But on the flip side there’s so much catharsis and, of course, some fantastic steamy scenes. The ending was heartbreaking and I’m equal parts nervous and impatient for book three.Ashley N. Rostek is a mom and wife by day and a writer by night. She survives on coffee, enjoys collecting offensive coffee mugs, and is an unashamed bibliophile. To Ashley, there is not a better pastime than allowing your mind escape in a good book. Her favorite genre is romance and has got the overflowing bookshelf to prove it. Whether it’s a lusty and dark novel or a sweet YA, she has to read it. She picked up a pen at seventeen and has yet to put it down. “Embrace the Darkness” is the first novel in the “Maura Quinn” series and was released in 2020.

However the darkness cannot be suppressed forever. Six years back, she walked away from the family. However things are going to be different this time around. Maura is smarter, stronger, and she refuses to submit in a world that is ruled by dangerous men. Maura Quinn is the Banphrionsa, the princess of her dad’s dark kingdom of crime. Proceed with caution, because this is Maura’s descent or her rise, just depends on how you look at it. Most of all, this is how she embraces the darkness. “Endure the Pain” is the second novel in the “Maura Quinn” series and was released in 2020. Even though Maura’s each of these awful things, she can still be broken.

If she were to be broken again, would it kill her this time? Or can she endure the pain of a shattered and ruined soul yet again? It is what has happened before and she barely survived it. Since returning home, Maura has embraced her inner darkness and has began down a path that is bathed in blood and reeks of gunmetal. War’s brewing between her family and this other gang.

Endure the Pain by Ashley N. Rostek