CORRUPTED HEART (Venomous Gods 4) by Jagger Cole

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date May 23, 2024

I taunted a monster. Now I’m caught in his claws.

He was only supposed to be a faceless fantasy.

A masked man from the app to enact my darkest, most depraved impulses with. But I played games with the wrong stranger, and caught the attention of a psychopath.

Because Kratos Drakos isn’t just Greek Mafia royalty. He’s not just lethally powerful, physically massive, and dangerously gorgeous.

I’ve seen what lurks beneath his mask: a beast with a primal taste for chasing, catching, and corrupting.

Now, to stop a mafia war, I’m being wed to that very monster.

But the deeper I’m drawn into Kratos’ twisted reality, the more I realize one thing: The most dangerous game you can play with a psychopath isn’t running away.

It’s falling for one.

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REVIEW: CORRUPTED HEART is the fourth instalment in Jagger Cole’s contemporary, adult VENOMOUS GODS dark, erotic, Mafia romance series. This is Italian Mafia princess and dancer Bianca Sartorre, Greek Mafia Kratos Drakos, story line. CORRUPTED HEART can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

WARNING: Due to the nature of the story line premise there WILL BE multiple TRIGGERS for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Kratos and Bianca) CORRUPTED HEART follows in the wake of the arranged marriage between our story line couple. A war between the controlling factions of the Greek, Italian, Russian and Serbian Mafia has escalated in part due to the accidental actions of our story line heroine. Pulled into a dangerous situation where she was left to fend for herself, Bianca will quickly discover payment will come at a cost, perhaps the cost of her life. In order to pay for the sins of our heroine, Bianca is forced to marry a monster of a man, a man with whom she is currently involved but all is not, and has never been well in Kratos Drakos’ life, and the past is about to threaten everyone he has ever loved. What ensues is the unconventional relationship between Kratos and Bianca, and the potential fall-out as betrayal threatens to destroy our story line couple

The world building is dark and gritty. Jagger Cole’s storylines are increasingly more brutal, and the characters are bordering on, if not, psychopaths and deviants. Twisted kinks amounting to questionable choices threatens our story line heroine at every turn.

The relationship between Kratos and Bianca begins as a rescue, of a sorts. Bianca is thrown into a situation by a so-called friend but our heroine finds herself a victim of naivety and immaturity as she struggles to stay one step ahead of the of the horrifying reality that has become her world. Kratos Drakos is a creation of his late father-a monster without remorse but a man who has fallen in love with a woman whose own needs are met by our hero. The $ex scenes are dark, unconventional edgy and provocative.

There is a large ensemble cast of questionable, colorful and charismatic secondary and supporting characters many of whom are deviant, and brutal.

CORRUPTED HEART is a story involving the criminal underworld including Russian, Greek, Italian, Irish and Serbian Mafias; a dark, dramatic and twisted premise of power and control, betrayal and vengeance, madness and murder, acceptance and love. The characters are struggling, embattled, and haunting; the romance is tragic and raw.

Heed my WARNING-the triggers are numerous, brutal, haunting- a cautionary suggestion to be prepared.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews

Toxic Love
Devious Vow
Poisonous Kiss

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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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