Heartless by Jade West
This review is from 2020 and is kept here for reference. Titles, prices and availability may have changed.
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- Stars
- ★★★★★
- Heat
- Nuclear
- Genre
- ContemporaryDark
- Series
- Part of a Series
Recommendation
Since Jade is one of my “I’ll read anything she writes” authors, I didn’t hesitate to dive into Heartless the moment it was released. Man, she creates characters and book realities that are so cruel and crazy at times, it is hard to believe it was born from someones mind. Lucian hates Elaine and her family but what happens when lust filled rage begins to be fueled by desire? Can love really be born from hate? Lucian is sadistic and cruel in every way possible and even though Elaine knows this, she can’t help but be drawn to him – “He could’ve snapped my neck with his fingers still inside me, and I knew it.” This story is deeply twisted in many ways and I am not sure if there will be a HEA in the second part but I am also not 100% sure I want one!
Excerpts
The gold silk of her ballgown was a perfect fit on a perfect body. Sloping curves in a delicious hourglass – a gorgeous pedestal of glamour to highlight the elegance of her slender neck. Oh, how I’d love to crush that neck in my hands as I fucked her rough enough to hurt.
I spread my legs even wider for the devil between them, and I kissed him. I kissed him, and I hoped he’d make it hurt.
Some way, sometime soon, I’d hunt her down and find her. I just hoped damn fucking hard that it would be tonight. I was slavering over the thought of it. I wanted to hurt her. I wanted to make her beg and squeal and shiver at my touch.
Publisher synopsis
In a single moment, she becomes my obsession…
Elaine Constantine will be mine.
And her destruction is only my beginning.
I’ve known all my life that the Constantines deserved to be wiped from the face of the earth, only a smoking crater left where their mansion once stood. That’s my plan until I see her, the woman in gold with the sinful curves and the blonde curls. My will to dominate her runs as deep as the hate I have for her last name.
No matter how beautifully she bends beneath my hands, I'll leave her shattered, a broken toy for her cruel family.
Review published September 16, 2020