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“Dominic crackles with delicious darkness and badass beauty. I loved every brilliant, twisted second of it!”
~NYT Bestselling author Annika Martin

"No hero is as dark and sexy as Dominic Benedetti. This book was so raw in the best of ways. A definite read. Natasha Knight out did herself on this one." ~ Alta Hensley, USA Today Bestseller

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Blurb:

Dominic

I was the boy who would never be king. The monster who could never be loved.

Gia was just a job. Just another girl caught in a world of monsters.

It didn’t matter that I liked the look of her.
I didn’t care that she cringed when she saw my soul.
I liked it.
I liked her fear.
And I wanted her.

Monsters didn’t get to live happily ever after, though. I knew one day I’d have to go back. Because time neither forgave nor forgot.

And neither did I.

Old debts needed to be settled. Enemies punished. It was past time I returned to the family business. I’d been gone far too long.

Gia

All my life, I believed in fairy tales. Not the Disney kind. Never those. I always knew life was darker than that.

I was the daughter of a foot soldier. The sister of a snitch. A nobody.

Monsters had been part of my life for as long as I could remember, but none as dark as Dominic Benedetti. None as cruel. None as broken.

I had no illusions about what he was. I had no desire to save his soul. And I couldn’t care about his bleeding heart.

But love isn’t always beautiful. It could be a twisted, ugly bitch.

I’d always known this was the kind I’d find. The only kind that could touch me.

Because some of us, we belonged in the dark.
And Dominic and I belonged in the dark.

Author’s Note: Dominic is a steamy standalone romance. He is the ultimate Anti-Hero, so be prepared for a crazy, rough ride. To fully understand Dominic’s actions, I recommend reading the first book in the Benedetti Brothers duet, Salvatore.

This book is intended for mature readers. No cliffhanger and no cheating.

4.5 Stars
Review by Jen Skewes

Oh My God!!.  I think these were my words when I first started reading this book.  I honestly had no idea that this book had dark elements to it.  I read Salvatore and could not wait for Dominic’s story. I wanted to know where he was, what he was doing and everything else about this man.  When I started reading this book I was intrigued but at the same time so afraid to continue.  But it really didn’t matter how afraid I was because I could not stop reading.  I needed to know if this storyline would change directions, how would it end, would Dominic show that he wasn’t really the monster he believed himself to be?

In the first book Dominic found out a truth that devastated him.  He always knew that he was different than his two brothers.  Salvatore was the one who should never have been involved in the family business and Sergio was the perfect son.  Dominic was different than them, he wanted this life more than anyone.  But when he was faced with the truth, he ran.  He took a job that made him into a monster, but that was the whole point wasn’t it?  To find something to do that would make him the monster, the trash, the sick bastard that he was supposed to be.  He needed to hate himself more than he already did so that it why he ran and ended up where he is when this books starts.  It is also how he met Gia.  I don’t want to go into detail as to how they met because it will give this whole story away.  And you really need to go into this one blind.  

Now why was I afraid to continue reading in the beginning?   Well I wasn’t sure how I would I feel about Dominic.  Because in the beginning I really wanted to hate him and it’s never any fun when you hate the hero of the story.  While I was afraid to keep reading I also could not stop.  And I am so glad that I didn’t.  You see parts of Dominic that I think he didn’t want anyone to see.  He was absolutely this monster but he trulty felt that he was born to be this way. He truly believed that he was garbage and therefore needed to do something that would make him feel worse about himself.  But as time goes on and more time is spent with Gia, you see that he really isn’t the monster he believes himself to be.   Was he born to live the life of a mobster?  Absolutely!!!  But the man you saw in the beginning wasn’t necessarily him. He was certainly broken inside for many reasons, but he also had a heart in their somewhere.  And despite what you may have thought, he did care.  And in the end I really felt for this man and loved him.  

Gia was one heck of a tough kick ass heroine.  My God what this poor girl had been through but yet somehow she came out alive and on top.  Everything that she endured would have broken me over and over again.  And maybe at times it did but she fought back each and every time and I completely loved that about her.  

Gia and Dominic were both broken in their own way and in some weird way what they had together just worked.  They were intense and at times passionate and not always in a loving way, but those moments were the moments where my heart was beating so fast.  I swear at times I wanted to yell at Gia for what was going on, I wanted to hate Dominic for how he was acting but yet at the same time the passion and intensity of the two of them together was just something that you felt with every word written on the page.  They fit like two pieces of a puzzle and while they had so many struggles and so many ups and downs, these two were supposed to be together. 

Natasha Knight did such an amazing job with this dark romance.  This was one heck of a roller coaster ride, one that at times I wanted to get off.  But that is what made me love this book.  It was the emotions, the ups and downs, the dark moments where I cringed and wanted to look away because as I read each page I pictured everything that was going on in my head.  I loved every minute of it and so glad that I continued reading this story.  This story was nothing of what I expected it to be but in the end it was all perfectly written and a fantastic story. 

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EXCERPT:

Chapter 1

Dominic

Fear has a distinct smell, something that belongs only to it. Pungent. Acidic. And at the same time, sweet. Alluring, even.

Or maybe only sweet and alluring to a sick fuck like me. Either way, the girl huddled in the corner had it coming off her in waves.

I pulled the skull mask down to cover my face. The room was dark, but I could tell she was awake. Even if she held her breath and didn’t move a single muscle, I’d know. It was the scent. That fear. It gave them away every single time.

And I liked it. It was like an adrenaline rush, the anticipation of what was to come.

I liked fucking with them.

I closed the door behind me, blocking off the little bit of light I’d allowed into the small, dark, and rank bedroom. She’d been brought here yesterday to this remote cabin in the woods. So fucking cliché. Cabin in the woods. But that’s what it was. That’s where I did my best work. The room contained a queen-size bed equipped with restraints, a bedside table, and a locked chest holding any equipment I needed. The attached bathroom had had its door removed before my arrival. Only the bare essentials were there: a toilet, sink, and a shower/bathtub. The bathtub was truly a luxury. Or it became one at some point during the training period.

The windows of both the bedroom and the bathroom had been boarded up long ago, and only slivers of light penetrated through the slats of wood. Both rooms were always cold. Not freezing. I wasn’t heartless. Well…I had as much heart as any monster could have. I just kept the rooms at about sixty degrees. Just cool enough that it wouldn’t do any damage but it wouldn’t be quite comfortable.

I walked over to the crouched form on the floor. She stank. I wondered how long they’d had her. If they’d washed her during that time.

I wondered what else they’d done to her, considering the rule of no fucking on this one. My various employers didn’t usually give that order. They didn’t give a crap who fucked the girls before auction. It’s what they were there for. But this time, Leo—the liaison between the buyer and me—had made certain I understood this particular restriction.

I shoved the thought of rape aside. I didn’t do that. Whatever else I did to them, I didn’t do that. Some tiny little piece of my fucked-up brain held on to that, as if I were somehow honorable for it.

Honor?

Fuck.

I had no delusions on that note. Honor was a thing that had never belonged to me. Not then, not when I was Dominic Benedetti, son of a mafia king. So close, so fucking goddamned close to having it all. And it certainly didn’t belong to me now. Not now that I knew who I was. Who I really was.

More thoughts to shove away, shove so far down they couldn’t choke me anymore. Instead they sat like cement, like fucking concrete bricks in my gut.

I stepped purposefully toward the girl, my boots heavy and loud on the old and decrepit wood.

“Wakey, wakey.”

She sat with her knees pulled up to her naked chest, her bound wrists wrapped around them, and made the smallest movement, tucking her face deeper into her knees. I noticed she still wore underwear, although it was filthy. That was new. By the time they got to me, they were so used to being buck naked they almost didn’t notice anymore.

The three night-lights plugged into outlets around the bedroom allowed me to take her in. Dark hair fell over her shoulders and down her back. So dark, I wondered if it would be black after I washed the dirt and grime from it.

I nudged the toe of my boot under her hip. “You stink.”

She made some small sound and dug her fingernails into the flesh of her legs, crouching farther into the corner, folding and withdrawing deeper into herself.

I squatted down, looking at what I could see of her too skinny body. I’d check her for bruises later, once I cleaned her up. Make sure there wasn’t anything that needed immediate attention. No festering wounds acquired in transit.

“Did you piss yourself?”

She exhaled an angry breath.

I grinned behind my mask. There we go. That was different.

“Lift your head, so I can see your face.”

Nothing.

I lay one of my hands on top of her head. She flinched but otherwise didn’t move. I gently stroked her head before gripping the long thick mass of hair and turning my hand around and around, wrapping the length of it tight in my fist before tugging hard, jerking her head back, forcing her to look at me.

She cried out, the sound one of pain and anger combined. They matched the features of her face: eyes narrowed, fear just behind the rebellion in her hate-filled, gleaming green eyes. Her mouth opened when I squeezed my fingers tighter, and a tear fell from the corner of one eye.

“Get your hands off me.”

Her voice sounded scratchy, low, like she hadn’t spoken in a long time. I looked at her. Heart-shaped face. Full lips. Prominent cheekbones.

Pretty.

No, more than that. Aristocratic almost. Arrogant. Beautiful. Different.

Different than the usual girls.

She scanned my face. I wondered if the skull mask scared her. Fuck, it had scared me the first time I’d put it on. Nothing like death staring you in the face.

“Stand up,” I said, dragging her by her hair as I straightened.

She stumbled, but I kept hold of her, tilting her head back, watching her process the pain of my fist in her hair. Teaching her.

Actions spoke louder than words. I always started my training from minute one. No sense in wasting time. She’d learn fast to do as she was told, or she’d pay. She’d learn fast that life as she knew it was over. She was no longer free. No longer human. She was a piece of fucking meat. Owned. Owned by me.

That first lesson was always hardest for them, but I was nothing if not thorough.

I guess you could say I’d found my true calling.

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Blurb:

Lucia

It all started with a contract signed by him, then by me, while our families watched. While my father sat silent, a man defeated, giving his daughter to the Benedetti monsters.

I obeyed. I played my part. I signed my name and gave away my life. I became their living, breathing trophy, a constant symbol of their power over us.

That was five years ago.

Then came the time for him to claim me. For Salvatore Benedetti to own me.
I had vowed vengeance. I had learned hate. And yet, nothing could have prepared me for the man who now ruled my life.

I expected a monster, one I would destroy. But nothing is ever black or white. No one is either good or evil. For all his darkness, I saw his light. For all his evil, I saw his good. As much as he made me hate him, a passion hotter than the fires of hell burned inside me.

I was his, and he was mine.

My very own monster.

Salvatore

I owned the DeMarco Mafia Princess. She belonged to me now. We had won, and they had lost. And what better way to teach a lesson than to take from them that which is most precious? Most beloved?

I was the boy who would be king. Next in line to rule the Benedetti Family. Lucia DeMarco was the spoils of war. Mine to do with as I pleased.

It was my duty to break her. To make her life a living hell. My soul was dark, I was hell bound. And there was no way out, not for either of us. Because the Benedetti family never lost, and in our wake, we left destruction. It’s how it had always been. How I believed it would always be.

Until Lucia.

Author’s Note: Salvatore and Lucia’s story is a steamy standalone romance with a happily-ever-after. No cliffhanger and no cheating. It is intended for mature readers.

About the Author:

USA Today Bestselling author Natasha Knight writes dark romance as well as spanking romance in a variety of genres including contemporary, paranormal, post-apocalyptic, science-fiction and fantasy. She is a #1 Amazon Bestseller in multiple categories forever searching in every story for that single most important element of love. All of her stories contain at least one kinky Alpha male, lots of dirty talk and a well deserved happily ever after.

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Release Blitz and Review: Resuscitate Me by Leddy Harper

Blurb

Suffocating

I never knew I couldn’t breathe,

Until he forced air into my lungs

Gave me reason

Showed me life.

Carter Hastings was only supposed to be a fling,

A summer of fun, excitement, pleasure

And, it was…

Everything.

It’s hard to walk away,

To leave the one man,

Who resuscitates me.

But I did.

He didn’t reciprocate my feelings.

He didn’t love me.

Not now.

Not ever. 

4 Stars
Review by Jen Skewes

Leddy Harper is one of my go to authors.  From the moment I first starting reading her books I always look forward to what is next.  When I finish one book I need to know what's next because after some time I need my Leddy Harper fix.  I also very rarely even read the synopsis because truth is I'll read anything she writes.  The first thing I knew about Resuscitate Me was that it had an extremely hot cover.  But I also knew that this book would be a bit different from the emotional books that we are used to from Ms. Harper.  And once again she completely killed it. 

Kara is staying with her sister-in-law for the summer to help out with her nephew while her brother is overseas.  While at the gym one day, she runs into Carter Hastings, complete alpha male.  Kara had no plans of meeting anyone while she was here.  She knew she would be leaving in a few months to go back to her regular life.  But she could not deny how hot Carter was and had some trouble staying away.  

Carter doesn't do relationships either but when he sees Kara at his gym he can't help but notice her and how hot she is.  They form a friendship that turned into friends with benefits.  And that's all it is. Sex and nothing more. No feelings, no relationship, just two people enjoying casual sex with each other.  

When the summer comes to an end its time for whatever it is between these two people to end as well. Not long after though something happened that completely changes everything. It's almost as if this lightbulb went off and made these two see that there was so much more to their relationship than sex. But that doesn't mean that it will be easy for them or that Kara  will just accept it all and jump into a relationship with Carter.  Will he be able to win her heart?

As I mentioned earlier we are used to the emotions that Leddy Harper can always bring out.  I find myself preparing to read her books with tissues in hand. But this book was very different than her usual stories. For one Carter was a complete alpha male. To the point where I questioned whether I should love him or be mad at him.  To say that he completely frustrated me is a complete understatement. But truth is I did love the guy.  He had a hard time with feelings but deep down he had a heart and let's not forget the really sexy side of him.  My God this man knows what he is doing, talking dirty, being in control, sex on a stick hot!!!

I loved Kara but she was just as frustrating. I loved the sexual chemistry between them and the flirting.  But the back and forth between the two of them and their feelings gave me whiplash, to the point where all I wanted was to just yell at the two of them to just admit how they feel already.  I think they were both guarded in ways but it causes them to completely turn off their feelings or completely ignore them.  But regardless of how  frustrating they were,  I was rooting for them because they did belong together.  And I loved the two of them.  

Resuscitate me is sexy and fun but Ms. Harper did manage to throw in some emotional moments in there.  The first half was all hot and sexy and then when you are questioning how this story will go she throws in a twist that I did not see coming.  And that's when this story becomes more than just the sexual chemistry between two peoples.  We start to see feelings and emotions come into play and I loved it.  I loved the ups and downs, the roller coaster ride of emotions, the hot sexy scenes and overall just everything about this book. Once again leddy Harper has created another fantastic story.  

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EXCERPT FROM RESUSCITATE ME

“Look at me,” he ordered again in that rough, no-nonsense tone.

I blinked and focused on his eyes. His pupils had dilated so much they practically swallowed the green. “I can’t…” I whispered in what sounded to me like apologetic shame. “I can’t…”

He finally released the pressure against my chest, but I was unable to catch my breath. Instead of keeping me restrained between his hips and the mirror, he grabbed the back of my thigh and lowered me to the floor. Except, I wasn’t on the floor. I stood on an aerobic step that had to have been at least four inches considering the height advantage it provided me.

Again, he kept me immobilized and mute.

He wrapped one large, rough hand around my jaw. Four thick fingers extended along one side of it. A thumb dug into my cheek with my chin cupped in the web between them. He used his hold on me to tilt my head back until it fell against the mirror behind me.

My voice, my heartbeat, and my ability to breathe—gone.

Stolen.

             Silenced by his hungry gaze.

About Leddy Harper

Leddy Harper had to use her imagination often as a child. She grew up the only girl in a house full of boys. At the age of fourteen, she decided to use that imagination and wrote her first book, and never stopped. 

She often calls writing her therapy, using it as a way to deal with issues through the eyes of her characters.


She is now a mother of three girls, leaving her husband as the only man in a house full of females. 




The decision to publish her first book was made as a way of showing her children to go after whatever it is they want to. Love what you do and do it well. Most importantly Leddy wanted to teach them what it means to overcome their fears.

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Release Blitz: Just And Illusion by D. Kelly

 

One night changed her life… 

Bestselling author Amelia Greyson has grown up in the music industry and isn’t the slightest bit fazed by fame or celebrities.  However, when she attends a Bastards and Dangerous concert with her best friend Belle, her world shifts on its axis. 

Double trouble…

Sawyer and Noah Weston are the front men of BAD.  They’re fraternal twins and sexy as sin.  When they hear the author of The O Factor is in their green room, they’re intrigued.  She’s just the person they need to write their farewell story.  The brothers offer Amelia the opportunity of a lifetime, which she reluctantly accepts. 

Three hearts…

Noah is sweet and considerate, working hard to make Amelia feel at home on the road.  Unfortunately, the closer they get, the more obnoxious Sawyer becomes.  Sawyer is arrogant and distant and he wants Amelia, even though she’s not his for the taking.  Only during stolen moments does Sawyer show her who he really is. Can Amelia maintain a safe distance from Sawyer and keep her heart intact?  Or will she shatter Noah’s heart by giving hers to his brother instead? 

Just an Illusion – Side A is the first book in The Illusion Series.

4.5 Stars
Review by Jen Skewes

I loved this book.  Honestly going in I was so unsure about what to expect.  It was a new rock star book from D. Kelly and that was really all I needed to know.  But I never expected the ride that this book took me on.  D. Kelly more than exceeded my expectations with this story.  

Amelia (Mel) Grayson has just recently published her first book which is also a best seller.  When she accompanies her best friend Belle to a BAD (Bastards and Dangerous) concert, it ends up being a night that will change her life.  She is not a fan of the band at all but she is there for moral support for her BFF who is supposed to be interviewing the band.  What happens next is something that Mel never expected.  She has been chosen to write a tell-all book about the band, which means spending the next year on a tour bus with them.  There is no way that she can pass this offer up.  So she finds herself sharing a bus with the two brothers in the band, Sawyer and Noah.  They are fraternal twins, who are both sexy in their own way, but yet so different.  The one thing they do have in common right now is that they both have a thing for Mel

Sawyer is the bad boy brother who is carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders.  Something happened in his past that has caused him to be closed off to most people, not being able to trust anyone.   He is hot and just exudes sex but he seems to have this big chip on his shoulder.   Noah is the really sweet one who has a huge heart always looking to help out others.  At one time he may have been that rocker who let the fame control him, living the rock star dream and all that came with it.  But when a woman came between these two brothers, almost destroying the band and their family they both changed their ways and they swore to never let another woman come between them.  But now that Amelia Grayson has entered their life will that change?  

This is the story of a girl and two brothers, both of them having a thing for this girl. Mel swore that she would never date another musician ever again.  But that was before she met the Weston brothers.  Sawyer is hot and sexy, the boy who can say inappropriate things but still somehow make her blush, but he is so closed off to the world.  He has a connection though with Mel, he trusts her and finds himself opening up to her.  Noah is the sweet rock star who makes her feel special.  She feels comfortable with him and they have this ease to their friendship.  There is no denying that she has a connection with the both of them, even if what she has with each of them is very different.  But which one will be the one to win her heart?

This books starts off with a prologue that will leave you with so many questions.  One in particular is who it is about.  All through the book I wondered what happened to get her to this point.  Who is she with now, and is everything that happened in the books different from how it all ends.  And yes I know that right now none of that seems to make sense but when you read this book you will understand.  The prologue gives us a glimpse of the present but at this point you have no idea who Amelia is with.  And because of that I was honestly reading this book and just wondering the whole time how this would all end.  Would it be different from how I saw it ending?  Would she somehow choose the other brother?  

Now here is the thing, I don’t want to say that this one is a triangle because I feel that she made her choice early on.  While she is with one brother, the other brother is in the shadows, the two of them growing closer and while he may not admit it I think he loves her.  For most of this book I kept wondering if things would change, never knowing which way this story would go.  And I think the one question that kept running through my mind was would Amelia come between Sawyer and Noah?  But then the author just threw more issues into the mix and there were twists and turns that I never saw coming.  And then there is the end!!  I am not sure I even want to discuss this but will say that I was not expecting that at all and I felt myself wanting to curse D. Kelly.  Thinking Holy Crap! did she just do this to me?  

While I will not say any more I will say this.  D. Kelly completely outdid herself with this one.  I love so much about this book, one of them being Mel, Sawyer and Noah.  If I had to choose between them, trust me it would be so difficult but I whiten ui would go with Sawyer.  I jut love the sexy bad boy who is a little bit broken and guarded.  But then Noah is just so sweet and sexy and completely swoon worthy.  But it was more than just these three characters.  I love the supporting cast, from the band members to Mel's best friend Belle to their families.  They are all a group of characters that you will fall in love with and want to be a part of their inner circle.  

Amelia has a secret past that she is trying so hard to keep to herself, for fear of it destroying everything.  Sawyer’s past still continues to haunt him, which is his reason for being guarded and has a hard time trusting people.  Noah also has a past that somehow works it’s way back into his present.  All of these things together create one crazy ride of emotions, surprises, twists and turns and an ending that will leave you with your mouth wide open.  Enjoy the ride!!  It will be one that you will want to take!!

 

    

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I'm a wife, a mom and a dog lover. I'm also a taxi, problem fixer, extreme multi-tasker and my kids’ biggest fan in anything that they do. I’m married to my high school sweetheart... how cool is that? Margaritas and sarcasm make me happy. Chocolate makes that happiness grow exponentially. People who make me laugh are my favorite kind of people. I believe Karma is real and mean people suck. I'm California born and raised, I love the beach but hate the sand. And of course I believe Starbucks makes any day better. I’m the author of The Acceptance Series and Chasing Cassidy with more books soon to come.