Branded
A Bad Boys Anthology
By
B.L.Wilde
Jeanne McDonald
Jo Matthews
Mary Elizabeth
Sarah Elizabeth
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Romance/Suspense
Summary: B.L. Wilde, Jeanne McDonald, Jo Matthews, Mary Elizabeth, and Sarah Elizabeth give us five good reasons why good girls love bad boys. The men of Branded are sexy, adventurous, and troubled deep into their souls. There may be no redeeming them, but at the risk of losing everything, these good girls must decide if loving their bad boy is indeed worth the cost.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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?
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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.
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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.
My Review
Five authors have taken the word BAD BOYS back its real
meaning. Because girls, these are really BAD BOYS, the one whom your mothers
warned you about. The type of men who are dangerous. The type of men you
shouldn’t be in a room with.
I was expecting those sexy, hot bad boys I get used to
read in new adult and contemporary romances. These men made them look like they’re
angels. I wasn’t expecting felons, actually. So, imagine my surprise when I was
bombarded with them.
This is my first time to read most of these authors, and I
must admit I enjoyed their works. But of course, I had my favorites, B.L. Wilde’s Condemned and Renegade by Jeanne McDonald.
Clay was on a mission to find the one man that set him
up. He served ten years for a crime he didn’t commit. It was payback time. But
when he finds the only girl he loved in the arms of another man – he was in a
mission not just to find justice for himself, but to get back the girl of his
dreams. Condemned by B.L. Wilde was
the most fast-paced among the five. I think this was the sexiest too.
Renegade, this
read a roller coaster ride, fun, exciting, and a little teary somewhere –
imagine a sexy rookie cop and a common criminal? He might have been a criminal,
but he saved her life. There was instant connection, and sparks flew! I wonder,
would she be enough for him to change his ways?
Desolation by Jo
Matthews tells about Liam Jenkins was thrown out of his home at 17, and
wandered in the streets. He used to have a comfortable life, and now he had
nothing. He turns to sex and petty crimes out of desperation to survive. When
he meets this amazing girl who helped him instead of turning him to the cops,
his world changed. She was everything good, and he was everything bad. People
will do anything to survive, it turns you into something you have no idea of. This
story also portrays the fact about a mother’s love – it knows no boundaries,
and it has no expectations.
Low by Mary
Elizabeth. This story gave me the biggest surprise of them all. I feel sad
for Low, and great admiration for Posey. She remained strong for her guy, and
didn’t leave him while he was gone. He tried to do good at first, but when you
no longer can eat, and you are about to go homeless – then desperation sets in.
Low made a plan, and well, someone was willing to help.
Branded is
composed of five short, fast-paced, sexy, and suspense-filled read. I enjoyed
each story in this anthology. All of them have different storylines, but falls
in the same categories. Yep, be ready for these bad boys because they’d give you
the ride of your life. Switching your emotions high and low, give you some
twists you don’t see coming, and not to mention those steamy scenes.
•Complimentary Copy was given in exchange for an honest review.•
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Thank you so much for the wonderful review. We all appreciate you taking the time to read this anthology and give us your honest opinions. :D
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Jeanne
Thank you for reading! <3
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