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Empire of Desire

(Empire #1)

Rina Kent (Goodreads Author)

3.96 · Rating details · 8,794 ratings · 1,071 reviews

My forbidden husband.

I kissed my father’s best friend and it kind of didn’t go well.
Not only because he’s eighteen years older than me—but he also didn’t like it.
Not one bit.
In my defense, I didn’t mean to fall for him. It just happened.
Nathaniel Weaver is the most attractive man I’ve ever seen with enough charisma to blind the sun.
He’s bigger than the world, owns half of ...more

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Nov 04, 2021 ⚔Irunía⚔ rated it liked it

Shelves: facepalm-para-pum-pa, moneyed-slash-popular-girl, ward-and-her-guardian, heroine-in-pursuit, age-gap-yes-zaddy, unappetizingly-flavorless-soup, marriage-of-convenience, skimmed-like-my-life-depended-on-it, known-each-other-since-childhood, vestal-kween

Admit it, you bitches are giving this book low ratings because you're salty that Gwen has Uncle Nate to kiss her goodnight and you don't , aren't you? 💋💋

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Nov 04, 2021 ♡tanaz♡ rated it it was ok

Shelves: she-needs-to-stfu, forbidden-fruit, age-aint-nothin-but-a-number

2.5 stars ⭐⭐

RK go back to writing dark/mafia book challenge because this book... ☝️ you're done. ☝️ you're done.

No one is more shocked than me at the rating I'm giving. I've been dying and gagging for this book for the LONGEST time and when I finally got my grabby hands at the copy my emotions went from 📈 to this 📉.

Thanks to the lovely kitty kat for BR this with me and for hala who watched our reactions and got so excited she joined and re-read too 😂

It's been so long since I sat down and wrote ...more

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Jul 14, 2021 Rina Kent added it · (Review from the author) · review of another edition

EMPIRE OF DESIRE IS A COMPLETE STANDALONE!
Forbidden age gap, father's best friend, marriage of convenience romance.

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Teaser:

“You should be scared, because…” Nate's thumb slides from behind my ear to the hollow of my throat, to the insane pulse that’s currently self-destructing me. “If you don’t stop flaunting yourself around, if you keep provoking me and don’t stay in your lane, I’ll be ...more

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Nov 04, 2021 Matilda rated it it was ok

2 stars

The best part about this book was when it ended and I got to read the preview for Knox's book 💋

🍌There was zero angst or tension

🍌I got so much secondhand embarrassment, especially at the beginning when the heroine kept throwing herself at the hero—

The moment my lips touch his, I think I've reached another level of existence...I move my mouth against his closed one and even dart my tongue out to lick his lower lip.

→ma'am...he is not kissing you back, please stop assaulting him 😁

🍌There's a ...more

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Nov 04, 2021 Crystal rated it really liked it

Sweet baby Jesus, I need an Uncle Nate.

After reading so many mixed reviews, I do what I do best. I went in with an open mind and judged myself. I always love an honest review, negative or positive, unless they are bashing the reader or the author.

At Gwyneth’s eighteenth birthday party, she kissed Nate, her father's best friend. Nate, however, didn’t reciprocate. Now twenty years old, the unthinkable happens, and for convenience, she marries Nate. On paper only.

I didn’t know what to think of G Sweet baby Jesus, I need an Uncle Nate.

After reading so many mixed reviews, I do what I do best. I went in with an open mind and judged myself. I always love an honest review, negative or positive, unless they are bashing the reader or the author.

At Gwyneth’s eighteenth birthday party, she kissed Nate, her father's best friend. Nate, however, didn’t reciprocate. Now twenty years old, the unthinkable happens, and for convenience, she marries Nate. On paper only.

I didn’t know what to think of Gwen in the beginning; my heart broke for her. My first impression, she is too needy for me, and desperately needs a mother figure. I’m here to tell you that she won my heart in the end. Don't mess with her loved ones. That girl is fierce. Great character development.

Nate, he is sexy and dirty as all hell. He is right up my alley. When Nate has his mindset on something, he is full steam ahead. And oh so possessive and protective.

Nate and Gwen are so much alike. Both with some of the same issues. If any two people belong together, it’s these two. I love some side characters and some I couldn’t stand. There is a major twist in the book. I mean, this is Rina Kent after all. Just follow the bread crumbs. The book is full steam ahead. Thank you to the author for writing outside the box on her sex scenes.

Let's talk about Kingsley. the father. I give him credit for being a single father; however, his actions are toxic and he refused to let his daughter grow up.

I love a good Rina Kent book. When she posted that it was going to be outside her normal range, I said why not. I still like her writing. I am up for the challenge. My only constructive criticism is for me, I wanted to see a little more angst.

I have to add to all my Goodreads reviewers I have to give thanks to all who bashed the readers and author; you pushed me to read this, and I ended up loving it. To all those who wrote a constructive review, negative or positive, I also thank you, you keep me going, and I love your reviews.

Books are subjective to the reader. What I like, you may not like, and vice versa. I suggest staying away from saying whoever said this is the best book is lying, or they don’t know better. We all have different views. That is the beauty of it all. ...more

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Nov 11, 2021 Bookaddict lass rated it really liked it

Shelves: possessive-man, pushover-h, no-cheating

all the reviews prepared me for the worst😶 idk it's not a romeo and juliette type of thing but it worked just fine for what was worth😅

what i liked:

possessive hero who fell for h pretty quickly
imperfect h who did chase a bit but not in a gross way. i think it's okay she acted impulsively at times like any human being does sometimes😜
good chemistry
banter between her dad and hero

what I found annoying:

basic ott characteristics (too bad when love for vanilla is one of the key personality traits😅)
why ...more

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Nov 04, 2021 hala rated it really liked it

✩ 3.75 stars.

’Once upon a time, I thought I'd gotten over him. turns out, I'm still waiting for him to kiss me back.’

a ‎ ‎ b r i e f ‎ ‎ s u m m a r y:
Since she was fifteen years old, Gwyneth has had a crush on her father’s best friend Nathaniel and it only grew as time went on. On her eighteenth birthday, tired of keeping her feelings bottled up, Gwen makes an impulsive move and kisses Nate, catching him off guard. Being her father’s best friend and business partner, he remains apatheti ...more

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Oct 29, 2021 Lori [semi-hiatus] rated it it was ok

Shelves: not-safe, cursed-w-slutty-virgins

1* for the other characters and 1* for the preview for the next book.

Serious question: Has RK forgotten how to do chemistry between characters?

This is the same issue I had with the Thorns duet. The chemistry was close to nonexistent. I get that she tried to tread carefully around the I knew you since the day you were born issue so it didn't come across as creepy or predatorial, but it wasn't done well IMO. I didn't feel any connection between them. They also seemed too much of archetypes ...more

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May 15, 2022 ren ♡ (hiatus) rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: romance, forced-arranged-marriage, grumpy-hero, workplace-boss-coworkers, age-gaps

I find it really bizarre when authors assign the most random things as a character’s defining feature, because being the vanilla girl is not a flex. I can give her music tastes and love for white sneakers a pass, but vanilla? Vanilla milkshakes? With breakfast, lunch and dinner??

It's a no from me.

Vanilla milkshake aside, this book could have been so much more! I'm not a big fan of the whole dad's best friend trope but I was really looking forward to the other tropes.

Sadly, the author doesn’t re ...more

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Nov 06, 2021 D.L. Howe rated it it was amazing

Shelves: age-gap, likable-assholes

Five stars because uncle Nate said so and that’s final!

God, this girl breaks my fucking heart. The love she has with her dad is a fine line between wonderful and co-dependent. As a parent I know I need to give my kiddo the space to spread his wings so I know he’ll be ok with or without me. (Did you just think of that U2 song? Because I did)

He’s not the knight sweetheart, he’s the dragon.

Jeez, his bedside manner leaves much to be desired. I’m relieved he’s explaining that she’s not a burden but ...more

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Nov 04, 2021 flor rated it it was ok

Shelves: 2021, series

oh my god. she did it. she did it again.

another shitty book 😍

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Nov 05, 2021 Llakshmi rated it liked it

Shelves: age-gap, grumpy-hero, alpha-male, erotic, possessive-jealous, marriage-of-convenience

I need RK to write about a fat guy with nothing but a good personality. Because I cant get over the fact that every single fucking person here has a six pack.

“My dad hasn’t aged much. At thirty-seven going on thirty-eight, he still has a strong build that fills out his suit. He’s tall and broad and has an eight-pack. No kidding. He’s the healthiest man I know. But he also has a few age lines that make him the wisest ever—aside from a certain someone.”

The book was well. We all knew it was over t ...more

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Nov 04, 2021 Natasha rated it it was ok

First i need to say that i hate the model on the cover so Nate in my mind did not look like a rat!😌

*also warning spoilers ahead*

I have love and hate relationship with Rina's books but ever since i've read The thorns duet(which was so bad btw) i anticipated Nate's book bc he was the most intriguing character there.
So when i saw that it's a BIG age gap book i had some doubts.😂
First i really dislike age gaps. That's obv my personal preference and i can get over 10 years, 12 years max but an 18 y ...more

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Nov 06, 2021 ApoorvaReads rated it did not like it

me and rina have such a good relationship going on- I’ve rated all the 3 books I read recently by her 1 star. You guys wish u were me😏😏

but on a serious note, this book was really bland and meh or maybe it’s just cause I have a really bad book hangover.

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Nov 04, 2021 kat rated it did not like it

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. 1 star ☆

I should've kept my expectations low for empire of desire because it ended up disappointing me and it turned me into a brainless zombie. i'm sorry for putting tanaz and hala through my dumb idiotic questions. I sincerely apologize. it was the book, not me. the book brought that side out of me.

and when I think about it, not much happened in the book. the beginning was okayish, the middle was just all over the place and so confusing and the ending was horrible, just pure garbage. there wa ...more

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Nov 05, 2021 Neelakshi rated it it was ok

The way i waited FOREVER FOR THIS.

Ya'll cmon take a seat we'll need to sit through all this rant.

Okay before I word vomit let us all go over the plot.
Nathaniel Weaver is best of friends with KIngsley Shaw who has a daughter Gwyneth Shaw . Gwen acts on her crush and kisses 'uncle Nate' on her 18th birthday.
After that he avoids her like a plague for the next two years ONLY to marry her after Kingsley gets into an accident and falls into a coma.
He swears to not touch her only to finger her af ...more

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Jul 13, 2021 Ꮗ€♫◗☿ ❤️ ilikebooksbest.com ❤️ marked it as to-read

This series sounds Awesome! I can’t wait.

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Feb 10, 2022 Ms reads a lot rated it liked it

Shelves: age-gap

Such an annoying heroine!

I fell in love with Rina Kent when I read the Deception Trilogy. It’s one of my favourite series. I’ve recommended it to countless people. The writing was top notch, the characters had so much depth, the plot was intricate and engaging, and the smexy scenes were hot AF. So I was expecting more of the same in this book. I thought it ticked all of my boxed:

✔️ age-gap
✔️ taboo relationship (dad’s best friend/uncle figure)
✔️ arranged marriage

Sadly though, I was disappointed. Such an annoying heroine!

I fell in love with Rina Kent when I read the Deception Trilogy. It’s one of my favourite series. I’ve recommended it to countless people. The writing was top notch, the characters had so much depth, the plot was intricate and engaging, and the smexy scenes were hot AF. So I was expecting more of the same in this book. I thought it ticked all of my boxed:

✔️ age-gap
✔️ taboo relationship (dad’s best friend/uncle figure)
✔️ arranged marriage

Sadly though, I was disappointed. This was largely due to the heroine, Gwyneth. She was just SOOOOO weak, naive and annoying. She kept gasping, squeaking, and squealing. She was constantly breathless and stammering. Always shaking and trembling. She also came across as a huge airhead, who constant said “like” and “huh?” and “oh” and “totally”. She also had a phobia of words… especially words that started with the letter D, like Death, or Decay, or Distance. I understand wanting to give a character some “flaws” to make them more troubled or relatable, but this was just dumb!

She was so immature it was painful! Despite being twenty, she acted like a five year old. She was OBSESSED with vanilla. She would have vanilla milkshakes and vanilla cupcakes for breakfast everyday. Her favourite food was vanilla ice cream. Her dad read her stories at night when she had a nightmare, and she hid in the closet when she got anxious or scared. I don’t know if those traits were supposed to be endearing but I just found them annoying.

There were quite a few AWKWARD AF interactions between her and Nate, especially at the beginning. Their banter made me cringe so hard sometimes. I had some SERIOUS second hand embarrassment reading some parts. Like this gem:

“I’m twenty, you know, and that means I have crushes, boyfriends, and urges. It means I go out and ride motorcycles and do whatever the hell I wish.”
“What type of urges?”
“Huh?”
“You said you have crushes, boyfriends, and urges. What are the urges?”
…
“Sexual urges,” I whisper in a breathy voice that surprises me.
Even his voice is as stiff as the rest of him. “Sexual urges like what?”
“You know.”
“I don’t know. Tell me, Gwyneth, what are the sexual urges you need the not-some-normal bike kid for?”
“K-kissing, for starters.”
“Kissing.”
“Yeah, with tongue and groping.”

IT. WAS. SO. AWKWARD!!!! I died a little on the inside 😖🥴.

This wasn’t all bad. I liked Nate. He was kind of an a$$hole at first, but he grew on me. Kingsley and Aspen were awesome and I can’t wait for their book. The sex scenes that weren’t awkward (mainly when Gwen wasn’t doing any talking) were hot. The other characters, like Jane, Knox, Chris and Sebastian were also great.

If it wasn’t for Gwen’s character, this would have actually been a great book; sadly, she ruined it for me. ...more

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Nov 05, 2021 K rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: melodrama-soap-opera-esque, age-gap, amor

empire :

#1: empire of desire ↠ 1.5 stars!
#2: empire of sin ↠ dnf at 60%.
#3: empire of hate ↠ 2 stars.

for the sake of balance as well as manifesting a modicum of optimism within my very pessimistic self, i'll add “what i liked”:

-ˏˋ king

that would be kingsley, my overbearingly overprotective daddy turned comatose daddy turned overbearingly overprotective, psychotic, and totally unhinged daddy.

what can i say except for; the man who's still low-key comatose when half-ass attempting to drown

...more

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Feb 11, 2022 Hannah rated it did not like it

Shelves: younger-girl_older-guy, age-gap, books-with-tough-heroes, books-with-blond-heroes, virgin-heroine, arranged-marriage, dad-s-best-friend

Let’s get the “baby girl” issue out of the way before I start,
Every time he called her “babygirl” I was like “insert miss juicy grimacing meme*
So a short summary of the book:
Gwen has been obsessed with her dad’s best friend AKA Uncle Nate for years and when she turns 18 she takes a shot at it and kisses him and obviously he rejects her *meh*
Fast forward to when she’s 20, her dad has an accident and ends up in a coma and as the only possible way to keep her assets since she isn’t 21 yet, Uncle Na ...more

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Jul 08, 2021 Asteria rated it really liked it

Shelves: im-scared

Its Nate, oh my god, I can't wait till November 😭😭
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Nov 04, 2021 Biology Chemistry rated it did not like it

It is very disappointing to write this review but honestly, there’s no way I can love this book. It was by far my least favorite book from Rina. I did not feel any love between the main characters. I only felt lust, and that too was mainly from the female’s side.

I don’t know how to put into words how I feel about Nate. He really disappointed me. He seemed content with or without Gwen in his life. It felt like the only reason he decided to let her into his life was because he would be getting to It is very disappointing to write this review but honestly, there’s no way I can love this book. It was by far my least favorite book from Rina. I did not feel any love between the main characters. I only felt lust, and that too was mainly from the female’s side.

I don’t know how to put into words how I feel about Nate. He really disappointed me. He seemed content with or without Gwen in his life. It felt like the only reason he decided to let her into his life was because he would be getting to fuck her. Honestly there was no build up that led me to believe that what they had was true love. I can’t tell you how much I was disappointed when reading this book.

I waited months to read this books and then to be given the shock of my life with the disappointment? It’s saddening. Honestly I feel like Rina’s books have also been lately skewing towards the unsafe side. I hate when we have to read about the ways the H treated other women. Even though it may be that he never spent the night with them etc, I do not need to read about that.

For safety readers I would definitely classify this as unsafe. The h is in love with him since she was 15, he obviously fucked other women during that time, and even when she was in love with him, she kissed other guys and I believe she let them touch her.

Another thing, I felt like Nate kept trying to push away Gwen or keep her at a distance for too long that it really made me believe that he doesn’t truly love her.

At the end of the book he told Gwen that he think he fell in love with her after kissing her on her 18th birthday. Honestly, to me that felt like a huge lie and he was just trying to make Gwen feel special since she said she loved him since she was 15. I mean he used to see her as a little child and only because she kissed him he suddenly fell in love with her? What the fuck? It doesn’t make sense.

Another thing, the dirty talk. Honestly Rina write some of the best dirty talks, however, in this book it just wasn’t it. It was more cringy thanks turn on. I was not feeling those dirty talks at all.

Another weird thing, I don’t know my mind just couldn’t wrap around this. When Gwen’s father came out of the coma and found out about her and Nate, both Gwen and Nate would sneak around and have sex (for example in the parking garage) and it just seemed odd. So fucking odd. I couldn’t help but imagine an old gray headed dude sneaking around like a little boy all to fuck a girl who’s almost half his age. Nate obviously isn’t a gray headed old man but I couldn’t get that scenario out of my head.

During the months before this book was released, Rina mentioned how her writing had faced some difficulties. You can clearly see that because this book is definitely not of the Rina Kent quality and standard. I swear to God that it felt like someone else wrote this book and it Rina. I cannot emphasize this enough!!! When I was reading this book it felt like I was reading a book from another author. I swear to God I am not lying. This DID NOT feel like a Rina Kent book. I am truly disappointed by this.

The series that she recently unpublished had some of my favorite books in it and I loved her writing in those books, unfortunately she said those books aren’t her style anymore (something to that effect). I do wish though that her more recent books were like that though. Also, I feel like her books are starting to lean on the edge of being unsafe. And I really don’t like that. Rina used to be and still is to an extent one of my go to authors because I love all her books, however, if her books start becoming less and less safe then unfortunately I’m not sure how much I will love her writing anymore. Sadly. I am very disappointed but I do hope her future books improve.

I forgot to mention a very important scene that was unsafe!!! Gwen was dancing at a club drunk off her ass. She was grinding against two guys who both got hard due to her dancing and she was just grinding against their erections!!! This was when she and Nate were already in a relationship, married, consumed their relationship!!! What the fuck? She was turned on by grinding on their dicks. What the fuck??? This emphasizes my point about her books beginning to become unsafe and that is just so sad!!! ...more

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Nov 03, 2021 💜VGreedyReader🖤 rated it it was amazing

⭐️5 empathic stars ⭐️

An addictive age-gap romance. Rina delivers the ultimate treat with this magnificent story. You know when a book is good as you can’t put it down, you can’t tame the compulsion to read, to want more it’s one you can’t control, when said book still keeps you on your toes and gives you shivers just to think back to its magic then there’s no doubt that book is brilliant.

~𝑯𝒆'𝒔 𝒂 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒇. 𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒔'𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕, 𝑰'𝒎 𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒃𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒂 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 ~

It’s not mystery I love Rina’s heroines, Gwen just confirmed that no matter the setting or the environment this author can depict one hell of a good heroine. I appreciated how Gwen is a real 18 years old, we don’t get a femme fatale which would have been so far from reality to seem absurd, at the same time she isn’t an annoying whiny teen. I love her persona, her empathic nature, she is a
fascinating young woman down to the core. The way her character grows and evolves is flawlessly and beautifully portrayed.

~𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑮𝒐𝒅. 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑨𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒆~

Nate is as impenetrable as he’s devastatingly handsome, his closed off persona would deter the strongest of people, yet in all his controlling nature he’s not ready for the storm hitting him with a full force he’ll have trouble standing, let alone resist temptation. Nate is a detached character and difficult to like but Rina’s talent make him impossible to resist, she worked her magic and I fell head over heels for him. I loved watching Nate losing control, to see his possessive side come to surface, even if I wanted to smack him on the head more times than not! I thoroughly enjoyed how Gwen faces him. She isn’t deterred by his less than kind actions or words she responds to his misbehaving with witty come backs and a determined attitude.

~𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅... 𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆, 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒇 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒔 ~

Told in dual POV, the fast paced narrative will keep you glued to the pages, the slow burn angsty moments will make you hot and bothered the steamy sex scenes will make your kindle explode and your panties melt.

This experience was even more special as I read this with my Twinsie Maria ❤️ thank you for the fun ride and the much needed visuals 🔥🥰 ...more

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Jan 16, 2022 Carla Bulian rated it really liked it

3,5. I thought repetitive and boring sometimes. Unfortunately because I love her books.

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May 13, 2022 Jenn (The Book Refuge) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: age-gaps, 2022-read

There was a lot of crazy and over reaction in this one... but it also had some really good parts. The heroine may have drove me up a wall and the hero was a bit too cruel in the way Rina Kent does it...

But.. I liked the anxiety and depression rep. The hero resisting her for dear life. Some Baby Girl calling and some Big Dick Energy.. so I'm gonna give it a

4 Stars
4 on the spice scale. ...more

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Nov 03, 2021 crazyyummy rated it did not like it

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May 18, 2022 alka [hiatus] rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: romance

3.25 stars :)

pardon me, my whorishness for age gap romances knows no bounds these days; so much so that im willing to let go of the intermittently refrenced vanilla milk shakes (ew, gag) and the atrocious writing and the not so loveable main characters.

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Nov 08, 2021 ☽ mira (hiatus) rated it it was ok

Shelves: romance, grumpy-sunshine, arranged-marriage, spicy, dilf, workplace-romance, age-gap, dads-best-friend

2.5⭐️

“Once upon a time, I thought I’d gotten over him.
Turns out, I’m still waiting for him to kiss me back.”

i'm a lil bit disappointed. i was excited for months for this and then when it came out, i saw all those reviews i was skeptical.

it wasn't "bad", it was just so boring. i feel like this trope is so overused that authors need to add something unique or else its a carbon copy of another book.

i loved nate. i hated gwen. i didn't see any chemistry between them and i just felt li ...more

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Nov 04, 2021 gina rated it it was ok

Jesus Christ please someone take away the covers of the men who look like they want to die staring at nothing with an awkward pose.

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Dec 01, 2021 Fre06 Begum added it

Shelves: betraying-body-alert, pathetic-heroine, dnf, heroine-is-the-pursuer, so-let-down-by-author, meh

First book by this author I just could not finish!

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Rina Kent is an international bestselling author of everything enemies to lovers romance.
Darkness is her playground, suspense is her best friend, and twists are her brain’s food. However, she likes to think she’s a romantic at heart in some way, so don’t kill her hopes just yet.
Her heroes are anti-heroes and villains because she was always the weirdo who fell in love with the guys no one roots f ...more