Storm Clouds and Devastation

Hidden Affairs, Book 2

Jules van der Meer... He's somebody I shouldn't want, someone I can't have.

The forbidden fruit. The desire not to be indulged in. He's wealthy, successful, important... everything I'm not.

I'm half his age. Immature and desperate.

It's what they all say—the men in the night with the fancy clothes and the shiny cars, with enough money to make me do whatever they please.

But him... well, he looks at me like I'm the answer to his prayers, a diamond in the rough. He doesn't realize how wrong he is, though.

I'm poison—putrid and vile. I'll seep into his pores, wrap around his bones, and destroy whatever light he has left until he's just like me...

Nothing but storm clouds and devastation.

Storm Clouds and Devastation is book two in the Hidden Affairs standalone MM series. This book features a significant age gap and touches on heavy issues such as mental illness.

©2023 Ashley James (P)2023 Podium Audio

Holy Emotional!!!

Wow!!! so emotional. this was so freaking emotional and deep. Ashley James, this is some outstanding writing. HEA, it has an ending this poor abused man deserves. Narration was absolutely Perfect. trigger warnings for eating disorder, sexual abuse and suicide. I never paused this story, it kept me up all night listening.

Difficult but beautiful love story

Excellent narration.
I loved this one even more than the first book! Difficult to listen to some of the story, as I know the feelings he had. Very well written.
Loved the whole book really.

Heartbreaking and beautiful! Amazing Narration by Teddy and Liam!

This. Is. Heavy. Proceed with caution with this one. So heart wrenching, I choked up too many times, it was so sad and infuriating at times, I kept reading because I needed the happy ending, it healed my heart.

Read trigger warnings!
This is a very special book and talks about topics that need to be said out loud more often. Just because you’ve never experienced similar situations or you feel uncomfortable talking about sensitive topics like these doesn’t make this book bad.

Hard-earned HEA

Top-notch performances. You cannot go wrong with these two narrators.

This really is worth the credit.

That being said: I honestly didn’t expect a HEA, because of the heavy content and suffering of the MC. I felt boiling rage toward one character in particular. The MC really has one of the worse families I’ve read about since beginning my MM romance reading journey.
This book is leaps and bounds ahead of the first in the series. I was blown away by this one. Truly blown away.
5/5

Rough 😭

This was a great story but damn some chapters were hard to get through as they were very emotional and a bit triggering. I am not an emotional person but this story had me wiping away several tears. My heart bleeds for Bodie. The author does a great job at showing the struggles lots of people go through.