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JONAH BENNETT (Bennett Mafia 1.5) by Tijan-Review & Excerpt Tour

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JONAH BENNETT (Bennett Mafia 1.5) by Tijan-review &b excerpt tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 16, 2021.

From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Tijan comes a new story in her Bennett Mafia universe…

Jonah Bennett wasn’t like his family. The mafia business was firmly what his brothers did, not him.

That changed the day a rival family killed his fiancée.

**Every 1001 Dark Nights novella is a standalone story. For new readers, it’s an introduction to an author’s world. And for fans, it’s a bonus book in the author’s series. We hope you’ll enjoy each one as much as we do.**

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REVIEW : JONAH BENNETT by Tijan is a contemporary, adult, erotic, romance novella found in the author’s BENNETT MAFIA series, and the latest instalment in the multi-authored 1001 Dark Nights. This is Dr. Jonah Bennett, and forensic technician Carson Dayley’s story line. JONAH BENNETT can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story line is revealed where necessary.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Carson and Jonah) JONAH BENNETT follows in the aftermath of the murder of Jonah Bennett’s fiancée, and Jonah’s attraction to the forensic technician Carson Dayley. Months would pass, the murder would go unsolved and Jonah never forgot about our story line heroine until the day she walked into one of the family owned nightclubs, a coincidence the Bennett family suspected to be orchestrated by someone else. Believing she was in town for her sister’s upcoming wedding, Carson never expected to come face to face with the grieving fiance, the man who stirred something deep within our story line heroine but a man whose family secrets ran dangerous and dark; a family who was now holding our heroine hostage as they searched for the truth. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Carson and Jonah ,and the potential fall-out as the Bennett family has been targeted for sins of the past, and our heroine is currently in the direct line of fire.

Jonah Bennett knew he was loved by his half-siblings but always felt he didn’t quite belong. Studying medicine meant staying away from the family ‘business’ a business that was hurting the people he loved. Carson Dayley suspected the Bennett’s were more powerful than she could have ever imagined but our heroine never expected to pulled into a mob war, where she would become the ultimate prize.

The relationship between Carson and Jonah begins tempestuously as the Bennett family doesn’t trust our story line heroine. While Kai and Tanner Bennett begin to uncover the truth, Jonah’s relationship with Carson begins to turn into something more, something wherein Jonah become guardian and protector of the woman with whom he is falling in love. the $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

The secondary and supporting characters include the Bennett family siblings: Kai and Riley (Bennett Mafia 1), as well as Tanner and Brooke, several security personnel, Carson’s co-workers, and the discovery of Jonah’s extended family, a family he never knew but had always wanted to know.

JONAH BENNETT is a story of betrayal and vengeance, power and control, trust, relationships, family and love. The premise is emotional, dark but captivating; the romance is seductive; the characters are strong-willed, colorful and intense.

Click HERE for Sandy’s review of book one BENNETT MAFIA.

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Reviewed by Sandy

Jonah started around the end of the bed toward me, his head still down.
I took a breath, flattening my hand against my stomach. It was rumbling all over the place. “I don’t know what your family does, but I’m not dumb.” I tipped my head up.
He moved even closer.
“Jonah.” My voice was wobbly. He had to know I wouldn’t say anything, do anything. “It was very obvious that your family is wealthy—like, the type I didn’t even know existed. All the guards? That’s scary. Whatever your family does, I don’t want to know. I don’t need to know. I won’t say anything.”
He was in my space, but his eyes were soft. “It’s not that simple.”
It had to be. Panic was branding me from the inside out. I had to convince him of this.
Would they kill me?
No, this is Jonah.
My God. Why did I have blinders with this guy?
Jonah closed in, but he didn’t touch me. He stayed just out of touching distance, but he watched me, and I was flipping the fuck out.
I blinked away tears. “What are you going to do to me?”
He stared long and hard, as if looking inside of me. Then he reached up, his hand cupping the side of my face. “I remembered you, too, after that night. You showed me kindness when no one should’ve been doing that. You did. That meant something to me.”
I closed my eyes, wanting him to close the distance and wanting him to step away at the same time. Fear and desire pumped through my blood, heating me up. “Are you going to kill me?”
His hand flexed against my cheek.
I opened my eyes, finding his gaze on my lips.
Oh man. What was he thinking?
“Jonah,” I whispered.
His eyes flickered, coming back into focus.
“What are yo—”
“No.” That’s all he said before he lowered his head, and his mouth touched mine.
I gasped, grasping his wrist.
He pulled back. Lust had darkened his eyes, but he was holding, waiting.
He was waiting for me.
My heart thumped against my chest. I knew what I wanted.
Need flooded me. The ache inside me spread outward.
I started without fully admitting to myself what I was going to do. I moved closer, my lips searching for his, and after another second’s hesitation, I let go of his wrist. I grabbed his shirt and raised up on my toes.
I found him this time, and all the hesitation was over.

Tijan is a New York Times Bestselling author that writes suspenseful and unpredictable novels. Her characters are strong, intense, and gut-wrenchingly real with a little bit of sass on the side. Tijan began writing later in life and once she started, she was hooked. She’s written multi-bestsellers including the Carter Reed Series, the Fallen Crest Series, and the Broken and Screwed Series among others. She is currently writing a new YA series along with so many more from north Minnesota where she lives with a man she couldn’t be without and an English Cocker she adores. 

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Bennett Mafia by Tijan-a review

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BENNETT MAFIA by Tijan-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date March 4, 2019

There were always whispers about my roommate at Hillcrest Academy.

The wealthiest of the wealthy sent their kids to our boarding school, and Brooke Bennett had been at the top, though I never quite knew why. She was fun and outgoing, but she kept quiet about her family. The only things she showed me were photographs of her brothers.

I became fascinated with her second-oldest brother. Kai Bennett.

He was the most of them all. Smoldering. Hypnotic. Alluring.
Kai had eyes that pulled me in and a face that haunted my dreams.

Then I met him.

He came to our school with their father, and that’s when I learned what kind of family Brooke came from. They were mafia, and Brooke’s oldest brother was dead. Her father said accident, but Brooke said murder.

Three months later, her father died, and Kai became the head of the Bennett Family. Brooke left Hillcrest for good, and that was the last time I saw her.

Fourteen years later, I’m staring at her face on the television. Brooke is missing.

Two days later, Kai Bennett kidnaps me.

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REVIEW:  BENNETT MAFIA by Tijan is a contemporary, adult, stand alone, Mafia romance story line focusing on the head of the Bennett family Kai Bennett, and Riley Bello.

NOTE: BENNETT MAFIA contains graphic scenes of violence and murder, that may not be suitable for more sensitive readers.

Told from first person point of view (Riley Bello) BENNETT MAFIA follows twenty six year old Riley Bello as she navigates the world that has become her life. Fourteen years earlier she would befriend her boarding school roommate and Mafia princess Brooke Bennett only to lose the only friend she would ever love when Brooke’s world imploded leaving Riley to fend for herself. Fast forward to present day wherein Riley works undercover for an organization that helps women and children escape the violence that has become their lives. When Brooke Bennett goes missing, Riley will come face to face with her future-Mafia boss and head of the Bennett Family- Kai Bennett, and the man with whom she would fall in love. What ensues is the acrimonious and contemptuous relationship between Kai and Riley, and the fall-out as Kai pushes Riley out of his life.

BENNETT MAFIA is a story about the rich and powerful; the dark and dangerous; the damaged and controlled. Riley knows what it is like to lose the people you love but struggles in the face of her attraction to a man she knows could destroy her in the blink of an eye. Kai Bennett is the hardened head of the Bennett family and refuses to acknowledge his feelings for the woman who was once his sister’s best friend. Desperate to uncover Brooke’s whereabouts Kai kidnaps our story line heroine in an attempt to protect the sister he loves from a future of which she is not prepared.

The relationship between Kai and Riley is fraught with animosity, malevolence, prejudice and hostility. Riley has become a virtual prisoner of a man she believes is a cold, blooded killer, a man with whom she will pledge her love only to discover that she was part of a larger plan. Kai Bennett has lusted after his sister’s best friend for as long as he can remember but pulling Riley into the Bennett lifestyle means placing the woman he loves in the direct line of fire. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense, without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

We are introduced to a large ensemble cast of secondary and supporting characters including Kai’s siblings: Brooke, Jonah and Tanner, as well as numerous guards and security, and several members of other crime families associated with the Bennett Mafia ; Riley’s fellow 411 Chapter members and friends Blade and Carol, as well as Riley’s father Bruce Bello. I am hoping the author has plans for future stories with Brooke, Johan and Tanner.

BENNETT MAFIA is first and foremost a story about family; about power; about betrayal and control. The premise is raw and gritty; the characters are animated and energetic; the romance is impassioned, complex and heart breaking.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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