Mafia Games (Young Irish Rebels 3) by Vi Carter-Review Tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date August 19, 2021

Richard

My father needs a pawn as he plays King with the Irish Mafia.Releasing me from the asylum walls that kept me from my revenge, I’m free to play a few games of my own.Games I plan on winning.The taste of revenge sits sweetly on my tongue as I watch her, Claire, my new obsession.I keep her safe in a cage made of glass.Safe from the cravings she stirs in me.I watch her, my hunger growing with every move she makes.

Claire

He keeps me safe in a cage made of glass.Yet, I never feel safe.The heat in his gaze burns my flesh.His hunger stirs a craving deep inside of me.But craving a man like him is dangerous.He’s everything dark and wrong in my world.He’s everything I shouldn’t want.The only thing keeping his touch from my skin is this glass cage he holds the key to.Until his control snaps and one touch threatens to shatter us both.

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REVIEW:MAFIA GAMES is the third instalment in Vi Carter’s contemporary, adult YOUNG IRISH REBELS erotic, dark, Irish Mafia, romance series-a spin off from the author’s WILD IRISH series. This is Irish Mafia King Richard O’Reagan, and Claire O’Reilly’s storyline . MAFIA KING can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story line is revealed where necessary. Young Irish Rebels focuses on, and introduces the next generation in the Irish Mafia

WARNING: Due to the nature of the story line content including graphic violence, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

SOME BACKGROUND: The Irish Mafia rule the four-corners of compass in Ireland, with a member from the O’Reagan family controlling each sector but Liam O’Reagan, head of the Irish Mafia is demanding allegiance but in doing so begins to pit brother against brother for control of power.

Told from dual first person perspectives Claire and Richard, MAFIA GAMES follows the return of Irish Mafia King/heir Richard O’Reagan. Richard has been ‘missing’ for close to three years, and with his return comes a need for revenge. His first target is a young woman named Claire O’Reilly, a woman who finds herself a prisoner in a glass box, where she is witness to all kinds of blood shed and atrocities. Claire has no idea why she is held a prisoner in a glass cage but once secrets are revealed we slowly learn some of what happened to Richard, while he was away. Meanwhile, Richard needs to regain power over the people he once controlled but his father, Liam, continues to stand in his way. What ensues is the building relationship between Richard and Claire, and the potential fall out as obsession and betrayal threaten the lives of our story line couple.

Richard O’Reagan knows betrayal first hand, and in this, he has hardened himself to the reality that is now his life. Needing control, Richards begins to target everyone that has destroyed his life, even if it means, destroying the people standing in his way. Never expecting to fall for our story line heroine, Richard quickly discovers that falling in love can make a man weak, weakness that can be used to gain power and control. Claire has lost everything including the family she once loved but when her captor refuses to acknowledge the reasons why, Claire refuses to play the game, willing to die before anyone else can win.

The relationship between Claire and Richard begins when Richard takes Claire prisoner upon his return. Having prepared for Claire’s arrival for close to a year, Richard sets into motion a series of events and revenge, beginning with the men that all but destroyed his life, leaving the one man he knows to be his ultimate target. Falling for Claire has placed a target on our heroine’s back, a target fed by more betrayal and pain. The $ex scenes are intimate, passionate and intense.

There is a large ensemble cast of secondary and supporting characters including Richard’s brother Jack, sister Dana, their father Liam, Uncle Finn, and their cousin Shay (all of whom we met in the previous storylines); Richard’s right hand man Davy, and Cillian O’Hara. The requisite evil has many faces.

MAFIA GAMES continues to get up close and personal with the power and control of the Irish Mafia. No one can be trusted including family and friends, and in this the series pursues a number of twist and turns, with more questions than answers as it pertains to who can be trusted, and who may be about to die.

MAFIA GAMES is a dark and gritty story of betrayal and vengeance, actions and consequences, trust, destruction, hope and love. The premise is dramatic, raw and haunting; the romance energetic and provocative; the characters are edgy, energetic, broken and lost. MAFIA GAMES ends on a bit of a cliff hanger-you have been warned.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Mafia Prince
Mafia King

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Reviewed by Sandy

His words should drive fear into my heart. “I can’t let you go.” They don’t. They pump hope into my system, and I get out of the bed.

I grip the edge of the mattress and wait for the dizziness to pass before picking up my discarded black coloured pencil. I move to the center of the room and sit down and start to draw.

No matter how afraid I am, I had to try to win him over. He had said he couldn’t let me out. I had to give him a reason to free me. With that thought, I draw his face on the floor of my glass cage.

 

When Vi Carter isn’t writing contemporary & dark romance books, that feature the mafia, are filled with suspense, and take you on a fast paced ride, you can find her reading her favorite authors, baking, taking photos or watching Netflix.

Married with two children, Vi divides her time between motherhood and all the other hats she wears as an Author.

She has declared herself a coffee & chocolate addict! Do not judge

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