*an ARC was provided in exchange for an honest review*

Oh Alek, Alek, Alek. Will you stop making my treacherous heart beat for you?!

So I first must say Monica James I love to hate you because damn this book had me on edge from the first page! I couldn’t expect a single moment and that ending…I gagged and laughed. So freaking good!

Now if you want a book that is a dark romance and lives up to the darkness grab this book. However I do recommend you read The Pretty Things Trilogy first as this book will spoil a lot of things that happen in that series, plus you totally need to be as in love with Saint as I am!

Now Alek, he is no longer king of his world. With his empire being taken by his half-brother, he is seeking revenge and fighting his way back to the top.

He doesn’t expect to have compassion in his heart or feel things other than coldness. This leads to him trusting some people he shouldn’t but most of all it leads him to Arabella. A woman who shouldn’t be capturing his heart, since it still lies in love with a women who rejected him, yet it does.

His heart beats again and the chemistry is undeniable. Despite them both confessing to a darkness in their souls it only pushes them closer.

There’s so much more to this story than romance. There’s a mission. There’s mystery. There’s revenge. There’s misconceptions.

It’s a whole lot of darkness that you should prepare for because it’s only book 1. I am so excited to read book 2, like can it be September already?!

– Book Fanatic

Blurb:

**All The Pretty Things Trilogy Spin-Off**

I was feared.
Respected.
Worshiped.

But all of that changed when the impossible happened—I fell in love. Only those feelings weren’t reciprocated, because who could love a monster like me?

My empire crumbled. People died. I went from being a victorious leader to lurking in the shadows, planning revenge on my half-brother who now reigns in my place.

An orphanage is where I find sanctuary, but when she walks into my world and evokes a yearning I thought long dead, my demons are awakened and want what they can’t have—her. Sooner or later, I knew I’d need to feed the darkness inside me.

Mayhem, power, and control course through my veins. I will use them to regain my crown, my throne, and then claim her, despite what solemn vows she might’ve made.

I will break them…and her.