From New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author Clarissa Wild comes a new enemies-to-lovers Dark Romance that will leave you breathless…She was supposed to be my forever.Instead, I became her worst enemy.I fell for the one girl I could never have… exactly innocent either.
When I’m faced with the ultimate choice – Let her die or save her – I grab her and run.
She calls me a monster. The devil himself.
No one will take her from me.
She’s mine to punish.
Mine to keep… forever.
Note: This STANDALONE novel contains disturbing content that may be offensive to some readers. Complete at 90000 words. NO Cliffhanger. Book 4 in the Savage Men Series.more
There is one thing this talented author knows what to do, and that is to write an exceptional masterpiece which just blows me away! Brandon and Dixie’s story is dark, raw, gritty, depraved, twisted, heartbreaking, and with enough drama to lead to a crazy and emotional roller coaster journey from beginning to end. I was totally enthralled throughout this addictive page turner, and I cannot wait to read more from this author, whose work I highly recommend for all.
Brandon and Dixie have a hate/hate relationship. They have so much anger, angst and lust going on. You get the past explained and how things turned the way they are in the present. A dark, gritty tale that kept me interested until the last page.
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Branded kept me on the edge of my seat! This is a story of destruction, destruction of a forbidden relationship that was infected by sinister motivations. It’s dark, it’s dangerous and anti-hero will break you.
Growing up, Brandon Locklear was treated as an outcast until he met a girl, Dixie Burrell. Unfortunately, their families are at odds. Their relationship leads to a string of disastrous events and their relationship ceases to exist. Until Dixie comes barreling back into Brandon’s life with explosive intentions.
The story is hard to put down. There are surprise revelations at every turn all in the quest for the ultimate, heartbreaking truth. I loved it! 5 Stars
I received a copy of this book from the publisher/author to review for Stephanie’s Book Reports.
I fell for the one girl I could never have…And it destroyed us both. I did a bad thing. But she isn’t exactly innocent either. When I am faced with the ultimate choice–Let her die or save her–I grab her and run. She calls me a monster. The devil himself. No one will take her from me. She’s mine to punish. Mine to keep …forever.
Wow what a story. A totally different dark romance and it is hard to tell the difference between love and hate. Do Brandon and Dixie love or hate each other. This is their story and it is a rocky hate filled page turner that will have you needing to know what is going to happen next. Brandon and Dixie met as teen and it seems like she is the only person in the town who liked Brandon or gave him a chance. Until she broke his heart and shattered him. Brandon is bullied something awful because he is a Indian. DIxie however saw the person and not the heritage he carried with him. His dad too moved them off the reserve and he hated that and his dad never would tell him why. This story is told from the present and past and dual points of view. I love to get both points of view and the entire back story. I don’t want to give anyting away and let this story unfold for you as it did for me. Buckle up because things are gonna get crazy and Clarissa Wild has this way of brining you through the crazy and into the light.
Oh the angst, anger, hostility, and hate in this book. Brandon and Dixie have known each other since they were little. He’s constantly bullied and ridiculed for having the wrong color skin while she’s the it girl that everyone either wants or wants to be. Brandon was smitten even before Dixie started standing up for him and being nice. Both families are furious at the thought of the two having any kind of interaction.
When they are both wronged by each other in unimaginable ways their loves turns to hate. Many years later our two cross paths intent on nothing but revenge and death. After secrets are revealed and truths are learned can they ever forgive what they once thought to be true?
I am a huge fan of this author and I love to see her go dark. To me this book was slow. There was a lot of then then and now scenes, but they did not run in lateral order, so I almost needed a flow chart to keep up for a bit. I did enjoy this story, I just wish it had gone a little quicker. 3 1/2 Stars.
Christina~ Book Haven Book Blog
Brandon and Dixie drove me crazy!! Enemies to lovers rollercoaster ride! You should probably read Chased beforehand but you don’t have to. Loved this but just know you’re in for a wild, sometimes frustrating, ride!
Dixie Burrell is the one girl Brandon Locklear always wanted but could never have. The beautiful Dixie was Brandon’s high school girlfriend but tragic events cause Brandon and Dixie to hate each other. Years later when they run into each other again, Dixie is kidnapped by the handsome Brandon. Brandon plans to punish Dixie for her crimes but he’s also committed crimes against Dixie. Brandon and Dixie may be enemies but they still have feelings for each other so where does that leave them? Can Brandon and Dixie look past what they did to each other?
Branded is an intense, heartbreaking and steamy story full of twists and turns that will keep you glued to your seat
Reading order
1 – Caged- Cage
2 – Locked- Cage’s bro
3 – Chased Syrena’s and Chase Book – First appearance in Caged
4 – Branded Branded is the follow-up to Chased featuring Brandon whom you met in Chased
*another novella that ties into Branded, which is called The Hanged Man. From newsletter – My novella, The Hanged Man, ties in to Branded (featuring Brandon from Chased)
The writing itself was fine. We jump back and forth in time which lays down a lot of background history between Dixie and Brandon, which added a good bit of depth to the story. At times it does seem that the past and present stories lines are a bit to much.
Brandon has Native American Heritage. A lot of h small town folks don’t like him and his father. I didn’t like that so much.
Dixie is a farm girl in a small town. she presents herself as sweet and innocent. However, we find out differently in the present how not so innocent she is.
Both characters hold a lot of hat towards the other. Both should have talked about things in their past. But, never did and they both remained upset with each other as they became adults.
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OMG this book is hot, dark, complex, and totally a page turner! Could not put it down! When I started it I went in not knowing what it was about just that it was a Clarrisa Wild book. Was not disapointed. Brandon and Dixie are complicated due to their upbringing. I could not put this down wanting to know their story. If you like a Dark romance that keeps you trying to figure out the out come, but you can’t this is for you!
Woo-wee, Branded gave me all of the feels — seriously, it invoked some strong emotions in me. I felt like it stabbed me in the heart and then squeezed it, it made me seethe with fury, and I felt helpless sometimes, but all of that is actually what makes it my favorite book in Ms. Wild’s Savage Men series. Brandon and Dixie have to travel a difficult journey before they can make it to their HEA and while I hated that they had to go through those tough times, it’s made them who they are and they’re stronger and better for it. Branded was really an amazing read and I just loved it.
I know I did not make Branded sound like a very fun read, but it’s not all dark and gloomy. It has its funny, steamy, sweet, heartwarming moments too. The dynamic between Brandon and Dixie is intense, fraught with all of the tensions, passionate and so very right. I was routing for them the whole time and I was on the edge of my seat waiting to see what would happen next. The story was full of twists and turns, secrets, revelations, and so much more. I don’t know if Ms. Wild has any more planned for the series, but I will be looking forward to reading any that she does write!
Wow! This book is simply phenomenal. This story is full of emotional angst; it is riveting, dark, and wicked with some steamy sex scenes that are off-the-chart hot! You NEED to READ! I wasn’t expecting the turn this story took; it has quite an unexpected revelation that may leave you flabbergasted but it is jaw-dropping good! Murder, mystery, suspense, betrayal, intrigue, thrills and passion continue to keep you glued to the pages of this fascinating story. This book is not for the faint at heart, and it may be hard for you to read with all the graphic details. The story will keep you on the edge of your seat to find out what happened next. Not all of its surprises are pleasant ones, but there is a certain satisfaction in experiencing a thread that is so obstinately unexpected. With a diabolical plot that has twists and turns—some you see coming, some you don’t that makes it interesting! The story has a revenge plot, outlined to make you question everything. Second guessing motives and characters. I was flipping the pages in wonder. The storyline is fluid, and the characters are extremely well developed. Clarissa Wild has constructed a deliciously duplicitous dark romance that will lure you into the wee hours and beyond that you will not be able to put this book down. You won’t regret reading Branded!
Will Brandon carry out his hit list?
This is my 4th book by Clarissa and I love an author who writes in dual point of view. We are quickly drawn into the story of Brandon and Dixie whose families try to keep them apart. When you add in a breakup, a setup for a murder that brings about some steep revenge and Brandon and Dixie’s hatred towards one another separates them even more. Will fate bring them back together so that they can put all this hatred behind them? You have to read to find out and will be rooting for Brandon and Dixie!
Branded was a great, well-written, dark romance. It was a roller coaster ride of emotions w/suspense, angst, drama and many twists and turns.
Brandon and Dixie meet in grade school and become friends. As they get older she keeps defending him and he keep fighting others. There is so much happening in the lives that intertwine them that they have no clue about. As secrets are revealed tensions rise and they have to decide their next steps.
Truly amazing story of two opposites who are drawn together but are separated by class.
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I am voluntarily reviewing an Advance Reader Copy of this book
This book was certainly not “dark” in the way most of us expect. It was more twisty, suspenseful sort of dark. Brandon and Dixie story began as teens, kind of a love lost sort of story, with the family drama thrown in. I have to say there were times the story was difficult to get into, but over all, an OK read. Was it Clarissa Wild’s best, probably not. But OK.
So much painful history between these starcrossef lovers. Brandon and Dixie loved each other once, but Brandon thinks she is responsible for his dad’s death, and Dixie saw her brothers being murdered by Brandon in retaliation.
Most of the book is spent with an antagonist relationship between this couple who in spite of their painful hateful past, are helpless when it comes to each other.
A lot of fast paced action and adventure.
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***4 Stars***
Ohhh, this one did my head in.
It really did.
The story hooked me from the first page. I NEEDED to know what was going and kept turning the pages to see how everything unfolded. But, man, Dixie and Brandon gave me a run for my money (or sanity). Their turbulent (total understatement) relationship had me wanting to toss the #Kindle into the freezer, even as I couldn’t wait to see them get their HEA. It was dark, dirty and heart breaking, but it was addictive.
Brandon and Dixie tried me. HARD. I cannot remember a couple of characters who drove me this nuts…together. True, there have been characters that drove me batshit crazy recently, but it’s been awhile since it’s been the main couple together. Their saving grace, though, was the fact that when they weren’t doing my head in, I found them quite fascinating. Neither had easy lives, some of their struggles were seen, others not so much, but they ended up surviving ~ maybe not in the way most would expect, but they did. As for their extreme friends to enemies to lovers journey, it was intense as they battled it out in more ways than one and I had a 50/50 split going on whether or not they would end up killing each other in the end. But, this does have an HEA and where they both end up is exactly where they were always meant to be.
This book was a roller coaster of a ride for me, but it was one I didn’t want to get off of. The characters were as complex as the twists and turns throughout the story and I enjoyed watching as everything unravelled and came back together again. This one can be read as a standalone, but I think that you’ll want to read Chased if you haven’t already, since Chase does make an appearance. As for the characters we meet in this one, there were very few that I liked, but Matteo definitely peaked my interest and I’m hoping we’ll see more of him at some point in the future.
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The two main characters in this novel are very likeable and the author does a wonderful job of filling them out. They have a past friendship but also families that hate each other and both of these often place them in conflict with themselves and each other. The plot is one that has you sitting on the edge of your seat as they sort through their relationship. A well written book.
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This was a hate to love romance that packed a huge punch! Dixie and Brandon should’ve been friends, but life took them in different paths, with circumstances making them enemies instead. Fire and pyro action played a big part in this story. There was a lot of anger that needed to be worked through so that they could get past the enmity and see the light that could their happiness. But there were a lot of hate-fulled moments, and I wish it hadn’t taken so long for Brandon and Dixie to get together. It was angry-dark, with a lot of hateful, spiteful people against them, but in the end, it was another round of chaos to lead these two to the final truth.angry
This is a pretty dark and delicious romance read. It was full of drama, tons of twists, definitely twisted , dirty , dark, intense ,steamy, at times sad and yet achingly heartbreaking. The relationship is complicated between Brandon and Dixie and leads to some misunderstandings. Get prepared for turmoil, angst, mistrust and misunderstandings to take place.Dixie and Brandon will give off the sparks, the sizzles, the chemistry and the mind pucks on their path to HEA. Without giving away spoilers, all I can tell you is their road to happiness was heartbreaking, and deliciously dark but omg oh so addictive. This is one story that you do not want to pass by.
My Rating: 4.5 stars *****