Playing catch up on my backlog of reads and came accross this one that needed my attention. What a great choice i made. off work suffering with covid and i needed something to get lost in.
The characters in this book are very well written, well developed.
This book is packed with action, each page the story intensifies and drags you futher in. Violence, drugs, prostitution this book has it all.
Three very different women caught up n a life they didn't want.
​A super read that will keep you engaged throughout.

This is a fantastic book, gangland at its best, quite brutal with lots of twists and turns

The author is fast becoming my favourite author and I will read any book she writes.

If your a fan of Martina Cole, Kimberley chambers and Casey Kellher then you really need to read this

A gentleman's club, dancers and a bit extra if the money is right. Amber is one of the top in the club but Amber isn't there by choice, she is just trying to survive. Lizzy is the head of the club, owner and always there for her girls but sometimes we don't see what is right in front of us especially if we are distracted by our secrets from the past. Jade, innocent Jade just loves her boyfriend Marcus, security and investor in the club. She doesn't like the way some of the girls are with him and sees Amber as a potential threat. Jade has no idea just what Marcus is really like, what he is hiding and most importantly - what he has in store for her.

Three women, all involved with the club, each in different ways but all connected to the same fate. A path that brings them all together could be the very thing that threatens their lives or saves them.

This book has some pretty dark themes, abuse, drugs, enforced prostitution, addiction, slavery, violence, secrets, love, murder, lies, it is pretty packed. The chapters are names and we hear and see Amber, Lizzy, Jade and Marcus through their own voices as they each interact and fall deeper into the seedy world that some of them had no idea existed.

Pulled in quickly you are desperate to see where the story goes and just how evil and shady some of the characters are. 4/5 for me, I have read this author before, just bought another of hers and got another one or two to get. Absolutely recommend!

The Angels by Alex Kane was another brilliant book and I was gripped within the first few pages. Then, again I have loved all these books by Alex and I look forward to the next book

I highly recommend all books by Alex Kane

Big Fat 5 stars!

Alex Kane is an exciting author who definitely knows how to tell a story and draw readers in and keep them on the edge of their seat on a rollercoaster ride.
Gangland rivalry in Glasgow and being on top of the game is paramount to Marcus and his brother who part own a gentleman’s club in the East End. Marcus has no empathy for the girls he employs to him they are only fit for one purpose and that’s to earn him money. He is unscrupulous when it comes to procuring the girls and grooming them to do what he tells them.
This book is gritty, powerful, emotional, gruesome, disgusting and highly addictive.
Loved it.

Fast paced and gritty. Perfect book for a cold winter evening. Marcus, one for the lead characters, is someone who you just hate. Smarmy, arrogant and a real woman hater. No matter what happened in his past, you can't feel no sympathy for him. I loved the whole story and thought the ending was just fantastic. My first book by this author but I will definitely look into reading more by her again.

I have read a lot of books by this author, and this book certainly met the exceeding standard I have come to expect.
Marcus is very much a ladies man. He has it all, looks, money, his share of a security firm that himself and his brother have built up, and then there is his share in the lap dance club.
We then meet a host of women who add so much to this book. Lizzy, Jade, Crystal and Amber all have their own stories to tell, and with that comes various twists and turns that kept me hooked throughout.
An addictive, brilliantly paced book.

wow, another brilliant book by Alex Kane . I devoured it from start to finish . It was a gripping, fast paced storyline which had me going through so many emotions from hate to sympathy to disgust for each of the characters. I have read all Alex Kane's books which have been brilliant and this is another one to add to the list. This is a must read book that i would recommend .

Amazing story, well developed, interesting characters, good from start to finish.
Beautiful cover.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC of this book.

This is my honest review. All opinions are my own.

The Angels is a dark, addictive thriller that you will not want to put down, the characters were so well developed, I really enjoyed it.

Gritty and raw, this book takes the reader into the seedy parts of town and offers a gangland style mystery which is engaging with really appealing characters. I loved the snappy dialogue and, while it was at some times very obvious where the plot was going, it was still really enjoyable

This is the first book I've read by this very talented lady and what a fantastic book it is!
The story is based on a strip club, Angel Silk, ran by, in my opinion, the dispicable Marcus MacAdams . The thing I most enjoyed about this one is unlike most Gangland thrillers out at the moment, the main male character was deffinatly not a likeable one. I will deffinatly be talking about and recommending this one and have already been looking up previous books by this author. Really good read!

The Angels: Gritty,compelling and addictive, it's one you won't want to put down till you've finished. Full of strong and diverse characters and a plot that keeps you hooked.

Such a seedy, brilliant gangland thriller,

Marcus owns a gentleman's club called Angel silk alongside his brother Tommy who is his second in command.
A lap-dancing club with some beautiful women but all is not what it seems, most of the women are not there of their own accord but have been sweet-talked and groomed by Marcus and are trapped there.
Lizzy is at the front desk and is "Mother" to the girls.
Marcus is evil, sinister, controlling, and a monster who cares nothing for the girls only how much money they can line his pockets with.

Each of the main characters Jade, Amber, and Lizzie are terrified and some of them have been injected with drugs to make them become reliant on them and comply with what the bosses want from them.
As well as the pole dancing they are expected to service depraved men and perform all number of gruesome vile actions against their will.

What a corker of a book and so addictive, i couldn't read it fast enough and the end didn't let me down, it was thrilling right to the very last page.
Well worth 5 stars and more.
Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this brilliant book.

Talk about taking risky chances.
Once again , Alex Kane has taken me on a ride with another gripping thriller where the heroines are not your usual female characters and the underground life of London comes up and front in this story.
if you like a suspenseful novel with an unusual setting, this book is for you.

The Angels is the first book I’ve read by Alex Kane and I can guarantee it will not be my last. This book was flipping fantastic, I absolutely love this genre and this book certainly made me love this genre even more. From the very first page I was hooked on this book. This is a brilliant and gritty crime thriller that gets all the stars from me,

Jackie Collins meets Kimberley Chambers in Alex Kane’s gritty and addictive new thriller, The Angels.

Ruthless gangster Marcus runs Angel’s Silk gentlemen club with a rod of iron. While every man’s whim and desire is catered for behind the doors of Angel’s Silk, the women working there have been forced to endure spine-chilling experiences nobody should ever experience and are forced to do things against their will every single day of the week. Angel’s Silk is a prison from which there is simply no escape, but three women working there have simply had enough of this degradation and humiliation. The time has come to take charge of their destiny and to become the mistresses of their own fate. This quest for freedom won’t be easy but with everything to lose and the world to play for, Amber, Jade and Lizzy will not surrender to anything or anyone – not even the man who is in control of all of their lives: Marcus.

At Angel’s Silk, Lizzy is the mother hen everyone turns to. The queen bee of the group, Lizzy is a strong, caring and feisty woman who has had her fair share of heartache in her life. But Lizzy is also a woman with plenty of dark secrets rattling in her closet. Lizzy keeps her cards very close to her chest and will do anything to protect her secrets. But what will she do if somebody threatens to expose her and to bring to light some harsh truths about who she really is?

Amber might be the top performer at Angel’s Silk, but she has grown tired of this life. She is desperate to escape this gilded cage and would love nothing more than to start afresh and begin again somewhere as far away from the seedy club she has worked in as it is possible to get. But is a new beginning possible for Amber? Or will this life always drag her back and keep her hostage in a world where she feels used and abused?

Jade has only just started working at Angel’s Silk. She is beautiful, talented and in way over her head. Can she break free from this gilded cage she is held captive in? Or is she already in far too deep?

Will Lizzy, Amber and Jade ever manage to leave Angel’s Silk behind once and for all? Or will Marcus always find them? No matter where they go…

Hard-hitting, powerfully written and twisted, Alex Kane’s The Angels is a shocking page-turner that takes readers deep into the violent underbelly of gentlemen’s clubs and into a world of chicanery, brutality and aggression where only the strong survive. A tale of resilience, survival and tenacity, The Angels is the mesmerizing story of three gutsy and spirited women desperately fighting for their freedom who refuse to be browbeaten or cowed – even when all the obstacles in the world are standing in their way.

A nail-biting chiller guaranteed to keep readers riveted to the page, with The Angels, Alex Kane continues to cement her standing as one of the genre’s fastest rising stars.

Having never read anything by this author before. She is definately added to my list and i will seek out her other books i like the way each chapter is about 1 of the main characters and gives an insight into how they are where they are in their lives. It has lots of twists and turns and people helping each other in their times of need. BRILLIANT

We hear the stories of Amber, Jade, Crystal and Yasmin, who work at the Angel Silk gentleman’s club, under the keen eyes of the brothers, Marcus and Tommy. Many of them have been wooed into working there, and once in – and they realise their relationships have been a big con – and they can’t get out. On top of that the girls don’t remain ‘just dancers’ for long. It’s a terrible and frightening situation to find themselves in, especially when they were all very vulnerable to start with. Those that dare try to stand up to the men and punters, instantly regret it.

When some of the girls start to disappear they realise what is happening and in an effort to stay alive they plan their escape. But the brothers would not take kindly to them if they catch them. Even the Madam, Lizzie who usually looks after her girls, turns on them. She has a secret of which she is being blackmailed about and has no other choice than to look after herself in order to survive. She’s just as much trapped as the girls with no way out.

The Angels, blew me away! I read this fast and furiously eager to see the main protag get out alive. I thought it was well-written, very suspenseful and would make a fabulous film. In fact, not long after I read this, I watched Oloture (also about human trafficking) on Netflix. It’s a very similar story, and if you loved that, you’ll love this a lot too!

My heart went out to these poor girls. I felt their fear and trepidation, and their ultimate race to get out alive made my heart race, too. What makes this story almost one of horror, is that women are living like this, and this is really happening around the world. One of the best psychological thrillers, with a gangster element, I’ve read this year!

I have been a fan of Alex’s work for a while now. To date, she has released four books with her most recent release being ‘The Angels’ which was released on 14th October 2020. It’s another cracking read, which I thoroughly enjoyed reading but more about that in a bit.
I really felt for the female lead characters in this book. For one reason and another, each lady became dependent on Marcus in different ways. All seem to be desperate to escape him but they know what will happen if they are caught. I got the impression that over the years all three ladies have suffered a traumatic incident or two, which has left them feeling vulnerable and Marcus has sensed that vulnerability and swooped in to exploit the situation for his own reasons. All three ladies have been ground down by their experiences and on more that one occasion I just wanted to jump inside the pages of the book to give them a hug or to provide a shoulder for them to cry on. I won’t go too far into what happens to them because I would hate to spoil the book for anybody. What I will say is that I was keeping everything crossed that the three ladies would find the strength to break away and to get rid of Marcus once and for all. What happens? Well for the answer to that question and more you are just going to have to read the book for yourselves to find out as I Am not going to tell you.
I was drawn into this book from the synopsis alone and the story within the covers sealed the deal as it were. I made the fatal mistake of picking this book up only intending to dip a toe in the water and make a start on the book. I ended up becoming that wrapped up in the story that previous plans were thrown out of the window because I just couldn’t put down this brilliant book. To say that reading ‘The Angels’ became addictive is a massive understatement. When I first checked to see how much I had read in one burst, I was staggered to realise that I had read almost a third of the book. I became desperate to know how the story was going to pan out for the three ladies and I just couldn’t turn the pages fast enough. I reached the end of the book in just under 24 hours which is good going for me.
‘The Angels’ is superbly written but then I think that to be true of all of Alex’s books. She certainly knows how to write one hell of a gritty, fast paced, often scary and often brutal story. She grabs your attention from the start and draws you into the story. I have to say that if the criminal underworld is anything like the world that Alex writes about, then it scares the crap out of me. The story started with a bang, hit the ground running and maintains one hell of a fast pace. I was gripped by this story from start to finish and on the edge of my seat for most of the time. There were several times where I almost had to read through my fingers as I feared what was going to happen next.
In short, I thoroughly enjoyed reading ‘The Angels’ even if it did scare the crap out of me at times. I would definitely recommend this story to other readers. I will certainly be reading more of Alex’s work in the future. The score on the Ginger Book Geek board is a very well deserved 5* out of 5*.