Ruining Hattie by P. Rayne ~ Book Review

Ruining Hattie by P. Rayne is now live!

Release date: July 17, 2025

A man with no limits is the most dangerous kind of threat.

When Trent Clarke caught me picking pockets at eleven, he didn't turn me in. Instead, he took me under his wing and taught me that in this world, you take what you want and never look back.

He might have shaped me, but I built my empire of the most successful string of strip clubs on the West Coast.

Now that I have everything, it's time to track down my deadbeat mother and remind her who she left behind. That is if the drugs didn't kill her already.

But I don't find the worn-down shell of the woman I remember. Instead, she has all the things she never managed to give me—the white picket fence, a family dog, even church on Sunday mornings.

The real kicker? She replaced me and raised the perfect daughter with all the care and love she never gave me.

A twisted need for revenge roars to life inside me, and I aim it at my mother's precious stepdaughter—sweet, sheltered Hattie Sinclair.

At first, it's purely about vengeance, pulling Hattie into the darkness to watch her innocence unravel piece by piece. But she becomes something more. Something dangerous. Something I can't resist.

Until she becomes my obsession.

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It's no secret that I occasionally enjoy my reads on the darker side, but sometimes I don't want it too dark, which is why I love P. Rayne. Their books are long and dark, but not too dark, if that makes sense to you. Because I have read much darker books, this is just the right amount of darkness for me these days.

Bastian is a character I was hoping we would get a story for when he was first introduced in his sister Ari's book, His Subordinate. I was very curious about his backstory, and boy, oh boy, it's a heartbreaker, so make sure you're prepared for it. Fast forward, and now Bastian is the owner of several businesses and making lots of money; he's come a long way from the kid he used to be. When he finds out that his mom is living the good life, the American dream, a nice house with the white picket fence and a family, like he never existed. Well, he is going to make sure she pays for the hell she put him through, and the best way to do that is to ruin her perfect step-daughter, Hattie.

I am not going to tell you anything about Hattie and how Bastian went about his plan, what I will tell you is that she was the perfect Good Girl to his Morally Grey, Anti-hero persona.

I recommend this book to readers who enjoy SPICY Dark Romances, Enemies to Lovers Romances, Bad Boy/Good Girl Romances, Forced Proximity Romances, Step-sibling Romances, Workplace Romances, or Morally Grey Characters.

Happy Reading!!!

**I have voluntarily reviewed an Advanced Readers Copy of this book for my Blog, Nadine's Obsessed with Books**

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