FLOCK, book one in The Ravenhood series from best-selling author, Kate Stewart, is live!
Get ready for a sinfully hot, angsty and unconventional love story filled with suspense, a little action, and all the feels!
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Blurb
Can you keep a secret?
I grew up sick.
Let me clarify.
I grew up believing that real love stories include a martyr or demand great sacrifice to be worthy.
Because of that, I believed it, because I made myself believe it, and I bred the most masochistic of romantic hearts, which resulted in my illness.
When I lived this story, my own twisted fairy tale, it was unbeknownst to me at the time because I was young and naïve. I gave into temptation and fed the beating beast, which grew thirstier with every slash, every strike, every blow.
Triple Falls wasn’t at all what it seemed, nor were the men that swept me under their wing. But in order to keep them, I had to be in on their secrets.
Secrets that cost us everything to keep.
That’s the novelty of fiction versus reality. You can’t re-live your own love story, because by the time you’ve realized you’re living it, it’s over. At least that was the case for me and the men I trusted my foolish heart to.
Looking back, I’m convinced I willed my story into existence due to my illness.
And all were punished.
Review
Unique, intriguing and steamily romantic – 5 stars!
Wow. Truly. Kate Stewart has delivered something very different with this book – the first in the Ravenhood Duet. It’s an emotionally raw coming-of-age story that is full of intrigue, with a love story that is dripping with chemistry that had me absolutely floored with its passion and intensity. I was completely swept up in the wonder and excitement of it all and couldn’t put it down, reading it in one sitting and desperate for more!
The blurb is really vague, and the cover is kinda creepy, I had no idea what to expect going into this one, but that’s a very good thing. It’s a story that needs to be slowly uncovered, and I loved getting caught up in the twists and turns.
The prologue had me instantly intrigued, introducing us to Cecilia, who is travelling to revisit her past and reflecting on her life.
The only love I’ve ever known or craved is the kind that keeps me sick, sick with longing, sick with lust, sick with need, sick with grief. The distorted kind that leaves scars and jaded hearts.
It’s time to confess, to myself more so than any other, that’ I’d hindered my chance of a normal and healthy relationship because of the way I was built, and because of the men who built me.
At this point, I just want to make peace with who I am, no matter what ending I get.
The story then shifts back to the past, where we meet 19-year-old Cecilia who is reluctantly moving from her home in the city, to a small country town to spend 12 months with her estranged father. Her father is a very wealthy man and she’s made a deal to work for him for a year before starting college in exchange for accessing her trust fund, which she can then use to help her struggling mother.
She’s all set for a year where she’s going to explore herself and take chances, and that bodes well because on her first day at her father’s electronics factory, she meets Sean. Sean is gorgeous, charming and flirtatious, and their attraction is instant, and she is quickly drawn in by the man who opens eyes to the world in a way she’s never experienced before.
And then she meets his friends. There’s a mysteriousness about his ‘brothers’, bringing a fantastic sense of excitement to the story, and creating a bit of a dark and wild mood, allowing Cecilia to stretch her limits like never before.
“If you’re ever wondering what to do, that’s what you do. Whatever you fucking want, whenever you want, and you don’t apologize for it, not ever.”
“This is insane.”
“Welcome to my world,” he murmurs, before sealing me inside it with his kiss.
I cannot express enough just how sizzling this book is. The chemistry is off the freaking charts, and the sexy time is… *wipes brow* wow. I was all in with Cecilia, experiencing everything along with her and revelling in her exploring all that she is feeling. I understood her emotions and her actions, and I went on the rollercoaster with her, and I loved every moment of it – never sure where it was going, but enjoying the ride all the same.
Like I said, it’s a twisty journey, but it’s so damn addictive, and it sucked me right in. It’s technically classified as a romantic suspense, and there is this element of suspenseful intrigue, but it’s very strongly focussed on the romance. It’s a love story first and foremost, and I was completely swept away in the passion and emotion of it all!
And just when the story twists again, and my heart was pounding wildly, the book ends on a nasty cliffhanger, and my mind is racing and desperate for answers! I need to know more, I need to see how it all ends, and I can’t wait to get my hands on book #2 in the duet, EXODUS, when it releases in a week.
Such a fantastic read – 5 stars!
An Advanced Review Copy was generously provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.
The Ravenhood
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The Ravenhood Legacy
This series is a spin-off from the Ravenhood Trilogy. All books MUST be read in order!
One Last Rainy Day: The Legacy of a Prince (Dom)
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Birds of a Feather (Tyler)
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About the Author
USA Today bestselling author and Texas native, Kate Stewart, lives in North Carolina with her husband, Nick, and her naughty beagle, Sadie. She pens messy, sexy, angst-filled contemporary romance, as well as romantic comedy and erotic suspense. Kate’s title, Drive, was named one of the best romances of 2017 by The New York Daily News and Huffington Post. Drive was also a finalist in the Goodreads Choice awards for best contemporary romance of 2017. Her works have been featured in USA TODAY, BuzzFeed, and translated in five languages.
Kate is a lover of all things ’80s and ’90s, especially John Hughes films and rap. She dabbles a little in photography, can knit a simple stitch scarf for necessity, and on occasion, does very well at whiskey.
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