How Much I Want (Miami Nights 4) by Marie Force-Review & Excerpt tour
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date May 24, 2022
Who knew that falling in love could be so dangerous?
Nico
My reputation with women stinks. I’ll admit I haven’t always treated them with the respect they deserve. That’s not to say I’m a bad guy or anything. What my sisters and cousin would call toxic, I prefer to think of as selfish. But I’m ready to change everything if it means I’ll have a chance with the lovely, sweet, wounded Sofia Diaz—and her adorable son Mateo. They’ve been through a lot with her ex—and she’s still dealing with him far more often than I’d like—but I’m prepared to be there for both of them, to do whatever it takes to make them happy. If only she’ll stop listening to my family members who would warn her off me and give me a chance to show her how it can be between us.
Sofia
Nico Giordino is the sexiest man on the plant, but from what his sisters and cousin tell me, I need to keep my distance. I’ve already had one serious relationship end in the most painful way possible. I don’t need to open myself to more heartache by letting a player into my life—and my son’s. Mateo is all that matters to me, and as he recovers from brain surgery to remove a cancerous tumor, I’ve got my hands full working at Nico’s family’s restaurant and taking care of my son while trying to finalize my divorce. I’ve got no time for romance or foolishness with a man who makes my heart beat fast. I want him more than I’ve ever wanted anything, even if I know I probably shouldn’t…
Come back to Miami for another sexy installment in the Miami Nights Series and catch up with the beloved Giordino family!
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REVIEW:HOW MUCH I WANT is the fourth instalment in Marie Force’s contemporary, adult MIAMI NIGHT focusing on the Giordino family. This is thirty-two year old, businessman Nico Giordino, and twenty-six year old, single mother and waitress Sofia Diaz’s story line. HOW MUCH I WANT can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary but I recommend reading the series in order for back story and cohesion.
Told from seven first person perspectives including Nico and Sofia HOW MUCH I WANT follows the building romance and relationship between thirty-two year old, businessman Nico Giordino, and twenty-six year old, single mother and waitress Sofia Diaz. Sofia Diaz and her son Mateo left her abusive husband and started a new life in Miami, working for the Giordino family but Sofia’s soon to be ex-husband refuses to accept the end of their marriage, and seeks revenge against Sofia, and anyone who is willing to help including the Giordino family. Nico Giordino has lusted after Sofia from the first time they met but Nico’s reputation with the ladies threatens any potential happiness with our story line heroine in the wake of his family’s need to warn the woman with whom he is falling in love but when the threats against Sofia become dangerous and deadly, Nico becomes protector and body guard for the woman that calls to his heart. What ensues is the building but struggling relationship between Nico and Sofia, and the potential fall-out as Sofia battles between head heart, wanting her own independence, in the face of the fall-out of her current marriage, and Nico’s brother Milo is caught in the cross-fire of one man’s need to exact revenge.
Sofia Diaz doesn’t want to be a burden to Nico or the Giordino family but when the threats against Sofia become dangerous for the Giordino family, Sofia is willing to walk away to protect the family that calls her their own. Sofia’s mother is the bane of our heroine’s existence but a few well-placed social media inquiries reveals that her father is alive and hoping to meet. Nico Giordino owns a high-end car service company, and with the approach of the holiday season, Nico and the family are busier than ever but Nico is making time for the woman that has starred in his fantasies and dreams, the woman he is hoping to call his own. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.
There is a large ensemble cast of colorful and energetic secondary and supporting characters many of whom we have met in the previous story lines. We are introduced to Sofia’s five year old son Mateo, as well as the appearance of her ex-husband, his mother, and several extended members of the Diaz family. Milo and Gianna’s story line is next.
HOW MUCH I WANT is a story of family and relationships, betrayal and vengeance, acceptance and love. The character driven premise is captivating and heart warming; the romance is seductive; the characters are impassioned and charismatic.
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Reviewed by Sandy
“Um, sure. Why is that?”
“Because I’ve never had a girlfriend before.”
“That’s not true. You’ve had all the girlfriends.”
“There have been girls, yes, and women, yes. But never one I would call an official girlfriend until now.”
“You’re thirty-two years old, Nico.”
“I’m aware.”
“It’s weird that you’ve never had a girlfriend before.”
“I never wanted one before I met you. Now that’s all I want, but only if it’s you, of course.”
The withering look she gives me is the one women have been giving men since the beginning of time, and I love it. I love her, and I need her to know that again. Right now. Leaning even closer to her, I whisper in her ear, “You’re the only one I’ve ever loved.”
“Nico,” she says on a long exhale. “How do you do this to me?”
“What am I doing?”
“You know!”
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Marie Force is the New York Times bestselling author of contemporary romance, romantic suspense and erotic romance. Her series include Fatal, First Family, Gansett Island, Butler Vermont, Quantum, Treading Water, Miami Nights and Wild Widows.
Her books have sold more than 10 million copies worldwide, have been translated into more than a dozen languages and have appeared on the New York Times bestseller more than 30 times. She is also a USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller, as well as a Spiegel bestseller in Germany.
Her goals in life are simple—to finish raising two happy, healthy, productive young adults, to keep writing books for as long as she possibly can and to never be on a flight that makes the news.
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