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Sometimes, beauty covers a whole lot of ugly.
That was one of the many valuable lessons I learned the summer I lived in Creswell Springs with the Angel’s Halo MC.
They taught me about responsibility and respect—not just for others, but, more importantly, for myself.
I liked to think I came home a better person. Someone who wasn’t just pretty on the outside anymore.

And then I met Zak.

Golden eyes. Chiseled jaw. That deep, gravelly voice mixed with a slight Russian accent that did something to me no man ever had before.
The way he looked at me, I didn’t just feel beautiful—I felt powerful.
Before I knew it, I’d fallen for him.
My heart was in his hands.
But did he want to cherish it…or crush it?

162 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 31, 2022

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Terri Anne Browning

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Terri Anne Browning is a USA TODAY bestselling author.
Being dyslexic, she never thought a career in writing would be possible, yet she has been on bestselling lists multiple times since 2013. Reese: A Safe Haven Novella was her first Indie published book. The Rocker Who Holds Me changed the tables and kicked off The Rocker... series featuring the sinfully delicious members of Demon's Wings. The Rocker... Series is now complete with 12 books and the occasional novella. Other books by Terri Anne include the Angel's Halo MC Series, as well as The Lucy & Harris Novella Series, The Vitucci Mafiosos Series, and The Tainted Knights Rocker Series.

Terri Anne lives in Virginia with her husband, their three demons---err, children--and a hyper Frenchie named Grunt.

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Profile Image for Ella Kintsugi.
Author 87 books24 followers
August 20, 2025
Per questo, più che per altri, ho avuto la sensazione che mancasse un pezzo di libro. È tutto concentrato sul plot twist - per nulla inaspettato - e la reazione a esso, senza sviluppare il rapporto tra Sofia e Zac. Capisco che sia lo stile dell'autrice, ma forse qualche pagina in più non avrebbe stonato. Il famoso buco di trama è un cratere.
Profile Image for Kim  Brewing.
3,613 reviews36 followers
May 21, 2024
A very quick read but I enjoyed it. It was nice to see Sofia grow. Do not mess with the woman in this group!
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1,276 reviews4 followers
June 17, 2022
This book 100% redeemed Sofia in my eyes. I wasn’t sure what to think of her when we first met her but in this book Terri Anne showed growth and strength and gave her a “hero” that could hold his own, could allow her to grow and still feel confident and safe. The angst was perfect and felt real, not contrived as many books do. I loved the cameo from Raven and how this book wasn’t about her time in Creswell Springs but more about her now.
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632 reviews5 followers
July 9, 2022
My rating: 3 stars

What I liked: I liked how we got to see the women come together to help Sofia(h). I also liked how they took care of the grandfather.

What I didn’t like: I thought this book would have been better if it was longer. The relationship between Sofia and Zak happen too fast and I wished we got to read it instead it jumping to them being together. Also, I needed to know why Anya decided to help Sofia’s biological mom (she said she owed her but it wasn’t said why)…maybe this was answered in a different book??

Major Spoilers/ Details/Triggers: The h in the beginning is staying with the MC because her parents want her to change her attitude (they knew that Raven can get her to be a better person). She goes home and goes to her mom’s charity where she meets the H. H actually knows about the h and is there to get her to marry him. h was adopted and the H was raised by the h’s biological grandfather. H’s brother was married to the h’s biological mother and when the mother divorced him she took the H. So H is sent to get the h to marry and have a baby so that the families can unite. The story jumps with h basically living with the H and finds out she is pregnant. H proposes and she says yes. The H’s “family” comes for the rehearsal and h meets them. h goes to see H and overhears how he is marrying her for the grandfather. h gets upset and runs. h’s brother finds her. Seeing that she is bleeding they take her to the hospital. There the H comes and explains everything (that he truly does love her and that he wasn’t with her for the grandfather but because he can’t live without her). h overhears and goes sees the grandfather. While there the H and the rest of his “family” comes and they take care of the grandfather. HEA with them getting married and her pregnant with second child.

Final thoughts: This was just ok for me. Like I mentioned above if it was a longer book I think I would have liked it better. Definitely will be reading the next book.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
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95 reviews1 follower
June 1, 2022
The angst I needed

When Sofia's trip to Creswell Springs was first mentioned at Tavia's wedding I was so sure her book was going to be next but after other books in the series came out and no news of her history being told were announced I kind of lost the hope of getting to know more about this bratty princess, but omg the wait was worth it!!!! The angst was amazing, I would have loved to see her more with the MC and all their people but the few scenes where they were mentioned are enough for this fangirl, Zak is sooooo cute and knowing the history of him and Sofia, and how it intertwines till now is chef's kiss, I knew there was more there the moment he showed up at the charity event!!!! The one thing I will complain is the lack of sexy times, this is story is completely void of sex scenes although they are hinted we just one fado to black scene, but the author got us so hot and bothered that I tough the scene was going to be hotter than the one Ryan and Nova got which until now continues to be my favorite.
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866 reviews9 followers
December 1, 2022
This is just a fun and simple read. I think that the story was too short to really draw me into the emotions that were there in the story but I enjoyed it all the same.

Zak is supposed to make Sofia fall in love with him in order to solidify power for his surrogate father. He is not interested and is only going through with the plan to appease his father until he meets Sofia and falls in love with her on the spot. Sofia was once a spoiled girl but she has begun to work on herself, becoming strong and someone who she is proud to be. She thinks that being with Zak will set her back in her journey but she also can’t resist him.

This story was really cheesy but it was also a fun read. I think that the original books that sprouted this series were better because they were longer and allowed for more of an emotional connection but I am finding this fun to read as well. You definitely can not read this book without reading all of the connected series. I don’t know that I would read this again. There are definitely better books by this author that I prefer.
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4,396 reviews33 followers
June 6, 2022
In this book we get Sofia Volkov & Zak Morozov. When this book opens we find that tough love is what really made Sofia look inside herself. Now she is back in New York and is still determined to keep up the progress she learned in Creswell Springs. Zak was something Sofia never saw coming though. Zak cannot believe how quickly he wants the woman in front of him. The thing is he knows he has secrets and if she ever learns the truth he knows he will lose her forever. Can these two find a HEA or are there people more powerful than them both trying to control their destiny?

Another amazing hit by this author. I am already a huge fan of this author and this book definitely did not disappoint. I would highly recommend it to anyone and everyone.
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6,131 reviews57 followers
August 27, 2022
𝐹𝒾𝓇𝓈𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈 𝒻𝒾𝓇𝓈𝓉; 𝐼 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀!
𝒮𝑜𝒻𝒾𝒶; 𝓈𝒶𝒸𝓇𝒾𝒻𝒾𝒸𝑒𝒹 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓃𝒾𝓃𝓉𝒽 𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 ‘’𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓁𝓈 𝒽𝒶𝓁𝑜 𝓃𝑒𝓍𝓉 𝑔𝑒𝓃𝑒𝓇𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃’’ 𝓈𝑒𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈.
𝒯𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎 𝒾𝓈 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓇𝓉, 𝒻𝒶𝓈𝓉 𝓅𝒶𝒸𝑒𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒶𝓃 𝑒𝓃𝒿𝑜𝓎𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹.
𝐼 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝒾𝓃 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓈𝒾𝓉𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓈𝒶𝓉𝒾𝓈𝒻𝒾𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽𝑜𝓊𝓉. 𝐼 𝒻𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝓇𝒾𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓈𝓉𝓎𝓁𝑒 𝑒𝒶𝓈𝓎 𝓉𝑜 𝒻𝑜𝓁𝓁𝑜𝓌, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓇𝒶𝒸𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑒 𝑒𝓃𝒿𝑜𝓎𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒. 𝒯𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝒾𝓈 𝒮𝑜𝒻𝒾𝒶’𝓈 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝓌𝑒 𝓂𝑒𝓉 𝒹𝓊𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒯𝒶𝓋𝒾𝒶’𝓈 𝓌𝑒𝒹𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔. 𝒜𝒻𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝒶 𝓈𝓅𝑜𝒾𝓁𝓉 𝒷𝓇𝒶𝓉 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓈𝑒𝓃𝓉 𝒶𝓌𝒶𝓎. 𝒩𝑜𝓌 𝒶 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒𝒹 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓃𝑔 𝓌𝑜𝓂𝒶𝓃, 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝑔𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒶 𝒽𝒶𝓃𝒹𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓇 𝒶 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓃𝒸𝑒?
𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝒽𝑒𝓂𝒾𝓈𝓉𝓇𝓎 𝒷𝑒𝓉𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝒮𝑜𝒻𝒾𝒶 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒵𝒶𝓀 𝒾𝓈 𝒸𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓇 𝓉𝑜 𝓈𝑒𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝐼 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂 𝓉𝑜𝑔𝑒𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇.
𝐼 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑒𝓃𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑒𝓅𝒾𝓁𝑜𝑔𝓊𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎.
𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑒 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝒾𝓈 𝑒𝒶𝓈𝓎 𝓉𝑜 𝒻𝑜𝓁𝓁𝑜𝓌 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝒶𝓃 𝑒𝓃𝒿𝑜𝓎𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹. 𝐼 𝒸𝒶𝓃𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝒾𝓉 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀𝓈 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓈𝑒𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈.
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528 reviews
October 27, 2025
mmm mi è piaciuto un pò meno rispetto agli altri suoi libri, non per la storia in sé che mi ha sorpreso soprattutto il livello di crescita che ha avuto Sofia ma per il modo in cui è scritto, non tutto ma il salto temporale repentino che c'è stato solo dopo 2 capitoli, mi è sembrato esagerato cioè non abbiamo visto nulla dell inizio della storia tra i due. qualche pagina in più gliel avrei data a questa storia. detto questo i personaggi nonostante la mia reticenza verso quello femminile mi sono piaciuti molto, come ho detto lei è stata quella che ha avuto il maggior cambiamento da quando l ho conosciuta. mi è piaciuto vedere anche qualche vecchio protagonista. 4 stelle
ps. ora sono curiosa di leggere il prossimo
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1,672 reviews185 followers
June 13, 2022
Sofia Sacrificed was a novella associated with the Angel’s Halo MC Second Generation by Terri Anne Browning. Although it crossed over with the MC, it continued the mafia family second generation.

I’m taking a break from my normal review process at the moment but a few quick thoughts: I liked both Sofia and Zach, although it was easy not to like Zach sometimes. It was suspenseful with an evil vibe, much like the previous story in the series, Cruel Surrender. It was also entertaining and enjoyable and I liked how they solved the conflict. It was another great mafia story tucked into the Angel’s Halo MC series.
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2,232 reviews
June 3, 2022
It took me a minute to remember all the players. We don't see the mafia side of the MC as much. Once I figured out who was who, the story just took off.

Sofia has always been a brat--spoiled princess--high maintenance. Spending the summer with the MC family has helped her to realize not only the value of hard work, but also her value as a person.

She isn't prepared for Zak and she makes him work for it. Everything is wonderful until it is not. Rally all the strong women in this extended family and they will move mountains for you. Sofia is so loved by everyone and she desires happiness as well.

Loved the epilogue. Just perfect! Great addition to the whole series.
2,133 reviews3 followers
June 2, 2023
Sofia...

Sacrificed. Angels Halo MC Next Generation book 5. Sofia, rich, spoiled and oh so frustrating. We met Sofia in previous books in the series. She is sent to Raven as punishment but also to grow the heck up. When she comes back home, she's a bit more mature. She meets Zakhar at her mom's charity event. Zakhar is a total alpha with a WTF backstory. The chemistry is off the charts. However there are so many secrets, miscommunication and betrayal. High drama, extra angsty, smexy and hella crazy. A great read.
24 reviews
June 4, 2022
Instant Love

I'm glad she was able to see past the materialistic things in life. To realize the true self worth and values. Even if it caused her pain. You could that Zak thought he was getting someone totally opposite from what he got. That's why he the love flamed so fast. For the wrong reasons on his part. Which was good! Sofia ended up with a spine of steel. But, still a heart of gold. I really enjoyed this book! And, I'm glad Sofia got to meet her biological parents.
23 reviews
June 3, 2024
Still not a fan of Sofia

I still think she is over entitled. I love this author and most of her books. Sometimes though the h is too weak and fragile but still a good read. Raven is still my favorite. Without giving everything away I want to say Sofia making him give up all he knew for her is a bit much and it bothers me allot. Especially since his country is also her and her adopted parents country. I'm not sure she loves him enough
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1,242 reviews27 followers
May 31, 2022
disapointed

I was disappointed. I have read all the Angels Halo MC, The Rockers and the Mafia books. I was looking forward to see what biker ( see title) she would end up with. To my surprise the bikers were not in this book. The wives and females were but not the biker. It’s well written.
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1,108 reviews2 followers
January 25, 2023
Personal growth

Sofia was a spoiled entitled mafia princess. But one summer with Raven in Creswell Springs and she has been reborn. Now she knows who she is and what she truly wants in life. That is until she meets Zak. One look at him and her world changes. She just didn’t know how much or what he had in store for her.

This was a great short story.
Profile Image for Christina.
26 reviews
May 31, 2022
Another Great one

This was an amazing read. You are by for my most favorite author. I love everything you write. This story was so sweet and hard me in tears at the end. Can't wait for the next one.
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12 reviews2 followers
June 1, 2022
The only problem I have with Terri Anne Browning's books is that they end and she can't possibly write them fast enough! This one was another page turner that I couldn't put down until the very last page.
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49 reviews1 follower
June 1, 2022
always worth the read

TAB does not disappoint in her story telling. Sofia and Zak are everything in this novella. There is emotion, an emotional pull, and a resolution that tugs at your heart. The only downside, it’s a TAB novella.
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27 reviews
June 2, 2022
Another Hit

I wasn't sure what to think when Terri announced she was doing a book for Sophia, but since it was a TAB book I knew I'd one click it no matter what, and I'm glad I gave Sophia a chance. Congrats Terri on another amazing book! I can't wait for the next one.
200 reviews3 followers
June 2, 2022
Loved it!

Terri Anne Browning did it again! Loved Sophia and Zac's story. I loved watching Sophia coming into her own, and becoming a strong woman. She needed to be after meeting Zac, falling in love and dealing with secrets about her life and family. I couldn't put it down.
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7 reviews2 followers
June 3, 2022
Loved

Amazing as always . Once I picked it up I couldn't down. I will be pretending to patiently wait for the next thing you write while obsessively checking your author page for updates.
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476 reviews2 followers
June 4, 2022
It was just ok for me

I think because I never really cared for Sofia may be part of why this book was kinda meh. Everything felt rushed, we didn't get to really see her transformation, or them fall in love, or really anything of substance.
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4,247 reviews
June 19, 2022
Awesome Read

Wow what a story, it has all the feels of a love made in heaven, and then heartbreak in an instant, but what will it take to get it back on track. Be prepared for some shocks and some cheers.
15 reviews
September 24, 2022
Thrilled to death

Terri Anne Browning never ceases to amaze me with each book I read of hers. I love how she always seems to intertwine one series of books with the other’s. I love them all and have them all and rereading them all the time.
222 reviews
March 27, 2023
Spoiled

Agree the ladies or badass . Sofia allowed the mc to be around which is cool love Raven. Zak is sexy but all the fellas or sexy. Related to bikers ,rock stars and mafia, Brava
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663 reviews4 followers
May 31, 2022
Sofia

Wow. This was another great read by Terrianne Browning. Love this storyline. Terrianne is the best of the best ever.
8 reviews
June 1, 2022
Another hit from Terri

Another hit from Terri. Love the whole Rocker/Mafioso/Next Generation Series already waiting for the next book. Would recommend reading all her books.
883 reviews5 followers
June 6, 2022
The truth always come out.

The truth about how Zac meets Sofia comes out and breaks her heart. Forgiveness seems a long way off. But love always wins in the end.
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541 reviews
June 22, 2022
fun

A quick love story full of all the emotions. I was captured from the beginning to the end . Sofia has come along way.
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