Twinsie Angie top 5 books from July – December 2025 #Apocalypse #OppositesAttract #MC #GrumpySunshine #Stalker #Dark #Siblings

Attending Authors are JD Hollyfield and Sara Burlong Furr

Be sure to grab tickets to Writers on the River year 11 in East Peoria, IL on July 11th.  VIP Tiers are all gone but we still have General Admission and After Party available at www.WritersontheRiver.com

 

My top 5 reads from July to December in no order are as followed.

Wildflowers – Kylie Scott

There’s only one person Dean Wallace wants to save from the end of the world. Sunshine girl from across the road. His neighbor who’s always smiling. Who knows, maybe she can teach him a thing or two about how to live. But saving her against her will is harder than it looks.

Astrid Hardy doesn’t know what to think when she wakes up in her hot neighbor’s basement. He says it’s to protect her from the collapse of society due to a virus. Which sounds like some paranoid conspiracy theory nonsense. Losing her shit seems the correct response.

As they watch the downfall of modern life on the flatscreen, however, and hear the gunshots from up on the street and smell the smoke from nearby burning buildings, it all starts to seem horribly realistic. The real question is…with almost everyone dead and law and order gone…how will they navigate this new world together?

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My Review –

I was given this book by the author for an honest review.
I absolutely loved her zombie books so I JUMPED to read this one. Now there aren’t any zombies so if that isn’t your thing you should be good.
Dean and Astrid are quite a pair. LOL Dean kinda…well….yeah he wants to keep the pretty but clueless neighbor safe as the world is coming to an end. SO he does what all rational men do, he kidnaps her. LOL If you read Kylie books you know the banter is amazing and hilarious between them.
As the world is falling apart and Astrid realized Dean isn’t as crazy as she thinks, they begin to travel to find a safe place to hunker down. Dean wants to keep her all to himself, and Astrid is like HELLLLS NO. They find a crew of like-minded people to form a town with while also finding another town of not so great men who feel they own all the women and items around.
I loved seeing Astrid realize her attraction to Dean and him opening to the fact she actually might have a few good ideas. Their adopted kid they find in the town is such a fun character because she is NOT ok with the friends to lovers change between the two.
I cannot wait to get this in audio because I just know it will be 100x better!!

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Shredded Love – S.J. Chaynie

Shredded Love is an age gap, motorcycle club romance with no cheating and an HEA.

I should have known with a name like Romeo it was doomed from the start. A love that was forbidden. A love that was too intense to last. A love for a man loyal only to his club and his president. I knew he would never choose me. But when a story I’m chasing places me in the center of danger, I have no choice but to turn to the club for help. To him. Now he vows to never let me out of his sight. But there’s only one way this story can end. In tragedy. Because I’m the president’s daughter, and my Romeo….well…. he’s the president’s best friend.

Shredded Love is book one of the Legacy Series, a second generation series for the Knights of Paradise MC. You do not need to read the first series to enjoy this one. Intented for mature readers. Some situations may be triggering.

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My Review-

I was given this book by the author for an honest review.
STOP!!! Look Miss Author Friend. You know that Mav has my heart so how in the world can you make me love Romeo so much! UGH!!!
I have been WAITING for this series and waiting for you to go back to the MC family. When you did you did it so well. Romeo is just such a great grumpy falls first character but is too scared to admit it to anyone let alone his best friend. I mean awkward right!!!
Hailey is everything I would expect Tanner and Mav’s daughter to be. Head strong and heart on her sleeve. OMG They are such a great pair.
I had so much fun reading their story. Granted they are both so dang stubborn and I did wanna tell Mav so Romeo would finally get his head outta his butt to claim his girl. The story of Romeo and Hailey is a great one with love but also so much fear. Romeo is afraid to lose his family…again. He pushed Hailey away out of fear. Hailey is so in love with Romeo but is tried of being the “secret”.
Their attraction was amazing and super combustible. I cant wait to read more especially about a certain dancer and a certain MC guy. There is a good story I am sure.

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Text 2 Lovers – J.D. Hollyfield

It’s the start of nothing good.
I fired off a storm of raunchy text messages…to the wrong number.
And he replied.
Him: Show me a picture.
Him: Tell me your name.
Why does the lure of anonymity have me craving to indulge a stranger?

It’s the start of everything right.
I received a slew of text messages…when everything in my life was wrong.
And she made me laugh again.
Her: You’re probably a creeper.
Her: Possibly a stalker.
Why do I have the overwhelming need to find this stranger who saved me and make her mine?

Him: Take a chance with me.
Her: This is crazy.
Him: I need to see you.
Her: What are we doing?
Him: We’re about to find out.

Her: PHOTO ATTACHED
Him: PHOTO ATTACHED

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My Review-

I purchased this book.

I met JD Hollyfield at a book event and thought she was adorable. I knew she has sudio books and I had credits so here we are!! I grabbed this book based solely on the premise of texting the wrong number. I mean brilliant is todays society who hasnt texted the wrong person once or twice.

Ram is a hilarious stalker….LOL I mean he is pretty in to Dani from jump and when they actually see face to face he was 100 in all the way. Dani texted Ram accidently when she was drunk texting her ex boyfriend. The two start to daily chat but Dani gets in her head about the WHAT IF. Ram is not going to stop from meeting this girl who has become his everything.

I loved the story and how they met was amazing. The chemistry between the two was great but Andi and Roman have them beat hands down. LOL I was so captivated by the story I couldn’t stop and was super sad when it ended until that prologue dropped and I was in a fit of giggles. Another credit gone to see what happens with Andi and Roman.

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Something Stronger – H. D’Agostino

Fall in love. Get married. Have a baby.
That’s the way it’s supposed to happen, right?
When I married my high school sweetheart, I thought all of my dreams were coming true. We loved each other and life was perfect, but marriage is about compromise, and I seemed to be the one who was always giving in.
The sacrifices were small at first, but as the years passed by, they became bigger and bigger, until I couldn’t ignore it anymore.
Because sometimes, love just isn’t enough.
Sometimes, you have to search for something stronger.

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My Review-

I received this book for an honest review.

In book 1 we met all the sister of this series. We see the oldest sister Codie fall in love and marry the love of her life Hank. In that book we met Lou. We knew things were off based on scenes in the book but when he finally see her story it is heartbreaking.
Lou and Charlie marry and she thought she had everything is perfect. She soon realizes that it might not be as perfect as she things. She keeps swimming and hoping things will change but of course they dont. When she makes that step to divorce and move on she finds that the right man is there. He is another dance dad who is over his head with nervous energy. Their daughters click and soon so do they.

I loved this story. I love when Heather writes about older female characters vs younger girls. The older characters have more depth to them.

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Evergreene – Sara Furlong Burr

Everleigh

I packed up my life, moving halfway across the country for a fresh start. Running away from my past, running away for my future. A year later, I’ve settled into my new home, my new job, my new friends, and my new identity. You could say things have started returning to normal.

Normal, if not for him.

His identity is a mystery to me, but I know he’s there, watching me, leaving tokens outside my door. The gifts he sends are personal and deliberate, proving he has eyes everywhere—even where I least expect it.

For months, he remained hidden in the shadows until a chance encounter with a masked man at a Halloween party led to a one-night stand and a box delivered containing the most personal gift from him yet: A feather from my Halloween costume.

Loche

After years of living with the consequences of my actions, I’ve finally gotten my life together. Well, aside from the occasional illegal activity that may or may not include a little light stalking. But who’s counting?

When I first saw Ever, I was captivated by her until I learned about her past. Then I became obsessed with her. Obsessed with keeping her safe, obsessed with protecting her when and if the past were to come back to haunt her. Everything was going fine, but then one night at her friend’s Halloween party changed everything.

Ever still doesn’t know who I am, despite having spent the night with me, and I have to keep it that way. Because in reality, she already knows exactly who I am.

And she despises me down to my very core.

Content Warnings (To be updated closer to release):
Foul Language
Strong Sexual Content
Edging
Mentions of Blood
DubCon
Domestic Violence
Violence
Primal Play
Stalking
Unaliving

My Review –
I received this book from the author for an honest review.

This is the first book I have read from this author but will not be the last.

I grabbed this ARC when I knew this author was going to be at a book signing I was attending.  I didnt know her writing and wanted to take a chance on a new to me author to read.

This book hits all my favorite dark romance wants…stalker and enemy to lovers.  What I didnt expect was the comedy in the book and I was loving it!!  It was amazing to get a good laugh and then think WHUUUT is wrong with me.  LOL

Everleigh and Locke were all I wanted to a dark romance.  They had me laughing and fanning myself.  The character development was very well done and the backstories were done really well.  I sure did fell for Loche and wanna cuddle him as well.

I am excited for the series and cant wait to read more.

#WOTR26 #authorinterview – Audrey Simmons

#WOTR26 Author Interviews

Tell us your name and then a bit about yourself.

I’m Audrey but you can call me Aud. I’m a queer author who writes queer stories about traumatized people trying to save their worlds, whether it’s the whole world or their small part of it. On top of being an author, I’m also an artist. I got my BFA in animation and game design with a minor in fine arts from Bradley University. I don’t do much with the degree but I do draw character illustrations and fantasy maps.

 

How did you hear about this event?  How many years have you attended?

I honestly don’t remember how I heard about this event. I’ve lived in Peoria for 2/3rds of my life so it was probably some sort of advertisement somewhere or a friend. My first time coming was in 2018? 2019? My friend Pella (known as author JE Mueller), dragged me along. Then the next year she had a table and asked me to be her assistant. I was her assistant for a couple years and then in 2023 we finally got to share a table. Unfortunately she passed away so the last two years I’ve been alone.

 

What genres do you write?

Under Audrey Simmons, I write spiceless romantic fantasy and under Andrea Marie Johnson, I write steamy why choose romantasy.

 

What is a book of yours you wish more people read?

I wish more people read Shadows Dark and Deadly. It’s my dark and steamy gaslamp romantasy about polyamorous bisexual assassins.

 

What is one fun fact about you?  It can be anything like food allergy, fear of something, weird way you broke a bone…….

I’m frog obsessed and have a cute little Australian green tree frog named Froppy. My favorite frogs are glass frogs and poison dart frogs.

 

What are your social links?

Audrey Simmons:
https://www.threads.com/@authoraudreys
https://www.instagram.com/authoraudreys/
https://bsky.app/profile/authoraudreys.bsky.social
https://x.com/AuthorAudreyS
https://www.facebook.com/authorAudreySimmons

Andrea Marie Johnson:
https://www.tiktok.com/@authorandimarie
https://www.threads.com/@authorandimarie
https://www.instagram.com/authorandimarie/
https://bsky.app/profile/authorandimarie.bsky.social
https://x.com/AuthorAndiMarie
https://www.facebook.com/authorandimarie

 

What are your buy links?

Audrey Simmons: https://books2read.com/ap/xKJAZG/Audrey-Simmons
Andrea Marie Johnson: https://books2read.com/ap/RQK4aV/Andrea-Marie-Johnson

 

 

Twinsie Dee’s top 5 from July-December 2025 #thrillers #YAthrillers #holidayread #truecrime

Blurb-

Blake is dead. They say his wife killed him. If so… which one?

Polygamist Blake Nelson built a homestead on a hidden stretch of land—a raw paradise in the wilds of Utah—where he lived with his three wives:

Rachel, the first wife, obedient and doting to a fault, with a past she’d prefer to keep quiet. Tina, the rebel wife, everything Rachel isn’t, straight from rehab and the Vegas strip. And Emily, the young wife, naïve and scared, estranged from her Catholic family.

The only thing that they had in common was Blake. Until all three are accused of his murder.

When Blake is found dead under the desert sun, all three wives become suspect—not only to the police, but to each other. As the investigation draws them closer, each wife must decide who can be trusted. With stories surfacing of a notorious cult tucked away in the hills, whispers flying about a fourth wife, and evidence that can’t quite explain what had been keeping Blake busy, the three widows face a reckoning that might shatter all they know to be true.

Review-

Miles from town lives the Nelson’s Blake and his three wives Rachel, Emily and Tina. this lifestyle is frowned upon by many. so, when the police show up on their front porch, Rachel couldn’t figure out why, but when they tell her Blake was found dead, she couldn’t believe it. one by one each wife gets interviewed by the detectives to try and figure out what happened these three are hard to crack and they are good liars. will the ops catch the killer who could be right under their noses or will they walk away. the killer will shock everyone when the pieces are put together, well if they are caught.


Blurb-

The murders of four innocent college students attending the University of Idaho left us all with so many questions. Now, after more than 300 interviews, James Patterson and prize-winning journalist Vicky Ward finally have the answers.

We know what it was like to live in Moscow, Idaho, on November 13, 2022, the day of the cold-blooded killings. We know what the local police and FBI did right. And what they did wrong. We’ve learned so much about the four heartbroken families—the Mogens, Goncalveses, Kernodles, and Chapins. And we have the backstory for Bryan Kohberger, brilliant grad student, loner, apparent incel.

Now you are the jury. The evidence is in.

Review- Maddie, Kaylee, Xana and Ethan since 2022 have been names that we have all heard on our tv screens and seen all over the internet. The Idaho Four is how they are known to the world now, 4 students at the University of Idaho that were violently murdered in their home one night. Moscow would never be the same again after that night on 1122 King Road when those 4 innocent college students whose lives haven’t really begun lost their lives by the hands of a monster. See a small glimpse into who they were before the world knew their names and they were just Maddie the light of her parents’ eyes, Kaylee 1 of 5 kids in her family, Ethan a triplet with Hunter and Maizie and Xana the life of the party and always taking her older sisters’ clothes when she got the chance. Ever since this story broke these families have been in many people’s hearts and the sad part is they will probably never know why this crime took place in the crime happened. also see a small part of the killer’s life, he doesn’t need it, but it was an interesting part. Maddie, Kaylee, Xana and Ethan will never be forgotten and never should.


Blurb-

After a series of unfortunate events left Holly Hepperdine without an accounting job, the only way to pay bills, pay for her sister’s school, and help her sick mother is to work at the local rub and tug massage parlor, The Happy Stroke Club, making a hundred dollars a “pop.”

Jasper Nicholas is stressed to the max on Christmas Eve. His father is ill, and Jasper has to run the family’s delivery service tonight. On a whim, he stops for a quick massage, realizing too late that there are other perks of the purchased package. He indulges but can’t get the gorgeous woman with the witty banter out of his mind, even after they go their separate ways.

When Jasper comes down Holly’s chimney late on Christmas Eve, she realizes Jasper is Santa Claus’s son and tasked with delivering gifts to the world’s children. He also needs desperate help with navigation and inventory. Can Holly and Jasper keep their hands to themselves long enough to deliver the gifts?

All I Wank for Christmas is an irreverent, raucous romantic comedy standalone, sure to put you in the mood for a happy holiday season…no Happy Stroke Club needed.

Review- Holly was doing what she could to help out her family with her mom being sick and not able to work her dad left for milk and never came back and her little sister helping while going to school Holly’s job isn’t a normal one she’s a professional at giving hand jobs yes that’s right, definably not normal but it helps pay the bills and that’s what matters. but when a walk in comes thinking he’s getting a massage he’s definably in for one didn’t think he’d get. Jasper has eyes on Holly from the moment she left her room at her job and walked into the lobby and after his happy ending and the fact he knows more about her then he should know when never speaking to her before would be creepy for most. but when you are the heir and about to take over delivering gifts to all the kids it’s a gift of his. yes, Jasper is Santa Claus’ son and is soon to be the big man in charge. Jasper needs Holly’s help on the biggest night of his job, will she believe him and help or just think it’s all a dream, twist turns and if she helps, they might end up in a sex dungeon. oh, this is one night nether one will forget.


Blurb- 

Haunted by the past . . .

Penny’s trying to forget about her ex, Nash. His father was arrested for the brutal murder of four teenagers on Devil’s Night last year. Penny’s parents have forbidden her to have anything to do with Nash or his family. It’s hard not to think of what happened as spooky season gets underway–but she’s trying.

That stops when she goes to the Halloween store with her friends to find a costume. What she finds instead is ripped from a horror movie: a girl from school bleeding out on the floor of a dressing room. Stabbed.

Is a copycat killer on the loose? The adults are saying no. But Penny knows better.

Review- Halloween is all about fun unless its the anniversary of hen five teens were murdered by a classmates father. the year before was a nightmare for the whole town, but when they turned their back on the murders kids anything slightly criminal happens now the whole town points the finger at his son. when a teen is found dead by the murder’s son ex-girlfriend a year later the whole town is freaking out again. Penny and her friends are on a mission to prove that her ex isn’t killing like his dad did, but when they find out the truth it will shake them to the core. a huge twist you wont see coming until the very end.


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In the latest jaw-dropping thriller from New York Times bestselling author Riley Sager, a man must contend with the long-ago disappearance of his childhood best friend—and the dark secrets lurking just beyond the safe confines of his picture-perfect neighborhood.

The worst thing to ever happen on Hemlock Circle occurred in Ethan Marsh’s backyard. One July night, ten-year-old Ethan and his best friend and neighbor, Billy, fell asleep in a tent set up on a manicured lawn in a quiet, quaint New Jersey cul de sac. In the morning, Ethan woke up alone. During the night, someone had sliced the tent open with a knife and taken Billy. He was never seen again.

Thirty years later, Ethan has reluctantly returned to his childhood home. Plagued by bad dreams and insomnia, he begins to notice strange things happening in the middle of the night. Someone seems to be roaming the cul de sac at odd hours, and signs of Billy’s presence keep appearing in Ethan’s backyard. Is someone playing a cruel prank? Or has Billy, long thought to be dead, somehow returned to Hemlock Circle?

The mysterious occurrences prompt Ethan to investigate what really happened that night, a quest that reunites him with former friends and neighbors and leads him into the woods that surround Hemlock Circle. Woods where Billy claimed monsters roamed and where a mysterious institute does clandestine research on a crumbling estate.

The closer Ethan gets to the truth, the more he realizes that no place—be it quiet forest or suburban street—is completely safe. And that the past has a way of haunting the present.

Review- Ethan was having a normal camp out with his best friend Billy, but when Ethan woke up there was a slash in the tent and Billy was gone nowhere to be found. Thirty years later, still no idea why he didn’t get taken with Billy, Ethan is now back in his childhood home with so many flashbacks and questions now coming back to him. but when Ethan starts having odd things start happening to him that where things between him and Billy, Ethan starts wondering if Billy is trying to tell him something they never found out if he was killed or not, so Ethan just can’t let this slip passed him. Can Ethan remember anything all these years later to help his friend find some peace, what will he do to get those last pieces to this puzzle together and find out what exactly happened all those years ago to his best friend. this book will keep you guessing till the very last page and you won’t see what actually happened coming.

 

#WOTR26 #authorinterview – Jennifer Julie Miller

#WOTR26 Author Interviews

Tell us your name and then a bit about yourself.

Jennifer Julie Miller is my real name. A little about me, married 30 years, momma of two and I have four grand varmints.

 

How did you hear about this event?  How many years have you attended?

I have been fan-girling this event for years, never imagined I would ever get the chance to actually come.

 

What genres do you write?

I am all over the place. I have one book that I call my real people, another fairy tale series that has talking dragonflies, but my heart is in love with my alien vampires. But mostly sci-fi, where the guy always gets the girl.

 

What is a book of yours you wish more people read?

DaR

 

What is one fun fact about you?  It can be anything like food allergy, fear of something, weird way you broke a bone…….

I hate being the tallest girl in the crowd, and worms creep me out.

 

What are your social links?

Http://facebook.com/jenniferjuliemiller,

Http://www.tiktok@authorjenniferjmiller,

Http://instagram.com/rickjen5325903,

Http://amazon.com/author/jjm5325903,

http://jenniferjuliemiller.wixsite.com/mysite

 

What are your buy links?

Http://amazon.com/author/jjm5325903

 

 

#Review – Last One Out: A Thriller by Steph Nelson

Perfect for fans of Noelle Ihli and Stacy Willingham, this chilling, riveting thriller unravels the dark secrets behind Chloe Webster’s disappearance and her shocking return twenty-five years later, as her cousin Frankie races to uncover a truth more terrifying than she could imagine.

Chloe Webster is supposed to be dead.

She vanished twenty five years ago—the night her two friends were brutally murdered at an isolated hot springs. At least, that’s what everyone believes.

Everyone except her cousin, Frankie, who never lost hope that Chloe was alive.

When Chloe unexpectedly shows up at her own annual memorial event, Frankie is overjoyed. But this isn’t the reunion she imagined. Chloe has no memory of that night in 1999—or her life before.

Then Frankie starts getting cryptic messages that imply Chloe knows more than she’s letting on. Frankie wants to trust her cousin, but even more, she wants answers to the questions that have plagued her for decades.

But is the truth really worth uncovering at any cost?

This book was so good. I did end up putting it down for a bit but once I picked it back up, I couldn’t stop reading. I’m sure you all know how that is.

First we meet Chloe and her friends. I wasn’t a huge fan of her friends but I also didn’t want what happened to happen to them. They just gave off a mean girl vibe and definitely didn’t seem to fit what I would imagine Chloe’s friends to be like.

They go to a hot springs and that’s when their lives are changed for ever.

The story then jumps several years and we officially meet Frankie. Her and Chloe were inseparable as kids.

The book shows us Frankie’s life and how she copes with the disappearance of her cousin and best friend. She still believes she’s alive.

As the story progresses and we reach part 2, my theory had been correct. But it was the only twist I could figure out. The rest? I was shocked and had absolutely no idea how things would play out.

I really liked the twists and turns, so much so that I ended up picking up another book by Steph Nelson.

Please be sure to read the warning and don’t take it lightly. Well a lot of things mentioned aren’t on page, they can still be triggering.

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#WOTR26 #Authorinterview – Michel Prince

#WOTR26 Author Interviews

Tell us your name and then a bit about yourself.

Michel Prince. Avid traveler with only a little bit of the crazies.

 

How did you hear about this event?  How many years have you attended?

I think 9 and heard about it on FB then good things from both readers and authors.

 

What genres do you write?

Romance in subgenres paranormal, contemporary, sports, MC, interracial, cowboy, suspense … YA fantasy adventure and mystery.

 

What is a book of yours you wish more people read?

Always a Groomsman or Two Ink Minimum

 

What is one fun fact about you?  It can be anything like food allergy, fear of something, weird way you broke a bone…….

I overheat all the time so if it’s -5 and I’m barefoot in the snow mind your business I’m good.

 

What are your social links?

Facebook.com/michelprincebooks

TikTok.com/michelprincebooks

 

What are your buy links?

https://a.co/d/ffBPoP0

 

 

#WOTR26 #authorinterview – Cassie Colton

#WOTR26 Author Interviews

Tell us your name and then a bit about yourself.

Hi! I’m Cassie Colton. I’m an award winning and best selling author of the Serenity Mountain Series, Team Hawk, and the Whiskey and Roses series debuting in Jan 2025. I worked for Disney World for 13.5 years and learned about happily ever afters there. I write romantic suspense, military and contemporary. I am also debuting a couple of trilogies this year! I recently celebrated my second year as an author.

 

How did you hear about this event?  How many years have you attended?

2025 was my first time at this event. Miranda Lynn and Aj Rennee told me about it and the amazing charity they serve.

 

What genres do you write?

Romantic suspense, military and contemporary

 

What is a book of yours you wish more people read?

Rescuing Ryder and Loving Lizzy

 

What is one fun fact about you?  It can be anything like food allergy, fear of something, weird way you broke a bone…….

I love to make my readers cry, and I once broke my foot by a frozen chicken flying out of the freezer.

 

What are your social links?

https://bit.ly/cassiecoltonauthor,

https://bit.ly/3RVd4qp,

https://bit.ly/cassiecolton

 

What are your buy links?

https://bit.ly/3T61gnu,

https://bit.ly/cassiecoltonbooks

 

 

#WOTR26 #Review – Unhinged (Necessary Evils Book 1) by Onley James

Adam Mulvaney lives a double life. By day, he’s the spoiled youngest son of an eccentric billionaire. By night, he’s an unrepentant killer, one of seven psychopaths raised to right the wrongs of a justice system that keeps failing.

Noah Holt has spent years dreaming of vengeance for the death of his father, but when faced with his killer, he learns a daunting truth he can’t escape. His father was a monster.

Unable to ignore his own surfacing memories, Noah embarks on a quest to find the truth about his childhood with the help of an unlikely ally: the very person who murdered his father. Since their confrontation, Adam is obsessed with Noah, and he wants to help him uncover the answers he seeks, however dark they may be.

The two share a mutual attraction, but, deep down, Noah knows Adam’s not like other boys. Adam can’t love. He wasn’t born that way. But he refuses to let Noah go, and Noah’s not sure he wants him to.

Can Adam prove to Noah that passion, power, and protection are just as good as love?

Unhinged is a fast-paced, roller coaster ride of a romance with an HEA and no cliffhangers. It features a dirty-talking, possessive psychopath and a sweet cinnamon roll of a boy with Daddy issues and a core of steel. There’s gratuitous violence, very dark humor, enough steam to fog up a hundred car windows, and something a lot like love. This is book one in the Necessary Evils series. Each book follows a different couple.

 

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Kelly’s Review

I have no idea why this book had me hooked, but Adam’s father says never ask a question if you can’t handle the answer. So, we aren’t even going to examine that. This story is absolutely intense! I picked this book up because a friend of mine who is a MM fanatic kept talking about how great the writing is and how sick and twisted the story was. Full disclosure, MM is not my jam, but I was so intrigued about the story itself. Then, I started reading….and reading….and then my heart is racing…then I am biting my nails, then I am flipping past some pages…then get back to the crazy plot. I couldn’t stop myself! I went into this downward spiral of page turning and reading.

Adam and Noah are basically an instant attraction or instant love but on a much deeper, almost scary level. However, their trauma explains some of their actions and decisions in their lives. The fact that Adam’s father trained Adam and his brothers to be assassins will run deep within the story. There is literally never a dull moment, clear up to the very end of the book. When you read this, it will stay with you. You must love all things twisted to get through this book. Go ahead, try it! You know you want to!

 

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Onley James lives in North Carolina with her daughter, her daughter-in-law, son-in-law, and a menagerie of animals, both good and evil. James splits her time between writing m/m romance and mainlining dangerous levels of caffeine and attempting to maintain her ever-slipping sanity.

When not at her desk you can find her whining about how much writing she has to do while avoiding said writing by binge-watching unhealthy amounts of television and doom scrolling on social media. She loves true crime documentaries, anti-heroes, and writing kinky, snarky books about morally gray men who fall in love with other men.

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#WOTR26 #authorinterview – KD Michaels

#WOTR26 Author Interviews

Tell us your name and then a bit about yourself.

KD Michaels, I’m a corrections officer for the state I live in, I am hard of hearing/deaf (according to the state), I wear two hearing aids. I have two dogs, a german shepard and a belgium malinois (big babies who don’t realize how huge they are) and I am taking care of my 90 year old grandmother.

 

How did you hear about this event?  How many years have you attended?

From a friend who attended several times. This will be my first time.

 

What genres do you write?

I write romantic suspense and paranormal.

 

What is a book of yours you wish more people read?

It’s really hard to choose but I have to say Angel of Horror or Saving Laura.

 

What is one fun fact about you?  It can be anything like food allergy, fear of something, weird way you broke a bone…….

I love to collect tumblers and candles. My weakness.

 

What are your social links?

https://bit.ly/4hrdPmL

 

What are your buy links?

https://amzn.to/4jJtgIl