“If he’s gross, I’m bailing.” That’s what I said to my supposed best friend when she asked me to take her place. A blind date, she said. What harm could it do? He was charming. Beautiful. God’s finest creation. He wined me and dined me. Made me do things I’d never before dreamt of in the bedroom. It was perfect. Dangerous. Arousing. But Jenny didn’t tell me the full story. She didn’t tell me … didn’t tell me about the debt she owed. And now Quinn Cane wants his money’s worth, and he’s going to make me pay whatever way he can.
“A debt needs to be paid.”
The woman who came to meet me didn’t owe me money. I could tell by her innocent eyes. Still, the debt will be paid either way.
She was something to play with and use as I saw fit, but something about Emily Brooks made me want to keep her. So she became my dirty girl. Pure. Innocent. Mine.
Then she whispered my damned name and invaded my world, changing its reasoning.
She wasn’t meant to break the rules. But she rolled my dice and won.
Shame. Forgiveness. Dark. Erotic. Romance.
This book is intended for mature audiences. 18+ only.
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Wow this is a amazing book that is written by one of my amazing author Charlotte. This is the first from the second author and this book is beautiful written together. I hope they write more books together. This book is a very dark read. This book will draw you from the first page tell the very end. This book is a must read book that will have you feeling all the emotions and the dark side that is being draw out.
After seeing reviews on this book of a reading group, I thought I’d give it a read. Its dark and twisted, mafia themed nonsense Quinn, takes Emily when she’s set up on a blind date. It all goes downhill from there, for her. As the naive Emily has her eyes and life opened up too dangerous under belly of Chicago crime. It will test your morals on her consent with what Quinn puts her through and you waver of the whole Stockholm syndrome, but the storyline is great and keeps you on your toes. A few twists towards the end you’re not sure which way they will lead, kept my attention to the end.
This was beautifully dark and disturbing and I loved it but fair warning, there’s definitely dub-con and there’s talk about non-consent too.
I wanted to hate Quinn for his actions, I really did but I just couldn’t!
QUINN
Ooft! This man oozes sex appeal and alpha vibes from the very first page.
Quinn is a complicated and stone-cold man…until Emily comes along.
His upbringing in the mafia lifestyle had him learning harsh lessons at a very young age and it fucked him up.
He’s taken over the family business from his father and rules it with an iron fist and a set of dice, lol. (you’ll understand that remark when you start reading 🙂 )
He has a real hate-on for his father, and quite rightly so as the man made bad judgement calls that resulted in him sending his wife (Quinn’s mother) to another family to use as they saw fit!
And what did this family do? Yup, they raped her.
Repeatedly.
And all the family got to join in.
Since then his mother is sadly broken. She is in and out of awareness and has no idea where she is or even what day it is.
Anyway, Quinn decides to step up and change things.
Make the business better.
Save his younger brothers from having to do the things he has had to.
He trusts no one and cares for no one.
Until he stumbles across Emily when trying to collect on a debt made by someone else.
He knows she’s innocent but just can’t stay away.
He wants her…so he keeps her!
I’m gonny level with you. He’s a prick. A wanker. A cunt. An arse. An utterly despicable human being. An incredibly sexy…infuriatingly hot…oozing sex appeal alpha…sorry, got carried away there.
Where was I?
Yeah, he caught me in his web. *hangs head in shame*
EMILY
Emily is a sweet if naive lass with a big and loyal heart. Unfortunately because of that some people are gonny take advantage of it and walk all over her.
Which, in case you didn’t already know, sends me aff ma nut!
So when her best friend whom she cares about and goes out of her way to help, starts to show her true colours my alpha bitch was all upfront and frothing at the mouth, lol.
Maybe because, like me, she was very unpopular in high school I just wanted to reach out and take her under my wing all throughout the book.
Anyway, when Jenny asks her if she’ll take her place on a blind date that she can’t manage to go to Emily reluctantly accepts.
Arriving at the restaurant she is pleasantly surprised to meet an extremely attractive man but…something is off with him and it rattles her a little.
After a few wee drams, they go to his hotel suite and damn!! The dude can talk dirty better than anyone else I’ve read in a long time.
Emily has always been fairly…timid and reserved, particularly during sex so when Quinn forces her inner dirty wee minx out of hiding she is utterly shocked and horrified at how turned on she is.
But she has no idea what he has in store for her.
She’s held captive at this beautiful monster’s home and that’s when shit gets real.
SEX SCENES
Hooolllleeeeey shit! I needed new knickers a few times while reading this one.
I lean over her, pulling my hand from her nipple back up to her hair. I snatch her head back to me, flinging her torso upwards so I can bite into her neck and feel the tension she’s holding onto. “You ready for me, dirty girl?” Her gasp makes me smile, tongue roaming over the spot I’ve bitten down on. “You gonna give me that sweet ass?” She shudders as I swipe my dick over it, coating myself in the juices I’ve put there. “You’re gonna feel me for weeks here.” I push my dick between her flesh, letting my hand hold her throat up to me. “You’re gonna remember everything about the first time I took something no one else has.” I ease at it harder, my thumb levering the tip inside and forcing the hole wide again. She yelps, a small cry of frustration coming from her as I keep shunting into her and she moves away. “You will let me all the way in, dirty girl. Push back at me.” She doesn’t. She just quivers and wavers in my hand, unsure of what she should be doing or why she’s doing it. I couldn’t give a fuck how she feels. This ass is mine now, as is the rest of her. I tug her back again, forging my dick in harder to break that last resistance, and then groan myself as my length finally sinks inside her. Still she remains silent, nothing but breathing and her body sending shockwaves along my dick. She squeezes slightly, as her ass adjusts to me, then whimpers against the force of my hand on her neck. The sound makes me release her and lean back to watch my dick slowly slide back out of her. “Tell me you like it, dirty girl.” I ease back in, slowly building a rhythm and waiting for her back to arch up to me. It does within seconds, an unconscious cry coming from her as she starts to feel the sensations building. My fingers roll between her legs again, flicking her clit to help her let go and feel the tension that’s building between us. “Quinn, please.” It’s the first time she’s asked for it, and the shunt of my dick straight back into her has her lowering to the floor, ass higher than before and ready to take more of me. I pull out again, leaning back over her and biting into her spine, my own ass beginning to power in as I search her pussy for everything I own. Fingers drive in, the feel of my dick in her ass making me crazy as I massage myself and her.
Final thoughts on INNOCENT EYES by Charlotte E Hart & Rachel De Lune
I’ll admit that in the beginning I got irritated with how Emily let people walk all over her and take advantage but as the story goes on you witness her evolving beautifully and becoming something she never thought she could. Loved this story and the suspense all the way through it.
Emily is a good girl. She runs her own photography studio. She doesn’t have much of a social life and hasn’t been on a date in a long time. When her best friend, Jenny, asks her to take her place on a blind date, Emily agrees. Little does she know, it’s not a blind date and her life is about to change…drastically.
Quinn is a bad boy. In the past he would’ve been called a gangster. He has taken over the family business and on his bad side is not where anyone wants to be. He goes to the restaurant believing that he’s meeting Jenny, a wild woman that owes him $100,00.00. When he figures out that the woman sitting across from him isn’t Jenny, he decides to take Emily as payment. If only he knew that she was about to turn his life upside down.
Innocent Eyes is a very mild 50 Shades. It had a story line instead of just constant sex (which tends to happen in many of the erotic books I’ve read). It’s engaging. I read it in less than 24 hours. I am one of those people who gets emotionally invested in the characters of a good book (sometimes even in bad ones). I went through the range of emotions with Emily and sometimes with Quinn.
The story line was well thought out. The character development was great. I will be reading the rest of the series as soon as I’m able. Highly recommend for those who are fans of this genre!
*New to me Author
Charlotte E. Hart is a new to me author, and I loved this book. It is dark, edgy, there is so many twists and turns I couldn’t put it down. Quinn is a messed up motherfucker that really needs a shrink. Emily is a sweet girl that has no idea what she is getting into when she goes on a date that her friend Jenny makes her go on.
When Emily meets Quinn, it is instant chemistry between these two. They hop right into bed and have the night of Emily’s life. But when she wakes up the next morning and is not in the hotel and is in fact kidnapped. She knows she is in way over her head. But Emily is smart and knows there has to be a way out.
Quinn is so intrigued with Emily; he kidnaps her and makes Emily take over Jenny’s debt. But what begins as a messed up mistake turns into a romance between these two that transforms them both inside out and makes them into different people.
I enjoyed this book and was happy to find Charlotte and this book. It brought a lot of emotions out, and I love that in a story.
I love Innocent Eyes written by co-writers Charlotte E. Hart (who is new to me) and Rachel De Lune (whom I read several of her books and I am a big fan of).
Innocent Eyes is Quinn Cane and Emily Brooks story. Emily had a friend Jenny (the kind of friend that who needs enemies if you have a friend like her) Jenny threw Emily to the wolves. Asked her to go on a blind date with a man that she owed a lot of money to.
Things went well on the date at least Emily thought so. Quinn decided that Emily would pay that debt and be his “dirty girl” and there is so much more to this story!
Now how did these 2 authors get together? Charlotte E. Hart is a Dark Erotic Suspense/Romance author and Rachel De Lune does write “emotionally driven erotic romances and she loves her HEA’s. The story is seamlessly written by these 2 authors. Oh and did I say Charlotte E. Hart writes Dark Romances…. I think I may have found another author to follow!
I enjoyed Innocent Eyes and give it 4 stars.