Title: Raze
Author: Tillie Cole
Age group: Mature new adult
Genre: Dark contemporary romance
Release date: 30th December 2014
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To take back life, one must first face
death...
One man stripped of his freedom, his
morals...his life.
Conditioned in captivity to maim, to kill and to slaughter,
prisoner 818 becomes an unremorseful, unrivaled and unstoppable fighter in the
ring. Violence is all he knows. Death and brutality are the masters of his
fate.
After years of incarceration in an underground hell, only one
thought occupies his mind: revenge...bloody, slow and violent revenge.
Revenge on the man who lied.
Revenge on the man who wronged him.
Revenge on the man who condemned him and turned him into this: a
rage-fueled killing machine. A monster void of humanity; a monster filled with
hate.
And no one will stand in the way of getting what he wants.
One woman stripped of her freedom, her
morals...her life.
Kisa Volkova is the only daughter of Kirill ‘The
Silencer’ Volkov,
head of the infamous ‘Triad’ bosses of New York's Russian Bratva. Her life is protected. In
reality, it’s a virtual
prison. Her father’s savage
treatment of his rivals and his lucrative and coveted underground gambling ring—The
Dungeon—ensures too many enemies lurk at their door.
She dreams to be set free.
Kisa has known only cruelty and loss in her short life. As
manager of her father’s
death match enterprise, only grief and pain fill her days. Her mafia boss
father, in her world, rules absolute. And her fiancé,
Alik Durov, is no better; the Dungeon’s
five-time champion, a stone-cold killer, the treasured son of her father’s best friend, and her very own—and
much resented—personal guard. Unrivaled in both strength
and social standing, Alik controls every facet of Kisa’s life, dominates her every move; keeps her
subdued and dead inside...then one night changes everything.
While working for her church—the
only reprieve in her constant surveillance—Kisa stumbles
across a tattooed, scarred, but stunningly beautiful homeless man on the
streets. Something about him stirs feelings deep within her; familiar yet
impossibly forbidden desires. He doesn’t talk. Doesn’t communicate with anyone. He’s a man beyond saving, and a man she must
quickly forget...for both their sakes.
But when weeks later, out of the blue and to her complete
surprise, he’s announced as
the replacement fighter in The Dungeon, Kisa knows she’s in a whole lot of trouble. He’s built, ripped and lethally unforgiving to
his opponents, leaving fear in his wake and the look of death in his eyes.
Kisa becomes obsessed with him. Yearns for him. Craves his
touch. Needs to possess this mysterious man...this man they call Raze.
AUTHOR BIO
Amazon & USA Today Best
Selling Author, Tillie Cole, is a Northern girl through and through. She
originates from a place called Teesside on that little but awesomely sunny
(okay I exaggerate) Isle called Great Britain. She was brought up surrounded by
her English rose mother -- a farmer's daughter, her crazy Scottish father, a
savagely sarcastic sister and a multitude of rescue animals and horses.
Being a scary blend of Scottish
and English, Tillie embraces both cultures; her English heritage through her
love of HP sauce and freshly made Yorkshire Puddings, and her Scottish which is
mostly demonstrated by her frighteningly foul-mouthed episodes of pure rage and
her much loved dirty jokes.
Having been born and raised as a
Teesside Smoggie, Tillie, at age nineteen, moved forty miles north to the
'Toon', Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, where she attended Newcastle University and
graduated with a Bachelor of Arts honours degree in Religious Studies. She
returned two years later to complete a Post-Graduate Certificate in Teaching
High School Social Studies. Tillie, regards Newcastle to be a home from home
and enjoyed the Newcastle Geordie way of life for seven 'proper mint' and
'lush' years.
One summers day, after finishing
reading her thousandth book on her much loved and treasured Kindle, Tillie
turned to her husband and declared, "D'you know, I have a great idea for a
story. I could write a book." Several months later, after repeating the
same tired line at the close of another completed story, she was scolded by her
husband to shut up talking about writing a novel and "just bloody do
it!" For the first time in eleven years, Tillie actually took his advice
(he is still trying to get over the shock) and immediately set off on a crazy
journey, delving deep into her fertile imagination.
Tillie, ever since, has written
from the heart. She combines her passion for anything camp and glittery with
her love of humour and dark brooding men (most often muscled and tattooed – they’re
her weakness!). She also has a serious side (believe it or not!) and loves to
immerse herself in the complex study of World Religions, History and Cultural
Studies and creates fantasy stories that enable her to thread serious issues
and topics into her writing -- yep, there's more to this girl than profanity and
sparkles!
After six years of teaching high
school Social Studies and following her Professional Rugby Player husband
around Europe, they have finally given up their nomadic way of life and settled
in Calgary, Alberta where Tillie spends most of her days (and many a late
night) lost in a writing euphoria or pursuing a dazzling career as a
barrel-racing, tasselled-chap wearing, Stetson-sporting cowgirl... Ye-haw!
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https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7074846.Tillie_Cole
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