Title: Blackthorn

Author: JT Geissinger

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BLURB

You never forget your first love. Especially when he’s also your worst nightmare.

Twelve years ago, Maven Blackthorn fled her small hometown, leaving behind the wreckage of her mother’s suspicious death. But now, drawn back for her grandmother’s funeral, Maven steps onto Blackthorn soil once more, only to find herself thrust into a fresh nightmare: her grandmother’s body has vanished.

The Blackthorns immediately suspect the Crofts—the ruthless titans of Croft Pharmaceuticals, whose bitter blood feud with the Blackthorns has spanned generations. But when Maven comes face-to-face with Ronan Croft, the son of her mother’s suspected killer and the only man she ever loved, she discovers the forbidden passion they once shared is as alive—and dangerous—as ever.

As long-buried family secrets claw their way to the surface, betrayal lurks behind every whisper, and old vendettas ignite anew. The deeper Maven digs for answers, the more treacherous the game becomes. And the one man she can never seem to escape is hiding a truth that could burn their whole world down.

In a town where the dead won’t stay buried, is love salvation…or the deadliest game of all?

Blackthorn is a page-turning gothic romance with darker themes and scenes that may not be suitable for everyone. Please see the author’s content note at the beginning of the book.

Maven and her daughter return to Maven’s hometown for her grandmother’s funeral….and lordy, it all happens!

~ A weird family, well 2 really.
~ Family feuds
~ A scary house
~ Missing bodies
~ Secrets, lies and outright untruths
~ Forbidden love
~ Scathing banter
~ Rekindling romance (or obsession/lust!)
~ Mysterious circumstances
~ A gothicy, very dark romance

It was eerie and I admit I was intrigued and scared!

I liked no-nonsense Maven and Roman was delish, he was a dirty boy!

The last 20-ish percent was wild. WILD. What was happening. It was just crazy. What the heck did I just read?! I mean it was, I don’t even know the word. But I couldn’t look away. Now I dont know what was real and what wasn’t…..world of the strange.

All I can say is beware the content warnings.

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