RUTHLESS ARRANGEMENT (Gallo Famiglia 1) by Brooke Summers-review tour

ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date May 25, 2023

All I want is my freedom. He’s out for vengeance.
My life has been plagued by never ending pain and suffering.
He’s fueled by anger and hate.
Elio Gallo is the underboss to the famiglia.
He’s determined to knock down my walls and shatter me.
Marrying him was the only chance I had to survive.
Being his wife just may be my breaking point.
When an enemy rears their head. My life crumbles around me.
As danger starts to close in, the darkness surrounds me.
Can the mafia man let go of his thirst for revenge to save me?

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REVIEW: RUTHLESS ARRANGEMENT is the first instalment n Brooke Summers’ contemporary, adult GALLO FAMIGLIA dark, erotic, Mafia romance series set in the author’s MADE series, with characters introduced in the author’s FURY VIPERS MC series. This is underboss Elio Gallo, and twenty-two year old Teagan Mitchell’s story line. RUTHLESS ARRANGEMENT can be read as a stand alone but for back story I recommend reading PYRO, book 5 in the FURY VIPERS MC series where we are first introduced to our story line heroine. Some of the events cross over with, and run parallel to the above mentioned story line.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Elio and Teagan) RUTHLESS ARRANGMENT follows in the wake of the torture of our story line hero. Elio Gallo was burned and tortured by an unknown assailant, and while in recovery discovered the Dirty Demons MC were responsible for the assault, and with the help of his crew, took down the entire MC, leaving no one standing but Elio was unaware of a missing young woman, the daughter of the president who was no longer alive. Swearing retribution, Elio hunted down Teagan Mitchell, intending to seek vengeance against our story line heroine. Believing Teagan was just as culpable as every member of the Dirty Demons MC, Elio set into motion a plan to destroy and break the woman with whom he would fall in love. What ensues is the tempestuous and emotionally abusive relationship between Elio and Teagan, and the potential all-out as Teagan is targeted for the sins of the father.

Teagan Mitchell has been abused, used, tortured and r*ped for as long as she can remember. From the age of three, Teagan has never known love, support, freedom or care, having lived her life in a cell, an abused plaything of the Dirty Demons MC but upon her release, Teagan runs for her life, only to find herself living in a homeless shelter rather than at the mercy of the Mafia Famiglia. Elio doesn’t do relationships love but he was determined to claim Teagan as his wife and his mate. There was no love, no gentleness when it came to Elio claiming Teagan as his own, and Teagan would pay the price when Elio pushed her too far.

The relationship between Teagan and Elio is turbulent and tumultuous. Elio is determined to make Teagan pay for the sins of the father but Teagan is as much of a victim, if even more yet Elio doesn’t take the time to discover the truth about her past. As Teagan and Elio’s relationship begins to grow, someone else is taking aim at our story line heroine. The $ex scenes are aggressive, erotic and intense.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful, dynamic and problematic secondary and supporting characters including Jade and Rocco (Explosive Union/Made Series 7), Hayden and Adelina Gallagher (Cherished Union/Made Series 8), Chloe Gallagher (Fury Vipers MC 5), as well as Elio’s brother Dario, several members of the Famiglia, Dirty Demons MC, and Teagan’s friends Nell and Portia.

RUTHLESS ARRANGEMENT is a story of power and control, betrayal and vengeance, abuse and torture, forgiveness, acceptance and love. The dramatic premise is emotional, raw, dark and tragic; the romance struggles in the face of misunderstanding, a lack of communication, and years of torture and abuse; the characters are broken, desperate and edgy. RUTHLESS ARRANGEMENT ends on a bit of a cliff hanger-you have been warned.

Once again, heed the trigger warnings.

Copy supplied for review

Reviewed by Sandy

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

Brooke was born and raised in South London. She lives with her daughter and hubby. Brooke has been an avid reader 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.

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