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Velvet Kingdom / Iron Rings (Rossi Crime) by BB Hamel-reviews

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Velvet Kingdom/ Iron Rings (Rossi Crime Family 1 & 2) by BB Hamel

Velvet Kingdom
Rossi Crime Family 1
by BB Hamel
Genre: adult, contemporary, erotic, Mafia, romance

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 2, 2024

My relationship is falling apart when I decide to spice things up by taking some steamy selfies at the office. Seems like a great idea until my gorgeous-but-strange boss Renzo Rossi walks into the room as I’m contorting in the mirror.
And he’s not shy about complimenting my pose.
Life gets even worse later that day when my boyfriend breaks up with me and skips town with all my stuff. Dumped, humiliated, and at my lowest point in forever, I’m seriously considering joining a nunnery, if those are still a thing.
When Renzo drops a bombshell:
His arranged wife skipped town and he’s desperate to fill her place. Now he wants me to marry him, carry his surrogate child, and get paid five million dollars.
Turns out, the Rossi Famiglia one of the five biggest mafia organizations in the city of Philadelphia, and Renzo needs an heir to hold on to his legitimacy.
My life can’t get worse, right? And anyway, this is just a temporary deal. Except one nighttime visit turns into two, which turns into three, and soon I can’t get him out of my bedroom.

•••••••

REVIEW: VELVET KINGDOM by BB Hamel is a contemporary, adult, dark, Mafia romance story line focusing on the Rossi Famiglia Don Renzo Ross, and his office assistant Madeline ‘Maddie’ Sorrento.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Renzo and Maddie) VELVET KINGDOM follows the fake relationship and marriage between our story line couple. Maddie Sorrento’s boyfriend took everything the day he said they were never going to work but Maddie never expected to find herself considering her boss’s offer of a fake marriage and real pregnancy in the face of his own humiliation when the woman he was contracted to marry ran away. With no other options, and her own sense of self esteem in the proverbial gutter, Maddie accepts Renzo’s offer, an offer with an expiry date and the potential sacrifice of a child she could love. What ensues is the building relationship between Maddie and Renzo, and the fall-out when the other heads of the crime world families don’t agree with Renzo’s plans for the future.

The world building focuses on several paths including the Rossi family matriarch’s health struggles, the siblings inability to accept what will be, and the jealousy and threats inflicted upon our story line heroine. From the outset, Renzo treats Maddie with respect and love, and in this, our couple will find themselves falling in love against their original plans.

The relationship between Maddie and Renzo begins as employee and boss but desperate for an heir and internal support, Renzo offers Maddie money and marriage, a marriage that comes with an expiry date should they have a child together. Maddie refuses to leave any child behind, and a pregnancy may be the biggest threat to their growing relationship. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

We are introduced to the Rossi family siblings: Stefania, Carlo, Saul and Gian, as well as their mother Stella, and Renzo’s right hand man Dante; several heads of competing crime families, as well as Maddie’s friend Nicole, and housekeeper Tara. The requisite evil has many faces.

VELVET KINGDOM is a story of power and control, betrayal and vengeance, secrets and lies, acceptance and love. The fast paced premise is entertaining and inviting but the conflict is limited; the romance is seductive and sensitive; the characters are energetic, sassy and spirited. VELVET KINGDOM ends on a happily ever after-for now, as the main threat to the family has yet to be resolved.

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IRON RINGS
(Rossi Crime Family 2)
by BB Hamel
Genre: adult, contemporary, erotic, Mafia, romance

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 24, 2024

I was arranged to marry his brother. Except Gian stole me away.

I fell for Gian Rossi back in college. He was everything I wanted: gorgeous, intelligent, dedicated, and completely forbidden.

Too bad he broke my heart.

Now, years later, I’m supposed to marry his brother. It’s an arrangement between our families and I don’t have any other choice but to swallow my pride and accept.

But when Gian comes roaring back into my life, all I can do is obsess over him. I hate that man, but he’s only gotten better with age. Muscular, grumpy, gorgeous, the sort of guy that looks like trouble in all the best ways.

Then one night, he offers me a deal. Marry him instead of his brother, and he’ll free me after one year.

Which is how I find myself walking down the aisle with the man I despise most in this world.

I thought he was trying to atone for his mistakes, but it’s much worse. Gian wants to own me, and now he has one year to make me forget what happened between us.

He’ll do anything it takes, from making me sleep in his bed, to flattering me with gifts and compliments.

Only I’ll never get over what he did, not even when I end up tangled in his sheets.

••••••

REVIEW: IRON RINGS is the second instalment in BB Hamel’s contemporary, adult ROSSI CRIME FAMILY dark, erotic Mafia romance series. This is Gian Rossi, and Mafia princess Allegra Rinaldo’s story line. IRON RINGS can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story line is revealed where necessary.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Gian and Allegra) IRON RINGS follows the second chance relationship between our story line couple. Approximately ten years earlier Allegra Rinaldo fell in love with Gian Rossi but after a short time together, Gian Rossi ghosted Allegra never to be seen again. Fast forward to present day wherein Allegra, having ran from two arranged marriages to two of Gian’s brothers, finds herself facing the man who broke her heart but the man with whom Allegra was still in love. With an offer she cannot refuse, Allegra and Gian head to Vegas to get married, that results in the ire of two estranged Mafia families, families at war with one another. What ensues is the rebuilding romance and relationship between Allegra and Gian,and the potential fall-out as the Russians and Irish take aim at the Italian mobs.

The world building continues to focus on the Rossi Crime family as their struggle to regain a hold of the territory once controlled by their father. Shoring up support with a marriage between the Rossi’s and Rinaldo’s doesn’t go according to plan, when the marriage in question is deemed a betrayal by the other side.

The relationship between Gian and Allegra is one of second chances. Gian ghosted Allegra ten years earlier but he never forget about the woman who had stolen his heart With a new start and new possibilities, Gian makes Allegra an offer, one year and then she can walk away. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate.

Once again the secondary and supporting characters include Gian’s brother Renzo (Maddie), Saul and Carlo; the ailing mother Stella, and Renzo’s right hand man Dante. We are introduced to Allegra’s father Don Rinaldo, as well as her cousin Sophia, whose allegiances are questionable for our story line heroine.

IRON RINGS is a story of power and control, betrayal and vengeance, secrets and lies, family and relationships, forgiveness and love. The fast paced premise is dramatic and intriguing; the romance is seductive and emotional; the characters are desperate and dynamic.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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The Secrets That Kill by Kristen Luciani-review tour

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The Secrets That Kill (Obsidian Knights Secret Society 1) by Kristen Luciani-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 15, 2024

When your best friend’s sister becomes your obsession…
When a complicated assassination job comes my way, I finally get the chance to get my revenge on the woman who put me behind bars.

My best friend’s younger sister.

Sweet, naïve, and innocent, Ivy becomes the unsuspecting accomplice in a cruel and twisted game that will destroy her as well as my target.

Only one thing threatens my plan. She makes my blood burn hot, setting off all kinds of fires. One taste, and I’m addicted to the forbidden. Each depraved act draws us further into a dark, sex-soaked world where my objective for revenge becomes blurred by obsession for the girl who ruined me.

She thinks she knows betrayal. She has no idea.

And as Ivy falls deeper under my spell, she doesn’t know that the dark secrets of my past are about to shatter her dreams for the future.

••••••

REVIEW:THE SECRETS THAT KILL is the first instalment in Kristen Luciani’s contemporary adult OBSIDIAN KNIGHTS SECRET SOCIETY dark, erotic, romance series focusing on a secret society of billionaires and assassins. This is billionaire Mercer Vale, and twenty-three year old, college student Ivy Gardner.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise including graphic scenes of BDSM and Dom/sub scenarios, there WILL BE triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Mercer and Ivy ) THE SECRETS THAT KILL follows the unconventional and questionable relationship between our story line couple. Mercer Vale blames Ivy Gardner for the implosion of his life, years before. Demanding payment for sins of the past, Mercer takes control of Ivy’s life, forcing our heroine into a world she knows nothing about. As Mercer’s submissive, Ivy is about to become a pawn in a dangerous game of murder and vengeance wherein years of betrayal culminate in the ultimate showdown, and consent is questionable at every turn.

The world building is complex and gritty. Power and vengeance are the focus for one man who is struggling for control of his life. His need to avenge is bred from years of trauma and abuse, and Ivy will become a victim of revenge, jealousy and obsession.

The relationship between Ivy and Mercer is atypical and forced. Ivy will become Mercer’s captive, a sexual slave, a submissive to be used when and how Mercer demands. Consent is questionable from the outset but Ivy will succumb to Mercer’s needs and demands, often instigating and pushing Mercer to the edge of control. The $ex scenes are aggressive, intense and provocative.

There is a large ensemble cast of questionable, controversial and dark characters. We are introduced to a secret society whose members are cruel, and their actions are heinous.

THE SECRETS THAT KILL is a dark story of power and control, betrayal and vengeance, secrets and lies, domination and submission, acceptance and love. The premise is dark, dramatic and tragic; the characters are desperate and contentious.

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Reviewed by Sandy

The moment she walks into the party, the air pressure changes.
It becomes thicker, alight with all the dark fucking possibilities that come along with her.
I know, because I can think of things so depraved, twisted, and thrilling even the unrepentant in Hell’s depths would moan with pleasure.
I know, because I’ve done many of those things.
She sets off a vibrating edge, a sliver of excitement. The air sings when she’s near.
I can use that.
And I’m going to.
Just not yet.
Because the wait brings the pitch up to a sweeter level.
I’m also busy watching a dead man walking.
Right now, the poison’s destroyed his liver and kidneys, unraveling his DNA. He’s dead. It just hasn’t come full circle. Even if he was rushed to a hospital, he’d still end up dying.
I spent a long time devising the poison. Tasteless, odorless. Untraceable. Death cap mushrooms are a marvel, my favorite weapon when I’m not working with guns or knives.
But poisons take time. The right approach, the right formula, the right administration. And then they require time to work. Get one thing wrong, rush a step, and it all crumbles.
Patience, they say, is a virtue. And I play that game like a prodigy.
Stone-cold. A killer. These are me. I’m also rich as fuck. So rich my past can’t touch me. That long and scarred path that stretches as far back as I can remember might not have ever been paved with gold, but tools? Things that have enabled me to become who I am? This version of Mercer Vale?
Fuck yes.
Logan Cooke begins to sweat. There’s a flicker of light in his eyes, a sign of things not quite right. But nobody notices.
And no one will.
The people surrounding me are off their tits and balls on coke and drunk on thirty-dollar artisanal cocktails. Not one of them is going to notice until Cooke hits the floor.
I lean against the wall in the shadowy corner of Seven7Seven, a trendy faux secret spot in Tribeca complete with an entry password and a non-descript flight of stairs. They lead to the graffitied door, which opens into a long, tall, black velvet-lined hall that opens up to the bronze door of Seven7Seven’s dark, glamorous interior.
This is the height of the below-Fourteenth Street crowd’s pomposity. As one of the silent, hidden owners, Seven7Seven makes me a shit ton of money, and I can keep an eye on movers and shakers of all kinds.
Some of them I can use.
Some of them I might need to dispose of.
The Barnes and Noble and Japanese convenience store on the ground level don’t even hint at what’s up here. A person has to book a spot weeks in advance or receive a special invite. The place is well-known to its very specific target audience, and entry is highly coveted.
I settle back in the shadows and observe.
I don’t need to be here. Cooke’s demise is a done deal, and glitterati parties are not my fucking jam. With the next job I decided to take on? Let’s just say there are other avenues to get what I need. But there’s a certain symmetry, an air of fate about doing it this way.
Not real fate. This is crafted down to the finest detail of the evening, complete with her arrival on the dot. But like all good artists, it’s going to appear seamless, effortless. A natural occurrence, just like fate. And when she realizes there isn’t a drop of serendipity or chance of any kind involved, her real fate, her future, finite as it is, will be sealed.
But I still refuse to look at Ivy Gardner. Not yet.
I want to time everything perfectly. Cooke, my revenge, my next project⁠—

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Kristen Luciani is a USA Today bestselling author of steamy and suspense-filled romance. She’s addicted to kickboxing, Starburst jelly beans, and swooning over dark, broken anti-heroes. Kristen is happily married to her own real-life hero of over 20 years. In addition to penning spicy stories, she also has a part-time job as her three kids’ personal Uber driver, which she manages to successfully juggle along with her other tasks: laundry, cleaning, laundry, cooking, laundry, and caring for her adorable Boston Terrier puppy.

Mafia romance is her passion…and her poison.

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Hunted by a Shadow by Michelle Heard-review tour

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Hunted by a Shadow  (Kings of Mafia 3) by Michelle Heard-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 5, 2024

When I finally get a life-saving kidney transplant, I think the worst is behind me.
Boy, am I wrong.

I start feeling eyes on me wherever I go.
I’m being watched. Stalked. Hunted.
It’s downright scary.

Then the hunter steps out of the shadows, and my life implodes.
I’m taken by Renzo Torrisi, a dangerous and unforgiving man.

Turns out the kidney I received belonged to one of his men and I have to repay the debt. Only the terms are unclear, and the rules change on a whim.

Held prisoner in his penthouse, I have to serve the ruthless mafia boss like the god he is.
Whether I’ll survive being Renzo’s captive is up for debate, though.

•••••

REVIEW:Renzo Torrisi is one of the heads of the Cosa Nostra. He is only thirty-five years old and already a cruel and unforgiving man. His world consists of everything underworld and his love for his younger brother Guilio. He promised to look after his younger brother, and that is what he intends to do. As Guilio will be his heir one day, he has no time for relationships or children.

Skylar Davies is thirty year old sous chef who has had a rough couple of years. Just when she was at the peak of her career, set to become one of the top chefs in New York, tragedy struck. A car accident led to the ultimate loss of her mother and to her end stage renal failure. Now tied down to a dialysis machine she was facing eminent death if she did not find a kidney soon. But Skylar is tired of fighting, she is slowly accepting her fate.

Her father, however, will not accept another loss. He will do everything in his power to save his daughter. And when he does the unthinkable, Skylar will live but there will be consequences to his choices. And consequences there are.

This book takes a dark turn fast, one that I was not quite expecting. But oh, what a wonderfully dark story it made. I was not a fan of Renzo at all in the beginning – I mean who would be. He is the epitome of everything dark and underworld. Skylar is the exact opposite. She is love and light and everything good in this world. You root for her – you want her to have everything she deserves and more. But there will be a price to be paid for what she gets. Will that price outweigh the life she was supposed to have.

I won’t give any spoilers, but this book is a must read, as a standalone or along with the other Kings of Mafia series. My only complaint is that it was too short! It accomplished everything Michelle Heard always does, even the tears. But it was too short, I didn’t want to leave that world this time. I look forward to the next book in this series.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Tempted by the Devil
Craving Danger

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Reviewed by Erin K

Michelle Heard is a Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling Author who loves creating stories her readers can get lost in. She resides in South Africa with her son where she’s always planning her next book to write, and trip to take.

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VELVET KINGDOM by B.B. Hamel-a review

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VELVET KINGDOM BY BB HAMEL-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 2, 2024

My relationship is falling apart when I decide to spice things up by taking some steamy selfies at the office. Seems like a great idea until my gorgeous-but-strange boss Renzo Rossi walks into the room as I’m contorting in the mirror.
And he’s not shy about complimenting my pose.
Life gets even worse later that day when my boyfriend breaks up with me and skips town with all my stuff. Dumped, humiliated, and at my lowest point in forever, I’m seriously considering joining a nunnery, if those are still a thing.
When Renzo drops a bombshell:
His arranged wife skipped town and he’s desperate to fill her place. Now he wants me to marry him, carry his surrogate child, and get paid five million dollars.
Turns out, the Rossi Famiglia one of the five biggest mafia organizations in the city of Philadelphia, and Renzo needs an heir to hold on to his legitimacy.
My life can’t get worse, right? And anyway, this is just a temporary deal. Except one nighttime visit turns into two, which turns into three, and soon I can’t get him out of my bedroom.

•••••••

REVIEW: VELVET KINGDOM by BB Hamel is a contemporary, adult, dark, Mafia romance story line focusing on the Rossi Famiglia Don Renzo Ross, and his office assistant Madeline ‘Maddie’ Sorrento.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Renzo and Maddie) VELVET KINGDOM follows the fake relationship and marriage between our story line couple. Maddie Sorrento’s boyfriend took everything the day he said they were never going to work but Maddie never expected to find herself considering her boss’s offer of a fake marriage and real pregnancy in the face of his own humiliation when the woman he was contracted to marry ran away. With no other options, and her own sense of self esteem in the proverbial gutter, Maddie accepts Renzo’s offer, an offer with an expiry date and the potential sacrifice of a child she could love. What ensues is the building relationship between Maddie and Renzo, and the fall-out when the other heads of the crime world families don’t agree with Renzo’s plans for the future.

The world building focuses on several paths including the Rossi family matriarch’s health struggles, the siblings inability to accept what will be, and the jealousy and threats inflicted upon our story line heroine. From the outset, Renzo treats Maddie with respect and love, and in this, our couple will find themselves falling in love against their original plans.

The relationship between Maddie and Renzo begins as employee and boss but desperate for an heir and internal support, Renzo offers Maddie money and marriage, a marriage that comes with an expiry date should they have a child together. Maddie refuses to leave any child behind, and a pregnancy may be the biggest threat to their growing relationship. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

We are introduced to the Rossi family siblings: Stefania, Carlo, Saul and Gian, as well as their mother Stella, and Renzo’s right hand man Dante; several heads of competing crime families, as well as Maddie’s friend Nicole, and housekeeper Tara. The requisite evil has many faces.

VELVET KINGDOM is a story of power and control, betrayal and vengeance, secrets and lies, acceptance and love. The fast paced premise is entertaining and inviting but the conflict is limited; the romance is seductive and sensitive; the characters are energetic, sassy and spirited. VELVET KINGDOM ends on a happily ever after-for now, as the main threat to the family has yet to be resolved.

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reviewed by Sandy

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VICIOUS CAPTOR (Seven Deadly Sinacores 4) by Aidee Jaimes -review

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VICIOUS CAPTOR (Seven Deadly Sinacores 4) by Aidee Jaimes -review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 21, 2023

For him, I risked it all. I swore undying love and gave him my heart without hesitation. In return, he destroyed me.
Rowan Kane. He’s member of the McKenzies, a rival crime family in Boston, who is known for two things. Death and devastation. But when he saves me from a dangerous situation I fall deeply in love with the enemy.
Risking my father’s wrath, I agree to marry Rowan. I escape in the middle of the night and make my way to the small chapel to wait for the man who said he loved me. But he never comes. I am left at the altar, alone and afraid, with nothing but empty promises and the spark of hatred in my heart.
Five years later, I am a changed woman. There is no room for love in my life. Now, when I walk down the aisle, it’s not going to be with delusions of fairy tales and happy endings. It will be with full awareness of the wealth and power the arrangement will provide me.
But as the vehicle transports me to the wedding venue, we’re attacked. The driver loses control, and crashes full force into a lake.I regain consciousness to find myself in the arms of my savior, Rowan Kane. Except, he’s no savior at all, but my captor hell bent on revenge.
I swore my undying love to him and only him…
and now he’s here to make sure I keep that vow.

•••••••••

REVIEW: VICIOUS CAPTOR is the fourth instalment in Aidee Jaimes contemporary, adult SEVEN DEADLY SINACORES dark, erotic, Mafia romance series. This is Rowan Kane, head of the McKenzie Crime Family in Boston, and Cartel princess Louisa Duran’s story line. VICIOUS CAPTOR can be read as a stand alone but for back story, I recommend reading the series in order as there is an ongoing premise throughout.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Rowan and Louisa) VICIOUS CAPTOR follows the second chance romance and relationship between our story line couple. Five years earlier, Louisa Duran was devastated when the man that she loved, walked away from their midnight wedding proclaiming she was nothing more than a power move and pawn. Fast forward to present day, Louisa is about to marry someone she doesn’t love, only to find herself a prisoner of the man who broke her heart. Enter Rowan Kane, the new head of the McKenzie Crime Family, and the man who is about to pay for sins of the past. What ensues is the contemptuous but rebuilding romance and relationship between Rowan and Louisa, and the fall-out as Louisa makes good on a plan to destroy the man who destroyed her heart.

The world building continues to focus on the search for a killer, the man known as The Ferryman, a man who is seeking vengeance for sins of the past. As Rowan McKenzie reclaims the woman he has always loved, The Ferryman has other plans, including an alliance with the woman who will betray Rowan’s heart. Louisa has become a pawn in the lives of the criminal underworld but a pawn who is about to enact the ultimate revenge.

The relationship between Rowan and Louisa is one of second chances. Rowan left Louisa at the altar five years earlier, and Louisa has never forgiven or forgotten the ultimate betrayal. Believing Louisa will forgive him his sins, Rowan sets about to re-establish their relationship only to discover that everything was not as it appeared to be. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate.

There is a large ensemble cast of secondary and supporting characters including Rowan’s men Declan, Axel and Phil; Louisa’s father, Don Fernando Duran, and her mother Diana; as well as Louisa’s brothers Arturo, Renzo and Daniel. The requisite evil has many faces.

VICIOUS CAPTOR is a story of power and control, betrayal and vengeance, secrets and lies, forgiveness and acceptance, love and family. The premise is dramatic,intense and dark; the romance is provocative ; the characters are determined, desperate, broken and impassioned.

Previous reviews and Reading Order
Merciless Vows
Ruthless Heir
Cruel Prince

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Reviewed by Sandy

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Lodestar (Filthy Feck Omnibus) by Serena Akeroyd-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 21, 2023

CONOR

She’s difficult.
Dangerous.
Deadly.
A sister in our allied MC.
My da would have told me to avoid a woman like her, but she shot him before he had the chance.
Lodestar stirs fear into the hearts of the Elite. (xoxo)

Now I’m scared.
For her.
She’s not only ghosted me, but her daughter too.
If she’s gone dark, I’ll hunt her down.
This Fecker isn’t about to lose his soul mate.

•••••

REVIEW:LODESTAR by Serena Akeroyd is a contemporary, adult, dark, erotic, Mafia romance duet focusing on hacker Conor O’Donnelly, and assassin Star Sullivan set in the author’s FIVE POINTS MOB world. Previously released as a two-book duet, Filthy Feck includes Filthy Lies, and Filthy Truth.

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

Told from several first person perspectives including Conor and Star LODESTAR is the culmination of several story lines and events from the author’s FIVE POINT MOB, THE FORGOTTEN BOYS as well as the DARK AND DIRTY SINNERS/ SATAN’S SINNERS MC series. Throughout all of the interconnected series and story lines, the search and take down of the group known as The Sparrows, both the New World Sparrows, and the Old World Sparrows. Dark and dangerous, deadly and determined, the Sparrows have wreaked havoc with, and control most of the powerful governments in the world. Their infiltration has reached the top, and everyone is suspect. From human and sexual trafficking, to assassinations and control, The Sparrows continue to infiltrate every aspect of the ruling elite, the oligarchy and government, and Star Sullivan is about to become a one woman wrecking crew with the help of the man with whom she has fallen in love. Enter Conor O’Donnelly, a high ranking member of the O’Donnelly Irish Mob, a young man whose speciality is IT hacking but is not opposed to become an assassin on his own. As Conor and Star begin to gather intel, Star will discover that everything she thought she knew about her life has been predicated upon a series of lies.

The world building is complex, detailed, retrospective and graphic. We are up close and personal with the backstories and history of our story line couple, as Star Sullivan learns the truth about her past, and the present day connections to the powerful elite. From the Russian Bratva to the Irish Mob, The Sparrows, The Brotherhood, The Union, and The Forgotten Boys, the influx of organizations and involvement is complicated and meticulous, such that a prior knowledge of events is most helpful.

The secondary and supporting characters continues to be numerous, powerful, dynamic and often double crossing. Along with the most of the previous story line couples, and several members of the Satan’s Sinners MC, we are up close and personal as Star is more or less welcomed into Conor’s family, and the discovery that she is no longer alone in the world.

LODESTAR is complex, detailed, dark and gritty story of betrayal and vengeance, power and control, double cross and deception, acceptance and love. Like FILTHY LIES, the premise is dark, intricate, dramatic and multi-layered; the romance is seductive and fated; the characters are determined, desperate, charismatic and often problematic.

Previous reviews

Filthy Sinner
Filthy Disciple

SERENA AKEROYD

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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SCORNED HEIR (Scorned Fate) by Victoria Paige-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date September 26, 2023

She’s about to fake-date the bad boy of Manhattan.

Seraphina Moretti is half-in-love with her best friend’s brother.
An arranged marriage is in her future and the groom is not the object of her affection.
But then the devil of Wall Street whispers in her ear.
Telling her to follow her heart, that the unrequited love she’s feeling is reciprocated.
She just needs to use a ploy as old as time.
Jealousy.

Matteo De Lucci will use subterfuge to get what he wants.
And what he wants is to prevent a union between two families that would make a powerful organization unstoppable.
The key was through Sera’s affection for his business partner.
And fake-dating Sera is the path to his endgame.

When the enemy makes a bold move, the lines between what is real and what is fake start to blur.
Sera begins to crave the man she shouldn’t be falling for.
And Matteo starts to get possessive over a woman who has feelings for another.
When all their families weigh in, marriage between them might be inevitable.
But would it be fake or real?

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REVIEW: SCORNED HEIR by Victoria Paige is a contemporary, adult, erotic, Mafia romance story line set in the author’s DE LUCCI’S OBSESSION world, which is an interconnected storyline with the author’s ROGUE PROTECTOR’S series. This is billionaire, Mafia businessman Matteo De Lucci, and Seraphina ‘Sera’ Moretti’s story line. You do not have to have read the previous story lines to follow.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Matteo and Sera) SCORNED HEIR follows the fake relationship between is billionaire, Mafia businessman Matteo De Lucci, and Seraphina ‘Sera’ Moretti. Seraphine Moretti thought she was in love with her best friend Ivy’s brother Daniel Wu but Sera was about to become a pawn between warring factions in the criminal underworld, a pawn that will be destroyed by the man with whom she will fall in love. Matteo De Lucci has made a deal with the devil, and his prize will be our story line heroine but once the secrets are revealed, Sera will discover that everything about her life has been based on a lie. What ensues is the fake relationship to marriage between Sera and Matteo, and the fall-out as Sera becomes fodder in a game of betrayal and revenge.

The world building is detailed and complex, as the crime families prepare for war. We are up close and personal with members of the Italian Mafia, Irish Mob, and the Mexican Cartel-everyone wants something or someone the other has, and Seraphina is the ultimate prize. Sera’s brother Luca has brokered a deal with a high ranking member of the Mafia in Italy, and her best friend’s brother has made a deal with our story line hero.

The relationship between Sera and Matteo is predicated upon a lie, a lie that is about to break our heroine’s heart. Sera never expected to fall in love with Matteo De Lucci but the fall was about to break any semblance of peace, and her trust in the people she loved. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate.

There is a large ensemble cast of secondary and supporting characters including Matteo’s parents Cesar and Ava (De Lucci’s Obsession), his brothers Lorenzo (Liz) and Nico, and their sister Bianca; Sera’s best friend Ivy, and her brother Daniel Wu, as well as Sera’s uncle Luca, the boss of the Moretti crime family. The requisite evil has many faces.

SCORNED HEIR is a story of betrayal and vengeance, obsession and madness, secrets and lies, money and greed, power and control. The premise is intricate and multi-layered; the romance is seductive and provocative; the characters are desperate, strong-willed and determined.

Click HERE for Sandy’s review of DE LUCCI’S OBSESSION

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Her heroes are badass alpha males and her smart, strong-willed heroines can hold their own against a bossy hero. Her books are sexually explicit and may contain dark themes, morally ambiguous choices, and disturbing situations as she injects realism into her stories and gives them her own twist.

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date September 14, 2023

A harmless kiss led to a fairy tale. Or so I thought. But unlike the happily-ever-

afters you read about, my tale didn’t end with a wedding gown and roses.

My fairy tale turned into a heartbreak. Inked in pain and sealed in tears.

It almost cost me my life. And my family.

He moved on as if nothing ever happened, while I was left to pick up the pieces.

Now, he’s back and he wants me.

To him, I’m a pawn to be used. Leverage. But I’m no longer his. I’m his brother’s betrothed.

Stuck between two brothers, the push and pull unbearable. One wants me, the other needs me. But the Leone brothers will learn that this queen won’t be a pawn.

To me, they are both men deserving of pain and poison.

My family thinks I’ll accept my fate.

Well, I plan to fight it.

•••••

REVIEW:UNFORGIVING QUEEN is the second instalment in Eva Winners’ contemporary, adult STOLEN EMPIRE dark, erotic, Mafia romance trilogy focusing on twenty-six year old, heir to the Yakuza throne Amon Leone, and twenty-one year old, Omerta princess Reina Romero. UNFORGIVING QUEEN should not be read as a stand alone as it picks up after the events and cliff hanger of book one BITTER PRINCE.

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

SOME BACKGROUND: Years earlier Reina met Amon during one of their fathers’ questionable meetings but throughout the next twelve years our couple would come in and out of one another’s lives. Reina fell in love with Amon Leone, true heir to the Yakuza empire, but the Leones and Romeros were enemies at best. With a long and colorful history between the two families, Reina and Amon were warned away from one another but the pull was too strong for our story line couple.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Amon and Reina) covering approximately three years UNFORGIVING QUEEN picks up in the aftermath of the cliff hanger of book one in which our heroine was fighting for her life. Rejected by the man that she loved, three years would pass in which Reina would become a fashion designer, and Amon Leone would fight his way to the top but the three years would acknowledge Reina’s love/hate relationship with the man that destroyed her life, and Amon’s need for the woman he cannot have. Fast forward to present day, wherein for the sake of the ‘family’, Reina has been promised to another man, and Amon is about to discover the truth about a family history he knew nothing about. As Amon and Reina each go their separate ways, someone else is making plans behind the scenes to take control from the top.

The world building continues to focus on Amon’s rise to power but throughout most of the story line our couple have been separated by secrets and lies, hatred and love, power and control. We are witness to Reina’s desperate need to protect herself from anyone trying to take her down, and in doing so, she will become the true princess as she fights her way to freedom.

The relationship between Amon and Reina is tempestuous at best. Amon knows Reina will never be his wife but that does not stop him take claiming our heroine as his own. No one else is allowed to touch the woman he loves including the men he once called brothers and friends. The $ex scene is passionate and intense.

Once again, there is a large ensemble cast of secondary and supporting characters including Reina’s sister long suffering Phoenix, their father Tomaso; Amon’s parents, his brother Dante; Reina’s friends Isla, Raven and Athena. The dysfunctional family dynamics continues to be questionable; the Cartel is taking aim at everyone involved.

UNFORGIVING QUEEN is a story of secrets and lies, betrayal and vengeance, power and control, forgiveness and love, obsession and madness. The premise is dramatic, edgy and intense; the romance is limited as our couple are separated but their need for one another is palpable and strong; the characters are, once again, desperate, determined but powerful and dynamic. UNFORGIVING QUEEN ends on a cliff hanger-you have been warned.

Click HERE for Sandy’s review of book one BITTER PRINCE

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Reviewed by Sandy

Eva Winners released her first novel Second Chance At Love in 2020 and has been writing feverishly ever since. She writes about everlasting romance for every century focusing on characters emotional development and always guarantees an HEA.

She loves yoga, wine and her kiddos. In her spare time, she seeks adventures either hiking through trails, yoga or exploring the beaches.

Writing books has always been her passion and she brings real life to the forefront in everything she writes about.

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