Features four novellas by New York Times bestselling author Skye Warren. Each standalone story ends in a happily ever after.
WHO WILL SAVE YOUR SOUL
Emily’s a pathological liar. When her life is at stake, will anyone believe her?
MAFIA CINDERELLA
One dress. One dance. Lucia has one chance to change her life–and the lives of her family.
BEDTIME STORYJessica is on the run when her car breaks … run when her car breaks down. A small town sheriff can’t be her knight in shining armor.
HEAVY EQUIPMENTCold. Rough. Merciless. The foreman of the construction crew is going to make her pay every last cent.
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As a huge Skye Warren fan I couldn’t say no to reading and reviewing this short story collection.
Who Will Save Your Soul
This first short story was one I liked right away. I loved the distinction between Emily who has always lived in a big clean house but stifled by her parents and Niko who literally works with dirt as a gardener. There’s also the added intrigue of Emily being a pathological liar, which may or may not be true. The ending was really exciting too and I loved the romance between Emily and Niko.
Bedtime Story
I absolutely loved this story. As short as it was, I totally fell for both characters in the story. Jessica who’s on the run with her baby boy and getting stopped by Finn who’s a cop really stole my heart. It was a sweet story with the right amount of chemistry and promise. I would honestly love to read a full story about them. This might be my favorite short story out of all four of them.
Mafia Cinderella
This was a modern and very dirty twist on the classic fairytale that we all know and love so well. I’ve read my fair share of Cinderella retellings but I really liked this one. It had the ball, the shoes, the dress and the hot “prince”. So definitely a winner in my eyes!
Heavy Equipment
I actually already knew this short story because I listened to the audiobook on Read Me Romance (this is a podcast) and I remember that I liked it but it was nice to reread it so I could refresh my memory of it and oh boy was this a kinky story. I loved it and I loved Asher!
Who Will Save Your Soul is a collection of deliciously dark fairytales, where the heroines are not so innocent and the heroes not your usual prince charming.
Who Will Save Your Soul
Emily is a pathological liar, but when her life is in danger will anyone believe her?
Bedtime Story
Jessica is on the run and a small town sheriff offers to help her. Can she trust him?
Mafia Cinderella
Lucia has one chance to save her life and her family.
Heavy Equipment
June must sacrifice herself to save her father’s company. What she didn’t know was that she would enjoy every minute of it.
Forbidden and enchanting, these tales are entertaining, with exciting characters!
Who Will Save Your Soul? is the excellent combination of novellas from Skye Warren. These four short stories are full of sexiness, angst and thrill, creating a delicious Warren cocktail. It’s the perfect sample if Skye is a new-to-you author, and a must read position for her current fans. These novellas are riveting, all-consuming and completely unputdownable. Kept on a little dark-ish side, each of them is an erotic, dirty treat for romance lovers. Packed with dirty-talking alpha-heroes that will put you on FIRE and gripping storylines that keep you glued to the pages!
This is a four book anthology consisting of four short novellas written by Skye Warren. Each one is a standalone with a HEA. I’ve long lost my interest in Skye Warren’s writing voice. I’ve been a long time fan of her work. Over the years it’s been hit or miss with her work. Here’s another read where my interest declined.
Heavy Equipment is seven chapters with an epilogue. 2 stars
The good obedient daughter honors her fathers debt with her body. An arrangement was made with a wealthy construction worker.
Asher Cook is a crude dirty talking man who can’t wait to make June his.
June Li is the obedient daughter used to barter the debt. She always been proud to carry her fathers name. She’s always known she was raised to be a society wife. However, she hadn’t expected the arrangement her father made with Asher.
Skye delivers another dark taboo romance with her naughty words and broken characters who desire the forbidden sex. It was an okay read. The sex scenes are becoming all to familiar. The story is formulaic with the obedient female character ashamed of the pleasure being drawn from her body by a man she should despise. This was another story where Skye brings out the dirty in her female character with the help of a good looking man.
This is a quick and dirty novella. Skye delivered exactly what she set out to do.
Who Will Save Your Soul is eight chapters long. 2 stars. It was okay for a short story, but not enough to grab ahold of me. It was easy to read.
Meet Emily Coulter a nineteen year old pathological liar. From her second story window she watches the gardener, a good looking guy. Emily spent a lifetime with her father calling her stupid and her mother calling her a liar. She’s trapped in the wealthy world her parents created for her, but she doesn’t want it.
Bedtime Story is eleven chapters. 3 stars. It’s an easy read.
Meet Jessica an eighteen year old single mother escaping Tanglewood county in the middle of the night. Tanglewood is notorious for corruption by the mafia. When she gets pulled over by the sheriff her libido does a happy dance.
It’s an instant connection with her savior. Finn is the sheriff offering his protection.
Sometimes the bedtime stories are dark
Great short stories from Ms. Warren. These linger on the dark side. I’d previously read Heavy equipment and relished reading it again. The other ones were just as good and made me want more.
Loved it, love her writing!
I really enjoyed this book. It was several little stories. Each one was easy to read and I could read it in 1 sitting. They were all a little different and each had an unexpected aspect to it. Some of them I wished would have had more for me to read to continue to explore the characters.
Fun short stories
it was so bad I would rather not read it at all
I love Skye Warren’s books and can’t wait to dive into this one!
Take me to the Skye!!! Never disappointed with her books and this collective work proves my point. This starts out as a kindling flame and turns into a blazing inferno!! My heart actually sped up as I turned each page!! A magnificent twist on classic tales from our past. Not all princesses are angels, and not all princes live in castles on a hill. Some of them are born in the dark and love to get dirty.
I received a copy of this book from the publisher/author to review.
This book features four novellas from the amazing Skye Warren.
Who Will Save Your Soul
Emily’s a pathological liar. When her life is at stake, will anyone believe her?
Bedtime Story
Jessica is on the run when her car breaks down. A small town sheriff can’t be her knight in shining armor.
Mafia Princess
One dress. One dance. Lucia has one chance to change her life-and the lives of her family
Heavy Equipment.
Cold. Rough. Merciless. The foreman of the construction crew is going to make her pay every last cent.
This is four bedtimes stories from Skye Warren. Each is a novella and they are complete stories so you do not have to wait for the rest of the story to come at a later date. I devoured this book and loved all the stories in it. You are going to love so many of these characters and their stories. I don’t want to ruin no one of these novellas for anyone so I won’t tell you what the stories are about. I loved it and you will too. Do not miss it.
You can never go wrong with reading anything author Skye Warren writes with her brilliant and powerful storylines. Each novella will have your mind escape on an emotional rollercoaster but will bring you to a great ending. I was pleasantly pleased with these amazing books
I love Skye Warren! This is an excellent collection of Novellas!
It’s funny that Heavy Equipment was my first read of hers thanks to Read Me Romance! I thoroughly enjoyed Who Will Save Your Soul and Mafia Cinderella! These make for great short reads that are both fulfilling and entertaining
Who will save your soul…a collection of four short but amazingly written stories from Skye Warren all in one book! It’s the perfect read, a bit of intrigue, angst and throw in a bit of dark. Loved it!
A collection of four stories. A couple I had already read in the past and weren’t any different from what I remember.
WHO WILL SAVE YOUR SOUL: This was Skye at her best 🙂 Complete depravity with a sunshine ending … I mean what could be more Skye than that?! #favorite
MAFIA CINDERELLA: Again, all I have for you is … VERY Skye ! lol
HEAVY EQUIPMENT: dirty, sexy and … VERY Skye!!
BEDTIME STORY: hmmmmm okay so honestly, I think I just read a really long prologue to something, maybe? There’s a good story here but it just ends before it even has time to begin..weird.
If you’ve never read Skye Warren before, I’m not all together sure this is where you should start. These are short stories and for one, labeling a story is a stretch. They are, however, very Skye. This is what she writes, and she is very good at her craft. But if you’re new to her word wizardry, they might fall short because you won’t get them and then you may not read her again and that would just be a crime. Do with that information as you will …
Skye Warren, one of my favourite dark romance writers, has put together this collection of 4 stand-alone short stories. I’m not normally a lover of novellas as I like to have the time to be absorbed into a book and the characters. I found the short stories of Who Will Save Your Soul to be the perfect thing to pick up and finish in one sitting and Skye’s words are always mesmerizing.
I’ve only read two for now but will add to my review as I finish the others.
Mafia Cinderella: I loved all the similarities and twists from the original fairy tale. Lucia is our Cinderella and Sebastian is Prince Charming. Lucia has a hard life working her fingers to the bone for two sisters, but when her life is threatened, she finds herself in the gripping stare of Sebastian. It is a captivating short story that draws you in and keeps you enticed until the happily ever after.
Heavy Equipment: This story is just what the doctor ordered for a tantalizing, steamy read. It’s quick and dirty, but oh, so satisfying. Every word drips of Skye Warren and is so in keeping with The Trust Fund duet. I love Skye’s writing and how she takes the taboo and makes us crave it. Asher and June Li have been made for each other and they hold nothing back. A heady novella that will bring out the temptress in you.
Skye Warren gives us 4 separate novellas (Who Will Save Your Soul, Bedtime Story, Mafia Cinderella, & Heavy Equipment) that were sinfully dark, twisted, & delicious. They are all filled with angst, romance, suspense, a lot of heat, and twists and turns. They are all different and addicting reads with equally addicting characters you can’t get enough of. If you haven’t read her books yet, this is the perfect way to get acquainted with her writing style. If you have already read any of her books, you know what’s coming so buckle up and enjoy the ride!
****ARC generously provided in exchange for an honest review.****
Short bedtime stories that were each their own! These are tales of circumstance that have a dark twist! Each story was the perfect length for a short bedtime read. The topics range from pathological liars to women finding saviors in trying times.
There are four separate stories contained within the pages of this book, each distinct in several ways from the others. But all involve an innocent young woman and a somewhat scary man. Each man presents a threat to the woman in question in their story, but ultimately proves to be a protector instead of a destroyer. Each story comes at it a different way, but results in a happily-ever-after ending. With lots of hot action included to help keep things interesting, of course. The fact that each story is relatively short at just a few chapters each makes this volume easy to read in short increments. They definitely would be good, one per evening for several nights, read as a bedtime story. And a sexy one at that! As with any such collection, there were some tales that I enjoyed more than others, some that I found more believeable, some that were better written. But overall it was a good solid read, and if one isn’t too much to your liking, well, it’s soon over and you can move on to the next savory morsel.