“Beyond wonderful!”
--Angel Payne, USA Today Bestselling Author
Envy, the dark arranged marriage romance and the final book in The Sinful Empire Trilogy from bestselling author Eva Charles, is available now!
My dark prince. My greatest temptation. My husband.
Antonio Huntsman isn’t the prince of childhood fairy tales.
He’s savage and dangerous.
The ruthless king I need.
The beast I crave.
Together we’ll fight the monsters.
The demons threatening to tear us apart.
The villains who will stop at nothing to destroy everything.
Our family.
Our valley.
Our love.
There will be no mercy.
We will take no prisoners.
I pray we make it out alive.
Envy is the heart-stopping conclusion to A Sinful Empire Trilogy, which begins with Greed. It is a dark romance with dark themes.
Forbidden fruit has never been sweeter, especially the final bite…
Antonio Huntsman isn’t the prince of childhood fairy tales.
He’s savage and dangerous.
The ruthless king I need.
The beast I crave.
Together we’ll fight the monsters.
The demons threatening to tear us apart.
The villains who will stop at nothing to destroy everything.
Our family.
Our valley.
Our love.
There will be no mercy.
We will take no prisoners.
I pray we make it out alive.
Envy is the heart-stopping conclusion to A Sinful Empire Trilogy, which begins with Greed. It is a dark romance with dark themes.
Forbidden fruit has never been sweeter, especially the final bite…
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Excerpt
He’s inches from my face. His eyes a black, soulless window into his corner of hell.
“I want to lay you over that table and beat you with my belt, until your skin is flayed open.”
They’re just words, Daniela. I swallow the fear creeping in. “But you won’t.”
His mouth crashes into mine, stealing my thoughts, my breath, and what’s left of my composure.
“But I won’t,” he murmurs, when he pulls back. “Not today.”
“Not ever,” I whisper.
“I wouldn’t take that bet if I were you.”
He’s wrestling with a demon, and I attempt to drag him away. “I’d take that bet anytime, anywhere. You won’t hurt me.”
When I lay out my unwavering faith in his love, he groans, as if in pain, and rests his forehead against mine. His breathing is ragged, and there’s an intensity about him even in repose. The fight’s not over. He’s merely catching his breath.
I ache to wrap my arms around him, but he’s holding my wrists securely in one hand. “Let me touch you,” I plead, softly.
His grip tightens, as though the prospect of my touch threatens him in some way.
Antonio lifts his head and peers into my eyes while his free hand slides under my sundress. He isn’t patient. There are no light caresses to my inner thighs to build my arousal. He goes straight to my panties, and wedges his feet between mine, pushing my legs apart, while his thumb skates over the gusset, working the silky fabric into my wet flesh.
“Someone might come in. And I need to get back to the girls.”
“The nurses will find you when it’s time.” He nips my bottom lip, with the devil dancing in his eyes. “But no one’s coming in. Not even if you scream.”
“I want to lay you over that table and beat you with my belt, until your skin is flayed open.”
They’re just words, Daniela. I swallow the fear creeping in. “But you won’t.”
His mouth crashes into mine, stealing my thoughts, my breath, and what’s left of my composure.
“But I won’t,” he murmurs, when he pulls back. “Not today.”
“Not ever,” I whisper.
“I wouldn’t take that bet if I were you.”
He’s wrestling with a demon, and I attempt to drag him away. “I’d take that bet anytime, anywhere. You won’t hurt me.”
When I lay out my unwavering faith in his love, he groans, as if in pain, and rests his forehead against mine. His breathing is ragged, and there’s an intensity about him even in repose. The fight’s not over. He’s merely catching his breath.
I ache to wrap my arms around him, but he’s holding my wrists securely in one hand. “Let me touch you,” I plead, softly.
His grip tightens, as though the prospect of my touch threatens him in some way.
Antonio lifts his head and peers into my eyes while his free hand slides under my sundress. He isn’t patient. There are no light caresses to my inner thighs to build my arousal. He goes straight to my panties, and wedges his feet between mine, pushing my legs apart, while his thumb skates over the gusset, working the silky fabric into my wet flesh.
“Someone might come in. And I need to get back to the girls.”
“The nurses will find you when it’s time.” He nips my bottom lip, with the devil dancing in his eyes. “But no one’s coming in. Not even if you scream.”
MY REVIEW
Antonio's come to realize that he loves Daniela, the light to his darkness. A man like him when he loves, it's fiercely, protectively, and ruthlessly. Though he's in love, he's no less brutal, perhaps more so, so when danger finds them, he'll be the first in line to take the blows even if it means he has to make decisions that might hurt Daniela's heart.
Anti-heroes are called so for a reason - they've got dubious moral codes, they're generally assholes, and they usually live and thrive in darkness with violence and pain surrounding them. Antonio is not really a likable man, but I fell for him anyway, just as Daniela did. But it took awhile for me to see his redeeming qualities because he was so cold and brutal with her for so long. Daniela was truly his savior, because it was her influence, her light, that softened him a tad when he fell so hard for her. I loved them together, loved their whole journey - it's passionate and suspenseful, and Envy finally answers all the questions that popped up over the course of the trilogy. The epilogue was sweet, in contrast to the world they lived in, and gave me hopes that things might be a bit brighter for them as they settled into their happiness. I'm going to miss the Huntsman clan, I hope perhaps they get a spinoff so I can get glimpses of them in their future.
About Eva Charles
Eva Charles is the best-selling author of sexy romantic suspense, and contemporary romance. She spent a career working as a social worker and an attorney, specializing in domestic violence, child abuse and neglect, and civil rights. Aspects of this work often sneak their way into her books.
When she's not writing steamy stories, trying to squeeze information out of her tight-lipped sons, or playing with the two naughtiest dogs you've ever met, Eva's creating chapters in her own love story.
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Website: https://evacharles.com/
Eva Charles is the best-selling author of sexy romantic suspense, and contemporary romance. She spent a career working as a social worker and an attorney, specializing in domestic violence, child abuse and neglect, and civil rights. Aspects of this work often sneak their way into her books.
When she's not writing steamy stories, trying to squeeze information out of her tight-lipped sons, or playing with the two naughtiest dogs you've ever met, Eva's creating chapters in her own love story.
Connect with Eva
Facebook: https://bit.ly/31jqYML
Amazon: https://amzn.to/31kd4tF
Twitter: https://bit.ly/3rsnGBm
Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3dc4tvq
BookBub: https://bit.ly/3deDYp6
Instagram: https://bit.ly/3odbx1p
Website: https://evacharles.com/
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