My aunties and I have decided to go around the UK to visit lots of different bookshops. We have been to 66 books, The Old Pier Bookshop, and today we went to OakTree Bookshop in Doncaster.
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Unraveling Hades’ Secrets in Anarchy Book 2
Anarchy by Tate James
Anarchy is book 2 in the Hades series and this book starts where book 1 left off. Lucas has been taken and Hades, Cass and Zed are searching for him.
In this one, we get more of Cass and Hades, as well as Lucas and Hades, and we see lots of jealous Zed. We also find out who it is that is terrorising them. Someone who should be dead. We get more of Hades’ backstory in this book, but we also see her walls start to come down as she lets the men into her heart. This book also ends on a cliffhanger.
One down, two to go
Tate James’ 7th Circle: Action and Romance in Hades’ World
7th Circle by Tate James
7th Circle is book one of the Hades series by Tate James. It is set in the same universe as the Madison Kate series, and it is recommended that you read this after finishing the Madison Kate series.
7th Circle follows Hades, the infamous businesswoman and leader of the Tri-state Timberwolves. We hear of Hades in the Madison Kate series, and that Hades is not to be messed with. We don’t, however, get the identity of Hades in the MK series. It was one of the biggest things I was questioning when I finished Kate. Who is Hades?
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May 2025 Reading Wrap-Up: My Bookish Adventures
Wanted: A Look into Dark Themes and Complex Characters
Wanted by Lauren Biel
Wanted is a DARK GRAY romance novella with high spice and low plot. This home invasion story will leave you questioning if you should leave your door open at night.
I’m wanted.
On the lam, running from the law and my mistakes. The house tucked into the trees seems safe—an excellent place to hide out.
Once inside, I find something unexpected. A nurse that can do more than heal my wounds. But the longer I’m awake, the more reality starts to blur, and I can’t tell what’s real and what’s not anymore.
Plagued by ill fantasies and temptation, I try to keep her safe from me. It works until the lines between us also begin to blur.
Vanessa, like her home, will never be the same once I get inside.
Wanted is a dark, spicy novella with a plethora of content advisories. It’s part of Lauren Biel’s “after dark” collection, and warnings on LaurenBiel.com should be taken seriously.
Goldflame: The Dark Romance Awaited by Fans
Goldflame by Aveline Knight
Releasing 12th June 2025
There are many things I never thought I’d find myself behind; the barrel of a gun is one of them. I feel the tingle, the rush, as it slithers down my skin. I feel the cold. Too many deaths – one of them will be the death of me. Julian is determined to make me pay for someone else’s sins. And I’m struggling not to succumb to his mercy, not to fall to my knees and beg. But as my legs give in, as my muscles strain and my voice weakens, I keep the handle of my knife tight in my grip. My Mother’s suffering collides with mine as I use my last breath to take away the ones who stole hers. I keep fighting. I keep killing. I keep hoping. Even when ghosts are the only company I have left. Even when he’s the last thing I see.
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Black Card Black: A Smutty 4-Star Read
Black Card Black by JD Midnight
Is your partner boring you to tears? Are you tired of the same old routine, day in and day out? Not receiving enough pleasure to keep you content?
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One night.
Three men.
Get passed around, then pass it along.
You call, and you’ll get a voice on the phone. You agree to their terms and a group of men will kidnap you in a van and fuck you until you can’t walk.
C.J. Riggs’ Shelly: The Ultimate Mix of Horror and Erotica
Shelly by C.J Riggs
Shelly is a short erotic horror story by C.J Riggs. I think this is the 4th book I’ve read by this author, and I have enjoyed every one that I have read.
This book follows Atlas, who is the MMC, and he could never find the perfect girl; he wanted a connection, but couldn’t connect with any of them the way he wanted. So, what does a normal person do? They make it.
Connection. It’s the one thing I can’t seem to ascertain within my dating pool. Then one morning, I had an epiphany.
The Steamy Dark Conclusion to the Madison Kate Series; Kate
Kate by Tate James
Kate is the fourth and final book in the Madison Kate series, barring the novella Vault, which Tate James recommends reading after the Hades series, see below screen grab.
Kate sees everything from the past 3 books concluded, we find out who ordered the hit on MK which sees MK and the boys injured but alive thank goodness. We also find out who MK’s stalker is that was a twist for the books and most importantly we get the happy ending we all need.
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Madison Kate’s journey gets even darker in the third installment; Fake.
Fake by Tate James
Fake is book 3 in the Madison Kate Series. This book finishes off where we ended in Liar. Madison Kate has just found out that her father sold her to Archer, and she is married to him. Madison Kate left with Zane, and the beginning of Fake MK is back in Shadow Grove after being away in Aspen with Bree. MK has her own apartment in a building with some of the Reapers, including Cass, whom MK starts going to the gym and learning how to punch. In Aspen, they met Scott, whom they became friends, and he transferred to SGU to be with MK, even though she had told him she wasn’t interested. They remain friends, but Scott is acting creepy. Archer, Kody & Steele are trying to win her back, and she, of course, crumbles. More attempts are made on MK’s life, and her stalker is still active. She believes the stalker to be Scott when he barges into her home and she shoots him, killing him, only for her stalker to say whoops, wrong person, and her stalker shoots Steele.
I never miss
