K.A. Knight

   Ryder, Garrett, Kenzo, and Diesel—The Vipers.

   They run this town and everyone in it. Their deals are as sordid as their business, and their reputation is enough to bring a grown man to his knees, forcing him to beg for mercy. They are not people you mess with, yet my dad did. The old man ran up a debt with them and then sold me to cover his losses.

   Yes, sold me.

   They own me now.

   I’m theirs in every sense of the word. But I’ve never been meek and compliant. These men, they look at me with longing. Their scarred, blood-stained hands holding me tight. They want everything I am, everything I have to give, and won’t stop until they get just that. They can own my body, but they will never have my heart.

   The Vipers? I’m going to make them regret the day they took me.

   This girl? She bites too.


*18+ Reverse Harem Romance. Warning this book contains scenes and references of abuse/assault that some readers may find triggering. Along with graphic sex scenes and violence. This is a dark book*

Den of Vipers

RacquelElizabeth

Ryder offered money to the widow. Garrett offered to hurt someone. Diesel offered to kill someone. They all look flabbergasted when it didn't work. 

You looked at my woman, you are fired. I want you gone in the next hour." 

Those who love us have the opportunity to hurt us the worst, and in my experience, they always do.

It's been a whole two days since I got to kill someone, and I'm getting restless.

Ryleigh Johnson

"Hey asshat, it's your favorite bitch. Open up!"

"Don't you ever walk away from me again, darling."

"Fucking gun it, Little Bird, life is too short to go slow."

"I told you, you're mine, they'd would have to kill me tobstop me from comming after you."

"Garrettttttt, Diesel said you had to play with me."

Chey

They are the villains in the dark, with brooding eyes and beast-like tendencies. 

I needed a body to stand with me in the dark, and these snakes? 

Amelia

"She sure is something," Ryder mutters, watching me. As always, his eyes sadden when they spot my chest. He blames himself, I know it. Always does when one of us gets hurt, always thinking he has to protect us. Save us. He doesn't, but he won't listen to me, not that we ever spoke about what happened.

Her chest is heaving as she glances over her shoulder, so I do the same, spotting Ryder coming out of his room holding scraps of material in his hand. His eyes are deadly as they lock on to the little woman pressed against me.

She yelps and slips past me, pressing to my back as if I'll protect her. I don't know why, but that makes me puff up, and I glare at Ryder as I slam the door. Crossing my arms, I turn and look around at the woman in my room. Right where I didn't want her.

With a slow move, he reaches under the pillow and pulls out a gun - a small revolver. Well, well, well, where did our little one get that?

Diesel's face splits into a grin. "I think I'm in love. Do you think she would shoot me if I asked?"

"Hell no, You cheat!" he snaps, making me laugh. I do, sometimes.

"Fucking make me," I snarl, and swing my bat at him.

He catches it mid-air like a fly and rips it from my hand before frowning at me. "That wasn't nice."

Alina

"This world is yours if you want it, I will make them bow at your feet."

"I love you, Little Bird. You're the gasoline to my fire."

"That one called me a broad, that one broke the furniture, I didn't like the other two's faces"

"Who are they anyway? Some sort of male harem that follows you around?"

"I think I'm in love. Do you think she would shoot me if I ask?"

Sleepyreader

Aleia Brook Jennings

jenna

The first 350 pages were smutastic but then Roxy just got really annoying and then there was no plot. 632 pages later they could have finished the book at 350. The sex was chefs kiss and super dark. lol 😂 would not actually recommend reading the book for a good plot 

Sàrah Cearfoss

Sidney Schaffner

Read for the smut. Was not disappointed. No plot (perfectly fine with me)

very smutty but the book could’ve been half the page count to get to the point

Ralie Sutton

Tatiana

This book is literally trash, but it’s also a good meme. That’s all I have to say about it.

Whitney Nicole

Page 3 is when I found myself absolutely shocked. Page THREE.

Let me say this right off the bat: FAT ASS TRIGGER WARNING. That I saw nowhere in sight. I personally was not triggered but there is some fucked up shit in this book that would definitely trigger others. 

Moving on, the main chick Roxy is so cliche and annoying and try-hard I want to vomit. Even her NAME says it all. She’s this “bad ass” biker rocker chick who swears like a sailor and ~isn’t like other girls.~ the minute I read she has a clit piercing and gets turned on while getting tattoos I lost all hope for her. 

As for the men….whatever. Hot gang guys, one of them is an actual sadist so do with THAT what you will. When people said this is Wattpad vibes they really meant it, in the worst way. Seriously, the dialogue could’ve been written by a thirteen year old.

I did like some of the spice scenes, and Garrett’s character. So, the 3 stars is for that. But seriously…do not go into this with high expectations.

The story is a little unbelievable but the spice makes up for it. Lots of trigger warnings. Very dark, but makes you want to keep reading.

Amanda Medeiros

amanda s.

well, it's been a while since the last time i read a dark romance so it's pretty much... reaching my expectations. the story is, well, dark. but not as dark as i thought it would be. i enjoyed it but there are parts that i skipped because i feel that it was too much. but overall love the fact that all the boys are open with the idea of sharing. lol

Renata

honestly i really don't understand the hate on the book lol for me it was a silly read but it was really good, in a few time it will feel like a fever dream lmao. but believe me, that after this one, jesus will not let me go to heaven lmao. 
i loved the characters and their personalities, i hope garrett heals, and that diesel never loses that crazy sparkle, that ryder stars enjoying more life and that kenzo never loses his addictive personality and heart, but more importantly i hope roxy never stops being a badass 

- "She can be one of us, a Viper" 

- ""Kenzo is the bookie, owns the city's gambling. Horses, cards, anything you can bet on, even fights. He's the money side of things, good with numbers. Garrett used to be a fighter, so he knows a lot of tough people. He's the enforcer. He scares people, beats them up a bit to make them listen to Ryder, who's the front man. The face and the brains of the operation.
They try to stop it from getting to me."
"And what are you?"
"I'm your worst nightmare. The place you go when you're at the end. I get information by whatever means necessary. When Garrett can't scare them, Ryder can't reason with them, and Kenzo can't bribe them, then I get them. I kill our enemies, I torture those who dare defy us. I'm the reason people are scared to cross the Vipers."

- ""You're the assassin," 
"Yes, Little Bird, I'm the assassin, and you're my latest target."

- ""You fucking gambling addict,"
"Only when you're involved."

- "Creeping across the room, I get onto the bed behind her, slipping closer until I can feel her heat. I wrap my arm around her and drag her against my chest. I've seen this in movies, but I've never tried it myself. Usually, the women I've been with are either passed out, or so scared they run away and we have to pay them to be quiet. It loses its fun after a while-all that fear. Just once, I want someone to match me, to not burn in my fire, but be reborn in it. I hope Roxy is that one. Because either way, she's being plunged into it, and there is no escape for her. Not now, not ever. She knows that now, I see it in her eyes."

- "Holding her and her not trying to get away. It's nice, and feels right and comforting. Like coming home."

- "the night your dad handed you over without a fight, we saw the same thing in you that's in all of us. Garrett doesn't even know why he saved you, I think. Ryder lies to himself, says it's business. Kenzo plays it like it's a game, keeping everything to his chest. But I see it. The moment your dad gave you up...you became like us. Another lost soul. Another Viper in search of a home. We all started with nothing, no one, and now look where we are. A family. A broken, fucked up family, but a family nonetheless, that would kill before they let anyone take you. Think on that."

- "She isn't allowed to walk away from me. Not now. Not ever. I would kill everyone in this fucking world for her, anyone who ever dared hurt her.(...)She can't know the true depth of feelings I have for her, that even though I try to stay impartial, that I try to hate her, I can't. Because I'm falling in love with her." 

- "I crave her heat, her body, her mind, even her fight. She is my ever-growing weakness, a grey area blooming in my dark heart and stretching its colour across my soul until I can't help but want to be a better man for her, to be the man she deserves. But I will never be, so instead, she gets me. She will have to learn to survive it and get used to it, because I have a feeling she's going nowhere." 

- "No one will miss me."
That's a fucking lie, I would. I would miss her so much, it sends a pang through my icy heart. To never hear her laugh again, to never see her challenge me, defy me...no. I would miss her.
My brothers would. They would kill me if I hurt her" 

- "You're the love of my life, darling. Someone I didn't even know I was searching for all these years. But you're here, and I love you more than words, which is why I'm giving you these keys. I know you can never love me the way Ilove you when you're not free. I'm hoping, I'm fucking hoping, that even though you can leave, that you're free, and I promise you are. We won't chase you, we won't hunt you. You are truly free...I'm hoping that you will still want to stay. With us. Love us, Roxy. I know I'm not asking for something easy or simple, I'm asking for everything, but I can't not. You're our heart, Rox, our living, beating heart. The piece we were missing from our family. You turned our world upside down. We aren't good men, we aren't soft or loving, we are hard and our hands are stained with blood. But I swear, I swear if you stay, you will never want for anything, and no one will ever hurt you again.. well, apart from us."

- "Keep Ryder sane, melt that ice and give him the love he never had but deserved. Love Garrett, even though he struggles to love himself. Love Diesel, even though it might kill you. and love me, even though I don't deserve it. Be my greatest win."

- "The cold, controlling alpha. The damaged enforced with a heart of gold. The romantic, charming gambler. The insane killer with an obsessive heart."

- "I love you, Little Bird. You're the gasoline to my fire. I never would have let you go, and the others wouldn't have either. They are idiots if they thought they could,"

- "She came for me. And now I will come for her, always. I will save her, and then I will damn her, making her mine forever. If there's one thing I've learned since I found out she was gone, it's that I can't live without her. Not anymore. She worked her way under my armour, under my ruined skin to the fighter, the warped killer beneath, and she loved him and made him love her. She is my reason to breathe now, to fight my demons every goddamn day."

- " When you find love, you hold on hard. It's a fragile little thing, and once it's gone, it leaves a hole and memories, we all know that. Ones you wish you could relive, but from every love, you learn something. Something important. From my mother, I learned to be strong. From my father, I learned to embrace pain. From Rich, I learned to love while it lasts and that endings aren't always a bad thing. From my Vipers, I learned love is unconditional and can come at the strangest of times and places. And from myself? I learned it's okay to love yourself. Even the darkest parts of you. No matter the shape, size, or weirdness you came with. Embrace your scars and never be ashamed to be who you are, because there is only one of you. And if you don't love you, how can anyone else? I am imperfectly perfect. I am a lover and a fighter. I am strong and weak. I can be cruel and a killer, but also kind and a healer. I am all of those things, and loving my weaknesses means I can embrace my strengths and be just whom I want to be."

Katherine Alsup

Extremely dark and twisted - wouldn’t read again for sure

I was having a good time but then Roxy started to be too much for me 

Alex Mercure

** spoiler alert **
           I don’t want to be rude in my review, but what the fuck is this. I just felt like the book could have just been condensed with the information that was provided. I felt like it could have ended as soon as they saved Garrett. I also felt like the parts that were supposed to be dramatic, just was not, at all. I also want to say that the smutt was minimal! I felt like even though she had 4 guys there was hardly any group action & if there was, it was the same every time. The guys doing the same thing. I also would like to say that. I also felt like she could have been with Kenzo more. She was mostly with Garrett and Diesel. I wanted more Kenzo and Ryder action.

K. A. Knight

The world ended and with it so did the rules. I was stolen from my family and raised in the Wastelands to the North. I did what I had to ensure my survival. I became The Champion, with my history carved into my skin for all to see. Now I spend my days drinking and hiding from my past until four newcomers offer me a job I can't refuse. When my past and future mix I must once again rise and fight. This time it's not for my freedom, it's for my happiness. Contains mature themes.

“Roxy is quiet today, and these idiots don’t know how to act. Ryder offered money to the widow. Garrett offered to hurt someone. Diesel offered to kill someone. They all look flabbergasted when it didn’t work. Shaking my head, I sweep Roxy into my arms and lay down on the sofa, gripping her tightly.

      “It’s okay, darling, we are here,” I whisper to her, and she buries her head in my chest, twists her hands in my shirt, and cries.”

Anna Smith

“Roxy is quiet today, and these idiots don’t know how to act. Ryder offered money to the widow. Garrett offered to hurt someone. Diesel offered to kill someone. They all look flabbergasted when it didn’t work. Shaking my head, I sweep Roxy into my arms and lay down on the sofa, gripping her tightly.

      “It’s okay, darling, we are here,” I whisper to her, and she buries her head in my chest, twists her hands in my shirt, and cries.”

I loved all of them!



Okay I’m going to be totally honest with this review. This was one of the hardest books I have ever had to fucking read. I could not stand the main character, there was the word “fuck” on every page, the MFC kept saying “I still hate you” every chance she got like girl we fucking know already. Did I find some of it enjoyable? Yes but no smut or plot is enough to make up for the 200 extra pages that didn’t need to exist and the hours of cringing at this literary masterpiece. Anyways so glad it’s done but if you’re thinking of reading this book just know I’ve read Wattpads better.

Ella Sullivan

It was an okay book, just sometimes it was cringe and annoying. 

Jodie Reads

the smut was decent? but the plot was boring and a lot of the dialogue was hella cringey

Essence

Not a fan of the female main character. I found her annoying at times, but since this is multiple POV it wasn’t a deal breaker. I loved the love interests and found them interesting. I do feel that the book was a little too long and the last 15 percent felt boring and redundant, but it was okay!

Kristen G

Natalia Henriquez

I really reaaaally disliked the female character and her over exagerated traits. As well as all the "John Wick" like scenes and idk.. Sometimes everything was too much

Ryder, Garrett, Kenzo, and Diesel—The Vipers.

They run this town and everyone in it. Their deals are as sordid as their business, and their reputation is enough to bring a grown man to his knees, forcing him to beg for mercy. They are not people you mess with, yet my dad did. The old man ran up a debt with them and then sold me to cover his losses.

Yes, sold me.

They own me now.

I’m theirs in every sense of the word. But I’ve never been meek and compliant. These men, they look at me with longing. Their scarred, blood-stained hands holding me tight. They want everything I am, everything I have to give, and won’t stop until they get just that. They can own my body, but they will never have my heart.

The Vipers? I’m going to make them regret the day they took me.

This girl? She bites too.


*18+ Reverse Harem Romance. Warning this book contains scenes and references of abuse/assault that some readers may find triggering. Along with graphic sex scenes and violence. This is a dark book*

Haney Hayes PR

DNF- I've tried for months to be able to get into this book and I just can't. May be somebody else's cup of tea but it isn't mine.

DNF- I've tried for months to be able to get into this book and I just can't. May be somebody else's cup of tea but it isn't mine. 
I got to 46 percent the second time around but still having issues. I liked Kenzo and Garrett but Ryder rubbed me the wrong way and I just wanted to whip Dieasel but figured he'd like that.

Kota Smith

this ticked all the boxes I wanted in a spicy book. 10/10 spice🌶️, 4 male main characters I LOVED, a sweet story of found family, mafia love story, a badass female main character… what more could I ask for. and maybe I need therapy but hey I loved the spice in this book! I can see 100% where its not for everyone because it does take things to an extreme and could potentially be triggering but I enjoyed it. As for the reviews saying theres no plot? It does hold the plot of a fantasy novel or anything with all this world building etc but it did build on character development and a found family who have to fight for one another or die, there was definitely plot along with the smut. I truly melted with some of the romance in this book too these characters had such tough back stories and the love the built despite it UGH MY HEART = MELTED.

Sherry Clark 

This book took on a whole new thing for me.

Shay

I have... a lot of conflicted feelings. 

First off - idk why the author decided to name all the characters some buff hotrod dudebro names but they sound like the names of generic biker gang characters. Ryder, Garret, Kenzo, Diesel, Roxy... c'mon lol. I'm not one to be super picky on names because it's so subjective but these were bad even by my very low standards. To the point it almost pulls you out of the story sometimes with their sexy one-liner phrases and these names. 

Second - if I never hear another mc ever say 'they were afraid because they all knew what they were. they were vipers. and they were dangerous' ever again I am telling you it will be too soon. If you tossed out all of the repetitive mentions of how badass and dangerous these men were - how nobody messed with the vipers because they've got fangs, how they were so feared and notorious nobody touched what was theirs and they bite back harder - I swear you'd be cutting out half the book. It got SO REPETITIVE I just started skimming pieces because there would be several paragraph explanations of people's reaction to them followed by a monologue of why they're scared and/or why they should be. It got to be a bit too much. 

Third - the author does have a tendency to show-not-tell and at times it gets very very old. 

However... lets not pretend I picked this book up for it's masterful prose. The book was spicy. But in a surprisingly depraved and dark way. I picked up the book expecting a dark romance and a dark romance I got. It was almost like a buffet of every kind of 'not good for you' relationship there is mashed into one book. Each one of the 'brothers' (not actually brothers) filled one of those stereotypical roles had had a very different relationship dynamic with the mc.

I will probably never reread this book, but I can't say I didn't enjoy reading it. 



Content Warnings: Graphic depictions of car accidents, cursing, gaslighting, medical content, physical abuse, sexual assault, sexual content, sexism, sexual violence, stockholm syndrome, torture, vomit, abandonment, alcohol, body horror, confinement, blood, bullying, death, domestic abuse, emotional abuse, gore, grief, gun violence, murder, sexual harassment, stalking, toxic relationship, and violence. There are additional non-spoilery details under the spoiler tag. 

(view spoiler)[I'm not even going to try to go into depth on each one of those but I need you to know that if you want to read this book that it is DARK. The MC is kidnapped and held against her will. She experiences what I would call stockholm syndrome and falls in love with her captors after they abuse/sexually assault her. There are graphic depictions of torture, toxic relationships, violence, and emotional abuse both in and outside of the proverbial bedroom. Take these TW's seriously. This is not your average 'dark romance.' (hide spoiler)]

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