Nitty Gritty Book Blog

  Make Me Beg, (Rich Demons of Darkwood) C.R. Jane & May Dawson ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon / Goodreads Blurb: The monsters almost made me love them. And now I’m paying the price. But so are they. Stellan, Cain, Remington, Paxton and I are locked together in a war that I refuse to lose. They’ve taken my freedom, my money, my reputation…but they can’t take my soul. They keep forgetting I was forged in fire by a demon. Monsters don’t scare me. They think I’m trapped in their mansion with them. They think every time I seek their mouths, their hands, it means something. They think they can break me with their punishments…and their pleasures. But I’m only playing their game to win our war. One by one, I’ll find their secrets, however bloody they are, and make them think I’m saving them…only to use those dark secrets against them. Death. Bloodshed. Betrayal…and now Sex. That’s all my life will ever be. Now it’s time to welcome these men into my nightmares. These monsters think they’re t...

  Say You Swear Meagan Brandy ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon / Goodreads Blurb:  If she isn't mine in the end, I'll still be hers. It's torture, but it's true... From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Meagan Brandy comes a new, angsty standalone romance about love, loss, and the path to forgiveness. For years, I've dreamt of what college life could bring and while some things changed, there was always one constant. It didn't matter how wild I allowed my imagination to run, it always led me to the same place in the end. It led me to him. My future was clear, and he was it. Until suddenly ... he wasn't. Now I'm a shell of who I was, on a path too blurry to follow, and I see no way out. No way up. They say first loves last forever. That's exactly what I'm afraid of... ___ This is a 152k word standalone romance full of angst that is sure to pack a punch! This review is going to be a little harder to write b/c you really need to go in...

  Wilted Orchid, (Mafia Wars) Loxley Savage ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon / Goodreads Blurb: I was sold to my enemies… The rivalry between the Italians of the Outfit and the Cosa Nostra has been ongoing for decades. So imagine my terror when I find myself, the daughter of the Cosa Nostra's boss, at the bitter end of a raw deal with the heirs of the Outfit. Now I’m a casualty of a so-called ‘peace treaty,’ forced into the calloused, blood-stained hands of the Moretti brothers. Salvatore, Armani, and Fausto. The handsome faces of the Outfit bosses don’t hide the monsters that lurk beneath. They claim I’m theirs, that my life was forfeited to them in a pact sealed with my dead father’s blood. But they’re not the only ones who want to own me. When someone from my past lurks in the dark corners of my new existence, things turn from bad to worse. My cries for help are lost, buried among the chaos of the Moretti's dark world. My life was never mine. And now, if I don’t figure a way out of this,...

  Dirty Devil, (82 Street Vandals) Heather Long ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon / Goodreads Blurb: Why do our secrets keep hurting us? Why do our secrets keep coming back? Why can’t our secrets just die? Emersyn Sharpe was nothing like I expected and everything I could have ever dreamed of. She stayed and she changed everything. She put the guys in their place. She had fire and spunk, a ferociousness I wished I possessed. Her darkness called to mine in a way that felt like home. But hiding secrets is hard work and even the people who think they already know the worst, can’t be fully trusted. No matter how desperately you want it. The truth may set you free, but the lies? They keep you bound so tight, you don’t even realize you’re trapped. Milo coming home brought Liam back to us and Boo-boo fit right in. Everything was supposed to get better. So how did it get worse? Why, why did she leave? Why couldn’t she have waited? My name is Freddie Dunlap and I’m going to find her. DIRTY DEVIL is a...

  Pretty Secrets, (Pretty Little Dead Girl) E.M. Moore ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon / Goodreads Blurb: Pledging the most powerful secret society in the world was always going to be difficult. Their Trials are legendary. Dangerous. Testing candidates in ways no one imagines. But what I don’t count on is being grouped together with three men who might hinder my real purpose. The tatted, reckless “black sheep” would rather ruin me than build me up. The royal bad boy’s stalker-like obsession knows no bounds. Then there’s my gorgeous Economics professor who’s perfect on the outside but rotten in the middle. Who would’ve thought the biggest test of all was going to be staying away from them? I can’t trust them with my secret though. They’re part of the same social elite that I despise. They’re tethered to the organization I plan to destroy. However, my body and my brain aren’t always on the same page. If they strip me down to uncover my truths, I’ll be the next tragic headline. No one crosses...

  Servant, (Trials of Blood) Rebecca Royce ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon / Goodreads Blurb: By the end of the day my best friends will all be dead…. I’m not very interesting. Most people just leave me alone. I’m poor and on my own more than I’m not. Lately, however, I’ve caught the attention of five guys who I never expected to know. Rowan. Ace. Tanner. Griffin. Caesar. They are rich. Powerful. Gorgeous. Sometimes they set things on fire. And, they’re loaded with secrets they won’t tell me. I think I want to know what they’re hiding. I’m wrong. Once they share their truths with me, I’ll never be the same. It turns out, everyone is a servant of the darkness, whether they know it or not. *The reader should be aware this is book 1 of 3. The happy ending comes with book 3. The heroine is stronger than she knows, the guys filled with depths they can’t imagine, and the heat will build from sweet in this novel to very intense by book 3. Please read accordingly. You have been warned.* Servant is the f...

  Love Starves, (AntiLove Bookclub) Brandy Slaven ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon / Goodreads Blurb: If there’s one thing Blythe loves more than shopping, it’s definitely not being court forced into therapy. As the only child born into a billionaire family, the world is at her fingertips. Except the one thing she’s always wanted. A family. With detached parents that are never around, Blythe copes using untraditional methods never feeling worthy of attachment. Through the joining of a book club, she learns there are people willing to give a piece of themselves to her no matter what. Will she be able to finally accept that she is indeed worthy, or will old habits slowly begin to resurface? Find out in this second installment of the AntiLove Bookclub. All eight AntiLove book club novels can be read as standalones. This installment is a WhyChoose, twisted romance with lovers to friends. Trigger Warnings: Drug use, eating disorders, and self-harm. Series Love Bitters Love Starves Love Starves is the sec...

  Ruining Dahlia, (Mafia Wars) C.R. Jane ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon / Goodreads Blurb: I was sold to my enemies. And not just my enemies. I was sold to monsters. I should know all about how to survive monsters though, I come from a family of them. We aren't Butchers in name only, and surely the Rossi family can’t be as bad as the devil that’s been destroying me since I was eight years old. New York City, the powerful head of the Cosa Nostra, is my new home. Where Lucian, Raphael, and Gabriel Rossi now think they own me. The thing they don't realize is that I'm more than what I seem. A dahlia has always bloomed best in the light, and even though everything about this place and these men is shrouded in darkness, I’m determined to thrive…to win. They play a game for keeps, a game where the only rule is that there are no rules. They want to ruin me. But what disturbs me most is that I just might like it. It’s me against them, and only time will tell If I'll be the winner or be ...