Stroke of Midnight

by K Webster

• ISBN10: 1953553109
• ISBN13: 9781953553102
• Publish Date: 13 October 2020
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Dangerous Press LLC
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 328
• Language: English

Reviews

[Nadz@Totally Addicted to Reading]

Stroke of Midnight by K Webster is the first book in the Cinderella series. Romance enthusiasts seeking a steamy, fast paced tale featuring the following tropes:
1 Forbidden Love
2 Age gap relationship
3 BDSM
will find this installment me right up their alley

I picked up "Stroke of Midnight" because it was promoted as a Cinderella retelling and came highly recommended. However, it wasn't at all what I expected. While I enjoy age-gap romance, this one didn't sit well with me. The heroine had just turned eighteen, while the hero was thirty-six years old. What made it even more bizarre was the suggestion that the hero would have pursued the heroine even if she were under eighteen. The story also includes elements of humiliation kink, which led to several uncomfortable reading moments. While some readers may find this enjoyable, it is certainly not to my taste.

The heroine, Ash needs money to pay for college. Her father used up her college fund to impress his new wife. She gets a job as an office cleaner. However, she infuriates, Winston Constantine, the CEO, of one of the offices she was assigned to clean with her failure to perform the job effectively. Winston is a ruthless billionaire who takes crap from no one. One look at Ash and he starts thinking of ways to keep her around. Ash needing the money agrees to the humiliation and kink. But then the unthinkable happens, feelings began to develop.

As this is the first book in a trilogy, Stroke of Midnight ended on a cliffhanger. Now while not a fan of the tropes featured, I found the story engaging. You know when you see an accident about to happen, but for some strange reason you can't look away from the disaster?  Well, that's what Stroke at Midnight did to me.   Granted I skipped over the kinky scenes. It made me curious to know how things would play out for the characters, especially as it relates to Ash's evil stepbrothers and Winston's nemesis.

Several other things in this book may not appeal to readers who are triggered by sexual abuse. However, for those who have no issue, I say go for it. Now while I didn't like the tropes, I am curious to learn how everything will go down, so I may check out the sequel.

This review was originally posted on Totally Addicted to Reading

[Caitiebelle]

This series is just absolutely AMAZING and I so enjoyed it!
It's a great retelling of Cinderella, one of the best ones I've read.
This is book 1 and does end on a cliffhanger but trust me - it's well worth it to continue on! This is part of a trilogy, and all books are published already. So sit down and turn the fan on, because you'll need it!

Ash & Winston Constantine's story is brilliantly written. The book flows really well, and though Ash is a very strong woman and Winston is the epitome of a cold glazier at times, they work perfectly as a couple. Not that Winston would ever want to admit such a thing though hehe.

This Cinderella retelling doesn't hold back, it's full of intrigue, mystery, kink, and feelings and you end up rooting for both of them!
I really liked Ash and though she was young, she was smart and when she makes mistakes or makes bad choices they don't end up going oooooon and oooon for the rest of the book, most things are fixed quite fast, which is just how I like it. She and Winston's relationship takes off as a typical "I have something you need, what are you willing to pay for it" type, and they start their relationship - if we can call it that hehe.
He's very much her Sugar Daddy at the start, but I absolutely loved it and I highly recommend this series.

Her name is Ash Elliot, but Winston calls her his Cinderelliot. It's brilliant.

This series has quite a large age gap (about 20 years), and it does have humiliation kink but it's all consensual. I absolutely loved it, it was so hotly written, but what do you expect from a K.Webster book? There's nothing that woman can't write haha.