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Pride: Seven Deadly Sins Series
From International bestselling author Nikki J Summers comes a new contemporary, dark, standalone romantic suspense.
One man wants her.
The other wants her dead.
When Emma Belmont is invited to attend an exclusive gallery event to represent her newspaper, she sees it as an opportunity to achieve the promotion she's always dreamed of. She doesn't realise that a night bound for success will result in total and utter devastation.
A damning newspaper article.
A tortured artist who hides his identity.
And a British aristocrat who is following her every move.
Her words start a chain of events that she's powerless to stop.
She doesn't know who to trust or where to turn.
But she knows one thing...
The pen is mightier than the sword.
Because after reading her article, he wants her dead.
And he'll stop at nothing to make her the next victim on his extensive kill list.
A stalker
And a saviour.
A beast
And a billionaire.
But which one is which?
And will Emma survive long enough to find out the truth?
She shattered his pride, now she must face the fallout...
Because the devil is on the prowl.
And he wants his pound of flesh.
************
Seven Deadly Sins Series
Are your dark souls ready for this?
These stories are NOT for the faint of heart.
This is your one and only warning. If you're not ready to join the dark side, turn back around or keep scrolling...
7 Authors
7 Standalones
7 Deadly Reads
Pride - Nikki J Summers
Greed - SJ Ransom
Lust - Imogen Wells
Envy - K J Ellis
Gluttony - N.O. One
Wrath - Nicola Jane
Sloth - Emma Creed
Blurb to follow...
One man wants her.
The other wants her dead.
When Emma Belmont is invited to attend an exclusive gallery event to represent her newspaper, she sees it as an opportunity to achieve the promotion she's always dreamed of. She doesn't realise that a night bound for success will result in total and utter devastation.
A damning newspaper article.
A tortured artist who hides his identity.
And a British aristocrat who is following her every move.
Her words start a chain of events that she's powerless to stop.
She doesn't know who to trust or where to turn.
But she knows one thing...
The pen is mightier than the sword.
Because after reading her article, he wants her dead.
And he'll stop at nothing to make her the next victim on his extensive kill list.
A stalker
And a saviour.
A beast
And a billionaire.
But which one is which?
And will Emma survive long enough to find out the truth?
She shattered his pride, now she must face the fallout...
Because the devil is on the prowl.
And he wants his pound of flesh.
************
Seven Deadly Sins Series
Are your dark souls ready for this?
These stories are NOT for the faint of heart.
This is your one and only warning. If you're not ready to join the dark side, turn back around or keep scrolling...
7 Authors
7 Standalones
7 Deadly Reads
Pride - Nikki J Summers
Greed - SJ Ransom
Lust - Imogen Wells
Envy - K J Ellis
Gluttony - N.O. One
Wrath - Nicola Jane
Sloth - Emma Creed
Blurb to follow...
Published: February 21, 2025
Pages: 304
ISBN: 9798311625418
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Karen B.
Feb 25, 2026
Pride
-Nikki J Summers
Summers has delivered what I will venture to say is her best work to date in her adaptation of Pride - one of the Seven Deadly Sins.
This is my best piece of advice for readers - if you typically do not read the Forward, Prologue and/or Epilogue start. I tend to find the most fascinating tidbits that you would totally miss out on by skipping these. It amazed me to find out recently in quite a few FB groups that a lot of people completely skip these!
Summers snagged me from her quote in the Forward:
“Never underestimate the power of your words.
They can inspire.
They can destroy.
Choose them wisely.”
How much more accurate of a statement could be made? This should resonate deeply with everyone who reads it - I mean who hasn’t been hurt by words? Authors face criticism daily by readers, employees by employers, students by teachers and vice versa, etc. So be kind, remember just because something doesn’t resonate inside of you doesn’t mean it doesn’t in someone else. If we were all the same and all felt the same the world would be extremely boring.
Moving on……
While the Forward snagged me, the Prologue truly hooked me and reeled me in with one sentence from the second full paragraph:
“My mind was a warped maze of nightmares and terror that I reveled in.”
I knew, from that one sentence, I was in for a ride with the reading of Pride. Summers creates an intricate and psychologically thrilling love story that is intriguing, horrific, deceitful, manipulative, full of mental strife and of course, murder. You have complex and rich character development from the start with the introduction of the unnamed killer in the Prologue (who won’t take long for you to meet), the relatable and beautiful Emma (FMC), to the enigmatic and sexy Alex (MMC). Supporting characters lack no dedication to development either! Your story line is extremely well developed with smooth transitioning from scene to scene leaving no grey areas to question.
Finally, I cannot leave out the plot twists. I cannot count how many times I was shaking my kindle with frustration because I was POSITIVE that I knew who or what was happening and then boom, twist and turns showed me who was boss - it wasn’t me just for the record. By the end of the story I was completely flabbergasted with the final plot twist only to get slapped upside the head again with the Epilogue saying “hey bish, I ain’t done here.”
So buckle up and get ready for a helluva ride with this one. I am truly curious to see how Summers follows up to this one and if she brings a sequel to Pride or not (or maybe the other books in the series of the Seven Deadly Sins with the collaboration of authors wraps it up - at this point I don’t dare to venture a guess because as with everything else I thought I knew, I would be wrong.)
Thank you to Nikki J Summers and Candi Kane PR for allowing me to ARC for them. As always, all opinions and reviews are of my own volition. I have not been promised any compensation by the author, present or future, for my review.
-Nikki J Summers
Summers has delivered what I will venture to say is her best work to date in her adaptation of Pride - one of the Seven Deadly Sins.
This is my best piece of advice for readers - if you typically do not read the Forward, Prologue and/or Epilogue start. I tend to find the most fascinating tidbits that you would totally miss out on by skipping these. It amazed me to find out recently in quite a few FB groups that a lot of people completely skip these!
Summers snagged me from her quote in the Forward:
“Never underestimate the power of your words.
They can inspire.
They can destroy.
Choose them wisely.”
How much more accurate of a statement could be made? This should resonate deeply with everyone who reads it - I mean who hasn’t been hurt by words? Authors face criticism daily by readers, employees by employers, students by teachers and vice versa, etc. So be kind, remember just because something doesn’t resonate inside of you doesn’t mean it doesn’t in someone else. If we were all the same and all felt the same the world would be extremely boring.
Moving on……
While the Forward snagged me, the Prologue truly hooked me and reeled me in with one sentence from the second full paragraph:
“My mind was a warped maze of nightmares and terror that I reveled in.”
I knew, from that one sentence, I was in for a ride with the reading of Pride. Summers creates an intricate and psychologically thrilling love story that is intriguing, horrific, deceitful, manipulative, full of mental strife and of course, murder. You have complex and rich character development from the start with the introduction of the unnamed killer in the Prologue (who won’t take long for you to meet), the relatable and beautiful Emma (FMC), to the enigmatic and sexy Alex (MMC). Supporting characters lack no dedication to development either! Your story line is extremely well developed with smooth transitioning from scene to scene leaving no grey areas to question.
Finally, I cannot leave out the plot twists. I cannot count how many times I was shaking my kindle with frustration because I was POSITIVE that I knew who or what was happening and then boom, twist and turns showed me who was boss - it wasn’t me just for the record. By the end of the story I was completely flabbergasted with the final plot twist only to get slapped upside the head again with the Epilogue saying “hey bish, I ain’t done here.”
So buckle up and get ready for a helluva ride with this one. I am truly curious to see how Summers follows up to this one and if she brings a sequel to Pride or not (or maybe the other books in the series of the Seven Deadly Sins with the collaboration of authors wraps it up - at this point I don’t dare to venture a guess because as with everything else I thought I knew, I would be wrong.)
Thank you to Nikki J Summers and Candi Kane PR for allowing me to ARC for them. As always, all opinions and reviews are of my own volition. I have not been promised any compensation by the author, present or future, for my review.