Published by Self-published Genres: New Adult, Romance
Format: eARC
Title: Ruthless Bishop
THEA
Thea:
One wrong move and it’s over. I was invisible until I wasn’t. One mistyped number because the catalyst to my hell on earth when I accidentally sent a risque photo to the blackmail king of Silver Lake High. Now Connor Bishop hold it as a bargaining chip over my head. I’ve become his doll, at his mercy in a corrupt castle. Better do as he says or else, or else….His thumb is on the send button every time I try to buck his command. Can I survive a private photo going viral instead of living this life of torment? I’ts not right. Maybe it’s time his castle burns down.
Connor:
Secrets and favors built my throne. Meek. Shy. Wholesome. Thea Kennedy was picture-perfect innocence until she wasn’t.. The unexpected photo is the juiciest secret to land in my lap in a while. Who know she was hiding luscious curves under frumpy sweaters? With one racy selfie, Thea stepped into my world where I control the board. I’ll trap the little mouse and won’t let her escape the depraved kingdom I built. But there are darker monsters than me lurking in the shadows. They want to take a bit of my little mouse. I don’t like sharing what is mine.
This is the third book in The Sinners and Saints series. You can so read this book as a standalone and be perfectly fine. This is the first book that I have read in this series and I was fine. But it will make you want to go back and read the first two books. This is the story of Connor and Thea. Connor just so happens to get a text that was never suppose to land on his phone. It was meant for someone else. However Connor is a bully and really great at getting secrets and then uses them to blackmail people. I must say though that these two had some great chemistry and I really liked both the characters, even if he was a bully. These two have some serious banter between them too and some pretty sexy moments. I also didn’t think it was one of those typical books about bullies. I thought this one dove much deeper than that and we got the family dynamic in here too and there are some secrets that need to be told. Someone else too might just be after Thea and you have to uncover that too This book is good and I enjoyed reading it.
“You certainly were ready to come all over me before.” The glare I direct at him drops the temperature in the car by a few degrees. He blows out a slow, strained breath and grips the wheel with both hands. “Okay. Whatever. Noted.”
We ride in silence for a long stretch. The drive to school isn’t long, and I realize I’m wasting a good opportunity for the details I’m desperate for.
“So what’s our deal? Or rather, your deal that I have no choice but to accept because the alternative is…yeah, no thanks. Asshole.” I shift a little to face him better as we drive through Ridgeview, turning onto the tree-lined road that leads up to the school. “When did we get together? How did it happen?”
Connor cuts a look at me from the corner of his eye. “We’ll keep it simple so it’s easy to remember. We’ve grown up as neighbors. Got together over summer or something. You’re the girl next door, what’s not to like about that?”
I frown as he hitches a shoulder. “That’s unimaginative.”
Amusement crosses his face. “We could always use the true version: you sent me a wrong number nude and I was like aight.”
“You ass! We are not using that. And I wasn’t naked.”
“Yet. Shortly after?” Connor hums, shifting in the driver’s seat. “So gloriously naked.”
With a scandalized squeal, I swat his arm, overwhelmed by his proximity and what he’s saying. He drives me to things I never do.
He laughs. The corner of his mouth tugs up in a crooked grin as he turns the wheel with the heel of his palm, entering the student parking lot.
“You want a whirlwind romance, or something? I’m just trying to make it easy. It’s not like it’s real.”
The words slice me and I suck in a pained gasp.
It’s not real.
Right.
For as big as his SUV is, I’m suffocated by being so near to him while my emotions spiral.
Connor is my first actual boyfriend, but it’s all fake.
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