Fanny Lee Savage is the international bestselling author of The Guardian Series, a paranormal romance set in modern times. She combines her love of ancient history with folklore to create a dark new world. Her action packed Playhouse Series immerses readers into the underworld of Miami and the inner workings of the modern day mob. Ms. Savage’s novels are full of sensual romance, dark humor, and edge of your seat suspense.
When she’s not spending time with her family or writing, Ms. Savage is busy developing her photography skills, in between researching for her next novel and hiking.
This book tore me in two. I’m so upset with Reaper I just can’t. Delly did everything he’s asked her but he still won’t take off his mask even after the night that they spent together.. but he showed Cora his face. THEN the ending sent me over the edge now I have to wait for Vipers book till 2025 I’m going to die..
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The content warning says that the book is a tough read and I think it’s because of how many spelling and grammatical errors there were. Don’t get me wrong the story was good but when you have to read a sentence multiple times to figure out what it is supposed to say because words are missing from the sentence it takes away from the flow of the story. Either the author doesn’t have an editor/proofreader or they just don’t care.
Well, let's see how this book gets me all in my feels. After what happened to Cora, I hope Delilah and the guys get her back.
In Breaker we are finding out even more of the bull crap that Fallon put the guys through.
What is going on? Ug!!! They need to just tell Delilah so they can get Cora back! I'm so mad I want to go into the world and un-alive Rune so bad!!!
Um....Breaker! WTF do you think you are doing!? Why? Nothing better happen to you!
Zane is on my shit list now! He's about to take a cap through the book!
It's ABOUT TIME!!!! That whole chapter had me mad, sad, almost in tears, ready to un-alive a few people, then relief flooded through! Dayum! Chapter 23. IYKYK
Striker! I am so proud of you for finally admitting that!
Ya'll remember chapter 31 in Striker right!? Read chapter 33 in Breaker! 🥵🔥🥵🔥
YES!!!! He's finally getting what he deserves! You really are a good boy Breaker!
Um...what do you mean Striker!? Do you secretly want him? Chapter 43 IYKYK, that's all I have to say about that one. 😉
How can one chapter make you feel so many things as a reader? Author Magic. I was so happy that he finally caved and did what he did. It made me want, I want him to do that to me, until I got mad at him! How could he do that to her!? I get it, he's the most bad ass of the group, but still! (Me silently curing him while waiting in line to be next.)
Um....Um.....Um.................um.......................... EXCUESE ME! Did Reaper just do that, for Cora?
That was the biggest cliffy I have ever experienced! Ma'am!
OK, I'm done with the book, and I am speechless. That was AMAZING! I can't believe I have to wait until SUMMER of 2025 for Viper! And to find out what happens to Delilah and Cora!
Format: eBook Pages: 504 Spicy Scenes: 10 Genre: Dark Romance Tropes: Dark, RH/WC, Enemies to Lovers, Friends to Lovers, Erotica, Mafia, Masked Men, MM, Morally Grey, Suspense, Contemporary, MMF, Found Family, Favorites Ratings: 5⭐ 5🌶️
This book had me in a chokehold. I’m so happy she wrote the scene with Cora and Reaper. I was crying with her. It made me like Reaper so much. I honestly wasn’t feeling him and Delilah since book 1. I did enjoy their scene together 🙃 I still don’t like Delilah’s character , for some reason I just don’t believe she really cares about them. Like how do you get to dictate if Reaper & Cora get to be together. She very much gives spoiled brat 😒Hopefully 🤞 something in Viper’s book changes that for me. I can’t wait for the next book. I haven’t obsessed over a series like this since “Broken Bonds” by J.Bree.
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Best book in the series so far, likely because Cora is my girl and we got a lot more of her POV in this book. The relationships developing between all 6 of them are so messy and intriguing. I will be keeping my eyes peeled for when book 4 released.
I'm really enjoying the story and am looking forward to the next one being released later this year, but there are quite a lot of spelling and grammar issues in this book that made it slightly more difficult to read
Another fave added to my list. Breaker, breaking all the rules to get to Cora freakin love it. She's coming into her own, but with that, a$$hat still breathing, Cora has to endure his hatred a little longer. Thank you for writing the Cora and Reaper scene with Viper watching. I was already thinking my girl was going to resign herself to being taken back. I cheered Cora getting to see Reap's face and can't wait for her to give him he\\ for lying. Please tell Clyde survives this!!! I loved him teaching Cora to shoot and her being a natural at it. I really hope she's the one to end the d3mon of her nightmares!! Delilah went up a notch on my fave list. She put on her big girl panties to protect Reap and Striker's sanity. Now, it's time to become who he needs to be to reunite their family. The darkness is right on par with the light. Can't wait for Viper's book in 2025. Happy writing.
When is the next book coming out?! First of all, I knew it from book 1, Reaper has had it BAD for Delilah and it’s 100% the same way around. I’ve been praying since the last book (because I’m a romantic) that they end up in some weird way together, I lowkey think she’ll want monogamy with him. I didn’t really like that she had to beg to kiss him yet he gladly kissed Cora? Reapers book is the one I’m the most excited for, second to Strikers. I also think it’s nuts Fallon made them believe being gay/ bisexual is a sin?
Breaker you gorgeous gorgeous boy! You’re so fucking brutal like I didn’t realize how much you break things…it’s a little scary. You can do no wrong in Father/Fallon’s eye, so I see
The end hurt me I cried for Delly, Breaker and Viper weren’t there….
Cora is resilient and a bad bitch. If she’s killed off I’m going to be pissed. Can we please stop getting the sentences that start with Delly and end with Cora like she can’t be mentioned or near the boys with out Delly involved.
Cora was put back in the line of fire. My girl better go back and put them in the doghouse. Bc the whole time she’s living thru hell Delly is peachy just like Cora’s life was growing up with the Gavin’s her whole life while Delly was living lavish while Cora got hurt. I need cora to have some animosity when she goes back to the Delly Funhouse. She better rake that fucker reaper thru the coals. I need her to give them the silent treatment for longer than takes viper to make her scream pls.
1. I really hope the paper book didn’t have so many errors. Kind of started driving me nuts, and that’s coming from someone who barely passed English.
*Caution Spoiler Alerts* 2. I really hope there’s more m/m/f play in the next one cause… damn. And I’m kind of hoping Reaper gets in on the D action. 3. Kind of disappointed in V for still not trusting for the mask. Next to S I really thought he’d be first to. 4. Not going to lie I’m really hoping for a soap opera plot twist and H is actually alive. 5. I understand the point of each book being from that person point of view, but I think the story would have flowed better with each guys pov. Still throughly enjoy the series, it’s just a little hard to follow the timelines at points.
✅ the forays into Breaker’s past and the storyline about Rune’s lodge kept me gripped
❌ the story needed more padding - it was quite repetitive with the characters just talking about how they miss each other and not really a lot happening.
✅ the spice did not disappoint
❌ lots of spelling and grammar errors. It felt like a rush job.
✅ superb ending - the author really knows how to finish a book with a bang! (No pun intended)
❌ Rune’s character… where do I start? I don’t understand why he wanted Cora back over his own daughter, even if his business was riding on selling her to his buddy. It just didn’t sit right. We haven’t had much to do with him as a character but everyone needs a redeeming feature.
✅ character development for the guys and Cora is fabulous.
❌ In one chapter Delilah recognised she had to murder her own dad and was angry enough to do it, but then at the end she was like “I’m not killing him.” Fair enough (it’s a big decision, girl) but as a reader I couldn’t see the process of her changing her mind, it just kinda happened 🤷🏻♀️
I will stick around for Viper’s story just because he is my joint favourite with Striker.
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This book played with my emotions way too much but let's get into the characters!
🌻Delilah: In the previous book I couldn't exactly connect with her character but I definitely did in this book! She acknowledged what was needed to be done to save Cora and was on board. The ending had me wanting to jump in the book and protect her my damn self, because what she did was so brave.
🌻Cora: Still my number one girl and I'm glad I got more of her POV in this book but that also ended in my heart getting broken more and more. The things she endured in this book made me want to cry.
🌻Breaker: In my last review I said Striker was my favourite but Breaker has definitely took that spot. Him breaking every single rule for Cora was IT for me. The way he loves her so wholeheartedly made me extremely satisfied. The first scene of him joining the school was needed, it showed him being excited about joining not knowing just how he would turn out.
🌻Striker: He's so pookie and I love how patient he was with Delilah while training her. In the previous book Reaper said Striker would be the one to bring Delilah to them and in this book I see why. In the mist of him also falling apart, he tried being the best for the girls and guys as well. Him admitting *that* about Reaper was the cherry on the cake because the tension between them is immaculate🫦.
🌻Viper: Seeing Viper so vulnerable really made me excited for his book which is set to be next. Breaker says that he wonders if Viper goes to Striker at night so that he could hold him kind of sums of the person he is. Tough on the outside but on the inside he's just a human with trauma. I highly believe that he left to join Breaker and Cora, and again, they are my favourite trio.
🌻Reaper: I still don't know how to feel about him lol. I know his book is going to hurt me the most so I don't want to judge him before getting inside his head. But it's obvious he loves the guys so much and the girls too, he just sometimes sucks at showing it. The scene with him and Cora was surprising BUT lovely, I ate it the fuck up. I like to believe that he took off his mask for her as a show that he trusts her and would get her back because in the end actions are louder than words, right? Striker and Breaker showed their faces to Delilah first so I was pleased when Reaper showed his face to Cora first.
Fallon, Rune and Zane can all jump in a pool of lava😒. Not Clyde though, love him.
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Someone better lock Miss Savage in a room with nothing but her laptop so she can write the next three books, because I need them like, yesterday. All of them.
I have absolutely no words. This book was everything. The utter pain hit me like a brick over and over again. Every one of these characters pulls at my heartstrings. Striker, oh my sweet, sweet boy, I felt every pain you felt. Breaker, or as I like to call him, gentle giant with such a big heart. Delilah, the woman you have become and will continue to grow into. My heart breaks for you. Viper, I can not wait for your story, because I KNOW you have one to tell and I know it will ruin me all over again. Dont even get me started on Reaper. That jagged piece of my heart is still too raw to put into words. And last but surely not least - sweet, sweet Cora... you are THE woman in this book for me. If i could, I'd bow to you if only to make you feel like you're in control. Yes, this book is spice-heavy, as were the books before but this one... it had so much more depth and pain and development for each individual as well as for their dynamics with each other, it was quite beautiful to be honest. The gentleness these men hide behind their masks (quite literally)... my heart aches endlessly.
I don’t normally leave detailed reviews but I felt I needed to with this one. “Prey”I rated 3 ⭐️. I read because a friend said “hey you like smut with masked men” so I gave it a go. Got hooked with that cliff hanger. Then I went straight into “Striker”. Started getting more character development, the spicy scenes were spicing but the storyline kept growing. 4 ⭐️ for me. Then we get to Breaker.
More character development ✅ More group hanky panky ✅✅✅✅✅✅ More answers ✅ More questions ✅ unfortunately
I freaking loved this book. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ In a lot of RH books, the characters kind of blend together, because there are so many. Even in “striker” at the beginning I couldn’t figure out who was who amongst the men. But as the story went, their personalities and backstories made them 4 different men.
Are there flaws in the book? Yes. One chapter Cora is written as “Coral” and it grated me. But overlooking the few and far between typos, this book was deliciously good.
I am so looking forward to Viper and hope it comes out sooner rather than later. My husband is already tired of me Complaining I need more 😂
I’m thoroughly enjoying the story and the development of all the characters. So heavily invested in where this goes and Fanny Lee writes a spicy scene like no other author. Each books reveals a little more about the 4 men who took Cora And Delilah into their world. Breakers story was heart breaking but his love for Cora was so very sweet to explore. Viper is clearly the next subject of her fourth book in this series but I’m very much waiting for the revelation of who Reaper is annd what he’s been through. Particularly after that little nugget of a story she gave us toward the end of Breaker.
One note tho. I have never seen more spelling mistakes before. I laughed with each one I observed. It didn’t distract from the story and I appreciate this book was probably given to an editor in haste for a rapid publishing. Just something to be aware of Fanny Lee but keep these books coming. And an audiobook version of these would be 🥵
6 stars!!! This is one of the best books I have read in a while. The depth of these characters is unlike anything I have ever read in a dark romance books. I am completely in love with striker, viper, reaper and breaker equally. These men are portrayed to be monsters, but once you find out the truth behind their masks, your heart will break ten fold. These men have suffered through more pain than any characters I have read about before; and they protect Delilah and Cora to their own detriment. And the story!!! What an incredibly captivating storyline that made me feel like I was living through this ‘mission’ with them. I cannot wait to see how the rest of the mission plays out in the final two books. I need Viper to come out now!!!!!
I don't know how Fanny does it but this series is getting better and better with each book. The connection I've felt to these characters is insane! These men are infuriating and lovable all at the same time and this book made me feel every emotion under the sun. Their story is hot and sexy, just as much as it is tragic and difficult. Every one of these characters has been through so much but this time Cora and Breaker truly pulled at my heartstrings. Seeing the abuse they went through honestly made me cry. And Deli... her growth has been exponential and I can't wait to see the person she becomes in the next book. I can't get enough of this series and these characters.
I loved the first two books, honestly, I devoured them and tore through them at an incredible pace. The wait for Breaker’s release was endless, and I just finished it. That cliffhanger ending is brutal, and waiting for the fourth book is going to be long and painful!
This series is very dark, addressing numerous traumas, each more difficult to read about than the last. But it’s a ‘beautiful’ story, with character development that I find particularly intriguing. To me, it’s more of a horror genre with dark romance than anything else—but that’s exactly what I’m here for, and I wholeheartedly recommend these books to a mature audience!
WHAT?!?!?!?!?! What did I just read? Reaper really did that?!?! that threw me and im still in shock!! 😅 3rd book down in the series and I cant just go start the next one 😭 I NEED MORE !! I think this book had me feeling more emotions.. like being annoyed, angry, shocked, teary. but Reaper.... I always expected that it would be D first... im never getting over that. ugh and Striker 🫠❤️ i caught myself yelling a few times while reading 😅 my favourite by far and I cant WAIT for the next book because each book gets better and better 🤭 and hotter 🥵 the tension had me needing a minute to take some deep breaths before I could continue. An amazing read.... as always ❤️
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Each book is getting longer and I am starting to skip/skim more often. I really don’t care for all the past chapters and end up skimming the majority of those until I see something that interests me. I did enjoy reading more from Breakers POV but I really wish the majority of the book was in the present timeline and moving the plot forward. The other books have not been released yet and I am unsure if I will continue the series or not. I do think I will enjoy the next book focusing on Viper but we will see. If that book is 600+ pages like this one, I may have to skip it.
I just need to know when the next book is coming out. It honestly took me longer than expected to get through this book. I loved Prey and Striker. It seemed like Breaker had a lot more flashbacks that left me hanging throughout the book. Despite that I still greatly enjoyed the story as it unfolded and I'm looking forward to getting to know Viper and Reaper better.
I know this isn’t everyone’s cup of tea but honestly this series is so good to me. I cannot wait to read more!! God i need Reaper’s pov like i need air. Again as i rated the last book in the series, only not giving a full 5 stars bc there are just so so many typos in this. Autocorrect is this author’s biggest enemy. I was able to determine what was trying to be said using context clues, but girrlll… you need a new editor 😅
Breaker’s story is a good one but this book is too long and could have been condensed and still gotten the details in. I also feel like this is the biggest cliff hanger yet and the ending made up for the too many chapters to get to it. You can just read the first few chapters of this book then skip to the last few and you wouldn’t have missed much. Bring on Viper’s book! I hope it’s not 600 pages.
This one broke me, the way it was left on such a cliffhanger 😭
Getting Cora's background, Breakers background, all the truths that came out and the love that grew even more between the women, I was an emotional mess with this book. FannyLee really out did herself with how well she wrote this one as I know I'm not the only one who was in her feelings after reading this book. So looking forward to the next book!