Hot AF

The Romances of Club Inferno #1

by Tyla Walker

She’s falling for her own husband, despite her best efforts to stop it!

Jennifer is done with love. It’s made her do stupid ass things.

Enter Bruce - the fine billionaire white boy who makes Jennifer realize that not believing in love doesn’t mean you gotta give up on marriage..

He needs a wife for business. She needs a husband to open doors. Neither wants a romance.

Except their partnership turns out a little too successful. Bruce is making her believe in love again. That is until she finds out a shocking secret about Bruce that could throw their relationship in the trash forever. Is Bruce going to step up and be the man she needs?

Or has Jennifer been fooled again?

Genres: Romance, Fiction

242 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 27, 2022

About the author

Tyla Walker has always been a writer, ask anyone who’s ever met her. Growing up in Georgia, she spent every summer barbecue weaving wild stories. Her momma always encouraged her, and she couldn’t have done it without her.

Tyla writes hot and fun romances, inspired by her own relationship. Her husband reads all her stories and helps her figure out the spice and action.

Reviews

[Tonee · Rating 2 out of 5]

Storyline was up and down

At first I thought I was enjoying this book, but then the storyline was just too uneven. In the end, it felt like a bunch of individual scenes cobbled together with a loose plot. If feels like the writer wasn’t sure if she wanted to write a steamy, character-driven romance or an erotic, mystery laden romance. Unfortunately, she accomplished neither.

Plot developments that should have caused the characters emotional stress, were brushed off, glossed over. Emotional baggage from their childhood was mentioned but only in passing. Finally, the big secret - Inferno - was never clarified. The book just fizzled.

[Char · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty boring

The book had no climax. The few issues that came up were resolved in 10 seconds making this an extremely boring read. This author needs to work on her story building

[Mari · Rating 4 out of 5]

So many questions.

This was a cute one wish more was there. Such as the boyfriend what happened. What happened when he found out they were married. What happen when her friend was acting weird. Like so many quotations.

[Nicole Restrepo · Rating 1 out of 5]

Absolutely not.

If you are triggered in any way by women being physically assaulted or the dynamic of a woman being the human salve for an unhinged violent man -- skip this.

More thoughts behind the spoiler cut, but goodness. Somehow so boring and flat while being offensive and strange. Really a feat.



I picked this up thinking it would just be a cute little interracial romantic romp. It sat on my shelves for awhile because I wasn't fond of the narration, but I picked it up in a time of no Audible credits and holy shit-- what a mess.

Firstly, we basically start the book with a woman being assaulted on a blind date, and the MMC saves her. Scary. I don't understand why that was necessary and it didn't make sense, but I guess we need a reason for them to meet.

We meet our FMC who is a owner of SEVERAL restaurants in Las Vegas. And our MMC who is in "security". I am unclear even at the end of the book what the fuck he does.

Both of these characters, we find out, are romance adverse for their own reasons. FMC because of past romantic trauma. MMC because... he's just a fuck boy? The both don't believe in love or marriage. (Weird, right? Considering we saw the FMC go on TWO blind dates at the beginning of the book.) So what do they do?

Decided to get married. Obviously. Which contingencies of course. No falling in love.

So then they fall in like like 14 minutes later. We gets some very dry and clinical dialogue. Turns out for two people who don't believe in love, they're quite adept at romancing and falling head over heels for one another. It's so uninteresting. Everything always goes correct. Everyone loves everyone. We have a BRIEF moment where the MMC's mother has a little issue, but no one cares (literally, it's over before it starts).

But here is my true problem. The FMC is assaulted not once, not twice, but THREE fucking times in this book. And each assault just serves as a reason for her to be "saved" by the MMC. The first time in a parking lot by a pushy date, the second time she is violently assaulted by her ex, and the third in the millionaire sex club that the MMC is a member of as a part of ritual.

Yes, you read that correctly. During their amazing love story, the MMC has known the entire time that in order for her to be his wife, she must past a test at the same club she was assaulted at in chapter one. The test being that she is forced by men to undress in front of them to show she is loyal to her soon-to-be husband....

Yes. Thats real. Twice assaulted. And he willingly walks her into this situation and does not tell her anything about what is happening before. They are seperated. He gets beat tf up and decides he not down anymore and they leave.

Let me also add that he has beat up like 5 people and asked to have her ex murdered. Yes, MURDERED. Like who is this man? He is exceedingly violent. And I can't speak to everyone, but as someone with a pass of domestic abuse similar to the FMC, I would be deeply concerned about a man who seemingly has no ability to control his anger...

NOT TO MENTION... they fuck after every physical altercation. Like DIRECTLY after. Like she was assaulted, then went home and they had sex and he hemmed her up on the wall... and she paused... I was so certain she was going to say she was triggered... but no. Just checking on him, since she's the mommy and he's the angry baby.

Also-- why is she so impressed by his money? His bathroom? His travel? SHE OWNS FOUR RESTAURANTS IN VEGAS.

I swore this was written in like 2004. Imagine my shock it was 20 years later.



Bye.

[Julie Ashley-Taylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wasn't it expecting this

I loved this book, their first meeting was him protecting her and then meeting by chance. I loved how the two of them made a pact to get married, no love, just an agreement to claim to be married. Loved Nana, how spunky she was, wanted them to go home and start on a grandbaby. And then when the two of them went to visit her parents, couldn't stop laughing, they heard everything. Yeehaw... too funny and then he mom teased about him liking cheerleaders and they should take the uniform home with them.
And when they went to the club, he stood by his wife and she proved she loved him. Was willing to do anything for him, luckily she didn't have to.
And then getting a honeymoon baby was the best, couldn't figure out why Nana and her parents weren't told about the baby. I thought that they would have been told after they found out, because that's all Nana talked about. But I still loved it.

[Lynette · Rating 3 out of 5]

good

This was my first book with the author but I enjoyed it. There were a ton on tiny plots and suspenseful subjects throughout this read. The pace was nice too. The portion about club inferno left me pretty disappointed. I think an opportunity for real fire and suspense was missed here. The topic was hyped up so much in the beginning but then it fell flat was reached. I adored how in love Bruce was with Jennifer. This man worshipped her from day one. I did not really understand the connection with the title. It was not hot AF in anyway…it was actually sweet AF in my opinion. Overall this was a nice read and I see myself Continuing in the series.

[A M · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting book. It had potential but then as you read and then think okay I’m excited let’s see what happens, nothing actually happens. There is this club for men. The man character Bruce is all freaked out about his wife going to this club because the members will put her through this grueling test. And nothing major happens during the test. We don’t know why they even have this policy. He says he is out of the club as a member but yet we don’t know what happens with that. Just a lot of questions.

[Victoria Ziglor-smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m Re-reading this One

I know I’ll be re-reading this story, all my favorite I re-read. Wow to find a man like Bruce, would be real nice. I like that even though Bruce mother was unbelievable mean, Jennifer did not lower herself to act the same way. This story had me smiling so hard, I just really enjoyed it. It clicked all my boxes, sexy, hot, alpha, sister that could hold her own, all good.

[angela · Rating 4 out of 5]

First time reading a BWWM

This was a good read. The beginning was a little predictable, but the sex scenes were hot! And the chemistry was off the charts. However, the Inferno part did not make a lick of sense. I also wished the book had not been so color blind. The description of features was in depth with some but not others. If the author was going for race to be neutral, then the descriptions of the main characters should have been.

[Neecee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Such a good story

I was impressed with the way this story was written. It was refreshing to see two people on the same page from the beginning. I liked their approach of getting to know each other through out their marriage. Bruce and Jennifer are a wonderful couple. I was left hanging in a few areas, but the HEA made up for that.

[Sha Bow · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic book

I really enjoyed the plot of this book. Even though it is one of those marriage of convenience type books, the pacing was really good the characters were really enjoyable. I would definitely recommend it.

[Violet Kattalakis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sweetest read!

This book gives off major feel good vibes! The characters are lovely, and the development of their journey is realistic and induces so many “Aww” moments I literally was saying it every half an hour. I can’t wait for Creed to get his though, that’ll teach him.

[Harriette Vanderhorst · Rating 4 out of 5]

The love story is very good.

The Characters were very good. The storyline is very good and enjoyed the characters finding their way to true love. Also, the hero and herione were very believable and real.

[Talissa N · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good Read

I enjoyed this story and it's Characters. The only reason that I did not give it 5 stars is because the test given to Jennifer wasn't difficult at all. The building of suspense had me hoping for a real challenge. Overall, good story.

[JB · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Hh, were likable and good together throughout the book 👍
Would have liked to learn more about the club inferno, and hope that in the next installment of this series, more is revealed about the club and it's members.

[Liz Bishop · Rating 5 out of 5]

good story

A lot of typos like one time the guys name was Geoff than George. Other than that it’s a great story I wanted to know what happened to Harris or more about nana how’s she

[melody williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sexy with a plot

I really love how the writer never reference d color. Except hair and eyes. The characters were well developed,but some stories were left opened, like with Bruce's Club Inferno,what happened? All in all loved the book.

[Brownskinnedreader · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was all over the place especially the last few chapters. They felt very rushed and it seemed like the author was just getting her thoughts out. I should have DNF'd but I feel like once I get to 50% I should just finish.

[Gloria · Rating 5 out of 5]

The true love for a both of them.

Bruce and Jennifer met while she on a horrible blind day, which sucked until Bruce save her and now they have each other.

[Linnetta Solomon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good

This book is very good as for the storyline where they come together for one common reason and it turns into something wonderful without a lot of drama. Loved it..

[Joyce Andrews · Rating 5 out of 5]

NUMBER ONE

Starting with book one has been great. Love reading this book is that it serves its downs but all in all it’s been a great read. Can’t wait to start the next one.

[Darlene Walker · Rating 5 out of 5]

great read

Loved Jennifer and Bruce's story. Great writing and I'm glad they found each other because they both deserved happiness and love.

[SndyNYC · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hot AF

Love this romantic storyline… The whole inferno tradition had me going! Loved how he stood up for his wife 🥰🥰

[Sandra · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 stars is NOT enough!!!

I wish I could give this 7500 stars!! I LOVE Bruce and Jennifer! This book is definitely a keeper! Absolutely wonderful story!!

[Rena Mallet-Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

I Liked It

Their chemistry was on point from the beginning. I still didn't get the idea of Club Inferno, even as I completed the book.

[Vivian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent read. Held my attention. Loved the chemistry.

[Connie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good Read

I enjoyed the story and characters very much. Would recommend story to others…with in my contacts. . . . .

[Pam Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book

[Sabrina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sexy with romance

The sex scenes, the chemistry, the drama. Such a great read. Really enjoyed Jennifer and Bruce's story. Looking forward to the next in the series.

[Shannon Holliday · Rating 5 out of 5]

Truly An Excellent Read!!!!

I was left wanting to read more from this book. This story should have a sequel it’s just that good!