By K.L. Donn

When you can’t think of how to describe your feelings at the end of a book, but you know you want to leave a review, you do your best to search for the perfect quote that will give the story, and your thoughts, justice.

“Words are like eggs dropped from great heights; you can no more call them back than ignore the mess they leave when they fall” by Jodi Picoult, seems apt.

“Stupid” is a word so simple, but a word nonetheless that can tear someone apart when said in anger, jealousy, or spite. To be told constantly that you are useless, stupid, dense, at the same time demanding that you give them your undivided attention because without you, they can’t function… your soul bleeds and you start to doubt yourself. Just like Sophia.

There was a time that I thought I was like Sophia. My case was different, as I was a member of a club whose initiates were made to endure the ridicule of elders, brought into life and death situations time and again to prove that we could be tough like them. My final year with the club, I experienced two life-changing events— I was harassed, put in a situation where I either had to “follow” an elder, or get booted out of the club, and the other, I nearly lost my life just because they wanted me to prove that I can survive a category 5 storm without help.

Just like Sophia, I found the strength to fight back and regain myself.

Read beyond the words that KL Donn has written. Read beyond the story of Sophia and Lennox, her knight in shining armor. See the strength, the story of survival, of overcoming a betrayal so deep you thought you lost yourself, and smile knowing that just like Sophia—all of KL Donn’s characters, for that matter—you can rise above it all.

By K.L. Donn

Speechless. I am simply awed by KL Donn.

Emily Baxter was running from a stalker who was determined to catch her. She comes across Maxwell Secures, a security firm run by Nate and Ty Maxwell, who in turn assigns her case to Dane Johnston and Cooper Sheppard.

Dane and Cooper, best of friends and both retired Marines, fall head over heels for Emily and vow to protect her with their lives.

Emily’s story was wow, just… wow. From Keeley’s Fight, which, if I am not mistaken, was KL Donn’s first foray into writing, I find myself getting hooked into the web of her writing. I love that I see her evolve as a writer, both in the way her plots grow, and how, even when there were some editing misses, her stories had me by the throat.

Knowing that she has some of my all-time favorite authors mentoring her as she goes through the aches and pains of a budding writer—three years and twenty books—I am 100 percent a fan!

Emily’s Protectors revolve around the subject of stalking—not an easy subject, but KL Donn was able to weave a tale so engrossing that, even though some readers might cringe at the violence that was described in the book, manages to pull the reader in from start to finish. Her signature ménage scenes did not even detract from the story and, enhanced it, showing how the heroine was able to thrive and survive her stalker because of the strength of their relationship.

The fact that the ending was devoid of an epilogue, which for some readers, is a must, was not even bothersome, because, although not a cliffhanger, it makes one anxious to read more on another character, Kennedy. And that I will do as soon as I put down my pen.

By K.L. Donn

Keeley’s Fight is the story of a girl who, at a young age, was abused, betrayed, and abandoned by her parents. Trying to survive, she was at the end of her rope when she is rescued by Nate and Ty Maxwell, who both saw in her a woman worth fighting for.

Keeley’s Fight left me a bit introspective. Happy, mind you, that Keeley found her happiness with Nate and Ty, but also in awe of how she was strong enough to fight for her survival.

Abuse, both mental and physical, is never an easy topic to read in any form whatsoever. For KL Donn to have written about it the way she did, I say well done! 

Go ahead, meet Keeley, Nate and Ty! 

Krystal is a proud Canadian girl, hailing from Sherwood Park, Alberta. She has a strong dislike for winter, and a love for spring. Married to her husband Steve for 13 years, they have four beautiful red headed spawns. She has a strong love of coffee, sarcasm, and wine. (Not necessarily in that order either.)

Krystal loves to write about instalove between couples looking for love. She has a passion for contemporary romance and springs into ménage as often as she can.

I first learned about KL Donn when I saw her as one of the featured writers in Susan Stoker’s Special Forces: Operation Alpha World, with Unraveling Love, the story of two Navy SEALs Boston Falco, and Dare Waters. The rest, as you can say, is history, because I have been bingeing on her stories ever since!

For in the moment updates you can join her Facebook reader group – KL’S FIGHTERS.

Unraveling Love

Created in Susan Stoker’s Special Forces: Operation Alpha World, I had no doubt KL Donn’s book will again be another one I could not put down, and I was right!

The chemistry that Arden Graham, an event planner for a retirement home, share with Boston Falco and Dare Waters, two ex-Navy SEALS, was both fun and swoon-worthy to read. Even at the height of being pursued by a deadly stalker, the three of them were able to maintain a trust only three people with their kind of a relationship—yes, a ménage—can share.

The fast-paced setting of KL Donn’s story was a boon for me—I was never bored throughout the story. A plus for me was that the ménage aspect was not cringe-worthy, and was, in fact, tastefully done!

So to recap? I just One-Clicked Creed and Linc’s (Kennedy’s Redemption), Dane and Cooper’s (Emily’s Protectors), and Nate and Tyler’s (Keeley’s Fight) stories.

By the way, I have never tasted a Pierogi. I think I want to try baking it soon!