Ruthlessly His: A Dark Billionaire Contemporary Romance

Gilded Decadence Series, Book 1

By: Zoe Blake, Alta Hensley

Narrated by: Melanie Hastings, Gideon Frost

His family dared to challenge mine, so I am going to ruin them... starting with stealing his bride.

Only a cold-hearted villain would destroy an innocent bride's special day over a business deal gone bad...

Which is why I choose this precise moment to disrupt New York High Society's most anticipated wedding of the season.

As I am Luc Manwarring II, billionaire heir to one of the most powerful families in the country, no one is brave enough to stop me.

My revenge plan is deceptively simple: humiliate the groom, then blackmail the bride's family into coercing the bride into marrying me instead.

My ruthless calculations do not anticipate my reluctant bride having so much fight and fire in her.

At every opportunity, she resists my dominance and control, even going so far as trying to escape my dark plans for her.

She is only supposed to be a means to an end, an unwilling player in my game of revenge.

But the more she challenges me, the more I begin to wonder... who is playing who?

Tearing off the gilded veneer of elite privilege exposes the sordid scandals, dark secrets, and taboo desires of New York's jaded high society in this dark romance series from best friends and USA Today bestselling authors Zoe Blake and Alta Hensley.

©2024 Stormy Night Publications and Poison Ink Publications (Zoe Blake) and Alta Hensley (P)2024 Podium Audio

Well written story with great characters… mostly

Really enjoyed the story. Liked the characters… well most of them. The mother could…. Sigh… I have to be nice or my review won’t post. But she deserves whatever happens to her.. always!

The narrators were new to me and I’ll have to hear them again to form a better opinion. These authors are separately excellent and also together!

Revenge

Hate and stealing the future bride away was all Luc wanted. Nothing could stop me to plan my revenge and Stieglitz his sister.

HEA

This book took a while to get interesting in my opinion. For me it was a t 50% of the book. I enjoyed the story. Oh there was spice for sure. Good narration.

The story really started off well

I love these authors but hate what they turned their MMC into at the end.

M/F, Audible, Abuse from Parents, BDSM

Excellent!

This book is a great start to a new series. It is spicy, interesting, and delicious to listen to. I cannot wait for the next to be available on Audible! I love Zoe Blake and though Alta Hensley is new to me, I’ll be downloading her books too.