Mafia Kingdom (Manhattan Mafia) by CD Reiss-review tour
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date August 22, 2023
A QUEEN IN WAITING
After fifty years of peace, Carmine Montefiore’s decree rains down on the families of this city.
Your daughters will line up, and he will choose his bride.
When families have failed to release their girls to the line, the Montefiores have left a bloodbath behind. It is my birthright to be sacrificed.
And so my only hope for a new life comes at the hands of Massimo Colonia, a man stained with sin…and absolutely forbidden.
A KING IN EXILE
All I want to do is return home and take back my kingdom, but the moment I see her in that dark alley, my world shifts.
She is mine.
And if the Families think I’m handing her over to keep their peace, they’ll find out how wrong they are.
They’ve forgotten who they are dealing with. I am the last capo of the Colonia, and for her, I will rain hell on all of them.
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REVIEW:C.D Reiss really is one of the best mafia romance writers out there. The worlds she builds are so intricate, the characters so well developed, they feel more like reading spicy bits of history than anything else. Mafia Kingdom is a spin off of the Take me series, there are characters from that series that are mentioned, but as a whole, the book can be read as a standalone. For new readers to this author, make sure you check the trigger warnings.
Massimo is the last of his breed and his father’s heir to a crown that is lost. This story is dark, one of pain and struggle, but also loyalty and love. Massimo is taken to Italy against his will by a rival, he is broken, torn down and treated in the worst possible ways. Just when he starts wishing for the end, he sees her. Delfina. The one woman he would burn the world for. The one woman who would force him to pick himself up, and try.
Delfina is intelligent and loyal to the family she loves, but she is also ready to shake off her fathers hands and spread her wings and fly. Too bad she just exchanged one gilded cage for another, and this new cage comes with a marriage she doesn’t want. Family is family, and while she may rock the boat, Delfina is not else if not loyal.
Massimo and Delfina give off the energy of Romeo and Juliet, but without the teenage stupidity. These two are meant for one another, but they are torn between the love for their families and the love between themselves. This book has it all, drama, angst, suspense, spice and best of all, an alpha who would burn the world down for his lady. Definitely recommend to any mafia romance reader!
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Reviewed by Sarah
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CD Reiss is a New York Times bestselling author. She still has to chop wood and carry water, which was buried in the fine print. Her lawyer is working it out with God but in the meantime, if you call and she doesn’t pick up she’s at the well hauling buckets.
Born in New York City, she moved to Hollywood, California to get her master’s degree in screenwriting from USC. In case you want to know, that went nowhere but it did give her a big enough ego to write novels.
She’s frequently referred to as the Shakespeare of Smut which is flattering but hasn’t ever gotten her out of chopping a single cord of wood.
If you meet her in person, you should call her Christine.
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