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Welcome To Suburbia. Pride: Kneel Before None by Sadie Winchester is the first book in the Infernal Virtures series that cover the Seven Deadly Sins. If all the rest of the stories are as good as Pride, I hope to get a chance to read them all. Each story is written by a different author.

Pride is a dark paranormal romance and I do love walking on the dark side. Ace is a demon casino owner. Eve is a precognitive and Ace has foreseen her appearance, so when she walked in the casino, he knew she would be his. Eve had come to his casino to save her brother. She felt confident she could win the blackjack tournament and hoped to buy his freedom with the winnings.

The romance is steamy. I expected that and much of the book was what I expected and hoped for, drawing me in from the opening pages. I enjoy the enemies to lovers dance. There are enough twists and turns to keep me on my toes and whets my appetite for the next book in the series, Envy by B J Wolff.

My thanks go out to Sadie Winchester for the opportunity to read Pride, and the introduction to the Infernal Virtues series.

GOODREADS BLURB

Welcome to Superbia. A city where sins are celebrated as virtues, and monsters no longer hide in the shadows. All manner of creatures revel in the pride of their true natures beneath neon lights.

EVE
Did you know the odds of beating the house are one hundred to zero when you’re the hottest precognitive since… well, ever?
I did.
Every gamble was mine to win until I walked into Sevenfold Casino.
That was my first mistake.
My second? Underestimating Ace Reynard, its arrogant owner.
Ace wasn’t just a demon I hadn’t seen coming, he was the blind spot I never knew existed.
All I wanted was enough money to buy my brother’s freedom.
Instead, I wagered far more, putting my body and my life at Ace’s mercy.
Until he cracked the mirror I’d spent my entire life believing reflected only me.

ACE
Knights of Hell aren’t known for patience.
I waited anyway.
For more than two years, I watched the future unfold one vision at a time, knowing my Little Spade would eventually walk through the doors of Sevenfold Casino.
She wasn’t just another pretty face.
My power recognized hers long before we met, and every instinct I possessed demanded that I claim what fate had already promised was mine.
What I didn’t expect was for destiny to be holding cards of its own.
Fate brought her to my table.
I simply made sure the house always won.

Genre: Dark, Fiction, Paranormal, Romance, Supernatural
360 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 25, 2026

ABOUT SADIE WINCHESTER

A dark romance author, Sadie Winchester is looking forward to sharing the stories living in her head rent-free with the rest of the world. She writes across a variety of sub-genres, including mafia romance and paranormal romance.

During her high school years, she fell in love with writing short stories which continued on/off into adulthood. Finally, she decided to pursue her dream in 2023, and the rest is history.

Sadie lives in the Pine Barrens with her husband and son. When she’s not reading and writing, she enjoys spending time outdoors, sipping local brews, and binge-watching her favorite shows.

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I read the blurb for Golem…for fans of Silence of the Lambs, Clive Barker….and had to read it. I love the dark side and reading about the demons who walk there.

Newly pinned Detective John Ashton is on his first case and he is following up the lead for the District Attorney’s missing daughter and the criminally insane Alena who swears she has seen her.

John has his own secret. He has psychic abilities and he will need them.

Alena…Annette…

A battle between good and evil, humans and demons. The humans…their goodness… does it give them a chance against a crafty and evil Golem?

P D Alleva has no qualms about putting his characters through hell, suffering and torture.

I would have hope that thing were going well, standing strong, then something would kill it and I would wallow in despair with P D’s characters. I do like villains, but…

I love that P D Alleva was able to give me some of those spine tingling moments where I was afraid to read on,afraid to see what would happen next…and it sure didn’t end the way I thought it would. That is worth a star and solves the problem I had flipping back and forth between a three and a four.

I voluntarily reviewed a free copy of The Golem by P D Alleva.

Animated Animals. Pictures, Images and Photos — 4 Stars

GOODREADS BLURB

“Excellently written, with a twisted, spiraling, unexpected end that will leave you speechless.” ~ TBM Horror Experts

Detective. Angel. Victim. Devil.

A haunting tale of suspense, loss, isolation, contempt, and fear.

On November 1, 1951, war hero John Ashton was promoted to detective. His first assignment: find the district attorney’s missing daughter. But his only lead is Alena Francon, a high society sculptor and socialite committed to Bellevue’s psychiatric facility.

Alena has a story for the new detective. A story so outlandish John Ashton refuses to heed the warning. Alena admits to incarnating Golem, a demonic force, into her statue. A devil so profound he’s infiltrated every part of New York’s infrastructure. Even worse, he uses children to serve as bodily hosts for his demonic army, unleashing a horde of devils into our world.

When Alena’s confidant, Annette Flemming, confirms the existence of Golem, John is sent on a collision course where fate and destiny spiral into peril, and the future of the human race hangs in the balance.

The Devil Is In The Details!

Fans of The Silence of the Lambs, Clive Barker, John Connolly, old Stephen King, and Anne Rice will be fascinated by this edge of your seat psychological horror thriller with a story that tears out the heart of humanity and throws it on a slab to be feasted on.

ABOUT P D ALLEVA

“This ambitious novel plays unashamedly in the pulp-SF sandbox. . . A conspiracy mavens dream, packed with gory alien-vampire action.” ~ KIRKUS REVIEWS

“An action packed no holds barred adventure with cinematic flair. Great for fans of Jeff Vandermeer’s Annhilation, L. Ron Hubbard’s Battlefield Earth, and John Ringo’s A Hymn Before Battle.” ~ Booklife Reviews

“Forget what you know about vampires and prepare to get a new bite from the tastefully different rules in The Rose Vol. 1. Bringing a new twist to a well-known genre is usually a riskWebsite, but PD Alleva has found a brilliant way to make it work. The Rose Vol. 1 is a fantastic recommendation for fans of vampire, fast-paced action, heart-racing, and dark-themed novels.” ~ Readers Favorite

Born in Brooklyn, New York, raised in Westchester County, New York, living in South Florida since 1992. A child of the 90’s PD has coined a new genre, Alternative Fiction. Why? Because Multi-Genre Author sounds like you’ve got marbles between your cheeks.

An avid reader who loves to talk books, PD will write short reaction reviews for the books he has finished and has not one issue answering questions from readers as they come.

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