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Kissed by Shadows

A Forced Proximity Dark Mafia Romance (The Shadowmen, Book 1)

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Kissed by Shadows

By: Rosa Lee
Narrated by: Evelyn Rose, Lucas Webley, Derek Duvall, Marcel Williams
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What happens when you discover that the shadows don’t hide the monsters you should fear, but the ones who will save you?

I come home to discover the ultimate act of betrayal by the one person who was meant to love and protect me. My father sold me to the Russian Bratva, in exchange for a debt he could not pay, his apology a text message as he fled the country.

Enter Nikolai Petrov, tall, dark and handsome, the Bratva leader’s son, and my childhood crush. Also the man who has won me, who has paid the price for me in blood and expects a return in kind.

But even he can’t keep me safe from his ruthless father, so once again my life is turned upside down as I am given to The Shadowmen, a notorious West London gang.

Hunter Anderson, their gorgeous leader, a hard man with swirling green eyes and a fierce need to protect those in his care, no matter the cost.

The Kent twins, Hunter’s seconds, Roman and Rowan, one full of light, the other shrouded in darkness. Both irresistible and desperate to have something that truly belongs to them.

We have a past, they owe me a debt, but as with everything it seems a price must be paid. My freedom in exchange for my safety. My body in exchange for their protection.

But are they strong enough to stand against the might of the Russian mafia? Or is it only a matter of time before Sergi Petrov—Nikolai’s father and the man my father sold me to—comes for me. Because he wants what he believes belongs to him… he wants me.

Kissed by Shadows is book 1 of a dark romance trilogy where our leading lady won't have to choose, but be warned, the path to true love is not a smooth one so be prepared for heartache along the way and to wait for your HEA.

©2024 Rosa Lee (P)2025 Rosa Lee
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I love the book so much but the voice actors? I'm begging you to use the same actors in book 2 and 3. PLEASE!

These Voices!!

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I am not one of those that believes in everything needing warnings. In fact, I am one of those that think if you need a warning for everything in life to remind you to prepare yourself that sometimes life is tough, then the problem lies with you, not the person who did not warn you. So, with that in mind, let me just say... take the warnings at the beginning of this book to heart. There isn't much that I read that bothers me but in this book there were a couple of times... I'm not gonna lie, my stomach rolled. You have been warned.
Now that I have that out of the way, this is a new author for me. I like the writing style. It's very easygoing, there's very little "caught up in the head angst" which I despise, and there is always something going on, always something moving the story forward. I never felt as if the story stalled. I did find it difficult to believe that a straightlaced, hidden from the world virgin as the MFC is would suddenly turn sex starved for 4 guys and love it, not to mention some of the very odd things they want to do. She doesn't even pause! She just goes along with everything. That didn't seem right. I could understand it if it was something she had been wanting to do, something she had been planning to do but it's not. She is forced into it which makes her acceptance all the more unbelievable. Beyond that and some of the ick factors in the story, it is a really good book so far and I'm looking forward to book 2. The narrators do a phenomenal job. I could listen to the male narrators read anything, I think, and love it. Their voices are so deep and resonate just right...*sigh*.
Be warned: this book ends on a cliffhanger! Of course 😉

Gruesome, but Good

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the premise of this story had and has a lot of potential. I do wish the author had spent more time building the relationships. I know they fall for eachother quickly, but more detail could have been put into their relationships. it could have been more slow burn even though it was only like a week that they knew eachother. instead its, 1 look, insta love and boom, banging everyone. you feel more the love and longing between Iris and Nikolai because you know they have history and have known eachother a long time. but the others? I get it, they are hot and kinky. this is a trilogy so there was time to really build out these relationships and get us emotionally invested. instead, so much time is spent on spice. I guess if that's the only reason you read these books then yes, you will love this book. if you want a little more emotional connection and feeling, you're not going to enjoy this as much. I honestly didn't really enjoy it that much until the last 2 hours. it is book 1 in a trilogy, so there is a cliffhanger. there was a little MM relationship between Hunter and Roman, but it felt very forced and there was no chemistry between those two characters. it shouldn't have been in there honestly. when it comes up you're kind of like, what? since when? honestly the brothers have more romantic chemistry than Hunter and Roman. the three of them are so much like brothers that to suddenly have two of them romantically linked seemed added in later on. like, the author was told this element needed to be in this book so she added in a few small references and scenes to fill a quota or something.

the narrators were amazing. accents were great and you could differentiate each character even if they were narrated by the same person (Lucas Webley is incredible with voices and accents). if the narrators hadn't been so good I would have DNF this book. I stuck it out and now im interested in the story.

narration great, story ok

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