MAFIA BEAUTY (Mancinelli Brotherhood 3) by Sabine Barclay-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date: June 27, 2023

She’s the one woman I can’t have. I shouldn’t want her. I shouldn’t touch her. I shouldn’t make a move. But she wants it too. The moment she lets me know, there’s no going back. No one will keep us apart. There’ll be nothing left of anyone who tries. We’ve watched each other for years, and now I will show her it’s been worth the wait. I’ll give her pleasure beyond her wildest dreams until she can think of nothing but us… Nothing but me. Mafia Beauty is a dark romance with a HEA and no cliffhanger. It contains EXTRA-STEAMY scenes that will make your toes curl and your granny blush. The Mancinelli Brotherhood is a six-book series that’ll keep you warm at night

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REVIEW: MAFIA BEAUTY is the third instalment in Sabine Barclay’s contemporary, adult MANCINELLI BROTHERHOOD dark, erotic, Mafia romance series. This is thirty-one year old Matteo, and twenty-nine year old, radiologist Dr. Maria Mancinelli’s story line. MAFIA BEAUTY can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story line is revealed where necessary. The MANCINELLI BROTHERHOOD series is a spinoff from /interconnected series with the author’s IVANKOV BROTHERHOOD series. Some of the characters of the Ivankov Brotherhood cross over with or are mentioned throughout the current series.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers including violence, BDSM and Daddy/baby girl dynamic (but no age play).

Told from several intersecting paths and dual first person perspectives (Matteo and Maria) MAFIA BEAUTY focuses on the building romance and relationship between thirty-one year old Matteo, and twenty-nine year old, radiologist Dr. Maria Mancinelli. Matteo and Maria are/were childhood friends but Matteo’s connection to the Mancinelli meant our hero watched from afar as the woman he loved moved on with her life. Threats against Maria Mancinelli forced Matteo to claim our story line heroine as his own, threats that are about to take aim the entire family.

Matteo was raised alongside the Mancinelli family, best friends with Maria’s older brother Luca. Matteo has been in love with Maria for close to eleven years, and it is time he claimed our heroine as his own. Like all of the previous relationships in the author’s series, there is a Daddy/baby girl dynamic (but no age play or littles). The $ex scenes are provocative and intense.

Once again, there is a large ensemble cast of powerful and colorful secondary and supporting characters including many members of the Irish Mob, Italian Mafia (aka Cosa nostra), Russian Bratva, Mexican Culiacan Cartel, Japanese Yakuza, and Albanian mobs including the large extended Mancinelli Brotherhood family including Maria’s brothers Luca, Lorenzo and Marco, their parents Massimo and Nicoletta; cousin Carmine, and Carmine’s best friend/brother Gabriele; uncle Salvatore Mancinelli (don of New York), and his wife Sylvia, all who play an active role throughout the series.

MAFIA BEAUTY is a a story of jealousy, betrayal and vengeance, power and control, family, friendships, relationships and love. The premise is detailed, complex and entertaining; the characters are numerous, powerful and determined; the romance is passionate, seductive and erotic.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Mafia Heir
Mafia Sinner

Reviewed by Sandy