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Trigger / Content Warnings: Sex, Murder, Arrest, Blood

My job was to save lives.

I did a pretty damn good job until a woman was rolled into my ER seven months ago. She should have been dead on arrival. Under the bright exam lights, strapped to a gurney, she whispered her final words. I shouldn’t have leaned in.

My world was changed forever.

Bars were my hunting ground. Drink after drink. Man after man. I fed the eight-legged monster that lived inside of me. Or hundreds of monsters. They tended to pour out of me when I gave in.

I almost gave myself over to the urges. That was until I met them: a quirky alpha wolf shifter with a pocket-sized monkey, a fallen angel with a mermaid obsession, and the devil that had more baggage than LAX.

Will they help me fight the darkness that lurks inside of me, or will they let it consume me?

Reverse harem, full-length novel
Standalone
Multiple POV
Medium burn, 18+ recommended
M/M touching
Foul language

Although this is a standalone novel, it is a spinoff of my Celestial Academy trilogy, which features Lucifer as the father of the female main character. The original Widow, Alaric, and Kai all make appearances in the series as well. Check out my author page to read Ascend (Celestial Academy Book 1).

From GoodReads [x]:

“REVERSE HAREM” IS, LITERALLY, THE OPPOSITE OF “HAREM”, WITH A GROUP OF MALES CENTERING ROUND A SINGULAR FEMALE, USUALLY WITH THREE OR MORE MALES. QUITE OFTEN FOUND UNDER THE ROMANCE GENRE

Having finished reading Maya Nicole’s other book Wolf Forgotten, I wanted to read more of of her works. So checking what she had published (at the time) Widow caught my eye. I had incredibly high hopes for Widow. Not gonna lie, with how Wolf Forgotten had got me so caught up in the book, the story, everything.. Widow completely delivered!

I liked the differing points of view, though I absolutely love that most of the view point we read from is from Camellia.

Generally Widow is a really good book, and I’m glad that I read it. Easily Widow was the highlight of my evening.

Widow is a fast paced/moving book. I don’t know if I should say that I found the book predicable or not, since there were times that definitely threw me for a loop. Thank goodness!!

Another thing that comes to the forefront of my mind is that there’s definitely more to the story here—should the author ever come to continue the story. Also, these Widows could definitely have a story or two of their own. Maybe a novella? Clearly I want more of this particular story/world hahah.

Now, I do enjoy a good happily ever after.. I’m going to be honest here and say that Nicole totally had me gripping my ereader ’til the end, not knowing what would happen to the characters, and if they’d have a HEA or not.. So I’m happy to say that they do!!!

Now having read 2 of Nicole’s works, I’m super looking forward to reading more of her work!!!

Overall, I’m giving Widow 3 stars.

Have you read anything by Maya Nicole, and if you have, did you like what you read?

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See you soon, and Happy Reading!
Adele