BITTER PRINCE (Stolen Empire 1) by Eva Winners-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date August 17, 2023

Once upon a time, a lion saved a girl. His little cinnamon girl.

That lion grew up into a prince. Dark, bitter, and so beautiful that it
hurt to look at him.

But underneath it all, the girl saw the man. She saw his hunger for love
and affection, and she had plenty to give.

I was that girl. I fell in love, even though he told me not to. I gave him
everything, because that was who I was.

I was determined to show him the light in this world, and his smiles
were what I lived for. He was my art, my melody, my muse. We were beautiful together.
So I gave and gave, all to my bitter prince. Until I had nothing left to give.
Until he left me empty.

No one warned me love would push me into darkness so cold, it’d tear me apart.
To survive, I’d have to kill the cinnamon girl and become someone else. Someone I didn’t recognize.

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REVIEW:  BITTER PRINCE is the first instalment in Eva Winners’ contemporary, new adult STOLEN EMPIRE dark, erotic, Mafia romance trilogy. This is heir to the Yakuza throne Amon Leone, and Omerta princess Reina Romero’s story.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Amon and Reina) covering approximately twelve years BITTER PRINCE follows the building relationship between heir to the Yakuza throne Amon Leone, and Omerta princess Reina Romero. Years earlier Reina met Amon during one of their fathers’ questionable meetings but throughout the next twelve years our couple would come in and out of one another’s lives. Reina fell in love with Amon Leone, true heir to the Yakuza empire, but the Leones and Romeros were enemies at best. With a long and colorful history between the two families, Reina and Amon were warned away from one another but the pull was too strong for our story line couple. With the approach of Reina’s eighteenth birthday, Amon was about to claim the woman he loved but secrets reveal a dark and dangerous past, a past that will push Reina out of his life. What ensues is the slow building romance and relationship between Amon and Reina, and the fall-out as sins of the father are about to destroy our story line couple.

The world building is detailed and complex. The reader is pulled into two families, fractured by betrayal and abuse, power and control, secrets and lies. Amon’s heritage is mixed and therefore he will never ascend to the throne, and our heroine is about to be used as payment for a debt.

The relationship between Amon and Reina covers approximately twelve years as Reina knew Amon to be the man she would love. Six years difference in age meant Amon would keep his distance but whenever there was a problem, Amon was the first to protect the woman with whom he would fall in love. Professing their love was easy but secrets from the past were about to destroy them both. The $ex scenes are limited but passionate and intense.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful and questionable secondary and supporting characters. We are introduced to Reina’s parents, grandmother as well as her sister Phoenix; Amon’s parents, his brother Dante; Reina’s friends Isla, Raven and Athena. The family dynamics are questionable on both sides, and it is the dysfunctionality of the family that is about to destroy our story line couple. The requisite evil has many faces.

BITTER PRINCE is a story of betrayal, secrets, lies, power and control. The premise is edgy, intricate and multi-layered; the slow building romance is seductive; the characters are determined, desperate and broken. BITTER PRINCE ends on a cliff hanger-you have been warned.

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Reviewed by Sandy

Eva Winners released her first novel Second Chance At Love in 2020 and has been writing feverishly ever since. She writes about everlasting romance for every century focusing on characters emotional development and always guarantees an HEA.

She loves yoga, wine and her kiddos. In her spare time, she seeks adventures either hiking through trails, yoga or exploring the beaches.

Writing books has always been her passion and she brings real life to the forefront in everything she writes about.

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