๐ก๐ธ๐๐ช๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ป๐ฝ๐ผ ๐๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ #2
๐๐ก๐พ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฎ๐ผ๐ผ ๐๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฝ๐
๐๐: Ashley Jade
๐๐ฎ๐ท๐ป๐ฎ: Contemporary, New Adult Romance
๐ก๐ฎ๐ต๐ฎ๐ช๐ผ๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐ฝ๐ฎ: January. 23, 2020
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WARNING: Royal Hearts Academy is a New Adult/High School series of standalones filled with drama, a touch of angst, and boys who are bad to the bone. The characters are flawed. If you’re looking for a safe, sweet romance with nice heroes and heroines who are perfect all the time, this series is NOT for you.
Welcome to their kingdom…
Cole Covington is the most popular heartbreaker at school.
Every guy wants to be him and every girl wants to screw him.
Except me.
His devastatingly good looks, golden arm, and flirty smiles don’t do it for me anymore…because I know what’s lurking underneath the star quarterback’s gorgeous armor.
At least I thought I did.
Sometimes the most beautiful people…hide the ugliest truths.
And sometimes the only way to save someone…
is to walk beside them through hell.
Sawyer Church is the bible-thumping nerd of Royal Hearts Academy.
Girls pick on her and guys don’t notice her.
Except me.
Sweet, curvy, and sarcastic, she’s impossible to ignore.
No matter how much I try.
Everyone at school has her pegged as the chubby, Jesus loving geek, but unlike themโSawyer’s real and never pretends to be someone she’s not.
Until I ask her to be my fake girlfriend.
Sometimes the most beautiful souls…hide the greatest pain.
And sometimes the only way to save someone…
is to fight for them.
This is book 2 in the Royal Hearts Academy series. Please note: Although this is Cole and Sawyer’s book, Cruel Prince (Jace and Dylanโs book) should be read first for a better understanding of the family dynamic.
Add Ruthless Knight to your TBR โป https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48068800-ruthless-knight
๐๐๐ธ๐ท๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ท๐ผ ๐๐ฏ ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ซ๐ต๐ฒ๐ธ๐น๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ต๐ฎ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐
โ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ , ๐คโ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐กโฆ ๐ก๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ก๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐โ ๐๐กโ๐๐. ๐ธ๐ฃ๐๐ ๐คโ๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ค๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐กโ๐๐ฆโ๐๐ ๐๐๐ก ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ก๐โฆ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐กโ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐โ๐ก ๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ.โ
โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ช๐ต๐ต ๐ก๐ช๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ: Ruthless Knight by Ashley Jadeย is book two in the Royal Hearts Academy series. Although it can be read as a standalone, Cruel Prince should be read first in order to gain a better grasp and understanding of the Covington family dynamic. With that being said, if you read and liked Cruel Prince, then Ruthless Knight is about to blow your freaking mind!! I enjoyed Cruel Prince… but I absolutely LOVED Ruthless Knight and would give it sooo many more stars if I could!!! They say opposites attract and the saying couldn’t be truer for Cole Covington and Sawyer Church. But when a fake dating scheme turns into real feelings, both Cole and Sawyer’s world is turned upside down.
โ๐ท๐๐โ๐ก ๐ค๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐. ๐๐๐ขโ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ก ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐-๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ .โ…โ๐ด๐๐ ๐คโ๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก โ๐๐๐๐๐๐ โฆ๐ผโ๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ก๐โ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก ๐ค๐๐กโ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐.โ
I have always loved Ashley Jade’s work but Ruthless Knight… this is honestly the best yet! Ruthless Knight took me back in time, back to when I was 16-18 years old and dealing with some of the exact same issues. Love, heartache, self-worth, self-image, Ruthless Knight deals with REAL everyday issues that young teens face. I LOVED it. I am just completely floored. I CRIED, you guys! And I’m not talking about getting teary-eyed, I CRIED!!! I surely was NOT expecting that!ย The characters, the secondary characters, the angst… it all added up to one fabulous read. There were just so many moments that made me love this book but my very favorite “moment” was with Jace and Cole. If you have read the book or decide to read the book, you WILL know exactly which one I’m talking about. OH.MY.GOD! Full-on ugly crying ya’ll. I was already part way there but when Jace walked in… seriously sobbed like a baby!
โ๐โ๐ ๐ค๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ค๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐๐ก ๐๐๐ฆ. ๐ด๐๐ ๐๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ก.โ
I can’t not mention my boy, Oakley. Ruthless Knight has made me even more curious about him than I already was. Even though I wanted to be mad at him for giving it to her in the first place… he saw the signs and he did TRY… unfortunately, it was just a little too late but at least he tried to make things right. I want Bianca’s book… but I am absolutely DYING for Oaks!
Bianca, I feel like we know her character a little more now. I absolutely despised the girl in Cruel Prince… but now, I feel like maybe she’s just looking for her self-worth in all the wrong places. That girl has a story to tell and I can’t wait to hear it in Wicked Princess. If you enjoy new adult romances with tons of angst, then Ruthless Knight is the read for you!
โ๐ผ โ๐ข๐๐กโฆ ๐ ๐ ๐ผ โ๐ข๐๐ก ๐๐กโ๐๐๐ . ๐ธ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐ก.โ
๐ (๐) ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ: Colton ‘Cole’ Freakin Covington. I liked Jace, but Cole… Cole is in a class all of his own! At first, just like most, I thought he was a total tool! So cruel, so mean, so self-centered. Now we know better. There are so many layers to Cole. One layer is what he wants people to see, the golden boy quarterback. Another is the layer his family sees, the spoiled brat, trouble maker. And then there’s the third layer, the best layer of them all… the one that he lets Sawyer see. The real Colton. The him that he wants to be. Cole’s confession… oh. my. god. I wasn’t expecting nor was I prepared for that. My heart didn’t just shatter, it completely freaking disintegrated for him. Cole has been carrying the weight of his shame for so long, he’s NEVER felt good enough, and that… that was just the icing on Cole’s self-hate cake. But BOTH times, when he stood up to Sawyer’s parents, I was rooting for him soooo freaking hard!
โ๐ผโ๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ โ๐๐๐โฆ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ฆ ๐ก๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐โ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐.โ
โค๏ธ (๐ฑ) ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐ฒ๐ท๐ฎ: Sawyer ‘Bible Thumper’ Church.ย Sawyer has such a huge heart, she is an amazing girl, even though she doesn’t realize it. She’s an amazing friend, and she’s loyal to a fault. When no one, not even his own siblings, saw the good in Cole, Sawyer did. She never gave up on him, even though there were times where she probably should have. She saw something inside of him and she was determined to dig deeper. I adored Sawyer and related to her soo much at the beginning of Ruthless Knight. But somewhere along the way she lost herself and became what seemed to be a totally different character then what we started out with. I understand the reasons why though and I think things went exactly as they needed to, to show exactly how far down the self-loathing rabbit hole that Sawyer had fallen and we were able to see her battle her demons. (P.S- I really want to throat punch BOTH of Sawyer’s parents, but especially her Mom…)
โ๐ป๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐. ๐น๐๐๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐. ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐ค๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ โ๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐, ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐โ๐ก ๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐กโฆ โ๐ ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ค๐๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ โ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐.โ
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ช๐ถ ๐๐ช๐ฌ๐ฝ๐ธ๐ป:ย The chemistry between these two is palpable. Although there are many, many differences between Cole and Sawyer, the two are so much more alike than even they are aware. Both just deal with their self-loathing differently. But when they come together, let’s just say Cole opens his bible thumper up to a whole nother world! Plus, Cole Covington has got a dirty mouth on him and I loved every single minute of it!
โ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐โฆ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐.โ
๐ช ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฑ๐ช๐ท๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ช๐ป๐ท๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ:ย Nope, Sawyer and Cole’s story wraps up beautifully, but only after a whole lot of heartbreak. Up next is Bianca’s story, Wicked Princess!
โ ๏ธย ๐ฃ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ช๐ป๐ท๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ: There are difficult subjects that could be considered triggers. If you would like to know more about what those are, feel free to DM me!
โ๐๐๐กโ๐๐ข๐ก โ๐๐… ๐กโ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐.โ
๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ป๐น๐ฝ ๐๐ป๐ธ๐ถ ๐ก๐พ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฎ๐ผ๐ผ ๐๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฝ๐
I open my mouth to speak, but Bianca beats me to it.
โIn Coleโs defense, he told me not to hook up with any guys. He never said anything about girls, though.โSmirking, she adds, โPlus, itโs not like he was there. He was too busy hanging out with his new girlfriend, Sawyer.โ
On second thought, maybe locking her up in the basement isnโt such a bad idea after all. There would be way less shit for her to stir up from down there.
I can tell the exact moment he processes what she said because the little vein in his forehead makes an appearance. โSawyer? As in Dylanโs best friend, Sawyer?โ
โDo you know any other Sawyers?โ
โI told you to stay away from her.โ
โYou also told me not to fuck Mrs. Bennett, but she ended up giving me an A in history.โ
โHoly shit. You fucked Cortlandโs mom?โBianca exclaims.
We both ignore her.
โLook,โ Jace starts. โDylan doesnโt want you hanging around Sawyer. Not after what you did to her.โ
โIโm sorry, last I checked, Iโm a big boy and Dylan doesnโt get to make decisions for me.โ
โYeah,โ Bianca cheers.
Jaceโs gaze swings her way. โGo upstairs.โ
โWhatever.โShe fixes her stare on Oakley. โIโm gonna call Hayley and see if she wants to hang out.โ
Oakley makes a low growling sound as she scampers away. When sheโs out of earshot, he says, โHayleyโs a sweet girl, Jace. You need to put an end to that shit.โ
Truth be told, I get why heโs uneasy about the whole thing. Hayley might be two years older than Bianca, but Bianca isโฆBianca.
It doesnโt take a genius to figure out things probably wonโt end well once Bianca decides sheโs had enough and moves on.
Huffing out a breath, Jace motions to me. โYeah, after I put out the other fire.โ
โMe dating Sawyer isnโt a fire.โ
Itโs a motherfucking atomic bomb.
๐๐๐ป๐ช๐ซ ๐๐ธ๐พ๐ป ๐ฌ๐ธ๐น๐ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ก๐พ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฎ๐ผ๐ผ ๐๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ธ๐ญ๐ช๐!๐
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Ashley Jade
Ashley Jade loves to tackle different genres and tropes within romance. Her first loves are New Adult Romance and Romantic Suspense, but she also writes everything in between including contemporary romance, erotica, and dark romance.
Her characters are flawed and complex, and chances are you will hate them before you fall head over heels in love with them.
Sheโs a die-hard lover of oxford commas, em-dashes, music, coffee, and anything thought provokingโฆexcept for math.
Books make her heart beat faster and writing makes her soul come alive. Sheโs always read books growing up and scribbled stories in her journal, and after having a strange dream one night; she decided to just go for it and publish her first series.
It was the best decision she ever made.
If sheโs not paying off student loan debt, working, or writing a novelโyou can usually find her listening to music, hanging out with her readers online, and pondering the meaning of life.
Check out her amazon page and Facebook page for future novels.
She recently became hip and joined Twitter, so you can find her there, too.
She loves connecting with her readersโthey make her world go roundโ.
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