🩷Of Oaths and Secrets (Corrupted Dynasties 2) by RG Angel-review tour🩷

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 5, 2025

He’s the ruthless reaper of the Mafia. She’s the light he never expected. Together, they’re bound by vows that could either save them—or destroy them.
Nora
In a world where love is a luxury and duty is a prison, my father’s demands seal my fate—an arranged marriage to one of the infamous Lucchese brothers. But I never expected to choose Rafaele, Il Mietitore, the ruthless reaper feared by all. Behind his cold, controlled exterior lies a darkness even my bright spirit may not be able to survive. Yet, despite the danger, something in him calls to me. Maybe it’s because, like me, he hides scars beneath the surface. I’ve made my choice. Now, I just have to live with it—or die trying.

Rafaele
They call me Il Mietitore—the Reaper. I am the hand of death in a world bound by blood and betrayal. I don’t need love, and I certainly don’t need a wife. But when Nora Falcone chooses me, everything changes. She’s everything I’m not—light, warmth, and life in a world where I deal only in death. I didn’t want this marriage, but now that she’s mine, I’ll protect her from the shadows that follow me. Loyalty binds us both, but in this world, that might not be enough to save her from the darkness that lives inside me.

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REVIEW: OF OATHS AND SECRETS is the second instalment in RG Angel’s contemporary, adult CORRUPTED DYNASTIES erotic, dark, Maria romance series. This is capo Rafaele ‘Reaper’ Lucchese, and twenty-two year old Nora Falcone’s story line. OF OATHS AND SECRETS can be read as stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story line is revealed where necessary.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Rafaele and Nora) OF OATHS AND SECRET focuses on the arranged marriage between capo Rafaele ‘Reaper’ Lucchese, and Nora Falcone. As the heir to the Lucchese throne, Rafaele Lucchese is expected to marry and produce an heir but Nora Falcone, is given the option between Rafaele and his younger brother Leo, a man who spends most of his time drinking and wh*ring around. Choosing Rafaele, Nora suspects she will spend her life in a loveless marriage to a man who is unable to show love in return but all is not well between the Mafia families, and the Russian Bratva is one step away from declaring war. Betrayal comes from outside and from within, and Rafaele finds himself in charge of a family that requires a deep cleanse from the top down.

The world building focuses on the building relationship between Rafaele and Nora; the build up to war between the Mafia, and Bratva; and the ultimate betrayal by the people who promised their fealty and trust.

The relationship between Rafaele and Nora is one of arranged marriage. Nora is a well-educated and wholly aware young woman who knows life makes no promises. Having endured her mother’s attempts to destroy her self esteem, Nora is under no illusion that marriage to Rafaele will be anything but a marriage in name alone. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

There is an another large ensemble cast of colorful, energetic and sometimes questionable secondary and supporting characters. We are introduced to Rafaele’s brother Leo, their father : Nora’s mother Guilia, and father Maurizio Falcone: Rafaele’s right hand man Paolo; aunt Maria, and her daughter Sofia. The requisite evil has many faces.

OF OATHS AND SECRETS is a story of secrets and lies, betrayal and vengeance, power and control, family and obsession, acceptance and love. The premise is dramatic, dark and heart breaking; the romance is fated and captivating; the characters are determined, dynamic and charismatic.

Click HERE for Sandy’s review of book one OF VOWS AND BETRAYAL

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Reviewed by Sandy

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