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Sin With Me (Original Sin Book 1) Kindle Edition
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Two broken people in a city fueled by sin.
Maddie Clayton isn’t looking to be saved. She knows the only person you can count on is yourself. Her moral compass might not point true North these days—but at least she’s still standing.
The Military taught Tyler Bell about loyalty. Being there for your brothers is the only thing that matters—but when it mattered most, he wasn’t.
She’s got a ticket straight to Hell. He’s already been there and back.
She needs to win. He just needs to stop fighting.
Some sins scar your soul so deeply, you'll never be the same.
But this Devil in disguise might just be the angel he needs to forgive himself.
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateMarch 6, 2018
- File size679 KB
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"Julie and Johnathan's collaboration is amazing, the storyline flows and is seamless. Thank god we don't have to wait to long for the next installment of what's beginning to become a fantastic series." - Kazza's Book Blog and Reviews
"I haven't read a better collaboration than J.A. Huss and Johnathan McClain." - Angie's Book Blog
"Sin With Me is dark, twisted, hot, sinful and fast-paced. Following Maddie and Tyler, each in their own chapters, the story is fast-paced and filled with both danger and hope." - Lexxie Lin - (un)Conventional Book Reviews
"Now THAT is how you begin a damn series! WOW! Just wow! I'm amazed! I'm stunned!" - Shayna
"Jesus fucking Christ. That book was exactly what I needed. Fuck me running, I am so satisfied. I want something though. A drink? A smoke? New underwear? The next book? All of the above." - ClosetReader
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- ASIN : B0785V7VPW
- Publisher : Science Future Press (March 6, 2018)
- Publication date : March 6, 2018
- Language : English
- File size : 679 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 271 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #315,561 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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About the authors
JA Huss is a scientist, New York Times Bestseller, USA Today Bestseller, and a cowgirl who rides English. Five of her books were optioned for TV/film, several of her audiobooks have been nominated for the Audie and SOVA Awards, and she was a RITA Finalist in 2019. She has been an indie author in both fiction and non-fiction for seventeen years and lives on a ranch in Colorado with her family, horses, dogs, goats, donkeys, and chickens. Learn how to read all her books before they publish on her Patreon.
Johnathan McClain is an award winning actor, screenwriter, novelist and audiobook narrator who did not set out to have such a diverse set of careers but has embraced life’s unpredictabilities.
As an actor, his extensive resumé includes a notable turn as Megan Draper's agent, Alan Silver, on the final season of AMC's critically acclaimed drama Mad Men as well as appearing as the lead of the TV Land comedy series, Retired at 35, starring alongside late Hollywood icons George Segal and Jessica Walter, amongst dozens of other TV series, films, and plays.
As a writer and producer, Johnathan's feature film debut, The Outfit, co-written with Oscar winner Graham Moore and starring Mark Rylance, Zoey Deutch, Dylan O’Brien, and Johnny Flynn, was produced by FilmNation and distributed internationally by Focus Features in the spring of 2022.
In the fall of 2024 Podium Audio, one of the world’s leading publishers of science fiction and fantasy, will release the debut novel in the Meet Your Maker series, a pentalogy of high fantasy novels which Johnathan is co-authoring with bestelling fantasy writer Seth McDuffee and for which he will also be narrating the audiobooks.
As an audiobook narrator, Johnathan has recorded approximately 200 titles ranging from sci-fi, to romance, to non-fiction, to fantasy, to LitRPG, and everything in between. In the words of Ryan Rimmel, author of the Audible bestselling Noobtown series, “Johnathan can do anything.” He is the recipient of multiple Audiofile Earphone Awards, SOVAS nominations, and an Audie for his narration of Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff’s #1 NY Times bestselling sci-fi novel, Illuminae, which won the Audie Award for audiobook of the year for multi-voiced narration in 2016.
His narration of Illuminae also resulted in Johnathan going on to become collaborators with Amie Kaufman as narrator for 6 more of her novels and as the co-writer of a screenplay on which the two are currently hard at work.
You can drop him a note on Facebook and Twitter at @misterjmcclain, on Instagram at @mrjmcclain, or through his website, johnathanmcclain .com.
He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Laura.
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Customers find this book captivating with a surprising plot and amazing writing, particularly praising the inner monologues. The characters are compelling with distinct voices, and the story is emotionally charged without being depressing. Customers describe the book as hot and steamy, fast-paced, and deeply insightful. They appreciate the humor, with one customer highlighting Maddie's good and evil monologues as priceless.
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Customers enjoy the pacing of the book, finding it captivating with its passionate moments and surprising plot twists.
"...Johnathan’s voice adds to the sinfully twisted storyline seamlessly. I love the alternating points of view of Tyler and Maddie...." Read more
"Love this story! I had a feeling there would be. A crazy twist, and it was right!..." Read more
"...“alchemy” within and without this scintillating, angst-filled, volatile story of two shattered souls on a collision course for one another. “..." Read more
"...these characters up and then mixing them together in such an explosive story as each are both such toxic and angst and then putting that together so..." Read more
Customers praise the writing quality of the book, particularly appreciating the inner monologues, with one customer comparing the writing team to peanut butter and jelly.
"...Their styles meld nicely and flow smoothly into one twisted voice. YEAH! Sin with Me is Tyler Morgan and Maddie Clayton’s story...." Read more
"...The writing was superb, and there was a lot of story to be read in this book. This story looks like it will be expansive...." Read more
"I actually liked this book, I find the humor fun and relatable. I am unsure if it’s not meant to be humorous but I found it funny...." Read more
"...that street by Tyler and what happens between them is so GOOD, perfectly written as Maddie asks Tyler to Just "Sin with Me" and do they have..." Read more
Customers appreciate the character development in the book, noting their compelling nature and distinct voices.
"...The characters and their story are so memorable I know they will be on my mind when the next book drops...." Read more
"...They did a wonderful job building these characters up and then mixing them together in such an explosive story as each are both such toxic and angst..." Read more
"...Maddie and Tyler...two beautifully twisted, tortured and extremely well written characters...." Read more
"...Sin With Me is a lot of character development and story set up...." Read more
Customers appreciate the emotional depth of the book, describing it as beautifully melancholy and emotionally charged without being depressing or melodramatic.
"...I love how these authors take some dark and painful scenes then sprinkle in a little humor relief...." Read more
"There is pervasive “alchemy” within and without this scintillating, angst-filled, volatile story of two shattered souls on a collision course for..." Read more
"...Maddie and Tyler...two beautifully twisted, tortured and extremely well written characters...." Read more
"...This series was emotionally charged. It was about existentialism, tragedy (a lot of it), suspense, a cacophony of emotional depth, self-healing and..." Read more
Customers enjoy the book's humor, finding it fun and entertaining, with one customer particularly appreciating Maddie's good and evil monologues.
"...how these authors take some dark and painful scenes then sprinkle in a little humor relief...." Read more
"I actually liked this book, I find the humor fun and relatable. I am unsure if it’s not meant to be humorous but I found it funny...." Read more
"...It was fun to hear his thoughts. These two broken souls in Vegas should be anywhere but here. The sins of each of them burn them so deeply...." Read more
"...some serious issues going on, but he still managed to make me laugh throughout the entire book...." Read more
Customers enjoy the heat level of the book, describing it as hot and steamy, with one customer noting it starts with a blazing hot intensity.
"...Level of Romance between characters: 5 Passion/Heat level: 5 (hot and steamy, burns up the pages)..." Read more
"...Humor. Romance. Suspense. JA Huss hott and steamy. And I see a few tears in the future as well. I love the writing. I love the story...." Read more
"...Such a great fun read with the right balance of heat, depth, chemistry, and intrigue...." Read more
"...'s the deal- the story is a perfect mash-up of troubled characters, high heat, well-timed humor to break through those dark clouds and a crazy A&&..." Read more
Customers find the book fast-paced and engaging, with one customer mentioning they devoured it in less than a day.
"...While I am not a cliffhanger fan, this writing duo can whip out books quickly making the gap between easy to endure...." Read more
"...It flows perfectly, seamless, it was utter perfection. Sin With Me ended on a major cliffy, which literally made me want to throw my kindle...." Read more
"...It’s so so much more than a romance, and is by all means not a light read...." Read more
"...They mesh so well together and the flow between the two was perfect. The first book builds some serious suspense and left me begging for more...." Read more
Customers find the book insightful and deep, with one customer noting how the characters feed off each other's energy expertly.
"...Told most times in single Pov's and you know everything they are thinking, I don't remember being inside someone's Head like this in any book in..." Read more
"...It was such an entertaining and fascinating look into his mind and his (usually) crazy thought process...." Read more
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- Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2018HOLY….. Cannoli…. I’m at a loss for words.
Everyone who knows me knows I love Julie A. Huss’ writing. I buy every book on release day and gift her books to family and friends often. Now I can admit that I felt a little nervous when she announced that she is going to partner with Johnathan McClain on a book series. Every day until the book appeared on my Kindle; I braced myself that a partnership would change the type of stories and, more importantly, Julie’s writing style. Wow did I worry for nothing! Sin with Me is an outstanding beginning to the Original Sin series by Julie and Johnathan. They work wonderfully together. Their styles meld nicely and flow smoothly into one twisted voice. YEAH!
Sin with Me is Tyler Morgan and Maddie Clayton’s story. These two people are struggling with loss. Tyler is a soldier with survivor’s guilt. Maddie lost someone too unexpectedly. She can't move forward with her life. They meet up unexpectedly. There is an immediate attraction that neither of them understands. Maddie fights it but craves Tyler.
Maddie is working as a stripper in Las Vegas. She feels abandoned by the people she loves. On the outside, Tyler appears to have it all, but that is a façade. Tyler made a lot of money and doesn't have to work another day. Maddie has dreams but can't stick with anything long enough to make it work.
I love how these two characters complement each other. From their first meeting, the chemistry is there even if they aren’t aware it exists. There is something about Maddie that reminds Tyler of his recurring dream. Maddie recognizes their shared pain and the cry for help.
The ancillary characters are interesting. Tyler’s friends, especially Evan, are his support. They worry about him and encourage him to forgive himself. Maddie doesn’t have friends, or so she thinks until her acquaintances surprise me, and her too. That is a kind of theme running through the story, how these two are so different but not really.
In true JA Huss style, Sin with Me is dark and twisted. Johnathan’s voice adds to the sinfully twisted storyline seamlessly. I love the alternating points of view of Tyler and Maddie. Getting in their heads reveal the depth of their pain and how neither character finds life comfortable even though it wasn't always that way. Honestly, I expected the twist or secret revealed, but I didn’t expect THE SECRET TWIST reveal. I am stressing and still thinking about these characters after several days. What an absolutely poignant and captivating story from beginning to end.
I love how these authors take some dark and painful scenes then sprinkle in a little humor relief. The contrast of Tyler’s despair and depression to his macho-protector side when he is around Maddie is charming. The same is true for Maddie. She is holding on to life by a string then when Tyler a.k.a. Ford Aston (that made me laugh) appears she has someone to give her strength and forget.
Sin with Me is a cliffhanger. While I am not a cliffhanger fan, this writing duo can whip out books quickly making the gap between easy to endure. Angels Fall is scheduled to release on March 27. The characters and their story are so memorable I know they will be on my mind when the next book drops. I for one can’t wait to see how Tyler and Maddie’s adventures continue.
Well done Julie and Johnathan. You have a hit! Starting the audio ASAP.
- Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2024Love this story! I had a feeling there would be. A crazy twist, and it was right! Wasn't a huge fan of each chapter being a separate person, and it was slow in the beginning, but I'm glad I stuck it out. Amazing cliffhanger and onto 2nd book!!
- Reviewed in the United States on March 18, 2018There is pervasive “alchemy” within and without this scintillating, angst-filled, volatile story of two shattered souls on a collision course for one another. “Alchemy” is the descriptive word that the dark hero, Tyler uses when explaining, “That thing one person has with another person that they can’t explain. When people call it chemistry, they’re wrong, of course. Chemistry is science and finding someone you can stand being around, that’s alchemy.”
Alchemy is also that mysterious force, energy that the ancient mystics tried to harness for many purposes, some good and some not so good.
The story opens with our dark hero, Tyler, half out of his mind with lingering PTSD issues incurred from severely traumatic experiences he suffered during his service as an Explosive Ordinance Demolitions expert in the military. He is also suffering from personal grief over the loss of one his childhood friends. For some inexplicable reason, he feels responsible for his death.
The reader is immersed in his madness as we read from his POV. He has trouble with keeping track of time. He is drowning his feelings in meaningless sex, booze and prescribed tranquilizers taken improperly. His mood alternates between having an “eff you” attitude to despair over his personal worthlessness. He has come home to the madness that is Las Vegas, even though he has the money to go anywhere in the world. He experienced a financial windfall as he left the service, but the money is not healing his gaping emotional wounds.
He finds himself dreaming of a strange heaven with a ministering angel. The dream is comforting and soothing until fiery mayhem reigns at the end of the dream and then he wakes up even more agitated.
We are introduced to our dark heroine, Maddie, who barely is making a life for herself. She wants to start a respectable business, but she is stripping to get quick money to solve immediate financial concerns. She also has underworld financial obligations which have unfairly been thrust upon her. She is depressed and suffering mightily from some trauma which is revealed further on in the narrative. She tries to hold herself above the “seediness” of the sex trade environment but the illusion of herself as “above it all” and “different” from the strippers and call girls is shattered when she meets Tyler who was dragged to the strip club where she performs by his best friend.
For Tyler, when he sees her on the stripper's stage, she is the angel of his dream and coincidentally as per the strange alchemy at work in the story she is costumed as an angel. Tyler can barely control himself as he needs to be with this angel and so they spend their first evening together in the champagne room where Maddie becomes the angel/whore for this man who needs her so. He pays her thousands of dollars for this night.
Just as there is inexplicable alchemy between our dark damaged lovers, indeed, there is alchemy between the two authors. From their first meeting and throughout their relationship, our main character’s erotic encounters were written like the author’s were composing music...a duet. The base notes are violence and despair in the chords of desire and lust making this strange music…borne of alchemy. The mid scene POV switches from Maddie to Tyler back and forth effectively communicate the desperate wild passionate need and release our lovers find in each other’s arms. It was almost cinematic; like changing camera shots during a scene on film. The effect on the reader…words fail me for the intensity of the heat and dizzying “feels”.
“Until she has taken all of me, deep, and I have filled her with my blackness and poison and together we have turned it into light.”
The magic of alchemy…turning “blackness and poison” into light?
Throughout the narrative you can appreciate the writing style of Ms. Huss. There is always a level of brilliance in her writing of the “darker” romance. The reader can also detect the touch of Mr. McClain. There are certain uniquely male mannerisms that would not readily come to the female writer. Perhaps Tyler’s bouts of exhibitionism as he stands nude before his wall of windows and the pride he has in his equipment even as his best friend remarks how nice it is. There is so much these alchemists can do with this infusion of testosterone.
Sometimes, readers are impatient or even feel cheated because a book ends on a cliffhanger as is the case here. I do not feel cheated in the least. The writing was superb, and there was a lot of story to be read in this book. This story looks like it will be expansive. Personally, I adore a sexy, expansive story that will have us on tether hooks until all is said and done in May 2018. Fortunately, each book will be released very shortly after the last. There is some serious sexy combustible alchemy at work with these two authors and I, for one, cannot miss it!
- Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2022I actually liked this book, I find the humor fun and relatable. I am unsure if it’s not meant to be humorous but I found it funny. Not my favorite genre so didn’t rate higher.
This one does not end on a HEA but you don’t have to continue because it doesn’t really end on a massive cliffhanger. This is a series so it does continue.
For 18+ but the age group that would most enjoy this book is 25+. The narrators are really good as well.
Top reviews from other countries
- Sharon BReviewed in the United Kingdom on March 6, 2018
5.0 out of 5 stars Great start to a new series!
I love JA Huss's writing and I was intrigued as to how this would turn out as a collaboration with Jonathan McClain- I loved it! The 2 main characters each have issues. And they are stuck - not really moving on, just existing. Then they have a chance meeting.
I couldn't put this down. I was completely drawn into their world in Sin City. The characters are well written. There's a bit of humour, and heat, and drama. You're left rooting for Tyler and Maddie, hoping they can get their lives back on track, but wondering just how? And the ending? I need the next book now!
This is a great start to what looks to be an amazing series.
- MimiorpheeReviewed in France on January 15, 2024
3.0 out of 5 stars Very emotional
3.5
Sin With Me is such a complicated book to rate and review. There are aspects of it that I absolutely lived and some others that didn't work that well for me.
At the same time, the aspects I struggled with make so.muvh sense now that I reached the end. So much so, that I could tell the execution was brilliant.
It's my first book by this duo of authors. I've been reading Huss for years, amd she is one of my favorite authors ever. So reading collaborative writing scared me a bit. That being said, Huss' inimitable touch was palpable, enhanced by McClain's. Sarcasm and masculine writing voice, creating an enticing tone. The LV atmosphere they depicted, dark, ruthless, jaded, and crooked gripped me. I felt immersed into a living nightmare. How uncomfortable it was! The raw.feelings and emotions, the hopelessness of the characters, and their guilt hit me pretty hard.
What threw me off was the mystery part that I could see coming very early on. Besides, Scarlett/Maddison's predicament could have been prevented or handled differently, I felt that although she fought very hard to make it in life, she didn't exactly try to find a solution. She was, in a way, passive about it.
All in all, a great world building, touching characters, an enthralling execution, but a main scenario that remained easy and anticlimactic.
To be followed in book 2!
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luisa gissiReviewed in Italy on March 29, 2018
5.0 out of 5 stars A great book,
I loved it. I appreciate not just the story , which is always original in all Ja Huss books, but the characters, their thoughts, their smart humor,and I believe that is a great idea to have Jonathan writing together, can’t wait to read all the volumes.
- A_Book_A_DayReviewed in Australia on June 5, 2023
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun, sad, and entertaining.
I’d usually avoid a novel with internal monologue, but Tyler’s ptsd and his head space, this was how he survived each day. Loved his character and execution of his trauma, along with the limited social interaction.
The witty banter with Maddie, interspersed with two sad stories, was easy to read and it kept me turning pages. Did I pick up hints where it was going? Sure. It’s still a very different read.
I loved the male POV. It was refreshing after so many soft male interpretations recently.
Cliffhanger, meaning I’m reading book two immediately.
4.5 ⭐️
- Sherrie SReviewed in Canada on June 27, 2018
5.0 out of 5 stars Well, that was unexpected
I bought this book expecting it to be one thing; and it was, it was sexy and risqué. Just like everything I’ve read by Julie. It was also nothing like what I expected. The addition of Johnathan’s writing voice not only alters the tempo and pacing of the story, but it amps up the energy. It feels almost frenetic as it carries you along until it dumps you on the middle of the floor wondering what happened and you’re scrambling to catch up. I’m still trying to recuperate. Can’t wait to start the next book.