{"id":32944,"date":"2024-09-13T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=32944"},"modified":"2024-09-01T12:16:11","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T17:16:11","slug":"wotr25-newrelease-dark-marked-by-measha-stone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=32944","title":{"rendered":"#WOTR25 #NewRelease #Dark &#8211; Marked by Measha Stone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Attending-Author-Basic-NEW.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-32995\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Attending-Author-Basic-NEW.png?resize=474%2C474\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Attending-Author-Basic-NEW.png?resize=1024%2C1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Attending-Author-Basic-NEW.png?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Attending-Author-Basic-NEW.png?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Attending-Author-Basic-NEW.png?resize=768%2C768 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Attending-Author-Basic-NEW.png?resize=1536%2C1536 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Attending-Author-Basic-NEW.png?resize=2048%2C2048 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Attending-Author-Basic-NEW.png?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Attending-Author-Basic-NEW.png?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/S\/compressed.photo.goodreads.com\/books\/1723584609i\/217037625.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/synopsis.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25369 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/synopsis.jpg?resize=300%2C100\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/synopsis.jpg?resize=300%2C100 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/synopsis.jpg?resize=768%2C256 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/synopsis.jpg?w=900 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With each passing moment, the nightmares worsen.<br \/>\nTortured images of a past I cannot remember haunt me.<br \/>\nI know I&#8217;m in danger&#8230; I just don&#8217;t know why.<\/p>\n<p>Then he comes to my town.<\/p>\n<p>I can feel him watching me, studying me, always from the shadows\u2014like a hunter stalking its prey.<br \/>\nThe closer he circles, the more aware of him I become.<br \/>\nHis nearness is toxic, and yet&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s something about the darkness within him that calls to me, that speaks to the scars of my troubled past.<br \/>\nOnly a truly violent man could understand my demons.<br \/>\nHis evil will either be my salvation or lead me to my destruction.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/goodreads.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25373 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/goodreads.jpg?resize=300%2C100\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/goodreads.jpg?resize=300%2C100 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/goodreads.jpg?resize=768%2C256 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/goodreads.jpg?w=900 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/217037625-marked?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_14\">Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/buylinks.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25375 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/buylinks.jpg?resize=300%2C100\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/buylinks.jpg?resize=300%2C100 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/buylinks.jpg?resize=768%2C256 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/buylinks.jpg?w=900 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/46OthEM\">Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/angie.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25377 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/angie.jpg?resize=300%2C100\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/angie.jpg?resize=300%2C100 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/angie.jpg?resize=768%2C256 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/angie.jpg?w=900 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Review by Twinsie Angie<\/p>\n<p>Marked by Measha Stone<\/p>\n<p>I received this book from the author for an honest review.<\/p>\n<p>Oh man.\u00a0 I admit I took this ARC not really knowing much except for its dark romance.\u00a0 LOL\u00a0 I like Measha\u2019s stories so I was ready.<\/p>\n<p>This book was EVERYTHING I could have wanted in a dark romance.\u00a0 I mean Zack was *Chef\u2019s kiss* dark and delicious.\u00a0 He sees Harley while on a job but had to get to know her.\u00a0 Know her he does *snickers*.<\/p>\n<p>Harley\u2019s life is awful. She has a sister who was murdered, and the town pretty much hates her for the loss of her sister and not her.\u00a0 Wild town but that is the small-town dynamic right?\u00a0 Everyone knows your business and has a say in it.<\/p>\n<p>Harley finally feels free but mostly SAFE in the arms of Zack.\u00a0 The two tumble down the story of her kidnapping and sister\u2019s murder.\u00a0 It was WILD!!!\u00a0 I MEAN WILD!!!!\u00a0 I had no idea what was going to happen next, but each scene had me saying \u201cWHUUUUUU!!!!!!\u201d\u00a0 because Measha has the way of keeping you guessing while also busting your brain wide open with twists.<\/p>\n<p>I am so excited for this series.\u00a0 I cannot wait for book 2 based on the little bit we already know.\u00a0 Any dark romance lover and any Measha lover will need this book to complete their obsession with her writing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/abouttheauthor.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25376 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/abouttheauthor.jpg?resize=300%2C100\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/abouttheauthor.jpg?resize=300%2C100 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/abouttheauthor.jpg?resize=768%2C256 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/abouttheauthor.jpg?w=900 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Measha Stone is a USA Today bestselling romance author with a deep love for romantic stories, specifically those involving the darker side of romance, all the possessive dominant heroes, and their feisty heroines. If you love a well deserved happily ever after, you will enjoy her books.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With each passing moment, the nightmares worsen. Tortured images of a past I cannot remember haunt me. I know I&#8217;m in danger&#8230; I just don&#8217;t know why. Then he comes to my town. I can feel him watching me, studying me, always from the shadows\u2014like a hunter stalking its prey. 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