Deceived by Sarah Bailey
Series: The Devil's Syndicate #1
Publication date: April 8th, 2020
Synopsis (according to Goodreads):
Four of them. One of me. Who will give in first?
It started when they stole me from my life. The daughter of a crime lord who ruled with an iron fist.
The heir to a family of blood and ruin.
They left only a whisper of a name in the air. Il Diavolo. A man whose reputation preceded him.
Ruthless. Merciless. Cunning.
The one they called the Devil. He was as beautiful as he was terrifying. Except I wasn't scared of him or his three friends. They might want to use me in their quest for revenge, but they picked the wrong girl. Or maybe I was the right one and none of us knew it quite yet.
Our connection is undeniable. Our fates are entwined. But loyalty and lies keep us all locked in a battle of wills and denial.
There's only one thing I know for certain in this fight between the five of us. Secrets always catch up with you in the end. And my secrets were the worst ones of all.
A dark reverse harem series with cliffhangers and drama in abundance and a HEA in the final book. Get ready to meet Ash and her boys - Quinn, Xavier, Eric and Rory.
Defied by Sarah Bailey
Series: The Devil's Syndicate #2
Publication date: April 29th, 2020
Synopsis (according to Goodreads):
Two become three. Lies, lust and betrayal. Who will fall first?
It started when I chose to remain with them. The ones who took me from my life and changed all the rules.
The chains binding me to my family loosened their hold. Little did I know that by taking me, Quinn and his friends began the long process of setting me free. And even as I got closer to the boys, the past always held us back. Keeping our feelings at bay.
The questions plagued me. Where did my loyalties lie? Who could I trust? And the biggest one of all.
Could I really go against everything I knew to be with the four people who kept me captive to use me against my father?
Our secrets brought us closer. Our lies tore us apart. And it became crystal clear that every decision you make in life comes at a price.
A dark reverse harem series with cliffhangers and drama in abundance and a HEA in the final book. Get ready for more of Ash and her boys - Quinn, Xavier, Eric and Rory.
Derailed by Sarah Bailey
Series: The Devil's Syndicate #3
Publication date: May 20th, 2020
Synopsis (according to Goodreads):
Three mixed with four. The captive became an ally. Who will break first?
It started when they betrayed me. The ones who I'd come to trust. The ones I was starting to love.
My world flipped upside down and nothing is as it seems. Everything was unravelling before my eyes, tearing us apart whilst pulling us closer together.
I'm caught between two worlds. The one I grew up in and the one I'd started to forge with the boys.
Everything came to a grinding halt when long hidden secrets came to light. The truth changed the rules and made us realize nothing in life is ever as it seems.
Sometimes the only way out of a situation is through. Never before had been truer when it came to the five of us and our future together.
Did we have a future? Or was everything too much for us to handle? The pieces were starting to fit together, but there's always something holding us back. My family. My loyalty. My duty. And whether to throw it away or stand and fight by their sides.
A dark reverse harem series with cliffhangers and drama in abundance and a HEA in the final book. Get ready for more of Ash and her boys - Quinn, Xavier, Eric and Rory.
Debauched by Sarah Bailey
Series: The Devil's Syndicate #4
Publication date: June 10th, 2020
Synopsis (according to Goodreads):
Four seek their fifth. The hunter devours his prey. Who will lose first?
It started with an impossible choice. One I had no wish to make from a person who'd only just come to know.
So many of our decisions had led up to this moment. Perhaps it was the way we'd come together which threw my life so off balance. Leaving me with the final say in a matter I wanted no part of.
We had to draw up the battle lines. Change our fates. Or we'd all crash and burn. It wasn't a case of if we'd fight for survival, it was when. When would he come after us? When would he try to destroy us? When would he decide I wasn't worth saving any longer?
The inevitable hung over us like a dark cloud. A time bomb waiting to go off. No matter how many times we tried to stay ahead, we were always one step behind. And it was perfectly clear, we had to be prepared to go to war or we might end up with nothing at all.
A dark reverse harem series with cliffhangers and drama in abundance and a HEA in the final book. Get ready for more of Ash and her boys - Quinn, Xavier, Eric and Rory.
Depraved by Sarah Bailey
Series: The Devil's Syndicate #5
Publication date: July 1st, 2020
Synopsis (according to Goodreads):
Together. Apart. Where does it end?
It started with the war. The war we'd wage upon the very man who'd raised me. The war which would either tear us apart or keep us together.
We'd finally found our way to each other. The five of us gave in. It'd been inevitable from the start.
Desire had forged us, but it was love which set us free. Made us into what we were. A family drenched in blood.
Everything had built up to this moment. Our final fight for survival. Our final battle against corruption.
Quinn, Xavier, Eric and Rory were the ones I had to protect at all costs. Even if it meant I sacrificed parts of myself in the process.
We had so much to live for. So much to lose. Would we really win this? Would we come out the other side? Would we still be whole? And the very last question I had... Is the love we share really enough for all of us in the end?
A dark reverse harem series with cliffhangers and drama in abundance and a HEA in the final book. Get ready for the final chapter of Ash and her boys - Quinn, Xavier, Eric and Rory.
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Excerpt
Knox walked into a room and set me down on the floor by the back wall. I slumped against it, only just getting the feeling back in my limbs. He grabbed my wrist roughly and attached a steel cuff to it.
"Why won't you tell me who you are? I've seen all your faces, not like you're being very secretive."
He didn't look at me as he picked up something else from the floor and gathered up my hair with one hand. He snapped a steel collar around my neck with a chain attached to it. If I thought it was worth it, I'd have complained about him chaining me to the wall. His general attitude towards me told me it would fall on deaf ears. He dropped my hair and stood up. His dark eyes raked over me, hunger burning inside them.
"You're far too curious for your own good."
"I'm not what you expected, am I?"
He cocked his head to the side. He was wearing all black again. Whilst Xav had been all bulging muscles, the demon from hell was more athletic in build. He'd carried me with ease, which meant he had upper body strength in spades. He flexed his hands at his sides.
"I'm sure you heard what they called me."
Ignoring my question, I see.
"Knox."
He let out a low hum of agreement.
"That's not your first name."
His eyes narrowed and he took a step towards me, his feet nudging against my bare thigh. I flinched back away from him.
"And how would you know that, little girl?"
I almost spat at him for calling me that again.
"I'm not stupid that's how."
"Clearly not. Stupid little girls would be screaming and begging for their lives right now."
I shrugged. No point in begging a demon for mercy. Monsters didn't deal in mercy and kindness. They dealt in death and destruction.
"I'm under no illusions about my father and the kind of company he keeps. You don't scare me."
"I'm not in business with your father," he spat, venom seeping from his words.
"No, I'm sure it's all just some convoluted revenge plot you've cooked up because you think he's wronged you. You're not the first man to want Papa dead. You won't be the last."
I could tell Knox wasn't happy with my response. His eyes narrowed to slits and his fists clenched by his sides.
"You think you know everything, Ashleigh Vittoria Russo."
He squatted down on his haunches, his eyes hardening. Reaching out, he gripped my face and forced me to look at him.
"You have no idea what kind of man I am or what I'm capable of." He leant closer until his nose was almost brushing against mine. "Unless you wish to wake the beast, I suggest you keep your smart remarks and questions to yourself. I'll take pleasure in punishing you if you keep pushing me." His eyes lowered to my mouth. "I can think of many ways to punish that smart mouth of yours. Many, many ways, sweetheart. Don't think I won't follow through. I don't care who your father is nor am I scared of what he'll do when he finds out I have his little princess."
My bottom lip trembled. For the first time since I'd woken up, my confidence wavered. Isabella said they weren't men I wanted to know. Knox's words confirmed that for me. The conviction in his voice had my heart racing in my chest. What kind of man wasn't afraid of Frank Russo? A man who possessed more darkness than the head of the Russo family himself.
"Do you know what your family call me?" he whispered his breath fluttering across my face.
I shook my head.
"Il Diavolo."
I'd been right. Knox had walked out of hell itself. And he was known by two words.
The Devil.
"But you, Ashleigh, may call me Quinn."
"It's Ash," I whispered.
I had no idea why I told him that. My mother and father insisted on calling me Ashleigh, but everyone else referred to me as the boss' daughter or just Ash.
His eyes flickered with heat for a moment before it was gone. Then he stood, turned and walked away. I stared at his back, realizing just how much I didn't understand about what was happening to me. He hadn't explained anything. Not really.
He paused in the doorway, turning back to me slightly.
"If you think you can cry to the others, you'd be mistaken. You belong to me now, Ash."
Before I had a chance to formulate a response, he walked out of the room and the door slammed shut behind him.
Quinn Knox is the devil incarnate, was the first thought I had. The second was I happened to be screwed. Well and truly screwed.
"Why won't you tell me who you are? I've seen all your faces, not like you're being very secretive."
He didn't look at me as he picked up something else from the floor and gathered up my hair with one hand. He snapped a steel collar around my neck with a chain attached to it. If I thought it was worth it, I'd have complained about him chaining me to the wall. His general attitude towards me told me it would fall on deaf ears. He dropped my hair and stood up. His dark eyes raked over me, hunger burning inside them.
"You're far too curious for your own good."
"I'm not what you expected, am I?"
He cocked his head to the side. He was wearing all black again. Whilst Xav had been all bulging muscles, the demon from hell was more athletic in build. He'd carried me with ease, which meant he had upper body strength in spades. He flexed his hands at his sides.
"I'm sure you heard what they called me."
Ignoring my question, I see.
"Knox."
He let out a low hum of agreement.
"That's not your first name."
His eyes narrowed and he took a step towards me, his feet nudging against my bare thigh. I flinched back away from him.
"And how would you know that, little girl?"
I almost spat at him for calling me that again.
"I'm not stupid that's how."
"Clearly not. Stupid little girls would be screaming and begging for their lives right now."
I shrugged. No point in begging a demon for mercy. Monsters didn't deal in mercy and kindness. They dealt in death and destruction.
"I'm under no illusions about my father and the kind of company he keeps. You don't scare me."
"I'm not in business with your father," he spat, venom seeping from his words.
"No, I'm sure it's all just some convoluted revenge plot you've cooked up because you think he's wronged you. You're not the first man to want Papa dead. You won't be the last."
I could tell Knox wasn't happy with my response. His eyes narrowed to slits and his fists clenched by his sides.
"You think you know everything, Ashleigh Vittoria Russo."
He squatted down on his haunches, his eyes hardening. Reaching out, he gripped my face and forced me to look at him.
"You have no idea what kind of man I am or what I'm capable of." He leant closer until his nose was almost brushing against mine. "Unless you wish to wake the beast, I suggest you keep your smart remarks and questions to yourself. I'll take pleasure in punishing you if you keep pushing me." His eyes lowered to my mouth. "I can think of many ways to punish that smart mouth of yours. Many, many ways, sweetheart. Don't think I won't follow through. I don't care who your father is nor am I scared of what he'll do when he finds out I have his little princess."
My bottom lip trembled. For the first time since I'd woken up, my confidence wavered. Isabella said they weren't men I wanted to know. Knox's words confirmed that for me. The conviction in his voice had my heart racing in my chest. What kind of man wasn't afraid of Frank Russo? A man who possessed more darkness than the head of the Russo family himself.
"Do you know what your family call me?" he whispered his breath fluttering across my face.
I shook my head.
"Il Diavolo."
I'd been right. Knox had walked out of hell itself. And he was known by two words.
The Devil.
"But you, Ashleigh, may call me Quinn."
"It's Ash," I whispered.
I had no idea why I told him that. My mother and father insisted on calling me Ashleigh, but everyone else referred to me as the boss' daughter or just Ash.
His eyes flickered with heat for a moment before it was gone. Then he stood, turned and walked away. I stared at his back, realizing just how much I didn't understand about what was happening to me. He hadn't explained anything. Not really.
He paused in the doorway, turning back to me slightly.
"If you think you can cry to the others, you'd be mistaken. You belong to me now, Ash."
Before I had a chance to formulate a response, he walked out of the room and the door slammed shut behind him.
Quinn Knox is the devil incarnate, was the first thought I had. The second was I happened to be screwed. Well and truly screwed.
About the Author:
Sarah writes dark, contemporary, erotic and paranormal romances. She adores all forms of steamy romance and can always be found with a book or ten on her Kindle. She loves anti-heroes, alpha males and flawed characters with a little bit of darkness lurking within. Her writing buddies nicknamed her 'The Queen of Steam' for her pulse racing sex scenes which will leave you a little hot under the collar. Born and raised in Sussex, UK near the Ashdown Forest where she grew up climbing trees and building Lego towns with her younger brother. Sarah fell in love with novels when she was a teenager reading her aunt's historical regency romances. She has always loved the supernatural and explored the darker side of romance and fantasy novels.
Sarah currently resides in the Scottish Highlands with her husband. Music is one of her biggest inspirations and she always has something on the background whilst writing. She is an avid gamer and is often found hogging her husband's Xbox.
