Evan Murdoch is caught between two feuding women: his pregnant fiancée, and his recovering alcoholic wife who’s fighting their divorce with every dirty, seductive trick she’s got. But even that doesn’t compare to the dangerous secret Evan’s harboring—one that could send a Murdoch to jail for a very long time…

Party boy brother Terrence Murdoch is recovering from his devastating car accident. But his relationship with his journalist girlfriend may not survive—especially when she reconnects with her family, her church—and her ex…

After the attempt on his life, half-brother Dante Turner lays low—but not for long. A mysterious young woman may be the answer to his vengeful prayers when it comes to bringing down the Marvelous Murdochs—and this time he’s going for the jugular…

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Lust & Loyalty is an action packed page turner full of family drama, fiery sex scenes, petty exes, secrets and scandals. In this novel we go deeper into the lives of the Murdoch family and the messy webs they weave. This story reminds you of a Soap Opera, but the writing is so much better. These characters make you love and hate them. I am already awaiting the next installment.

Wow!! I really enjoyed this book. This is the continuing story, (Book 3 of the series), of the Murdoch family of Chesterton, Virginia. You have Evan who is the head of the family, who holds a secret that may hurt his family but is also dealing with personal drama. Then there’s Dante, who is an addict and has a grudge against a family member, well most of his family members. Then you have Terrence who has a somewhat humbling accident that causes him to obsess/control his woman. Which, leads to him losing his woman. He then begins to ponder going back to the old life he led. This is my first time reading a book by this author, but it will not be the last. Definitely going to read books 1 and 2!

This is my first time reading this author, but it will not be the last. Lots of drama, but believeable. Story flows effortlessly to the point time may get away from you. The Murdoch men are something else, And, their women are right there with them. I look forward to the next installment of this series. Thank you NetGalley, the author and the publisher for the advanced copy of this book in return for my honest review.

Definitely a page turner. I completed this book in two days. I have been anxiously awaiting the release of this book and so I was excited to be able to read an arc copy of this book. I felt that the story was nicely written and the characters were developed nicely as well. Just the right amount of drama in the story. I can't wait for the next book in the series to come out.

thanks to Dafina and the author for granting me an advance copy of Book 3 in the Chesterton Scandals series. I'm not even a series reader, but this has become one of the few I follow and stay current with!

This book dives deeper into the dramatic, sexy, action packed lives of the well to do Murdoch family of Chesterton Virginia. Evan, who's caught between a rock and a hard place, is the de facto Patriarch of the family, sitting at the helm of Murdoch Conglomerates. This makes him a target, both for gold digging wives that can't let go and jealous illegitimate half siblings. When I tell you Charisse, Evan's soon to be ex is petty? Wooooo. When she shows up at a country club meeting to "expose" Leila as the mistress (like people didn't know who she was), and then subsequently does her very best to destroy her husband's pregnant fiancee's business and livelihood? Chick is cold. And crazy. But I don't get her end game. Chile, take that alimony and go on with your life.

On top of the drama between the two women in his life, Evan knows something that might send a member of the family to prison... for murder.

Terrance Murdoch was one of those characters that I didn't like at first-- spoiled playboy, former model who lives off of the trust fund he only earned by being a Murdoch... but then he had that terrible accident and I felt like it brought him to his knees. Terrance had to rebuild himself from the ground up with therapy and reconstructive surgery and his relationship with newspaper reporter CJ. But things get rocky when CJ's attentions are divided between him and her super religious family and Terrance doesn't deal well with not being the center of attention. Some of his bad boy behaviors return with a vengeance. Things come to a head when Terrance misunderstands what he sees and suddenly he's single again. But does Terry fit into this old life, with the women he used to chase, the alcohol he used to drink, the life he used to live anymore?

Dante..... *sigh* This brother right here. If there's one character I have to read with one eye closed because I'm not quite sure what he's going to do, it's Dante. Somebody tried to kill this dude, and it did not work and he is not happy about it. He's simultaneously in hiding and on the warpath and it's... frightening. He's an addict, he's angry, and he's in a position to hurt someone he's related to but has no love for and that means bad news for other members of the Murdoch family.

This book follows Shelly Ellis' tradition (from the Gibbons Sisters on down) of turning out books full of family drama, sizzling sex scenes and page turning, rapid fire action. I love books that make me want to pop a bag of popcorn to eat while I read. It's like a Soap Opera, but it's a book. This entire series is FIRE, and I already need the next book.

Each of these books ends in a cliffhanger, but not one that keeps you dangling. Stories that are introduced in the book come to conclusion but the overall arc of the story carries over 4 books. I can't believe I've been waiting a year for THIS book to come out, I've already read it and there's a year to go until the final book comes out next year. I can't WAIT!

This review will appear at The Sweet Escape on publication day.

Welcome back to Chesterton, Virginia. The Murdoch's are back and the vicious cycle of drama continues. Lust & Loyalty picks up from the previous book. Dante was shot, Terrence was in an horrible car accident, Paulette has had her baby and her marriage appears to be back on track, and Evan is still a control freak. In Lust & Loyalty there is more drama than you can imagine. Who shot Dante? There is a detective who is determined to blame Evan for the shooting. Terrence has recovered from his car accident, but his relationship with CJ is hanging on by a thread. Paulette is happy to have her husband and son, but she feels as though her husband is hiding something from her. Evan and Leila are expecting their first child together, but have yet to get married. His wife (soon to be ex-wife hopefully) is giving them more problems than they know what to do. See what happens next with the Murdoch family.