{"id":69484,"date":"2023-03-28T09:00:47","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T13:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=69484"},"modified":"2023-03-28T09:45:40","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T13:45:40","slug":"new-release-arc-review-cruel-king-cruel-7-by-k-a-linde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=69484","title":{"rendered":"New Release & ARC Review: Cruel King (Cruel, #7) by K.A. Linde"},"content":{"rendered":"

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CRUEL KING
\n<\/strong>by K.A. Linde<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Released: March 28<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Available now!<\/strong>
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Blurb<\/strong><\/h4>\n

A new stand alone fake relationship romance set in the glitz and glamour of the Cruel world from\u00a0USA Today<\/em>\u00a0bestselling author K.A. Linde…<\/strong><\/p>\n

The most eligible bachelor in New York City just asked me to be\u00a0his\u00a0fake fianc\u00e9.<\/p>\n

Gavin King is six and a half feet of delectable billionaire with a devil\u2019s smile that says he knows exactly what he\u2019s going to do to me later. Because he\u00a0has<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Three years ago, I caught him in the shower and promptly fell into his bed. But neither of us were relationship material. Not to mention I\u2019d just broken up with his best friend.<\/p>\n

Now, I\u2019m back in the city and he has a plan:
\nGo to his cousin\u2019s wedding.
\nConvince his family that he\u2019s not an eternal bachelor.
\nPost a huge elaborate break up\u00a0later<\/em>.<\/p>\n

With those big puppy dog eyes begging me to agree, claiming I\u2019m the only one who can pull it off, I say yes. What could go wrong? Other than pulling it off so successfully that the line between real and fake blurs.<\/p>\n

When my family flips the whole script, I can\u2019t see a way out. And I\u2019m starting to wonder if I even want one.<\/p>\n

Find\u00a0Cruel King\u00a0<\/em>on GOODREADS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Review<\/strong><\/h4>\n

5 stars!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cruel King<\/i> is the final book in the Cruel<\/i><\/a> series by K.A. Linde and features Whitley and Gavin. I love fake relationship romances so this one was right up my alley and it did not disappoint. Whitley was Gavin\u2019s wingman for years and then one night they crossed the line. Unable to handle the fallout, Whitley left New York for the L.A. with no intention of coming back. But three years later, she finds herself back in the city and back near the man she ran from.<\/p>\n

Whitley and Gavin have mutual friends so it doesn\u2019t take long before these two are forced to spend time together. Since they were friends before, they fall back into a friendship easily; however, a friendship is all they can be because Whitley knows she is bad girlfriend material and Gavin is the most eligible bachelor of NY. As long as they don\u2019t cross the line again, everything will be fine.<\/p>\n

When Gavin needs a fake girlfriend to take to his cousins wedding, Whitley steps up. It\u2019s easy to pretend because she knows him so well but pretending is all it can be. Yet, Whitley and Gavin have sizzling chemistry from the get go so when you put these two together as a fake couple, things don\u2019t look fake. It\u2019s easy because it\u2019s not real. Then, her family throws them a curve ball and everything changes.<\/p>\n

I really enjoyed Whitley and Gavin\u2019s love story. It\u2019s full of fun and playful moments but also gives us heart and emotion. When Whitley runs into Gavin and you can tell there is something there even if they don\u2019t know it yet. You can feel their familiarity and they have a great time together. I loved how they rekindle their friendship and was so excited when Gavin finally asks Whitley to be his fake girlfriend because I really wanted to see these two end up together.<\/p>\n

Gavin looked down at me with that same wicked smile I\u2019d fallen for three years ago before I screwed it all up. I could easily fall again. I was hardly acting with any of it. Gavin and I fit into each other\u2019s world. We always had. First as friends and then as more, and now, even pretending, we seemed to fit just fine. <\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Gavin and Whitley are fun and flirtatious. I felt their attraction and how much they mean to each other even when they deny their feelings and try to rationalize why they didn\u2019t work out in the past and why they can\u2019t be together now. They definitely turn up the heat when they finally admit they want each other.<\/p>\n

From the fake feelings becoming real to the dreaded fallout I was anticipating, I didn\u2019t know what was going to happen with Gavin and Whitley. And when the story takes turns I didn\u2019t see coming, I was already invested and could not put the book down. It was not as angsty as some of Linde\u2019s other books but I am actually thankful because everything that happened felt real and believable and there wasn’t just drama for the sake of it. The ending felt a little rushed but I could see why it transpired the way it did because of the enormity of how Whitley and Gavin felt. We are also given an epilogue that brings everyone in the Cruel World together again closing this series with a smile on my face.<\/p>\n

*ARC generously provided by the author and Wildfire Marking Solutions*<\/em><\/p>\n

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Cruel<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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One Cruel Night: A Cruel Trilogy Prequel (#0.5)
\n<\/strong>Review<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Buy:Amazon<\/a>\u00a0 | \u00a0Paperback<\/a><\/p>\n

Cruel Money: Cruel Trilogy, Book One (#1)<\/strong>
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy: Amazon<\/a>\u00a0 | \u00a0Paperback<\/a> \u00a0| \u00a0Audiobook<\/a><\/p>\n

Cruel Fortune: Cruel Trilogy, Book Two (#2)
\n<\/strong>Review<\/a>
\nBuy: Amazon<\/a> \u00a0| \u00a0Paperback<\/a>\u00a0 | \u00a0Audiobook<\/a><\/p>\n

Cruel Legacy: Cruel Trilogy, Book Three (#3)
\n<\/strong>Review<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Buy: Amazon<\/a> \u00a0| \u00a0Paperback<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Audiobook<\/a><\/p>\n

Cruel Truth: A Second-Chance Office Romance (#4) <\/b>– previously titled The Lying Season
\n<\/b>Buy: Amazon<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Paperback<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Audiobook<\/a><\/p>\n

Cruel Desire: An Enemies-to-Lovers Romance (#5) <\/b>– previously titled The Hating Season
\n<\/b>Buy: Amazon<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Paperback<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Audiobook<\/a><\/p>\n

Cruel Marriage: An Arranged Marriage Romance (#6) <\/b>– previously titled The Breaking Season
\n<\/b>Buy: Amazon<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Paperback<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Audiobook<\/a><\/p>\n

Cruel King (#7)
\n<\/strong>TBR – 28 March 2023
\nPre-order: Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n

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Meet K.A. Linde<\/b><\/h4>\n

K.A. Linde is the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>USA Today<\/span><\/i>\u00a0bestselling author of the Avoiding Series, Wrights, and more than thirty other novels. She has a Masters degree in political science from the University of Georgia, was the head campaign worker for the 2012 presidential campaign at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and served as the head coach of the Duke University dance team. She loves reading fantasy novels, binge-watching<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Supernatural<\/span><\/i>, traveling, and dancing in her spare time.<\/span><\/p>\n

She currently lives in Lubbock, Texas, with her husband and two super-adorable puppies.<\/span><\/p>\n

Join her\u00a0<\/span>NEWSLETTER<\/span><\/a>\u00a0for exclusive content, free books, and giveaways every month.<\/span><\/p>\n

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