New Release REVIEW: Poison Hearts – Elite Series Book #1- Jennifer Cody

Poison Hearts Book Cover Poison Hearts
Elite Series Book #1
Jennifer Cody
LGBTQ Fiction, Gay Romance, Gay Romance, Short Read
Independent
May 4, 2023
Kindle
92
Amazon

Orlando:

No one intentionally starts out life trying to become a hired unaliver. Weeellllll, most people don’t. I come from a legacy of unalivers, though I think I might be the first one to make a career out of it. Accidentally. I wasn’t trying to; the opportunity just sort of showed up on my pillow, and being the conscientious unaliver that I am, I decided to investigate the mysterious invitation to a secret club.

Hello The Anonymous, and hello, Shannon.

Shannon:

Listen, you can buy your goodies off my menu or you can go to Bargain Bin Barry. His stuff costs half as much and works about half the time. Mine won’t fail you at a mission critical juncture, but I’m saving up for a Frankenstein machine, so it doesn’t come cheap.

What? Don’t spit on the dreams of mad scientists; I could be the one to discover the secret of life! After this dance, obviously. When a newbie to The Anonymous tells you he dances, you don’t just sit around hoping for the music to move you, you get up and take him to the dance floor.

Hello dreams come true, and hello, Orlando.

Poison Hearts is a contemporary antihero MM romance with a blowgun vigilante who only has enough spoons to keep six blocks of his city safe and an evil genius with a plan to take over the world, if he ever gets bored enough to do it. Be ready for instalove happening over tree frogs, detailed planning, dark humor, and a menacing minion worth his weight in gold.

Poison Hearts is a part of the multi-author series The Elite. Each book can be read as a standalone and in any order. What links these books together is The Anonymous, a club beneath the gritty city where only the elite are welcome.

Review By Gloria Lakritz

Review Chair for the Paranormal Romance Guild Review Team

The 4th Book in the Elite Series is a Short Read. Its only 92 pages and yet I felt fulfilled spending a night with these two main characters. Orlando and Shannon were a rom com gone sideways. This story was witty, fast paced and quick.

Let me begin with Orlando who has a host of poisonous critters in his bedroom. He is the Protector of his neighborhood, a vigilante unaliver, keeping it safe by using the venom in a dart gun and killing the bad guys. Shannon is an OCD evil scientist who has an assistant called Minorou that he refers to as Minion.

When Orlando receives an invitation to visit The Anonymous club we are well aware of the outcome. Both meet, are infatuated with each other, get side tracked and do not want to end the evening until their sexual encounter is consummated. The author does well to poke fun into the storyline, great humor and fast paced…..all the characters are endearing making for a good short read….Read it straight thru.

Read in order

1-Reckless Roulette Alice Winters

2-Leave No Trace Michelle Frost

3- Ace of Maids KL Hiers

4- Poison Hearts Jennifer Cody

5 -Liar’s Gambit Kelly Fox May 11, 2023

6- Dealer of Secrets Davidson King May 18. 2023

7-Bullets and Butterflies Maz Maddox May 25, 2023

8 Love for the Reaper Charlie Cochet June 1, 2023

9- Chance Encounter Luna Davis June 8th, 2023

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