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The Sinner

By: Shantel Tessier
Narrated by: Laurie West, Peter Alden
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An all-new dark standalone romance from the USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Shantel Tessier

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I was raised in a world where money and power are at your fingertips. My father is a lord, a very respected member of a secret society that knows no bounds. When tragedy struck my family, we discovered we weren’t untouchable. Just when I thought life couldn’t get any worse, I was shown what hell is really like. Then he came and saved me. The devil disguised as my personal hero. But of course, nothing is for free. Not when a soul is up for grabs.

I Vow. You Vow. We Vow.

Easton Bradley Sinnett—Sin—uses his power for his own sick pleasure. Like a typical Lord, he never thought about the consequences of his actions. I grew up with him, obsessed over him, craved him. He was who I pictured when I imagined doing things my body shouldn’t want.

One day, I realized he was not who I thought he was. It didn’t change anything, though, because I was already too far gone. If anything, I fell for him harder.

Every now and then, someone enters your life who flips it upside down. Sin wrecked me in the worst way, and I thanked him for it by serving on my knees.

As they say, nothing lasts forever. Men like him never stay with a woman like me. I’m what they use, not keep. So when he threw me away, I shouldn’t have been all that surprised.

My body had always craved the darker side of love. The kind that left bruises and scars. I was what most would call unholy. And when the devil whispered in my ear that he loved me, I was more than determined to show him just how devoted I could be.

Things to know about The Sinner
Stalker
Secret society
MF (no sharing the h)
J/P (jealous/possessive) Hero
OTT (over the top) Hero
Complete standalone
Told in dual POV
TWs listed inside the book

©2022 Shantel Tessier (P)2023 Shantel Tessier
Coming of Age Genre Fiction Romantic Suspense
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Dark smut almost to dark, but good. The female narrator was not to my liking a bit annoying in the way she preformed her lines.

Brutal and dark

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I really enjoyed the first book in the L.O.R.D.S. series and was eager to dive into the second, but SINNER ended up being a huge letdown for me. As others have pointed out, it felt light on actual story and overly repetitive—both in the plot and in the spice scenes. At times, I honestly wasn’t sure what was even happening, aside from the constant grape subplot and recurring CSA themes, which seemed to be the only consistent threads.

This is the only book I’ve ever read that made me think the heroine might be better off with an intentional tragic end—and I never feel that way about a main character. The plot was held back for most of the book, then suddenly dumped on the reader at the end, leaving us in the dark until the final chapters. For me, good reveals work because the author has sprinkled subtle clues along the way so readers can think, “I knew it!” when the twist lands. That simply didn’t happen here.

Instead, what we got was a string of explicit scenes, relentless childhood trauma, BDSM taken to extremes, and a heroine speeding toward self-destruction—convinced she deserved every bit of it, without realizing that it was everyone else who was in the wrong. The pacing felt off, the character arc was frustrating, and overall, this was a disappointing follow-up to such a promising first book.

Disappointing second book after such a fantastic first

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absolutely love the L.O.R.D series.
this book did not disappoint. I listened to it every chance i got.
amazing book if you like dark romance.
really enjoyed the voices doing the audio too

amazing

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Oh my god! I thought that the first one was dark, but The Sinner made The Ritual look like a fluffy romance😂

I loved reading this. It was a rollercoaster of emotions, I don't think there was a single calm chapter😂 but I loved it and can't wait for the third book!
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rollercoaster for sure

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Amazing book, found it hard to put down. Read the Ritual prior to this, this book was a lot quicker to get in to. However the heavy breathing narration was somewhat annoying throughout the book.

Heavy breather!

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