Wicked Angel

Vancity Villains

By: Jaine Diamond

Narrated by: Angelina Rocca, Lee Samuels

A sinfully hot enemies to lovers romance, about a seductive, a-hole (anti)hero on the brink of self-destruction and the quirky, kind-hearted heroine who discovers his darkest secret—and his heart.

I knew it was a mistake to kiss my best friend’s brother—especially behind my boyfriend’s back.
In my defense, I had a crush on Johnny for years.
But that was before I realized how much I hated him.

Now, thanks to the object of my hate crush, I’ve lost my relationship, my dream job, and my home.
Johnny has no idea it’s mostly his fault that my life has imploded, but the man is a dumpster fire of depravity and I really should’ve known better.
He’s an arrogant rock star, with the body of Adonis and the soul of Hades.
A coldhearted jerk who doesn’t seem to care who he hurts on his climb to the top.

But he’s also on the verge of career meltdown.

When his dirty deeds start catching up with him—and threatening his precious career—he offers me a job that I literally can’t afford to turn down.
As it turns out, it’s not so easy to hate on someone who walks around half-naked all the time looking like my hottest fantasy.
Worse, the more time we spend together… I realize there’s a lot more to my best friend’s brother than meets the eye.

Including a terrible, heartrending secret.

Despite everything, my heart aches for him.
I know I might be his last chance to make amends for the pain he’s caused.
I know we could help each other get our lives back on track.
But Johnny’s hurt me, too. How can I trust him not to do it again?

©2023 Jaine Diamond (P)2023 DreamWarp Publishing Ltd.

Hot

Who doesn’t love some self discovery?! Previously Ash held the book boyfriend title in my eyes. Idk, I think Johnny takes the cake. Let’s face it. We’ve all dated that one beautifully broken hot piece of ass at one point or another, wish our mere existence would put him back together. This is that story. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

Loved this story

Loved the whole story and the way it was told. It was a great listen.

Nothing like a bad boy rockstar

*I was gifted a copy of this book for my honest review*

This is my first Jaine Diamond book and I don't know why I don't see more from her in my book circles!

Angeline and Johnny had a one night, one moment connection at a party - but has her best friend's brother and a MAJOR rockstar playboy he is strictly off limits. Not to mention her own long term boyfriend in the picture.

Fast forward 3 years and both characters lives are in turmoil (Angeline fired from her PR internship AND dumped by her boyfriend, Johnny in hot water with his bandmates who have decided to walk), they find themselves both needing each other in some way. A bit of forced proximity continues to turn the tension dial up, up, UP until things boil over.

Now Johnny is battling some past demons while trying to not push Angeline away and ALSO not lose her friendship with Shayla, Johnny's sister.

Jaine weaves together a colorful and musical world filled with rockstar ambitions and destructive behaviors. Picking up this interconnected standalone I didn't feel like I was losing anything not knowing the previous relationships of the side characters - which I find is a real testament to an author's writing chops.

Angelina Rocca brings a soulful performance as Angeline and Lee Samuels really leans into Johnny's torment and general apathy for life as a jaded rockstar. Both worked well together to bring this story to life!

Soooo GOOD….

I LOVE this series. There have been a few points within previous stories that became annoying, only because the lack of communication made certain situations EXTREMELY REPETITIVE. But overall, I truly love this whole series. This has been my absolute favorite!!! I can completely relate to Johnny in so many ways. I’m sure most instantly feel from the female prospective in this type of relationship, which I did as well, but within their story, I was all tears lust anger and love from his prospective. Ended Fucking beautifully ♥️

Moving on, I’m not going to ruin Shane’s story, but I will say I’ve been waiting for his and now that I’m 13 chapters in, I’m getting extremely annoyed by the immaturity of the FMC. (This particular author takes a very long time explaining history/building angst between the main characters in EVER story she writes. It can be extremely tedious. However, I do appreciate her thoroughness laying down the character history/ story line).
Hopefully Shane’s story will turn soon, because I’m quickly loosing interest the more I hear Jolie’s insecurities and lack of realization of their situation OVER AND OVER again.

Johnny and Angie

This is my first audiobook In the Vancity Villians series I have listened to. Johnnys and Angelina story. Angelina is the younger sister of her famous rock star sister Elle. Angelina works for PR and Johnny the bad boy drummer the band. Can they keep their secret relationship for her sister and the public. Could this work? I thought these two narrators did a great job bring the emotions of theses characters to life.