OBSESSIVE UNION (Made Series 9) by Brooke Summers-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 8, 2022

The moment he met her he knew she was different… He never expected her to become his obsession.
Gabriella Sanchez has lived her life in the shadows. Being born as a product of an affair, Gabby spent most of her life without her father. He provided everything for her…except his time.
Alessio Bianchi has always been seen as the youngest of the Bianchi’s. The screw up. The little kid.

On a job for his brother, Alessio finds himself in trouble. He never expected to have the beautiful brunette save him from near death.
Gabriella knew the moment she saw Alessio that he was trouble, she didn’t understand the true extent of it until it was too late. The moment she discovered that Alessio had left her with more than just a heartbreak, she ran.

Alessio became obsessed. He searched for his woman for four years. He wasn’t going to let her go.When he finally gets her back in his life, he vows to keep her there.

However, their lives aren’t smooth sailing and when enemies start to crawl out of the woodwork, Alessio has to do everything he can in order to save the woman he loves and their son.

Can Alessio uncover who’s out to get them or will he lose everyone he loves to the hands of the unknown enemy?

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REVIEW: OBSESSIVE UNION is the ninth and final instalment in Brooke Summers’ contemporary, adult MADE erotic, Mafia romance series. This is Mafia capo Alessio Bianchi, and gallery owner Gabriella Sanchez’ story line. OBSESSIVE UNION can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous instalments is revealed where necessary. There is a slight cross-over with the author’s VIPER’S FURY MC.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Alessio and Gabriella) OBSESSIVE UNION focuses on the relationship between Mafia capo Alessio Bianchi, and gallery owner Gabriella Sanchez. An undercover assignment in Denver ends with Alessio Bianchi struggling for his life is not for the rescue of Gabriella Sanchez. Days turn into weeks wherein Alessio and Gabriella begin an affair, an affair that will end when a promise to return never comes to fruition. Pregnant and with no where to turn, Gabriella contacts her estranged father, a man with as many connection as our story line hero. Four years will pass wherein Alessio never stops searching for the woman who stole his heart, four years in which he never knew he left a piece of himself behind. Fast forward to present day wherein Alessio will reunite with Gabriella at a ‘family’ gathering, never anticipating Gabriella’s connection to the criminal underworld but someone is targeting the Bianchi-Gallagher family, and the Gabriella and their son will be caught in the crossfire. What ensues is the rebuilding romance and relationship between Gabriella and Alessio, and the potential fall-out as both the Serbian and Russian mobs take aim at the Irish mob and the Bianchi Famiglia.

Gabriella Sanchez grew up never knowing her father but discovering his ‘criminal lifestyle’ meant Gabriella wanted to remain anonymous, behind the scenes without any connection to her absentee father but alone and pregnant meant Gabriella needed help, and with her father’s assistance, Gabriella went on the run, hiding in plain sight from the man with whom she had fallen in love. Alessio Bianchi’s early years were spent as the punching bag to his violent father. Believing his own family had abandoned him, Alessio was always on the outside looking in even when his brother, and sister in law eventually took charge. Finding someone to call his own meant Alessio had a chance at his own happily ever after but Gabriella’s disappearance, the discovery of their son, meant Alessio knew it was time to make changes, changes that would affect the Bianchi-Gallagher dynamic going forward.

The relationship between Alessio and Gabriella begins as a rescue that quickly turns into a long distance affair but Alessio’s promise to return it met with the fear of the unknown, and Gabriella had to make a decision about her life going forward. Gabriella never expected to fall in love with a man connected to the criminal underworld but keeping her own past a secret was easy in the face of protecting the child she was raising on her own. The $ex scenes are intimate erotic and intense.

There is a large ensemble cast of secondary and supporting characters including most of the previous story line couples: Alessio’s siblings, and his brother Dante’s wife, Makenna Gallagher the new head of the Irish Mob, and her large extended and connected family, as well as Gabriella’s best friend Rayless Silver (Hateful Union). We are introduced to Gabriella’s father Joe Ranieri, and his wife Christina. The requisite evil has many faces.

OBSESSIVE UNION is a story of betrayal and vengeance, secrets and lies, power and control, murder and obsession, family, relationships, acceptance and love. The premise is dark, gritty, heart breaking and emotional; the characters are powerful, determined and dangerous; the romance is seductive and provocative. OBSESSION UNION ends on a cliffhanger.

Previous reviews
Explosive Union
Vengeful Union
Cherished Union

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Reviewed by Sandy

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USA Today Bestselling Author Brooke Summers is a Mafia Romance author and is best known for her Made Series.

Brooke Summers was born and raised in South London. She lives with her daughter and hubby. Brooke has been an avid read for many years.She’s a huge fan of Colleen Hoover and Kristen Ashley.

Brooke has been dreaming of writing for such a long time. When she was little, she would make up stories just for fun. Seems as though she was destined to become an author.