family Affair Anthology and the next two in the Another Family Affair Anthology.
So I'll be reviewing the last two stories only.
Reckless by Yolanda Olson ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I love this author. She writes such dark stories. I'm definitely going to read more stuff by her.
This story is a brother-sister love story with a badass ending. Just amazing!!
Resist by A A Davies ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
It is a FF romance book involving sexual assault and rape. It was a really great book!
1.From the wreakage by Yolanda Olson
2.Illicit by A A Davies
3.Kenji by Yolanda Olson
4.Rivalry by A A Davies
5.Reckless by Yolanda Olson
6.Resist by A A Davies
I have read the first two stories in the Family Affair Anthology and the next two in the Another Family Affair Anthology.
So I'll be reviewing the last two stories only.
Reckless by Yolanda Olson ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I love this author. She writes such dark stories. I'm definitely going to read more stuff by her.
This story is a brother-sister love story with a badass ending. Just amazing!!
Resist by A A Davies ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
It is a FF romance book involving sexual assault and rape. It was a really great book!
July 6, 2021
This was an anthology, so a mixed bag.
A couple of the stories were DELICIOUS and a couple were just plain weird. Glad I read though, some authors definitely better than others in regards to plot, story-telling, pace etc.
Not bad xx
A couple of the stories were DELICIOUS and a couple were just plain weird. Glad I read though, some authors definitely better than others in regards to plot, story-telling, pace etc.
Not bad xx
August 11, 2021
Some were good. Some were meh. One was weird.
October 21, 2021
*HEADS UP: These short stories are nearly all previously published in other anthology series, so to me, only two of these were new.
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