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Cruel Paradise

Beautifully Cruel, Book 2

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Cruel Paradise

By: J.T. Geissinger
Narrated by: Troy Duran, Marnye Young
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The international best-selling series with more than one million copies sold.

Anti-hero (noun):
1) A powerful and charismatic man lacking moral character
2) A magnificent bastard
3) Killian Black

You don’t know me. You think you do, but you don’t. The only thing you know is my name, and even that’s a lie.

I’m king of Boston, lord of criminals, ruler of an underworld empire.
Or am I?

Only one thing’s for sure: I operate alone.

Until I cross paths with a brazen little thief who sets my whole kingdom on fire.

Just as two wrongs don’t make a right, two villains don’t belong together. Especially since she’s the daughter of my most deadly enemy.

Taking her would start a war.
Keeping her would be suicide.
Making her mine would break every code of honor and defy all common sense.Then again, where’s the fun in following the rules?"

©2020 J.T. Geissinger, Inc. (P)2021 J.T. Geissinger, Inc. Contemporary Contemporary Romance Crime Thrillers Romance Thriller & Suspense Crime Thriller Fiction Royalty Suspense
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really love these characters- they all intertwined. narrarators ofcourse do an amazing job hot funny silly sexy interesting another winner

Love these characters

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Loved this series!! The Black brothers and their women are such beautiful, captivating characters! I loved the sassy witty banter!! Performances were top notch!!! Troy is so freaking talented

Great story

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I’ve read quite a few books from J.T. Geissinger and I love there work but - this one was good but not as good as some of the others. Normally there are more twists and turns.

Good but not as good as the first one in the series

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I really enjoy J.T. Geissinger novels and the performances by Troy & Maryne really bring the characters to life. I would recommend this novel for some good character depth & great lustful scenes.

Repetitive storyline but great performance

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I really enjoyed the series! It had everything for me from shock, suspense, tears & laughter. Whilst there wasn’t a lot of naughty scenes it was a good book! Maybe a spice of 2.5/5 but definitely romantic.

Loved it!

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Loved both books in this series, but Killian really stole my heart! He’s such a soft hearted soul

Oh my - Killian!!!

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I love the narrators didn’t like how the female protagonist behaved during the book. Her character was a bit overly stubborn and irrationally paranoid. But otherwise was a great story, and I I’m sad there isn’t more to go onto.

Loved the voice acting. Story was ok

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If you’ve listened to her earlier books you’ll find a lot of things familiar in this one. Still very enjoyable though.

A bit repetitive but still very enjoyable.

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That Irish accent is delicious! Good to see Killian get his HEA with a fire cracker

Love!

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Overall story: 3.75/5 ⭐️
Narrators: 5/5 ⭐️
Spice: 2/5 🌶️

Considering Killian is such a recurring character in JTG’s books, I was really looking forward to reading his story, so I was left a little disappointed tbh. I didn’t find Juliet unlikable exactly, but it did annoy me how long she kept pushing Killian away. I kinda felt like he deserved more/better?

Especially after his journey in the Dangerous Beauty series, I was soooo hoping for a beautiful love story for him, and one where where he wasn’t denied for so long. But then again I suppose there wouldn’t have been much of a story if she’d fallen for him right away. It just wasn’t an enjoyable slow burn (which the author is usually great at), so whilst the story was fine/good enough, it had so much potential and could have been so much more.

I did like this book better than book 1, “beautifully cruel” (I didn’t enjoy Liam and Tru’s story much a all) but felt both books in this series lacked a lot of the depth, twists and uniquely beautiful elements I’ve come to love in so many other JTG books, so I’m just a little bummed that Killian’s story wasn’t one of her good ones.

Narrators were both perfect though, so I highly recommend the audiobook over reading the book.

I was expecting more for Killian’s story

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