He’s promised me sunlight.
Hope for a better future.
Freedom from this horror.
A life that doesn’t end in a dark cellar.

But, we’re trapped together.
Forced to live for the worst kind of people.
Desperate to survive for each other.

I crave his touch with every breath I take.
My heart aches for him.
He’s my hope for survival.
The man I want a future with.
I can have it all again, if only I trust him.
Even if that’s the only thing I can’t do.

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Dolly by Measha Stone, narration by Michele Blackstone

I purchased the audio and paperback of this book.

I bought this paperback a year ago??  Like right when it came out.  I like dark books but I gotta work my way up to reading them.  I know I am weird.  ANYWAY!  I finally decided this was the time.    I saw the audio was available and since it was 5 hours that would only take me a day to read.

I want to start out by saying the narration was not my favorite.  I would have loved to have a female voice it AKA Dolly vs having a man AKA Ken Doll voice the story.  I also didn’t get drawn into the story with Michele voicing the characters and the story either.  I pushed through because I wanted the story. The story was where it was at.

Ok yall.  This book is a little slower to start but I wanna say PAY ATTENTION to the beginning 10-11 chapters because once we hit chapter 12-13, ITS GO TIME!!! I was there for it.  Dolly and Ken Doll are trapped and being abused by 2 horrible humans but why???  WELL, we soon discover why when they get free and go on their bloody revenge tour.  I was there for that as well.  The stuff we learn in each chapter had me saying YOOOOOO WHAT.  And also, a big GASP with “I did Not see that coming!!”  I mean I knew stuff would be flying outta closets but it got me good with the twists.

The story of Dolly/Abigail and Ken Doll/Brian was a good one.  The relationship between the 2 characters was sweet and loving one minute while total Bonnie and Clyde murders the next!!

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.

Ten years ago, at their senior year party- a night that was supposed to be one of the best of their lives- something horrible happened. Five friends promised to keep a secret no matter what, and to cut ties immediately- never to talk again. But now, one of them has suddenly organized a reunion- and they’re all having second thoughts. Maybe keeping their secret was a bad idea, because now they’re all paying for it in one way or another.

Their little reunion party is awkward at best, and deadly at worst. Because someone thinks they should be paying the ultimate price, and now none of them may get out alive. Are you ready to play a game?

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Love can be deadly. Adam has the perfect wife. Sophie is beautiful, quirky, and creative. More importantly, she’s loyal. After the trauma he faced in his childhood, trust and family mean more to Adam than anything else. Only, maybe… Sophie’s not so perfect after all. It begins with a few small lies. Adam tries to shake off his concerns, but when he starts to uncover evidence of something terrible, he just can’t leave it alone. Adam’s obsession with the truth leaves him kneeling in a pool of Sophie’s blood. Did his desperation push him over the edge? Or did one of Sophie’s secrets finally catch up with her? Readers Say: The Art of Dishonesty is a provocative novel filled with suspense and twists and turns from start to finish. A powerful domestic psychological thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat, read this debut novel from author, Sara Lea.

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They thought they were alone.

Excited to buy their first home after a year of marriage, Kerri and Lena are ready for their future together. Moving in feels like a dream to Kerri. But when she starts noticing strange occurrences, Kerri’s certain there is something other-worldly lurking in the house. With Kerri’s history, Lena tries to convince Kerri that she’s just letting her imagination run wild. After all, it wouldn’t be the first time Kerri imagined things that weren’t real.

To make matters worse, Kerri’s past comes barrelling back–ready to destroy everything she’s ever wanted. When Lena suggests a long weekend away at the beach, Kerri is hesitant, but finally agrees. After they return refreshed and ready to start enjoying life in their new home, the horror that awaits them is like nothing they could have ever fathomed. Their “home sweet home” may be the nightmare they’ve always feared.

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Sara is a thriller writer in Charleston, SC.

Sara developed a love of reading and writing at an early age, typing out manuscripts on an old typewriter before getting her first computer. Through fiction writing, she enjoys exploring relationships and the darker side of the human experience.

With a severe case of wanderlust, Sara Lea’s biggest dream is to travel the world.

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An action-packed, second-chance rom-com about two rival spies who must join forces in order to stay alive, from New York Times bestselling author Ally Carter.

Ten years ago, they joined the CIA.

Six years ago, he left the game.

Five years ago, they fell in love.

One year ago, she ran out into the cold with absolutely no intention of ever coming back.

And two minutes ago, they woke up, bloody and bruised and handcuffed together in the dark.

They don’t know where they are. They don’t know how they got there. And they have absolutely no idea who is after them or what this nameless, faceless villain wants.

The only thing that’s clear is that, after ten years of covers and chemistry, secrets and lies, these two rival spies have been sucked into their greatest mission yet, and now they’re going to have to team up to stay alive. (If they don’t kill each other first.)

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Ally Carter is the bestselling author of novels that have epitomized action-adventure YA romance for more than a decade. From the spy-centric humor of I’d Tell You I Love You, but Then I’d Have to Kill You to the globe-trotting glamour of Heist Society, Embassy Row, and Not If I Save You First, the name Ally Carter is synonymous with hilarious action and heart-pounding romance.

She is also the author of The Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor and The Winterborne Home for Mayhem and Mystery for younger readers; as well as DEAR ALLY, HOW DO YOU WRITE A BOOK–which Booklist describes as “What Stephen King did for adult writers in ON WRITING…Carter does for aspiring teen authors.”

She lives in Oklahoma, where her life is either very ordinary or the best deep-cover legend ever. She’d tell you more, but…well…you know…

Follow Ally at these places for all the scoop on what’s coming next:

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Twitter: @OfficiallyAlly

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Asa Mulvaney is half of a psychopathic whole. He and his twin brother live together, party together…kill together. In the Mulvaney family, murder is the family business and business is good. When an experiment separates Asa and his brother, Asa is forced to navigate the world on his own for the first time in his life.

Zane Scott is a small-time crime blogger and amateur sleuth, but he dreams of a byline in a major paper someday. When he winds up at a boring fundraiser beside Asa Mulvaney, they share an intensely passionate encounter that leaves Zane with an ache in his chest and a story idea that could make his career dreams a reality.

At a nearby college, a cluster of suicides isn’t what it seems. When Asa’s father asks him to look into it, he sees the perfect opportunity to see his little crime reporter again. And Asa needs to see him again. Zane’s suspicious of Asa’s motives, but he won’t say no to a chance to peek behind the Mulvaney family curtains.

As the two unravel a sinister plot, Asa’s obsession with Zane grows and Zane finds being Asa’s sole focus outweighs almost anything, maybe even his career–which is good for Asa because loving a Mulvaney is a full-time job. Can he convince Zane that he’s worth navigating a family of psychopaths and his pathologically jealous twin, or will Zane learn the hard way that the Mulvaney boys always get what they want? Always.

Headcase is a high heat, intense, lovers-to-frenemies, psychopath romance with an HEA and no cliffhangers. It features an obsessive, calculating psychopath and a wannabe reporter who will stop at nothing to earn himself a major byline. As always, there’s gratuitous violence, very dark humor, enough killers to fill an auditorium, and enough heat to melt your kindle. This is book 4 in the Necessary Evils series. Each book follows a different couple.

TAGS: psychopath romance, Asa is bored, Avi is jealous, Zane is pretty, Adam is still a dick, August is… August, Aiden’s still missing, Lucas is concerned, Atticus plays den mother to a gaggle of murderous young adults, Asa wants Zane but knows he suspects he’s a killer, Zane wants a story but can’t keep from falling into bed with his target, extra dark humor, found family, So. Many. Murderers, mysteries abound, bad boys doing bad things and each other, high non-relationship angst, low relationship angst, shmoop, fluff, smut.

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Zane is a wannabe field reporter hoping for his first big break. He thinks he has it with the “dirt” he has dug up on The Mulvaney’s. He sets out to get that information any way he can.
Asa is bored and alone. He and his twin are separated by 100s of miles and Asa does not like it. His dad makes him attend a ceremony in his place which is where Asa and Zane meet.
I will keep this short and sweet. I am in love with this series and I want to read all the books to get all the information. These are interconnected standalones and I’m reading in order. I’m obsessed with this family. I freaking love Asa, he is great! With that being said, I didn’t like Zane at all. Besides what he could give Asa sexually, I didn’t think they were a good fit at all. I kept on listening, hoping he would redeem himself but it didn’t happen for me. He was just super annoying and overly dramatic about everything, in my opinion. Up next is Asa’s twin Avi and his new assistant, Felix. Oh I’ve been looking forward to these 2 since book 3 when I started putting together what was about to transpire between the pair.

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.

Atticus Mulvaney is the eldest son of eccentric billionaire, Thomas Mulvaney—a role he takes very seriously. Atticus takes everything seriously. Like his brothers, Atticus is a psychopath, raised to right the wrongs of a broken justice system. Unlike his brothers, he’s not very good at it.

Jericho Navarro is no psychopath, but he is a vicious killer. Like Atticus, he also has a secret life. To most, he’s just a mechanic. But to a ragtag group of social misfits, he’s Peter Pan, teaching them to eliminate those who prey on the weak with extreme prejudice.

When Atticus and Jericho come face to face over a shared enemy, their accidental meeting ends in an explosively hot hookup neither can forget. But they have nothing in common. Atticus is a buttoned-up closeted scientist and Jericho is a man on a mission, determined to find and punish those responsible for the death of his sister. Still, Jericho can’t stay away. And, truthfully, Atticus doesn’t want him to.

As Jericho’s mission begins to bleed into Atticus’s life, two separate but equally brutal families will need to learn how to fight together to take out a common enemy. But no amount of brute force can show Jericho how to scale the walls of a psychopath’s heart. Can Jericho convince Atticus that, sometimes, the couple who kills together stays together?

Moonstruck is a high heat, intense psychopath romance with an HEA and no cliffhangers. It features a fumbling, sexually confused maniac and the dominating, unapologetic gang leader who can’t stop tormenting him. As always, there’s gratuitous violence, very dark humor, more killers than you can count, and enough explosive chemistry to level a city block. This is book three in the Necessary Evils series. Each book follows a different couple.

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5 STARS

Ohhhh Atticus…
Hes the sweet psycho who isn’t quite like his brothers. Hes not exactly a fan of the mayhem and murder as it tends to be a bit messy. Like Atticus, Jericho is also a killer. Unlike Atticus, Jericho enjoys the killing part. Jericho is on a mission to find out who murdered his sister. He just wasn’t expecting to fall for a psychopath in the process.
Atticus is my favorite Mulvaney so far! Although I’m sure I’m not the only one impatiently waiting to see what is going on with Thomas and Aedan. Hopefully their story is soon. The suspense is killing me.

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.

August Mulvaney has always been exceptional. As the genius son of an eccentric billionaire, his off-putting behavior is often blamed on his high IQ. They say there’s a thin line between genius and madness. August is both—a brilliant professor loved by his students and a ruthless, obsessive killer tasked with righting the wrongs of a failing justice system. And he’s just found his latest obsession: Lucas Blackwell.

Lucas Blackwell was once the golden child of the FBI, using his secret talent as a clairvoyant to help put away society’s worst. Until, with a touch, he discovers his co-worker is a killer and his life falls apart. Now, the world thinks he’s crazy and that co-worker wants him dead. He seeks refuge at a small college, hoping to rebuild his life and his reputation. But then he runs into August Mulvaney. Literally.

August is immediately intrigued with Lucas and his backstory. He doesn’t believe in psychics, but there’s no missing the terror in his eyes when they collide in the hallway. Now, August has a problem. Lucas knows his secret, and August knows he wants Lucas. And August always gets what he wants.

Can he convince Lucas that not all killers are created equal and that having a psychopath in his corner—and in his life—might be just what he needs?

Psycho is a fast-paced, thrill ride of a romance with an HEA and no cliffhangers. It features a psychopath hell-bent on romance and a disgraced FBI agent attempting to redeem himself. As always, there’s gratuitous violence, very dark humor, and scenes so hot it will melt your kindle. This is book 2 in the Necessary Evils series. Each book follows a different couple.

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Lucas has a gift that has got him into some trouble as of late. Hes in a new town with a new job trying to keep to himself because things are a whole lot easier that way. Lucas knows its only a matter of time before HE (who you shall find out about early on) finds him. And Lucas is scared.

August is an actual psychopath. He is not capable of feeling any sort of human emotion. With that being said, there is something about his new colleague that has the man feeling… well he is definitely feeling something. It takes August a hot minute to convince Lucas that he is serious about wanting to keep him. As I’m sure you already know since this is book 2, there is nothing normal about this family and that is one of the things that makes them so addictive! This is a messed up, messy af relationship but as the pair navigate this thing between them, you start to find that everyone has a different Love Language and how could anyone question these 2 souls and their connection?

I AM OBSESSED WITH THIS SERIES! I had to stop myself from immediately diving into book 3. I needed to write reviews for books 1 and 2 first. Who thought a family of trained killers could be so freaking hilarious?! And you can tell their dad gets annoyed with their antics. It was fun to listen to. Liam did a phenomenal job with all of the different character voices.

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.