Hi, book buddies :-) I am a lover of novellas. I truly enjoy them, so it is a pleasure to come across a bundle of them by one of my favourite authors. Here is a treat in 4 steps.
WHO WILL SAVE YOUR SOUL?
by SKYE WARREN
MY OPINION
A bundle with 4 stories from my favourite author is just too much joy for my heart to bear :-D
Still, I bear it with pleasure.
It is so exciting to read her words in four different contexts. I admit my love for short stories, so this is a treat. A treat of dark pleasures indeed.
The first story features a little caged bird who yearns of freedom and a true life. Can the daughter of a dubious business man save herself? Are her lies a bridge to a new future or her death sentence? This story is really exciting.
Lush writing style for a gritty tale of liberation, corruption, and a bond of lust and need borne out of desperation. I loved the contrast between blue collar roughness and rich girl isolation, harsh greed and hypocritical conspiracies, submission and life-or-death bets. It's dangerous and sensual and frightening.
Romance with a fairy tale twist is becoming a preferred treat for me. Especially because this story is based on Sleeping Beauty.
Bedtime Story tells about a young mother fleeing from a dark fate only to end up in the hands of a lonely knight in shining armor that shows her true kindness for the first time in her life. This novella encapsulates the desperation of a woman with no hope in just a couple of scenes that were very intimate and heartfelt. The beautiful prose reflects the awakening of a woman under the fist of violence, and also the awakening of femininity to be free at last to express desire without the constraint of fear and pain. That sheriff in the middle of a deserted road felt both emotional and arousing. And the intimacy of the dialogues they share is captivating. Just one night together full of tragedy and hope, it's beautiful.
Still, it was cut short in the end and felt a bit unfinished. Otherwise, it was quite a contradiction of sweet and dark, and very endearing. Loved it, too.
Mafia Cinderella
A dark rendition of the fable of the lion and the mouse. Here, the mouse is a damsel in distress who employs all her battered courage to strike a bargain with the powerful lion. And the price might be her body and soul.
This short story deals with very hard issues of abuse and slavery. A heroic justice comes about in the form of an unlikely saviour with deep lust and fair power, but also pictures a brave girl who seizes the opportunity to defy her harrowing circumstances and claim freedom. It's exciting and brutal. I loved Lucia's stand, her unread message, and the chance she gets to wear a dress. And that almost chivalrous ending that broke itself into a primitive mating. Wow.
Heavy Equipment
Intensely erotic and beautifully crafted. This little treat will appeal to your dark and naughty side.
A brutal man preys on a defenseless beauty whose father is indebted to him. What a frightfully delicious scenario this is, but only because we hope there is love at the end of the tunnel. Otherwise :-(
In this case, the sensuality overpowers the imposition. The girl likes it all too much and takes pleasurable part in every step of her captivity, so that his harsh behaviour makes it less criminal and more fantasy. I'm not exactly into that kind of willing humiliation, but the scenario is beautifully and erotically narrated, craftily plotted to turn the bad into a sensuous awakening, the sacrifice into a reward. And there are layers beneath the darkness, so nothing is as it seems!
The dubious consent takes over a patina of provocation, and suddenly you start panting for the coarse, crude construction worker to defile the little exotic princess and make her moan for him.
It's a surprisingly devious erotic tale that runs too short for its raw power.
So, my verdict is this bundle is worth your panting and sighing. Dark love will captivate you against your will or thanks to it ;-)
Who Will Save Your Soul?
by New York Times bestselling author Skye Warren is LIVE!
by New York Times bestselling author Skye Warren is LIVE!
Who Will Save Your Soul: And Other Dangerous Bedtime Stories features four novellas.
Each standalone story ends in a happily ever after.
WHO WILL SAVE YOUR SOUL
Emily's a pathological liar. When her life is at stake, will anyone believe her?
MAFIA CINDERELLA
One dress. One dance. Lucia has one chance to change her life—and the lives of her family. But Sebastian Conti is no prince charming.
HEAVY EQUIPMENT
June has been raised as the good, obedient daughter, but she never expected to be sold to pay her father’s debts. Cold. Rough. Merciless. The foreman of the construction crew is going to make her pay every last cent.
BEDTIME STORY
Jessica is on the run from her violent ex with her baby in the backseat when the car breaks down. A small town sheriff can't be her knight in shining armor.
WHERE TO FIND IT
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ABOUT THE MASTERMIND
Skye Warren is the New York Times bestselling author of dangerous romance such as the Endgame trilogy. Her books have been featured in Jezebel, Buzzfeed, USA Today Happily Ever After, Glamour, and Elle Magazine. She makes her home in Texas with her loving family, sweet dogs, and evil cat.
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