Cruel Money

Cruel Series, Book 1

By: K.A. Linde

Narrated by: Stephen Dexter, Virginia Rose

Get ready to lose yourself to the dark and glamorous underbelly of the Upper East Side with a brand-new romance from USA Today best-selling author K. A. Linde.

She was supposed to be a one-night stand.

A way to sate my sexual appetite.

I let her glimpse the man I am. The face that I hide behind my carefully cultivated life. But she ripped open that divide - and there's no going back.

Now, she's here. In my city.

I don't care that I'm Manhattan royalty and she's the help.

Only that she's living in my summer home. With me.

And I want more.

©2019 K. A. Linde (P)2019 Tantor

Penn & Natalie’s Story Continues

Penn Kensington (MMC) comes back into Natalie’s life in shockingly bad way and takes her by surprise.

Penn doesn’t even remember Natalie from his one night stand in Paris.

This is definitely not a romance since neither this book or the book prior ends in a hea, but a continuation of the story.

I’m invested so I will definitely move forward with the next story, which will be a continuation of this story.

Natalie is hurt, but now successful hopefully, she’ll make better decisions about trusting men.

Cruel Money

Hmm book#2 of the series it was good but not great, I was really hoping for more loving & less drama! This 🎧book is too long winded and it felt like it dragged on and the worst part it ends with a cliffhanger, really? Is it worth a credit? If you like all of the above mentioned then this 🎧book is for you! Thankfully it was from the free catalog.😘

Amazing!

This book is amazing! So many twist and turns! I can't wait to hear the next book!

Ho hum

There just isn’t much in this story to keep your attention. The theme of hanging with rich people or formerly rich people clinging to their prior status is basically boring. The love story is good but there’s so much filler in between interactions it’s hard to stay focused. The narrators are decent. But Dexter shows up so infrequently it’s a surprise to remember there are two narrators. At about the middle of the book I started to ask myself why I was still listening.

5 Is It More than a One Night Stand Stars??

I just finished listening to this audiobook even though I read it when it was released earlier this year. I've found with some books, especially those that have a lot of scheming behind the scenes I always find something new to love about the book or little details I may have missed while reading and this one is no different! Ms. Rose and Mr. Dexter bring an entirely new experience to this series. I was able to fully immerse myself in the characters thanks to their outstanding narration. Feeling Natalie's joy, love and agonizing pain. And oh Penn is even more of a you know what now that all his emotions and motives have been brought to life!! Having said all this, let's get to my review of this amazing book...

I’m still relatively new to Ms. Linde’s writing and I can say with all certainty that I’m going to be rectifying that this year. What an amazing book this was!!! I loved Natalie and Penn so much! Their one night together six years ago was something she never got over and to then be thrown back into Penn’s world was not something she wanted nor was she ready to deal with…. her feelings for him all came back in a tidal wave.

And so begins two months of their lives that changes everyone and in some very heartbreaking ways. There’s a group of friends that include Penn and man are they the stereotypical rich crowd that thinks they can do anything with no consequences. Well, I’m not going to reveal too much more because that’d ruin it for you.

I think I’m still in shock how everything played out…there was a two month period where our H/h were living a life that seemed somewhat idyllic…for one of them anyway. Don’t get me wrong, it was all sunshine and roses, but the chemistry between Penn and Natalie is truly combustible and they explored each other in ways neither has experienced previously. Unfortunately, for one of them, it didn’t play out the way they thought it would.

My heart was going double-time when I got to the crucial scene and so many things came to light! I wanted junk-punch someone too…it takes a lot for me to get to that point with a character too!!

This story is so well written and I connected with these characters in ways I wasn’t expecting to and getting pulled into their world for was an experience I won’t soon forget. Ms. Linde has written a book that has such a phenomenal storyline with characters that are richly developed and left me wanting more! Now I’m going to need Cruel Fortune ASAP!!!