Ethan Blackwood has a dark destiny that will make him the next Blackwood Crow. He’s being haunted by his past and is slowly morphing into the man he never wanted to be. Every decision he’s made to get to this point in his life has been a misstep, and he’s desperate to get turned in the right direction before it’s too late. He doesn’t know how, until he runs into a clumsy little beauty who has … decided he is hers, and she is his. What he needs to do is stay steady and figure out a way to get rid of the ghost from his past, but Leah is making it hard to think straight. But the closer she gets to him, the more danger she’s in, because the ghost from his past will do anything to keep Ethan’s destiny intact—even hurt the girl he’s falling for.
Leah Hawthorne isn’t great at many things, but she can tell when a man is good or bad, and Ethan Blackwood is a bad boy with a heart of gold. He’s crazy. Everyone in town knows that much. He talks to himself too much to be sane, but she’s up for being his friend. And the more she gets to know him, the more she thinks he might just be the man to handle her quirks. But he’s a slippery little fish and hard to catch, and now she’s thinking he isn’t as crazy as everyone thinks. Choosing him means putting her life in peril, and there is no doubt her future will be changed forever, but maybe that’s just what this bored, small-town girl needs…a little danger and a lot of love for one hot-as-hell, Harley riding, outlaw Blackwood Crow.
Content Warning: Explicit love scenes, naughty language, and piles of sexy shifter secrets. Intended for mature audiences.
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These BOOKS! Red Dead Mayhem may be my favorite T.S. series to date!
I’m so glad that I discovered this series and this writer because these stories are just what I need in these difficult times (with the virus and lockdown). The stories in the ‘Red Dead Mayhem’ series are light, funny but still emotional reads. They may only be novellas and thus not very long stories but the stories are very good developed and they are perfect to read in one day (or two if you’re a slow reader like me). Just a few hours to get away from the reality of the world.
‘For the pride of a crow’ is the third book in the series and is about Ethan Blackwood (Rike’s older brother). We already met him in the previous books and after reading about him, I was very curious about his story. Just like the previous story, you get both POV’s.
Ethan’s father was a terrible, bloodthirsty man and you would think that his dead was the end of it all. Sadly, it isn’t. Now his father’s ghost is haunting Ethan and it’s just as dark as the human once was. With each passing day, Ethan can feel himself getting closer to the dark side of his crow. Something that his father’s ghost is waiting for and he isn’t the only one! Even Ethan expects that soon he will give in to the voices in his head and start killing people but what he didn’t expect was meeting a human woman who accept him and his crow for what he is and who in her way, is maybe a bit crazy too. Can she help him in his battle for staying sane?
Leah Hawthorne has accepted that she isn’t like other people and through the years she has embraced her special self with everything that she has. But she’s lonely and looking for friends. Like her grumpy colleague at work or that dark, hot, broody (and maybe crazy) man customer who comes to the dinner where she works. Leah sees something in him, that she can’t explain. Can these two lonely people save each other? Or is it too late for Ethan and his crow?
I enjoyed this story very much. Leah is a very special character and I think that you either love her (and all her quirky parts) or you don’t. Because she’s a clumsy, says-like-it-is, honest woman, who looks at the world in her own special way. But she’s just perfect for Ethan. I loved Ethan’s character, he’s grumpy, hot, dark and sexy. Just like the previous books in this series, this story was again funny, emotional and filled with sexy shifters.
I can’t wait to read the next (and last) book of this series that is about Kade, a new character who we meet in this book. Another dark, hot, grumpy, dangerous man to love.
I have already Fan Girl’d all over TS Joyce in other reviews- let me just say you cannot go wrong with her original bear shifter books that started the phenom of the paranormal romance genre! She always puts her books on Kindle Unlimited and sells most ebooks for .99cents She is always sharing pics of her interesting life on Instagram, but is a little reclusive about her personal life thru emails. I want to thank her for her Bear Fur Hire series that started it all for me! Thanks T!
I love books where the quirky girl gets her surly, growly, sexy, alpha (I could keep going with the adjectives, but, I won’t) guy! This is Ethan and Leah’s story. This picks up where book 2 ended and Ethan is Rike’s brother. Lucian ( their dead dad) has decided that haunting Ethan is more fun than haunting Rike. Ethan and Leah meet at the restaurant where Leah works. She tries to befriend him so that he doesn’t have to talk to himself anymore, lol. Ethan doesn’t know what to say to this clumsy, talkative girl. Each story in this series helps to build this shifter world that T.S. Joyce has created. Do yourself a favor and read one of her books. I might be biased, but, I love the Crows series!
One character in particular is a hoot. This books looks like it a dark one, but it it anything but.
I was so looking forward to the tortured story of Ethan. It was amazing to watch the way Leah broke through his past and brought him to life in the present. I look forward to seeing what the future holds in store for them and to see what Kane brings to the clan.
Ethan Blackwood is in a terrible position. He’s turning into a bad person. Actually, he’s turning into his father with every day that passes. Then one day Leah meets him and decides he’s okay. She does everything to help him. Does the beautiful girl get to keep her crow? Sexual content and violence.
This book was ok and Glad Ethan found peace, but his mate was really strange.
I absolutely love the heroine in this book! Leah is a little wacky, talks a mile a minute and is clumsy as all get out, but that is exactly what I LOVE about her. She tries her best to keep a positive outlook in life no matter what comes and this is exactly what Ethan needs! Ethan is a haunted soul, he regrets so many decisions and fears that he might turn out like his Dad. Such a great pair and a story that i completely devoured.