Not worth my 99 cents, sad to say.
583355
Not the best Regency romance I've ever read; it started off with a lot of promise but ended up falling flat. The characters could have been interesting, but we didn't see enough of their thoughts so their actions never made sense. Also, Atwell didn't follow through on several story lines so the ending was a bit abrupt and unsatisfying. Finally, the age difference between Derek and Johanna was what - 17 years or so? Kind of creepy when you think about it, isn't it?

With the author spending so much time developing the relationship between Johnny and Derek, I thought she would have taken equal care with Johanna and Derek, but that wasn't the case, and it was hard to believe his regard for her was more than lust until the very last pages. And Johanna's regard for him (at least to me) always seemed like it was a childhood love, not the deep love that marriages (normally) require. It seemed their feelings came out of left field and I didn't believe them for one bit.

I never understood the point of Harry, either, although he was funny. He did seem to have a lot more brains than Derek, though.

I wanted Rosalie to be developed more, and Curtis as well. When we meet Curtis, he's such a brat -- when did he end up developing regard for Johanna and Derek? And it was nice to get an insight into why Rosalie acted the way she did, but that was a bit late, wasn't it?

I want to know more of what made Worthington be less mean to Derek - why the about face? When we first see them together, they both want to punch each other in the face...eventually it's only Derek who wants to punch Worthington in the face, but we never find out why...is it because it turns out they don't share a mother?

Finally, what the hell happened between Olivia and Reed Bramwell?

Not good on the Regency front, but maybe more fitting to be a Harlequin trashy novel.
3856237
This could have been a good book for the .99 paid, but there are just to many errors.  Who ever edited this book did the author a dis-service.  Words running together grammer non existing.  I read the review and that is why I bought the book, but glad that I only paid .99.
4773849
I am deeply sorry that I have to agree with some of the readers who expressed their amazement about how bad was this book especially coming from this author.
It really was. At least for me who has read a lot of this genre and a lot of this author. Some of her books are in my Repeat Reads, so I am sorry this book is one of her own. I sincerely hope this was a fluke, a one time mistake.
I don't like to go into detail regarding the plot, but it did have potential. Unfortunatelly, for me nothing was believable, especially the characters and their actions who didint make sense. While reading I felt stupid for not understanding their reasoning, actions or nonexisting "character development". I had to re-read some parts, but came to the conclusion, that "it wasn't me", but the book.
I felt frustated with it, waiting for the book to redeem itself, but having read 85% of the book, gave it up as hoples and didn't finish it. I wasn't curious at all.
Please pass up this one.

Feeling let down from an otherwise very enyojable author and hoping the next instalment will be worth my while.
1678724
This is my first time reading this author and i won't be reading any more. I don't often regret ebook buys but this one left a sour taste in my mouth. The author has a rather impassioned plea on her website to her readers to stop ebook piracy and I whole heartily agree authors should be paid for their work, however, here is a plea from a reader, please charge for what your books and writing capabilities are worth. I just paid best seller price for a book that was suited for the free offerings, if a price had to be charged it might be worth 1.99 but no more than that. I feel like a paid for a Renoir and received a paint by number. The story was not developed in any aspect and was a near verbatim of Beauty and the Beast. I gambled on an author and lost. Lesson learned.
1452080
Thank Amazon for the free kindle sample!  I would have been livid if I'd paid for this.  In fairness, this review is based on the first few chapters. I was already sad about the time I'll never get back.  I didn't finish.  I love the genre and read a lot of it so I hoped for something better.

The author did a fairly good job of writing the heroine, I was engaged.  Oddly, the writing of the vampires was terrible, stiff, and would make any writing teacher worth his or her salt write "Show don't tell!!!" in the margin multiple times.  The lead vampire seems a weird collection of the most surface and shallow ideas of an alpha male.  He's powerful (told over and over) and only blinks once when getting very upsetting news.  But the thing I could NOT get past was that Raphael seemed to be presented as the hero when his action made him out as a better evil master villain that could be heroically defeated, at least based on the one action scene I read.

SPOILER (for the first few chapters)
Basically, a female vampire under Raphael's protection is kidnapped because Raphael trusted an old friend and made this friend one of her guards.  Raphael admits he made a terrible mistake by ignoring his trusted advisor's warning of exactly this issue.  In the next scene, he shows up and makes the captain of the guard kneel and then says, something along the lines of "You've been loyal for 200 years, sorry we have to part ways" and kills him on the spot.  I can see being unhappy about a failure, but when you plant the traitor in the team yourself, surely a bit of personal responsibility for the FUBAR that ensues would be decent.  This is a great Darth Vader move, but not so much in bounds for someone as seemly nifty as the heroine to be willing to engage with.  She didn't seem to have huge psychological issues, but it was early in the book.

Anyway, I know that writers often find their stride later in a book or a series and there may have been context or remorse or depth that emerged later.  A super powerful man with a bad temper and a willingness to do violence towards those loyal and doing their level best makes me think villain, but perhaps others don't see it that way.  A lot of people seemed to like the book.  I honestly don't mind lead characters having ethical shades of gray.  But the petty horribleness of the action by Raphael were nonredeemable for me.  The writing was simplistic and it almost seemed like the reader is supposed to find the killing added to the appeal of Raphael.
3609057
A bit disappointing.  I agree, not worth the price.  My advice to you would be to keep looking.
4099277
I just downloaded this book through kindle unlimited 2 minutes ago, and I have already finished it. The book consists of a cover page and a paragraph directing you to the author's blog. That is it. I followed the link to the blog, and I can assure you that the book's title is an exaggeration. It was annoying enough that I wasted my time with this; if I had paid the $9.99, I would be irate indeed.
3722875
I'm not sure exactly what was wrong, but it took me forever to read this.  I just couldn't relate or care about the people in the story I guess, I kept putting it down.  I did finish it and it was ok.  It was only 99 cents.
2815527
I am livid that BookBub would suggest this as an offering.  Piece of nothing. I am ashamed that I spent 99cents on it.
4222860
So this was super duper cluttered with repetitive junk. Over and over again the characters said the same thing and then where there was an opportunity for actual story its wasted because so much effort went into saying the same thing a million times. AND the main characters didn't even speak to each other that much. It was most thoughts over and over and fifteen minutes thinking about sex while the characters as staring at each other thinking. This whole story was a sad sad exercise in weak May to December obsession. Can't even call it romance, and it was barely erotic.

I'd like to know who failed to proof read this for typos while I'm being honest. The first story in the series was the best. It had errors too, but this, this was the worst. It sucked on story and editing.
3606762
Not worth the 9.99 for just I song which is not that hot or long. GOT me this time.
515520
This story was good, but it was absurdly short.  I only paid 99 cents for it, but I still feel really ripped off.
2882636
First let me say that this was a good story, it just had some things that bothered me.  I could not believe how Darla was incapable of telling Theo about Stella.  Theo reads a passage of scripture and then swears in the next sentence.  I couldn't figure out if the writer was trying to tell us a Christian story or just throwing in the religion for kicks.  Lastly, I usually get most of my books on KU , free or for 99 cents.  I was so intrigued by the synopsis of this book that I paid over $5 for it.  I'm kind of regretting that now.  I won't be anxious to buy any more of this authors books.
1879961
This book should be free, or maybe 99 cents. It is so short I was just getting interested and it was over, as it is maybe a couple of hundred pages. It is not worth $1.99.
4075521
I paid 99 cents for this book. In my opinion,, that was too much. I don't usally read love stories for the simple reason being that they're too sappy. I do attempt to read some, as I did with this book. I don't really know this author. I guess that I should have some research on her. If this book is any indication of the stories she writes, I won't read any more of her books. But, this is coming from a male reader. Some guys might enjoy these sappy love stories,, not me..
1583275
This book has to be a joke?  And the 180+ reviews, most of them 5 star?  I am sad to say that my book club chose this book.  Clearly we didn't look into it enough before voting.  I am no grammarphile, I just read for the enjoyment of it, but this "book" was worse than terrible.  The grammar, the ridiculous dialogue,typos, I must be missing something here.  The story was not interesting, it didn't come together, I really can not say enough things about how bad and ridiculous it is.  I borrowed it from the kindle lending library and am sorry I wasted my one book/month on it.  At least I'm not out any money.  Really, I don't think that this even a real book.  My 5th grader could have written better.  I still think it's some kind of joke but can't figure out who has written all the good reviews.  I'm stumped and was clearly duped by this whole thing.  =(
2185797
I had high hopes for this book. I thought it would be good, but ended up crashing down straight into the deep dark depths of disappointment.
It didn't flow well in my option. The plot wasn't entirely unique and not paced well.. and it rubbed me the wrong way that I had to pay for a book just for it to be cut off in the middle! Like an episode of a TV series that you purchase thinking you're getting the entire 40 minutes worth, but 20 minutes in, you're having to pay again! For the same episode. When I read that it was a three books series, I figured it would be paced well. Better character development. Plot would be diagnosed better..ect. except, it's not a series. It's ONE book that has three different titles and a seperate purchase for all of them. Not worth it in my opinion. Take the money you spent on this and put it towards one that would be worth the read.