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Release Date: August 25

I don’t want to hurt him—I just want to punish him.

It’s bad enough being the only female owner of the Salacious Players’ Club, but I’m also the only one without a kink, or so I thought.

Imagine my surprise when the kink quiz suggests that I’m not so vanilla after all.

In fact, I’m a lot more like Emerson Grant than I thought.

Just one problem—I have no idea how to be a Domme.

That is, until the app matches me with someone willing to help me learn.

He’s too young for me.

Too stubborn. Too good looking.

And, oh yeah, my friend’s son.

Beau Grant is a brat. I’d hate that about him if I didn’t love punishing him so much.

Underneath all of that attitude is a man who is misunderstood, selfless, and in need of direction.

But if he wants mercy, he has to earn it.

There are a million reasons why I should stay away, but I’m tired of doing what everyone thinks I should do.

I finally know what I want, and I’m ready to take what’s mine.

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Review

Maggie and Beau did NOT disappoint! I was super excited for Mercy and it was everything I wanted it to be and more. Sara Cate has me HOOKED on the Salacious Players Club and everything in that universe.

If you’ve read book one of the series, you would have met Beau already. He’s the son of Emerson and the ex boyfriend of Charlie. He’s not the best person in book one so I was so interested to see how Sara would redeem him and she did a great job!

Maggie is one of Emerson’s best friends and co-owner of the club, she’s been seen throughout the series as a more reserved person and is not super comfortable with discussing kinks like her friends and fellow owners of the club. She did not expect to own a kink club at all!

Maggie and Beau meet through the app that ties to the club after both deciding to try it once to see what their results would be. At first, they’re both a little hesitant and don’t think they’re going to fit in with the lifestyle but once they get talking and decide to meet, they’re surprised to find out how much they love it.

I loved going with them on this journey of self discovery and seeing Maggie become more confident in her role as a Dominant/Mistress and Beau learning how to fully submit. I loved seeing them use BDSM to heal their past and how Beau used it to help with his pent up frustration and big emotions over his dad marrying his ex, dealing with his toxic mother and just feeling like he isn’t going anywhere in life.

As expected from this series, it was super spicy and hot but it didn’t lack any emotion. Throughout their journey of discovery, learning and research and just living a life they aren’t ashamed of, we see Beau and Maggie learn together in such a beautiful way. They are so perfect for one another and even though they had to keep their relationship a secret for a while, it didn’t lessen or cheapen their connection. If anything, it made them stronger.

I would’ve loved to have seen more of them with other characters and out in public at the club, but I’m not disappointed. This was such a good book and I really loved Maggie and Beau together, from the outside you wouldn’t think they would work but once you see how they are together you understand.

I know that this is the last book in the series for now but I really hope Sara Cate revisits this universe soon because I can not get enough.

*ARC kindly provided by the author in exchange for an honest review*

Meet Sara Cate

Let's skip the boring About the Author bit where I tell you how I'm a USA Today bestselling author who lives in Arizona with her kids, husband, and dog and enjoys baking in my free time. Boring.

Instead, I'd like you to know I strive to be a taboo and forbidden romance author who dares to tell stories with heart-wrenching plot and toe-curling heat.

My passion in life is to normalize a reading experience that pushes boundaries and empowers women to own their sexuality. Things that trigger my soapbox rants are discrediting the romance industry or belittling its readers by calling it “trash." You've been warned. I could quite literally go on for days.

I like to take risks and write from the heart. And I want nothing more than to be an author readers trust to deliver books that are steamy AF but with a strong storyline and well-rounded characters.

What is The Sara Cate Experience?

The Sara Cate Experience means being pulled into a story and escaping reality a little bit for romances that are as emotional as they are arousing. The feelings are strong and the steam is scorching. There is never one without the other because when sex and love come together, it’s fireworks.

To learn more about Sara and her books, visit here!

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We are so excited to announce the release of Adriana Locke's new novella, 608 Alpha Ave. This is a total standalone story about a grumpy, small-town mechanic and a pocket-full-of-sunshine heroine that gets under his skin.

Basically—read this now!

Even better is that the novella (did we mention that it's a standalone?) is available in Kindle Unlimited.

Things heat up (and take an unexpected turn) when a self-proclaimed romantic requests the help of a broody small-town mechanic. 

BLURB

Grayson Blake is a jackass. 

There’s no other way to put it.

He comes into Fireside every day and orders a beer. It’s nearly impossible to get him to have a conversation while he drinks it. Smiles—or anything remotely close to it—are even more rare. 

Despite his cantankerous personality, he’s so freaking gorgeous. His thick black hair, broad shoulders, and the tattoos that mark his calloused skin draw me in like a magnet. I don’t even care that he’s ten years older than me. I’m here for the age gap. And his broody, bad-boy persona is entirely more attractive than it should be. 

I have a thing for the rough-around-the-edges mechanic. And I’ve heard through the grapevine that he has a thing for me too. But getting him to admit it will be as easy as catching lightning in a bottle. 

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EXCERPT

“I don't get it,” I mutter.

My hand stills against the countertop, a white bar rag clutched firmly in my grasp.

Natalia Barlow leans across the end of the bar, putting her ass and the top of her thong on full display for the table of bikers behind her. An unlit cigarette is perched between her cherry-red lips, threatening to topple to the floor as she catches me looking and smirks.

I roll my eyes and turn my back to her.

“I don’t get it,” I say again, louder this time.

My gaze fixes on the man—the only man—occupying a barstool on this side of the restaurant. Grayson Blake. Black hair, scruffy beard, tall, and oh-so muscular with tattoos etched into his tanned skin. Word has it that he has flames inked on his right hip, and when he moves, they dance as if they’re alive.

I’ve mentally filed that away because it’s something I’ll (sadly) never know for myself. Guys like Grayson Blake? They go for women like Natalia. Vixens. Women who give as good as they get. Women who understand them or, at the very least, the games they play.

I’m not one of those women. It will be both my personal and professional downfall.

Grayson lifts his beer bottle, and as if it pains him to do it, he slides his gaze to mine.

I swallow. Hard.

It doesn’t matter that I’ve worked at Fireside Bar and Grill for two years or that I’ve spent countless hours behind this very bar while Grayson sits on the other side, I can’t think straight when he looks at me. I also can’t look away. It’s quite the predicament.

“It just perplexes me,” I say, sinking my gaze into the steely depths of Grayson’s eyes. My voice isn’t quite as confident as it was a few seconds ago. It’ll come back around, though. It just takes a moment to get my bearings.

Grayson’s features are void of humor. Or emotion. Or curiosity. He watches me as if I’m a toddler and he’s in charge of making sure I don’t choke on a peanut or small coin.

I bite my lip. “I just … Natalia …” I shrug, my voice fading into the rock music playing overhead.

Grayson’s thick, engine grease-stained fingers grip the bottle. “Am I supposed to ask?”

The grit of his tone washes against my skin, leaving a flurry of goose bumps in its wake. It’s this way every time he talks to me. And whenever he talks to Corbin, the bartender who’s training me in the art of bartending so I don’t have to just waitress anymore. Come to think of it, I also have the same physical reaction to him when I’m in the Cherry Street Market Grocery Store buying bagels and I hear him talking from an aisle over.

Who am I kidding? I react this way every time I’m in Grayson’s proximity. Hell, I shivered in my flip-flops when I caught wind of his cologne outside of Pearl’s Pawnshop and Liquor Store last week.

“Are you supposed to ask what?” I ask him.

“About whatever you keep jawing about other there—about Natalia, I reckon.”

“Well, since you asked—”

“I didn’t.” He smiles a lopsided, amused smile that makes me wonder if he’s smiling with me or at me. “I asked if I was supposed to ask. I didn’t ask.”

I narrow my gaze. “You know what, Grayson Blake? You’re an asshole.”

He brings the beer bottle to his lips, hiding a satisfied grin, and pulls his gaze back to the hockey game on the television in the corner. 

REVIEW

4.5 stars for 608 Alpha Avenue!

Adriana Locke has done it again! I love everything Adriana writes and 608 Alpha Avenue is no different! Although this is a novella, Adriana’s writing has made this feel like a full length novel, nothing in this story feels rushed.

This is a cute and quick grumpy/sunshine trope read with Grayson being a grumpy mechanic who has a thing for Haley and has for a while but won’t allow himself to pursue anything with her since he think’s he’s not the relationship time of guy. Haley is the bartender at the bar Grayson visits every night and she’s had a crush on him since they first met but she doesn’t think he sees her as someone he could be with that is until things heat up a little making Haley question whether they could be more. Haley was sassy and stood up for herself even when she wasn’t the most confident with herself and I loved that.

I also loved the side characters in this story. One of the reasons I love small town romances is because of all the side characters we get to meet and although we only saw them for a short time, Adriana Locke wrote them in a way that already has me thinking about what their stories are.

I loved Grayson and Haley together, they bring out the best in each other and you could feel their happiness of being together come off of the pages. I could feel their chemistry simmering straight away as we were introduced to them and seeing them let go and explore that was a joy to read. I really enjoyed this book and I can’t wait to go back to Cherry Falls for more!

*ARC was kindly provided by the author in exchange for an honest review*

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