Book Review: Over the Edge by C.D. Reiss

The epic conclusion to the intense and dark Edge Series.
Limits tested.
Boundaries shifted.
Descend into sanity.

Over The Edge is the final installment of the Edge Series.  I had been counting down the days for the final chapter of this dark, mind bending thriller. 

Caden and Greyson are once again challenged in Over The Edge with the unexpected. There are secrets hidden deep in the psyche tearing apart their world.  The story is intensely seductive. Caden draws you into their world wearing his heart on his sleeve. The emotions run high and deep. 

I really enjoyed the intensity of the story. It's fast paced, sending my mind racing. Although Greyson's story parallels Caden's making the ending less of a surprise. 4.5 Stars

Book Review: Marriage Games by C.D. Reiss

THIRTY DAYS
That’s all Adam Steinbeck demands of his wife.
Thirty days in a remote cottage, doing everything he demands. After that, he’ll sign her divorce papers and give her complete ownership of their company.

THIRTY DAYS
That’s how long he has to rediscover the man he once was. The Dominant Master he hid when he fell in love with her five years ago.

THIRTY DAYS
She wants the business they built badly enough to go to the cottage for a month. Cut off ties to the world and do his bidding. She can submit to him with her body, but her heart will never yield.

She thinks this is his pathetic attempt to repair their marriage.

She’s wrong.

I could not wait to read the Marriage Games. The teasers were torture and the blurb had me stalking the author. The book did not fail, the story immediately drew me in and I was quickly enraptured. I lost concept of time while surrendering my heart and soul to the Marriage Games. Holy hell in a hand basket. I needed a drink.CD Reiss has one upped herself yet again.

First, I had fallen so deep into the story that the ending was a complete mind fuck. I should have been ready, I should have know but instead I felt sucker punched (In a good, masochistic way.). I thought I knew Adam Steinbeck, the first half of the book is in his POV. He is devoted to his wife so when she asked for a divorce he fought for her. HE LOVES HER!

Diane Barnes is no longer in love with her husband. She wanted more, she wanted his love fully but Adam never gave himself to her. Diane also wants her family's company back. Adam isn't going to easily let go of his wife or their company. He has a plan.

"Thirty days," I said, jumping off the side of the tallest building in the city. No turning back now. I leaned into it. "I want thirty days. You and me. Far away. Not a vacation, just thirty days where I show you who I was before I started lying."

Adam has been hiding this predilections from his wife for very good reasons based on his prior experiences. (Nope, not giving it away.You'll need to read for yourself.) Now that he's been exposed and Diana was ready to move on without him, he's playing to lose. Once the real Adam was revealed, the tide had changed and the huntress is ready to fight for what is hers.  I can't wait for the next book, the next two weeks of the thirty days. Can love rebound? 5 +++ Stars!

Book Review: Secret Sins by C.D. Reiss

Her name is Cinnamon. Cin for short. Band mates Strat and Indy don’t know anything about her except she’s smart as hell and sexy as heaven. They can’t agree who gets her, so they do the only thing two best friends could do. They declare her off limits to both of them.

Margie, AKA Cinnamon-you-can-call-me-Cin, has a thing or two to tell these guys.

Nobody “gets” her. She’ll let them know which one she wants when she can decide between them. Until then, their little pledges and promises aren’t her problem.

Her family is her problem. Her friends. And the world-famous blues rocker who has her cornered. He’s her problem too.

This may be one problem she can’t fix without some help.

I did not want this book to end!  Secret Sins was provocative, intense and revealing. I recommend reading the Songs of Submissions (SOS) series first otherwise the shock factor will not have the same value.

This is Margaret (Margie) Drazen’s story, she’s the eldest Drazen sibling and mature beyond her years. She doesn’t believe in feelings, it only interferes with her winning.  She also has a wild streak that led her to Indiana McCaffrey and Stratford (Strat) Gilliam, guitarist and lead singer for the group Bullet and Blood.  She finds her way into their lives and much as they find their way into hers. One night and a few Quaaludes later Margie’s life is turned upside down. 

The story provides answers where you least expect it. The hidden truths could have been a warning but instead they were kept protected. WOW! This story has my head spinning.  The Drazen family never ceases to amaze me. 5 Stars!

Review: Forbidden by C.D. Reiss

Everything about Fiona is forbidden.

She’s a party girl with dark desires.
She’s beautiful, irresponsible, irresistible.

She’s my patient.
I’m her therapist.

I’m past past wanting her. Past possessing her. Past bedding her or protecting her.

I’m willing to be self-destructive, negligent, brave, audacious, and stronger than I ever believed possible.

She’s blunt force trauma to the heart.
And she calls another man Master.
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This book contains Kick, Use, and Break from the Perdition Series. It is the ENTIRE STORY with a complete beginning, middle and end.
If you read Kick and Use, Break is easily found in the table of contents, and it's a full length novel.

I never once needed a beer while reading until I read Break. Fiona's internal battle and angst overwhelmed me.  It's as if I was having a religious experience. Fiona changes in Break, she moves from the dark into the light, putting a name to her addiction.

Break is the final chapter in the Perdition Series. Forbidden contains all three stories in the series. Having already read Kick and Use I couldn't wait for Break. 

"Isn't it funny....technically I could always do whatever I wanted, but I think now I really can. And it's scary."

Fiona's life was altered after an incident that occurred her last day at Westonwood. After the incident she changed and no longer wants her old life. Deacon, on the other hand, is not ready to let her go. Fiona struggle with her loyalty to Deacon while wanting to move on with her life. 

Elliot reappears and continues as Fiona's psychiatrist. He's unable to walk away, unable to resist and willing to give up his career for Fiona. Elliot wasn't living until Fiona, she was worth the risk. 

The story comes to a head when Fiona reveals the truth about her stay at Westonwood. Deacon and Elliot face off but it's Fiona who makes the her choice. In the end it takes the village to get justice for Fiona. 

Fiona's internal struggle, her battle to find her worthiness, her protectiveness makes her human. A far cry from the job she decreed to be her own. "This is all I had to do. Party, be seen partying, get photographed between parties." CD Reiss is an amazing writer. Her stories flow without meandering, they stay on course and funnel us through rough waters until we settle at delta ready to be released. 5 Forbidden Stars

Review: Rule (Songs of Corruption, #3) by C.D. Reiss

Book Three in The Corruption Series. You must read SPIN and RUIN before reading RULE!

Theresa and Antonio.
They've been through hell. Antonio has a price on his head for turning his back on a marriage deal, and Theresa has no intention of turning her back on him. They're devoted and strong, ready for anything....

A Love Tested To The Limit
And then, someone from Antonio's past reappears. Someone who can give him everything he ever wanted, and who can shake them to their very core.

#livetogether
#dietogether

In this stunning conclusion to the USA Today Bestselling series, Antonio and Theresa will have their passion, their devotion and their very will to live tested.

"You are my life. It doesn't matter what I am, or what I've done, as long as you're mine. Nothing in the past matters. There is you, and nothing else."

Rule is not a fairy-tale. If you're looking for a sweet romance this is not it.  Rule is a story about a man and woman who have a deep, dark connection. They commit unspeakable crimes that are forged in love. It's a powerful story of revenge, love and devotion. I absolutely love and adore CD Reiss, she never lets me down. I wanted, waited and hung on to every word that was said regarding the conclusion of the Corruption Series. I was not disappointed.  I found myself vested in the characters. Theresa became a different person in this final book. I'm amazed how she's transformed. Her truth is powerful and scary. She is truly Antonio's counterpart. My Capo did not let me down. He's remains overwhelming and self wheeling. This is a very different spin on a fairy tale ending. One not to be left unread. I highly recommend this series, it's poetry in motion.

*****5 Conquerable Star Review***** Coda (The Submission Series #9) by C.D. Reiss

Did you want a pat little ending about Jonathan and I riding off into the sunset? Did you want flowers and stars? Man, I wish it was all soft filters and violins. I wish we could fight about who cleaned the bathroom or who was cooking dinner. But I knew I was never destined for simple contentment.

I almost committed murder for him. I almost tore us apart to save him. How do you get back on the horse after that? Because, I promise you, nothing is the same. Nothing.

I’ve earned our happily ever after. Now I have to survive it.









Buy Link
1-Click on Amazon Coda: (The Submission Series #9) (Songs of Submission)

Although CODA  by definition is something that serves to round out, conclude, or summarize and usually has its own interest, I do not anticipate that this will be the end of Jonathon and Monica's story. I'm hoping for future updates in the Drazen's sisters continuing series (hint, hint CD Reiss). Of course this is just speculation.

This is Jonathon and Monica's story six months after the life saving procedure. Their lives have changed significantly, they both suffer from nightmares and have given into fear. Monica fears the present, not wanting to cause any stress or burden on Jonathon. She fears the future of life without Jonathon. Jonathon struggles with the present, he didn't feel whole, he let his fears and his new heart dictate his life. Jonathon makes a conscious decision to take back what's his and begin their healing. 

"I know every inch of her skin, every curve of her body, yet that day, when she'd said no to me, I anticipated the prospect of showing her why that wouldn't wash any longer with no little delight."

Monica is reintroduced to her master, her king. She's ready to hand over her 'unconquerable soul'   Their dynamic returns however is it enough? The story is filled with love, anticipation, fear, grief, hope and happiness. CD Reiss has written, no she has created a beautiful love story of a couple struggling to maintain their relationship after their world was turned upside down. Coda is brutally eloquent, fulling and artfully written. CD Reiss has taken us on a unforgettable journey and now I can't wait to the continuation of the Drazen's sisters series.