Tragic Beauty (Beauty & The Darkness Trilogy #1)
by Iris Ann Hunter DEBUT BEST-SELLER! EROTIC THRILLER! WOZERS WHAT A BOOK !!!!
One beauty. Two beasts.
The one who owns her. And the one who wants her.
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I was sixteen when I made the deal.
When I put my fate in the hands of Shayne McAllister, a man determined to break me.
A man with black eyes and a blacker heart, who’s been obsessed with me since we were kids.
And now that my father has passed, he’s coming to collect his debt.
But before I become his, I see a chance to make a choice for myself, and I take it.
I slip away, for one night.
One dark, stormy night that goes horribly wrong.
Until a stranger crosses my path.
An angry stranger, with a harsh voice and menacing eyes, who grants me one night.
One messed up, beautiful night, that changes everything, and spares no one.
Because the stranger wants more.
More than just one night.
He wants me.
What follows, is darkness.
A darkness where secrets will be revealed, blood will be shed, and sacrifices made.
My name is Ava, and this is my story.
(This is a very DARK, contemporary romance/erotic thriller with scenes some will find disturbing. It is a story about love and obsession, about hope and despair, but most of all, it is about finding light through the darkness. For mature audiences only.)
***This is Book One of the BEAUTY & THE DARKNESS Trilogy*** (less)
I do not remember the last time a story held me so tightly within its clutches – Honestly there has been moments moments I was so tense my chest felt constricted and my lungs burned begging for air – I put it down and went for a cuppa I wanted out so bad some of the scenes made me cringe, but Like a twisted voyeur I carried on, I couldn’t look away – page after page – tear after tear. This book will question just how dark your heart is, its got me questioning mine. I am a lover of the truly darker romance’s but this one tested even my resolve -and the adrenaline and emotional horror was an almost constant rush.
Ava beautiful beautiful Ava has now made it onto the top of my heroines list, Her strength , her VERY SILLY misguided self-sacrifice – She was perfectly crafted. Shayne – I hated this man, yes I am supposed to show some empathy and without giving out spoilers, yes he was made that way, that does not excuse this Psychotic ! Deranged man, and the things he did, not one little bit. I suppose some will call him one of the darkest anti-heroes. I have never dislike a character as much as this man, not sure what it says about me that I actually did not feel sorry for him at all, yes his life was horrific, but you need to read it to understand, I have seen some other reviews and they have feelings for him not in this life time, ABUSER RAPIST ALL ROUND HORRIFIC MAN.
Gavin is our second hero antihero Sexy Dominate Damaged. Just as dark as Shayne – but not quite over the edge – though that may change with book two Ava made a devil’s bargain with Shayne whose parents practically owned the town they grew up in. When her times runs out and before she deals with the devil himself she just wants something for herself. She never expected to meet Gavin who seems to be needing the same kind of freedom from the daily grind of a demanding life. There’s no hero’s here.. but there’s a victim, AVA. AVA. AVA. AVA. AVA. I cannot imagine how she will begin to heal and the impossibility of ever being normal. I applaud the authors writing and FOR A DEBUT NOVEL ALL I CAN SAY IS WOW. Cannot wait for the next book. Again, this is a brutally dark book.. but well worth the read. This is probably one of the first books to make me to stop reading and put it down so many times because I couldn’t believe, NO I couldn’t handle reading what was happening to Ava over and over again… Yet at the same time kept picking up the book because I had to know, I needed to know when her suffering was going to stop… I was crying and cursing through this whole read , OMG Ava my beautiful sweet Ava. I sobbed and cursed all through just reading and feeling her emotions of what she had to go through with the beast. I hated him I hate him with a passion my stomach just turns thinking about him!!! I won’t even call him by his first name the story has gotten me to believe he is the beast and only a beast! Not one damn thing about him was redeemable. Then there’s Gavin him I like, but I think book 2 is going to show more of his dark side. Yes Gavin has his dark side but you can see the light and him and Ava are so good together! I have to admit I was upset with Gavin for a while but when you read the story you’ll see everybody had a reason for everything even if you didn’t agree at first you’ll see… Awesome job with this book it had me trembling in fear it had me hoping and praying and crying, it had me mad resentful and heartbroken. Everything a good book should be,
Ava/Shayne/Gavin, Beauty and the Beasts on A HORRIFIC LEVEL. This will cause triggers for some, A STRONG STOMACH, A STIFF DRINK. You will be OK.
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