Name: All He'll Ever Be
ISBN: 9781950862191

Willow Winters

A USA Today bestselling, gripping and heart-wrenching romantic suspense. I get why Beauty fell in love with the Beast, but it doesn't change who Carter is. There's no magical rose or kiss that will turn him into a prince. All Carter Cross will ever be is a beast. A cold-hearted and ruthless, mafia king, trapped in a castle of his own making I'm the daughter of his enemy and his new possession. A mafia bargain for war. I thought that's all I was to him, but I was never prepared for for the next page of our story... "Dark, sexy and incredibly masterful, Carter and Aria's story had me riveted from beginning to end..." - Nightbird Novels All He'll Ever Be is the complete collection of the USA Today bestselling, Merciless series. It's a dark, modern retelling of a tale as old as time.

All He'll Ever Be

Autumn Hunsinger

🌸 Crybaby 🌸

But there’s this thing about breaking; the more you harden yourself and try to fight it, the easier and sharper the snap is when you inevitably break. And I know this all too well.

But all that sparkles is only sin disguised in beauty.

“A collar?” My heart beats like a war drum inside my chest. He must hear the defeat on my tongue. “You can’t collar a songbird, Aria, but you can tether one or cage it. The choice is yours.”

When something is hard to the touch and so sharp it would draw blood, you have to always be careful. It’s the gentleness of it that will break you. You can’t ever let your guard down. If you’re smart, you avoid it and if you have to be around it, you stay away from the parts that hurt. But those aren’t the parts that destroy. It’s the parts that you begin to crave, the parts you don’t want to resist that bring you to your knees. They make you forget or maybe they make you think the sharpness won’t cut you, as if you’re somehow immune or no longer prey to it.

“They’re all going to be coming for us now,” Daniel says, but this time his voice welcomes the challenge. The moment of wondering what my brothers think of me, what they think of her, ends as quickly as it came. I answer Daniel the only way I know how. With the only acceptable answer there is. “Let them come.”

“Women like you were made to ruin men like me.”

“I was meant to have you. I only fucking lived to have you.” I’ve never spoken truer words.

I shouldn’t pity the monster he became. I shouldn’t love what he does to me.

Sara Uribe

Merciless – Book One:

Carter Cross. Carter Cross. Carter Cross. I WANT more Carter Cross. I NEED more Carter Cross. I really shouldn’t love Carter as much as I do but he’s just SO addictive. He is cold and calculated and everything he does has a reason behind it. Carter is not one to give up control. I can’t wait to see what is to come and what we will find out about his reasoning for doing what he’s doing. Aria Talvery, our heroine. She is hands down one of my favorite heroines of all time. She is so strong and yet fights with herself on the daily on how weak she thinks she is. She is in survival mode trying to think of all the ways on how to get out of the situation she’s in. She is under Carter’s spell and just physically can’t be without him. Yes, if you’re thinking that I might be referring to a Stockholm Syndrome type of thing, you are correct. The dynamic between these two is so interesting. There is such a push and pull, a give and take.

This book is so sinfully delicious. Everything about it was just perfect for me. The plot, the writing, the characters, the setting, the mood, and vibe. This book is my kinda jam. I don’t know how this author does it, but she does it and she is FANTASTIC at it! Not only that, but when I feel like I’m in her characters‘ minds and can feel what they are feeling. Man oh man, do I know I’m reading a great book. There is so much to be said about how beautifully intense this book is and how things that are are oh so bad, dismal, cruel and brutal can be twisted into something so beautiful, tender and enticing.

What an addictive read. I still can’t stop thinking about it. I will recommend this book to anyone who enjoys dark romance, this book isn’t for the light of heart and surely will hit some nerves for people. But for me and my obsession with dark romance, THIS WAS PERFECT! Merciless left me speechless and craving more. This book is for sure on my list of favorite reads for 2019.

A true ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ read.

Heartless – Book Two:

Okay, okay. I’m just going to jump right into this review. We pick right back up on were Merciless ends and just the flow from one book to another it was just fantastic. We learn a little more about both of their backgrounds. I love the little pieces of understanding we get about Carter and Aria and more than that I LOVE being in their minds. I love the way each of them thinks. No matter who’s POV we are reading, I am always rooting for them and wanting the best possible outcome for each of them. Nothing is fast-paced, but we aren’t walking as slow as a snail either. I think the pacing of this series is perfect. I think that the things that have happened in both this book and the first book, would be realistic timing-wise.

We are still in the dark as to why Carter is still going through with all of this, with our poor sweet Aria, though I do have my suspicions. I can't wait to dig deeper into his delicious mind and find out all of the reasons he's doing this. My favorite, Aria is going through some turmoil and truly battling with herself on how she feels about everything, especially Carter. I love being in Aria’s perspective because everything she is feeling is real and genuine and I can so relate with her and sympathies.

Honestly, parts of this book gave me full-body chills, and no I don’t mean bad full-body chills (True Crime Junkies you know what I’m talking about), I mean the delicious kind of full-body chills. Where you know something so wrong, but oh so good, is going to happen and it does and it leaves your heart bursting with so much happiness. Do you ever just read something and think “How am I ever going to read anything else ever again?” I mean the detail and description that this author uses in her books is just crazy. I don't know how I didn’t find her books sooner. It’s just everything about this book is fantastic.

I can't think of anything I didn't love about this book. It’s additive, kept me on my toes, intense, and I just can’t wait to dive into Book 3 as soon as I finish writing this review.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Breathless – Book Three:

Have I told you already how much I LOVE Aria and Carter?!?! 😍😍

This book was intense. Carter is still so dreamy and let’s not forget cold and calculating. Aria, my god she is so strong and really put through the ringer in this one. They both have such intense feelings for one another and it kills me to see them not together or being pulled apart. The angst and the push and pull make this book gold for me. This series is so different than so many others I've read. Most of the time when I read a series, I am just looking to see what happens at the end, enjoying the overall story but I don't usually feel invested. But this series and maybe it’s just the way the author writes, but I am 100% invested in the story wanting to know everything about everybody. It sucks me in and just wont let me go, and I am totally okay with that. I am mesmerized by this writing. I so easily get drawn in, she makes is so easy for me to enjoy any of her books. I know I haven't read all of them yet, but she has this powerful writing voice that I just can’t get over. I have to read all of her books, I think I might be addicted.

I had an idea of what was coming at the end of this book and man, did the last few chapters have me on the edge of my seat! I can't wait to see how this series is going to end with Endless. I’m excited but also so scared for what's to come next.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Endless – Book Four:

This book, this series, I think is going to be one of my favorites of all time.

I truly didn’t want this book to end.

This book had me literally on the edge of my seat, unbelievably anxious and ready for the absolute worst to happen. I honestly don’t think I have ever felt this invested in a book before. From the first page all the way to the end this book had my full attention plus some.

Hands down this book is part of my absolute favorite series ever written. Never in my life did I ever think that a book could make me feel so many things. With the number of books I've read by this author, I don’t think I’ll ever get used to just the beauty and amazing ability she has as a storyteller. It’s absolutely phenomenal. I’ve had favorite authors before but Willow Winters is on another level and for that reason is now on the top of my list.

I’m heartbroken that Carter and Aria’s story is over but I’m so excited and ready to read more by this author! No doubt about it, this is a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ read.

Overall series rating is: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

A USA Today bestselling, gripping and heart-wrenching romantic suspense. I get why Beauty fell in love with the Beast, but it doesn’t change who Carter is. There’s no magical rose or kiss that will turn him into a prince. All Carter Cross will ever be is a beast. A cold-hearted and ruthless, mafia king, trapped in a castle of his own making I’m the daughter of his enemy and his new possession. A mafia bargain for war. I thought that’s all I was to him, but I was never prepared for for the next page of our story… “Dark, sexy and incredibly masterful, Carter and Aria's story had me riveted from beginning to end…” - Nightbird Novels All He’ll Ever Be is the complete collection of the USA Today bestselling, Merciless series. It’s a dark, modern retelling of a tale as old as time. Topics include: mafia romances, dark romance, dark romance mafia, alpha business man book, billionaire romance, billionaire romance series, possessive alpha romance, willow winters books, w. winters books, contemporary romance, contemporary, romance novels, survival romance, the best romance series ever, bestselling series, captive romance.

I’m giving this book. 4.5 ⭐️ I would say that this is actually a 5⭐️ book for me but it contains the pregnancy trope which I really hate in my romance books. Other than that I would recommend this book to people who like smutty romance. I also can’t wait to read more by this author and look forward to continuing reading about the cross brothers. 

Chulandon leanday Bradley 

detelinka

** spoiler alert **
           oh fuck no. i dnf on 25% and is awful. there is only so much possessive asshole mc character i can take. carter literally thinks only about breaking her 24/7 and when it starts to get annoying he physically manipulates her into being submissive using her basic needs for comfort , hunger and social life. its disgusting and i can't read any more of it, i have seen enough 1-star reviews to be sure im not missing out on anything here. (spoiler alert : it gets even worse with the trope i hate with my life - 💫 pregnancy 💫.

bye🖐🏼🙄

edit: i read it again bc i was bored and now i rate it 2.5 stars cuz idk it gets kinda better after 400 pages💀

This book is about a mafia king who quite literally kidnaps his enemies daughter and forces her to obey him until she falls in love with him. No girl should EVER want a love story like this. Carter is dominating, forceful, looks at Aria like she is a possession. He gaslights her into thinking she is the reason why all the bad things are happening. There is no amount of trauma in this world that someone can go through that would make how he treats Aria okay. Yet he constantly uses that trauma as an excuse like Aria didn’t go through the exact thing. ……Yet by the end of it, they almost had me rooting for them. This is definitely not my cup of tea but I think if you enjoy dark romance you will love this book.

Brooke McBride

Tbh I really liked this book. Like A LOT. The reason I only gave it 3.5 stars is because it was my book this year that got me out of my reading funk and I still have so much more to read before I really know my rating scale. 

Gracie Johnson

Jessie Stafford

Willow has captured my psyche with the Merciless series and I’m so glad she put it all together in this GORGEOUS collection which you can buy in hardback and that just makes me so happy. A Kingpin who falls in love with his angel on the wrong side, it’s the absolute perfect mesh of Beauty and the Beast meets Romeo and Juliet with a sexy dash of bdsm. Believe me when I say Carter and Aria will not let you think of anything else while you are theirs, it will haunt you in your sleep.

Shelby Caldwell

it is so bad, i wanna give you a zero. but that's not possible, so i give you a one.