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“Fatal Collision” by Harleigh Beck: A Gripping Start to the Dark Lanes Series.

Posted on 24th Nov 2025 by Letty Reads

18+ Contains Adult Content

Fatal Collision is book one in the new Harleigh Beck series, Dark Lanes. It follows Jessica, who is from the “poor” side of town and Kane, who is from the “rich” side of town. Jessica’s only goal is to survive; her mum is in hospice, dying from cancer. Her Dad is an alcoholic, her brother keeps losing money in races, and her younger sister needs her to protect and care for her. Jessica needs money to keep her family together and feed them, so she decides to gate-crash a party on the rich side of town and steal from Mr Ravencourt himself, one of the town’s founders. Unfortunately for Jessica Kane, one of Mr Ravencourt’s sons catches her. Jessica holds her own, and one forbidden touch was like waving a red flag at a bull. Kane is obsessed and isn’t about to let his prey get away.

“If anything” I add, “the men on our side of town have fought for every penny they’ve earned. Poor guys fuck harder. It’s science.

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Book Review, Nikki J Summers

Game On: Exploring the Dark Twists in “The Taskmaster” by Nikki J Summers

Posted on 16th Oct 202518th Nov 2025 by Letty Reads

The Taskmaster by Nikki J Summers

The Taskmaster is a dark romance book that follows The Taskmaster, the player of games and Abigail Walters. Abigail is next on the Taskmaster’s list, his list for revenge, but she becomes so much more than that to him. He isn’t the only predator watching from the shadows, either. His prey has another stalker, and that just won’t do! What neither of them knows is that all their paths are more intertwined than they realise.

I kept my thoughts and words inside. They were mine. Only mine. They were the one thing no one else could get at. Like a treasure, I kept them locked away.

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Book Review, Grace Pearce, Mariah Montoya

Breaking the Cardinal Rules: A Review of Xantera by Mariah Montoya and Grace Pearce

Posted on 4th Oct 202518th Nov 2025 by Letty Reads

Xantera by Mariah Montoya and Grace Pearce

Releases 13th October 2025

Xantera follows 23-year-old Saskia, who lives in a utopian society ruled by 12 guardians. Saskia has always been taught to never question the rules and to fear the monster who prowls outside the wall, which is there to protect them. She eats what she is told, she works where she is told, and she is even in a relationship with whom she is told. They control every aspect of the citizens’ lives. Saskia is a healer, and when one of her patients is acting shifty and then disappears, Saskia does what no one in Xantera should do: she starts thinking and asking questions. When she sees her patient again, he is being escorted by the sentries, but she notices as he throws a necklace to the side of the road. Saskia is curious and picks this up; she doesn’t know what it is and is utterly shocked when a voice speaks to her in her head. The voice is that of the monster outside the wall, the one she should fear, and he wants her to let him in.

What do I want from you, little nightmare?
I want you to let me in

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