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Morrigan Crow is cursed. Having been born on Eventide, the unluckiest day for any child to be born, she's blamed for all local misfortunes, from hailstorms to heart attacks--and, worst of all, the curse means that Morrigan is doomed to die at midnight on her eleventh birthday.

But as Morrigan awaits her fate, a strange and remarkable man named Jupiter North appears. Chased by black-smoke hounds and shadowy hunters on horseback, he whisks her away into the safety of a secret, magical city called Nevermoor.

It's then that Morrigan discovers Jupiter has chosen her to contend for a place in the city's most prestigious organization: the Wundrous Society. In order to join, she must compete in four difficult and dangerous trials against hundreds of other children, each boasting an extraordinary talent that sets them apart - an extraordinary talent that Morrigan insists she does not have. To stay in the safety of Nevermoor for good, Morrigan will need to find a way to pass the tests - or she'll have to leave the city to confront her deadly fate.]]> 465 Jessica Townsend 0316439959 Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜 0 read-in-2025 4.32 2017
author: Jessica Townsend
name: Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2017
rating: 0
read at: 2025/05/11
date added: 2025/05/11
shelves: read-in-2025
review:

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As President Claremont kicks off her reelection bid, Alex finds himself hurtling into a secret relationship with Henry that could derail the campaign and upend two nations. What is worth the sacrifice? How do you do all the good you can do? And, most importantly, how will history remember you?]]> 448 Casey McQuiston 1250316774 Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜 4 mm, read-in-2025 4.06 2019
author: Casey McQuiston
name: Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/22
date added: 2025/04/23
shelves: mm, read-in-2025
review:
Probably very unpopular opinion and it’s not very bookworm of me, but I LOVED the movie way more than the book
]]> 183086339
After surviving the Purging Trials, Ordinary-born Paedyn Gray has killed the King, and kickstarted a Resistance throughout the land. Now she’s running from the one person she had wanted to run to.

Kai Azer is now Ilya’s Enforcer, loyal to his brother Kitt, the new King. He has vowed to find Paedyn and bring her to justice.

Across the deadly Scorches, and deep into the hostile city of Dor, Kai pursues the one person he wishes he didn’t have to. But in a city without Elites, the balance between the hunter and hunted shifts �� and the battle between duty and desire is deadly.

Be swept away by this kiss-or-kill romantasy trilogy taking the world by storm.]]> 396 Lauren Roberts Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜 5 read-in-2025 4.07 2024
author: Lauren Roberts
name: Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2025/04/20
date added: 2025/04/20
shelves: read-in-2025
review:
That ending is exactly the reason as to why I waited to read this AFTER Fearless released bc
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Adena and Paedyn have always been inseparable. Fate brought them together when they were young, but friendship ensured they would always protect each other and the home they built in the slums of Loot. But now Paedyn—an Ordinary—has been selected for the Purging Trials, which means almost certain death.

Now alone in Loot, Adena must fend for herself. After attempting to steal, she's rescued by a mysterious man from the market. Mak's shadowy past and secretive power set him apart from the other low-level Elites of Loot. And as the pair team up to see their loved ones before the Trials, the quest tests their loyalty, their love, and their lives.]]> 272 Lauren Roberts Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜 5 read-in-2025
THIS WAS UNBELIEVABLY CRUEL WTF?? ]]> 4.13 2024
author: Lauren Roberts
name: Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2025/04/18
date added: 2025/04/17
shelves: read-in-2025
review:
“See you in the sky.��

THIS WAS UNBELIEVABLY CRUEL WTF??
]]> 127924695
When Devon Sawyer desperately searches for his brother in the middle of the night, beaten and broken, he finds Maddox Kane instead.

With his dad on his trail, he has no choice but to stand on his enemy’s doorstep and let Maddox help. Maddox has never seen Devon this vulnerable. Living in Garron’s trailer park means families dole out discipline on the regular and violence is a part of life, but something about how far Jim Sawyer takes it this time has Maddox unnerved.

Rivals in motocross, work, and life itself, they’re forced to work together for one night. Perspectives change and their friction morphs into something unexpected. Hatred turns to lust. Tensions switch from hostile to aroused. While their competitiveness remains, their dynamic shifts. Their acceptance is anything but graceful.

Two guys who come from nothing, with very little to look forward to, find themselves craving each other in new and fiery ways.

Reluctantly.

WHAT TO EXPECT:

GARRON PARK is book one (1) of two (2) in the From Nothing series. Potential to expand later, but for now remains a duology. They must be read in order as book 2 is a continuation of book 1 featuring the same main characters. It is an MM romance with explicit spicy times, foul language, and two main guys who are pretty down on their luck.]]> 308 Nordika Night Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜 3 mm, read-in-2025 4.06 2023
author: Nordika Night
name: Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2023
rating: 3
read at: 2025/04/17
date added: 2025/04/17
shelves: mm, read-in-2025
review:

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But trouble finds me.

Not just me, but York Washington. He’s my boss, but more than that he’s my friend. When he and his daughters are thrown into danger I have no choice but to step into the light. Finally, I get to go back home.

But home is a strange hellscape I no longer understand.

While a war wages on, I’m caught between who I am and who I was with a man I’ve betrayed. There’s no happily ever after for me.

The fourth book in the Vitale brother series. Each book can be read as a standalone but best enjoyed read in order. HEA guaranteed. (Will be released beforePreOrder date)]]> 437 Brea Alepoú Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜 4 mm, read-in-2025 4.30
author: Brea Alepoú
name: Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜
average rating: 4.30
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/04
date added: 2025/04/04
shelves: mm, read-in-2025
review:

]]> 224108311 From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Rina Kent comes a scorching standalone professor/student dark MM romance set in the world of Legacy of Gods.

My darkness meets a darker soul.

I’m a golden boy.
A genius law student, the heir to the Carson empire, and the dutiful son.
Or, at least, that's what it looks like from the outside.
Deep inside, I have the urge to set the world on fire.
I keep these impulses in check, rarely indulging in mayhem.
Until one night of debauchery backfires, and I'm caught by a villain.
I bury the entire ordeal with the rest of my skeletons.
That is, until that night walks into my classroom in the form of my new professor.
Kayden Lockwood.
A criminal who’s teaching criminal law.
I can't expose what he's done without unmasking my secret life.
What I can do, however, is force him to taste the poison he gave me.
In the clash of titans, Kayden and I break and crumble.
And I'm starting to realize this dangerous game may have no winners.

Kiss the Villain is a dark MM romance. Please check the author's note or visit the website for content warnings before diving in. While this book can be enjoyed as a standalone, diving into the Legacy of Gods series will give you a deeper connection to the characters.]]> 512 Rina Kent 1685451136 Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜 5 I LOVED THIS SO MUCH 3.82 2025
author: Rina Kent
name: Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2025
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/30
date added: 2025/03/30
shelves: mm, all-time-favs, read-in-2025, dark-romance
review:
I LOVED THIS SO MUCH
]]> 61153578 Sergei

Home,
Bratva is my home.
My sanctuary from the past.
The only place where a killing machine like me belongs.

Sometimes, my demons come rushing back,
And I feel out of control, full of rage,
Close to losing myself completely.

Until a broken, injured woman stumbles onto my path,
Awakening my protective instincts,
And sending my demons to sleep.

Keeping her prisoner is my only option.
If she leaves,
My darkness will resurface,
And there will be no escaping it this time.

Angelina

Escape,
That’s all I can do,
Only to end up in the hands of a crazed killer.

Now, I’m fighting to stay away from my enemies,
And trying to not fall for a man I shouldn’t want.

But what will happen when we both reveal our hidden truths?

*Hidden Truths is a full-length novel with several open-door steamy scenes, no cheating and a guaranteed HEA.

This is the third book in Perfectly Imperfect mafia series. Each book in this series features a different couple and can be read as a standalone, but for maximum enjoyment, follow the recommended reading order. ]]> 266 Neva Altaj 1961423170 Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜 4 read-in-2025 4.11 2022
author: Neva Altaj
name: Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/21
date added: 2025/03/21
shelves: read-in-2025
review:

]]> 61047552 Mikhail

The Italian and Russian mafias are at war,
And it is brutal.
We’re both ruthless, relentless, and unforgiving.
But then, the decision is made to merge our worlds,
A marriage between the two sides.

The most beautiful woman of the Italian mafia,
And the Bratva's most feared monster.

I loved her from afar for so long,
And I finally get to have her as my own.
But will she run away,
When she realizes who I really am?

Bianca

Anything,
I would do anything for my sister,
Even marry into Bratva to keep her safe.
I expected a vicious, cold-hearted savage,
But I am in for a surprise.

This scarred, frightening man,
Is everything I have ever wanted.

Now, it’s up to me,
To break down his walls,
And destroy the barriers between us
With broken whispers.

*Broken Whispers is a full-length novel with several open-door steamy scenes, no cheating and a guaranteed HEA.

This is the second book in Perfectly Imperfect mafia series. Each book in this series features a different couple and can be read as a standalone, but for maximum enjoyment, follow the recommended reading order.]]> 232 Neva Altaj 1961423162 Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜 5 read-in-2025 4.01 2022
author: Neva Altaj
name: Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2022
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/19
date added: 2025/03/19
shelves: read-in-2025
review:

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A marriage bathed in blood.

I never expected to be getting married, but when a business opportunity lands in my lap, I know I have to take it. After all, my family means the world to me. I’ll do anything to keep them safe, even if it’s entering a marriage that’s nothing more than convenience so I can pop out an heir.

However, that’s not what happens. The Hayashi’s pull a fast one and I’m left with a snarling godd*mn hellhound on my hands. Harlow is nothing like the demure, sweet woman I signed up for. No, he’s got teeth and he knows how to use them.

There’s no going back.

I’ll either fall in love or bury another lover.]]> 466 Brea Alepoú Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜 4 mm, read-in-2025 4.11 2023
author: Brea Alepoú
name: Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/17
date added: 2025/03/17
shelves: mm, read-in-2025
review:

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The party comes to a screeching halt when I meet Ash. Shy, younger, virgin. He’s everything I’m not attracted to. Give me an experienced partner anyday.

But there’s something about him that makes me want to keep him. Maybe I want to stoke that fire I see in his eyes. Or maybe I’m just lonelier than I thought.


Either way, he’s mine. Nobody, and I mean nobody, will take Ash away from me.



(Blurb may change)
Gritty M/M romance.]]> 390 Brea Alepoú Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜 5 mm, read-in-2025 4.05 2023
author: Brea Alepoú
name: Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/11
date added: 2025/03/11
shelves: mm, read-in-2025
review:

]]> 59010421 It marked the bitter end of our vengeance.
We have done things that have marked our souls for eternity.
But before we get there, we have to go back.
Back to where it all started.
The place I could find in my sleep.
Hollow Heights University in the macabre, somber seaside town of Ponderosa Springs.
A college for prestigious, wealthy children to receive the highest education. A town drowning in treachery and secrets that became our damnation.
But it wasn’t the forest surrounding the grounds or even the mysterious hidden mausoleum that haunted me.
It was them.
The ones that lurked in the night, things so wicked, so twisted, so evil, they would become the rulers of my nightmares.
The Hollow Boys.
One wrong move and I landed myself directly in their line of fire.
This is not a story about love, it is not a story of happy endings.
Love just happened to blossom in our sorrows, in our pain, our fear, our blood.
Every terrible thing they ever did, we watched, we helped, we loved them anyway.
Some run from their monsters, we fell in love with ours.]]> 398 Monty Jay Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜 2 read-in-2025 3.63 2021
author: Monty Jay
name: Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜
average rating: 3.63
book published: 2021
rating: 2
read at: 2025/03/07
date added: 2025/03/07
shelves: read-in-2025
review:

]]> 68055856 It's not stealing if he's meant to be mine.

Let me tell you how Holden Sykes operates.

As the campus playboy and one-and-done king, he doesn’t do strings.

Or repeats.

Or names, for that matter.

So when he tries making my best friend the next notch on his bedpost, I react poorly.

Some would call it jealousy or an unrequited crush,

but friends protect each other from making mistakes.

The same ones I’ve already made.

Which is why driving Holden away seems like my only option.

Too bad he’s not giving up without a fight.

Each prank leads to another

until he turns this into a game far more precarious than intended.

One filled with stolen moments and heated glances,

drawing me into his orbit.

But the undeniable attraction simmering between us

leaves me caught in the crosshairs of an impossible decision.

Loyalty...or love.

*Caught Stealing is the second in a five book standalone college sports romance series featuring a road-tripping rubber ducky, two guys fighting for the upper hand, and enough cock-blocking shenanigans to make your cheeks flush. Not suitable for anyone under 18 years of age*]]> 386 C.E. Ricci Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜 4 mm, read-in-2025 4.00 2023
author: C.E. Ricci
name: Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/04
date added: 2025/03/04
shelves: mm, read-in-2025
review:

]]> 83161072
Moving to Seattle is supposed to be all about getting a fresh start and leaving the bitter man I was becoming behind.

I have new roommates–quirky, sometimes strange, roommates–a nosy, next door neighbor and a grumpy kitty for company, but even surrounded by people, I still don’t feel like I belong. Plus, it turns out the men in Seattle are exactly the same as the ones I left behind, and my string of romantic disconnections continues.

It’s not until one of my roommates, Seven, hits me with some hard truths that I realize where I was going wrong.

Maybe the men aren’t the problem.

I am.

And there’s only one way to fix that.


SEVEN

Being found tied up naked to my bed by my cute new roommate isn’t an ideal way for us to start a friendship.

But apparently a quid-pro-quo is.

He keeps his pretty lips zipped about the compromising position, and I step in as his dating coach. We go out, I point out where he’s going wrong, and he magically becomes dating material.

The problem is, between my codependent brother Xander and a new best friend I can’t get rid of, Molly and I are the target of a matchmaking scheme. My life is way too busy to add another person to it, and Molly is the kinda guy who needs to be made a priority, which I just can’t do. Xander’s medical anxiety takes up too much of my time, and I’ve never found a partner who doesn’t resent it.

I’m determined to help Molly find his ever after.

But that guy will never be me.]]> 290 Saxon James Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜 4 mm, read-in-2025 4.18 2023
author: Saxon James
name: Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/01
date added: 2025/03/01
shelves: mm, read-in-2025
review:
These books are such good palate cleansers
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The tension in the house is thick as Hawke's lifestyle clashes abruptly with hers. Nicole's curiosities get the best of her as she attempts to learn the secrets behind Hawke's mysterious past.

Temptations become overwhelming as lines get crossed, feelings get blurry and the truth to a horrific past is unearthed, changing the lives of the three of them forever.]]> 439 Jescie Hall Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜 5 read-in-2025 4.16 2022
author: Jescie Hall
name: Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2022
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/28
date added: 2025/02/28
shelves: read-in-2025
review:

]]> 60881793 Nina

Charming, captivating, and seductive,
And a cold-blooded killer.
But I married the Pakhan of the Russian Bratva anyway.
I had to. It was part of the deal.

Now, I’m faking marital bliss,
As I tremble with fear,
And I cannot wait to be out of the clutches of this ruthless man.


Roman

I get anything I desire.
And I want this perfectly imperfect little manipulator.

The way she can deceive anyone into believing she’s crazy in love with me,
Just makes me want her even more.

She doesn't know it yet,
But I am not letting her go.
The deal - is off.


*Painted Scars is a full-length novel with several open-door steamy scenes, no cheating and a guaranteed HEA.

This is the first book in Perfectly Imperfect dark mafia series. Each book in this series features a different couple and can be read as a standalone, but for maximum enjoyment, follow the recommended reading order.]]> 240 Neva Altaj 1961423030 Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜 3 read-in-2025 3.75 2022
author: Neva Altaj
name: Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2022
rating: 3
read at: 2025/02/27
date added: 2025/02/27
shelves: read-in-2025
review:

]]> 75737542
I've never been one to back down from a challenge.
Rather than shy away, I grit my teeth and use it as an opportunity to prove myself.
Not just in football, but also in life.

Even when I was thrown through a loop in discovering I was bisexual, I embraced it. Owning it so no one can use it as ammunition against me.

But when Ciaráin Grady comes barreling into my life with his venomous tongue and amber eyes brimming with disdain, I realize every test of my character and strength could never have prepared me for the trial he holds.

One that toes the line of love and hate.

It's all-consuming and toxic.

Yet under the layers of revulsion he masks his face with, I see it. A glimmer of lust from deep within his secretive, broken soul.

And when we're thrown together under heinous circumstances, the distinction between enemy and lover begins to blur.

So...what is Ciaráin Grady to me?

I'm only certain that he is the greatest challenge of my life.]]> 474 C.E. Ricci Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜 5 mm, read-in-2025 4.09 2020
author: C.E. Ricci
name: Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2020
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/25
date added: 2025/02/25
shelves: mm, read-in-2025
review:
I knew I was going to cry, but damn did that last 15% HURT
]]> 57091326 This is Alabaster Penitentiary��
Where they send you when the world thinks you’re dead. And trust me, you’ll wish you were.
We’re the stain on society. The freaks, the creeps, your favorite Netflix documentaries come to life.
They lock us up and throw away the key, because we deserve it.
But not me. I’m just a lowly bank robber. I don’t belong here, surrounded by psychopaths and killers with no remorse�� At least, I don’t think I do.
Getting by unscathed is my top priority. Unfortunately for me and my fellow prisoners, those in charge are more dangerous than we are.
You see, the guards run the show, and I seem to have caught the attention of the most twisted one.
He has a name, but it might as well be Officer. We move around one another like a sun and a moon, revolving in an axis of confused lust and torment until the truth is distorted, and the thing I once feared becomes that which I crave; my vile addiction, somehow so exquisite.
Reality warps in the dungeon, and I’m left wondering which prison is worse�� the one holding my body, or my mind.



*DO NOT READ OR POST SPOILERS! I am begging you to think of your fellow readers, in your reviews, your posts�� everywhere. Revealing plot twists is a dick move. And I promise, it’ll be fun to go in blind.

**Distorted is the first book in the Alabaster Penitentiary series. It is a full M/M romance, with HEA. Each book in this series is technically a standalone, though they are interconnected, so it will be recommended to read in order, as references to this story will be made in future books.

Distorted is intended for mature audiences and open-minded readers ONLY! If you prefer the same old story, this book won’t be for you. This story is dark, probably darker for some than others, so please proceed with caution, and if you’re easily triggered, steer clear.

You’ve been warned. ]]> 460 Nyla K. Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜 5 3.94 2021
author: Nyla K.
name: Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2021
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/21
date added: 2025/02/21
shelves: mm, read-in-2025, dark-romance
review:

]]> 64411241
Lex
The moment I open the car door and see her sweet face, I know I'm making a mistake. By offering to give me a ride, so is she. I spot the rabbit’s foot hanging from the rear-view mirror. It's not her lucky day.

I take her with me as I run from the law. Despite being a felon and a documented sociopath, I only mean for Selena to be a ride to the border. But somewhere along the way she stirs up feelings I've long thought myself incapable of.

She's my rabbit, my sweet little bunny, and I need to teach her how to run from me so I can catch her and show her what it's like to be devoured by the predator she should be afraid of.

Danger lurks in every corner, and the risk of getting caught grows by the day. What will I do once she takes me to my destination? Will I let her go or do something much worse? Can we find some way to stay together when the world wants to pull us apart?


Trigger Warnings: Infidelity (not between mcs), domestic violence (not between mcs), detailed abuse in the past for both mcs, murder, violence, abduction, suicidal ideations, dubious/non consent, attempted non con (not between mcs), sociopathic behavior, somnophilia scene, c*ck stuffing scene, degradation kink, praise, spitting, outdoor/car scenes, primal play, c*m play, b*tt stuff (including anal and oral), voyeurism, exhibitionism, jealous/possessive behavior, sado-masochism

Hitched is a dual POV dark hitchhiker standalone novel with an HEA]]> 258 Lauren Biel 1959618989 Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜 4 dark-romance, read-in-2025 3.55
author: Lauren Biel
name: Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜
average rating: 3.55
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/02/17
date added: 2025/02/17
shelves: dark-romance, read-in-2025
review:

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Being invited to my cousin’s wedding really shouldn’t be such a big deal except, oh yeah, I haven't seen my family for a decade.
My parents turned their backs on me and I’ve done everything since to become successful and show them what they lost. Only, it’s kinda hard to be a success when you’re a walking trainwreck.
So I’m going to fake it. Hire a guy with an online presence so impressive they’ll be desperate to welcome me back into the elitist fold, and roll into the wedding with the kind of confidence I’ve never felt a day in my life.
The plan’s a knockout.
Until my fake date cancels minutes before the ceremony.


��������

One letter from my dearly departed grandfather, and suddenly I’m on a husband hunt.
He’s reworked his entire will so I’m set to inherit far more than I'm entitled to, and all because he’s asked me to use that money for “good��.
In order to get that inheritance, though, there’s one stipulation: marriage.
Even with his request, I’m tempted to stick to my original plan of getting as far from my wretched family as possible, and letting them fight it out.
But then I run into a tall drink of scattered mess outside of a wedding who’s in desperate need of a date, and the pieces click into place.
I help him, he helps me.
Marriage, money, then go our separate ways.
Easy.
Now all I have to do is stop myself from actually falling for the guy.]]> 284 Saxon James Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜 4 mm, read-in-2025 4.04 2023
author: Saxon James
name: Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2025/02/16
date added: 2025/02/17
shelves: mm, read-in-2025
review:

]]> 204693907 Zayden
I thought I had everything I could possibly desire. Until I set my eyes on her. My angel. Too pure for this world, too pure for me. She’s all mine. No matter the cost. No matter the lives that stand in my way. She has always been mine. She just doesn’t know it yet.

Dominic
My brother has lost it, more so than ever before. I couldn’t figure out what had changed at first. One look at her though, and it all made sense. He gave me one job, protect his girl, a girl he’s never even spoken to. I held true to my promise and then some. I didn’t mean to kiss her, to touch her. One thing is for sure, though. I’m not losing her, even if I have to go through my brother to have her.]]> 457 Katelyn Taylor Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜 3 3.94
author: Katelyn Taylor
name: Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜
average rating: 3.94
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2025/02/15
date added: 2025/02/15
shelves: dark-romance, read-in-2025, why-choose
review:

]]> 125274093 The men in the secret society known as the Lords think they rule the world. And in a way, they do. Each has sold their soul to the devil at a young age in exchange for power and wealth. Like anything else, they have different levels of success. The more they’re willing to serve, the more power they have.

Among them are the Spade brothers, who run Carnage. It’s where the Lords who have not held up their oath go to live out the rest of their lives in shackles. Tucked away from the world as if they never existed.

I VOW. YOU VOW. WE VOW.

I once belonged to a Lord—Saint Beckham Carter. Although nothing was holy about him, I still kneeled as if he could grant me eternity in a world where only evil existed.

At the time, I willingly vowed to be his and allowed him to share me with his “brothers.�� But things changed. And what I thought couldn’t get any better got exceptionally worse. So I did the only thing I could and ran from him, knowing I could never return.

Now he’s found me and dragged me back to his hell, where he will make me his pet. The world already thinks I’m dead, so no one will miss me. And I’m just another name on a long list of those who will never know freedom.

What he doesn’t know is why I ran from him in the first place. A Lord doesn’t listen to reason, so it’s not like he’d care anyway. Saint was born a Lord, and he will die as one.

If life has taught me anything, it’s that we all pay for our sins. And Saint will never let me forget that my place is at Carnage, serving him on my knees until death is granted.]]> 628 Shantel Tessier Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜 5 read-in-2025, dark-romance 4.5/5 stars ⭐️<br /><br /> 4.31 2023
author: Shantel Tessier
name: Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜
average rating: 4.31
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/02
date added: 2025/02/10
shelves: read-in-2025, dark-romance
review:
4.5/5 stars ⭐️


]]> 204535779 A Lord takes what he wants.
But like anything else, even he can get greedy and betray his oath.
That’s where Carnage comes in. A Spade brother runs their prison for those who have wronged their society.
It just so happens to be where the Lords have sent me.

I VOW. YOU VOW. WE VOW.
Most women within the Lords don’t get the chance to prove themselves worthy of the brand or the power that comes with it, but there’s always an exception.
I’m one of them.
Finally, my time had come to be assigned to a Lord.
Not just any Lord but a Spade brother—Haidyn Jamison Reeves.
I had everything under control until he found out what I was hiding. Everyone in our world knows the only way to get to the top is to sacrifice something the Lords want.

So when Haidyn gave me a choice—become his toy or turn me over to the Lords—the decision was easy.
I’ve worked too hard to get this far to allow a man to take what I’ve earned. I chose to become his dirty little secret over admitting I failed.

It didn’t take long for him to unravel my web of lies, thread by thread, until nothing was left. He took over my life, blurring the lines until I discovered that what I thought I wanted was no longer what I needed.
But even in our world, nothing lasts forever. Time had run out. The hourglass lay broken on the floor, shattering not only my future but everything I knew.

I never thought that falling in love with a Spade brother
would reveal so many secrets. And when they all came to light,
the Lord who blackmailed me was the only one I could count on.


This touches on very dark themes. The 𝗧𝗪𝘀 will be posted inside the book before the prologue and on Shantel's website.

If you have not read the L.O.R.D.S. series yet, do NOT start with 𝑴𝒂𝒅𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔. It contains spoilers from previous books in the series.

The Lords Series
#1 The Ritual
#2 The Sinner
#3 The Sacrifice
#4 Sabotage (the H isn't a Lord but he works for a Lord)
#5 Carnage]]> 818 Shantel Tessier Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜 5 read-in-2025, dark-romance 5/5 stars ⭐️<br /><br /> 4.58 2024
author: Shantel Tessier
name: Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜
average rating: 4.58
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/08
date added: 2025/02/10
shelves: read-in-2025, dark-romance
review:
5/5 stars ⭐️


]]> 75422809
Jump in head first.

There’s just one problem; Enzo Vitale. The man is red hot danger, every word a dare from his lips. And I never was one to turn away from a challenge��

But when things get rough, lies reign and deceit is around every corner. I find myself drawn to the one man I should be running from. The criminal whose hands are bathed in blood.

Am I falling for the enemy?]]> 352 Brea Alepoú Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜 4
❤️ Tropes/What to expect ❤️

- MM Mafia Romance
- Cop x Mobster
- Forbidden love
- Protective and possessive alpha MMC who loves books
- Autism rep

❤️ Plot ❤️

Reword/rewrite/make sound emotional and natural

Take Me Apart is the first book in the Vitale Brothers series. This story follows Tex, a young police officer with dreams of becoming a detective. To achieve this goal, and prove himself to those around him, he involves himself in the investigation of the notorious Vitale crime family.

During his investigation, Tex’s path crosses with Enzo Vitale, the youngest yet most calculated and obsessive member of the family. Enzo is a man of precision and power, a living embodiment of the criminal world Tex has sworn to dismantle. Yet, against his better judgment, Tex feels an undeniable pull toward him.

As their connection intensifies, Tex finds himself caught in a heart-wrenching struggle between his professional duty and the growing love he can’t ignore—a love that could easily destroy them both.

❤️ Thoughts ❤️

I loved this WAY more than I was expecting!

Was it very insta-lust? Yes��
But did I eat that shit up entirely? Also yes��

Enzo, although he’s this intimidating mafia mobster, he was actually just so adorable when it came to Tex. I mean who doesn’t want a man that breaks into your house and washes your cat and cleans your house top to bottom? ]]> 3.95 2022
author: Brea Alepoú
name: Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/11
date added: 2025/02/10
shelves: mm, read-in-2025, dark-romance
review:
4/5 stars ⭐️

❤️ Tropes/What to expect ❤️

- MM Mafia Romance
- Cop x Mobster
- Forbidden love
- Protective and possessive alpha MMC who loves books
- Autism rep

❤️ Plot ❤️

Reword/rewrite/make sound emotional and natural

Take Me Apart is the first book in the Vitale Brothers series. This story follows Tex, a young police officer with dreams of becoming a detective. To achieve this goal, and prove himself to those around him, he involves himself in the investigation of the notorious Vitale crime family.

During his investigation, Tex’s path crosses with Enzo Vitale, the youngest yet most calculated and obsessive member of the family. Enzo is a man of precision and power, a living embodiment of the criminal world Tex has sworn to dismantle. Yet, against his better judgment, Tex feels an undeniable pull toward him.

As their connection intensifies, Tex finds himself caught in a heart-wrenching struggle between his professional duty and the growing love he can’t ignore—a love that could easily destroy them both.

❤️ Thoughts ❤️

I loved this WAY more than I was expecting!

Was it very insta-lust? Yes��
But did I eat that shit up entirely? Also yes��

Enzo, although he’s this intimidating mafia mobster, he was actually just so adorable when it came to Tex. I mean who doesn’t want a man that breaks into your house and washes your cat and cleans your house top to bottom?
]]> 123352788
I’ve always been a tough, North Shore girl. Fighting is in my blood, survival in my DNA.
But two years ago, Caden King broke me, and he has proof of it.
Now he wants to blackmail me into doing a job for him. The kind that puts my chance of escaping the North Shore at risk. The kind that means betraying my own crew.
He’s on me at all times, his dangerous mind always working on ways to torment me further.

Caden is wicked, unhinged. The North Shore Kings wear his name because of the vicious ways his family has been leading their crew.
Everyone always says there’s no point in fighting him. He has that madness in him that blurs the line between right and wrong. Now he's got his hold on me, and I have nothing and no one to protect me from him.

There’s no way to win.
No way to escape him.

I’m left with no choice but to do exactly what I’m told.

This book is the first in a series of four interconnected standalones. Beautiful Fiend is a dark enemies-to-lovers romance intended for readers over 18. It contains scenes that some readers may find triggering. Please check CW in the book.]]> 492 Lola King 1916837026 Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜 4 read-in-2025, dark-romance RTC 3.81
author: Lola King
name: Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜
average rating: 3.81
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/02/03
date added: 2025/02/10
shelves: read-in-2025, dark-romance
review:
RTC
]]> 213798776
She betrayed him, and now he wants revenge against the foster sister who became his forbidden obsession the second he laid eyes on her. After she sends him to prison for years, he’s free and ready to haunt her.

Everything about Olivia belongs to Malachi Vize.
Her mind
Her body
Her soul
Her fear
Her pain

On Halloween night, he can no longer lurk in the shadows. All he has left to own is her heart, even if he needs to take it.

This story comes with extremely triggering content. Please read the "Content Warning" page.]]> 207 Leigh Rivers Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜 5 read-in-2025, dark-romance Do I care? No]]> 3.75 2023
author: Leigh Rivers
name: Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/10
date added: 2025/02/10
shelves: read-in-2025, dark-romance
review:
Am I going to hell for loving this? Yes
Do I care? No
]]> 58873210 Like waves, they break too.

Grief.
I’ve never battled with the raw, debilitating pain that comes with it.
Then a twist of fate hits me out of nowhere, and I can barely keep from drowning.
It’s like weights tied to my ankles in the middle of a raging ocean.
I’m helpless, with no way to swim back to the surface.
But fate is crueler still, bringing my stepbrother back for the first time in years.
Cannon never wanted this family. Especially me.
Still, he’s always been my greatest desire. And my biggest weakness.
He’s unattainable.
Straight, engaged, and with a seemingly perfect life on the other side of the country.
It’s something I’d do well to remember, yet when he stays, it’s so easy to forget.
In finding solace together, we mend what once was broken.
This loss bonds us. Changes us.
He’s become more than a brother or a lover.
He’s my anchor.
So how am I supposed to keep my head above water when I’ll eventually lose him too?

*Head Above Water is a STANDALONE full length MM enemies-to-lovers stepbrother romance novel.*]]> 440 C.E. Ricci Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜 4 mm, read-in-2025 4.16 2021
author: C.E. Ricci
name: Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2025/02/09
date added: 2025/02/09
shelves: mm, read-in-2025
review:

]]> 60192737 A USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Amazon Charts bestselling novel

The first letter arrived the day my husband was buried. It was postmarked from the state penitentiary, and contained a single sentence:

I’ll wait forever if I have to.

It was signed by Dante, a man I didn’t know.

Out of simple curiosity, I wrote back to ask him what exactly he was waiting for. His reply?

You.

I told the mystery man he had the wrong girl. He said he didn’t. I said we’d never met, but he said I was wrong.

We went back and forth, exchanging letters every week that grew increasingly more intimate. Then one day, the letters stopped. When I found out why, it was already too late.

Dante was at my doorstep.

And nothing on earth could have prepared me for what happened next.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

WARNING:

This novel contains content intended for a mature audience only. Due to explicit language, graphic sex, detailed depictions of death and grief, intense power play dynamics, and other possible triggers, it is not suitable for sensitive readers. (Full list of TWs on author's website.)]]> 320 J.T. Geissinger Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜 3 read-in-2025 4.11 2022
author: J.T. Geissinger
name: Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2022
rating: 3
read at: 2025/02/06
date added: 2025/02/06
shelves: read-in-2025
review:

]]> 210482168 THE STORM IS COMING . . .

Get ready to fly or die in the breathtaking follow-up to Fourth Wing and Iron Flame from #1 New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros.]]> 779 Rebecca Yarros 0349443246 Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜 5 all-time-favs, read-in-2025 4.34 2025
author: Rebecca Yarros
name: Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2025
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/25
date added: 2025/01/25
shelves: all-time-favs, read-in-2025
review:
I just finished Onyx Storm and I cannot function rn
]]> 90202302 “The first year is when some of us lose our lives. The second year is when the rest of us lose our humanity.�� —Xaden Riorson

Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College—Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky.

Now the real training begins, and Violet’s already wondering how she’ll get through. It’s not just that it’s grueling and maliciously brutal, or even that it’s designed to stretch the riders�� capacity for pain beyond endurance. It’s the new vice commandant, who’s made it his personal mission to teach Violet exactly how powerless she is–unless she betrays the man she loves.

Although Violet’s body might be weaker and frailer than everyone else’s, she still has her wits—and a will of iron. And leadership is forgetting the most important lesson Basgiath has taught her: Dragon riders make their own rules.

But a determination to survive won’t be enough this year.

Because Violet knows the real secret hidden for centuries at Basgiath War College—and nothing, not even dragon fire, may be enough to save them in the end.]]> 623 Rebecca Yarros 1649374178 Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜 5
I still can’t believe we were left with this for 14 months

1st read 2023

WHAT KIND OF CLIFFHANGER DO YOU FKN CALL THAT??? I have no words other than WHAT THE FUCK? HOW THE FUCK? WHY THE FUCK?

I THOUGHT ID GUESSED WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN BUT OH BOY WAS I WRONG

I CANT BELIEVE I HAVE TO WAIT A WHOLE ASS YEAR TO KNOW WHAT THE HELL COMES AFTER THIS
]]> 4.33 2023
author: Rebecca Yarros
name: Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/20
date added: 2025/01/20
shelves: read-in-2023, all-time-favs, read-in-2025
review:
Reread 2025

I still can’t believe we were left with this for 14 months

1st read 2023

WHAT KIND OF CLIFFHANGER DO YOU FKN CALL THAT??? I have no words other than WHAT THE FUCK? HOW THE FUCK? WHY THE FUCK?

I THOUGHT ID GUESSED WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN BUT OH BOY WAS I WRONG

I CANT BELIEVE I HAVE TO WAIT A WHOLE ASS YEAR TO KNOW WHAT THE HELL COMES AFTER THIS

]]> 61431922 Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders...

Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders.

But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don’t bond to “fragile�� humans. They incinerate them.

With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother’s daughter—like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant.

She’ll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise.

Yet, with every day that passes, the war outside grows more deadly, the kingdom's protective wards are failing, and the death toll continues to rise. Even worse, Violet begins to suspect leadership is hiding a terrible secret.

Friends, enemies, lovers. Everyone at Basgiath War College has an agenda—because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die]]> 517 Rebecca Yarros 1649374046 Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜 5 Reread 2025

I don’t think anyone will understand how much this series means to me ]]> 4.56 2023
author: Rebecca Yarros
name: Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜
average rating: 4.56
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/15
date added: 2025/01/15
shelves: read-in-2023, all-time-favs, read-in-2025
review:
Reread 2025

I don’t think anyone will understand how much this series means to me
]]> 62775194 I want to sock the golden boy of college hockey right in the mouth.
He enjoys telling me everything I’m messing up. Publicly.
And since he’s my roommate for the next year, I can’t avoid him.

Yet there’s something about him that makes me watch him.
Something dark.
A secret I want to uncover.

When he returns from a weekend away, broken and haunted, I can’t keep my distance anymore.
He needs someone and I’ll be damned if it’s not me.
Soon my life no longer revolves around hockey, but the nightmares he’s living with.
Desperately I want to save him but I can’t, not yet. The timing has to be just right.

Can I watch him destroy himself as he tries to hold tight to the things that matter or will I be the final hit in the destruction of his life?]]> 470 Andi Jaxon Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜 4 mm, read-in-2025 4/5 stars ⭐️<br /><br /> 4.13 2022
author: Andi Jaxon
name: Haylee (NikoBran’s Ver.) 💜
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/09
date added: 2025/01/09
shelves: mm, read-in-2025
review:
4/5 stars ⭐️


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