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    REVIEW: Immoral by Brooke Blaine & Ella Frank

    September 20, 2025 / 2 Comments

    Park Avenue Kings: Immoral by Brooke Blaine & Ella Frank

    Who are we? Nobody really knows. Weโ€™re the seven most powerful heirs to empires, ruling Manhattan from our thrones on Park Avenue. By day, weโ€™re the elite, untouchable, and more connected than you could ever imagine. By night, we revel in the darkness of our secrets, pulling strings that make the city bow to our whims.

    Ruthless.

    Dangerous.

    Weโ€™re the Park Avenue Kings.

    In this city of power and desire, where the line between love and obsession blurs, nothing is off-limitsโ€”and we wouldnโ€™t have it any other way.

    He was sent in to seduce a monster. He didnโ€™t expect to fall for the man beneath.

    Benoit Olivier has always played the partโ€”charming, cunning, and impossible to pin down. As one of the Park Avenue Kings, heโ€™s used to being the watcher, the flirt, the wild card. But when the Kings need eyes on a powerful new arms dealer with a dangerous reputation, Benoit steps out of the shadows and into the spotlightโ€”as a performer in Dimitri Stavrosโ€™s exclusive world.

    Dimitri is lethal, calculating, and entirely unprepared for the distraction Benoit presents. Drawn to the dancerโ€™s allure, he offers him a place at his side, unaware that every flirtation, every glance, is a calculated move in a game Benoit was sent to win.

    But the deeper Benoit is pulled into Dimitriโ€™s world of wealth, weapons, and whispered threats, the more dangerous the assignment becomes. Because Dimitri doesnโ€™t forgive betrayalโ€”and if he discovers Benoitโ€™s true purpose, it wonโ€™t just be hearts that shatter.

    Now, with time running out and his feelings blurring the line between performance and reality, Benoit must make a choice: complete the missionโ€ฆ or protect the man he was never supposed to love.

    Immoral can be read as a standalone novel in the Park Avenue Kings world, but for maximum enjoyment, read after Savage & Devilish.


    Immoral is the third book of Park Avenue Kings, a fabulous, fabulous billionaire secret society series by acclaimed writer duo, Brooke Blaine & Ella Frank.

    Our King, this week, is Benoit Olivier – billionaire, burlesque dancer, polyglot, diva, and spy. He’s tasked to gather information about the notorious arms dealer Dimitri Stavros. Benoit is very good at his job, and he pulled out all the stops to hook his mark. Through a burlesque dance, of course.

    And what a dance it was! This part alone made the book for me.

    Benoit was seduction personified with every sizzling move and smoldering eye contact. He knew he had a gorgeous body and knew how to use it to his advantage. The finale was a cheeky wink and the ultimate tease. If I were in the club, I would have been on my feet, clapping hard and clamouring for more!

    So yep, Dimitri stood no chance.

    Dimitri is powerful, dangerous, and broody, a weapons dealer in the body of a Greek god. Clearly enamoured by the sassy dancer, possessive and ready to spoil the diva, he was always wanting Benoit so much that his right-hand man had to keep reminding him of business at hand.

    Dimitri was a swoony blend of confidence and vulnerability, a tragic prince who slayed the villain, and now the dark king of an underground kingdom. His more somber temperament is a foil to Benoit’s playful side; his burning desire for the spy is matched only by Benoit’s palpable attraction for the man. They fit so well, just watching them interact was a joy!

    In the previous books, Savage and Devilish, I had wished the stories were more mission-focused. This time, the mission and romance blended so beautifully, it was pure magic!

    Benoit had to endure such hardships as being whisked away to a fairytale castle in Prague, having fantastic smexy times in different rooms each night, dragging Drimtri to a picturesque Christmas market, and sneaking around a luxury train across Europe, not to mention a bout of exhibitionism at a train stop.

    Benoit enjoyed himself so much, he had to remind himself he was not on vacation. His sheer delight at a job going well, with how fun it is to flirt with Dimitri, and despite himself, falling in love with his mon monstre, that sense of exhilaration jumped off the page and swept me away!

    Immoral have all the perfect moves, from the delicious tease, the nuclear-hot chemistry, the enthralling romance, the riveting cat-and-mouse game, and the constant tension that kept everything tight, fast-paced, and thrilling. Overall, a captivating dance of seduction you never want to escape!

    Dating:
    5 Stars โ€“ absolutely perfect

    Soundtrack: Kiss Twice, Kiss Me Deadly
    Artist: Alice Nine
    Album: Vandalize

    P.S.

    Park Avenue Kings can be read as standalones, but the Kings are worth meeting.

    Savage is a shadowy king and the innocent journalist in a meet-disaster turned meet-stalker

    Devilish is the dom king sweeping the sweet sub off his feet with books and constellations.


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