Lords of Darkness

Darkness Duet, Book 1

By: Amanda Richardson

Narrated by: Brooke Daniels, Michael Gallagher

Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins

Publisher's summary

There is no choosing...only begging.

The Lords own me, and they are never going to let me go. At least, that’s what they tell me. Lord Alaric Cross. Lord Gideon St. Claire. Lord Sterling Beauchamp. Lord Theodore Wolf. Four brooding men who make my worst nightmares seem tame.

To the public, they are titled aristocrats with royal lineage. In secret, they make up the Lords of Darkness—an ancient order that rules the underbelly of England with a lethal, iron fist, leaving skeletons in their wake. And as fate would have it, my father was the fifth Lord of Darkness. His sudden death means I am now a Lady of Darkness.

I refuse to go along with their sick, twisted games. I will never fall to my knees before them, even when they insist on breaking me for pleasure. But like all predators hunting their prey, they sink their vicious fangs in, possessing my mind, body, and soul.

They may think they can win, but all they’ve done is awaken a beast that’s capable of breaking them. Deep down, I’ve always been my father’s daughter—a Lady of Darkness.

After all, it’s in my blood.

Lords of Darkness is book one in a dark reverse harem romance duet.

Please note: this book is dark. You will love the heroes, and then you will hate them before you love them again. If you’re looking for villains who eventually turn good, that doesn’t happen in this book. They are the antithesis to a romantic hero in every way. Proceed with caution. A list of triggers can be found in the author's note at the beginning of the book. You've been warned....

©2022, 2023 Amanda Richardson (P)2023 Amanda Richardson

Secret society + very high steam!

Overall Rating:
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>>>> She was ours, body and soul, and we would have all of her. <<<<

📚 Book Review 📚
This book covered so many of my favorite tropes and features: secret society, age gap, enemies to lovers, anti-hero psycho men, dirty kinks, “good girl,” and touch her and d*e. I absolutely loved it and devoured every word.

It’s no joke how this book goes from a simmering heat to OMG, that was hot AF! Did I highlight almost the entirety of Chapters 37 and 38? You betcha! (Here’s your reminder to charge your BOB or have fresh batteries on hand.)

Lords of Darkness ends on a cliffhanger. I cannot wait to see what happens next.

⚠️ Dark Elements/Themes Warning – check TWs ⚠️

🎧 Audiobook Review 🎧
This already spicy book was made infinitely more spicy in this duet narration. Brooke and Michael did a fantastic job bringing Harlow and the Lords to life.

Genre: Dark Contemporary Romance
Tropes/Features: Secret society, age gap, enemies to lovers, anti-hero MMCs, 18 yo FMC, touch her and d*e, OTT J/P
Narrator: Multiple 1st Person POV
Audiobook Narration Type: Duet Narration
Voice Actor (s): Brooke Daniels and Michael Gallagher
Relationship Type: Why Choose MFMMM, fast burn, very spicy
Book Type/Ending: Book One Darkness Duet, cliffhanger ending
TW/CW: Available in Author’s Note

Those British accents!!

This book this book!!! I absolutely adored reading it but actually listening to it was everything! Both voice narrators did an Amazing job of bringing all the Characters to life. Ugh those accents 🤤🤤🤤 definitely check this book out!

Holy Hell

Wow, quite a story. I loved the push, pull of emotions. At the end I couldn’t really breathe. So I need to read the next one, so I find out what happened after the arsenic laced brownies. I understand she has some trust issues, but death is quite final. I really did enjoy this book and I received it for my honest opinion, and once again it is a great book.

What a start

The accents were done well. The narrators Brooke and Michael did a smashing job they delivered this perfectly. Great start to the series. Little monster aka Harlow is taking care of her father's affair when she learns she is now the Lady of Darkness. The four Lords test her and challenge her but also tell her that she is theirs like they are hers but she wants no part of that, but she can't help but be attracted to them. She believes they care until they do something that she can't forgive them for, and it sends her to do something she tries to take back. That cliffhanger was epic.

Engrossing

I enjoyed this book when I read it; the audible version is just as good. Hot MMCs and a feisty FMC provide plenty of tension to keep you on the edge of your seat, and listening past bedtime.

Love this book!!!!

This fuck is amazing. It’s full of suspense, and I love that it’s more adult other than the fact that Harlow could be a little bit older and mature, but I like her background story and her fight. I love the narrators Michael Gallagher is one of my favorites, and Brooke did amazing as well. Already downloading the second book.

Amazing

I was able to listen to this duet on audio and let me tell you, it was SO good!
Not only the spice but also the plot! Divine!
A dark RH with secret “clubs” yes please!
This was my first duet by Amanda, and I automatically added others by her onto my TBR because the writing style is just chefs kiss!

And she picked the PERFECT narrators for the characters.
I felt like I was IN the books the whole time, and that’s the point of audio for me!

You are ours, little monster

I'm so happy I got to experience this book for the first time on audio! It was next up on my tbr, but the audio blew me away! Brooke Daniels and Michael Gallagher are so great! I loved the subtle differences in Michael's accent when reading for all the different Lords and Brooke did an amazing job with Harlow, you could really feel every emotion she experienced. Overall the story was amazing, the suspense, the spice, the Lords! Harlow is an absolute badass and she shows it in more ways than just becoming a Lady of Darkness. If you need a great dark romance, make this your next listen!

The Lords and their Little Monster

I read this first for the first time a year ago and now listened to it brings back all the feelings I had the first go around!

Bothe Brooke and Michael did an amazing jo breathing life into each character!

Lords of Darkness was wonderful, loved this read!
the back story of the order, each character's perspective, and who can resist a dark romance!! Gotta love a secret organization that’s been around over 1000 years.
Looking forward to reading Lady of Darkness next, the cliff I was left hanging on to is leaving me with so many questions!! Great book

Amazing

I’m not usually an audiobook listener (they’re usually super expensive and they take me longer to read and I’m impatient lol). This was amazing. The male voice actor? 🥵🫠. The female voice actor did amazing as well. They both made it so much easier to get into the book! I was interested from the very first few seconds. I love Amanda’s books, but usually they’re not dark enough for me. I know that’s crazy because her books are dark romance lol. But this one was crazy! It’s super dark and smutty with an English secret society. I can’t wait to get into the next book!

💀Secret Society
💀British MMCs
💀British male voice actor
💀England
💀Dark Romance
💀Old Timey Titles (Lords, Lady’s, dukes, etc.)

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