CORRUPTED HEIR (Mafia Kings: Corrupted 1) by Kiana Hettinger-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date May 4, 2022

I’m walking down that aisle… whether I like it or not.

I learned very early on that every life matters—no life is insignificant, most especially not my own mother’s, whose life was cruelly slain. I vowed to do what I can so that no one has to feel as if they’re nothing at all when they lose their loved ones.

So when I’m forced into a marriage with Dominic Luca—the man next in line to be the head of the biggest crime family in all of New York—the ring he puts on my finger is a gun to my head with his thumb on the trigger.

I couldn’t possibly hold his hand knowing it has the blood of countless men on it. I couldn’t possibly look into his eyes knowing he’s seen more deaths than a coroner.

I could never feel safe around him. Especially not after a horrifying truth comes out, a truth that weaves his past with mine, a truth that makes me realize something even more horrifying than the truth itself.

Not only am I married to a killer, I’m married to a monster.

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REVIEW: CORRUPTED HEIR is the first instalment in Kiana Hettinger’s contemporary, adult MAFIA KINGS: CORRUPTED erotic, Mafia romance series. This is thirty-four year old Mafia heir Dominic Luca, and twenty-eight year old veterinarian Fallon Moore’s story line.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Dominic and Fallon) CORRUPTED HEIR follows the arranged marriage between thirty-four year old Mafia heir Dominic Luca, and twenty-eight year old veterinarian Fallon Moore, Upon her birth Fallon was promised to the first born of the Luca family but our heroine had no idea that her future had been predetermined. Dominic Luca never wanted to enter into a marriage of convenience but in an effort to join forces, Dominic is determined to take his place at the head of the family. What ensues is the building but acrimonious relationship between Dominic and Fallon, and the potential fall-out as the Luca Crime Family is about to go to war.

Fallon Moore wants to live a quiet life with friends and her career but never expected to find herself forced into a loveless marriage with a man she doesn’t know. Fallon is oblivious to the Luca Crime Family organization, and her naivety may place her in the direct line of fire. Dominic Luca is determined to honor his father’s wishes, an honor that may come at a cost to our heroine’s life. The Luca family is at war, and Fallon is caught in the middle as a means to an end.

The relationship between Dominic and Fallon begins acrimoniously when Dominic needs Fallon’s services for his father’s injured dog but Fallon struggles with her attraction to a man who is wrong for all of the right reasons, and right when it comes to the beating of her heart. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense.

We are introduced to Fallon’s father Police Chief Douglas Moore, and her best friend and co-worker Corinne; Dominic’s brothers Leo, Dante; their mother Maria and father Vincent Luca’ s guard Leandra, inside man Marco. Here’s hoping the author has plans for Dominic’s brothers. The requisite evil has many faces.

CORRUPTED HEIR is a story of family and relationships, secrets and lies, betrayal and vengeance, acceptance and love. The premise is tragic and twisted; the romance is seductive and provocative; the characters are powerful, dynamic and feisty

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Reviewed by Sandy