Sinful Nights (Peaches #3)

Here's Ashley Rayne's latest: "Sinful Nights." It's the third novel in her Peaches series.

["Cole
Oak and I have been best friends since we were five years old, and roommates since we moved out on our own. I live for our movie-night cuddles and seeing his face in the crowd at Peaches while I’m dancing onstage. None of his girlfriends has ever really understood our relationship, and while he’s always chosen me, I know that one day he’ll find the woman who accepts our dynamic, and I’ll lose what we have.
I’ve never really felt the desire to be with someone, and hooking up feels like a chore. Oakley and I both identify as straight, and we don’t really understand why everyone thinks we’re something more than we are.
So why, when it’s suggested to try kissing my best friend, do I feel butterflies?

Oakley
When yet another relationship bites the dust, I decide to stop worrying about girlfriends and focus on my best friend. Watching Cole onstage from where I sit in my booth every night is the highlight of my week, but then again, everything with him is the best.
Eventually, I’m sure I’ll find someone who gets what Cole and I mean to each other, but until then, it’s game nights and nighttime cuddles with him when I can’t sleep.
I’ve never looked at Cole romantically… until the night he tells me he thinks we should try kissing. How didn’t I know how incredible my best friend tastes?"]

TO BE UPDATED SOON

Trigger Warnings:

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Blood On Ice (Marchesi Loan Sharks #2)

Here's Silvia Violet's "Blood On Ice." It's the second novel in the Marchesi Loan Sharks series, which is within the Marchesi Family universe. 

["Who knew a hockey game could change your life?

The first time I saw Zeke on the ice, I knew he was mine.

My brother said I was stalking Zeke, but I like to think of it as showing my appreciation. I pretended it was just a game, something to keep me occupied since my family didn't really need me.

The way Zeke searched the stands for me when he thought I wasn’t watching let me know he wanted me too, even if he wasn’t ready to admit it. One day he'd give in. That was inevitable.

He comes to me, needing a loan. The year he spent in Vegas wasn't kind to him, and he's in deep debt. He doesn't like the terms I offer and tries to walk away.

I'll never let that happen. He's in danger, and no one is going to hurt him. Not on my watch.

I knew I could make him surrender to me, but the more time I spend with him, the more I find myself revealing things I've never told anyone. Money problems I can easily fix, and I make a damn good bodyguard, but is it possible we might heal each other? Is it possible for two wounded men to fall in love?"]

Here's Mr "I'm so not doing exactly what my brother did" doing exactly what his brother did. And Mr "it's not going to work out nearly as well as it did with my brother" working out nearly as well as it did for his brother. This man fell fast and he fell hard. 

Then again, so did Zeke..after he accepted a few things about himself and about Vito. They were sooo similar in so many ways, and it healed each other (just like Val and Liam). 

I was hoping this series would give us HEAs for Muffin and Six…but maybe that’ll be a future project (or maybe newer just doomed to be side characters).

I also love how we got to see Dom relax some more. He’s still pretty damn cold-hearted, but he’s not quiiiite as closed-off and pessimistic. He’s accepting that love can exist, and he wants his sons to have that kind of happiness. So maybe when he falls in love next, it won’t be too much of a fight... 

Trigger Warnings: violence, murder, parental death, past homelessness, gambling issues/addiction, threats and blackmail, and more.

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Blood Money (Marchesi Loan Sharks #1)

Here's Silvia Violet's "Blood Money." It's the first novel in the Marchesi Loan Sharks series, which is within the Marchesi Family universe. 

["Liam
I was drowning in debt and my sister needed help, so I made a terrible choice. I borrowed money from the infamous Marchesi family, knowing I had no way to pay them back.
Did I think I could evade them?
Did I think I’d win the lottery?
No, I didn’t think at all. I just acted.
Now, a killer is at my door, a man known for his ruthlessness, his persistence, and the way he can bring a man to his knees – for business or pleasure.
I’ve got to find a way to pay him back, and the only thing I own free and clear is my body.

Valentino
My job is extracting money from delinquent clients. If they can’t pay with cash, they pay with pain.
The next client on my list is Liam, but when I show up at his house ready to take his money or break him, I find a desperate young man who intrigues me so much I consider other options.
When he offers himself as payment, I long to torment him in ways we’ll both enjoy, but clients are off limits, and only fools break Marchesi family rules.
I might just let him make a fool of me."]

Now HERE’S the angst and hurt-comfort I needed! Yess! Make me cry. Thank you!

These two were dangerous. They had so many person demons and they weren't good with trust and they didn't believe in luck. Until they crash landed into each other's lives. Until fate didn't give them a choice. Until Val didn't give Liam a choice.

This whole universe is mafia romance, and most of them would be classified as a dark romance, but this one truly felt dark. It was dangerous and daring, it was nearly hopeless. But they made it work (good think Lucien is a sucker for true love).

Trigger Warnings: violence, murder, parental death, medical debts, blackmail, stalking, attempted SA, homelessness, and more. 

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Hot Blooded (Marchesi Loan Sharks #0.5)

Here's Silvia Violet's "Hot Blooded." It's the prequel/introduction novella in the Marchesi Loan Sharks series, which is within the Marchesi Family universe. 

["I thought I’d be spending a long, boring summer as the virtual prisoner of my mafioso father.

Instead, a series of bad choices left me staring down Tony Trevisani, the man who’d given me the best night of my life.

He was the only man I’d ever wanted to keep until I’d learned he was one of my father’s enemies. Utterly forbidden.

And now here he was, back in my life when I was at my lowest.

He looked ready to kill me–or ravage me.

Which would it be?

Would I survive the night? Would my heart?"]

There were parts of this that I loved and parts that...make Lucien seem like a true villain (it was slightly clarified/rectified). 

Tony (not the monkey) was definitely a shot-first-as-questions-later kinda guy. And seeing how many of those men work for Lucien...he deserves his own island. 

But I did think Tony (not the monkey) and Elio were adorable! Crazy as hell, but adorable. ;)

Trigger Warnings: violence, murder, mentions of attempted SA, mentions of being drugged, and more.

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The Reprobate (Texas Safehouse #5)

Here's Silvia Violet's "The Reprobate." It's the fifth and final novel in the Texas Safehouse series, which is within the Marchesi Family universe. 

["People call me a reprobate. I’m known for my humor, my arrogance, and my inability to follow rules.

My boss sends me on a mission to protect the cold-as-ice billionaire I love to hate. I plan to push all the man’s buttons.

He’s as irritating—and as hot— as he’s always been. I expected to want him. What I didn’t expect was for my heart to get involved.

There are things no one told me about the mission, and our enemies are closing in fast. We have nowhere to go, but my friend’s ranch turned safehouse.

Neither of us was made for relationships, but the longer we’re together, the harder it is to deny the way he makes my heart ache for more. I’ve been living on the run, dodging bullets and my past. Can I stay put and give myself a chance at love?"]

These two…were not what I expected at all. Yes, they butted heads a looot, especially in the beginning. They were sooo similar: lone wolf, hiding behind a facade, tragic backstory, control oriented. But somehow they fit together perfectly. 

What a great ending to a fabulous series!

Trigger Warnings: violence, murder, PTSD, and more. 

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The Recluse (Texas Safehouse #4)

Here's Silvia Violet's "The Recluse." It's the fourth novel in the Texas Safehouse series, which is within the Marchesi Family universe. 

["The days I spent as a prisoner of war haunt my dreams most nights. I’m doing my best to move from one day to the next, but nothing feels pleasurable anymore—until I find Carlo Marchesi sneaking around my cabin.

Carlo is a mobster. He’s supposed to be under guard. But when he suggests a wicked way to pay for a night in my house, I can’t say no, and I can’t hold back the real me, the dangerous man I never thought I’d be again.

Being with Carlo feels more real than anything has in ages, but he has a life back in Boston, and neither of us are a good bet for a relationship.

When Carlo’s enemies come for him, will love be enough to hold us together and help us survive to build a life together?"]

Whelp, I wasn't entirely prepared for that.

I didn't anticipate the lack of angst and hurt/comfort. Especially after realizing that Carlo was the other MC. I excepted someone softer for Blade than a spoiled mob prince, but Carlo was so much more than that (and absolutely everything Blade needed). I also didn't anticipate crying. So...thanks for that. 

I loooved these two. They healed in each and helped each other grow after their pasts tried to tear them down. 

LOVED the Angel and Devil moments (and okay, Lucien).

Of course Fox is last. I'm sure he'll get smacked right over the head with love, so hard that he won't know what happened. 

Trigger Warnings: violence, murder, abusive parents, PTSD, blackmail, and more. 

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The Rogue (Texas Safehouse #3)

Here's Silvia Violet's "The Rogue." It's the third novel in the Texas Safehouse series, which is within the Marchesi Family universe. 

["Rogue can charm the pants off anyone, but can he catch a man who might as well be a ghost?

Eight seconds on a bull was never as scary as falling for a man who might disappear any second. I might have left the rodeo to work my brother’s ranch, but I never lost my taste for danger… and I’ve never met anyone more dangerous than Special Agent Ghost.

My overprotective brothers warned me away from him, but I’ve never been one to take good advice. When Ghost and I came together, it was explosive… and also healing.

We both have secrets, and neither of us ever thought we’d find comfort like we have in each other’s arms, but he doesn’t know how to stick around, and I’ve never learned how to let someone love me.

Unsure how long the fire between us will burn, we keep our relationship hidden until the day when an enemy’s bullet shatters the hidden world we’ve created. Now we’ll both have to make a choice: to keep hiding our true selves or put our cards on the table and fight for the future we want… together."]

Well, I knew these two would make me cry. Though, I was wrong about the amount of angst and hurt-comfort. These two were somehow the sweetest of all of the couples so far. Maybe it was the fact that they didn't fight their connection, their chemistry. They just fought how deeply their feelings were.

I loved how perfectly they matched each other. They were adorable and fluffy and spicy and protective (sooo protective). 

I really liked seeing more of Jacob and Rogue's friendship. That was perfect.

As was all of the glimpses of Blade. CanNOT wait for his HEA.

Trigger Warnings: violence, murder, abusive parents, injuries requiring a hospital stay, and more. 

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