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Contempt

Sin City Salvation, Book 3

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Contempt

By: A. Zavarelli
Narrated by: Stefanie Kay, James Anderson Foster
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From USA Today best-selling author A. Zavarelli comes an angsty forbidden romance about second chances, forgiveness, and a love that conquers all.

Before the world knew me as a rock god, I was just the angry boy who stole her heart.

She was a good girl.

The forbidden fruit I wasn’t meant to taste.

Our stars were crossed, and fate had doomed us from the start.

She was promised to someone else.

I had her secret smiles.

Moments stolen in dark corners.

But I couldn’t have her future.

Destiny tore us apart, and all that remained was the ghost of her memory.

When she died, I did too.

But when I catch a glimpse of her five years later, alive and well, that love turns to hate as the bitter truth emerges.

She left me.

She lied.

And now, I’m going to make her pay.

This book is a standalone dark romance about a military veteran turned rock star hero and the girl who stole his heart and never let it go.

©2023 A. Zavarelli (P)2023 A. Zavarelli
Contemporary Contemporary Romance Destiny Romance Romantic Suspense Suspense Exciting Heartfelt

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The unexpected twists and turns kept me on the edge of the seat and had me guessing what was coming the entire time. This second chance romance was filled with drama, tragedy and pain. Madden and Bianca were infuriating at times, but I wanted them to have their well-deserved HEA.

The audiobook was on the longer side as the story was told in dual POV with a mixture of present and past timelines. I felt some of the flashbacks dragged the story a little as they didn't add much to the momentum of the story arc.

Stefanie Kay and James Anderson Foster did an excellent job in bringing the story to live.

Twist and Angst

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Contempt is the third audiobook on the Sin City Salvation series (but is a complete standalone story) by A Zavarelli.

A second chance, forbidden love, suspenseful story, told in both the present day and in flashbacks, more and more of the layers and depth of this story are revealed the further you go. This is an intense novel, with plenty of pain, betrayal and anguish, and ultimately redemption for the main characters.

At the beginning of this story, we meet an angry and confused Kodiak, who comes across Lyric - someone from his past - but she has no memories of their relationship. While dark in places, I was gripped by this audiobook. The more I listened to the story, the more tension I felt. There are quite a number of revelations in this novel that added to the drama and ultimately made the ending feel so much sweeter.

A thoroughly engaging and entertaining audiobook, that is unpredictable and absorbing, I absolutely loved it. The narrators were amazing too!

*Suspenseful*Intense*Emotional*

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Contempt is an angsty, forbidden second chance romance that was a roller coaster of emotions! This book was dark, intense and intriguing. I could not get enough of these characters and I loved how complex this book was!

The narrators were really phenomenal and they made this book!

Rating: 5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Phenomenal, forbidden romance!

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This book is incredible! I loved book 1 and 2 in the Sin City series but this one is next level amazing!!

I absolutely love the storyline and the twists and turns in this book. I couldn't put it down and I needed to know more of Madden and Lyrics story! Loved the ending ❤️

I did audiobook and ebook for this one and the narrators did a fantastic job with this one 😊

Incredible!!

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This author knows how to tear away my heart in little pieces and shows me how to put it back together again and this book did just that!

I went in blind to this series because I’m a total audiobook junkie and I’m working my way through so many audiobooks that I sometimes need to stop and look around at all the books out there by favourite authors of mine, like A. Zavarelli and now I’m going to go get the other books in the series.

Audiobooks take a book to the next level with the perfect choice of narrators and the acting by both Stephanie Kay and James Anderson Foster really made this story come to life.

It gripped my heart hearing all that happened. There’s a back and forth between the past and the present that has three points of view. Madden’s journey was heartbreaking and the fact that he’s made a great life for himself even while trying to find her was incredible. The her is Bianca, and also Lyric. This author has a way of writing that keeps a person so engaged with the story that it’s easy to forget about everything happening around you as you follow along.

The passion, the devastation, the hopefulness reaches inside you and pulls at your heart. Just wow!

Beautifully done girl! Amazing.

Wow mind and heart blown away!

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