Red My Lips

Stained Hearts Series, Book 1

By: Lila Herron

Narrated by: Alyssa Avery, Burke Stevens

Jill

One game of poker can ruin your life.

It's a lesson my older brother refused to learn. Now, it's too late. After he lost big and disappeared, his debt came knocking down my door. Now, I'm forced to bartend at a nightclub to pay for his sins—and the new owner's out to steal my soul. Gage Lawless might own me, but that doesn't mean he gets to keep me.

My brother is assumed dead, but that won't stop me. I'm going to find out what happened to him, dead or alive. I'm making a list of the people responsible for his downfall—I want to see what color they bleed.

Gage

One game of poker gave me everything I wanted.

Winning the nightclub worth millions was just a bonus. What I really wanted was her. Jillian Hart has been mine a lot longer than the debt she owes me, whether she knows it or not. But she'll learn. She'll see that there's no escaping me, no amount of money that can sever our connection. I did what I had to do to have her. And I'll do whatever it takes to keep her.

This is a standalone stalker romance with a confident, plus-size main character and a dangerous, tattooed male lead. For mature listeners.

©2024 Lila Herron (P)2025 Podium Audio

Love love love

I love everything about this book. The second the audio book was available I listened to it. I love the book, audiobook, and author. I hope her other book eventually becomes an audiobook and definitely looking forward to Lana’s book that’s coming out later this year.

Pretty meh tbh

Honestly, it was pretty meh. I considered not finishing quite a few times but I stuck it out hoping it would get better but it didn’t. I also didn’t like the narration style. The voice actor for Gage was lack luster and I didn’t enjoy the male forcing a feminine voice and female forcing a man’s voice. I would’ve preferred just single narration more tbh.

Jill was a very strong FMC and Gage was enjoyable enough. But I just feel like some of the story was lost on me along the way. It definitely lost me hard during the party scene when food was discussed and the wording made it sound fetish like the way Gage was feeding Jill. It’s definitely a me thing and if something like that doesn’t bother you then go for it.

It was just overall a bit of a flop for me. Oh well.

Steamy and sexy

I really liked the plus size (and not a size 14) character. I’m excited to read the next in the series.

I have to say though, I don’t care if the female voice. In some parts it sounded like she had candy in her mouth and it was distracting.

Dark and delicious

I was depressed and in a reading slump and this book did it! It helped me and I enjoyed every lawless second. Do yourself a favor and read it 🥵

The devotion that he hasss for her unreallll

I loveddddd this book 10/10 would recommend I love that he embraces the darkness in her it was such a good read my first book by Lila Herron and I have to read more ❤️