Review: Church by K.G. Reuss @KGReuss

Church by K.G. Reuss

Series: The Boys of Chapel Crest #1

Publication date: April 21st, 2022

Pages: 434

Spice Rating: 🔥🔥🔥

Synopsis:

The last time I spoke was eight years ago when my best friend tried to kill me. I never dreamed my silence would break with a scream.

Being sent to Chapel Crest after my new stepfather deemed me a heathen seemed like a blessing compared to staying with him and my mom. I was a mute demon in his eyes, and when the rod didn't beat the evil out of me, he prayed Chapel Crest could.

I envisioned the religious academy would become my sanctuary. I was wrong. So very wrong. Chapel Crest was an asylum moonlighting as a religious school. It's where the meds take out the demons in your head or the punishment from the staff will. 

If this place and its rules didn't break me, Dante Church and his cult of bullies would.

They called themselves the Watchers. They were dark and ruthless--everything a girl like me should avoid. But maybe something was wrong with me because the thought of being on my knees for the four devils appeals to me.

Even if it meant I was praying for survival. 

Going to Church took on a whole new meaning at Chapel Crest.

Church is book one of The Boys of Chapel Crest. It's a dark bully romance with four guys chasing one girl. There is no choosing. Only begging. And lots of praying. Please read the foreword.

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Review:

Sirena Lawrence was not crazy. She was a victim of a traumatic experience with her best friend at the helm. The trauma has left her with an inability to speak or communicate with others. She was well aware of what was going on around her but she had shut herself off from the world so that she no longer felt a part of it. After her stepfather failed in beating her into submission and getting her to speak again her family shipped her off to the Chapel Crest Asylum for Sirena's final year of high school. There she becomes the focal point of the worst of the worst. Four boys who have a wealth of psychotic tendencies of their own and their leader has decided she will belong to them. However, it seems her best friend is also at Chapel Crest and has decided to finish what he started when they were 10 years old. The bet is on, who can make the mute girl scream? Whoever breaks her silence keeps her forever. Will she crack under the trauma of her near death experience with her best friend or the psychotic tendencies of the four leaders of the school?

I am absolutely ashamed with myself for enjoying this book as much as I did. It was so dark but also incredibly tantalizing to watch Sirena battle her demons. While the boys were a bit unorthodox in their attempts to open her up and get her to address her fear, they definitely managed to do just that. It is the exposure therapy that she actually seemed to need. The feelings for each of the boys changed with the flip of a page. Sometimes they were sweet, other times crazy and sadistic. It varied and made me truly waffle between who I liked the most out of them (I did finally settle of preferring Stitches. I don't even know why). 

I think this book is not for the faint of heart and if you like cutesy romances with a lot of hearts and rainbows, this is not for you. But if you like raunchy, dark, I-hate-you-as-much-as-I-love-you heat, definitely dig into this read.

Release Blitz with Excerpt + Teaser: Our Little Secret by S.L. Sterling @EJBookPromos

Our Little Secret by S.L. Sterling

Series: The Spencer Brooks Diaries #1

Publication date: June 20th, 2022

Cover Design: Thunderstruck Cover Design

Synopsis:

Spencer Brooks was the most attractive man I'd ever laid eyes on.

He was not only our neighbor and the father to the little girl I babysat for, but he was also my father's best friend.

All of those reasons combined should have said he was totally off-limits, but my desire for him was too strong.

After all, What could one night really hurt?

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Praise

"I wasn't sure I would like a book about a girl and her dads best friend but WOW! I was definitely wrong! S.L. Sterling definitely changed my mind!" -- 5 Star Review

"This one was  steamy taboo and oh so yummy I can't wait for more of Ainsley and Spencer!

Definitely a yummy must read 📚" -- 5 Star Review

Excerpt

The air suddenly felt thick as Spencer's eyes met mine. My eyes burned as the nervous flutter in my stomach began again. The longer we stared at one another, the more the heat grew within me and the more intense it became. I was glad when a loud ring finally pulled his eyes from mine and he began checking something on his cell phone that sat on the table in front of him.

When he was reading, I couldn't help but let my eyes roam over his muscular arms and broad, strong chest and shoulders. I was completely lost in thought as to what he must feel like when he cleared his throat and my eyes flashed to his face. I had no idea how long he had been watching me watch him, but the smirk he wore told me it had been long enough. I wanted to die. How embarrassing. I could feel the heat in my cheeks as I met his eyes.

"Here it is!" Dad said, coming back into the kitchen and placing the drill on the counter. He was completely oblivious to the way Spencer looked at me.

I cleared my throat and reached for something in the cupboard so my father couldn't see my flushed cheeks. As I let out a breath and turned back to them, my father sat back down, grabbed his beer, and took a swig, and then began talking with Spencer again as if I weren't even in the room.

I slowly faded out of the conversation as I watched Spencer grip the neck of his beer bottle, bring it to his lips, and tip his head back, emptying the bottle's contents. I couldn't help but watch the taught muscles in his throat as he swallowed. Then my eyes traveled to his large, muscular hands once again. God he had nice hands. A pulse of excitement ran through me as I wondered what it would feel like if they were on my body, touching me in places that I'd only ever imagined being touched in. Carly was right, this had to stop. There was no way I could spend my summer in this state, nor be like this while I worked under him, I mean beside him. Spencer placed the bottle on the table and his eyes wandered back over to me, and then he flashed that sexy smirk in my direction.

S.L. Sterling was born and raised in southern Ontario. She now lives in Northern Ontario Canada and is married to her best friend and soul mate and their two dogs.

An avid reader all her life, S.L. Sterling dreamt of becoming an author. She decided to give writing a try after one of her favorite authors launched a course on how to write your novel. This course gave her the push she needed to put pen to paper and her debut novel "It Was Always You" was born.

When S.L. Sterling isn't writing or plotting her next novel she can be found curled up with a cup of coffee, blanket and the newest romance novel from one of her favorite authors on her e-reader. Her favorite authors include Kendall Ryan, Vi Keeland, Penelope Ward, Lauren Blakely, Alessandra Torre, and Willow Winters.

In her spare time, she enjoys camping, hiking, sunny destinations, spending quality time with family and friends and of course reading.

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Release Blitz with Teasers: Vikings from Mars by Jamie Begley @Jamie_Begley @EJBookPromos

Vikings from Mars by Jamie Begley

Publication date: June 21st, 2022

Synopsis:

Earth was never going back to normal. All that was left in the post-apocalyptic destruction were humans trying to find enough food to survive... and running from the aliens who had come to scavenge what was left.

Raine had never been a particularly brave woman. She preferred staying at home, sipping on a latte while reading a good romance book, rather than making an effort to become hurt by a real relationship.

She only managed to survive the nuclear war by being at the right place at the right place at the right time. Now, as if having to contend with lack of food and dodging different species of aliens wanting to make her their next meals wasn't bad enough, the other survivors in her group blame her for being a jinx for every catastrophe that has happened to them.

How was she supposed to know the feral man who she had saved was an alien Viking from Mars? How could it be her fault that, when she snuck out to check on him, two other women from her group followed and got themselves kidnapped? And, how could she be blamed for finding herself married to an alien by the simple act of saving his life?

She wasn't a jinx; she was simply at the wrong place at the wrong time.

Still, it hurt that her new husband was beginning to thank the same way as the group of survivors and wanted to give her back to the humans.

While she wasn't crazy about the Martian side of Skars, the Viking part of her husband was hot and, like any heroine from the stories she had read, she was determined to prove her worth to him. Well, if she wasn't barbecued first.

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Release Blitz: Alpha's Trust by Cassandra Faye @GiveMeBooksPR

Alpha's Trust by Cassandra Faye

Series: Clarity #4

Publication date: June 20th, 2022

Synopsis:

"The twists and turns in this series totally wreck me, but I can't put it down! The Alphas are the perfect mix of hot & possessive and I need more!"

One innocent decision ruined Karissa's life, changed her forever, but she's determined to find normal again... no matter the risks.

Returning to the real world will require the pack to trust each other like never before, because in a universe where Omegas are ruthlessly hunted, one mistake can mean life or death.

It would be easier for the pack to keep her locked away, protected, but the Alphas want a mate -- not a prisoner.

And if the pack wants a future, they'll have to fight their instincts, and gamble it all for a chance at something more.

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Cassandra Faye lives in Texas where she's done nothing but fantasize about other worlds her entire life. Constantly daydreaming about ancient powers, faerie realms, old gods, and how seriously dangerous unicorns would be if they existed, Cassandra writes the stories she's always craved. Taking paranormal and fantasy worlds, mixing them in with modern day, and adding a dash of darkness.

So, if you enjoy those fairy tales that were a little more grimm, or if you ever wondered just how bad the villains could be as you held on for that happily-ever-after, then you might be just the person she's writing for.

Cassandra also writes dark contemporary romance as Jennifer Bene. You can find her online throughout social media with username @jbeneauthor and on her website.

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