My Dark Desire: Digitally Signed Edition (Extremely Limited Print) (Dark Prince Road)

The most amazing chaotic emotional work of art I’ve ever read. I pulled an all nighter reading this,Started at 10 in the morning and didn’t finish till 7am the next day. This book made up for the lack of sleep. LJ and Parker did an amazing job on this story. I’m seriously left speechless.Farrow and Zach are truly the most amazing couple. Written in the stars and perfectly made for each other. The depth of emotion within the pages had me reaching for the tissue box quite a few times. Zach was struck with tradgedy and trauma at an early age. After being in a car wreck with his father and watching him die. Zach closed himself off from people , from touch and human affection, and from the world. Doing only what he needs to do to survive. Obey his mother and make sure she’s happy and doing what she’s asks because of guilt that rest on his shoulders. Everything changes when farrow enters the picture. Trying to steal back what belonged to her deceased father that Zach has kept away in his house. After a night of thievery and being caught what neither of them both knew was that Fallon was going to be his savior and healer. Seeing farrow slowly change him and bring him back to life is what truly made this book a masterpiece. LJ and Parker’s writing is truly incredibly. This books really just gives you everything you need. Darkness. Light, heat, intensity, emotion and humor to balance it all.I know we’re only 5 months into the year and with so much reading yet to do it’s all ready a top 5 favorite. I loved every second of this book. It’s one of those books that becomes apart of you and one you surely wont forget. I wasn’t sure if Romeo and Dallas’s Story could be topped, but it was, and if I’m raving about “my dark desire” I’m sure next book with Ollie is going to be even more amazing, ‘cause how can you tame that man ?If there’s one thing that need to keep happening is Shen and Parker need to keep writing books together. Their minds and writing is the absolute most perfect combo.So who ever reads this reviewplease pick this book up and read it ( along with the others as well )

This was very much like a cross between a Cinderella and a Beauty and the Beast retelling. Zachary Sun is a bazillionair with an extreme case of PTSD that causes him to have a visceral reaction to a human touch of any kind. Farrow Ballantine is a young woman who’s father passed away leaving her with an awful step mother and step sisters who is selling off all of her fathers belongings including a rare necklace and pendant that he had given her. When she finds out who bought it, she decides to steal it. When Zachary’s mom throws a huge party to fund Zach, a wife Farrow thinks it’s the perfect opportunity to sneak into the Sun mansion and take it, and she gets caught. To avoid jail, she agrees to work for Zach as a maid.When I started reading this book, I truly didn’t like either Zach or Farrow, but I was intrigued enough to stick around, and I’m really glad I did. Zach and Farrows' story is not your average fairy-tale. These characters hold deep pain that really create the people they are. You learn very early what trauma Zach endured that caused a lot of issues for him. His mother certainly didn’t help matters feeding his guilt. Farrow, while extremely smart, talented, sassy, and full of grit, still had this vulnerable girl inside, just wanting to be loved and accepted. They had intense chemistry and together made one another stronger. The more I read their stories, the more I felt for them.There was nothing ordinary about this romance, even with the beauty and the Beast /Cinderella vibes. The characters were unique. The twists were great, and I think the authors did a fantastic job weaving a story that was intriguing, steamy, humorous, emotional, and well written.

I absolutely LOVED LOVED LOVED the con artist trope! It is my all-time favorite trope! Con artists are Enemies to Lovers on steroids!This book is a party of never-ending fun: snarky comments, HILARIOUS comebacks, chats and yet somehow it’s filled with an aura of true friendship. The story is full of light humor and fun, but also develops such endearing bonds between the characters!I think what made my heart feel the most is heroine’s loneliness. She is amiable even in her hustler ways and yet her genuine loneliness BREAKS YOUR HEART a little. It’s well-covered with smiles, jokes, and comebacks, and yet with so many people surrounding her at any given moment - she is strikingly lonely. She doesn’t know what it feels like for someone have her back. To know someone is in your corner, just because it’s YOUR corner.The values, people, that level of dedication shown between friends and lovers in L.J.Shen books - they are so rare that this comradery in itself is almost magical and exactly why I LOVE romance. It teaches the new generation that is so fond of fleeting concepts about loyalty, love, friendship! They exist even if just in abstract a on the pages of a book! It’s teaches young generation how to love, how to be a loyal friend and, of course, L.J.Shen always makes a strong point that you need to discover yourself before you can truly love someone else.Loved the backstories for both characters. This book is definitely an ode to great fathers. To wonderful, incredible dads who make the world turn and spin on its axis against gravity and against the rules of Solar system - all to make it a better place for their children.The girl’s backstory had given rise to more emotions in me, perhaps by design.It is a fun, fun, fun ride! I think the authors went out of their way to make this book an extra GLAMOROUS, grandiose house of FUN for all of us to have some GREAT LAUGHS and a fabulous glam time reading this story!Sincerely,A proud member of THE CLUB. The C Club.Thank you for my complimentary copy of this novel while I waited for my purchased copies to arrive. All opinions are my own.