THE HATE STORY DUET by Mary Catherine Gebhard has a NEW LOOK!
See below for more details about the 2 books!
Beast: The Beginning
(Hate Story #1)
Blurb
Once upon a time, I thought love was a fairytale.
I thought selling myself to a mafia boss was noble. So what if they called him the Beast? I grew up in rags, and he would lift me to riches. All I had to do was give him my soul.
He was punishing. Insatiable. Captivating. Nothing like I expected him to be. Each day my reality blurred, leaving me wondering if I was slave or princess.
The longer I stayed, the more I lost myself to him. Even after every cruelty the Beast visited upon me, I longed for his touch. Even after every savage word he spoke, I begged for his lips. I thought the worst thing he could take was my body. I was too naïve to guard my heart.
Once upon a time, I thought love was a fairytale.
Now I know better than to speak of happily ever afters.
Beast is the first book in the Hate Story duet. About what it means to fall in love with the person who has absolutely destroyed you, it contains disturbing and graphic situations that may be a trigger for some.
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My Thoughts <3
Ahh, I freaking loved this book. Dark Romances are my jam and this was everything that I hoped that it would be an more! I typically am a very fast reader and don’t linger on words or meanings, but Mary Catherine Gebhard basically shoved my face down in my kindle to read EVERY. SINGLE. WORD she wrote so that I did not miss anything. This is a modern day spin on a fairy tale and I totally dig it. There was a bit of confusion about the fairy tale in the beginning, but added to the suspense.
The Beast legit is a a freaking beast. With no ties, only a few loyalties, he is dangerous for anyone who crosses him. When he picks up a gorgeous slave, why can’t he seem to give her up?
I was a fan of how Frankie’s POV was in first person but the Beast’s was in 3rd, it set a different tone for them each and had me even more hooked. I had to start the 2nd book right away after putting this one down! Great job to Mary Catherine Gebhard!
All in all, I recommend this book if you like dark romances on the more twisted side (couple trigger warnings) with a splash of a fairy tale included!
Beauty: The End
(Hate Story #2)
Blurb
Once upon a time, I thought love was a fairytale.
My prince was a Beast with blood on his hands and ice in his veins. My family offered to save me. The only price: leaving the tattered pieces of my heart behind.
Our love was irrational. Cruel. Unforgiving. Nothing like the storybooks said it should be—but it was perfect.
The longer we were apart, the more I lost myself. He was vicious and domineering, but I craved the submission. Together we were destructive, but I was addicted to the devastation. Still, I thought titles mattered. To my family I was princess, and to the Beast I was slave. I was too naïve to understand that even though he’d been my captor, he’d broken the shackles on my soul.
Once upon a time, I thought love meant happily ever after.
Now I know better.
Beauty is the final book in the Hate Story duet. About what it means to fall in love with the person who has absolutely destroyed you, it contains disturbing and graphic situations that may be a trigger for some.
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My Thoughts <3
I think I liked the first book just a tad bit more, but that did not take away from this awesome story and the bombs that Mary Catherine Gebhard drops in Beauty, the 2nd half of the Hate Story Duet, and y’all these are NUCLEAR BOMBS!
This starts up about a month after the first book in which a few things have gone down in between them, but the author does a great job of catching us up to speed. And honestly, I don’t know what else to say about this book that won’t give it away.
All in all, if you liked the first book, you will enjoy the continuation and ending in this story. It is a ‘fitting’ ending and I enjoyed reading it!
Author Bio
I started writing the moment I could read. My first characters were Wibbley and Squig and I used MS Word and clipart to bring them to life when I was a kid in elementary school. I started seriously thinking about being a writer in High School and I remember the day exactly, because it was such an epiphany. I was always so uncertain. You know how everyone was always asking what you wanted to be when you were older? Well I NEVER could decide.
I wanted to be a marine biologist.
An actor.
A FIRE FIGHTER (thank you Joaquin Phoenix in Ladder 49 for that phase).
One day it hit me—A WRITER. I could do it ALL. Then you couldn’t stop me from writing. I penned my first novel at fifteen (but don’t ask me to show it to you, because it’s like I was in competition to beat the thesaurus). When I was diagnosed with a chronic illness, writing became even more important, because it became my therapy. When I wrote my characters, suddenly I wasn’t so alone.
These days you can find me daydreaming about where to travel with my husband, singing in my car, or lost in the newest K drama. And planning my next novel, of course
