“Dexter Meets 50 Shades of Grey.” Manhattan’s sexiest billionaire has a horrifying secret…and I’m so sorry I found out…Once upon a time…I was a 19-year-old girl with a law school scholarship. My ugly past was finally behind me and my whole life lay ahead. My name… was Tamara. But now…I don’t own my mind or my body anymore. I don’t even have my name. Now, I’m called Toy, and I am the … my name. Now, I’m called Toy, and I am the prisoner of the most beautiful serial killer the world has ever seen.
My purpose in life is to please him, to crawl for him, to serve his every whim instantly without question.
Sometimes it amuses him to give me pleasure so intense I think I’ll die. Sometimes it amuses him to invent new ways to make me scream.
He says I’ll never feel the wind on my face again.
He says that his face is the last that I’ll ever see.
He likes to make me cry.
He says that he’s the only one allowed to hurt me, so he’ll keep me safe and caged until the day I die.
And soon…
There’s an evil worse than him crawling through the shadows of our lives.
When the past comes knocking, my jailor may be my only savior.
This is a dark romance, which contains scenes which some might find disturbing. It is part one of a two-part duet. Trials of Tamara will be published May 7.
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God I loved this book. I’d seen it recommended by other lovers of all things dark and decided that whilst I had a KU subscription I had nothing to lose by giving it a try. Oh boy they weren’t lying when they labelled this as dark. There’s no holding back in this tale of kidnap and abuse.
Oh my word we have a truly dark and f**ked-up antihero in Joshua, an uncaring psychopath that never lost his edge. Tamara was an even better heroine, though I’m not convinced that she ever felt like a 19 year old. However given her history I found I could let that go.
The mind-games, the punishments, the evil, the pain – oh how it satisfied my little black heart. The battles were so real, Tamara’s terror was palpable, I felt the bruises and whippings. I loved how Joshua learnt to be careful what you wish for, because it isn’t always what you want.
I totally believed in Tamara’s fight. Her inner strength that kept her strong for such a long time …..until it didn’t. And yet the story doesn’t end there, instead there are further unexpected developments in the ‘relationship’ between Master and his Toy. The plot twisted in ways so different to many books in the genre, and it held my attention from start to finish.
I’m off right now to get the second book in the duet, I can’t wait any longer to complete reading this mesmerising and very twisted story.
5 star twisted dark romance!!!
Totally addicting story with so much betrayal and twists and turns that you won’t be able to put it down. This book is dark and deals with situations that may be triggers for some people, but if you like dark, twisted tales, then this book is definitely for you. This book does end in a cliffhanger and the next book is not due to be released until May 2018. I am so looking forward to the next book and this is a definite must read if you love dark romance like I do.
You want a book that will keep you on the edge of your seat, holy craziness—this book will have you riveting.
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Holy crap! This book knocked my knickers off! I loved it from the first word to the very last.
It was so deliciously dark that I had no idea how any of these people were gonna come out of it even remotely sane.
TAMARA – this poor girl. She’s had a right shitty childhood and is carrying the emotional scars with her into every single day. She wakes up with a panic attack every morning and she has some sad wee techniques to help get her through the day “safely”.
In an attempt to get her sexy boss to notice her she re-introduces herself at a company function one night and the bugger fires her! Just like that!
Anyway after the security guard tries to rape her on the way out she realizes that she left her purse there. When she returns late at night she sees her boss stabbing the security guard that attacked her.
From then on, life as she knew it is over.
JOSHUA – Ooft! Where to begin..? Ok, so this guy is a psychopath. No joke. He is cruel, cold, and focused. He also has a thing for wee Tamara.
Once he abducts her and brings her home he begins to train her to be 100% his willing slave. To do his bidding without hesitation. But it’s not quite happening the way he thought it would be.
His childhood was one of complete and utter cruelty. No person could have come out of it without some deep mental scarring. I’ll show you a passage, just so you know how dark it is.
I think this is one of the darkest I’ve read for a while and it was utterly amazing. So many feels! I just can’t bring myself to hate him though goddess knows he deserves it. Maybe…lol. I’ll be honest, this book makes me think and feel things I have no business feeling and thinking.
But wait! There’s more to this book than just the sex and training etc. There is also a shit ton of suspense!
Yup, there is more fuckery afoot and I was on the edge of my bed trying to figure out what was going on.
SEX SCENES – Holy shit! I am glad that he doesn’t force her. Ever. Instead, he waits until she is begging him to fuck her. And boy does he! Extremely well-written scenes.
FINAL THOUGHTS – This was an amazing book with steamy sex, sickening trauma (both mental and physical) and brilliant suspense. I loved it and have already started the next in the series!
4.75 Stars
Joshua is an Alpha male, a serial killer, and a sadist. He kidnaps Tamara after she witnesses him murdering the man who tried to rape her. Tamara is a tense, anxiety prone young woman who treats people with kindness and care. Although she is not a masochist, her body begins to respond to the pain and pleasure administered by her captor. Tamara craves human contact, and Joshua is her human. But, pain can go too far. It can cause unseen repercussions.
From the minute she is abducted, Joshua’s and Tamara’s whole complicated and constantly fluctuating interpersonal conflicts twist through a maze of conflicting thoughts, actions and emotions. Everything vacillates— pleasure and pain, truth and lies, love and hate, good and evil, hope and despair— until my own heart and emotions felt ravaged and chaotic. I have never read anything like this before, and I intend to read the next book as soon as possible.
Warning book hangover ahead
I just closed the last page on Tamara’s journey – my heart is pounding in my chest and silent tears are drying on my cheeks
This was and is everything I love in a dark psychological read
I pounded my fists in anger
I silently cried in anguish
I ragged at the horrors
And I OMG ‘d at the twists I never saw coming
This ends on a cliffhanger but the next book is out
This deals with very dark subject matter and is intended for adult readers
I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
Most definite trigger warning!!!! I seriously love Talbot’s writing. It’s dark, dirty, and has the most beautiful evil I’ve read. It’s not a pretty love story filled with fluff but Talbot makes me fall in love with each of her books.
Tamara did not have an easy childhood. Now at 19 she finally has her life on track to where she wants to be. She is a sweet, thoughtful woman who feeds the homeless and volunteers at a battered women and children’s shelter even though she doesn’t have much money to spare. She is attending college to become a lawyer and an advocate for the less fortunate.
Joshua is a business shark who buys failing businesses and tears them apart. For his hobbies he likes to hunt and kill humans he has personally selected that might pose as a challenge to him. He meets Tamara and suddenly all he can think about is owning her. Match made in…..Hell.
I loved the story line, characters, and finding out who the bad guy (more evil guy?) is. I cannot wait for the second book in this series to come out!
Suspenseful