Midnight Wedding (Mafia Romances 1) by BB Hamel-review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date March 5, 2025

My hot neighbor’s apartment is totally trashed.
I shouldn’t snoop, but his door is wide open.
Now I’m standing in his living room with a pile of cash in one hand and his underwear in the other.
And he’s pointing a gun at my head.

I’m mortified. Also, I’m trespassing. I never should’ve gone anywhere near my hot neighbor’s place.

But instead of ending up murdered or arrested, I have one of the steamiest nights of my life with a mysterious man that looks like heaven and tastes like sin.

I figure the story’s over there, at least until a pregnancy test comes back positive.

Turns out that my hot neighbor is Arsen Sarkissian, head of the Brotherhood crime syndicate.

He’s chiseled from granite, burning to the touch, and scarily obsessed when it comes to family.

So he offers me a deal: become his wife, give him the baby, and he’ll take care of my sick mother forever.

Now I’m on the wedding altar saying vows I don’t mean, all because the dangerous, beautiful killer’s making promises I’m not sure he can keep.

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REVIEW:MIDNIGHT WEDDING is the first instalment in BB Hamel’s contemporary, adult, Mafia romance series of stand alone story lines. This is the new head of the Armenian Brotherhood Patron Arsen Sarkissian, and Lena’s story line.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Arsen and Lena) MIDNIGHT WEDDING follows in the aftermath of a one-night stand between our story line couple. Several weeks earlier, Lena walked into her neighbor’s apartment, an apartment destroyed by an unknown enemy. Accused of trespassing and theft, Lena finds herself a willing victim of Arsen Sarkissian, the new Patron of the Armenian Brotherhood but as the weeks go by, Lena will discover she is pregnant, and Arsen is determined to claim our heroine as his own. All is not well within the Armenian Brotherhood, they are at war with themselves as well as the Russians, and Lena is about to be caught in a war between family and blood when she witnesses a crime she cannot forget.

The world building follows several paths including Arsen’s rise to power following the death of his father: Lena’s need to explore and venture into places unknown; Arsen’s abnormal and damaging childhood; his unwavering trust in the woman with whom he will fall in love; and the possible betrayal by the people who have yet to swear fealty to the man in charge.

The relationship between Arsen and Lena begins as a one-night stand that will escalate when Lena discovers she is expecting Arsen’s child. Arsen is supposed to marry a nice Armenian girl but Lena is the woman that calls to his heart, a woman that is about to upset the Armenian Brotherhood order. The $ex scenes are provocative and intense but I dislike the use of a certain four-letter word.

We are introduced Arsen’s brother Tegran; their aunt Sona and uncle Garen; housekeeper Maud, as well as Lena’s parents and her brother Vadim.

MIDNIGHT WEDDING is a story of betrayal and vengeance, power and control, secrets and lies, family and relationships, acceptance and love. The premise is dramatic, twisted and gritty; the romance is spicy and edgy; the characters are determine, dynamic and sassy

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Reviewed by Sandy