The slowness of July’s book releases is officially over! August has some great dark and steamy romance releases and I had a hard time narrowing it down to just five. As always these are in no particular order, and they are a mix of all sorts of dark and steamy romance books.
They came for me in the dead of night. Silent like ghosts. Three faceless men with one thing on their mind, revenge.
The Dancer
I was stolen.
Ripped from the people I love, and imprisoned in a medieval castle in Scotland with walls as thick and impenetrable as the stone encasing my kidnappers’ hearts.
Do as they say and you’ll survive this place.
Refuse their orders and feel the consequences of their wrath.
Everyone here calls them The Masks.
I call them my enemy.
I may seem fragile, weak, but I’m not like all the rest.
I’m not just a dancer, or a singer, or a musician that they can loan out as entertainment to sick men and women.
I’m a fighter. I come from a long line of them.
This time they stole the wrong girl, and these walls…?
They’ll come crashing down even if I have to rip them apart myself, brick by bloody brick.The Masks
We took her.
A payment for a debt. A very personal one.
With our father “The Collector” dead, we are the heirs to a twisted dynasty with nothing but revenge in our hearts, blood on our hands, and darkness in our souls.
Our home bears witness to our cruelty.
The prisoners within it, scarred by our wrath.
We’re the soulless creatures as twisted as any monster real or imagined.
We steal, thieving not just the artist themselves, but the light that makes them shine bright.
We must keep up our father’s legacy.
We must have revenge.
The Dancer we stole is ours to play with. Ours to use.
She won’t survive this place.
We’ll make sure of it.WARNING: This is a dark, contemporary, reverse harem romance for adult readers, and contains graphic sex scenes and violence. It is not for the feint of heart.
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The Dancers and the Masks by Bea Paige
Their Obsession #1
Release Date: August 30, 2021
Available on Kindle Unlimited
I got an invitation to an illicit club.
They say they’ll grant me three wishes.
They say they’ll make all my wildest dreams come true.
All I have to do is sign the contract.
Is it too good to be true? I’m about to find out.
Warning: This is my steamiest book yet. Like…super steamy. You’ve been warned. Welcome to the Society…
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The Society #stalkerproblems by Ivy Smoak
Release Date: August 12, 2021
Available on Kindle Unlimited
My favorite hobby is infuriating Elliot Miles. Just the sight of my boss’s handsome face triggers my sarcasm. God knows how he earns his Casanova reputation—if a million women want him with his personality, what the heck am I doing wrong?
Disgusted with my love life, I join a dating app under a fake name. I start chatting to a man named Edgar. He’s not my type and lives on the other side of the world, but we hit off a friendship, laugh and confide in each other.
But lately things are getting weird at work. Elliot’s being…attentive. His eyes linger a little longer than they should, and there’s a heat behind them that I haven’t felt before. And then, in the shock of all shocks, he tells me that my vulnerability is appealing. But when was I vulnerable?
Horror dawns…Has my boss been reading my emails to Edgar?
Damn it, why did I use my work email?
Oh no, does he know what I really think of him? I’d rather die than ever admit it.
Or, even worse: is it possible that the man I loathe in real life is the man I’m falling for online?
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The Casanova by T.L. Swan
The Miles High Club #3
Release Date: August 26, 2021
Available on Kindle Unlimited
They call me a monster.
Murderous and hateful.
Beautiful but broken.
Nothing can calm the ever raging storm inside of me. As the ruthless leader of the Doubeck family there is a certain standard of brutality I have to uphold.To be gentle or kind is a weakness I cannot afford.
That is until the day I meet her.
Beautiful, innocent, and so very afraid.
Valentina is a rival family’s daughter, and the little temptress has purposely tangled herself in my dark web.
She seeks me out, needing my help, but the price for what she wants will be steep.
Since my father’s death I’ve needed a wife to solidify my family name and this woman has piqued my interest.
We strike a deal intertwining our futures.
I’ll put a ring on her finger, own her body, keep her safe, and kill them all.
I make a vow to protect her at all costs.
That is until her secrets come to light, and I’m left with the choice of becoming the monster she’s only ever heard rumors about.
**This is a dark forced marriage mafia romance, that ends on a cliffhanger. It contains dub-con/non-con as well as other scenes that may be triggering to some readers.**
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Vow to Protect by J.L. Beck and Monica Corwin
Release Date: August 13, 2021
Available on Kindle Unlimited
My life was meant to change when we escaped our past.
New family. New town. New school.I find myself living in a shinier version of hell, with a devil hell bent on crushing me. My new stepbrother, the heir to the Knight fortune and legacy, is also my senior year English teacher.
He doesn’t hold back on punishing me in class. Ensuring detention is always just the two of us where the sexual tension and forbidden desires run as hot as hades.
The three Kings that rule St Ivy and this town have also set their sights on me. Specifically, one who seems to have a personal vendetta against me. His callous gaze, wrathful mouth, and vengeful ways know no bounds.
His two devious best friends are no saints, with their irresistible smirks and flirty touches, some bordering on the line of possessive. Little do they know I made a promise to myself long ago that I would never again be a possession. They seem to think they can break me.
But these boys don’t know who they’re dealing with. I’ve faced monsters that would make them hide under their beds and piss in their pants. Monsters who taught me to put up impenetrable shields to keep me safe inside.
The irresistible torture of these manipulative Kings has me fighting my own demons.
I manage to resist the four of them until my walls slowly crack, my truths start spilling out, and I’m drawn into their secret world of lies and violence with no escape.
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Corrupt Temptation by Melinda Terranova
Savage Kings of St. Ivy #1
Release Date: August 12, 2021
Available on Kindle Unlimited