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Blood Ties (La Famiglia De Luca-Alessio) by Kristine Allen-review tour

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❤️Blood Ties (La Famiglia De Luca -Alessio 3/ Mayhem Makers) by Kristine Allen-review tour❤️

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date May 15, 2023

Once upon a time, there was a young man who ran away for a chance at a different life. Then I f*cked up and went back. Turns out I like the darkness too much.

But now that darkness haunts me.

As the notorious hit man, The Huntsman, I kill without remorse. Feelings are not an option. After all, my family’s legacy taught me that the world is cold—and now, so am I.

Until I have her in my sights and I can’t pull the trigger.

Like a fool, I went and fell for her. Now The Huntsman has become the hunted and I have to keep her safe from the killers on our tail.

A poisonous cauldron of lies is drowning us, and no one is who they seem. My family is poised on the brink of war and I’m a target because of my last name.

She needs to trust me. But if she finds out I was supposed to kill her, I’ll lose her. Not happening.

I’ll find a way. Because I. Never. Back. Down.

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REVIEW:BLOOD TIES: ALESSIO is the third instalment in Kristine Allen’s contemporary, adult LA FAMIGLIA DE LUCA erotic, Mafia romance series, a part of the multi-authored MAYHEM MAKERS series. This is Alessio ‘The Huntsman’ De Luca, and metal sculptor Nivea Bulgari’s story line. BLOOD TIES can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary. There is a slight cross-over with the multi-authored RBMC series.

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

Told from three first person perspectives (Alessio, Nivea, Jade) BLOOD TIES follows the attempted assassination of Nivea Bulgari. Nivea is the adopted daughter of Matthew and Charlotte Bulgari, and our heroine had recently discovered she was the biological daughter of billionaire businessman Justin Santino. Justin’s sudden death, and the subsequent attempt on our heroine’s life aroused too many questions for the hired gunman. Enter Alessio ‘The Huntsman’ De Luca, and the man with whom Nivea will fall in love. What ensues is the quick building relationship between Nivea and Alessio, and the potential fall-out when Nivea discovers that Alessio was hired to take her down.

Alessio De Luca is an assassin for hire but something about his latest contract didn’t make sense. Nivea Bulgari is a quiet, stay at home, artist whose history doesn’t read like a vengeful killer, but Alessio was charged with taking her down. Nivea Bulgari never knew her biological parents but approximately one year earlier she would discover the man she knew nothing about. In the wake of Justin’s death, Nivea would become the target of jealousy and betrayal, a target that had no idea the truth would reveal a twisted tale.

The relationship between Nivea and Alessio begins as an assignment in which Alessio has been hired to kill our story line heroine. From the outset, nothing added up, and another gunman was taking aim at the woman with whom he would fall in love. Nivea Bulgari knows a thing or two about the darkness that surrounds men in her life, and with it, the lies but Alessio’s lies are about to break her heart, a heart she was quickly surrendering to our story line hero. The $ex scenes are intimate and intense.

The secondary and supporting characters include Nivea’s adopted parents Matthew and Charlotte Bulgari, and her biological father Justin Santino; Justin’s wife Jade, and his PA Carl. We are also reintroduced to Alessio’s brothers Vittorio and Gabriel, and several members of the RBMC Ankeny, Iowa.

BLOOD TIES is a story of murder, betrayal and vengeance, greed and jealousy, family, relationships, friendships and love. The fast paced premise is intriguing and a little twisty; the romance is provocative; the characters are desperate and determined.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Blood Lust
Blood Money

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Reviewed by Sandy

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Kristine Allen lives in beautiful Central Texas with her adoring husband. They have four brilliant, wacky and wonderful children. She is surrounded by twenty six acres, where her seven horses, six dogs and three cats run the place. Kristine realized her dream of becoming a contemporary romance author after years of reading books like they were going out of style and having her own stories running rampant through her head. She works as a nurse, but in stolen moments, taps out ideas and storylines until they culminate in characters and plots that pull her readers in and keep them entranced for hours.

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The Last Goodnight by Kat Martin – a Review

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The Last Goodnight by Kat Martin – a Review

 

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CAN SHE FIND A KILLER . . . BEFORE HE FINDS HER?

When Kade Logan said goodbye to his estranged wife eight years ago, he never thought it would be the last time he saw her alive. Now her car has been hauled out of a nearby lake and Kade is determined to track down the man who murdered her. Enter Eleanor Bowman, a talented private investigator who’s about to stir up a hornet’s nest on his Colorado ranch.

With old scandals still buzzing about his late wife’s many affairs and new violence erupting, Kade is faced with the discovery of another beautiful woman’s body. Are the two killings linked? Who is the man who seduced, then murdered both victims? Ellie believes they are dangerously close to the truth.

From corporate Denver high-rises to posh Vail mansions, Kade and Ellie sense the killer is closing in again, and this time Ellie is the target. Kade must risk everything to save the woman he’s coming to love—before she becomes the next one to die…

 

 

Review:

The Last Goodnight by Kat Martin is the 1st book in her new Blood Ties, The Logans series. We meet Kade Logan, our hero, who runs a ranch in Colorado, and is told by police that the car of his late wife was pulled out of the lake.  Kade’s wife disappeared around 8 years ago, when he assumed she ran off with her lover, as he was also in the process of getting a divorce; her body was discovered a few years later in a shallow grave, and now after the car is found, Kade wants to avenge her death.

Eleanor (Ellie) Bowman, works for Nighthawk Security as a private investigator, and her boss assigns her to go undercover to investigate who killed Kade’s wife.  At first, Kade wasn’t sure he wanted this beautiful young woman to handle the case, but he agrees, especially after the boss explains she is perfect for the job.

Ellie goes undercover as a temporary cook at Kade’s Diamond Bar Ranch to investigate the murder. She begins with learning more about the ranch hands, and the men in town who the wife was involved with.  While she is helping with the cooking, Ellie will start helping Kade & the ranch hands with other things happening that seem to be sabotage; with first two cattle are found dead, then one of the ranch hands is shot, and a mine on Kade’s land explodes. It becomes obvious that someone is out to destroy Kade.  Ellie insists to help Kade on these attacks, and begins to works closely with him to try and find out who is behind the attack and why?

When another woman is found dead in a similar murder to Kade’s wife, Ellie and Kade decide to go to Vail, as both women seemed to spend time there, having affairs.  A suspect in the ranch attacks is murdered, leading them to look closely at the wealthy in Vail, who own the mines.

With all that is happening around them, both Kade and Ellie find themselves attracted to each other; the chemistry between them sizzles and in a short time, they act on their lust. Ellie though knows that despite his feelings, Kade still does not trust other women, knowing what his wife did. He finds himself falling into a jealous rage, when any man talks or smiles at Ellie, which is something he never felt before. Will Kade be able to trust Ellie or will he let her walkaway when the case is over?

Kade and Ellie know that they are close to finding the person behind the attacks on him and the ranch; but danger escalates, as Ellie is now in the sight of a madman.  To say too much more would be spoilers, and you really need to read this book from the start.  I loved Martin’s Maximum Security series, and now I look forward to seeing what Martin has in store for us in this new series. The Last Goodnight was very well written by Kat Martin.   If you enjoy mystery, suspense, murder and a great couple, you should read The Last Goodnight.

Reviewed by Barb

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