Cruel Dominion: A Dark Second Chance Romance by Poppy St. JohnMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
📘Book Info
Anna
Carter Cole. Brutal. Billionaire. Breaker of hearts.
They say he climbed a mountain of corpses to get to the top.
And still, every woman wants the title of Mrs. Cole.
They can have him.
I didn’t come home for Carter.
No matter what he says and does when he finds out I’m back.
The bastard may have stolen all my firsts…
But there’s no way I’m giving him a second chance.
Carter
Anna Vaughn was mine from the first moment I saw her.
She’s still mine. I just have to show her.
I’m not that f*cked-up kid she met on the midnight beach anymore.
Not someone who can be blackmailed into breaking hearts.
I’ll fix everything I shattered between us.
Eliminate the obstacles.
I let Anna get away once.
I won’t make the same mistake twice.
Cruel Dominion is a dark romance with a morally black anti-hero who will stop at nothing to have the girl who got away.
Please note this standalone novel has content that may be triggering to some readers. For a full list of TWs please check the author’s website.
💭Our Thoughts
I almost put this down - I am really, really glad I didn't
Once the ball got rolling and Carter took control
Holy Fires of Hades!!!
Anna annoyed me just a touch in the beginning, somehow though she eventually grew on me and I was rooting for her to find her footing
And dang if she didnt. I am not referring to the infernally whining, loser, horse's backside of an ex. Though he did get his comeuppance
Anna wanted her own life. Right or wrong. Good or bad. She wanted the choices and the results to be hers alone.
Took some time for her to see that a little outside help from the ones who loved you was not a sign of weakness.
Now moving on to our brooding overprotective hunk of a hero Carter
He clawed his way up from the bottom. He was ruthless in his endeavor.
Even when she was missing Anna was the center of his universe
Never once did he stop in his pursuit of her
So when she suddenly reappeared he was taking what was his
This is a rollercoaster of events
Anna was like a magnet for problems
From her exes to her seriously delusional sperm donor who needed to be introduced to the dark salt waters; if it intended trouble it found her
Thank goodness she had a dark knight waiting in the wings to correct the error of her ways
This has quite a few scenes that might not work for everyone
High heat D/s moments with some hades level of kinks
Crimson splatter moments - though most are off-page
Attempted grape
Lots of angst and suspense
Authors Website➱ https://www.poppystjohn.com/
Blog Post ➱ https://awonderfulworldofwordsa.blogspot.com/2024/08/cruel-dominion-dark-second-chance.html
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