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***Warning. This book contains extreme violence, and scenes that may upset some readers. ***


Tor

Jude Pearson could just as well kill me as kiss me most days. He was my captor, my living hell, and yet, he became my saviour, my heart. Stupid. Hes heartless, conditioned to feel nothing, and so I ran... straight into the clutches of his enemy. Joe Campbell wants Jude to suffer, and I just became a pawn in a very dangerous game.



Joe has broken me in every way, everything that I once was stripped away, and in its place is festering hatred and a rage so cold I feel nothing else. I have one purpose. Revenge.



Jude

Love makes you weak, it makes you irrational. She was collateral, completely innocent when she was unwillingly dragged into my corrupt world. With the damage Id already caused her, I couldnt let her love me, so I let her go, and now...he has her.



No matter where she is, she will always be mine. This man has taken every-fucking-thing from me, and he has the last thing that matters to me. I will kill him. Slowly. Joe Campbell better run because the devil is fucking coming for him.



Sometimes two wrongs can make a right.



Rage.

Hate.

Revenge.



Our Wrath binds us, but it may also break us.

252 pages, ebook

First published August 15, 2015

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Lauren Lovell is an indie author from England. She suffers from a total lack of brain to mouth filter and is the friend you have to explain before you introduce her to anyone, and apologise for afterwards.
She's a self confessed shameless pervert, who may be suffering from slight peen envy.

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3 Stars!!

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“Wrath” is the second and final installment in this crazy series and picks up right where the first book, - “Wrong” ended. This second book was f@ck-up, intense, angsty, suspenseful and like I mentioned above all kinds of crazy. I've been left a couple of times with my mouth hanging open, which obviously I enjoyed, but there were times when I actually wanted to throttle these characters.

“…you know what they say about love... it is the greatest of weaknesses. You just became the weapon I need to destroy him.”


So…despite the feelings she has for Jude, Tor decided to leave him. She knows is better for everyone, so she plans to move back to England. But at the airport she is kidnapped by Joe, the man who destroyed Jude’s family and who wants to destroy Jude as well. Joe is an evil despicable human being and he knows if he wants to destroy Jude, he first has to destroy Tor. Tor is held captive and with every day she’s destroyed more and more.

In the meantime, Jude is willing to do ANYTHING to save Tor, the women who made him feel alive for the first time in years.

“She is the only thing in my life that has ever felt right. It's fucked up, and it's wrong, but I love her. She's fucking everything. “


Tor’s life had been f@cked-up when firstly her boyfriend practically sold her and secondly when she was kidnapped by Joe. But her life gets worse when she is forced by circumstances to keep an important secret from Jude.

Oh my…this one was intense and darker than the first installment and I honestly enjoyed that. What happened with Tor was heartbreaking and all the “visuals” really made me sick. Poor Tor…I liked her in this second book. At times she was like any woman would have been in her situation – scared sh*tless, but at times she was stronger than I actually expected her to be. Honest to God, I totally understood her need for revenge. I would have though and done the same.

If you liked Jude in book1, you will definitely like him more (or even loved him a little) here. His character was well written and for the most part his character had depth. He was simply great with Tor at some point in the story. His need to take her pain away, to heal her warmed my heart and he won me over with his care and gentleness.

The pace of the story was great and the storyline was pretty interesting, but I have to say what happened for a good part of the story wasn’t believable at all. I know it’s fiction, but some parts and aspects of the story were totally ridiculous and OTT. I won’t go into details here, because I don’t want to spoil the experience for anyone, but come on…I rolled my eyes continuously reading the last 20%. I actually thought I was reading another book. Needless to say the ending which was also too rushed for my liking didn’t work for me like at all.

That being said, this second book in the series was good enough, but obviously it wasn’t my favorite book by these two authors.
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2,503 reviews10.4k followers
August 19, 2015
༺**Complimentary Copy**༺ Provided by the author "L.P. Lovell & Stevie J Cole " in exchange for an honest review..Thank you!!

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TITLE: Wrath
AUTHOR: L.P. Lovell
GENRE: Contemporary Romance
RELEASE DATE: August 25th 2015

MY RATING: 5 STARS!!

SIT ON THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT, NAIL BITING OVERLOAD!!

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I have been stalking these authors since I read Wrong #1!! Freaking LOVED that BOOK!! If you haven't read it get those fingers one clicking it was epic and I highly recommend it..

Bring on the dark, bring on the grit!! I am ready!! Reader discretion is advised when reading this as it may cause some triggers to some, it is a wee bit darker than Wrong #1 so just be aware of that..

He's still my beautiful tragedy, my knight in blooded armour.

Me I'm a sick bitch from way back, the darker an author goes to get me out of my comfort zone the better!!

WRATH #2 starts off exactly where WRONG #1 ended..

I have a new identity, one I don't want, I just want to go home, to see my sister, to live my life, but I can't. It's all gone. Everyone I ever cared about believes I'm dead.

I told her not to leave. I begged her not to leave, Caleb whispers. You shouldn't have let her leave, Jude! he yells. 

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He's fucking right, but I did what I thought was best for her. I'm the one Joe wants. I thought she would be safer away from me, away from my lifestyle of fucking murder and crime.

He fucking has her.

What I'm loving about this is the fact that it has gone that wee bit shade darker, and that you don't have to play that catch up game it just starts off where the previous book left off, and straight away you are hooked into the story line..

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They say time heals all wounds. I can only hope that's true. 

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The authors have really not held back with this book, we asked for grit, we got it, we asked for dark and yes we're definitely getting that too..This is not grey or dark grey this is dark..Scenes are not just glossed over they are in gory detail until you feel the raw emotions thrown at you..The things Victoria has had to endure are what monsters under your bed are made of..

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Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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Get ready for one hell of a fast paced crazy ride, this will have you sitting on the edge of your seat, your heart racing, devouring the pages..
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944 reviews220 followers
August 27, 2015
3.5-4 You're My Everything Stars!
Wrath begins where Wrong ended with Tor getting kidnapped at the airport by Jude's #1 enemy.
Tor is being held by Joe and let me tell you it wasn't pretty! Joe wants Jude and will take anything or anyone that Jude loves.
Jude goes on a killing spree trying to figure out where Tor is. If you don't remember how brutal Jude was in Wrong you will quickly start to remember reading Wrath. Jude always makes me gag!
Jude doesn't have time for games he wants his woman back and nothing is going to stop him.
It doesn't help that Joe keeps sending videos to Jude of all the brutal things he's doing to Tor.
I felt really bad for Tor. She went through hell. This might be a trigger for some. It's under a spoiler below.



When Jude finally finds her I got choked up.
There is something about a big badass man breaking down. It gutted me.

Now they're back home but Joe has fled the country. Tor is keeping a secret from Jude because she has one thing and one thing only on her mind and that's she wants to kill Joe herself. She makes Jude promise her that she will get her revenge. She becomes a badass. I loved her. She defiantly made Jude's cock hard. Hahaha!
So why not a 5 star you say. Well around 80% something happens and I wanted more. Then the rest of the book just kind of didn't work for me. I'm happy how it ends and I loved the epilogue. But the the last 20% just seemed fake to me. I know! I know! It's fiction but hey...that's just how I felt. lol I had a love/like relationship with this book. I was also super duper sad at one part and I'm still pissed that it happened!
Great job ladies! I loved it for the most part:))

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February 6, 2016
A Dark, Emotional Tale Of Vengeance

What 'Wrong' lacked in dark elements, 'Wrath' more than made up for. Joe is in a completely different league of villains. He is sadistic and depraved, taking great pleasure in breaking down his target's mind and spirit, long before he finally takes their life. Cruel beyond measure, he has his sight set on Jude and knows there's no better way to get to him than by hurting those he holds closest to his heart.

When Joe takes Tor, it sets off a chain of tragic events. Page after page, I grew angrier with Joe and prayed he'd die a slow and torturous death. At times, I wasn't certain that Jude and Tor would survive Joe. He was relentless and seemed to have eyes everywhere.

Finally, Jude gets the break that he needs to gain the upper hand. When things go awry, a future for Jude and Tor seems to be more impossible than ever before. Revenge definitely comes at a hefty price.

I was ecstatic to see things work out well. There were so many times that I thought "no way will this end well". There were definitely some hiccups, but this story ended about as happily as I could have imagined, given the story's content.

Overall, I really liked this book. It provides closure and answered all my questions from book1. If you like a little "dark" in your stories, this series may be a good pick for you.
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May 25, 2016
Twists galore



This was just sooooooo good I read it in 1 day I just couldn't put it down things were happening everywhere I m not a great huge fan of dark books but this series was just brilliant I did find this book a lil more darker than Wrong (first book) an there was a few parts in the beginning that had my a lil upset but that's just me I m a big softy but the authors did write it very well



This story kicks off where the last book stop an I was dyin to get more after the way it ended damn cliffy grrrr
After Tor had got Jude how she felt she decided she needed to leave an start a new life after what she had been through but she haven't expected to bump into the Joe Jude's enemy how had been waitin for them to make a mistake an Tor an Jude really under estimated him when he took Tor from the airport if she thought she had throughout a lot while at Jude's place she was goin to go through pure hell with Joe the man is just pure evil an he would do anything to make Jude's life hell even though Joe had already done the worst things to Jude but Jude wasn't letting him get away with it he as wanted revenge on Joe for yrs an he had just made it worst by taking Tor



I did find Jude a lil annoying in parts I just wanted him to think about things an open up more an his alpha ways did annoy me at time but I did enjoy the way Tor started standing up to him an the way she started getting stronger after the hell she went through but I did like Tor my heart was broken for her so much in this book I wasn't to hug her from the start to the end I really luvd Tor an Jude's relationship they were just meant to b even after the way they got together Jude was a lot softer in parts of this book an it was hard not to luv him even after he pissed me of but Tor needed him a lot an he needed her just much



I have to say that this book had me head al over place but I m delighted I read it I put myself out of my comfort zone but I would recommend that u give this a try it as so much goin on with loads of twist an turns an the story was great the ending had me a lil over place an worried at times but I luvd the way it ended it was just perfect great book but I will say that there is so hard moments in this book but it didn't stop me from carrying on with it xxx

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4,001 reviews2,350 followers
November 6, 2015
Screw the booze, I need a big ole bottle of pills after this



Wrath starts off where Wrong ended and I was not prepared for what happened. I don't want to spoil anything for those who haven't read the first book, but just know that it is absolutely certifiable, what happens. Reading what was happening I was angry, then sad, then back to angry. My emotions were just all over the place and I felt a little cray cray.



In the first book we got to see a side to Jude that was a little softer than his violent side, but in this book we got a whole different look at him. He was a lot more real and passionate, especially about Tor, and it made me fall in love with his character all over again. It was easy to see that he actually had feelings and cared for more than his revenge mission andI loved his character in this one so much more.

Tor is just amazing to me. She went through so much and no one would have blamed her if she completely broke down but she didn't do that, instead she fought back. She was so tough and crazy in this second half of the story and her and Jude truly were perfect for each other. Perfect in a demented way, that is.



I didn't think Tor and Jude's story could get more deranged but somehow the authors made it possible. I had no clue, like absolutely no clue what would happen with their lives and it was driving me mad. I literally had stomach cramps from worrying so much because I didn't want this book to end without them getting their HEA. Then when I finally got to the end I just did not expect what happened, to happen but I loved it.

The epilogue seemed a little too put together for me, and it made everything end in a "perfect" way so it seemed a little unrealistic. That was my only problem with this book and everything else was perfect. Overall, Tor and Jude's journey was a wild ride and I'm really glad I read it. I need therapy now, but it was worth it.
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1,864 reviews388 followers
November 10, 2017
Pretty good. Pretty good.

Another enjoyable read. It’s dark and twisty. A bit suspenseful. If you like angsty mafia romance with a ton of push and pull then I would recommend it.

I’m not sure that I will continue with the series though. May come back for the last two at another date!
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613 reviews221 followers
August 28, 2015
All hail Stevie J. Cole's Wrath, guaranteed five star read!
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Wrath (Wrong 2) I slowly glance up at Joe and find myself staring down the barrel of his gun. I smile and find the energy to slowly drag myself into a sitting position. I wrap my fingers around the barrel of his gun and press it against my forehead. "Do it," I say. "Ria, no!" Caleb shouts at me. I don't pay him any attention. I stare straight into the eyes of the devil, daring him to end it right here, right now. I can't remember ever wanting anything so badly... and I know Joe sees it. He leans forward, holding the gun in place as he brings his lips to my ear. "I'm not done with you yet, princess. You're worth more to me alive." My heart plummets in my chest as all hope evaporates. He grabs my jaw, angling my face up and licking my cheek. "You should know by now not to test me, sweet Victoria."
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Damn what a spine tingling powerful sequel! I thought the first was the bomb, but this.....holy mother of pearls, was badass! A friend of mine commented she was crying ugly and she was about seventeenth percent in. Truth is, I cried all throughout, my heart broke for the characters! At certain times I thought, yep Tor's gonna end it all right here, right fucking now! Its amazing what lengths the human spirits will take to survive! Masterfully written, more twists and turns than a sidewinder rattler and the killer suspense....amazing!
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October 29, 2016

4 "The. Fucking. End." stars

"No matter how much you want to put the past behind you, you can't escape who you are."

And I guess to a certain point, it is the truth and it's not. But that is something to dwell upon and the very own decision of wanting to change and working on it.

Wrath is a continuation of the turmoil events in Victoria/Tor's life after she managed to survive the first shock of her captive destiny towards accepting the odds and owning it. She survived and elevated herself into the alternative feature including the Jude's presence in her current life, or so you might call it that.

Jude gives Tor a choice of freedom...and she takes it...BUT she actually has no choice at all. And cause of that little indecision and unfortunate sets of circumstances she ends up in the hands of even bigger monster, the man who wants to destroy Jude...and Tor just became the perfect ammunition.

And that monster not only breaks her physically, with the most vile and horrid acts of violent hatred, but he destroys her emotionally. Tor is beyond herself, depraved of dignity, shattered and battered, diminished to pieces of the little humanity that lingers on to her.

Jude eventually finds her, but only cause she was meant for him to find her just like that, devoid of existence, and a shallow shadow of a person.

BUT she must do it again, once more...
"Evolve to survive."

BUT it's the most scariest thing to do again...cause she's lost, she's not even there, present, existing...
"For the first time in days, I feel something besides numbness and pain. I grab hold of this new found rage with both hands, and it becomes intoxicating to me. It gives me purpose in a life that has been stripped of it."

"Evolve to survive, this is what I need to survive. Blood. Revenge. Wrath."

Jude is fighting against his own piled up rage...
"I will kill him in a way that the devil himself would find ruthless and unjust."

against the guilt, against the feelings he has for her, against the very notion that he has lost every single person in his life by the hands of that man, and now he failed her.
"She is the only thing in my life that has ever felt right. It's fucked up, and it's wrong, but I love her. She's fucking everything."

There is not a line I will not fucking cross to protect you.

BUT he doesn't know how to help her, he's not even sure he can do that, or if that's even possible to do...the only thing he can do is to confess and bare his own soul to her, to show her he's here, right here...to give her what she needs to get the little peace of composure and sense of normalcy, no matter how pointless and hopeless that seems to her.
"I won't let you be damaged. To me, you are every-fucking-thing in this goddamned world." He kisses me hard. "I fucking love you, Tor."

And that's the turning point for Tor, the light in the dark tunnel of her existence and she clings to it with all the mighty power of the very last atom in her body, very last pulse in her veins, very last breath of her soul, the very last consious notion in her mind.

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"Tell me again", I breathe, tracing my fingers over his stubbled jaw.
His lips are beside my ear, and he sweeps my hair from my neck. He tenderly kisses below my earlobe, then whispers. "I love you."
His lips move lower to my collarbone.
"I fucking love you."

They start this wrath rampage of vengeance seeking their own redemption along with it, seeking for a little bit of solace BUT there won't be any for them in the prospect of a near future...
"We were always destined to destroy one another. I just never thought it would beme who destroyed him."
cause fate will turn its cards around again making them taste the cruel fact that every wrongful deed and crime, will eventually come to face the final judge of justice.
"...if I can't have my freedom, if I can't be with her, I'm fucking dead anyways."

The ultimate sacrifice will play the part, as the ultimate price will be paid and yet the unexpected ultimate deal will give them the chance either of them ever anticipated of being an option.

The conclusion had ups and downs in the storyline, from absolutely intense and nerve wrecking sequences, making the absolutely best part of it - the interaction between Jude and Tor through out her "mending" process - towards the somewhat "ultra predictive" and a bit forced happily ever after in this type of writing genre.
For me, it would have a greater impact in tension and emotional push if it simply ended with the tragic bang!

But nevertheless this is exceptionally well written crime/thriller/dark romance drama.

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September 4, 2015
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Title: Wrath
Author: LP Lovell & Stevie J. Cole
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Erotica, Suspense, Mystery/Crime
Series or Standalone: Series (Wrong #2)
Rating: 5 Stars

Review

I knew going into Wrath, especially after my experience with Wrong, that it was going to be one hell of a brutal ride, and most likely one that wouldn’t let up until the very end (if it even did it then). I was ready. I could handle it. No matter how dark it got, I was gonna be just fine.

Then I saw this message on Facebook.

“Disclaimer: The authors are unable to pay for any therapy bills incurred as a result of reading this book.”

I’m gonna be honest, that made me pause, but I shoved it off as them being funny and started reading.

Well, let me tell you. That disclaimer might be funny (it totally is…especially now lol), but it’s also the perfect disclaimer for this book. I’m going on record now and saying that as ready as I thought I was, I wasn’t ready AT all. This is Wrong put on blast. So before you start it, strap in. It’s gonna be one twisted ride.

Before I go on with the review, it should be mentioned that this book may be a trigger for some. There are very violent instances throughout that aren’t for the faint of heart and could cause issues for anyone having lived through anything similar.

Having lived through one of the issues presented in this book, there was a risk for me reading this as well, but what the authors did very well throughout was while writing it realistically to a degree, you knew you were reading something fictional. For the particular part that might have triggered me, I was able to see it for what it was. So for me at least in that particular part, it was safe.

There were a couple of moments throughout this book though where I went numb. I shut down completely and had to take a step away to get my head straight again. It was dark, it was gritty. It was raw and at times almost reading a little too real, but also one hell of an emotional ride. My heart broke, it was put back together only to be shattered again shortly after. When I say this book may have ruined me, it’s not a lie. I’m still recovering from it.

I won’t go into detail about what triggered my first bout with going numb (because it will spoil something pretty damn huge), but I will say that it made me wish I’d named my kid a different name. It affected me so deeply and I connected to Tor so much in the moment it happened that I was as destroyed as she was. I’m still not recovered from it and I don’t know if I ever will be. I’m a lot like Jude and Tor in that way.

One of the things I most enjoyed about this was the humor laced throughout. It was another way the authors seemed to lessen the very violent aspects of the book. Through Tor living through what happened to her, their loss together and Jude’s subsequent rampage, it was brilliant having moments of laughter that could soften the emotional blow. (Head in a fridge anyone? LOL!)

There were so many times throughout where I assumed that no happily ever after could be had for these two. I wanted it. Hell I wanted it with the first book too so that didn’t change here, it just was more magnified. Only, the more you read the worse things get and you just don’t know if they’ll ever be able to get through to the other side.

You want Joe to pay. You want Tor and Jude to live dysfunctionally ever after (in their world that’s happily btw) and just finally get the happiness they both deserved, both apart and together. I won’t go into detail on whether that happens or not for fear of ruining the ride for someone else, but I will say that you should be fulfilled by the ending. Even if it does break your heart a few dozen times before you get there like it did with me.

I can’t say enough good things about this book.

For every dark bit there seemed to be just enough of the light to counterbalance it (other than the one thing that made me go numb), along with some sexy as hell love scenes that I worried might make my kindle spark as I read them. Questions were answered, situations were dealt with and the payoff I was after (especially when I hit the final 20 percent and my damn heart broke in two) was achieved.

If you’re a fan of really dark reads, you’re gonna love this. If you’re a fan of steamy scenes, you’ll dig this too. But if you’re looking for the cookie cutter romance where everything is just roses, you won’t get that here. It’s messy, emotional, agonizing, painful, bloody and violent, but on the flip side, for this reader, it was also beautiful.

Now excuse me while I go and get some of that therapy that the authors were talking about. lol
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January 5, 2022



This second book definitely kept the momentum going forward and this one is way darker than its predecessor the that’s for sure. After the climactic finish of the first book, this picks up directly in the aftermath with Tor now in the hands of the sadistic Joe. She is truly learning the meaning of the title monster as she is put through trial after trial. This book managed to break my heart so many times but it also meant Tor evolving further and she’s so far from the innocent girl Jude first encountered.

There were times when I didn’t think there was a way out. The path to Jude and Tors happiness is certainly a rough terrain to travel as they were put through an emotional wringer. Through it all, they both cling to their love as the light they need to find the way. Tor is totally changed here and her ordeal has seen her broken before she will manage to put herself back together emerging a survivor.

This had so much going on and though my second time reading I was glued to the page throughout and the finish here was fantastic I can’t wait to see what’s coming next for these two definitely recommend this series but be aware it has triggers.

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3,749 reviews484 followers
August 27, 2015
Sometimes you just know you’re experiencing the greatness of writing when you can’t help but send a message to a friend who’s reading the same book. All my message said was “brilliantly brutal” and my friend knew EXACTLY where I was and the part that I was reading. And holy hell, brilliantly brutal doesn’t even begin to describe the roller coaster ride of emotions Ms. Lovell and Ms. Cole take the reader on in Wrath. Be sure you have your tray table stored and your seat in the upright position with seat belt fastened before you start.

Wrath picks up right where Wrong ends and takes off from there. Tor and Jude are tested in their strength, determination and love. The question is will they fight for one another or will they allow the need for revenge win?

I loved this book. It truly was brutal in some parts, heart wrenching in others. And damn, I love the strength and determination in both Tor and Jude. They’re amazing together. Caleb, Jude’s brother, and Marney, Jude’s bodyguard/father-figure, are a huge part of the book and Tor and Jude’s lives too. Marney especially provides much needed guidance, support and protection when the shit really hits the fan.

This book hits hard and doesn’t stop until the very end. I loved every minute of the ride. And I’m hoping Ms. Lovell and Ms. Cole continue to write together—they are magic. ~ Missy, 5 stars

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And we are back with Tor and Jude, thank goodness! If you thought part one was a wild ride, strap on your seat belt, buckle your helmet and wear knee pads.

So, we all know about Jude and his “extra-curricular” activities in the bedroom. Well, he is back. And due to some unforeseen circumstances, we see a little bit less of that alpha side during bedroom play, but are introduced to his softer side which is just as nice. No worries, ladies and gentlemen, he isn’t gone the whole book.

Tor, I can’t say much without giving a ton away… But I will tell you she is one bad mother B! When I grow up, I hope I have half her strength.

I am a big fan (read stalker) of both authors and can only hope that they will collaborate again on a future project! But just remember, JUDE IS MINE!! ~ Devlynn, 4.5 stars

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It left me devastated, nauseous and breathless. You will LOVE it!

If I had any doubt about what the definition of a ‘dark romance’ is, that has now been solidly laid to rest. This is the second in a two book duet which carries on the violence and danger-plagued relationship of Tor and Jude. Are they criminal and victim, partners and adversaries, or the greatest love of all time? They are all that and so much more.

Jude was a bookie and one of the best, shaped by his family into the complicated man he has become. Haunted, driven and violent, he is many different things to the world but to Tor he is the best, and worst, thing that ever came into her life.

Dark becomes black in this follow up story, whose twists and turns bent me into a sobbing mess at times. The evil and violence somehow easily co-existed with the heartfelt moments of raw despair and unselfish love which put this love story on a level all its own. I mentioned crying for chapters on end but what shocked me even more were those moments that had me laughing at loud at really inappropriate moments. Grisly does not usually scream ‘funny’ but it really was at times.

“Well, the longer this takes, the more likelihood there is of someone missing him. He doesn’t strike me as more than a ten minute kind of guy.”

The transformation of Tor continued as she emerged from hell even snarkier and edgier than she was before. I guess you can’t go through what she did and not come out stronger. She has earned her place in Jude’s world and she is ready to fight back.

“Go brood in the corner or something,” she says as she lifts a brow at me.”

A stunning conclusion that has put this book, and series, on my ‘loved it, hated it, won’t soon forget’ list. I can’t wait to see where these authors will take me next! ~ Diane, 4 stars
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August 30, 2015
I CRIED TOO MUCH GUYS. TOO MUCH.
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123 reviews31 followers
September 15, 2015
I'm going to need therapy...
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5 "Sometimes there is No Right or Wrong. Sometimes you Just have to go with your Heart" STARS

“I have a new identity, one I don't want, I just want to go home, to see my sister, to live my life, but I can't. It's all gone. Everyone I ever cared about believes I'm dead.”


This is the second book in the Wrong series and it picks up right where Wrong #1 left off.



We know that Joe has Tor and he is using her as leverage to get to Jude.


“He Fucking Has Her.”


What happen to Tor while she was with Joe broke my heart...
It made me ANGRY and it made me CRY!!! Cry a lot, and really hard!!!


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I wanted to kill Joe with my own two hands on behalf of Tor and


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If you thought you knew Jude, Tor or Caleb from Wrong, well you were WRONG!!! This is a new Jude and this is a new Tor. And Caleb is Caleb, but that is how we like him!


Jude does everything he can to get Tor back. He shows a side of himself that we did not see in book one, and call me crazy but I liked it.


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Once he gets to Tor, she is broken. It may seem as after what she went through in Wrong, that would not be possible, but it is. She has been stripped down to the bare minimum mentally, and she is now a woman on a mission.
"He's still my beautiful tragedy, my knight in blooded armour."


Tor is glad to be back with Jude because that is where she is suppose to be, but she is not the same Tor that arrived there. She has been forever changed, and she is now a woman who demands to have her pound of flesh. She is also a woman hiding a secret from the one person who she loves the most.


“I'm no longer the innocent girl he craved so badly. I'm darker than he is. Tainted beyond measure. Everything that happened to me has changed me. I can feel it, like a snake coiled around my neck, this numbness beckoning me into its dark depths, and I embrace it. I welcome it because it means I don't have to feel, and that allows me to survive.”


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This book BROKE my heart!!! I mean seriously broke my heart…


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I cried, and cried and then I got angry, and I cried some more. By the end, just when I thought I was cried out, I cried some more.


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I felt bad for everyone involved. There was a point where I honestly believed that the book could not get any worse and that this was going to go down as one of those books that you read, but you will never read again.


The last 20% of the book was HARD to read!!! I wanted to scream at everyone involved!!! I could not understand for the life of me why everyone was against Tor and Jude being together. Realistically, how was she going to walk away from what had happened to her and integrate back into "normal" society? Her sister, was an absolute BITCH!!!


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On the upside, Marney became a favorite character of mine. He was the calm and steady hand that we all need in our life, even when we do not realize it. He was the one person who knew everything, and he did not judge or condemn and when Jude could not be there, he was willing to step up and take his place. He never had an ulterior motive, and he seemed to be happy to simply be part of the family.





Maybe I believe that love in the worse of circumstances can work or maybe I am simply a sucker for HEA… Either way, my hope for Jude and Tor was to be happy and to make it out of this horrible life and live the good life…


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1,518 reviews399 followers
August 20, 2015
The dark tale of Tor and Jude continues in Wrath. Wow. What a ride.
Tor is in the hands of Joe; Jude's greatest enemy. Her life in his hands is a living hell. Torture and abuse are her every day routine now. She is broken. She has nothing. Until, Jude is back. He wants to get revenge. He wants Joe dead. He wants to fix Victoria.
This book focused more on the psychological condition of Tor and I loved to see her character grow and develop even through her pain. She is a changed woman but so is Jude.
Our couple will go through hell and back to get their vengeance, but will they succeed???
I have to admit that this book is my favourite of the two. It had everything ; drama, danger and deep love sprinkled with unfathomable passion. Excellent work. The ending shocked me but I congratulate the authors for making it so believable and realistic. I loved it. If you are addicted to dark and dangerous love stories, then this is for you. Do not miss it.
5 Stars!!!
I received van ARC in exchange for my honest review.
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318 reviews154 followers
June 1, 2017
I know Jude, I love him, I trust him, but he always seems like such an anomaly. I know I have him, but I never trust that I can truly keep hold of him. He always seems like sand, slipping through my fingers, no matter how hard I try to hold on. His words bring me relief that I didn't know I needed. They give me the strength to dare to want this with him. I twist my face to look up at him. His eyes shimmer in the darkness. He looks at me like I'm his world, and I have to swallow around the lump in my throat. I always thought Jude had cost me everything, but somewhere along the way, he became everything.



Wrath, sequel to Wrong, picks up right from the last cliffhanger! Where I thought Wrong was more grey than dark- Wrath really upped the ante and I DEVOURED this story.

Joe has Tor.



Jude begins a race against the clock as Tor's destiny lies in his hands-- and the more time it takes to find her the worse she may come out. It's hard to say much more because this book is a fly-on-the-edge-of-your seat type of book and the action and plot lines weave together perfectly. All I can say is it gets DARK and the authors spare no character out of pain, tragedy, and mayhem.

My heart BROKE several times reading this. I felt the characters' determination, desperation, and horror. I rarely hope for a happily ever after but I almost wanted to stop reading because I felt I couldn't take anymore. After everything Jude and Tor went through- the authors still give us one hell of a twist towards the end. Do they get their happily ever after? You'll have to read and find out.

Marney becomes a key character in this sequel as well-- he looks after Tor and isn't afraid to tell Jude to lighten up at times. Marney is the older, seasoned version of Jude and I was pleasantly surprised how much his character added to the story.

Overall- this was an amazing duet! The first book didn't wow me but I'm so glad I read the second book anyway- now I can see how the first was really setting the scene. Can't wait to read more from these authors!! xx

"Revenge is a debt that not even death can pay."
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1,501 reviews82 followers
April 21, 2016
***5 "You're a survivor!" stars***



Well, this was a very difficult ride... It was brutal, raw, intense... and very wrong!!!
But in a weird way so right for me...
It was one hell of a ride and even though that it pained me... a lot, i loved every single moment in there...

To be honest with you, i was so fuckin' scared to start this book and i was avoiding it in every way because i knew that it will be very difficult to witness our heroes painful story, but thank God that i had company to share this burden with me...


I want so much to thank my dear friend, Radmila, who was beside me in every turn of this incredible story!!! Without you, i couldn't do it!!!

This buddy reading was awesome, sweetie!!! We should do it again!!!

Well, in the previous book, we had witnessed Victoria's unbelievable story...
Because of her boyfriend's dept in a notorious bookie, she found herself trapped in Jude's claws...

She got through hell and in this unbelievable story, she fell in love with her captor...
With a bookie, a criminal, a killer!!!

" I always thought that Jude had cost me everything, but somewhere along the way, he became everything."

But there were much more in this story that it seemed!!! Too much shit since Jude was seeking revenge of an awful man that destroyed his family...
Joe Campell!!! If Jude was a bad guy, Joe was the Satan himself!!!

But i will say more about him in a while...
The thing is that "Wrong" finished with Jude to give Victoria's freedom back and that's not because he didn't love her, but because he wanted to keep her safe...


"I do love a fighter though... It makes it that much more satisfying when they break. I'm going to break you, little bird, and I'm going to make sure he sees it."

But unfortunately, his plan didn't go well since Joe took Victoria in order to break Jude...

This fuckin' bastard!!! God, i wanted to kill him with the most monstrous ways!!!
And that poor girl!!! God, she went through hell... Her body and her spirit broke irreparably...

Honestly, guys!!! I don't know how a woman can't return from this kind of hell!!! My heart was bleeding for her...

"I would rather die here than give this bastard what he wants, because no matter how many times I've told myself Jude's a monster, he's not. These men are the monsters, the monsters he tried to protect me from, and I owe him the same thing."

"I will never come back from this. Even if he doesn't kill me, I gave up my life for love. I just hope it was enough."

And Jude??? Poor Jude!!! He had to get through hell himself... The knowledge of what Tor lived in this monsters hands was breaking him slowly...

He had lost too much because of that monster and now, the woman that he loved, the only thing that mattered to him, was in his enemy's hands, suffering....


"This is pain, weakness, vulnerability. I know damn well she's my weakness, and so does he. If I thought for a fucking second he would give her up for me, I would hand myself over, I would give him whatever the fuck he wants, but what he wants is to break me. He wants me crawling on my fucking knees before he puts a bullet in my head."

"I will fight for her. 
I will find her. 
And I will kill that bastard for even daring to fucking look at her.
Joe Campbell better run, because the devil is fucking coming for him."


God, all this situation was breaking my heart....

All those things that they had to live were wrong from the beginning, but their blooming love managed to made them right in a twisted way... And now they were back in point zero and it was more difficult to find their way back to each other...

They had to fight with every power they had inside of them to heal each others wounds...
And the thing that remained for them was revenge to that man!!!
Only that can make them feel better... Or not???


"He kept Tor alive for the mere fact that he knew watching her like this would be the cruelest form of punishment he could ever inflict on me. Watching someone you love suffer is worse than burying them, especially when you know there's no way to mend them."

So what will happen with Jude and Tor???
Will their love survive this ultimate test???

Will they manage to heal each other's wounds???
Will they be able to forget and forgive???
There is a chance for a better life for them???

And will they succeed to take their revenge???


"I have moments of clarity, moments of strength, but every day seems like a battle to keep the demons at bay. I feel like there are two versions of me, and they are being torn apart. One part of me wants to fight, wants to live and love Jude, and scrape whatever happiness we can from the shattered remains of our lives. But the other part, the part that wakes up screaming every night, the part that is irreparably damaged struggles to comprehend a 'normal' life. It's a tough battle to fight. Both sides have something in common though, they both want blood and death, both want revenge in a way that is all consuming."

To be honest with you, that book wrecked me in so many levels...

From the first page till the last, my heart was pounding loud inside my chest, my mind was almost on his limits and my hands wanted to hurt Joe!!!! Damn!!!
And when i started to see some light in the end of the tunnel, damn me, everything turned upside down and i couldn't see a freakin' miracle to happen...

Really, i lost my shit in some point... and i spent the last 30 pages crying like a baby!!!
These goddamn letters destroyed me...

Sometimes the lines between right and wrong become so blurred that everything seems like it's right. You may be right for me, Tor, but I am fucking wrong for you.

I loved Tor and Jude... Those two were crazy....
They were fighting all the god damn time, but they loved each other feircy and deeply...

Their love seemed so wrong, but it felt so right...

"She is the only thing in my life that has ever felt right. It's fucked up, and it's wrong, but I love her. She's fucking everything." {Jude}

"I want him; I want this. This isn't going to be easy, it was never going to be, but I need this, I want this. Only he can do this for me. He can heal a part of me that I can't heal myself." {Victoria}

Jude wasn't a good guy, but in a weird way, he was just perfect!!!
He had a big burden to care in his life and he was doing everything for survival...

Tor came unexpectedly in his life, but she crept inside his heart and he couldn't get her out...
The moment that he found Tor after she was being held, damn, he made my eyes watering...
He was a shattered man and he was so lost....

How could he help her after the hell that she had to live???

"All I can see is how fucked up she has become because of me. I never asked for her. I never wanted her thrown into my life but... one day she just was, and once she was there I had no control over what happened. I never in a million-fucking-years intended to love her, but fate is a motherfucking sadistic bitch. I watched her fucking break against my will... I watched her morph into something she didn't deserve to become. She tore into those empty, dark crevices of mine no one should venture into. Tor made me fucking feel. She reminded me there was more to life than murder and money and revenge."

Tor from the other hand, changed so much in this book... And how couldn't she???

She returned from hell and she had to live with those memories from the rest of her life...
Damn, but that girl was a survivor!!! I really admired her courage and her strength...
After this awful experience, she became more strong, more determined... more cruel and in a twisted way, i loved this changing!!!

In the world that she got threw it was the only way to survive!!!

"Joe has broken us, and I hate him for it. Never have I wanted to kill anyone before, but I want Joe Campbell dead more than I have ever wanted anything. I want to watch him bleed, and beg. I want to see his eyes glaze over... For the first time in days, I feel something besides numbness and pain. I grab hold of this new found rage with both hands, and it becomes intoxicating to me. It gives me purpose in a life that has been stripped of it. I will kill Joe Campbell, with or without Jude's help."

As for the secondary characters???
Damn, i loved Caled from the first moment... He was so sweet and caring... He was a bright spot in this ugly dark world...

I also liked very much Marney!!! He was like a fatherly figure...
I didn't like most of the people near to the end and i was so fuckin'mad with Tor's sister... She couldn't understand and her attitude was absurd... She wasn't wrong, but still... She couldn't understand....

As for Joe??? Damn, i hate that guy with all my guts... and i wasn't satisfied with what happened to him... He deserved much more...

That's all from me...
This was an ugly and harsh ride, but in a twisted way, i loved it!!!

I don't think that i will ever forget this story!!!

"Ours is a story of loss and suffering, of a love so fucked up it should be impossible, but despite all the odds, I really thought we would get our happily ever after. If I think about it though, we were always destined to destroy one another. I just never thought it would be me who destroyed him."
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1,776 reviews46 followers
May 2, 2017
#36 for 2017 RC
Genre : Dark Romance

If you are looking for sweet, full of angst love story, you will not find here. The story is so bloody dark, no sweetness at all. Somehow it is told you about how you know you are strong until being strong is your only option.

Lanjutan cerita "Wrong", diawali dengan penculikan Tor oleh Jude. To tell the truth I could not swallow it, because it was so bloody crazy thing. Saya berharap cerita cepat berlalu di bagian itu tapi I kept on reading not leaving one single page.
I admire Tor for her survive from the kidnapped and how Jude accepted her however damage she was.
You should read it to feel how I feel about this book. But like I said above if you can't stomach the cruelness don't read this book. If you still decide to read this, you experience a different kind of love story and how a woman survive from a crazy and cruel kidnapped.
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1,089 reviews220 followers
June 23, 2017
"Evolve to survive"

I loved this one more so than the first!

Go read Wrong first, then come back and enjoy the ride. Lovell & Cole give you all the angst and despair in this one. Gah! Wrath is definitely darker than the first, tragically and emotionally gutting at times. God! My eyes were wet a few times. I mean, don't tell anyone and ruin my rep. But, man this book crumbles your heart up like a piece notebook paper.

I'm utterly in love with this couple, the spark, the deviance, the desperation, it bled from the pages. You'll cringe with the need for violence and hope for the bloody way of enacting it. This is one of those throw-your-kindle-I-can't-stop-Won't-stop-Until-I-read-every-last-word.

Amazingly dark and full of suspense. You'll love every bloody bit.
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348 reviews248 followers
June 29, 2016
Writing: ★★★★★
Story: ★★★★★
Characters: ★★★★★


Overall rating: 5.0

*****5 "Evolve to Survive" Stars*****



Where do I start with this book? There have only ever been two books that brought tears to my eyes. This one did more than that, it made me cry, a really ugly cry, and I felt like my heart was shattering.

I was so wrapped up in these characters, the authors pulled me in and made me part of their lives. So much so, that when I got to 87% I actually had to put my Kindle down and try to breathe. It was late and I thought, "No. I can't do this." So even though I could have finished this last night, I had to stop and get my emotions in check. At the same time, I wanted to savor the story, stretch it out just a little longer.

When I started reading this series, I was expecting dark.. but Wrong only gave me little peeks into the dark here and there. But, Wrath? It threw the door open and drug me down in to darkness hell.

"I will never come back from this. Even if he doesn't kill me, I gave up my life for love. I just hope it was enough."

Joe is the personification of evil. While he was mainly quiet in the first book, he comes out full on twisted, sadistic, depraved and deprived. In complete monster mode, in this book. He is the stuff real nightmares are made of. His pleasure comes from completely breaking a person's mind, body and spirit before ending their lives. He wants his victim to beg him for death. And he *will* make them beg.



When Joe took Tor, she was his ultimate victim, the one he needed to completely destroy Jude. But he didn't really count on the love that Jude and Tor had.

Tor and Jude are finally reunited but Joe is still out there, and no matter how much Jude swears to keep her safe, can he really?

"It's like all the little pieces of my fucked up existence click into place. Evolve to survive, this is what I need to survive. Blood. Revenge. Wrath."

Revenge is Tor's driving force at this point. It's a what she needs to move on. It's all she thinks about, and she needs Jude to get on board with it, quickly, because now, more than ever the stakes just went up ten fold.

"She is the only thing in my life that has ever felt right. It's fucked up, and it's wrong, but I love her. She's fucking everything."

In the first book, Jude was softer. That changes exponentially in this book. He becomes a man with a mission, and that mission is to kill Joe before Joe kills them first. Jude doesn't love, it's not who he is. But he loves Tor, there is no doubt in his mind about that, and he doesn't even know how it happened. But it's that love that causes him to put everything on the line to find Joe.



"Holy fucking shit, when did Tor become so fucking violent? The fucked up part is that it's making my damn dick hard."

This book also broke up the dark with some really funny banter between Jude and Tor. It's made them real, it made me love them. It made me scared for them.

"Tor may be broken, but she's evolved, she's dark and deadly, and sexy as fuck."

As this book progressed, I kept looking at how much was left. I didn't want it to end, and I really kept thinking.. "oh, this isn't going to end well."

The story wraps up all the lose ends. The flow was perfect. It didn't feel rushed. This book is going down as my newest favorite "Dark read".

I would be remiss if I didn't mention Marney. I loved him. He was the perfect secondary character that held everything together. His story line weaved in and out of Jude and Tor's story. A piece of dark thread in a beautifully fucked up, tragic, tapestry entitled.. Wrath .

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765 reviews116 followers
August 24, 2015
ratings 5

So have you read Wrong ? If your answer is no, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR !?? If your answer is yes, you do know how we felt when Wrath showed up on our kindles. Our anxious wait was over and we were about to learn the fate of the characters we fell in love in Wrong.

Without giving anything away, Wrath delivered the same high-speed addicting ride that we experienced when we read Wrong. We have to warn you, this book was at times brutal and we needed to take a break or two, think happy thoughts and gather the strength to keep going.

We loved Tori in Wrong already, she has resiliance and moxy, we just fell more in love with her in Wrath. This girl has strength and she is the perfect badass match to Jude.

"She's the only thing in my life that has ever felt right. It's fucked up, and it's wrong, but I love her. She's fucking everything."

Jude , Jude , Jude, if loving you is Wrong we don't want to be right ever again. You think you've seen him at his worst,  but you haven't met his Wrath till you read Wrath. He is a man on a mission, and he is unstoppable at his quest of vengeance.

"Revenge is a debt that not even death can pay. I've spent my entire life seeking vengeance because I though it could make me whole, but all it's done is cost me everything."

Till the very last page , this book kept us second guessing how the story would unfold, it was non stop:

"WTF"

"NO"

"WHY"

"OMG"

"HOLY CRAP"

"I NEED A HUG "

LP Lovell and Stevie J Cole have twisted minds and they're gonna get our physiatrist bill in the mail. This collaboration between them created a journey that will stay with us and we can't help but hope for more from these two.
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1,345 reviews306 followers
October 14, 2017
Wrath is book 2 in the Wrong series and picks up where book 1 ends. Tor has been kidnapped by Joe and boy was the first 30% Dark. What was done to Tor broke my heart and left me wondering if her mind and body would ever be the same. Jude is barely hanging on, he is coming apart first for what was done to Tor and his heart break for his little brother Caleb. Also to add to his stress is the secret Tor has been hiding from him. I must say that I am totally hooked on this series. I love Jude and Tor, they are perfect together. Tor has embraced Jude's life style and has become a killer herself. She was a total badass at times and I loved it. Now is this series perfect absolutely not, for some it may not be dark enough but for me its just right. Its has the right amount of dark, funny and sexy to keep me coming back. There is no doubt the chemistry between Tor and Jude is hot. I thought the last 20% or so was a little drawn out and if your reading this series you already now nothing is easy for this couple. The ending is a HFN because there is always trouble lurking in the shadows. On to book 3.
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202 reviews171 followers
April 20, 2016
5 +++ STARS!!!!


There is no controlling this wrath.




Since Wrong ended with major cliffhanger, I couldn't wait to start Wrath. Wrath picks up right where Wrong ended. Tor is being held by monster Joe and Jude is looking everywhere for her.





I am very thankful that Nicoleta decided to be my buddy read. I wouldn't read it without her. The book was hard because lot of characters that I love have died. Last five chapters I read in tears, because I couldn't believe what was happening.







But, I am going to tell you a little secret. The book has HEA, so don't worry :) !







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552 reviews20 followers
August 21, 2015
OMFG !! Wrath is Phenomenal!

The title is a perfect Fit. Wrath is the second book in the Wrong series it concludes Jude and Tor's story. And let me just this is one of the best dark reads I think I have ever read. I could not put down and I did not want it to end and. This series had me hooked from the first few pages of Wrong.

There are so many thing that happen in this story, and I do not want to ruin a single one of them for you. So all I am going to say is if you like a nail biting story that will have you on the edge of your seat with you heart racing, and your mind screaming, and heart crying then WRATH is a must read.

Thank you LP Lovell and Stevie J. Cole for providing me with an advance copy in exchange for my honest review. I absolutely loved it and will be stalking the crap out of you both..

Christy
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1,050 reviews123 followers
August 25, 2015
A~Freaking~Mazing!!!

This one had it all!!!

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This was a fast paced story, that was so original and unpredictable..
I really had no clue what I was in for when I first picked up Wrong and it just got better from there with Wrath... Kickass Heroine, Yummy Bad Boy, Damn Hot and a plot that will keep you glued to your kindle from the first swipe!!!

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1,512 reviews504 followers
May 11, 2017
I'm convinced these two authors were trying to give me a heart attack. My heart, my poor little heart, It was pounding, it was breaking, and it was being put back together again, just for them to break it one last time.

Jude and Tor were a dark king and queen in my eyes. He would stop at nothing to find her and she was going to do everything to get back to Jude. I was truly gutted over what Tor had to endure, and I completely fell head over heels for Jude even more than I already had.

And just when I thought all would be right in the crazy world of Jude and Tor BAM, nope something else happens and I'm like NOOOOOOOOO!!

Although I thought the ending was perfect. I am so happy we are getting a third book!

~Alison
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