Filthy Sinner / Savage Prince by Kelsie Calloway -reviews

FILTHY SINNER / SAVAGE PRINCE (Valenti Crime Family 3 & 4) by Kelsie Calloway

FILTHY SINNER
(Valenti Crime Family 3)
by Kelsie Calloway
GENRE: adult, contemporary, erotic, Mafia romance

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ABOUT THE BOOK : Release Date April 25, 2023

“I can explain.” That’s what everyone says when they’re caught breaking the law.

City Council Commissioner Sloane Bishop is a murderer.
I don’t think she meant to kill her abusive ex.
But when I walk through the door, he’s breathing his last.
I was on my way to do the job myself; too bad she beat me to it .
Now the cops want to know what happened.
They’re sniffing around and asking questions.
Sloane has a choice: marry me or go to prison.
After all, they can’t make your husband testify against you…
We just have to find someone to take the fall.

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REVIEW: FILTHY SINNER is the third instalment and novella in Kelsie Calloway’s contemporary, adult VALENTI CRIME FAMILY erotic, criminal underworld romance series. This is businessman and member of city council Luca Valenti, and city council commissioner Sloane Bishop’s story line.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Sloane and Luca) FILTHY SINNER follows in the aftermath of the murder of architect Daniel Prewitt. Daniel had been hired by the Valenti family to design a new home but Daniel sold the plans to the Valenti family rival, plans that would reveal secrets and more. Determined to take down Daniel Prewitt, Luca comes face to face with city councillor Sloane Bishop, who has just killed the man in question. To protect one another, Luca offers up his hand in marriage, a marriage Sloane is all too quick to agree to the terms. As the police investigation begins to target our story line couple, Sloane reconsiders her options going forward when a phone call from Luca has the potential to break our heroine’s heart. What ensues is the quick building relationship between Luca and Sloane, and the potential fall-out as a their marriage of convenience is not necessarily a marriage of love.

The relationship between Sloane and Luca is a marriage of convenience in the wake of the murder of architect Daniel Prewitt. Sloane was being blackmailed by the recently deceased, and her political career was about to take the hit. The Valenti family had been betrayed by Daniel Prewitt, and Luca was desperate to protect the woman that would steal his heart. The $ex scenes are limited but passionate.

The secondary and supporting characters included Luca’s brothers Raneiro and Mateo, as well as Sloane’s parents, and local law enforcement.

FILTHY SINNER is a quick read; a story of family, relationships, blackmail and desperation. The fast paced premise is entertaining; the romance is limited; the characters are determined and desperate.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Possessive Captor
Deviant Desires

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Reviewed by Sandy

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SAVAGE PRINCE
(Valenti Crime Family 4)
by Kelsie Calloway
GENRE: adult, contemporary, erotic, Mafia romance

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date May 23, 2023

She’s pregnant with my baby, now she’s on the run.

Nicolette was supposed to be a one night stand.
She’s the daughter of my brother’s sworn enemy .
But a few nights in a fancy hotel room changes everything.
I heard Nicolette left town, running from the man that knocked her up .
Except I’m the only man she’s ever been with .
If she’s going to be the mother of my child , she belongs to me.
I don’t care how long I have to hunt her or what it takes to keep her.
Nicolette Bellini will be mine .

Savage Prince is the fourth book in The Valenti Crime Family series, featuring a morally grey anti-hero that will do whatever it takes to be with the mother of his child —even if it means breaking the law. Each book is a standalone and the series can be read in any order.

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REVIEW:   SAVAGE PRINCE is the fourth novella in Kelsie Calloway’s contemporary, adult VALENTI CRIME FAMILY focusing on the Valenti crime family. This is thirty three year old Stefan Valenti and nineteen year old, colleges student Nicolette Calvino’s story line. SAVAGE PRINCE can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines 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 (Nicolette and Stefano) SAVAGE PRINCE follows nineteen year old Nicolette Calvino, daughter of Mafia boss Nick Calvino as she does her best to act out against her father’s wishes. Nicolette is an immature, spoiled Mafia princess who has been lost since the age of five when her beloved mother said good bye, leaving behind all of her children in the care of their Mafia connected father. Spending evenings in the bars, underaged Nicolette picked up Stefano Valenti for a bathroom quickie but once was not enough for our story line hero. Stefano Valenti wanted Nicolette but was unaware as to her true identity. Upon the discovery of her pregnancy, Nicolette left, looking for the mother she no longer knew, a mother who would explain what happened in the past. Desperate to find the woman with whom he was falling in love, Stefano went in search of the mother of his future child.

SAVAGE PRINCE is a fast paced, quick read focusing on obsession and desperation, heart break and love. The premise is entertaining; the romance is limited to $ex and $excapades in bathrooms and hotel rooms as the story line jumps seven months in which we are unaware of the developing relationship -I was hoping for a little bit more of their story; the characters are desperate and colorful.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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Filthy Sinner (Five Point Sinners)by Serena Akeroyd -Review tour

Filthy Sinner Nyx (Five Point Sinners .5) by Serena Akeroyd -Review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date January 24, 2023

When my father tries to force me to marry one of his cronies, I run away to my half-brother’s home.
He’s the black sheep of the family, a biker, not an Irish mobster. At the Satan’s Sinners’ MC compound, I find more than I bargained for.
Not my brother, ironically, but a man who gives a whole other meaning to ‘white knight.’
He’s dark and mysterious, a seeker of answers and a finder of truths.
Even better? He offers me an out, a shotgun wedding in Vegas.
I just don’t realize he has an ulterior motive.
But he doesn’t know I have one too

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REVIEW:FILTHY SINNER is the prequel story line in Serena Akeroyd’s contemporary adult FIVE POINTS MOB / DARK AND DIRTY SINNERS MC erotic, romance MC/Mob collection cross over series. This is Satan’s Sinners’ MC member James ‘Digger’ Banks, and twenty-one year old, Irish Mob daughter Mary Catherine’s story line. FILTHY SINNER can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty but many of the secondary and supporting characters have previously had their stories told in the aforementioned series.

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

NOTE: Dark and Dirty Sinners MC series was formerly known as the Satan’s Sinners MC series.FILTHY SINNER was originally released in the multi-authored A VERY NAUGHTY MC CHRISTMAS anthology.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Digger and Mary Catherine) FILTHY SINNER follows in the wake of an arranged marriage between Mary Catherine, and a man three times her age, a man with a dark reputation, and six dead wives. In the hopes of getting help from the half-brother she barely knows, Mary Catherine finds herself at the Satan’s Sinners’ MC compound, begging for help from the man she has fantasized about for the past five years. Enter James ‘Digger’ Banks. Knowing the only way to protect Mary Catherine is to claim the woman as his own, our couple set out on a cross country journey to Vegas where Digger marries the woman with whom he will fall in love but as the search for Mary Catherine continues back home, our couple must make the decision to face the wrath of both the MC and the Irish Mob. What ensues is the building relationship between Mary Catherine and Digger, and the potential fall-out as Mary Catherine’s father is determined to marry her to a high ranking member of the Irish Mob.

The relationship between Mary Catherine and Digger is one of immediate attraction. Five years earlier, Mary Catherine spied Digger from afar, and in the ensuing years never forgot about the man, one of her brother’s best friends. Fast forward to present day, Mary Catherine is desperate; her brother is out of town on MC business; and the only man who can save her, is the man she has dreamt about for close to five years. Knowing to marry Mary Catherine may incur the wrath of both the MC and the mob but Digger is determined to protect the woman with whom he will fall in love. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and provocative.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful and powerful secondary and supporting characters most of whom have already been introduced or had their stories told in the interconnected/cross over series-Satan’s Sinners MC aka Dark and Dirty Sinners MC, and the Five Points Mob Collection.

FILTHY SINNER is a story of betrayal and vengeance, power and control, family and relationships, desperation and acceptance. The fast paced premise is gritty, dramatic and engaging; the romance is exciting; the characters are determined and desperate.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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NYX
(Dark and Dirty Sinners/ Satan’s Sinners MC 1)
by Serena Akeroyd
Genre: adult, contemporary, erotic, dark, MC , romance

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date January 15, 2020

GIULIA

He’s dark. Dirty. Dangerous. A brother in my dad’s MC. Everything Mom told me to avoid. Everything I shouldn’t want.

But his dark, his dirty, and his dangerous are like catnip to me. He stirs fear into the hearts of men, but I hear his rage. I feel it like it’s my own.He’s a killer. Shameless. Some might even call him a psycho.

I just call him soul mate. We were born to raise hell together, born to make sick b*stards pay for their sins, born to be the king and queen of darkness…Now, the king just needs to get that memo.

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REVIEW:NYX is the first instalment in Serena Akeroyd’s contemporary, adult DARK AND DIRTY SINNERS / SATAN’S SINNERS dark, erotic MC romance series. This is thirty nine year old, Club enforcer Nyx, and twenty-four year old Giulia Fontaine’s story line.

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

Told from several first person perspectives including Nyx and Giulia NYX follows in the wake of Giulia’s mother’s death. Years earlier, as the old lady of one of the members of the Satan’s Sinners MC, Giulia’s mother, Lizzie Fontaine, tired of the infidelity and abuse, took her three young children (Giulia, North and Hawk), and left the MC life behind. Fast forward to present day, Lizzie is dead, and her children are coming home to the Satan’s Sinners MC but all is not well, as their father Dog is still a dark and dangerous member, a father who wants nothing to do with our story line heroine. Hawk and North quickly find themselves prospecting for the Satan’s Sinners MC, Giulia takes her place in the kitchen, fighting off the advances of both MC members and the club girls who want to see Giulia gone. Believing himself unworthy of relationships or love, Nyx struggles to keep his distance but the heart wants something it shouldn’t want. What ensues is the building and highly sexual relationship between Giulia and Nyx, and the potential fall-out when Giulia is targeted for sins of the past.

Giulia needs to find her position with the Satan’s Sinners MC. Beginning in the kitchen Giulia makes herself at home the opening of several new ‘legitimate businesses’ finds Giulia managing the MC bar, a position that places her in the direct line of fire. Having promised Giulia she would always be safe, Nyx struggles in the face of an attack against the woman with whom he is falling in love.

The relationship between Giulia and Nyx begins acrimoniously. Nyx once had a crush on Lizzie Fontaine but the return of Giulia gave Nyx pause about what he wanted, going forward. Battling between head and heart, knowing he was no good for the woman that called to his soul, Nyx struggled when Giulia found herself facing a psychotic killer determined to take Giulia against her will. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and provocative but the over use of a certain four letter word (45 times) was a bit much even for an MC story line.

The secondary and supporting characters include MC president Rex, treasurer Maverick, mechanic Dog, secretary Steel, Link, Storm,and several clubgirls including Giulia’s nemesis Cammie.

NYX is a story of family, friendships, betrayal and vengeance. The premise is dramatic, dark and gritty; the romance is energetic and intense; the characters are broken, desperate and determined. NYX ends on a bit of a cliff hanger-you have been warned.

Reviewed by Sandy

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USA Today and International Best Selling Author Serena Akeroyd aka G. A. Mazurke is most known for her mafia and MC series set in the Five Points Mob Universe

Avid reader of all things romance, she first started her career as a why choose author in both contemporary and paranormal.

She eventually made her way to MF romance where she found her groove with the O’Donnelly brothers, the Satan Sinners and most recently the Valentini Family.

In her back list you can find some MM, MF, MFM and Why Choose romances. HEA guaranteed!

When not writing Serena is either reading, traveling or coloring

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