Ravaged by Passion (Iron & Lace 4) by BB Hamel-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date July 27, 2022

Gavino Bruno caught me stealing from my psychopath boss.

Instead of ratting me out, that mobster pulled me into his lap and kissed me.

Gavino is gorgeous death in a sleek Italian suit.

His heart’s wrapped in steel and his emotions are caged in iron, but there’s a warmth beneath the chilly exterior, locked up and hidden away.

Now I owe him my life, and he’s going to make me repay my debt.

I crave that touch and those lips, but getting sucked into his game is a mistake.

I want to strip away his armor and bring him back to the world.

I want his heat to burn my skin and send shivers down my spine.

Except sometimes, monsters are caged for a reason.

If you’re new to the Iron and Lace series, this is the perfect place to start! Ravaged by Passion is a super-steamy standalone mafia story with no cheating, no cliffhanger, and a guaranteed happily-ever-after. Enjoy!!

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REVIEW:RAVAGED BY PASSION is the fourth instalment in BB Hamel’s contemporary, adult IRON AND LACE erotic, Dark Mafia Romance series focusing on the Bruno family. This is forty-two year old, Mafia businessman Gavino Bruno, and twenty-two year old PA Jeanie Gray’s story line. RAVAGED BY PASSION can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

NOTE: RAVAGED BY PASSION picks up fifteen years following the events of SHATTERED BY CONTROL but you do not have to have read the original trilogy to follow or comprehend the events of RAVAGED BY PASSION.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Jeanie and Gavino) RAVAGED BY PASSION follows the building relationship between is forty-two year old, Mafia businessman Gavino Bruno, and twenty-two year old PA Jeanie Gray. Jeanie Gray was desperate to find out any information about her boss Malcolm Strafford but getting caught in the boss’s office by Mafia son Gavino Bruno found Jeanie without a job, and homeless when someone trashed her single apartment. Gavino Bruno suspected all was not right in Jeanie Gray’s world, and offered our heroine a position in return for helping him take down the man in charge, a man doing business with the Bruno Famiglia. Gavino Bruno wanted to remain loyal to the ways of the Bruno crime world but his brother Don Casso wanted to go straight in an effort to avoid problems for the future generations. Gavino knew Malcolm Strafford would destroy anyone who got in his way, and Gavino was going to use Jeanie Gray to get what he wanted. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Gavino and Jeanie, and the potential fall-out as secrets and lies threaten Gavino’s hold on his sanity and his heart.

The relationship between Gavino and Jeanie begins as an office encounter when both are caught somewhere they shouldn’t have been. Jeanie is fired for fraternizing on the job, and Gavino finds himself hiring our heroine to search for information about her former boss. Living with the Bruno family, if only on a temporary basis, brings Jeanie up close and personal with the man with whom she will fall in love but a man who has yet to let go of the past. Gavino Bruno doesn’t do relationships, and struggles to trust the opposite $ex. Having been burned in the past, Gavino slowly begins to let down his walls, only to find that he has been betrayed, once again. The $ex scenes are intimate, intense and passionate-there are some scenes of spanking.

We are reintroduced to Gavino’s brothers and the Bruno Famiglia Don Casso Bruno and his wife Olivia; Fynn and his wife Mirella ; their sister Karah and her husband. Nico, and the next generation of the Bruno Famiglia. We are introduced to Bruno Family capo Romano, as well as businessman Malcolm Strafford and his right hand man/enforcer Benedict Emmerson.

RAVAGED BY PASSION is a story of secrets and lies; loss and hope; betrayal and vengeance, power, control, acceptance and love. The premise is dramatic, intriguing and captivating; the romance is seductive and impassioned; the characters are charismatic, determined, broken but healing.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Broken by Sin
Consumed by Desire
Shattered by Sin

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Reviewed by Sandy