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Blood and Diamonds #3
Seductive, Wicked, Royal
Revenge is sweet, but it leaves a bitter aftertaste.
I thought that I had finally conquered the social hierarchy at Blacklake Prep and taken my place at the top of the heap. But the higher you fly, the farther there is to fall. And everything is about to come crashing down.
Becoming a Diamond should have kept me safe, but it’s only painted an even bigger target on my back. Someone is blackmailing us, someone who has access to our lives in a way that shouldn’t be possible.
And the things they demand that we do are unspeakable. But we can’t fight a mystery
One girl. Four boys. Five lives hanging in the balance. We want to win this game, but we might not even survive it.
***SEDUCTIVE FILTHY ROYAL is a reverse harem bully romance, and the final book in the Blood and Diamonds trilogy. It is intended for mature audiences. ***
I thought that I had finally conquered the social hierarchy at Blacklake Prep and taken my place at the top of the heap. But the higher you fly, the farther there is to fall. And everything is about to come crashing down.
Becoming a Diamond should have kept me safe, but it’s only painted an even bigger target on my back. Someone is blackmailing us, someone who has access to our lives in a way that shouldn’t be possible.
And the things they demand that we do are unspeakable. But we can’t fight a mystery
One girl. Four boys. Five lives hanging in the balance. We want to win this game, but we might not even survive it.
***SEDUCTIVE FILTHY ROYAL is a reverse harem bully romance, and the final book in the Blood and Diamonds trilogy. It is intended for mature audiences. ***
196 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 19, 2020
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5 books84 followersLillian Sable writes romances of all kinds with high heat and Alpha heroes. She is a former office-worker who spent more time fantasizing and daydreaming than doing her actual job. She started writing her fantasies down and turned her dreams into reality.
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February 15, 2020
I had been waiting for this book for a while to read after reading the first two books and the last book finishing on a cliffhanger of somebody blackmailing them with an orgy sex tape. The new school year has started and our main character Lily is armed with a list of potential blackmailers. I have to admit I wasn't very impressed with this book as the series felt rushed and the blackmailers demands were quite juvenile and then the ante did get picked up a bit at her birthday party and the whole Asher ordeal, but then when the blackmailer was revealed at the end of the book - it fell flat for me as I felt that we needed a deeper reason for the person behind the blackmail, after all, they even went to lengths to kill as the blackmailer is connected to the girl in the lake death that Lily was warned about in Book #1 by Liam Cardill who is also back teaching at the school. Compared to the other RH Bully romances I have read too I found the guys not trying very hard to be with her or pushing to save her as they were all worried about their "own images" rather than working together as a team. To be honest, I wouldn't want to be with any of these guys as they seemed like they only cared deep down about their money and success and still wrapped around their parent's fingers. The one character that I did come to like in Book #3 was actually Carter Bellamy as he stood up to his responsibilities when he didn't have too. Overall, I think that readers should only pick up Seductive, Wicked, Royal by L.A Sable if they feel the desire and need to conclude the Blood and Diamonds series, but don't hold your breath for an amazing finish as it was what I would call a satisfactory ending.
January 20, 2020
2.5 stars - Rounded up simply bc the series as a whole is a little more memorable than others.
This book desperately needs another round of edits. The errors and misspellings were too noticeable and so frequent that they detracted from the story.
This instalment shifted focus and was based around the harem relationship building. I’ll admit I did miss some of the teen fuckery that was present in book 1. But it was a decent conclusion..Entertaining enough but not earth shattering.
It was pretty far fetched and frustrating how easily they all turned their back on Asher. They didn’t even consider another perp and seemed to have forgotten that someone else had better motives to do what they did.
The book lacked angst and tension when it came to revealing who the blackmailer was. It didn’t really come as a surprise when the perp was revealed, it was quite anticlimactic actually.
But on a final note.. I loved the forbidden shenanigans with Mr Cardill.
This book desperately needs another round of edits. The errors and misspellings were too noticeable and so frequent that they detracted from the story.
This instalment shifted focus and was based around the harem relationship building. I’ll admit I did miss some of the teen fuckery that was present in book 1. But it was a decent conclusion..Entertaining enough but not earth shattering.
It was pretty far fetched and frustrating how easily they all turned their back on Asher. They didn’t even consider another perp and seemed to have forgotten that someone else had better motives to do what they did.
The book lacked angst and tension when it came to revealing who the blackmailer was. It didn’t really come as a surprise when the perp was revealed, it was quite anticlimactic actually.
But on a final note.. I loved the forbidden shenanigans with Mr Cardill.
February 22, 2021
I struggled finishing this entire series. Each book had me forcing through it. I ended up reading books two and three because I wanted to know what happened. But each book I was ready to give up but ended up pushing through because I was so far in already
Immediately into book 3 I figured out very quickly who gave up her diary, and who the blackmailer was and the relationship of that to her accident.
This series to me is not a reverse harem, she was just kinda separately dating 4 guys at the same time which also only happened in the last half of book 3. Sure the epilogue they were all together, but why couldn't they have been together through the actual story.
Then that ending with Liam, he just pops back in and is like I want to be in your harem too. And everyone's just like sure come right in?
I liked the boys characters but the dynamic with asher just made no sense to me.
I get that he thought he was "doing right by her by being an asshole to keep up appearances" but they barely spent any time together where he wasn't an asshole to her. So how did she develop all these feelings for him when he just treated her like shit constantly? Then even when they were alone he was still an asshole to her, it wasn't like he actually changed when there was nobody watching.
It just really didn't work for me.
Immediately into book 3 I figured out very quickly who gave up her diary, and who the blackmailer was and the relationship of that to her accident.
This series to me is not a reverse harem, she was just kinda separately dating 4 guys at the same time which also only happened in the last half of book 3. Sure the epilogue they were all together, but why couldn't they have been together through the actual story.
Then that ending with Liam, he just pops back in and is like I want to be in your harem too. And everyone's just like sure come right in?
I liked the boys characters but the dynamic with asher just made no sense to me.
I get that he thought he was "doing right by her by being an asshole to keep up appearances" but they barely spent any time together where he wasn't an asshole to her. So how did she develop all these feelings for him when he just treated her like shit constantly? Then even when they were alone he was still an asshole to her, it wasn't like he actually changed when there was nobody watching.
It just really didn't work for me.
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November 15, 2022
I didn't like this series.
The first book is your typical poor girl who goes to an Elite school and the rich and most popular guys and girls hate for no reason.
The second and third book is a mix of that amazing Australian soap opera called "Return To Eden" and C.M. Stunich RH series.
There's some errors that could have been avoided if the books were proofread.
The timeline is confusing too. Lily has her accident before the end of the first term of junior year, spends months in hospital for surgery and physical therapy, becomes a champion in diving at the same time, becomes a Diamond at the end of term 1. How? Also she says to one of the twins that she's not the same girl he met a year ago. Well duh, he didn't even know her the year before.
The whole bullying has no point. Chloe disappears at the beginning of book 3, and as the epilogue says, they all spent their senior year in good spirit. You'd think Grace had a trick or two in her bag, but no.
And the Lily's vengeance was so weak and pitiful. Like she decides to starve herself for no reason because all the guys are already hot for her. She also dresses like a rich girl and changes her entire personality. Like ok for the clothes but come on, you can't switch to ice queen mode because you want it.
I don't understand how Lily went from cool to warm to Charlie from book 2 to 3. No explanation.
The app was useless too.
Everybody had the cards to know who was the villain but they were too stupid and horny to realise it. Lily should have dropped Asher like a hot potato because he was guilty af.
The guys truly never apologised for how cruel they were to Lily and I didn't feel their connection at all. The worst was Liam. The man just appears one year later at the end of the book to join the harem. Makes no sense at all.
The first book is your typical poor girl who goes to an Elite school and the rich and most popular guys and girls hate for no reason.
The second and third book is a mix of that amazing Australian soap opera called "Return To Eden" and C.M. Stunich RH series.
There's some errors that could have been avoided if the books were proofread.
The timeline is confusing too. Lily has her accident before the end of the first term of junior year, spends months in hospital for surgery and physical therapy, becomes a champion in diving at the same time, becomes a Diamond at the end of term 1. How? Also she says to one of the twins that she's not the same girl he met a year ago. Well duh, he didn't even know her the year before.
The whole bullying has no point. Chloe disappears at the beginning of book 3, and as the epilogue says, they all spent their senior year in good spirit. You'd think Grace had a trick or two in her bag, but no.
And the Lily's vengeance was so weak and pitiful. Like she decides to starve herself for no reason because all the guys are already hot for her. She also dresses like a rich girl and changes her entire personality. Like ok for the clothes but come on, you can't switch to ice queen mode because you want it.
I don't understand how Lily went from cool to warm to Charlie from book 2 to 3. No explanation.
The app was useless too.
Everybody had the cards to know who was the villain but they were too stupid and horny to realise it. Lily should have dropped Asher like a hot potato because he was guilty af.
The guys truly never apologised for how cruel they were to Lily and I didn't feel their connection at all. The worst was Liam. The man just appears one year later at the end of the book to join the harem. Makes no sense at all.
April 20, 2021
Seductive, Wicked, Royal is the third book in Blood and Diamonds series. This was much better than the second one, FMC Lily seems to have gone back to normal. The twists of the book were predictable at best, and the ending felt a bit rushed and forced. This was an unfortunate case of characters losing their personalities and identities, becoming a little too bland. The fact that there is only so few romantic scenes across all three books didn't help in this case, as the connection and chemistry between FMC and male characters just wasn't there. Asher might have been the exception, as he had a little more interaction with Lily, but still, it wasn't enough to make me love them as a couple.
This was only solidified by the ending where a fifth guy (one that was clearly meant to be a potential love interest at first but author most likely didn't know what to do with him so he disappeared for most of the three books having little to no interaction with Lily and her guys) sort of reappears out of the blue indicating that he wants in the harem. Made no sense to me at all, but okay. Unfortunately, apart from Ash, the other three main guys don't really have a story and just basically tag along the Lily and Asher show.
Overall, a series that started off good but got lost along the way by trying to be more than what it was.
3/5 stars.
This was only solidified by the ending where a fifth guy (one that was clearly meant to be a potential love interest at first but author most likely didn't know what to do with him so he disappeared for most of the three books having little to no interaction with Lily and her guys) sort of reappears out of the blue indicating that he wants in the harem. Made no sense to me at all, but okay. Unfortunately, apart from Ash, the other three main guys don't really have a story and just basically tag along the Lily and Asher show.
Overall, a series that started off good but got lost along the way by trying to be more than what it was.
3/5 stars.
April 8, 2021
The grammar is horrific.
The book itself is a dissapointment. Basically nothing happens until Lilys birthday party and after that it's just a rush to the end. And a dissapointing, uncomfortable end at that. Still very demeaning outlook on demale body image. Bit over the top villain. Complete dismissal of social structure and its importance , that author harped on non stop for previous 2 books. Epilogue leaves a reader with an uncomfortable feeling and several unanswered questions. Plus the implied relationship with Liam that got hinted at for 3 books, yet never was resolved and is still very mutch in creep zone.
I would never ever want to know someone as Lily, because I don't see how she is better than Chloe. Guys are all a bit one dimensional with no real personality traits, except Asher, who stays a real jerk till the end. Author should have done better.
The book itself is a dissapointment. Basically nothing happens until Lilys birthday party and after that it's just a rush to the end. And a dissapointing, uncomfortable end at that. Still very demeaning outlook on demale body image. Bit over the top villain. Complete dismissal of social structure and its importance , that author harped on non stop for previous 2 books. Epilogue leaves a reader with an uncomfortable feeling and several unanswered questions. Plus the implied relationship with Liam that got hinted at for 3 books, yet never was resolved and is still very mutch in creep zone.
I would never ever want to know someone as Lily, because I don't see how she is better than Chloe. Guys are all a bit one dimensional with no real personality traits, except Asher, who stays a real jerk till the end. Author should have done better.
July 27, 2023
Jayden, Lucas, Kai, Asher, and Lily.
I read the entire series. I also skimmed through the books. The story was not developed well. The author penned a storyline containing several mean girls, hot boys, bullying, and some mystery. The plot was too simple, and I figured out who was the villain. The story did not grow, and the relationship between the characters was unbelievable. The pace of the relationship developed too fast; it went from bullying to friendship to love, and she was involved with all the boys in the third book. I liked that the leading female, Lily had her revenge for all the wrongdoing. Lily was able to take care of the main bully in the story. She utilized her resources in ways she was on top of the pyramid. She was clever everything else written in the story was wrong. The epilogue was too short.
I read the entire series. I also skimmed through the books. The story was not developed well. The author penned a storyline containing several mean girls, hot boys, bullying, and some mystery. The plot was too simple, and I figured out who was the villain. The story did not grow, and the relationship between the characters was unbelievable. The pace of the relationship developed too fast; it went from bullying to friendship to love, and she was involved with all the boys in the third book. I liked that the leading female, Lily had her revenge for all the wrongdoing. Lily was able to take care of the main bully in the story. She utilized her resources in ways she was on top of the pyramid. She was clever everything else written in the story was wrong. The epilogue was too short.
January 26, 2020
Gahh the lack of editing in this one really bugged me. It was distracting. It was so far fetched aswell with the pain pill addiction, like that escalated so quickly and I was left thinking wtf? Everyone turned on Asher way too quickly, even his best friend who he'd known since a kid, I just thought that was a bit much. I also didn't see the purpose of the anonymous person sending all those messages (who to have breakfast with, walk to class with etc) that was all just pointless. The only thing I liked was the relationship building between Lily and the guys 👍
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January 28, 2020
The boys are her own thru the end
A satisfying conclusion to the trilogy. The author delivers. For fans of the genre of high school bully romances, multiple boyfriend for the persecution heroine, you must get this book. I read this book thru Kindle Unlimited on my Amazon HD Fire Tablet.
A satisfying conclusion to the trilogy. The author delivers. For fans of the genre of high school bully romances, multiple boyfriend for the persecution heroine, you must get this book. I read this book thru Kindle Unlimited on my Amazon HD Fire Tablet.
February 7, 2020
Wow!
Well I can honestly say that I really, truly enjoyed reading this series.. I loved the mystery, and how the suspense had me on the edge of my chair.. The only thing is that I got confused a couple of times because of the mistakes in the grammar and wording but it still didn’t make this book anything less than wow.. I just wished I understood the epilogue better..
Well I can honestly say that I really, truly enjoyed reading this series.. I loved the mystery, and how the suspense had me on the edge of my chair.. The only thing is that I got confused a couple of times because of the mistakes in the grammar and wording but it still didn’t make this book anything less than wow.. I just wished I understood the epilogue better..
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June 11, 2020This was everything a expected and so much more. I have loved this series of Lily and boys I found myself second guessing myself more once. There are many twist and turn to this story. I still wish this wasn’t the last book because I honestly need to know more about them all especially with the sudden Twist in the epilogue.
January 11, 2021
Wow!!
That ended I never seen it coming like for real this series keep me turning the page from day one I never wanted to put it down and to be honest I didn’t I just fell in love with them so listen to me read this book series trust me you will not be disappointed trust me and another #whychoose
That ended I never seen it coming like for real this series keep me turning the page from day one I never wanted to put it down and to be honest I didn’t I just fell in love with them so listen to me read this book series trust me you will not be disappointed trust me and another #whychoose
July 21, 2025
It ended nicely but then all of a sudden that pedo is here in the epilogue wanting the f the fmc like the creep her has always been waiting for her to turn 18 to lay his creepy hand on her and after everything shes still into him...I liked it itherwise cus hes not a main love interest but the fmc likes his so much despite how weird he it. ugh doesnt make sense at all
January 19, 2020
Loved it
This series was really good. I’m going to miss Lily and the guys. This book was amazing and emotional. I loved every minute of it. I’m looking forward to reading more books by this author.
This series was really good. I’m going to miss Lily and the guys. This book was amazing and emotional. I loved every minute of it. I’m looking forward to reading more books by this author.
June 3, 2020
Loved it
Ive been drooling waiting for this book and im satisfied....its one of the best endings ive read in a while...read this series if you need drama danger and some spice in your life
Ive been drooling waiting for this book and im satisfied....its one of the best endings ive read in a while...read this series if you need drama danger and some spice in your life
July 21, 2020
Great ending for the series
I really enjoyed the while series and the final installment did not disappoint. I'm a sucker for a good mystery add hot chemistry and four hot steamy men and you got a winner. A must read ☺
I really enjoyed the while series and the final installment did not disappoint. I'm a sucker for a good mystery add hot chemistry and four hot steamy men and you got a winner. A must read ☺
April 30, 2021
Incredible! I was sucked into this story and couldn't leave. There is a lot of brilliant writing, relatable characters, and intense plot lines that keep you buzzing for the next chapter. Would love a peek at their lives 5 years down the line after that epilogue!
June 4, 2021
Beautiful
Nope just nope wasn't expecting that, poor lily she truly is my little book heroine, glad about the ending though every sad story deserves a great ending and this about cheered me up
Nope just nope wasn't expecting that, poor lily she truly is my little book heroine, glad about the ending though every sad story deserves a great ending and this about cheered me up
January 27, 2020
Best book of the three
I honestly think this is my favourite out of all the books couldn't put this one down I had to know how it ended and I loved the ending.
I honestly think this is my favourite out of all the books couldn't put this one down I had to know how it ended and I loved the ending.
February 3, 2020
- a lot better than the second book
- still the whole former teacher thing is weird
- but i wanted to know more about that akdns so hopefully one day we get a bonus scene or something lmao
- still the whole former teacher thing is weird
- but i wanted to know more about that akdns so hopefully one day we get a bonus scene or something lmao
December 24, 2020
Seductive wicked royal
My mind is still trying to wrap around everything that happened in the book. It was a good series. I enjoyed it. Definitely some surprises. Worth reading.
My mind is still trying to wrap around everything that happened in the book. It was a good series. I enjoyed it. Definitely some surprises. Worth reading.
December 28, 2020
Honestly, I was over this story by a quarter of this book. I was hook on the first two, but by this one it had lost its appeal and I skipped to the end.
February 4, 2021
Hell of an Ending!!
After a roller coaster ride of crazy the mysteries are finally wrapped. Wow!! What an ending!!!! Not sure I saw that coming.
After a roller coaster ride of crazy the mysteries are finally wrapped. Wow!! What an ending!!!! Not sure I saw that coming.
March 5, 2021
Great read
Honestly, I enjoyed the series. It was well written. The characters developed immensely through the series. Definitely recommend! It was fantastic.
Honestly, I enjoyed the series. It was well written. The characters developed immensely through the series. Definitely recommend! It was fantastic.
May 25, 2021
This one was a little better, it solves the story, although the ending a bit predictable, I liked it, the part of the teacher in the epilogue seemed unnecessary, but hey, it's a passable book
August 8, 2021
Note to author: You cannot rely on spell check to edit your work. Yes, it's helpful, but there are so many little editing problems that are not misspelled words in your work it is quite distracting.
October 2, 2021
No bitch. Liam will be nothing than slimy to me. Just no, tf.
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