The Initiation
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3.9 • 259 Ratings
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Publisher Description
No one knows how new members are selected to the board of Hale Banking and Holding. But there are rumors of a sordid rite of initiation.
Whispers how one woman and nine men disappear into a boardroom.
This time, that woman will be me.
The Hale family owns everything—the eighth largest bank in the world, everyone in our town, even the mortgage on my parents’ mansion. And now Royce Hale wants to own me.
He is charming. Seductive. Ruthless. But above all, he’s the prince of lies. My body may tighten with white-hot desire under his penetrating gaze, but I refuse to enjoy it.
I’ll make a deal with the devil to save my family and sell myself to the Hales. But Royce will never own my heart.
Customer Reviews
It’s no HEA
A decent read. Fast pase. Not interesting enough to read the rest of the series.
F**** up
It was the most bizarre book I ever read. Some things shouldn’t be normalized and made empowering, and what she endured is neither. No matter how the author tries to phrase it
Tumultuous and Sexy
You know when you’ve read “THAT” book, the one that consumes your thoughts, the one that you want to read slowly to let it all sink in though you can’t help but binge read cause you just want to consume the whole gawd-damn thing; the one that you reread cause you can’t believe you finished it but can’t get enough of? Well, The Initiation by Nikki Sloane IS THAT BOOK and it has completely, whole heartedly, 100% consumed my every waking thought since I finished reading it!
I’m still reeling from this hawt, sexy, sultry, read! The emotional highs and lows I experienced reading this book is the quintessential book hangover I experience every time I read one of Nikki Sloane’s books!
When Ms. Sloane writes, she pulls you into her world completely immersing you into the pages of her book. Her words are seductive, the mood ominous, and her characters devastatingly complex.
The Initiation is richly layered and unfolds the perverse world of Boston’s Cape Hill, Elite One Percent. Marist, our female leading lady, knows she isn’t the favoured daughter, and for the most part is barely acknowledged by her peers after Royce Hale blacklisted her from her peer’s social circle.
One can’t help wonder if this was by design?
It isn’t until Marist is 20 that Royce pays her any mind, and invites his potential fiancé Emily and Marist to his graduation celebration. The party has more than one purpose, not only to celebrate Royce, but to publicly showcase Emily and Royce as a future pair. But Royce has invited both sisters, the beautiful and well adored Emily and her misfit sister Marist, who would rather lock herself in the Hale library than socialize with her peers.
It’s in said library that Royce confronts Marist and turns her world upside down. Royce has a request, he is insistent about it, and Marist can’t resist him, agreeing to what he asks of her. It isn’t until a year later that Royce comes back to collect on Marist’s promise to him. The timing for this unlikely pair is paramount, what Royce wants and what Marist is willing to give will be dependant on Emily, the potential future fiancé. Everyone holds a stake Royce’s Initiation, and no one comes out a real winner...
“A DEAL IS DEEMED GOOD when neither side is happy at the end of negotiations...”
- Marist
And one more delightful little treat before I end this review, we get a little visit from Noemi and Jospeh from the Blindfold Club series! LOVE IT when Nikki Sloane drops fan fav characters in her current books!!!!!
This is a must read for anyone who loves a good angsty read!
Readers, eat your hearts out! This book will give you all the feels!