Reviewed by True

TITLE: Painful Love

SERIES: Kings of Aces #2

AUTHOR: T. Ashleigh and Addison Beck

PUBLISHER: Self-Published

LENGTH: 388 pages

RELEASE DATE: April 9, 2024

BLURB:

Whaley-

My life has been a series of one nightmare after another. Every day is a fight to be stronger as I try to outrun the past that refuses to give me peace. Somehow, I managed to keep myself under control…
Until Bunky messed it all up.
His soul screams to mine in a way that awakens every part of me, even the parts I’ve tried to keep buried. We’re a jagged fit, a match made in Hell, but I can’t have him because together we’d burn the world to the ground.
Bunky doesn’t see that. He’d rather fuel the toxic fire of obsession than give up, and I don’t know how much longer I can hold out before I cave to the demon that everyone should fear.
Including him.

Bunky-

I’m not what most people would consider normal.
Everything in my life is touched by darkness and shaped by my past. Living life constantly on the brink of being swallowed up by the monster that wants to consume me is exhausting, so I drowned myself in vices to try and smother the memories.
Until I realized all I needed was my missing piece.
Whaley flipped a switch in my brain, making me see he was meant to be mine, but he’s not letting us be together like we were made to. He’s too worried we’ll destroy everything in our path if we give in to the connection that tethers us together.
Good thing I have no problem watching the world burn if it means I get him.

ᴘᴀɪɴꜰᴜʟ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ɪꜱ ᴀɴ ᴀɢᴇ-ɢᴀᴘ, ᴅᴀʀᴋ ᴏʙꜱᴇꜱꜱɪᴠᴇ ʀᴏᴍᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴄᴇɴᴛᴇʀꜱ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴀ ɢᴜᴀʀᴅᴇᴅ ᴍᴀɴ ᴀɴᴅ ʜɪꜱ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴘꜱʏᴄʜᴏ. ᴍɪx ɪɴ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴛᴏxɪᴄ ᴠɪʙᴇꜱ, ʟᴏᴏᴍɪɴɢ ᴘᴀꜱᴛꜱ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴇᴇᴘ ᴄᴏɴɴᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴꜱ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴀɪɴꜰᴜʟ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴡɪʟʟ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ɪᴛᴄʜɪɴɢ ꜰᴏʀ ᴍᴏʀᴇ.

REVIEW:

Bunky is saved from a terrible scene, by a dangerous-looking guy named Whaley, head of the Kings of Aces. He’s just eight and got adopted by Whaley’s first man Badge, ten years later he understands that Whaley does care about you. As struck by lightning Bunky has one goal, make Whaley his, and his only!
He’s obsessed, obsessed to own and be owned by, and get f*cked by Whaley.
Whaley has other ideas, he’s not amused.

Both have horrible demons, not suitable for others to know. But some demons are roaring and wanna come out… to hurt. How they release themselves is just bloody painful.

Two scarred, damaged souls, one is obsessively committed and the other is scared to death to commit.
An unhealthy relationship, that works for them. Even losing focus on what’s important, the other is all you see and can think of.
Losing focus on your enemies, that’s what happens!

There is trouble with The Vipers, be aware there are some gruesome scenes.

Oh boy, I love stories that are dark, rough, tough, with dirty talk, and obsessive unhinged men. And this was one of them. Don’t expect soft things, it’s all about hard hands and brutal kisses, romantic no, possessive yes, all in the name of love, or something ha!
An awesomely written story, at times utterly bloody dark, so keep the TW in mind!

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