RECKLESS PROMISE (Dark Mafia Romance) by B.B. Hamel-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date July 5, 2022

I can’t stop obsessing over my new wife.

I’ve known Tara Caruso most of my life and I hate her guts. I blame her for the accident that took my little sister’s life and left me emotionally scarred and destroyed.

Now, I have no interest in friendships, romance, or morality. I run my mafia crew, kill my enemies, and take whatever I desire. Sin is my only motivation.

But when my father dies, I move back home to claim my inheritance and find Tara living in a cottage in my back yard.

The girl I hate more than anything in the world is only fifty yards away.

I despise her, and yet I want to use her. I need a wife, but most of all, I desire a new plaything. Something sweet to entertain me.

Except she’s more delicious than I could’ve imagined. Every word is like a puzzle. Every motion is like a painting.

She might be the weakness that ruins me for good.

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REVIEW: RECKLESS PROMISE by B.B. Hamel is a stand alone, contemporary, adult, dark, Mafia romance story line focusing on twenty-five year old gardener Tara Caruso, and thirty year old, Mafia heir Kellen Hayle.

WARNING: Due to the nature of the story line premise there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Tara and Kellen) RECKLESS PROMISE follows in the aftermath of the suspicious death of Kellen’s father Orin Hayle. Kellen Hayle has been estranged from his family for close to seven years but upon his return Kellen learns all is not well including his sickly mother. Kellen’s cousin Hugh has taken over the reigns of Hayle Construction, the legal side of the Hayle crime organization but Kellen wants it all, and to achieve his purpose, there is one caveat Kellen never saw coming. Enter Tara Caruso, the woman with whom Kellen will fall in love. Kellen Hayle must marry before inheriting anything from his father’s estate, and Tara Caruso is ripe for the picking. What ensues is the building but acrimonious relationship between Tara and Kellen, and the potential fall-out when the truth is revealed, and Kellen’s issues of trust are now directed at the woman with whom he is falling in love.

Tara Caruso knows abuse and loss better than most having spent most of her life as best friends with Kellen’s sister Cait, and the remainder in service for sins of the past. Kellen has lusted after Tara for as long as he can remember but Kellen blames Tara for his sister’s death, a death that was inevitable under the circumstances. Kellen needs a wife, Tara is available but Tara knows to marry Kellen means to forfeit what little freedom she has left.

The relationship between Tara and Kellen is tempestuous at best, Kellen blames Tara for the death of his sister, a blame Tara takes to heart with every action inflicted by the Hayle family.Believing she owes her life to the people in charge, Tara finds herself at the mercy of not only the family but the man with whom she will fall in love The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense with some scenes of spanking

We are introduced to Kellen’s cousin Hugh, and his parents Cormac and Irene, as well as Tara’s father, and his girlfriend Janet, as well as several members of the Hayle Crime Syndicate and Hayle construction.

RECKLESS PROMISE is a story of family and betrayal, vengeance and greed, power and control, love and forgiveness. The premise is dark, gritty and heart breaking; the romance is provocative and passionate; the characters are broken, determined and struggling to heal.

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Reviewed by Sandy