Love So Dark Series by Stasia Black

An updated and expanded version of this novel was re-released as CUT SO DEEP. From the very beginning, I suspected I was making a bargain with the devil. I accepted a position as Bryce Gentry’s personal assistant knowing there was more to the job than answering emails and taking meeting notes. I mean, so what if he likes to watch me do my office work without my shirt on? No big deal. All I care about is making ends meet and taking care of my son... moreAn updated and expanded version of this novel was re-released as CUT SO DEEP. From the very beginning, I suspected I was making a bargain with the devil. I accepted a position as Bryce Gentry’s personal assistant knowing there was more to the job than answering emails and taking meeting notes. I mean, so what if he likes to watch me do my office work without my shirt on? No big deal. All I care about is making ends meet and taking care of my son. But Gentry seems determined to make me a pawn in his personal vendettas and power plays.And then there’s Gentry’s handsome former collaborator and current rival: Jackson Vale. Jackson makes me feel. He makes me feel alive. Feel sexy. Feel in control and out of control at the same time. He makes me want a future when I can barely manage the day to day.For a girl like me, it’s dangerous to want. If there’s one thing I’ve learned in this life, it’s to never put my heart on the line.The stakes of these games are getting too high, too fast. It was just supposed to be a job. But now I’m stuck between two men intent on destroying one another. Will I make it out of this with my heart, soul, and body intact, or will this CRUSH ME?Warning: Contains triggers and dark themes which may be distressing to some readers. less

An updated and expanded version of this novel was re-released as BREAK SO SOFT. He thought he could break me. Well he was f#@king wrong.I’m done being the weak little girl that men look at and see as someone to take advantage of. It’s time I turned the tables. It’s time I took control of my own goddamned life. And I’ll start by demanding my pleasure and taking my due. From any and every man I want. But none of them will really ever touch me. I’m a fortress of one... moreAn updated and expanded version of this novel was re-released as BREAK SO SOFT. He thought he could break me. Well he was f#@king wrong.I’m done being the weak little girl that men look at and see as someone to take advantage of. It’s time I turned the tables. It’s time I took control of my own goddamned life. And I’ll start by demanding my pleasure and taking my due. From any and every man I want. But none of them will really ever touch me. I’m a fortress of one.As much as I want to be done with the past, though, it’s not done with me. The man who tried to break me and the man who wants to heal my fractured places are both back in my life.Neither will let me move on and before I know it, I’m pulled back into the most dangerous game yet. I’ve learned well enough that there are so many worse things to suffer in this life than a broken heart. When end games are revealed and I understand the part I’m meant to play, will my new-found strength be enough or will I be forced to betray the one I’m just learning how to love? less

The story of anguish, betrayal, and love between Callie and her boss (I'll let you figure out which one), complete in the duet:- Cut So Deep- Break So SoftDon't worry. The story ends happy.Cut So Deep“Are you his willingly?” Jackson demands, his blue eyes as dark as the clouds above our heads. “Tell me. Are you?”Jackson Vale. My boss’s rival and the man I’ve thought far too much about since we were introduced last week.Of all the— “I’m not his,” I sputter indignantly. “I’m just his employee... moreThe story of anguish, betrayal, and love between Callie and her boss (I'll let you figure out which one), complete in the duet:- Cut So Deep- Break So SoftDon't worry. The story ends happy.Cut So Deep“Are you his willingly?” Jackson demands, his blue eyes as dark as the clouds above our heads. “Tell me. Are you?”Jackson Vale. My boss’s rival and the man I’ve thought far too much about since we were introduced last week.Of all the— “I’m not his,” I sputter indignantly. “I’m just his employee. He doesn’t own me.”And for some reason this sets off a flare of intensity and… satisfaction? in Jackson’s expression. That’s it, I officially give up trying to understand any of this.But then Jackson leans over and speaks so softly in my ear I can barely hear it above the falling rain.“If you belonged to me, Miss Cruise, you wouldn’t look so disgusted. True ownership goes both ways. I would own you, but you’d own me, too. A concept I’m sorry to say Bryce Gentry’s never understood.”My breath hitches and I pull back from the intimacy of his voice on my ear, only to get lost in the dark blue of his eyes.“Let me go,” I whisper.He does, but before he turns to go, those brooding eyes pierce me one last time. “I’ll be seeing you again soon.”And then he turns and is gone into the rain-soaked street, leaving me behind, breathless and confused.Break So SoftI’ll do whatever it takes to get her back.She was mine and it was everything.That month with her was as near to perfect as I’ve ever had in my whole f’ed up life.But then I lost it all and I still don’t know why.Though I suspect it had something to do with that rat b@stard, Bryce Gentry.One thing I do know: I’m not letting go of Callie Cruise without a fight.And it’s time for Gentry to finally pay for his many sins.Warning: The books are dark romance. They contain triggers and dark themes which may be distressing to some readers. less

The chemistry between us is an insanity neither of us can deny.And it. Hurts. So. Good.Dylan's f'd up childhood left him with a dark view on intimacy. He's afraid to let the monster out. I was used and abused by my ex. But I crave the darkness, too.He thinks our meeting in the hotel bar was by chance. It wasn't.The truth is, I've been looking for someone like Dylan Lennox for a very long time... moreThe chemistry between us is an insanity neither of us can deny.And it. Hurts. So. Good.Dylan's f'd up childhood left him with a dark view on intimacy. He's afraid to let the monster out. I was used and abused by my ex. But I crave the darkness, too.He thinks our meeting in the hotel bar was by chance. It wasn't.The truth is, I've been looking for someone like Dylan Lennox for a very long time.Though he hates himself for the things he wants to do to me, when he unleashes his beast and takes me in the darkest, most forbidden of fantasies, it's the only time I feel truly free.Oh yes, I wanted Dylan Lennox. I wanted the beast.But that doesn't mean I was even close to prepared for what was to come. Warning: Contains triggers and dark themes which may be distressing to some readers.This novel is a standalone in the Break So Soft series. Other novels in the series include:Cut So DeepBreak So Soft less