My breath continued to come in wheezes, hard fought and hard won as I tried to pull the cane free from his grip. I’ll do anything to escape the controlling monster who’s tormented me for years, even if it means putting my life at the mercy of a criminal.

I’ll admit I have a penchant for liking a softer heroine- the more malleable, tortured, delicate type that emerges as a butterfly. Adelaide always had a love for reading and writing that she cultivated with years of passion and growth before finally publishing earlier this year. Dreams of the Deadly is the first book in the Massacred Dreams series and features Calix and his queen, Thalia. Hades to her Persephone, Calix is as loving as he is bIôôdthirsty, hell bent on giving his Little One the retribution that will allow her emerge as a queen.At first glance it may seem like a gilded cāge, but at its core, Thalia is truly freer than she's even been. USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Tracy Lorraine brings you the next instalment of her forbidden dark mafia, high school bully romance story set in the Knight's Ridge Empire world. Calix was Thalia’s protector and hero until something happened in their lives that changed it forever.

He forces her to provide blanket consent in the midst of foreplay or else he won't have sex with her - there are instances after where she doesn't want to consent but she is afraid of the consequences/confused about what it means that she already agreed to that previous blanket statement. In many ways, Thalia is your typical mafia daughter raised in an abusive home with a dictator of a father but Thalia’s experience is unique because of the traits she is forced to keep hidden. Remember, the journey through a book series is not just about reaching the end but also about the memories created along the way.USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Tracy Lorraine brings you the next installment of her dark mafia, high school bully romance story set in the Knight's Ridge Empire world. It's Ella's senior year of high school and she and her best friend Linds plan to make it the best year ever. And he labels every single piece of clothing describing the exact shade and material of the clothes. Nothing is quiet as exciting to her as reading a good book and then talking about it or making comments while reading with her friends that have read the book too. These men have underestimated me my entire life: a frightened girl who grew into a brittle woman, hungry only for revenge.

And was wondering how the author would manage to make them evolve into the adult-version where we can get the Romance and all the good stuff. We get to see Rafe (pre-Isa, he still waiting for her to be of age) and Ryker, which is always good 🥰. It might have been Lydia who’d wielded the cane in more recent years, but my father had been the one to scar me. He never gives her an out, never provides a safe word, they never have discussions about what it means that she's agreeing or anything similar - he just says he owns her body now and then proceeds to treat her as if that is true.You need to experience the things that these two characters go through and to understand the dynamic of everything going on. I LOVE the adoration and love he has for Thalia and the lengths he’s willing to go to cause chaos and lay the carnage of her enemies at her feet to do with as she pleases. Thalia is certainly wounded and traumatized by her past and upbringing, but this is not a delicate flower of a butterfly. Calix raised a brow at me as my father fell forward, landing face-first on the floor slickened by blood.