Captive. Pet. Lover. Pawn… losing my morals, my freedom and even my sanity. Because darkness lives inside me, too. He’s laying my deepest secrets bare, and there’s nothing I can do to stop him.
My name is Bethany, and I’ve fallen into the lap of luxury.
AUTHOR’S NOTE: Contains dark romantic themes. This book is NOT a standalone and is intended to be read after COME TO DADDY. No cliffhanger.
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I’m honestly running out of things to say in my reviews for this author. Again, this was an excellent read. Well written and well paced. Hot sex. No OW or OM drama. Great characters, and a plot that kept me hooked from beginning to the end. The only tiny niggle I had, was I wish we had gotten a little more of an “in the future” look at this couple. But perhaps we will get an extended epilogue at some point?? Another fantastic read from this talented (and super sweet) author! Bring on the next book…
action and sexy time
I read this via my ku subscription and am leaving my review voluntarily. This is book 2 of a duet and is not a standalone. Damir is a much darker character than his brother and the overall story is darker than book 1. It is not a Hallmark romance.
Triggers:
violence, murder, kidnapping, drugging, non-con
Spoilers:
Bethany, orphan, wants to marry a rich man who will love her. works for Mikhail (b1) she is attracted to and repelled by her boss’ brother Damir.
Damir, grew up with an uncaring mom, a jerk father and after his sister dies, he turns to revenge as his motivation in life. feeling like his brother has been betrayed him, he grabs Bethany (thinking this will bother his brother)
there is alot of action. plenty of sexy time. violence. HEA
Damir is a ruthless arrogant man that takes what he wants and doesn’t apologize for it. Bethany is a way for him to get revenge on his brother. The two are crazy, kinky and their relationship shows it. There is hot sex and no drama with OM or OW. I loved reading this story.
Do Not Disturb
*read on KU. No need of sugar daddies called promo teams*
I was even more entranced by book 2 than book 1 and book 1 was already so AMAZING! A lot of intrigue. Cuteness in the midst of a lot of darkness. The main couple was once again FIRE, and oh, how I loved seeing Beth get her man. There was a lot of chemistry here!!!! With lots of twists, this story was another guaranteed page-turner. I had a lot of fun reading this duet. The new covers are so pretty, I CANNOT DEAL.
ORIGINAL COMMENT
5 very kinky Stars. Je suis in Love
{I received this as an arc in exchange for an Honest review}
This is an epic dark romance. Leave it to Brianna Hale to have me falling for the unredeemable{But turns out to be redeemable} villain. Honestly y’all I wasn’t sure how much I was going to like this book because I hated Damir in “Come To Daddy”, but I LOVED it. Oh my Gosh Damir and Bethany are EVERYTHING!!! They are dark and twisted and so freaking sexy! This couple blew me away. This is such a dark and bloody adventure. Damir and Bethany are so perfect for one another oh my gosh. You can feel the desire and chemistry on every page. This book will set your kindle’s on fire!!! It was so amazing, I ended up reading it in one sitting. I can not wait to read this book again. It is so freaking incredible. If you like DARK , sexy romance, with adventures thrown in then you will defiantly want to read this after “Come To Daddy”. I am in love with this book!
I DEVOURED this book! I couldn’t put it down! I loved it so much! I loved how dark and twisted Damir was with the hints of vulnerability. And OMG….serious high five to Bethany at the end! I thought she was great too and a really unique heroine!
“Is this your bedroom?” I whisper.
He mumbles a sleepy assent.
“Aren’t you going to tie me up?”
“Go to sleep, princesa.”
“What if I try and kill you in the night?”
His teeth gleam in the darkness as he grins. “You know I love foreplay.”
*KU read
Holy shit. Okay, so we all met Damir and Bethany in the first book, “Come to Daddy,” and knew that Bethany is this sweet girl and that Damir is a psychopath. We didn’t know to what extent their relationship had gone or what we were going to get into. We finally find all our answers in “Lap of Luxury.”
Bethany is a little complicated, but not by much. She is an eighteen-year-old that has not had a good family life but is bound to make a better life for herself in the future. But by helping her boss, Bethany knew that, was putting herself in Damir’s line of sight. But she never knew that he would want her the way he did.
Damir has always thought his brother was the favorite that his brother was the golden child. So when he finds himself wanting his brother’s secretary and thinks that Bethany is sleeping with him, it makes Damir even more jealous. So he goes and kidnaps her.
This book is just on the other side of messed up. But I couldn’t put it down. You want to slap Bethany for staying, and you want to hug Damir at times for acting like a child. But in the end, you want them to fall in love.
Brianna Hale has slayed me once again. When I need a dark, delicious and dirty story she’s one I turn to first. She always makes me obsess and finish the book so fast!!! Her writing is amazing, all encompassing, and completely amazing. She is an author that completeky takes me to another world and I feel like I am part of that world.
Her characters are dirty talking alphas that make your panties wet!! Omg. So hot and delicious!! These men will take your breath away in so many ways! Her women are strong and stand up for themselves!
Bethany and Damir werenn n introduced in come to daddy and made me long for their story. I was not disappointed and was so happy to hear their story!! It is one that will make you Lee reading regardless of what you need to get done. Their story is full of so many twists and turns that you won’t know which way is up. But by the end, your feet will land on the ground and all will be right again!! A wonderful, amazing, all consuming book!! 5+ stars!!
This book is the continuation from ‘Come to Daddy’ (book one of the series,) and while technically you can read this without reading the first book, you will not have the whole story or know as much about their past or fully understanding their personalities. This book picks up where book one ends (though the beginning does over lap a bit from the previous books from a different POV… allowing the readers a chance to catch up.) This is a dark read with some violence and coerced sexual content. The Hero/Villain is a character that demands to be hated, yet at the same time, you can see his vulnerability and his softer side (no matter how minuscule it is.) The Heroine is a lone wolf sort of character. She thinks she’s screwed up in the head (mostly due to her past.) There is some suspense involved and while it is dark and sinister at times, it is a crazy mixed up love story. The story moves quickly. There is plenty of uncertainty to keep you in suspense, as well as uncertainty within the characters minds. Due to the theme and the sexual nature of the book, this is suitable for mature readers.
Ok first of all: I love this book
Second: I love this book
third: i love this book
and fourth: oh my god I LOVE THIS BOOK
During/After Come to Daddy, i hated Damir, and was kinda scared of him, and maybe possibly wanted to lowkey Climb him. After Lap of Luxury, Im still a little scared, still really want to climb him, but i also love him a little bit
Brianna and this book completely changed my mind on Damir, im not sure how or what magic was used but she did.
I loved Damir and Bethany, They are prefect for each other, i thought they might work together during Come to daddy, but after reading this? yeah they are seriously perfect for each other. They just work together, they balance each other out but at the same time encourage the crazy.
i hope once you start reading Lap of Luxury, you dont have any plans because you wont want to put it down! it just sucks you in and doesnt let you go, i was eating lunch while reading, my food went cold because i just couldnt put it down, even after saying “just one more chapter and ill eat” yeah nah, that didnt happen. One more chapter became another, and another and another.
I would have demolished this in one go but i got sick with the flu, and all i could think about was finishing this book (which at the same time i didnt want to because i just wanted to keep reading)
I cant wait for the next book by Brianna!
Honestly Brianna can do no wrong by me!
I am astounded. I was expecting dark romance, but this goes beyond the norm into ironic, witty, psychological territory that breaks boundaries between fun and wrong, hot and morbid, emotional and insane.
Ever imagined a psycopath with a soul and a prudish lady with macabre tendencies falling in love like puzzles from hell? This could be something like that
Damir Ravnikar is a well-dressed brute, with a honed sense of revenge and a twisted sensual streak. He is the charismatic psycopath who teeters between the demented need for revenge out of a feeling of betrayal and this profound craving for his brother’s assistant. Bethany is the efficient orphan who gets aroused by violent danger with a proclivity to deviate into primitive coupling. That combination, my curious friends, is a masterpiece of entertainment.
What really cracked me up and enraptured me is that the author came up with a deconstruction of the whole horror film genre from the perspective of a hot-blooded female more interested in rutting than dying. That Predator fantasy was stolen right out my own filthy imagination! I think all the horror films should be re-shot to that new code
Sumptuous settings, a sleek and villanous atmosphere, devious manipulation mingling with action-packed plot twists, a madman hellbent on vengeance and a woman in love with her monster of choice. This story of two brothers lost in a vendetta links with the first novel and ties both romances in a knot of blood, sex, soulmates, hatred and hope with a touch of dark humour and loads of steamy times.
One of a kind and terribly addictive. I don’t know about you, but I might look for my own good times in the next horror flick I watch
Engrossing and flipping amazing! I couldn’t put it down!
I was so excited to dive into Lap of Luxury! I LOVED Come to Daddy, Mikhail and Ciara’s story and all I wanted to know was WTH happened to Bethany!?
This book took a walk on the dark, twisted side of romance. Damir was terrifyingly intense, and I did not expect the way Bethany craved his darkness.
Together they were explosive and insane! An amazing conclusion to the tale!
A do not miss duet!
/5
So that was mind blowing??
I knew this book was going to be a different kind of trip and boy was I right.
We get to see the in depth workings of Damir Ravinkar, who was honestly lowkey unhinged in CtD. I’ll be honest, I liked him but didn’t know that I’d love madly in love with him by the end of LoL. I mean he is a ruthless killer without any doubt but he is also secretly a teddy bear? I do not know how Brianna Hale perfected that duality but she did and my heart can’t take it.
Bethany is my favourite. Sure she is freaky and her kinks scare me a little but she stood neck to neck with Damir and was absolutely his match. I have so much respect for her because she finessed him so hard but she did it in a way that made him fall in love with her. WE STAN A FREAKY QUEEN!!!
This story was thrilling from the start and 100% fast paced. The way Damir just walks through life leaves me scared and in awe of his audacity. The thing I love most about this story is that it pushes a LOT of boundaries sexually and psychologically without being overbearing at all.
Brianna Hale is a master at writing beautiful, broken and complex characters who make a permanent home in your heart within a few pages. The last 10% of this book made my heart the happiest of places.
I was surprised when I started this book as I thought it would be a continuation of Mikhail and Ciara’s story. However it wasn’t, it was Damir and Bethany’s story and it was an insight into both brothers and what made them who they are. As much as I wanted to hate Damir and thought Bethany needed her brain testing, in true Brianna Hale fashion I became fascinated with the story, watching both of them evolve in their relationship and ended up thinking they were ideal for each other. It was a fascinating read with a happy ending that was surprising even though it wasn
I was a little scared to start Damir’s book. He seemed like a legit psychopathic murderer (at least from Ciara and Misha’s point of view) by the end of Come to Daddy. I remember being so worried for Bethany.
I should have never doubted Brianna Hale. It’s like she knew exactly how much dark I could handle and voila, gave it to me.
Damir and Bethany have actually surpassed Ciara and Misha as my favorite couple. Both of them are actually kinda fucked up and they just work together.
Dirty, and hot, and full of suspense, Lap of Luxury was an insane read. Well written and well paced, I still can’t believe how much I loved this dark and brutal character.
Lap of Luxury is the second book in the Love Don’t Cost a Thing Series by Brianna Halle and what a second book it is. I was left thinking ‘what did I just read?’ This book is about Damir Ravnikar, a cruel, rich, arrogant, ruthless man who will stop at nothing to hunt down his brother who he feels has double crossed him. Caught in the middle of his revenge is Bethany, his brothers former PA. A sweet girl, trying her hardest to make ends meet after life has dealt her numerous blows. She is definitely a strong-willed character, going up against an even stronger willed character.
This book is pretty explosive in that it has some hard-core sexy scenes. Both the hero and the heroine have a dark, sadistic, crazy side to them which really makes them perfect for each other. Danik has a kind of cruel, twisted, kinky way he sees relationships. He is controlling, domineering and quite arrogant but this contrasts really well with Bethany who can be seen as sweet, virginal and strong minded. They certainly suit each other. The chemistry is off the charts as is the fantasy role play that they character have with each other.
You’re left wanting more from these characters too. There is a little bit of background regarding Bethany and what she has had to endure as well as Damir’s background and how he is the way he is but this is only skimmed upon. Mikhail and Clara also make an appearance and there is a definite difference between their relationship and Damir’s and Bethany’s. Clara comes across as a lot colder than Bethany but also has her own story to tell.
Overall, a really enjoyable, dark, intriguing read and a good ending to a story.
ARC received for a fair and honest review.
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