Growing up as the youngest Doughty meant missing out on a normal life.
I didn’t want the life I was dealt, but I also felt I had no choice except to embrace my legacy. My family had targets placed on their backs, simply because of our name and the power we held, so I knew I had to be ready for anything that came my way.
Being sent to boarding school was a way to protect me—and get me away from the very life I didn’t want—but it also brought me something else.
Shane.
My brothers took him in, and I chased away the nightmares that came with his tortured past, ignoring the burning desire I knew was there, because I didn’t want to ruin our fast-found friendship.
Now though? He’s severed the very bond I tried so hard to protect in the most brutal betrayal.
He went from being my best friend to my enemy, and now I want answers.
AUTHOR NOTE
The Time Is Now is a dark mafia romance, and is intended for mature readers. It contains scenes that may be triggering for some readers. Please check the trigger warnings at the front of the book.
The Time Is Now is part of the Beautifully Brutal Series. Each book in the series follows a different sibling from one Irish Mafia family. Whilst each couple gets a HFN in their own book, the series features connecting themes and plot. Therefore it's recommended that you read all the main books in the series in order.
Reading Order For The Main Books In The Series:
I didn’t want the life I was dealt, but I also felt I had no choice except to embrace my legacy. My family had targets placed on their backs, simply because of our name and the power we held, so I knew I had to be ready for anything that came my way.
Being sent to boarding school was a way to protect me—and get me away from the very life I didn’t want—but it also brought me something else.
Shane.
My brothers took him in, and I chased away the nightmares that came with his tortured past, ignoring the burning desire I knew was there, because I didn’t want to ruin our fast-found friendship.
Now though? He’s severed the very bond I tried so hard to protect in the most brutal betrayal.
He went from being my best friend to my enemy, and now I want answers.
AUTHOR NOTE
The Time Is Now is a dark mafia romance, and is intended for mature readers. It contains scenes that may be triggering for some readers. Please check the trigger warnings at the front of the book.
The Time Is Now is part of the Beautifully Brutal Series. Each book in the series follows a different sibling from one Irish Mafia family. Whilst each couple gets a HFN in their own book, the series features connecting themes and plot. Therefore it's recommended that you read all the main books in the series in order.
Reading Order For The Main Books In The Series:
- Black Wedding
Trust In Me
Fighting To Be Free
The Time Is Now
The Lies That Shatter
Together We Reign
Please Note - Dangerously Deceptive and The Ties We Break are prequels that are set before the events of Black Wedding. They do not have to be read in order to follow the main plot line. However, they do give back stories to some of the main characters, and reading them will give you extra info.
Dangerously Deceptive is Kellan’s backstory and should be read after Black Wedding, but before Trust In Me.
The Ties We Break gives you an insight into Kian and Desmond’s backstory, and should be read after Trust In Me, but before Fighting To Be Free.
Also, there is a bit of a cliffhanger in this book, meaning you will need to read it before you read The Lies That Shatter.
Genre: New Adult Romance
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