DEVIANT HEARTS (Dark Hearts 1) by Jagger Cole-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date March 30, 2023

To stop a mafia war, I’m being forced to marry my sworn enemy.

A brutal, domineering, and lethally beautiful monster with a body built for violence. Ares Drakos—new king of the Drakos Mafia family—is every inch the God of War he’s named after.

And now, I belong to him.

Our unholy union is meant to end the bloodshed between Irish and Greek. A rising tide to lift all ships.

A match made in hell. And if we can’t stop from killing each other, “until death do us part” might happen before we can say “I do”.

It’s not supposed to be real. Until it becomes something else.

Something dark, dangerous, and deliciously deviant.

The God of War might be invading my bed, my dreams, and my every sinful desire.

But there’s one thing he’ll never conquer.

My heart.

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REVIEW: DEVIANT HEARTS is the first instalment in Jagger Cole’s contemporary, adult DARK HEARTS dark, erotic, crime world, romance series. This is Irish Mafia princess, twenty-four year old, university student Neve Kildare, and Greek mobster Ares Drakos’ story line. DARK HEARTS series is set in the author’s KINGS AND VILLAINS world. For backstory and cohesion, I suggest reading PRINCE OF HATE (Kings and Villains 6).

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Neve and Ares) DEVIANT HEARTS follows the arranged marriage, forced proximity relationship between Irish Mafia princess, twenty-four year old, NYU student Neve Kildare, and Greek mobster Ares Drakos. The New York faction of the Greek and Irish Mafia’s are at war, and to procure some sort of cease fire, twenty four year old Irish Mafia princess Neve Kildare has been offered in marriage to Greek mobster Ares Drakos. Neve is a university student with her first taste of freedom and her own apartment condo but never expected to be used as a pawn in the war between controlling families. Defiant and rebellious, Neve struggles to accept her fate, married to a man who could crush her soul but within hours of getting married, Neve’s life is threatened, and the past declares open season on our story line heroine. Ares Drakos never thought he would marry, yet alone to a member of the Irish Mob. Ares knows that to keep peace between the families, he is determined to give his marriage a chance but Neve hides a past that is about to threaten Ares tenuous hold on the woman with whom he will fall in love. Neve is feisty and furious at what has happened and why, knowing her marriage of convenience is but a bandaid on on a wound that may never heal. What ensues is the building relationship between Neve and Ares, and the potential fall-out as the past returns determined to take down our story line heroine.

The relationship between Neve and Ares is an arranged marriage, marriage of convenience, enemies to lovers meant to bring some sort of peace between the Irish and the Greek mobs, a joining of forces that will be needed when the past takes back what doesn’t belong. Neither Ares nor Neve believe their union is anything but a brokerage of peace but one night together gives them both pause for thought. Neve is defiant until the end, an end that may come sooner than she thinks when the demons from her past demand payment and more. The $ex scenes are passionate, aggressive and erotic.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful and powerful secondary and supporting characters, some of whom we have met in Prince of Hate (Kings and Villains #6): the head of the Irish Mob and Neve’s uncle Cillian Kildare; Neve’s sister Eilish; bodyguard Castle; Are’s brothers Hades and Kratos, their sister Calliope, and their Ya-ya Dimitra; Neve and Eilish’s great uncle Seamus O’Conor. The requisite evil has many faces. Cillian’s story line is next.

DEVIANT HEARTS is a story of power and control, betrayal and vengeance, madness and murder, family and friendships, acceptance and love. The premise is dramatic, gritty, dark and tumultuous; the characters are energetic, dynamic and charismatic; the romance is intense and provocative.

Click HERE for Sandy’s review of PRINCE OF HATE

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Reviewed by Sandy

 

A reader first and foremost, Jagger Cole cut his romance writing teeth penning various fan-fiction stories years ago. After deciding to hang up his writing boots, Jagger worked in advertising pretending to be Don Draper. It worked enough to convince a woman way out of his league to marry him, though, which is a total win.

Now, Dad to two little princesses and King to a Queen, Jagger is thrilled to be back at the keyboard.

When not writing or reading romance books, he can be found woodworking, enjoying good whiskey, and grilling outside–rain or shine.

You can find all of his books at www.jaggercolewrites.com

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