Thank you for the eARC.

Wicked Pursuit: 4 star. I did enjoy the story and the characters. The hunt scene after the auction, I have been wanting to read a scene like that and it was done perfectly. The story was well developed and easy to get right into the meat of it, seeing as it is a short book this was important to me.

Divine Intervention: 2 star. I could not get into this the world building felt sloppy almost like opening a book about halfway though and started reading it. It could have been better with more control over what was what and who was who along with not introducing so many characters and nicknames so quickly along with multiple point of views. I could not keep anyone straight. I did end up DNFing this one,

Over all I am excited to read the other stories in this series by the other authors.

WOW! I've always loved Katee Robert's stories and I love her Wicked Villains series so seeing a continuation of the world with new characters is fun! I clocked Wolf and Ruby from the start. I had a feeling about who Wolf was the entire time and I was so glad that it turned out to be true. Wolf was so DAMN hot even if he was stalking her. I truly enjoyed the dynamics and power play in this story. It's very different from the kind of romance Katee has written before. She's written very SPICY things before but this felt like a whole other level!

I thought I knew who R.M Virtues was but. I was wrong! I've actually never read anything by them and now I NEED MORE. The world building in this story alone with the angels and demons was incredible. I didn't understand how that might work with the whole Remixed Goldilocks thing but it worked! Especially since "Papa Bear" could actually shapeshift into the animal. This was so, so, SO spicy too. I enjoyed the hell out of it and I can't wait to read more from this author!!

I’ve read a lot of Katee’s Roberts’ Olympus series so it was nice to read something different from her. I also learned this is a spin off from her Wicked Villains series . In Wicked Pursuits, Mob princess Ruby starts making waves and gets the attention of Wolf, who begins to stalk her. The two start a game of cat and mouse.
I wasn’t as much of a fan of R.M. Virtues‘ Divine Interventions only because of how much world building there is. I always struggle with that. It’s why I could only make it half way through A Court of Thrones and Roses. Also it does have a heavy heaven/ hell angels/demons trope and I tend to shy away from that just personally. This is the first book by R.M. Virtues I’ve read so I would pick up something else by the author, this just didn’t jump out at me.

Katee Robert does it again. I’ve read dozens of her books, and this is my favorite. She keeps getting better. If you’re new to Katee Roberts and wary to start with a second gen book, don’t be. On the flip side it’s so fun to be back in the world of Carver City.

Thank you to Netgalley and Sourcebooks Casablanca who provided this complimentary arc in exchange for an honest review.

What a great story! Can't wait to read more by this author!
Thanks Netgalley and to the author for the ARC!

Wicked Pursuit: 4🌟
Divine Intervention: 3.5 🌟

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Wicked Pursuit: My first Katee Robert read but I doubt it will be my last!

I read this as part of the Black Rose Auction series having not read the Wicked Villains series and it was easy to get up to speed! This was such an addictive and sexy little mafia read, and despite being a novella, felt well paced!

I loved the plot and the twists, it was a really fun idea! Plus the world with the ‘next gen’ is intriguing and I would love to read about the fellow heirs, especially Zayne!

Ruby is an absolute brat but she’s entertaining and Wolf is deliciously hot, despite being a slightly feral cuck.

The smut was good without being overkill! There’s a few build up scenes with others before the MCs get together, that were very entertaining.

Excited to see Katee grow this world and intrigued to check out the parent’s books. Plus excited for more of the Black Rose Auction, especially Reaper!

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Divine Intervention: Really cool world but a lot of world building to cover in a novella!

Continuing my Black Rose Auction reads and this was a completely different vibe and I was here for it!

The angel / dominion and demon / puri vibes were a lot to take in the first few chapters but I really like the world that was created. Especially the use of the sins and the fallen origins. I’m definitely intrigued by what other books are in this world!

It was a very smutty book once it got going, and was a lot of fun! With a mix of MF and MMF scenes!

The heist itself felt more like filler, with the world building and the smut being the key elements of the book.

Fun read and intrigued to keep going with this series!

This set of books was a revelation. Katee Robert is amazing as always, and her take on Little Red Riding Hood is no exception. I loved the connections to other characters from various series and the way it builds on the world's she's already put so much love and care into. This was also my introduction to R. M. Virtues, and suffice to say, I'm a fan. Angels and demons fantasy stories have always been a favorite of mine, and after reading Divine Intervention I'm eager to see what else I can get my hands on from Virtues. So so worth it!

Big thanks to Katee Robert; R.M. Virtues and Netgalley for the eARC in exchange for a review.

This is a 2 in 1 book, in the same world with a little crossover.

Wicked Pursuit - This is Little Red Riding Hood with a twist.
A stalker and a woman who has no issues with pushing the line.
A life that becomes a little dull needs to be awoken with a little devilish fun. Breaking apart a long term relationship to fall into the hands of pure evil, evil who has an obsession with owning.

I loved this. And the twist at the end caught me off guard. I did not see it coming, but I LOVED IT! A wolf in sheep's skin, if you will.

Divine Intervention
Angels are sent down to Earth to collect a special item. Unfortunately, there are past relationship issues that make the group less than compatible, until of course an old acquittance shows up, looking for the same item.
There was a bit of the Goldilocks tale to this, but loosely.

I had a harder time enjoying Divine Intervention. There was just a massive info dump with less clarity on world building, relationships, and character description. I could only picture Dany DeVito as the Papa character in my mind which is not who I want to picture during the steamy scenes. Even with Dany being funny as hell.

5 full stars for Wicked Pursuit, but 3 stars for Divine Intervention
4 stars for in the middle

MF 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Kinky AF

This was great! Katee's one of my favorite authors and this was fun enough that I added the rest of the series to my TBR. So excited for the second generation books to start coming out

Robert does it again! The way her story telling skills immediately makes me believe I am the main character is just unmatched. I truly did not see the twist at the end coming and the HEA was every single thing she always provides. Love her writing she never lets me down

Wicked Pursuit:
A short and spicy read. Katee Robert has yet to disappoint with her retellings. Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf is a retelling I had yet to come across and I think that is such a missed opportunity! The plot of the fairytale is a perfect backdrop for a dark romance. Stalking, intrigue, and slight kidnapping, along with false identities. This quick little book had it all.

I am not going to lie, I had a feeling who Wolf was from the start. Everything just seemed too convenient and Ruby kept bringing up Luke all throughout the book. It would only make sense for Wolf to be Luke.

I was a bit nervous going into this book because I saw that one of the triggers was cheating, something that typically I steer away from. However, a breakup almost immediately followed the cheating, and the cheating ended up becoming a game between the two so it was a consensual cheating.

This book was HOT. The spice was almost immediate while also having a build up for the more intense stuff. I absolutely had a blast reading it and want to definitely read Ruby’s parents’ story.

Divine Intervention:
This was an interesting take on Goldie Locks and the Three Bears. The only real connection is that the main characters nickname is Goldie, has golden hair, called one of the MMCs Papa bear and uses the term “just right” throughout the book. This book started world building on page one and I am not going to lie, I was a bit lost. It was a lot of information to take in in a 200 page book.

We dealt with three main characters in this book and the action started pretty quickly. They all had history with each other which seemed to get resolved super fast so that they could all sleep with each other. The spice was good, though slightly cringey at time because of the use of “Papa Bear.”

The plot was a little lost on me except that I do know Anthony sucks. I feel like this is the first book of a series because a lot feel unresolved and I still have a lot of questions.

Thank you to the publisher for an eARC of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Wicked Pursuit review: Yet again here I am ready to say this is one of Katee's best books ever. Unfortunately she has so many other bangers I can't say which is my top one but I have to say that this is def in my top 5. The TWIST OF WHO THE WOLF WAS. BITCH I LOOKED AT THE "CAMERA" IN MY ROOM SO FAST AND FOR A SOLID MINUET. I was fully prepared to get ready for bed but I kept saying wait a little more and then the twist happened. I didn't go to bed until 1am. It's a Wednesday. I have a job. But i didn't last night because I was sat till the very end. The fact that this is the beginning of the spinoff of my favorite series, the Wicked Villians series, and focuses on the kids, i was already sat for them all but coming out the gate with this? WHEN ARE THE RELEASE DATES FOR THE REST, I need to make sure I can go to work later the next day or just take off because these are about to be just as hot as their parents.
Thank you to Netgalley for the ARC
Divine Intervention review:
I have to say for a large chunk of this book I had no idea what was going on. I'm not sure if this is a spin off from a pervious series and that's why, i liked the author/writing so I'll be checking out the other books, but i felt like i was missing out on something I should know but didn't. The spice was good and I liked the chemistry between the characters i just felt like i was watching from the outside.

Thank you to Casablanca for allowing me to ARC read!

I received this book as an ARC. I am a fan of Katee Robert, so I was excited to read her newest book. If you are looking for a fun, low stakes mafia romance, this is the book for you!

These two stories kick off the Black Rose Auction Collection to a great start. First up, Katee Robert delivers their usual mix of hot and steamy with this Little Red Riding Hood retelling. Next on the roster, R.M. Virtues brings a Goldilocks retelling that will leave you feeling *just right.*

The one thing I love most about the Black Rose Auction series is it doesn't need to be read in order. These novellas can be read as standalones and are complete stories on their own. I actually started with Shattered Innocence (book 5 in this series) and loved it so much that I was excited to read these!

I loved the stalker romance aspect of Wicked Pursuit. There was so much packed into this short story that it really blew my mind! This was my first Katee Robert book, but I definitely look forward to digging into her backlist! 4 stars

I struggled a lot with Divine Intervention and just couldn't end up connecting with the characters causing me to DNF the story. That could be a ME problem, and I'd still recommend reading the books in this series.

Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Casablanca for providing this digital ARC. All opinions expressed are my own.

I loved it. Literally couldn’t put it down. Read it within 24 hours. It was paced well and kept me drawn in with the authors writing style. I don’t want to give anything away so I’m making this brief but 10/10

I went into this blind and I have to say, Katee managed to fit a lot into a novella!
I preferred Wicked Pursuit - I’m a big fan of a stalker romance. I liked Wolf a lot, and didn’t see the twist coming at all (not sure if I liked it). Ruby was frustrating, I’m all for promiscuity but I didn’t realise this book had cheating. Whilst I’m a big fan of a possessive male love interest…cheating takes away from the hot-ness for me.

Divine Intervention had a lot more world building and a lot more characters. I think it was trying to do too much as it got confusing at times. I got past the papa bear stuff and really enjoyed the scene with Elias. Overall, this one felt like hard work to read, I didn’t feel the connection as well and it wrapped up so quickly.

Wicked Pursuit by Katee Robert, 5 stars:
WOW I missed this world! I devoured this story in one sitting, and could not put it down! I LOVED Ruby's story and am sitting in anticipation for the continuation of Wicked Villains, next gen.

Divine Intervention by R.M. Virtues, 3 stars:
I wanted this to be so much better than it was. The premise of a fight between angels and demons, mixed with a heist and why-choose romance had me hooked, but the execution was off. I think too much was trying to be accomplished within the space of a novella. I felt like there was a lot of background information that needed to be provided to set the scene, but it was extremely wordy and drawn out- it almost lost my attention immediately. If I had picked this up as a standalone novel, rather than bound in a duology, it almost certainly would have been a DNF. Additionally, I know that this was supposed to be a goldilocks retelling, but the use of "papa bear," especially at the beginning, came off extremely cringey. By about 60%, the plot picked up and the story was more bearable (pun intended), but it took a week of forced reading to get me there.

I have not written off RM Virtues, and I still plan to pick up more of their work, but I don't believe I will follow this series.

Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with a review copy in exchange for an honest review. My rating for the overall duology is an average of the two ratings.

4.5 ⭐️ 5🌶️ for the Wicked Pursuit half of the book.

VERY Spicy! Spicier than I thought 😂 lots of stuff explored. My first dark romance read and it’s by my favorite author Katee Robert 🖤!! Read the content warnings. I loved the Red Riding Hood and Wolf concept, it made the book very interesting and made the hunter / prey concept make more sense. Additionally, all of the side character had substance and felt real. The plot was very fast paced and integrated the topics very well.

A mob princess named Ruby starts acting bad and gets the attention of a stalker who starts unaliving anyone who touches her. She is curious about this stalker, Wolf. She plays with him taunting but how far will she go to piss him off. And how far will he take it when he’s pissed off. WOW!! 🖤

This book is about:

💀 Stalker romance
💀 Hunter & Prey
💀 LGBTQ+ scenes
💀 Touch her and you d!e!
💀 Mafia romance

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3⭐️ for the Divine Intervention part of this book.

The topic of this book was super interesting but the events itself had me a bit bored and lost. Maybe it’s me. But I was excited to read a poly, dark romance with angels 🪽 I loved Tlalli and all of the back story about the angels.

You will like this if you like:

🪽 Angels
🪽 War
🪽 Age Gap
🪽 Polyamorous

I loved the Black Rose Auction! I think it’s really cool that a lot of authors are writing a collection together.

Thank you NetGalley, SourceBooks Casablanca, Katee Robert & R.M. Virtues for this ARC read.

This was my first taste of this author… and if all her books are like that, I will completely devour them.

This one is a little red riding hood dark retelling. If you like spice, you’ll love this one.

Ruby has a jealous and possessive stalker that want her to assist to an auction… as something to be auctioned off. Something he wants to buy and claim her as his.

You’ll love this one if you like:
- mafia heirs
- touch her and die
- stalker romance
- masked man

TW for cheating, blackmailing, stalker, murder, blood, attempted assault (ish)

Many thanks to the publisher for the complimentary e-copy of this book through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.




A war rages between Heaven and Hell. Angels and demons are caught in it, but there's a truce for the weekend, to attend the Black Rose Auction and retrieve... the same artifact.

Add an adult who acts like a petulant child, his father, his ex, his... well like he feels like he's its babysitter, and you have an explosive cocktail.

I'm experiencing with my romances this year. I keep my options open. I didn't read the synopsis before reading the book though, not the tags, nor the TW. I like to jump blind into a book. Well... I was surprised.

It's spicy as hell (see what I did there), and if you like supernatural, age-gap and polyamorous romances, you'll love this one.

TW for stabbing, poisoning, grief (death of a mother and a wife, off-page)

Many thanks to the publisher for the complimentary e-copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.