Goth Girl Series by Gemma Rice

Loving a rock star isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Hunted by the paparazzi, caught at home in a compromising position, Jared goes after them, unleashing bullets into the silence of a Sunday morning. With life spiraling out of control Jared is arrested, Holly is sequestered inside Sean’s home six doors away, and finally the connection between the two flares to life, burning every bridge... moreLoving a rock star isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Hunted by the paparazzi, caught at home in a compromising position, Jared goes after them, unleashing bullets into the silence of a Sunday morning. With life spiraling out of control Jared is arrested, Holly is sequestered inside Sean’s home six doors away, and finally the connection between the two flares to life, burning every bridge. Now Holly is caught in the darkest web lust can spin, finding herself in a ménage, inside a BDSM club, while every action sends Jared into a deeper spiral than the last. Wearing slave bracelets, accused of being a hooker in the tabloids, with naked photos of her flying across the internet, she’s unraveling. The marriage proposal changes everything, but it means hurting someone. The maelstrom of heartache and lust boils a cauldron of damage, the question is which one of them will break? Strictly adults only. less

With her intuition banging on her last nerve Holly knows something is wrong, she can sense it. Trusting her instincts she increases her self-defense training. Life with Sean is good, but then she finds out about the nasty little gifts her secret admirer has been leaving for her at daybreak. Instantly life is menacing again and her heightened fear tunes her into a level akin to clairvoyance, communing with the dead when they sense her approach... moreWith her intuition banging on her last nerve Holly knows something is wrong, she can sense it. Trusting her instincts she increases her self-defense training. Life with Sean is good, but then she finds out about the nasty little gifts her secret admirer has been leaving for her at daybreak. Instantly life is menacing again and her heightened fear tunes her into a level akin to clairvoyance, communing with the dead when they sense her approach. She needs her family and has June over to prepare for Christmas, her heart sister giving her peace and stability. Unlike every other Christmas of her twenty-eight years, this is one she'll never forget. It's so much darker, her pain is so extreme it can only be measured with the Richter scale. Sometimes agony is a gift, pain is a cocoon, you aren't the same when you emerge out the other side of suffering. Holly is familiar with darkness and uses pain as a ladder out of her pit, into a new awareness, transformed, strong, and ready to love a murderer. Warning: This novel is for adults only. Do not purchase it if you are sensitive to scenes of brutal abuse or biased against gays, bi, and transgenders. less

Holly Doherty works for a sadist. Her boss Sean has been trying to get into her pants for over three years. Just in time for her 28th birthday a goth band come to play where she works at the bar/club Sadem. The band is headed by front-man Jared Jones and instantly the chemistry between them zings. Jared’s pursuit and capturing of Holly infuriates Sean and he ups his game, cunningly introducing Holly to the delights of the BDSM lifestyle... moreHolly Doherty works for a sadist. Her boss Sean has been trying to get into her pants for over three years. Just in time for her 28th birthday a goth band come to play where she works at the bar/club Sadem. The band is headed by front-man Jared Jones and instantly the chemistry between them zings. Jared’s pursuit and capturing of Holly infuriates Sean and he ups his game, cunningly introducing Holly to the delights of the BDSM lifestyle. Quickly she starts to unravel, caught in a four way love square, unable to choose between her male best friend and the intensity of Sean and Jared. Within two months Holly’s life is completely different, choosing an open relationship so she can date more than one of them at a time. This development has Jared spiralling out of control, turning to drugs, booze and women as the ointment for his conflict, the game becoming dangerous when Holly is in a ménage with them. Karl is Jared’s best friend with a score to settle with Sean. Holly fears him, walking into a man-cave of dark abuse and misery, the experience the ultimate catalyst to change her ways, to reclaim independence, to choose a path with smarts instead of the lust that has been driving her. In a trio of novels that are steamy, sexy, erotic and borderline taboo, Loving Holly is a noir journey that’ll take you from her highs to her deepest low, from laughter to tears, finding the light of love down a twisting tunnel of orgasmic vistas. This novel contains 3 books in one volume. Loving Misery, Loving Sadem, and Loving Villains. less