Another blog tour and release boost for your viewing pleasure. I’m hoping to get more active on here again and get caught up on other reviews, but for now, you get to enjoy some books and authors I’ve been loving from Valentine PR!
Thank you for the gifted ebook copy and for having me on the tour to continue this series!
THE VILLAIN WE TEMPT – Jagger Cole (Released July 28th, 2026)
Now available for download and on Kindle Unlimited! You can see my review for book one in the series, THE DEVIL WE CRAVE, here
Book Description:
One elite mafia college, four shadowy secret societies, and the ruthless dark-hearted heirs of legends. Your acceptance letter to the most dangerous campus in the world is on the way…
My parents think I’m the perfect daughter. To Knightsblood University, I’m the sweet little mafia princess. But to a million strangers on BookTok, I’m the masked “Velvet Villainess”: the mysterious woman who convinces innocent readers that fictional psychopaths make perfectly reasonable boyfriend material. If I’m being real, the strangers might know me best.
My double life is going great…until a masked stranger ripped straight from the pages of one of my own spicy books catches me filming. The Ghost Prince is the internet’s favorite unhinged book boyfriend, cosplaying every morally gray, dangerously obsessive red flag I’ve ever swooned over behind a mask of his own. And now he knows my dirtiest secret.
He says he won’t expose me. But instead, he decides to keep me. I should be terrified. Unfortunately, I’m into that. There’s just one tiny complication. Ghost isn’t just an anonymous masked fantasy. He’s Lochlan Kildare. Campus royalty. Shameless flirt. My insufferably cocky and outrageously gorgeous teaching assistant. The man I’d happily watch fall down a flight of stairs.
Which is a problem, because I might be falling for him. Too bad I’m also falling for the masked stranger with his fingers around my neck. I just don’t know they’re the same man.
Some villains hide behind masks. Mine wears two.
The Villain We Tempt is a fully standalone dark college romance. No previous books in the Jagger Cole Universe need to be read before diving into this book or series. Readers are highly advised to read the TW inside.
My Thoughts: It’s always so hard to keep some reviews in check without risking ruining anything in the story. I think this newest installment in the Dark Descendants series is a solid entry and I’ve been loving this elite college for the mafia prince and princesses concept. Everyone there is dangerous in their own right and all have major roles to play in their family’s empires. What better way to network and possibly learn more about your adversaries or create bonds to strengthen relationships? This does involve a lot of BookTok and MaskTok references, which does make sense when it comes to the storylines, but it can feel a tad repetitive. While a lot of the plot and character development does involve posting and obsessing over BookTok, I think it could have been mixed up a little without relying on the same descriptions and mentions. Small things compared to the incredible universe Cole is creating for us with endless possibilities when it comes to the number entries to this series. Both Galina and Lochlan are living double lives and how fun it was to discover they both created content for MaskTok without even realizing it. A match made in some messed up and devious heaven, you could say. As always, double check those TW but keep in mind, this is a dark romance involving numerous mafia families. There’s some violence and the spice itself warrants a laundry list. I can’t wait to see where this series continues, even with the mentions of BookTok!
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