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Bargain with the Irish Devil by Fiona Murphy-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date October 26, 2024

The moment I laid eyes on the curvy woman, I wanted her something awful. I’m not a good man and never pretend to be. I make no promises and am always honest that it’s pleasure I’m looking for and nothing more—until her. I lie to her and myself.

There was a plan when she was brought to me. Only for every part of it to change. I needed answers only she could give me. She hesitated but accepted the bargain I offered her. I tell her I’ll let her go. I promise if she tells me no, I’ll accept it. But I can’t, not when she’s lying to me and herself.

I should let her go. She is a civilian who doesn’t belong in my world and doesn’t want to be here. Except I am a devil, and I take what I want. I’ll never let her go. Now, I just have to make her want to stay.

Bargain with the Devil is an Irish mafia dark romance featuring a plus-size woman. It includes rough scenes and a pregnancy through manipulation. If such things offend you, please do not buy.

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REVIEW:BARGAIN WITH THE IRISH DEVIL by Fiona Murphy, is a contemporary, adult, Mafia romance stand alone story set in the author’s Sabatini worlds. This is head of the Chicago Irish mob Declan Kelly, and twenty-seven year old, accountant Miranda Beckett’s story line. BARGAIN WITH THE IRISH DEVIL can be read as a stand alone, you do not have to read the previous instalments. Some of the characters cross over for cohesion.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Declan and Miranda) BARGAIN WITH THE IRISH DEVIL follows in the wake of the kidnapping of our story line heroine. Declan Kelly will be using Miranda Beckett as payment for a debt but her accounting skills are what he needs the most. Believing she will be free of Declan within a matter of days, our heroine finds herself falling for her jailer, a man who is falling just as fast. As Miranda begins a deep dive into Declan Kelly’s financials,betrayal from within the organization forces Declan to take charge, invoking the ire of the people at the top.

The world building follows several pathways including Declan’s need to clean house in the face of betrayal and issues of trust. From the outset, Declan finds himself falling for our story line heroine, a plus-size woman that checks all of the boxes Declan needs and wants for his own happily ever after.

The relationship between Declan and Miranda begins as payment for a debt. Miranda becomes a prisoner in a gilded cage, a prisoner who will quickly fall for her jailer in the wake of Declan’s dogged determination and seduction. The $ex scenes are intimate and provocative.

The secondary and supporting characters include the return of Tony and Dominic Sabatini, and Milos Levin, as well as the introduction of Miranda’s brother Peter Beckett; Declan’s housekeeper Aoife; Declan’s best friend Ryan, and right hand man Colm.

BARGAIN WITH THE IRISH DEVIL is a story of betrayal and vengeance, secrets and lies, obsession, power and control, acceptance and love. The character driven premise is intriguing, captivating and dramatic; the romance is seductive and passionate ;the characters are desperate, determined and energetic.

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Reviewed by Sandy

Due to commitment issues I have lived in many different cities and my favorite is Chicago but I have managed to settle into Austin and perhaps my commitment issues are behind me.

I have enjoyed reading from a very young age and it wasn’t long before the children books bored me and I read the books my mother enjoyed Stephen King and Dean Koontz and I didn’t sleep without the light on until I was about ten.

I came across my first Harlequin by accident and it was love at first read, no one died and happy endings? It was a whole new world and I loved it.

I wrote my first story at eight and everyone died, of course. Since then I would like to think I’ve gotten better and now I’m writing the happily ever afters I first fell in love with, with some hot sex thrown in along the way.

As a plus size woman myself, I have started writing the stories I always wanted to see myself in but never did. And now I’m ecstatic to give BBWs the happily ever afters with hot Alphas I want to read.

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MATTEO (The Castillo Family 3) by Fiona Murphy-review tour

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MATTEO (The Castillo Family 3) by Fiona Murphy-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date July 13, 2024

Within weeks of my thirty-ninth birthday, I lost my thirty-ninth patient and all feeling. I was certain it would pass, only it continued into the next day and the weeks after.

In order to treat my patients, I needed to feel something. Without feeling, I couldn’t stay. Not in oncology and not in Baltimore.

So, I’m back in Dallas after more than twenty years gone. Home, my mother keeps saying with happiness.

Happiness I still can’t feel more than four months after that day. I’m beginning to accept feeling isn’t coming back.

Until the moment I walk into an exam room and look into her eyes. All at once, feeling comes rushing back as suddenly as it disappeared.

She’s my patient. It’s all kinds of wrong to want her, no matter what television portrays. Add in the fact she’s running from an abusive husband. I should be staying far away from her, not taking her and her daughter home with me.

But I can’t walk away from her. They’re living in a crappy motel, barely surviving. I have a room, a safe place for her to recover and heal. She needs time and patience before she’s strong enough for me to tell her the way I feel.

I’ll give it to her. And hopefully, she’ll grow strong enough to trust in me and fall in love with me the same way I’ve fallen for her and her baby daughter.

There’s one shadow over our growing the man who beat her badly enough to send her running. I’ll do whatever it takes to ensure he never gets close enough to Amy or her daughter to ever hurt them again. My money should be enough to get him to leave us alone, but if it’s not, I have no problem using any means necessary.

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REVIEW: MATTEO is the third instalment in Fiona Murphy’s contemporary, adult THE CASTILLO FAMILY erotic, romance series. This is thirty-nine year old billionaire oncologist Dr. Matteo Castillo, and twenty-seven year old single mother Amy Richards’ story line. MATTEO 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 including domestic abuse, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Matteo and Amy) MATTEO follows the slow building romance and relationship between our story line couple. Amy Richards is on the run with her nine month old daughter Layla from her abusive husband but when Amy suddenly takes ill, she finds herself under the care of Dr. Matteo Castillo, a man with a severe case of white knight syndrome. Dr. Matteo Castillo left his practice, returned home to start a free clinic for those otherwise unable to pay for medical care but Matteo never expected to find his future in the guise of single mother Amy Richards. Offering his house, his money and his love to Amy gave Matteo hopes for a future, and with the help of his mother, Matteo finds himself falling for a woman who is desperate to escape the past. What ensues is the slow building romance and relationship between Amy and Matteo, and the potential fall-out when the past comes looking for something more.

The world building primarily focuses on Matteo’s infatuation, need and obsession with out story line heroine. From the moment they meet, Matteo takes control, moving Amy and her daughter Layla into his home, claiming our heroine as his future. As Matteo works behind the scenes to separate Amy from her past, our heroine is completely unaware of Matteo’s plans for her future.

The relationship between Amy and Matteo is one of immediate attraction for Matteo but Amy is too ill to truly comprehend Matteo’s actions.Matteo will take over Amy’s life ensuring her complete dependence, a dependence Amy is only too willing to accept in the face of her situation. The $ex scene are provocative and passionate.

The secondary and supporting characters are familiar and determined. We are reintroduced to Matteo’s sibling: Javier and Hope, Rafael and Carrie, and Santos, as well as their mother Elizabeth. Rafael and Javier are worried about Matteo’s obsession with Amy but Elizabeth is determined to make her one of their own.

MATTEO is a story of abuse and recovery, family and relationships, acceptance and love. The premise is captivating and entertaining; the slow building romance is seductive and intense; the characters are desperate -Matteo is fixated and bewitched by our story line heroine -a noticeable ‘white knight’ syndrome in the face of past events.

The numerous epilogues fast forward the series approximately twenty-three years ending on a cliff-hanger, crossing over with the characters from the author’s Beautiful Broken Obsession, book one in the Bratva Bound series.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Rafael
Javier

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Reviewed by Sandy

 

Due to commitment issues I have lived in many different cities and my favorite is Chicago but I have managed to settle into Austin and perhaps my commitment issues are behind me.

I have enjoyed reading from a very young age and it wasn’t long before the children books bored me and I read the books my mother enjoyed Stephen King and Dean Koontz and I didn’t sleep without the light on until I was about ten.

I came across my first Harlequin by accident and it was love at first read, no one died and happy endings? It was a whole new world and I loved it.

I wrote my first story at eight and everyone died, of course. Since then I would like to think I’ve gotten better and now I’m writing the happily ever afters I first fell in love with, with some hot sex thrown in along the way.

As a plus size woman myself, I have started writing the stories I always wanted to see myself in but never did. And now I’m ecstatic to give BBWs the happily ever afters with hot Alphas I want to read.

Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/fionainamurphy
Website: https://www.fionamurphywrites.com
Email: fionaainamurphy@gmail.com

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Descent Into Madness by Fiona Murphy-review tour

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Descent Into Madness (When Titans Fall 1) by Fiona Murphy-review tour

 

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date August 25, 2023

I’m told the man I’m to marry is a psychopath. He doesn’t feel. They say it’s a good thing, no feeling means no anger for me to fear. Except they don’t see the flip side. If he can’t feel, he can never love.

He saved me by ending my boyfriend who refused to take no for an answer. Only Manuel Rodriguez is no savior. He’s the lethal enforcer of the all-powerful Rodriguez cartel. His father and brother handle their drugs and money. Manuel handles their death and destruction.

I wasn’t supposed to be there. I’m a good girl. I was raised to be a perfect mafia princess, destined to be the wife of a powerful mafia capo.

My rebellion against my destiny culminated in me thanking him on my knees. And ended the moment I was back on my feet.

For Manuel, my way of thanking him wasn’t enough. He needs a mother for his children. I need to protect my mother and myself from my father’s misdeeds.

Now one question remains: Can a marriage without love and made of lies survive?

Because I lied when I told myself I married him to protect my mother. I lied by omission when I didn’t tell him the secrets he asked for. I have a secret. A secret that could destroy everything, including a marriage I’ll do anything to keep.

While this is the first book in a series it is a standalone and does not end in a cliffhanger.

This a romance with dark elements including rough scenes. There is also discussion of multiple miscarriages causing mental distress including hospitalization by the mother of Nicolette. If such things offend you please do not buy.

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REVIEW:DESCENT INTO MADNESS is the first instalment in Fiona Murphy’s contemporary, adult WHEN TITANS FALL dark, erotic, Mafia romance series set in the author’s SABATINI FAMILY world. This is thirty-seven year old Manuel Rodriguez, and twenty-two year old Nicolette Angelo’s story line.

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

Told from dual first person perspective (Nicolette and Manuel) DESCENT INTO MADNESS follows the forced marriage and building relationship between Manuel Rodriguez and Nicolette Angelo. Nicolette’s father Richie Angelo is in trouble, and his daughter will be the prize to the highest bidder. Manuel is determined to claim Nicolette as his own but not before vowing to destroy the man willing to sell the woman who would become his wife. As the story line progresses, our heroine is falling for the man who could break her heart, a man unable to feel or express his emotions but a man who needs someone to look after his children in the wake of their mother’s death. Struggling to comprehend his lack of empathy, Nicolette, already with issues of low self-esteem, is about to discover that her husband’s needs come before everything else including the needs of his children. What ensues is the building relationship between Nicolette and Manuel, and the potential fall-out as our heroine finds herself at the mercy of someone else for sins of the past.

The world building focuses on the Rodriguez family including his father Joe, and his brother Felix. We learn about the numerous affairs, the infidelity, the losses and death, and Manuel’s inability to express emotions. Manuel believes he is a psychopath but it is more than likely Manuel suffers with ‘alexithymia’-the inability to express, identify, or experience emotions. Interconnected with the Sabatini Family series, several characters cross over for cohesion and familiarity including Dominic Sabatini, and the mention of The Outfit.

The relationship between Nicolette and Manuel begins as an arrangement. Nicolette’s father is desperate for money and uses his daughter as collateral. Having been promised to someone else, Nicolette wants to escape the brutality at home but is unsure if she is jumping from one abuser to another. With Manuel’s inability to express how he feels, Nicolette must come to terms with the possibility of never knowing love and the happiness within. The $ex scenes are intimate, provocative and intense.

DESCENT INTO MADNESS is a story of power and control, betrayal and retribution, madness and murder, acceptance and love. The premise is complex, dark, gritty and heart breaking; the romance is seductive and passionate; the characters are broken but determined and desperate.

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Reviewed by Sandy

Due to commitment issues I have lived in many different cities and my favorite is Chicago but I have managed to settle into Austin and perhaps my commitment issues are behind me.

I have enjoyed reading from a very young age and it wasn’t long before the children books bored me and I read the books my mother enjoyed Stephen King and Dean Koontz and I didn’t sleep without the light on until I was about ten.

I came across my first Harlequin by accident and it was love at first read, no one died and happy endings? It was a whole new world and I loved it.

I wrote my first story at eight and everyone died, of course. Since then I would like to think I’ve gotten better and now I’m writing the happily ever afters I first fell in love with, with some hot sex thrown in along the way.

As a plus size woman myself, I have started writing the stories I always wanted to see myself in but never did. And now I’m ecstatic to give BBWs the happily ever afters with hot Alphas I want to read.

Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/fionainamurphy
Website: https://www.fionamurphywrites.com
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Email: fionaainamurphy@gmail.com

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His Vicious Vow by Fiona Murphy-review tour

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HIS VICIOUS VOW by Fiona Murphy-review tour

 

 

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date April 21, 2023

The barely old enough to drink girl I’m forced to marry is an anime-loving, manga-reading, selective mute brat who wears too much eyeliner that highlights the anger in her eyes. Neither of us want this marriage but it will happen. I’ve worked too hard for too long not to do whatever it takes to run Vegas on behalf of the Outfit.

I’m not surprised when Carina runs. What I wasn’t ready for is how much I want to catch her. Not because I have to marry her, because I want to—want her. I want her for her. Panic attacks, eyeliner, curvy gorgeous body, and all. The problem comes with convincing her.

Carina may take some to believe me, believe in me. I’m not worried. We have all the time in the world because she belongs to me and I’m never letting her go.

***This features rough sexual scenes and a young woman using substance to self-medicate. And a ‘warning’ I never thought I would have to include is there is pregnancy in the book. If such things offend you please do not buy. This is a standalone that takes place in the Sabatini world. Milos and Celia from Beautiful Broken Obsession also appear as Carina is Celia’s sister. You need not have read any other book to enjoy this. If you want to, there are two books that leads directly into this is HIS: Luca and Beautiful Broken Obsession

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REVIEW:HIS VICIOUS VOW is the first instalment in Fiona Murphy contemporary, adult, VICIOUS VEGAS erotic, Mafia romance story lines set in the author’s Sabatini world. This is thirty-eight year old, Alessandro ‘Sandro’ Leonetti , and twenty-two year old Carina Parker’s story line. HIS VICIOUS VOW 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 (Sandro and Carina) HIS VICIOUS VOW follows the arranged marriage between thirty-eight year old, Alessandro ‘Sandro’ Leonetti , and twenty-two year old Carina Parker. Carina’s father is the don of the Chicago Mafia, and there is an opening in the Vegas territory. In an effort to secure his position, Sandro is ‘forced’ to marry don Toro’s youngest daughter Carina, a young woman with several emotional issues, and a need to disguise herself and her weight in a number of cosplay costumes but from the outset Sandro wants our story line heroine, a young woman who is struggling to find a place of her own. Forced into a marriage she does not want, Carina is determined to make things difficult for our story line hero until she finds herself falling for a man who could break her heart. What ensues is the building but acrimonious relationship between Sandro and Carina, and the potential fall-out Carina continues to struggle with demons from the past, demons that refuse to let go, falling our heroine into her marriage of convenience.

Carina Parker has never known love, and her ongoing behavior and actions continue to push the proverbial envelope of acceptance and respect. In an effort to become her own person, she have ventured away from the cold actions of her parents, a venture that has created rumors and innuendo about the life she has led. Sandro has raised his younger sister since the death of their parents but Sandro never expected to find himself falling for a woman fifteen years younger. A battle of wills finds our couple at continuous odds, a battle that threatens both of their hearts. Not all is well within the Vegas Mafia family, and Sandro is forced to ferret out the person responsible for placing a target on his back, and the back of the woman he loves.

The relationship between Sandro and Carina is a forced proximity, arranged marriage, age-gap Mafia romance in which Sandro finds himself attracted to a woman even her parents refuse to love. In an effort to gain control of the Vegas territory, Sandro must ‘tame’ the players, and the woman that calls to his heart. Carina never expected to fall in love with the man she was forced to marry but her issues of low self esteem, and an inability to trust are further ingrained by emotionally abusive parents, and her new sister in law that is refusing to bow down. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense.

We are introduced to Sandro’s sister Bianca; Carina’s sister Celia and her husband Milos Levin (Beautiful Broken Obsession), and their parent Carlo Toro and Cassandra Parker; Luca, Dominic and Tony Sabatini, and their significant others, as well as Sandro’s assistant Natasha, and event planner Lauren Harbaugh.

HIS VICIOUS VOW is a story of dysfunctional family dynamics, betrayal and vengeance; power and control, rejection and obsession, acceptance and love. The premise is intriguing, captivating and dramatic; the romance is fated and seductive; the characters are desperate, determined and dynamic.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
His: Dominic
His: Tony
His: Luca

Beautiful Broken Obsession
Beautiful Broken Vengeance

 

Due to commitment issues I have lived in many different cities and my favorite is Chicago but I have managed to settle into Austin and perhaps my commitment issues are behind me.

I have enjoyed reading from a very young age and it wasn’t long before the children books bored me and I read the books my mother enjoyed Stephen King and Dean Koontz and I didn’t sleep without the light on until I was about ten.

I came across my first Harlequin by accident and it was love at first read, no one died and happy endings? It was a whole new world and I loved it.

I wrote my first story at eight and everyone died, of course. Since then I would like to think I’ve gotten better and now I’m writing the happily ever afters I first fell in love with, with some hot sex thrown in along the way.

As a plus size woman myself, I have started writing the stories I always wanted to see myself in but never did. And now I’m ecstatic to give BBWs the happily ever afters with hot Alphas I want to read.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fionainamurphy
Website: https://www.fionamurphywrites.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/fionaainamurphy
Email: fionaainamurphy@gmail.com

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BEAUTIFUL BROKEN VENGEANCE by Fiona Murphy -review tour

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BEAUTIFUL BROKEN VENGEANCE (Bratva Bound 2) by Fiona Murphy -review tour

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About the book: Release Date December 20, 2022

Phoenix Raymond is a puzzle. Despite her father selling her to a sick man when she was only a child, she’s a true virgin at twenty-four. Somehow she’s an FBI agent without ever having set foot in Quantico. And most importantly, she wants to destroy my family—but she’s my wife.

She wants us to pay for the skin trade we dealt in. It doesn’t matter we got out of that a long time ago. The debt for her is personal. The woman is tenacious, a problem who refuses to go away. Two weeks ago I demanded my brother allow me to end her as a problem. He denied my request and told me to figure out another way. One week ago he told me to find a wife. When she shows up on my doorstep broken and bleeding, I solve her problem and mine.

Once she’s healed, she thinks she can walk away—that she has to walk away. She thinks because her…needs are different that I won’t want her, won’t be the daddy she craves, that I’ll leave her the way everyone else has. What she doesn’t understand is she belongs to me. She is mine to keep, to protect, to be whatever she needs. I will never let her go. Not even a bullet and blood will buy her freedom. I’m a Levin, Bratva, and we keep what’s ours.

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REVIEW: BEAUTIFUL BROKEN VENGEANCE is the second instalment in Fiona Murphy’s contemporary adult BRATVA BOUND dark, erotic, Bratva age-gap romance series-a spin off from the author’s THE SABATINI FAMILY series. This is thirty eight year old Aleksander Levin, and twenty-three year old computer hacker turned FBI agent Phoenix Raymond’s story line. BEAUTIFUL BROKEN VENGEANCE can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story line is revealed where necessary.

NOTE: Most of the events run parallel to, and cross over with, most of the events of book one BEAUTIFUL BROKEN OBSESSION.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Aleksander and Phoenix) BEAUTIFUL BROKEN VENGEANCE follows computer hacker turned FBI agent Phoenix Raymond on her quest for revenge against the Levin family. Several years earlier Phoenix’s foster father was murdered, and our heroine believes someone in the Levin family was responsible. Determined to take down the Levin empire, Phoenix works her way into a position within the FBI in an effort to ferret out information about the Levin family but our heroine isn’t the brightest bulb in the house, and finds herself at the mercy of Aleksander Levin. Battered and broken from a fact finding mission gone wrong, Phoenix wakes up days later, only to discover she is married to Aleksander Levin, and there is a price on our heroine’s head. What ensues is the building but contemptuous relationship between Aleksander and Phoenix, and the potential fall-out when the truth is revealed.

Phoenix Raymond is a young woman whose determination to destroy the Levin family is single minded, and eventually lands her in the proverbial hot water. Phoenix’s goal is to take down all child and human trafficking rings, beginning with what she believes to be the Levin Bratva connection. Phoenix doesn’t act, she reacts; she is oblivious to the social norms of the real world, and intricacies of Bratva life; her issues of low self-esteem are exacerbated by years of trauma and abuse, self-hatred, and a lack of self-worth, and the fine line between strong-willed and annoying is cross several times. Aleksander Levin needs a wife but doesn’t want an arranged marriage with someone else. Having watched his brother suffer without the woman he loved, Aleksander takes control, claiming our heroine as his own but Aleksander’s relationship with Phoenix quickly evolves into Daddy-dynamic kink, as our heroine struggles to let go of the past. As Aleksander and his brothers deal with the business of Bratva life, Phoenix often battles between head and heart believing she is unworthy of Aleksander’s love.

The relationship between Phoenix and Aleksander begins acrimoniously as our heroine continues to threaten the Levin family. Aware yet oblivious to the criminal underworld, Phoenix often finds herself at a disadvantage, believing she is capable of controlling the situation yet not. As the relationship between Phoenix and Aleksander becomes sexual, our heroine must come to terms with what she wants moving forward. The $ex scene are intimate, erotic, provocative including a scene of questionable consent, domination and power. Once again, I do not like the use of a certain four letter word-used 60 times throughout the story-although I accept the word in my MC and Mafia romances, I found the overuse distracting, excessive and disruptive (again) including 25 instances of the word sl*t.

The secondary and supporting characters include cartel members Manuel Rodriguez, and Richie Angelo: Aleksander’s right hand man David; FBI Agents Presley and John. We are re-introduced to Aleksander Levin’s brothers Maxim, Damien, Nikita, and Milos and Celia, as well as their mother; Tony, Luca and Dominic Sabatini. The requisite evil has many faces.

BEAUTIFUL BROKEN VENGEANCE is a story of power and control, betrayal and vengeance, murder and abuse, acceptance and love. The premise is dark and dramatic; the romance is Daddy-kink dynamic focused; the characters are broken yet determined.

Take note of the trigger warning as some scenes may not be tolerated by more sensitive readers.

Click HERE for Sandy’s review of book one BEAUTIFUL BROKEN OBSESSION

Copy supplied for review

Reviewed by Sandy

Due to commitment issues I have lived in many different cities and my favorite is Chicago but I have managed to settle into Austin and perhaps my commitment issues are behind me. 

I have enjoyed reading from a very young age and it wasn’t long before the children books bored me and I read the books my mother enjoyed Stephen King and Dean Koontz and I didn’t sleep without the light on until I was about ten.

I came across my first Harlequin by accident and it was love at first read, no one died and happy endings? It was a whole new world and I loved it.

I wrote my first story at eight and everyone died, of course. Since then I would like to think I’ve gotten better and now I’m writing the happily ever afters I first fell in love with, with some hot sex thrown in along the way. 

As a plus size woman myself, I have started writing the stories I always wanted to see myself in but never did. And now I’m ecstatic to give BBWs the happily ever afters with hot Alphas I want to read.

Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/fionainamurphy
Website: https://www.fionamurphywrites.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/fionaainamurphy
Email: fionaainamurphy@gmail.com

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Beautiful Broken Obsession by Fiona Murphy-review tour

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Beautiful Broken Obsession (Bratva Bound 1) by Fiona Murphy-review tour

 

 

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date May 31, 2022.

“You’re getting married. Milos Levin needs a wife. He heads the Russian mafia—Bratva—here in Chicago. It’s time for him to get married, he wants kids and he wants them soon.”

Ice slides down my spine. Milos Levin is a man who has haunted my dreams and nightmares for the last four years. As the daughter of the Don of the Outfit, I knew this was a possibility. Yet I hoped since I made it to the ancient age of twenty-three, I was safe from a mob marriage. I’m the weird cat lady, too fat, and my mother is half Filipino. I shouldn’t have anyone asking for me—but Milos isn’t asking for me.

All he wants is a woman who fits his needs, someone who will cement his relationship with the Outfit and give him the children he wants. He would take my sister if she were willing because, as he told Carlo, all women are the same in the dark. But Carlo picked me, and I’ll do anything to protect my little sister.

Or so I tell myself—but that’s the biggest lie of all. The truth is four years ago I met Milos Levin on a freezing February morning, and I’ve never been the same since. I’ll marry him because I think that day, as crazy as it sounds, I fell in love with him.

But I can’t let Milos know that. Ever. He’s mafia, and whatever the name, their ways are all the same: take until there’s nothing left, then leave the enemy broken. I won’t be broken by him, or anyone. I won’t become my mother, willing to endure the affairs and lies in exchange for the money and status.

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REVIEW:BEAUTIFUL BROKEN OBSESSION is the first instalment in Fiona Murphy’s contemporary, adult BRATVA BOUND dark, erotic, Mafia, age-gap romance series-a spin off from the author’s THE SABATINI FAMILY series. This is thirty –nine year old Russian Pakhan Milos Levin, and twenty-three year old Celia Parker’s story line. You do not have to have read the previous series-several of the characters cross over or are mentioned as part of the world building.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Celia and Milos) following several time lines BEAUTIFUL BROKEN OBSESSION focuses on the relationship and arranged marriage between thirty –nine year old Milos Levin, and twenty-three year old Celia Parker. Four years earlier, a then nineteen year old Celia Parker would meet the head of the Chicago Russian Bratva Pakhan Milos Levin, and her world would never be the same. Throughout the next four years Celia would willingly and unknowingly depend upon the man to whom she would be promised in marriage, a marriage of convenience in the criminal underworld but Celia’s home life was cold and distant, except for her sister Carina whom she loved very much. Hoping to get her degree as a veterinarian, Celia faces a number of challenges, many of which are too difficult to overcome. Fast forward to present day wherein Milos Levin returns to claim our story line heroine but secrets reveal both Milos and Celia have been targeted from opposite directions, and Milos is determined to protect the woman he intends to call his own. What ensues is the building but tempestuous relationship between Milos and Celia, and the potential fall-out as a marriage of convenience doesn’t necessarily mean a marriage for love.

Celia Parker wants nothing to do with an arranged marriage, and Milos must suffer her immature attitude and behavior but Celia was raised in the Bratva lifestyle, and is heart broken to accept a life unwanted and unloved having watched her mother pine for a man she could not have. With emotional issues of low self-esteem, Celia believes she is unworthy of love and affection. Wanting Milo meant accepting a life of loneliness, Celia struggles to move forward feeling betrayed by her family, and the man with whom she is falling in love. Milos Levin fell for Celia from the moment they met but Celia was too young to claim, and Milos wanted Celia to experience a life without the invisible bars but someone has placed a target on Celia and her sister, and Milos ensures that no harm will come to our story line heroine.

The relationship between Milos and Celia is acrimonious at best. Although Celia wants nothing to do with an arranged marriage, our heroine finds herself wanting the man who could break her heart. Four years without the woman that calls to his heart, Milos Levin struggles in the face of an unknown enemy, and an enemy from within. The $ex scenes are intimate, aggressive and erotic with some scenes of spanking. I do not like the use of a certain four letter word-used 69 times throughout the story-although I accept the word in my MC and Mafia romances, I found the overuse distracting, excessive and disruptive.

We are introduced to Milos Levin’s brothers Maxim, Damien, Aleksander, and Nikita as well as their mother, and uncle Gregori: Celia’s sister Carina, their parents Carlo and Cassandra, and Celia’s roommate and best friend Sergei; Milos’ right hand man Peter, and the cameos by Luca Sabatini, Tony and Christy Sabatini, and Dominic and Regina Sabatini, the Mafia and the Cartel. Here’s hoping the author has plans for Milos’ brothers and Celia’s sister as each introduction reveals a life of their own.

BEAUTIFUL BROKEN OBSESSION is a detailed story of family and relationships, betrayal and vengeance, secrets and lies, obsession and love. The premise is captivating, complex and twisted including the establishment of a number of future story lines; the romance is seductive and provocative; the characters are determined, charismatic and combative.

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Reviewed by Sandy

 

Due to commitment issues I have lived in many different cities and my favorite is Chicago but I have managed to settle into Austin and perhaps my commitment issues are behind me. 

I have enjoyed reading from a very young age and it wasn’t long before the children books bored me and I read the books my mother enjoyed Stephen King and Dean Koontz and I didn’t sleep without the light on until I was about ten.

I came across my first Harlequin by accident and it was love at first read, no one died and happy endings? It was a whole new world and I loved it.

I wrote my first story at eight and everyone died, of course. Since then I would like to think I’ve gotten better and now I’m writing the happily ever afters I first fell in love with, with some hot sex thrown in along the way. 

As a plus size woman myself, I have started writing the stories I always wanted to see myself in but never did. And now I’m ecstatic to give BBWs the happily ever afters with hot Alphas I want to read.

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Rafael/ Javier (The Castillo Family) by Fiona Murphy-Review Tour

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Rafael / Javier (The Castillo Family 1 & 2) by Fiona Murphy-Review Tour

 

 

JAVIER
The Castillo Family 2
by Fiona Murphy
Genre: adult, contemporary, erotic, Mafia, romance
Release Date: March 1, 2022

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ABOUT The BOOK: Release Date March 1, 2022

The Castillo Family: Follow Rafael, Matteo, Javier and their nephew Santos a billionaire family they made their fortune in the construction business. When it comes to building relationships all their money can’t help them when it comes to women who want what money can’t buy.

Javier Castillo might be a gorgeous, brilliant billionaire—but he’s also a massive a$$hole. His only redeeming quality is how much he loves his baby daughter. A daughter he wasn’t aware existed until her grandmother dumped her on him like she was returning lost luggage. Her mother is dead and her grandmother decided she couldn’t take care of her after all. Okay, it’s kind of amazing the way he didn’t flinch from the baby thrust into his arms. He wants the best for her but doesn’t believe I am it. I’m the nanny with a thirty-day trial hanging over my head.
He’s trying to get me to quit, I just know it. Except I refuse to go easily or quietly, no matter how mean or rude he gets. There’s no way I am going to mess up this job. If I do, I’ll be homeless again. I’m positive he’s just worried I’ll develop a crush on him and become a clingy, lovesick pain. So why do I feel his eyes on me when he thinks I’m not paying attention? What about overhearing him warning a man away from me with a feral, jealous possessive air?
It’s wishful thinking—poor, plain, fat women like me don’t get the gorgeous billionaire like him anywhere but in the movies.
I’m here for his daughter, not him. Except before long it isn’t just his daughter who has stolen my heart, and I wonder if maybe I’m not imagining things after all

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REVIEW:JAVIER is the second instalment in Fiona Murphy’s contemporary, adult THE CASTILLO FAMILY erotic, romance series focusing on the Castillo Billionaire family. This is thirty-six year old, attorney Javier Castillo, and twenty-four year old nanny Esperanza ‘Hope’ Martinez’s story line. JAVIER can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous storylines is revealed where necessary.

WARNING: There are two familial suicides off page that may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Javier and Hope) JAVIER follows the building romance and relationship between thirty-six year old attorney Javier Castillo, and twenty-four year old nanny Esperanza ‘Hope’ Martinez. Hope Martinez is desperate for a job when she overhears a group of nanny’s complaining about Javier Castillo, and his struggle to find a nanny he likes. Javier is a single father to a five month old daughter, the result of a one-night stand months before but Javier wants a specific kind of nanny, and Hope is all kinds of wrong for our story line hero. Refusing to keep Hope as his daughter’s nanny for the long haul, Javier offers a one month trial wherein Hope must leave at the end of thirty days. What ensues is the building but acrimonious relationship between Hope and Javier, and the potential fall-out as Javier struggles with his attraction to Hope Martinez, a woman who is falling in love with Javier and his infant daughter Ava.

Javier Castillo doesn’t want Hope Martinez as his daughter’s nanny because of his attraction to a woman who probably wants marriage and family. Javier doesn’t do long term relationships, and his need for Hope is palpable and strong. Hope Martinez knows Javier is barely holding onto to his control but his treatment of our heroine is heart breaking and wrong. The emotional back and forth is meant to push Hope out of the lives but Hope refuses to leave, having fallen in love with Javier and his daughter.

The relationship between Javier and Hope begins as employee and employer but a relationship that quickly turns volatile and unfriendly. Javier’s attraction to Hope is manifested with anger and reluctance. Javier knows it is only a matter of time before he crosses the line from which there will be no return. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic, seductive and intense with some scenes of spanking.

We are reintroduced to Javier’s brother Rafael and his wife Carrie, as well as their mother Elizabeth, and grandfather Luis Castillo. Hope’s large extended family is present but mostly off-page.

JAVIER is a story of family and relationships, support and acceptance, revelations and surprises, hope and love. The premise is entertaining and captivating; the romance is passionate and edgy; the characters are determined and energetic.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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RAFAEL
The Castillo Family 1
by Fiona Murphy
Release Date: March 1, 2021
Genre: adult, contemporary, erotic, Mafia, romance

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The Castillo Family: Follow Rafael, Matteo, Javier and their nephew Santos a billionaire family they made their fortune in the construction business. When it comes to building relationships all their money can’t help them when it comes to women who want what money can’t buy.

My twin brothers have never been little angels but this time they might have gone too far in crossing Rafael Castillo. Rafael wants them punished to the furthest extent of the law for trespassing and destroying his company’s construction site. I can’t defend what they did, but I also can’t let them go into juvenile detention. All I’m asking for is another chance. But the arrogant, gorgeous billionaire refuses and cuts me down without listening. So I might have started yelling, their might have been bitter accusations on both sides, and I might have lost it and cried. Then somehow I was in his arms. The instant lust shocks us both. Yet while I’m more than willing to act on it, Rafael refuses. Until I lie and tell him all I want are the nights in my bedroom. No commitment, no strings, just sex. Only all too soon it’s not enough but will we ever make it out of the bedroom or are we doomed to fail?

***This is a rewrite of Rafael’s Woman. It has been changed from 3rd person to 1st person and there is an additional 12k words.***

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REVIEW:RAFAEL is the first instalment in Fiona Murphy’s contemporary, adult THE CASTILLO FAMILY erotic, romance series. This is thirty-eight year old, businessman Rafael Castillo, and twenty-six year old Carrie Whitney’s story line.

NOTE: RAFAEL is the re-release of the author’s Rafael’s Woman with additional content and a change in perspective.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Carrie and Rafael) RAFAEL focuses on the building relationship between thirty-eight year old, businessman Rafael Castillo, and twenty-six year old Carrie Whitney. Carrie Whitney has been raising her thirteen year old twin brothers Riley and Elliott since the death of their mother seven years earlier but the twins are beginning to act out and causing problems. Having moved to Dallas for better employment opportunities, Carrie finds herself at the end of her rope when her brothers destroy thousands of dollars of Rafael Castillo’s construction property, money she hopes she will be able to repay but the shocking price tag sends Carrie into a spiral where she reveals everything about her past and more. Rafael has no patience for people who destroy his property, and he is determined to punish the young boys to the fullest extent of the law but Rafael’s attraction to Carrie and our heroine’s story begin to melt the ice around Rafael’s heart, and he reconsiders his plans for the immediate future. Offering Carrie a job as the property manager of one of his buildings, a new place to stay for Carrie and the boys, and the opportunity for her brothers to work off their debt, Rafael begins a slow seduction of our story line heroine, a seduction predicated upon $ex and nothing more. What ensues is the building relationship between Carrie and Rafael, and the potential fall-out as Carrie’s heart wants something more than Rafael is willing to offer.

Rafael Castillo is all about control; a businessman who doesn’t do romantic relationships but Carrie Whitney offers a friends with benefits option, a relationship wherein Rafael finds himself struggling with jealousy and rage at every turn. Rafael’s attraction to Carrie is immediate and intense, and discovering Carrie is offering a relationship without love, Rafael jumps at the opportunity, only to realize that his heart wants something he can no longer control. Refusing to accept that he has fallen in love, Rafael slowly pulls away from the woman that owns his heart knowing Carrie would never be accepted into the world in which he lives. Carrie quickly realizes that her life is no longer her own but accepts Rafael’s need for control, often backing down when she is accused of doing something wrong. A bit of a doormat, Carrie is desperate for Rafael’s touch, she is willing to beg for all the wrong reasons. The $ex scenes are intimate, passionate, erotic and intense.

We are introduced to Carrie’s twin brothers Riley and Elliott, and her best friend Jennifer; Rafael’s brother Javier who is often pushing all of our hero’s buttons, as well as their mother Elizabeth Castillo, and several employees who work for the Castillo Corporation/ Castillo Construction. Javier’s story is next.

RAFAEL is a fast paced story of power and control, obsession and attraction, insta lust, acceptance and love. The premise is engaging; the romance is provocative and passionate but questionable on so many levels; the characters are desperate and charismatic.

I will suggest another round of edits as there are a number of spelling and grammar errors as well as missing words. As this is a re-release and refurbished edition, there should not have been so many issues.

 

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Due to commitment issues I have lived in many different cities and my favorite is Chicago but I have managed to settle into Austin and perhaps my commitment issues are behind me. 

I have enjoyed reading from a very young age and it wasn’t long before the children books bored me and I read the books my mother enjoyed Stephen King and Dean Koontz and I didn’t sleep without the light on until I was about ten.

I came across my first Harlequin by accident and it was love at first read, no one died and happy endings? It was a whole new world and I loved it.

I wrote my first story at eight and everyone died, of course. Since then I would like to think I’ve gotten better and now I’m writing the happily ever afters I first fell in love with, with some hot sex thrown in along the way. 

As a plus size woman myself, I have started writing the stories I always wanted to see myself in but never did. And now I’m ecstatic to give BBWs the happily ever afters with hot Alphas I want to read.

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His: Luca (Sabatini Family 3) by Fiona Murphy-Review Tour

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His: Luca (Sabatini Family 3) by Fiona Murphy-Review Tour

 

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date June 29, 2021

Luca Sabatini saved me and an entire truck full of women on our way to be sold into sex trafficking—but who will save me from him?

He tells me I belong to him, that a Sabatini keeps what is his. I shouldn’t want to belong to anyone, yet a longing I don’t understand thrums through me—an attraction I cannot deny. Except it’s not safe for me, or him. I climbed into the back of the truck of my own free will because I’m running from a fate far worse.

For the first time in my life I feel safe with Luca. He promises no one will ever hurt me again. He will protect me from what I’m running from; he’ll kill anyone who is a threat to me. I want to believe him—he’s run Vegas for the Outfit for almost as long as I’ve been alive. Only the man I’m running from has an entire army behind him. If I thought Luca could go up against him and survive, I would stay, but others have tried and paid with not just their lives but the lives of their families. I could never live with myself if Luca and the Sabatini family ended up dead because of me.

When I’m found the reckoning is one of bullets and blood, just as I feared. Only one question remains: Once the smoke clears, who will be left standing?

•••••

REVIEW:HIS: LUCA is the third instalment in Fiona Murphy’s contemporary, adult THE SABATINI FAMILY erotic, dark, Mafia, romance series- a spin off from the author’s Dirty Billionaires series. This is thirty-six year old, Luca Toro Sabatini, and twenty-four year old, Isabella ‘Bella/Isa’ Reyes’s story line. HIS: LUCA can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous storylines is revealed where necessary.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Luca and Bella) HIS: LUCA follows the building romance and relationship between thirty-six year old, Luca Toro Sabatini, and twenty-four year old, Isabella ‘Bella/Isa’ Reyes. Isa, as she was called, has been ‘given’ not once but twice to two older men in an effort to appease her father’s friendships with the Mexican cartel but tired of the abuse, one of Isa’s brother arranged for our heroine to be ‘shipped’ off with a truck filled with women destined for sexual slavery, only to be rescued by Luca Sabatini. Luca’s attraction to Isa aka Bella is immediate, and claims Bella as his own. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Bella and Luca, and the potential fall-out as Bella’s past demands retribution targeting Luca in the process.

Luca Sabatini is the illegitimate son of former Chicago hitman Tony Sabatini but with the death of his step-father, Luca took over the control of Las Vegas, Nevada. Working to rescue kidnapped women from sexual slavery, Luca ensures the women he saves, have a place to stay but discovering Isa aka Bella Reyes stirred something deep within our story line hero, and Luca immediately claimed Bella as his own. Bella knew she would always have to be on the run, fearing not only her father but the Mexican Cartel. Never expecting to fall for Luca Sabatini, Bella struggled to remain with the Sabatini family believing her presence placed a target on the people with whom she was falling in love

The relationship between Luca and Bella is one of immediate attraction. For Luca, it was a case of insta-love, for Bella, her attraction and love grew within a matter of hours and days. Luca knew Bella would one-day be his wife but Bella struggled with a past that refused to let go. The $ex scenes are intimate and erotic but I dislike the use of a certain four-letter word in my ‘romance’ story lines.

All of the previous story line couples, including those from the author’s Dirty Billionaire Series play secondary and supporting characters. We are witness to the growing and expanding families, as well as a look to the future, also revealed in a previous story line. Tony Sabatini plays a larger role in Luca’s story line.

HIS: LUCA is a story of family and relationships, power and control, betrayal and vengeance, love and happily ever after. The premise is entertaining ; the characters are animated and captivating; the romance is seductive and intense.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
His: Dominic
His: Tony

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Reviewed by Sandy

 

Due to commitment issues I have lived in many different cities and my favorite is Chicago but I have managed to settle into Austin and perhaps my commitment issues are behind me. 

I have enjoyed reading from a very young age and it wasn’t long before the children books bored me and I read the books my mother enjoyed Stephen King and Dean Koontz and I didn’t sleep without the light on until I was about ten.

I came across my first Harlequin by accident and it was love at first read, no one died and happy endings? It was a whole new world and I loved it.

I wrote my first story at eight and everyone died, of course. Since then I would like to think I’ve gotten better and now I’m writing the happily ever afters I first fell in love with, with some hot sex thrown in along the way. 

As a plus size woman myself, I have started writing the stories I always wanted to see myself in but never did. And now I’m ecstatic to give BBWs the happily ever afters with hot Alphas I want to read.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fionainamurphy
Website: https://www.fionamurphywrites.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/fionaainamurphy
Email: fionaainamurphy@gmail.com

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