Love, Not War: A Charity Anthology for Ukraine

by Hazel Grace (Editor), N.M. Black, Cassia Briar

LOVE, NOT WAR — A charity Anthology for the Ukraine Crisis Fund
17 authors have come together to write 16 different romance stories of all sub-genres and tropes.

All proceeds will go to benefit affected communities in Ukraine, with a focus on the most vulnerable, including children, who need access to food, medical services, and psychosocial support. It also supports humanitarian assistance in impacted communities in Ukraine and surrounding regions where Ukrainian refugees have fled.

PARTICIPATING AUTHORS:

A.R. HALL
CASSIA BRIAR
DEE GARCIA
EMERY LEEANN & ELIZABETH ST JOHN
HAZEL GRACE
JEN STEVENS
JENSEN REED
KATHERINE MOORE
M. JAMESON
M.R. LEAHY
N.M. BLACK
SARA A. MOSIER
SAVANNAH SLOAN
SUKI WILLIAMS
SUMMER O’TOOLE
YOLANDA OLSON

Genres: Anthologies

685 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 24, 2022

About the author

Hazel Grace is an avid music lover, an undefined human being, and hardcore Oakland Raiders fan from the mitten state of Michigan.
Always surprising her readers with weird Michigan sayings (they have their own cuss words) and writing "what the f*ck" storylines.
When she's not writing, she's on Spotify finding new bands, working on her Camaro or watching shows with her kids with annoying songs attached to them.

Check up on Hazel on the following platforms:

Facebook: www.facebook.com/hazelgraceauthor
Instagram: www.instagram.com/hazelgraceauthor
Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/profile/hazel...
Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/dlYOgn

Reviews

[Willie Mercedes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read Brat Mode Activated and it was everything I wanted and more. What happens when you seek revenge with the step daughter because your wife is having an affair? You get Lyric and Grayson. Their taboo relationship is so 🔥🔥🔥🔥. This short and smutty novella is giving me withdrawals because I need more of them!

[Courtney · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mine for Now by Suki Williams

Loved!!! If this story gets extended, I’ll need to get my hands on it the moment it becomes available then! 😆
The concept is so good! I need to read more books with this concept!

HEA/HFN/Cliffhanger(?): it’s a HFN-ish? Lol
Heat: 3.5-4/5, it’s a single scene but I loved it!
Relationship Type: MM

Will read other stories in the future 🥰

[Heather]

Noooo, I missed the window for this and now it's gone forever!! I wanted to read it so bad. 😭😭

[vxhexn reads · Rating 5 out of 5]

(Updated: 2.15.2024 – 3 stories reviewed)

🇺🇦PIECES: Hellhound and Heaven Sent by Yolanda Olson
RATING: 5⭐️

--rereleased as part of the Dark, Forbidden, & Taboo anthology--

Slice of life stories are some of my favorites and no one does them better than this author. Here we get to walk through a typical day with Oliver. We get to bear witness to the lengths he will go for the sake of love. And still it’s the stranger he meets that intrigued me the most and I honestly can’t help but hope we see him traveling through another story or two in the future. This tale will show you that when you love someone you will go to any lengths to keep them happy, even to the detriment of yourself sometimes.

🖤 slice of life story 🖤 taboo 🖤 MF siblings 🖤 MM dubcon 🖤 sort of fade to black ending 🖤


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🌻Brat Mode Activated by Dee Garcia
RATING: 5⭐️
Talk about a hot little number. Bratty girls usually drive me insane but the way Lyric handled Grayson had me laughing more than upset. She sure did know how to manipulate things in her favor.

I wish this story had been longer but I’m hopefully there will be an expansion in the future.

💕 MF agegap romance 💕 stepdaddy 💕 HFN ending 💕

*collage from the authors Facebook*

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🇺🇦 Chaos Saints MC by Emery LeeAnn & Elizabeth St John
RATING: 4⭐️
Admittedly I am no an MC reader, but I adore these two authors so I gave it a shot. This is a sliver of a story that sets up events for a longer book or series to come. Rebel and her Twin Mac haven’t lived the best life, practically left to raise themselves from five years old. But it’s the way they survived that’s devastating.

So when they meet Ryker and the Chaos Saints MC they finally learn what it means to have family, or so you’d think. Fast forward a few years and Mac has fallen down the path his parents succumbed. His drug addled mind is conjuring fallacies, making him desire the past. Rebel does her best to placate him but as the old lady for Ryker she’s off-limits.

This crazy tale will leave you have you thirsting for more and the violence is beautifully displayed. I can’t wait for the continuation.

🖤 MF romance 🖤 MC story 🖤 past twincest taboo 🖤missing children & sex trafficking mystery 🖤 cliffhanger ending 🖤


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🌻Other stories include🌻
Roommates by Hazel Grace
Mine for Now by Suki Williams
The Lost One by Summer O’Toole
Assist Me by M.R. Leahy
The Road of Ice by Sara Mosier
My King by Jensen Reed
No One Needs to Know by Savannah Sloan
Dream House by Katherine Moore
Change My Mind by Jen Stevens
A Witch’s Familiar by A.R. Hall
F*ck Rule by M Jameson
Professor Lovage by Cassia Briar
Hearts at War by N.M. Black




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[Katiie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I will add to my review with each book I read. Wish u could do each book by it self so it can count on ur goal 😂

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Brat mode activated:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶🌶🌶🌶
Absolutely loved this book!! It was everything u wanted and more !!!

BAMM!! Right smack off the first page Yummie delicious seggy stuff!!! Dee Garcia NEVER disappoints!! This was wonderful piece of work and I RRALLY HOPE we get either a full length or short novellas. I will be happy with either!! I was on the edge of my seat at the last part!! I honestly thought the mom was gonna walk in on them gettin down!! The fact it didn't happen is makin me need more and more!!

Short smutty taboo read loved it so much thank u!!!

[IAASA · Rating 3 out of 5]

I would have preferred if all the stories were short stories in their own right as a few of them had cliff hangers that maybe had a full book coming, or haven’t.

Would still have bought as a support to the Ukrainian fund however.

[Jessica Watson · Rating 5 out of 5]

N.M. Black always delivers the best. Atlas and Sloane are the best and too cute!

[Steph Tomkins · Rating 5 out of 5]

My rating is for Brat Mode Activated by Dee Garcia. I loved it

[Sofia´s Beddable Reads · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read: Roommates by Hazel Grace

[Elizabeth · Rating 1 out of 5]

Read the book by Jen Steven’s and the ending?! Whatttt? That’s all?

[Ashley Lambright · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic Anthology

Not only was this anthology thrown together for a great cause, but I love when I find new authors to follow and obsess over. I can’t wait to delve into more stories from them.

[Life on Readpeat · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 by Dee Garcia and WOW! I need more Lyric and Grayson because they were EVERY-F*CKING-THING!

[Sparklin C Reads · Rating 5 out of 5]

Got my copy to help Ukraine. Also for one author.

Brat Mode by Dee Garcia - read chapters 1 - 10. A little glimpse of Grayson and Lyric.

[Rachel (Galaxy Girl Reads) · Rating 4 out of 5]

✨️Brat Mode Activated by Dee Garcia✨️

4.5⭐️

Holy hotness. Did I just binge the crap out of a stepdad taboo romance so that I could fill the survey out to get MORE? Yeah😏

This was my first stepdad romance. I love age gap. I love taboo. But the concept of step relations was never something I sought out until this author started teasing her afdition to the anthology.

I knew I had to have it.

I loved Lyric and Grayson.