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X's and O's

By: Elle Thorpe
Narrated by: Kelsey Navarro Foster, Sean Crisden, Gregory Salinas, Theo Sinclair
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One minute I’m cleaning toilets for minimum wage.

The next, I’m waking up from a drug-induced nap with a monster staring down at me.

Kidnapped and seconds from death, I think I’m done for.

Until masked men burst in, murder my attacker, and turn my world upside down.

They call themselves Murder Squad.

A secret brotherhood of broken men who only kill the worst of the worst.

And one of them thinks I’m his wife.

X is unhinged, obsessed, and deadly. A psychopath who hides behind bad jokes and bloodstained fingers.

Whip’s older, grumpy, and used to women paying him to worship them. But when he finds out I’m a virgin, he can’t keep his hands off my plus-size curves.

And Levi? One year of handwritten letters was all it took to fall in love with a man I’d never met. My prison pen pal turned killer, fighting his darkness for a second chance.

But they aren’t the only psychopaths in Saint View.

Someone’s playing a twisted game, leaving rhyming threats and promising to end us all if we don’t stop them first.

With every lie we uncover, every secret we expose, the danger mounts.

Until there’s only one thing we know for sure.

There’s a killer out there.

And this time, he’s hunting us.

X’s and O’s is a dark rom com. It’s an adult, why choose romance, meaning the main character has more than one love interest. You can expect a plus size, tall heroine, psycho heroes, a murder mystery, and a spicy club. This book contains romantic suspense and triggering themes. It is the first book in an ongoing trilogy.

©2025 Elle Thorpe Pty Ltd (P)2025 Elle Thorpe Pty Ltd
Contemporary Crime Murder Romantic Suspense Funny Romance Comedy
All stars
Most relevant
Soooo Goooood
loved all three male's
the banter between them is awesome
I only wished Violet was more satisfied with her body. it was a teenage trigger for me. 😟

X X X X 😍🥰😅

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Sooo hope it won’t be long before the next two are released. I highly recommend, you can’t help but fall in love with the 3 male protagonist.

Loved this book!

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X’s and O’s ALC Review - Elle Thorpe

Back in Saint View here we are!! Once again Elle has knocked it out the park with another saint view universe trilogy,
X’s and O’s is a dark rom com, why choose romance, with a plus sized tall heroine, psycho heroes and suspense!!
The way I completely devoured this book, I was obsessed and I need more.

The heroine:Violet Garrison is a relatable, her self doubt was well written and relatable. I loved her she was real and authentic
and quite possibly my new favourite saint view heroine!! I also loved that she was a fellow romance book girl too.

The Heros: X, Levi & Whip
X - Psycho golden retriever with a lil stabby personality,
Levi- Violet’s Pen Pal, bit unsure of himself, little lost and broken but swoony
Whip- daddy? Sexy older man who is totally giving daddy Dom energy.


Violet & Levi- The connection they both have is so cute!! his letters to violet when he was locked up
were so heartwarming, the way he couldn’t spell the greatest and apologised had my heart.
Their relationship dynamic is going to be abit of a slow burn, I really hope we see Levi pull
His head out in the next book because I would really love to see some Levi and violet spicy scenes


Violet & X- The way x was stalker obsessed with violet the minute she was throwing
random objects at him, the fact that he read the book and called him mum and asked
how his dad makes his mum feel safe had me. Honestly I don’t know how violet didn’t fold
I would’ve when he showed in a too tight tux and flowers. But to be fair she was traumatised abit.
I loved their dynamic and my heart broke for x in the shower scene, I just wanted to give him a hug,
I can’t wait to see more of their dynamic in the second book.

Violet & Whip- wowwww, whip? daddy? I LOVE THEM. The way he was with her? Idc about the fact she was paying him
I am so obsessed with them both. Them first meeting? In the town car obsessed. I love how normally he is very
Professional in his line of work, never actually finishing but with her? Nopeee he wants her for himself and I loved it!!
And rightfully so. I loved how x told him she needed him after the shower scene and I loved how he had comforted her.
Daddy vibes all over.


The narration:
Kelsey Navarro Foster, Gregory Salinas, Sean Crisen and Theo Sinclair all did a fantastic job, the sound affects were so good and added suspense
Also the way Gregory Salinas can voice any character and them having very different voices will always surprise me man he is talented.

Elle Thorpe Does It Again, X’s and O’s review

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I enjoyed this so much, fantastic characters and fast moving plot, and so much funnier than any book about serial killers should be. The performance was great, can’t wait for the next book.

Perfect mix of funny, gruesome and spicy

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Elle Thorpe is an amazing writer and her books are so amazing that starting this one was a no brainer, HOWEVER, she outdid herself with this book!! its absolutely epic, the storyline, the characters and that cliffhanger!! best work yet, could not put it down

OMG!!!

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I have devoured X's and O's from beginning to end I couldn't stop. 4.5 stars all around this book made me laugh out loud, full blown belly howls of laughter. I would 100% recommend this book to any fans of the Ruinous Love trilogy.

That being said. Respectfully, Elle Thorne you and I have a problem I need Book 2 like yesterday! What the hell do you mean that's the end of the book!? Why would you do this to me?! I literally sent my best friend who I had been messaging about the book all day a voice message just screaming about that ending. Please please please tell me I'm not going to have to wait long for book 2 (or 3 for that matter) because seriously I'm not ok.

LOVED IT

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I was caught up early. was some of the dialt a little cringe - sure... it was absolutely more funnt though! I enjoyed the story and lor build up + will absolutely be checking the next release out!!

that ending!!!

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