I sit amongst the Presidents, Royalty, the Captains of Industry, and the wealthiest men in the world. We own Spiked Roses—an exclusive, membership only establishment in New Orleans where money or lineage is the only way in. It is for the gentlemen who own everything and never hear the word no. Sipping on whiskey, smoking cigars, and conducting multi-million dollar deals in our own personal … own personal playground of indulgence, there isn’t anything I can’t have… and that includes HER. I can also have HER if I want.
And I want.
*BASTARDS & WHISKEY is a dark billionaire romance. If you don’t like a sprinkle of shock, a dash of taboo, and a heavy dose of dirty, then don’t take a sip of this TOP SHELF cocktail.
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Loved it such a page turner
Fantastic book!! I loved reading it!!
This book may not be for everyone, if you dont have a darker side, or even dont have an open mind, you will not enjoy this book. It goes through some hard topics/ fetishes/ etc. ( abuse-good sexual kind and the bad kind/ peeing on/ pet fetishes/ doll fetishes/ etc)
Slight spoiler alerts ahead**
This book follows Anita as she moves to New Orleans and starts a new job, and gets in way over her head to help a friend out. I liked that Kenneth let her go back to her owner ( contracted- you’ll have to read the story) instead of saving her right away, it gave the story more character and credibility/ made it more realistic (so for me it pulled me in further if I can relate to a story or feel that in reality it is more likely to happen, sometimes the knight may take a minute to save the princess.)
I am looking forward to reading the other owner’s stories and to see if Kenneth gives them some hell with contracts ( and also maybe a little more interaction between the ladies and the other owners)
Wow! I need that $300 glass of whiskey! Alta keeps you on the edge of your seat for this one. This is dark and hot and left me wondering what I had just read. It was great! If you like twisted and dark you will love Spiked Roses and Kenneth and Anita! Great story Alta! Now onto Vodka!
To be honest, I didn’t read any of these books in the Top Shelf series when they first came out. Number five had just come out when I finally decided to read them. I won’t say I feel like I missed a lot, BUT I will say that I did enjoy these stories.
I didn’t know what I was getting into by reading these books. I went in blind even after all this time. I didn’t want to know. I just bought or downloaded them on to my kindle with unlimited. Moreover, I have to say that I am happy I did it this way. Alta brings a rich and hidden world that lives in the Spiked Roses. Rich men that can have and get anything they want. However, after years of lawsuits, the owners are ready to change things up. This first book is when they do this change.
Anita and Kenneth are our first couple that finds chemistry, hot sex, and then finally love through the Spiked Roses. I have to say I did not expect to see the deepness in this book that I saw. I liked both characters, and the story kept you guessing. All the supporting characters are also interesting to read about — what an excellent start to a standalone series.
SKIP IT-
What a wasted opportunity this book is. As it was being promoted/hailed as a dark romance, I figured I’d give it a go. The story of Anita and Kenneth began exciting enough. The poor as dirt Podunk Anita with her kick ass attitude who is longing for more excitement in her life, and with the help of the woman she is taking care of, decides to move to New Orleans. She begins working at Spiked Roses (a gentleman’s club that caters to men with fetishes and kinks), managed by Kenneth who is one of several wealthy owners. This story held endless possibilities, but the author had other plans and around the 50% mark she changed course and it became a gigantic snooze-fest.
Anita became that person that was too fucking stupid to live and Kenneth turned into a wuss. This was not a dark romance! There was no anti-hero, no imbalance of power, no redemption, zero chemistry and zero character development. The only scene that came remotely close to being dark had Anita running away after she had been warned twice about what she was getting herself into. Dumbest. Fucking. Character. Ever.
Not sure I care to continue with the series if this is what the author considers dark. Too bad Francette Phal failed to write the conclusion to ‘Flawed’, because that’s a perfect example of a dark book that leaves you emotionally hungover for days. Days.
I would recommend this to readers who like their “dark”, soft.
Weak characters, indecisive and irrational. As a story just didn’t attract and keep morph interest
too much.
I loved it. Can’t wait to read the next one.
Reading the excerpt for this book I was very excited, I thought this was going to be a great series, I’m very disappointed. The characters were unlikable with contradictory personalities and absolutely nothing in the plot line indicated the insta-love that materialized out of thin air. And the sex scenes…well… This book wasn’t dark, it was just…I feel like a need a shower.
I dislike doing reviews like this because I know indie authors work really hard, but this one completely missed the mark in my opinion. The best thing about this book is the cover.