Branded
A Bad Boys Anthology
By
B.L.Wilde
Jeanne McDonald
Jo Matthews
Mary Elizabeth
Sarah Elizabeth
Cover Design: Cover It
Designs
Genre:
Romance/Suspense
Summary:
Condemned by B.L.Wilde
Ten years served for a crime he didn’t commit. Ten
years to lose everything he ever knew. Finally released from prison, Clayton
McGuire is on a mission and nothing will stand in his way. He is
determined to get revenge against the gang that set him up and take back what
was stolen from him all those years ago.
Clay will stop at nothing to win back his honor and
the heart of the only woman he has ever loved. Will she take him back when he
finds her? Or will he be condemned to live a life without his soulmate?
Cover Design: FS Meurinne
Renegade by Jeanne
McDonald
A chance meeting between a rookie
cop and a common criminal who’s searching for a way out.
An unforeseen circumstance.
An instant attraction. A magnetic connection.
Tattooed, pierced, and
foul-mouthed, she can’t help but be drawn to him.
Two people entirely wrong for one
another, yet so perfectly right.
When their worlds collide, Lucy
Diamond will learn the true meaning of love and sacrifice as she embarks on the
road of no return with bad boy Jude Wallace.
Like a thief in the night, love
will take them both by surprise.
Cover Design: Jada D'Lee Designs
Desolation By Jo Matthews
Liam Jenkins grew up with everything he ever
wanted. At age 17, his world is ripped apart and he finds himself without a home,
without a car, and without money. His support system is gone and he is left to
fend for himself. Not having any other option, Liam turns to sex and small
crimes to survive.
When a beautiful woman chooses not to turn him into
the cops but invites him to her hotel room instead, Liam’s world is flipped
upside down again and everything he’s learned on the streets ceases to exist.
What will happen when one night with her isn’t
enough? When she haunts his thoughts and dreams? When his past finally catches
up with him, will he be able to start over? And will his mystery woman be there
to see him through?
Cover Design: Jo Matthews
Low By Mary Elizabeth
Lowen Seely has been forced into
making bad choices his whole life but none as consequential as the one that
lands him behind bars. He thought times were tough before he was locked up; the
boy from the hood learns living a law-abiding life is nearly impossible with a
felony record.
He finds hope in Poesy Ashby, the
girl who kissed him through glass partitions every weekend for two years.
Not everything is simple, but in
her he finds strength.
In her, he is brave.
Even crooks love.
When Lowen and Poesy stare poverty
in the face, he has another choice to make.
And this time, she’s driving.
Cover Design: Valentine S.
Don't Let Me Go By Sarah Elizabeth
Based almost entirely on body language, intimate feelings can develop
within less than a minute of meeting someone.
Additionally, meeting in a dangerous situation increases the chances of
falling in love.
This is that fall.
Where meeting her eyes means seeing it through.
Following down from the start to don’t let me go.
From roll up to run.
Between old glory and new beginnings.
This is what happens when a lamb is carried to the slaughter by courage,
instead of a cowardly lion.
Cover Design: Bishop Clark
Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22054056-branded
Review
Rating: ☆☆☆☆
Bad boys literally in the form of convicted felons. These should be hard, unfeeling men but with the women in their lives they are pussycats. Some come by the label because crime is their life; some come to it for no other reason than the circumstances they find themselves in.
Condemned is a story about second chances with Clay being released from prison after 10 years for a crime he was set up for. Rather than fighting the charge, he does the time as he believes he is protecting his girl. Wanting revenge and his girl back, this story is fast paced and we experience Clay's journey. Clay is no angel and wanting his girl back makes him all the more dangerous.
Renegade is all about opposites attracting in the form of a car thief and a cop. Thrown together when Jude saves Lucy's life, they become inseparable but what will happen when she discovers his profession? Can he give it all up for her?
Desolation is a demonstration of the power that money can have and what you will do to survive when you have none. Liam is left desolate and destitute after his father cuts him off from everything and everyone he knows with threats and intimidation. Forced to resort to unscrupulous methods to survive, a chance encounter leads him into Paige's life; a woman with her own secrets. A stupid decision by Liam takes them apart quickly and the decision haunts him. Will their lives cross paths again?
Low - Desperation leads Lowen down the path of crime, in trying to keep his family fed and sheltered with virtually no money. Posey, his girl, is the one thing that keeps him going when he ends up in prison. The harsh realities of being a felon looking for a job upon his release hit home quickly. The daily struggles that Lowen and Posey face are real and harsh, with them living from bill to bill and pay check to pay check. What will their desperation lead them to as their lives hit an all time low?
Don't Let Me Go - Double crossing criminals leads to all sorts of problems and in their desire to get hold of the backstabbing Rhys, CL and the gang stumble upon Rhys' sister and decide that she is the best way of getting to him. Not comfortable in holding her hostage, ML goes AWOL with her. Looking after her, keeping her safe and falling for her, forces him to take a long hard look at his life but it is not going to be easy to turn his back on a life of crime if that's what he decides to do.
This was overall a good anthology: the bad boys not quite so bad with the women in their lives. While they are all 'bad boys' out of choice, for some it was necessity that put them on this path. It speaks volumes about the society that we live in, where money is power. Their stories are not conventional and their endings highly unpredictable. These bad boys deserve a second look.
Meet
the Authors
B.L. Wilde
B.L. Wilde is a British author
obsessed with many things, including heated love stories. Fully supported by
her husband, she can often be found at her desk working on her next project.
Her journey into the
world of erotica began when she started writing online stories over three years
ago, and she hasn't looked back since.
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Jeanne McDonald
Jeanne McDonald began telling
stories at the ripe young age of five, when her mother considered the truth to
be a lie due to her extensive embellishment to the retelling of an event.
She wrote her first short story when she was twelve years old, and at the
age of sixteen she tried her hand at poetry. She reconnected with her
love for writing in 2010 thanks to the encouragement of a dear friend.
Her passions include a "mild"
Starbucks addiction, music, reading, quotes, movies, and romance. When
she's not spending time with her family, she can be found reading, writing,
chatting with her friends or diligently working toward her bachelor's degree in
Speech Pathology and Audiology. A proud Texan, Jeanne currently resides
in the Dallas/Fort Worth area with her family.
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Jo Matthews
Jo Matthews is an Arizona native,
where she lives with son. A stay-at-home mom since 2007, she only recently
discovered her love and passion for the written word. When she’s not writing,
she’s usually knee deep in editing—an aspect she thoroughly enjoys.
As an editor, she has propelled
quite a few authors into the published world, and with her skills, has landed
several stories on Amazon’s Top Sellers lists.
Links
Mary Elizabeth
Mary Elizabeth is an up and coming
author who finds words in chaos, writing stories about the skeletons hanging in
your closets. Known as The Realist, she is one half of The Elizabeths—a duo
brave enough to never hide the truth. Born and raised in Southern California,
she’s a wife, mother of four beautiful children, and dog tamer to one
enthusiastic Pit Bull and a prissy Chihuahua. She’s a hairstylist by day but
contemporary fiction, new adult author by night. Mary can often be found finger
twirling her hair and chewing on a stick of licorice while writing and
rewriting a sentence over and over until it’s perfect. She discovered her
talent for tale-telling accidentally, but literature is in her chokehold. And
she’s not letting go until every story is told.
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Sarah Elizabeth
love’s listener is a lone wolf
born a unicorn with a red panda soul and a heart she drew herself. friend,
sister, elizabeth, and true
love, she’s a messenger that makes art with words and
love with art. she’s been yelly, yellowglue, squeak, cuppycakes, precious
pinks, warren, little grey, a girl named ben, and sarahbear. she’s a
synesthete, a heart junkie, a truth seeker and secret keeper. poet half,
sun half, and total scripturient, Sarah’s work is equal parts her passion,
sanctuary, precipice, vice, adventure, restorative, deliverance, and joy. she
currently resides in Kansas City, and she’s bringing Rococo back.
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