5 Smooches!
Synopsis
Dark desires…Deadly secrets…Devious deceptions…Nothing is exactly as it seems in INSIDIOUS, the new erotic thriller from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author ALEATHA ROMIG!
When a powerful man is willing to risk everything for his own satisfaction, only one woman can beat him at his own game: his wife. Or so she thinks…
“Let’s start with you calling me Stewart. Formalities seem unnecessary.”
Stewart Harrington is rich, gorgeous, and one of the most powerful men in Miami. He always gets what he wants. Anything is available to him for the right price.
Even me.
Being the wife of a mogul comes with all the perks, but being Mrs. Stewart Harrington comes with a few special requirements. I’ve learned to keep a part of myself locked away as my husband watches me submit to his needs. But the more he demands of me, the more beguiled he becomes and that’s to my advantage. So I keep fulfilling his fantasies and following his rules because he doesn’t know that what he’s playing is really my game. And winning is everything, right?
INSIDIOUS is a stand-alone novel and the first Tales from the Dark Side title by ALEATHA ROMIG.
**Due to the dark and explicit nature of this book, it is recommended for mature audiences only. **
Review
All I can say is, is that Aleatha Romig has done it again. I didn’t know if she would be able to get me obsessed and turning the pages of Insidious like I did with the Consequences Series. I should have known better than to question The Queen of Dark and Twisty Tales! She totally knocked my socks off this time!
Insidious:
Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects
At the beginning of this book I was so very very confused and I believe that is exactly how Mrs. Romig wanted it. I was turning the pages frantically; ignoring my real life. My fictional people needed me and I needed to know what the hell was going on.
Victoria was in trouble from the time she was born it sounds like and things just keep getting more terrible for her. She signs a contract. A contract that will change her life for several years and not for the better.
The one with a contract to buy me, make me – as Stewart had so eloquently called it – his whore.
Victoria decides that she is no longer abiding by any contracts or deals. She is going to take care of number one; herself. She is done being anyone’s whore.
“You will fucking understand what I’m about to say and then you will confirm your understanding with a nod. That’s the way we do things, isn’t it, Mr. Harrington?”
(OMG I LOVED THAT PART)
I cannot even begin to explain how crazy this book was. It was dark and sexy and twisty all over the place and I loved every stinking second of it. Aleatha’s books always make my stomach clench and my mind race and Insidious was no different. What was different was the incredible sexy time all through this one. Whew, it was hot! Even though Stewart was what women would probably consider a douche-bag, like Victoria, he charmed me and completely turned me. THE. HELL. ON.
“Will you do that for me? Will you wear only the dress and shoes? Will you let me go down on you and make you scream my name? Will you wash my face in your juices?”
Lord mercy he is a crazy egomaniac older man and I could have eaten him up with a spoon. I do not know how Aleatha manages to make me love and crave these completely insane men, but she is absolutely fabulous at it!
And Victoria is as equally enthralling as Mr. Stewart Harrington. She is strong and determined and I really do love an alpha female in my books!
No, I was a fucking widow – a black widow – I wouldn’t go back without a fight.
I also had another favorite character but I feel like he is a spoiler so I will keep him to myself and let you figure it out all on your own!
So, this one is a complete full-length novel that Victoria and I both consider a Happily-Ever-After, even if it was of her own making.
“You fucking smell like freedom, like sunshine and wind on the goddamned beach.”
~Amie
