From the author of Kings of Miskatonic Prep, the Amazon top-20 internationally bestselling bully romance series, comes this new dark contemporary high school reverse harem.Psst. I have a secret.Are you ready?I’m Mackenzie Malloy, and everyone thinks they know who I am.Five years ago, I disappeared.No one has seen me or my family outside the walls of Malloy Manor since.But now I’m coming to … outside the walls of Malloy Manor since.
But now I’m coming to reclaim my throne:
The Ice Queen of Stonecrest Prep is back.
Standing between me and my everything?
Three things can bring me down:
The sweet guy who wants answers from his former friend.
The rock god who wants to fck me.
The king who’ll crush me before giving up his crown.
They think they can ruin me, wreck it all, but I won’t let them.
I’m not the Mackenzie Eli used to know.
Hot boys and rock gods like Gabriel won’t win me over.
And just like Noah, I’ll kill to keep my crown.
I’m just a poor little rich girl with the stolen life.
I’m here to fck up three princes before they destroy me.
They’ll never see me coming.
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Action packed and full of intrigue. I know it’s RH but for a change of pace, that’s not the focus. The suspense and drama run this book. I loved it. Plenty of steam but just not the main focus. Deep character development and world building happen and the end is a twist that turns everything on its head. Can’t wait to see where it goes in book 2. Definitely recommend.
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Wow the storyline is awesome and keeps you on your toes with trying keep up with characters and their interaction with each other, can’t wait to see what happens in the next book of this series. I would recommend this to everyone
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this was a very riveting and hold on to your seats read , Something happen to mackenzie malloy five years that she cant remember . all she knows is that people want her some in not a good way, and she has to be on a game in order for what happened before not to happen again. With the help of her cousin Anthony they are on a journey to discover what happen and why? This was a very interesting and edge of seat read.
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“Someone broke her. Someone snuffed out Mackenzie’s sunshine so completely she’s a stranger to me now. And I have a feeling I know exactly who it was.”
My Stolen Life was the introduction to this new to me author. Although there are darker elements, I didn’t find it an overly dark read. An abundance of nasty, privileged kids who hide behind daddy and mummy’s money. Although they all reek of money, they aren’t necessarily living perfect lives. The plot is complex, it’s unpredictable and the characters are cruel and calculating. Personally I was unable to put this book down and am about to dive head first into My Secret Heart.
Four years after a surviving traumatic event, Mackenzie finds herself attending Stonehurst Prep. She has lived a sheltered life in her family’s mansion alone and has little memory of her previous life. However she is instinctively drawn to three very different boys who are friends. A flirtatious rockstar, one who holds a grudge and one that’s missed his best friend. She sets out seeking revenge and karma can be one hell of a bitch. Ask no questions, tell no lies as the plot thickens around a web of deception.
I am hooked! This book is flipping brilliant! I love the mystery, the suspense, the intrigue, the sexual tension and chemistry, I love it all! This is a fantastic beginning to what promises to be an amazing series! I cannot wait to dig into book two!
Mackenzie Malloy and her parents disappeared mysteriously one night. A few years later Mackenzie reappears with important pieces of her memory not there. Eli, Gabriel and Noah were all best friends and each one loved had loved Mackenzie in their own way. Things were different now. As Mackenzie and Antony tried to keep their secret plan of action in place, the interesting and exciting slow but definite romance between Mackenzie and Eli, Gabriel and Noah was growing while filled with danger, mean girls, bullying, violence, hate, anger, betrayal, lies, intrigue, love and twists you don’t see coming. Can’t wait to read the next book!!!
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What i love about Steffanie’s books is just how complex the plot’s are, they really keep you guessing the whole way through. This was no exception…there was so much action, so many twists and turns and it was so full of suspense….I can’t even predict where the story is heading, so many unsolved questions that I’m desperate for answers for.
As for the characters…well i just loved how different and tough Mac is, she really can hold her own and definitely fits the ice queen type, but despite this her vulnerability and insecurities definitely come through in her interactions with the guys. As for the guys themselves…..Noah, Eli and Gabe, they are just as complex and interesting, their chemistry with Mac was off the charts! I also loved the chapters with their POV.
This story is definitely dark, contains some serious bullying and has some very hot sex scenes!
I am so excited for the next book…I just can’t wait!!
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My Stolen Life: a high school bully romance (Stonehurst Prep Book 1) Kindle Edition
by Steffanie Holmes
I am positively obsessed with Steffanie Holmes’s work and this book justifies my love!
Trigger warnings:This book takes place in a prep school, but this is not a YA read. Attempted rape, child abuse and very dark, violent settings.
MacKensie Malloy has spent the last 4 years alone, living a quiet, secluded life as the ghost of Malloy Manor. With only her cat for company, she is marking time until she can leave the house and get on with her life. She only has a few months to go. But, someone sticks their nose into her life and she is forced to go to school at Stonehurst Prep. Her first love, her fallen angel and her friend all attend there, and she is terrified to see them.
Ms. Holmes is one of the best writers in the RH Romance genre. She creates a tangible world filled with unforgettable characters and some of the best writing around, bar none. The words she chooses and the rich or violet way she weaves them together slice at the reader and pour the story into the readers soul. The love scenes waver between desperately sweet and darkly sexy.
Every person in Ms. Holmes’s series have at least one secret. And in this book, those secrets could cost the characters their lives.
Her characters in this book, Gabriel Fallen, Eli and Noah are some of the most complex men to inhabit the Broken Boy trope. MacKensie is the definition of an unreliable narrator. She shares the task of narration with the boys, but she does bear most of the work. There is more than one reference to ancient Rome.
Side-characters are filled out enough that some of them should have books of their own.
The setting, a prep school for the uber rich, is as much a gladiatorial contest as the fight club. From the cafeteria to the gym and the bathroom, I could smell and takes the sweat, fear and pencil sharpener debris.
Ms. Holmes takes the time to link this series with her other series in a moment of pulling down the fourth wall that would impress Dead Pool. The band from Manderley Academy, Broken Muse, shows up as do mentions of her Lovecraft-inspired Kings of Misatonik Prep and her wonderful Never More Book Store are mentioned as fiction the character read, giving us a few moments of blatant self-promotion!
Everything in this book grabbed me by my reader’s soul and dragged me along with the book. In fact, I do have to warn people to not start this series right before bed. I didn’t sleep and ended up ripping into the second book immediately. Even the Kiwi-isms are perfect in the setting.
If it were possible I would give more than 5 stars, because this is the love child of Mean Girls and Gladiator.
5 stars out of 5
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Thanks to that stunning prologue, I was hooked from the first page. This twisty turny, steamy, sometimes shocking high school bully romance left me with more questions than it answered and I loved it! Steffanie Holmes writes the most amazing, strong female characters and MacKenzie Malloy is no exception. Mackenzie has an agenda when she enrolls in Stonehurst Prep (one that I am mostly clueless about) but the mystery and suspense in this edgy drama kept me glued to my couch while I read this book from cover to cover. Eli, Gabe, and Noah are the guys – her guys -who refuse to walk away no matter how hard she pushes. I have no clue where this story is going but I can’t wait for the next book.
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I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review. 10 stars awesome story when mackenzie wakes in a grave Anthony saved her and helps her to find out who is the one that did this to her . Now she has to follow her heart of leave behind the men in her life.
Where do i start with this book?? The beginning of it just made my jaw drop and i couldnt pick it up off of the floor until the very end! I have so many unanswered questions my head is literally exploding with it all. Theres so many secrets Mackenzie aka Mac (FMC) is hiding that i dont think we have barely touched the surface in this book. She is so tight lipped about where she disappeared to? Where has she been for the last four years? Things in her life escalate when she enrols back at Stonehurst Prep with a set of ulterior motives but trouble comes in the form of three complications – Eli, Gabriel and Noah. An old friend, An enemy and a cocky brit. The three of these guys bring on the steam thats for sure. A brilliant read one hell of a cliffhanger ending. Bring on book 2 because im dying to get my hands on it
OMG! This book is amazing!! It was such an interesting read from start to finish. I just love how tough Mackenzie is, even when she is vulnerable and sad. And the three boys, Eli, Noah and Gabe – all so different and yet so awesome. The intrigue and action in this book is wild from mean girls (& boys) to the secrets they all hold. This story had me sitting and reading start to finish! And the cliffhanger – my jaws just dropped wide open and I couldn’t believe what I read so I had to re-read it!! I can’t wait until the next book is out!!
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Mackenzie is a seventeen year old that has lost her family. Four years ago she was buried alive in a coffin. Antony her cousin is her protector. They decided to keep her hidden for four years. Until one day a cop came knocking on the door. Now at seventeen she’s going to school at Stonehurst Prep where she meets Elias Hart the long lost friend that she doesn’t remember. Noah Marlowe the one that is out for revenge. Gabriel Fallon the singer from Octavia Ruin her favorite band. This book is full of suspense, mystery, humor, steamy,. I can’t wait to read the next book in the series. I enjoyed reading this book. I loved the storyline and plot. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and I am voluntarily leaving a review.
This is an amazingly well-written book 1 in the Stonehurst Prep Series. These characters are well developed with flaws and all and you feel as you know them and feel their emotions. This story is action-packed from beginning to end with many twists, turns, and deceptions. This emotional story will make you cry and make you mad. When it is over it will make you wonder what is coming next for them. I enjoyed this first book in this series, this book I loved by this Author.
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Mackenzie (Mac) was buried alive when she was thirteen by enemies of her father. This was the night that her parents were murdered. Since then, she has been living alone in her parent’s mansion. Her only companion is her cat. Due to circumstances, she decides to go to school for the first time since she was thirteen. There she is bullied and attacked. There are also three gorgeous guys. What a great start to this series. A cliffhanger of course but I cannot wait for the next one.
There is so very much about this tale that touches extremely triggering subjects in today’s society. The hidden evils of the privileged, the abuse and bullying, the untouchable celebrities. Amidst all of this, this author spins a very dark and secretive web, so much so, I am still not sure who is bad and who is good not to mention I still want the truth over the graveyard beginning! Definitely not my usual genre, but truly have book two scheduled onto my TBR list! All my reviews are always voluntarily written.
What a powerful, engrossing, riveting story. Something terrible happened to Mackenzie four years ago and she was rescued by her cousin Anthony. Now since the age of thirteen she has lived in the family mansion, hidden for four years, while she and Anthony plot the destruction of the people who hurt her and murdered her family. So at seventeen she is going back to school at Stonehurst Prep where all the rich kids go. But there she meets kids from her past. A past she doesn’t remember. Eli acts like an old friend, Noah hater her, and Gabriel just wants to be her friend and more. But she doesn’t remember of them. And all of the “in” kids in the school are gunning for her and make her life miserable. But one goes too far and she needs to get revenge and stop the bullying. But her revenge starts a chain reaction, and the person she and Anthony have been plotting their revenge against, might not be the only one they need to take care of. What happened four years ago might be more involved than they thought. I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Mackenzie has been hiding out in her mansion since she was 13 years old and avoiding people for 4 years, but a cop has destroyed that for her, and she now needs to attend a school or trouble is going to find her. She decides to go to Stonehurst Prep, but she hasn’t been to a school class since she was 13 and it’s going to be a big challenge. Can she bluff her way through her senior year? Stonehurst Prep is full of rich kids and their entitled attitudes, will she survive? I loved this engrossing story, that had me turning the pages and consuming it’s contents. Mackenzie is easy to love, with a great mix of tough (don’t mess with her attitude) and lost teenager. I loved Gabriel (the fallen rock star), Eli (the friendly guy who remembers her) and Noah (who glares at her), and how their relationship with her forms. I really need the next one, I must find out what happens next.
Mackenzie Mallory is convinced that if she can finish her senior year at the Stonehurst Prep that and the fact that the cop that came to her house after finding out she was just seventeen that she decided that going to school would take some of the boredom away after 4 years of being stuck in the mansion by herself will keep her sane. But once she is back in school she acts as if she doesn’t know anyone but they all remember and things seem to completely go downhill, Claws, as she is called by her supposed cousin Anthony and her protector is always there for her since the day he pulled her out of the coffin she was buried in. Eli was her best friend through childhood until she was 13 years old when everything in her life changed. Eli likes her as well as Gabe the Rockstar on sabbatical. But Noah hates her for recruiting his brother for testing sports pills. They all seem to be very attracted to Mackenzie. But it seems the rest of the Prep School was not as nice, Alec the school Bad boy is after Mac and is determined to harass her until he and Cleo go too far and payback is required. Things are not at all what they seem. I liked the storyline and the characters were interesting. Suspense and romance’ Series, book 1. I was given an ARC as a gift from the author without obligations. I am providing an honest review.
Mackenzie Malloy has deadly secrets she needs to keep, but the Ice Queen of Stonehurst Prep wasn’t expecting the three princes. Gabriel Fallen is a rock god, and bad boy singer for Octavia’s Ruin. Eli Hart, is sweet, sexy, and his heart was broken when his friend disappeared. Noah Marlowe, is a senator’s son, and his family blames her’s for his older brother’s death. Mackenzie and her family disappeared five years ago, and they want to know why she is back.
While this is a departure from what this author usually writes, I’m a fan, and I was curious, so I decided to give this book a try, I wasn’t disappointed. The characters are compelling, and convincing, the dialog flowed smoothly, and kept me absorbed in their story. The plot has surprising and unexpected twists, with violence, and some steamy sex scenes. Needless to say, I loved this book, and highly recommend it to other readers who enjoy this genre.
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