Honestly, I keep forgetting she released a new book. 'The Business' rings a bell, and yeah, 2023 sounds right. My to-read list is so long that unless a book makes massive waves, it sometimes slips under my radar. I see it on the supermarket shelves sometimes. The cover looks serious. I should probably give it a go, as I haven't read her in years. Are the content warnings still as intense as ever? I remember them being seriously graphic. Maybe I'll borrow it from a friend first to see if I can still handle the tone. Adult life has made me a bit more sensitive to fictional violence.
2026-07-30 11:56:05
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RheaHale
Plot Explainer
UX Designer
Oh, the new one! I got 'The Business' as a Christmas present because my family knows I devour her books. Release was last September, so it was brand new for the holidays. I tore through it in about three days over the break. It's the perfect 'switch off your brain' read—totally absorbing, high-stakes drama with characters who make terrible, entertaining decisions. It didn't change my life, but it was a fantastic bit of escapism. The ending was a bit neater than I expected, but satisfying in a way that doesn't leave you feeling bleak for days after.
2026-07-30 13:10:43
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ReidCase
Bibliophile
Assistant
From a critical perspective, 'The Business' received fairly standard reviews for her work—commended for its pace and grasp of the underworld, criticized for its prose and character development. It was published in September 2023. The Guardian's review was typically middling, acknowledging her commercial power but not heaping on literary praise. That's the pattern for almost every one of her releases. It doesn't seem to affect sales one bit, which is an interesting case study in the disconnect between critical reception and popular appeal in genre fiction. The people who love her, really love her.
2026-07-31 21:21:46
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TateSilva
Twist Chaser
Pharmacist
Honestly, I had to look this up because her titles sometimes blend together for me. Yes, 'The Business,' 2023. I find her recent output a bit formulaic, if I'm being critical. It's the same blueprint: East End, violent men, tough women, family secrets, betrayal. It works, and her fans love it, but I don't feel the same urgency to grab the latest on day one like I did a decade ago. The release last year came and went without much fuss in my reading circles. Maybe the genre has just moved on a little, or maybe I have.
2026-08-01 19:04:31
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GoldBooks
Book Scout
Nurse
The moral ambiguity is what keeps me coming back. In 'The Business,' no one is clean. The characters you're supposed to root for do terrible things; the villains have moments of vulnerability. Released last year. That gray area is where the most interesting fiction lives for me. It's not a simple cops-and-robbers tale; it's about people making impossible choices within a broken system of their own making. Cole doesn't offer easy judgments, which can be uncomfortable but is always thought-provoking. You finish the book arguing with yourself about who was right and wrong, which is the mark of a engaging story.
2026-08-03 09:51:08
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His Deadly Mate: Book 2 of The 'His' Series
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This is the second book of the 'His' series. The first book is "His Plump Mate".
Aiden is the first born son of Austin and Rebel Willis. He is 32 years old and still hasn't found his mate. Meanwhile, his twin, sister and one of his younger brother's all found their mates. After ten years of searching, Aiden gave up and threw all his energy into improving the pack.
Reid wants to cheer his brother up and takes him to the coastline. When they get there, Aiden meets his fated mate, Thalia.
Thalia is a trained hitman for survival. Thalia's life is a mess. She is princess of the Moreno Crime Family and her father Diego, a no rank wolf is the head of the family in the human world. He is forcing his daughter to enter into a marriage alliance to a man she detests.
Aiden is furious and Thalia is trying to protect her sister from having the same fate as her. Thalia flees with her sister to her uncle's pack. Will Aiden be able to help Thalia and will Thalia be able to trust Aiden after she has suffered years of trauma?
Cora was once the human ward of the Silver Moon Pack, a “charity case” tucked away in the shadows of a world ruled by predatory shifters.
For five years, she shared a secret, soul-deep bond with Silas Vane, the powerful Alpha-Heir who promised her a future beyond her servant-class status.
On the night of his coronation, Cora discovers she is pregnant with Silas’s heir—a miracle she believes will finally bridge the gap between their worlds.
However, the dream is shattered when Silas publicly announces his betrothal to Lady Elara, a Pureblood Luna, to solidify his political power.
When Cora confronts him, he ruthlessly dismisses their five-year history as a mere “distraction,” ordering her to remain in the servant’s wing and never speak of their past.
Realizing that Silas would likely seize her child while keeping her in a gilded cage—or worse—Cora decides to die so that she can finally live.
Years later, when a chance introduction forces them face-to-face, Cora must maintain her mask against Silas’s predatory instincts. Though her appearance is altered and her scent chemically suppressed, the raw, visceral hatred in her eyes captures Silas’s attention.
Suspecting that the “ghost” of his past is standing right in front of him, Silas begins a lethal game of cat-and-mouse.
Cora must now protect her son and her secrets from a King who has realized that the woman he erased was never truly gone.
In a deadly game of spies and dealers, trust is the ultimate weapon—and love the most dangerous betrayal. Sabrina is a cold, detached assassin, trained to infiltrate, manipulate, and eliminate without hesitation. But her latest mission is different: Viktor, a sadistic arms dealer with a dangerous empire, is her target. What begins as a professional operation soon turns into a psychological nightmare. Viktor has secrets of his own and plays a twisted game, pushing her to her limits with violence and manipulation. As Sabrina is drawn deeper into his dark world, she begins to lose herself, torn between completing the mission and the suffocating love Viktor offers. She must decide: escape or join him in the darkness.
At her husband's funeral, Evangeline Thorn should be grieving. Instead, she's plotting murder.
Daniel Harrow died in a building collapse that killed seventeen workers—a collapse Evangeline believes was caused by his older brother's criminal negligence. Nathaniel Harrow is everything Daniel wasn't: ruthless, powerful, and dangerously magnetic. He built a billion-dollar empire on corruption, and Evangeline is certain he killed his own brother to secure control of the family fortune.
She should hate him. She does hate him.
So why does she show up at his penthouse the night of the funeral?
What begins as a violent seduction becomes a twisted game of psychological warfare. Evangeline will gather evidence, destroy Nathaniel's empire, and make him pay for every life he's taken. But Nathaniel has been obsessed with her since the day she married his brother—and he's been waiting for her to make the first move.
As they circle each other like predators, secrets unravel: the surveillance he's kept on her for years, the pregnancy that could belong to either brother, the betrayals that run deeper than murder. In this deadly game of revenge and obsession, the only question is: who will destroy whom first?
Or will they destroy each other?
A secret society of widows. A cold billionaire with a deadly past. One woman sent to seduce him... and destroy him.
When Genevieve Holloway buries her husband, she thinks the worst is behind her. But the black-veiled woman at the funeral of her husband says otherwise.
“You’ve been chosen.”
Drawn into a shadowy society of grieving wives turned silent assassins, Genevieve is given one final task before she can walk free: infiltrate the life of Dominic Rourke—the enigmatic tech billionaire tied to her husband’s mysterious death—and expose the truth.
Her mission is clear: seduce him. Infiltrate him. Ruin him.
But Dominic Rourke is nothing like she expected. Cold. Calculating. Unreachable. And he’s never let any woman get close—until her. Worse still, his five-year-old daughter clings to Genevieve like a lost soul, whispering secrets she shouldn’t know. Secrets about her dead mother… and the club Genevieve now serves.
The deeper Genevieve sinks into Dominic’s world, the more dangerous her own becomes. The women she trusted have blood on their hands. The man she was sent to destroy might be innocent. And the lies that bind them all go deeper than any grave.
Genevieve begins to develop feelings for the man she’s sent to ruin, and he sees himself letting go of his cold nature to make her happy and find her husband’s killer.
In a game of power, seduction, and betrayal, only one can survive.
And Genevieve must decide: Is she the hunter or the hunted? Will she be Dominic’s ruin, or will she become his everything?
I believed I had the perfect life.
A successful career as a paediatrician. A beautiful home in Riverside Heights. A devoted husband. A son I loved more than anything.
Then, I noticed a stranger's perfume on my husband's skin.
What begins as a small suspicion quickly unravels into a nightmare. Hidden messages. Secret meetings. Endless lies. And a younger woman who isn't just sharing my husband's bed—she's carrying his child.
Marcus Hale swears he never meant to hurt me. He swears our marriage still means something. But every new discovery reveals a deeper betrayal, and soon, I realize the affair is only the beginning.
As our lives explode into divorce, custody battles, financial warfare, and public humiliation, I find myself fighting not only for my son and my future but for the woman I used to be.
They thought I would break.
They thought I would forgive.
They thought I would quietly step aside.
They were wrong.
Because when a woman loses everything she once believed in, she has nothing left to fear.
And I am done being their victim.
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The Wife's Reckoning is a gripping psychological domestic thriller about betrayal, revenge, resilience, and the dangerous consequences of underestimating a woman with nothing left to lose.
The prose style is the bedrock. Short, sharp sentences. Paragraphs that can be a single, devastating line. She doesn't waste words. That economical, punchy style was there from the beginning and has only become more refined. Reading the latest novel, you feel the direct force of that style—no fluff, just forward momentum and emotional impact. It's like a literary fingerprint. You can open any page from any of her books and see the same DNA in the sentence construction. That's the most fundamental connection of all: the voice on the page.
Huh. I always thought they were all connected somehow. Shows what I know. Maybe I'll give the latest a try if I don't need to catch up on ten other books first.
Someone mentioned libraries—absolutely second that. But also, ask your library about 'Interlibrary Loan' for digital copies. If their consortium doesn't own it, they might be able to borrow the digital license from another library system. Takes longer, but it's an option for hard-to-find items.
There's a strong undercurrent about the performance of normalcy. The family uses its power to project an image of success and unity to the outside world, while inside, it's all paranoia and bitterness. The crimes fund the mansion, the cars, the weddings—all the trappings of a powerful family. But it's a giant facade, and the strain of maintaining it is a major driver of the plot.
Wait, let me check my copy... Nope. The 'Also by Martina Cole' page lists all her previous titles, but none are grouped as a series. They're all presented as individual works. That's your official, in-print answer right there.
If the publisher isn't labeling them as a series, then they aren't one. It's that simple. Any recurring characters would require series labeling for marketing and clarity. Since her latest book sits alone on that list, not under a series header, it's designed to be read alone.
Sometimes the simplest answer is the right one. No need to overcomplicate it. The book itself tells you it's a standalone.