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Stalked by the Mob (Miami Mafia 1) by Mallory Crowe-a review

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Stalked by the Mob (Miami Mafia 1) by Mallory Crowe-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date May 27, 2022.

I watch her.
I follow her.
And when the time is right, I’ll make her mine.

I’m not a fool. I know the innocent scholarship student, Daisy, who can barely afford her crumbling apartment is too good for me. But from the moment I saw her, I knew she was mine. Now all I have to do is convince her of that.

But when my brother returns from being MIA with suddenly psychotic tendencies (and that means a lot coming from me) and some worldwide organization comes in and threatens everything I care about if I don’t hand over the city I spent my life gaining control of, things get more bloody and, to put it delicately, tourturey.

And if Daisy thought I was a stalker before, wait when she sees how I get when I’m her full on protector.

This is the standalone contemporary romantic suspense with a HEA and no cliffhanger that features sexy alpha males and smart, strong women who will stand up for what they believe in.

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REVIEW:STALKED BY THE MOB is the first instlament in Mallory Crowe’s contemporay, adult MIAMI MAFIA dark,erotic, Mafia romance series. This is mob boss Alek Rishka, and twenty-two year old, University of Miami student Daisy Stone’s story line.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Alek and Daisy) STALKED BY THE MOB follows mob boss Alek Rishka as he is determined to claim twenty-two year old college student Daisy Stone as his own. A debt owed finds Alek the new owner of a seedy apartment building, a building in which all of the units have been wired with cameras. Discovering Daisy Stone in one of the apartments, Alek begins a rapid seduction of our story line heroine, a seduction that is going to place Daisy in the direct line of fire. The Russian controlled Black Thorn organization is demanding control of Alek Rishka’s Miami territory, and with it, targeting our heroine in the process. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Alek and Daisy, and the potential fall-out as betrayal from within threatens Alek’s tenuous hold on his heart and his plan.

Daisy Stone grew up on the wrong side of the tracks, and with her best friend Becks, escaped a life of turbulence and drugs. Working three jobs and going to school full time, Daisy is determined to succeed one way or the other. Meeting Alek Rishka meant an abrupt change of plans when our heroine finds herself targeted for her part in Alek’s life, mistaken for someone or something else. Alek Rishka finds himself enamoured and off balance by our story line heroine, something that threatened his business control but someone else is pulling the strings behind the scenes, someone close to our story line hero.

The relationship between Alek and Daisy is one of immediate attraction; an insta lust to love relationship wherein Daisy is caught like a fly in a web. Alek ‘wants’ to claim Daisy as his own, a claim that is both intimidating and strong. Daisy Stone doesn’t do relationships; doesn’t date and only has one goal in mind but when Alek Rishka begins a dogged determination to seduce our heroine, Daisy finds herself falling for a man she knows nothing about. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and provocative.

We are introduced to Daisy’s best friend and roommate Becks; Alek’s PA Mary, his brother Borya; Alek’s right hand man Sergei, Black Thorn head Kolya Vasiliev, and Cartel head Raphael Carrio. The requisite evil has many faces.

STALKED BY THE MOB is a novella length story of power and control, betrayal and vengeance, double cross and revelation, seduction and love. The fast paced premise is dramatic and intense; the romance is captivating and steamy; the characters are charismatic and energetic.

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LUCKY STUD (Lucky Alphas 3) by Mallory Crowe -a review

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LUCKY STUD (Lucky Alphas 3) by Mallory Crowe-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 16, 2022

Sophia Carson’s boss just bought her the hottest bachelor at the charity auction. So why does she feel like she’s the one who is going to pay the price?

Leo West has sins in his past. Sins he never wants to see the light of day. When a shady criminal comes out of the woodwork and threatens Leo’s entire way of life, Leo decides to hit the man where it hurts: his daughter. And if he needs to fix a charity auction to get close to her, that’s what he’ll do.

How hard can it be? All Leo has to do is seduce the sexy Sophia Carson and then he’ll have all the leverage he needs. There’s only one rule in this game of leverage: Don’t fall in love.

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REVIEW:  LUCKY STUD is the third instalment in Mallory Crowe’s contemporary, adult LUCKY ALPHAS erotic, romantic suspense series focusing on a group of former friends from Birdsville, Ohio. This is businessman Leo West, and charity event planner Sophia Carson’s story line. LUCKY STUD can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary. Leo West was first introduced in book one LUCKY LIAR.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Leo and Sophia) LUCKY STUD follows in the aftermath of a charity auction for Children’s Brigade Foundation, a bachelor charity auction in which businessman Leo West, a bachelor contender, sets his sights on Sophia Carson. Sophia Carson has no information about Leo West, a late entry into the fund raiser but a man who sparks our heroine’s interest if only because of Leo’s attempts to flirt. Leo’s desire to be part of the fund raiser has more to do with blackmail and revenge, and Sophia is Leo’s ‘ticket’ to freedom from a shady past. With more than one person after our story line heroine, Leo and Sophia go on the run to exotic places, where Leo finds himself falling for a woman who is willing to sacrifice herself for our story line hero. What ensues is the quick building romance and relationship between Leo and Sophia, and the potential fall-out as Sophia’s past, a past to which she is no longer connected, inadvertently pulls our heroine into the middle of a game of revenge.

The relationship between Leo and Sophia begins as part of a charity auction but mostly predicated upon a lie, and a need to secure vengeance and passage from a dangerous past. Sophia has never been connected to her father’s life but his life is about to place our heroine into the direct line of fire.Sophia is a pawn, and the players see Sophia as the perfect game piece. I am not sure if Sophia is TSTL or playing at being naive but when push comes to shove, she knows exactly what to do in order to survive. The lone $ex scene is intimate but I dislike the use of a certain four-letter word.

The secondary and supporting characters include Sophia’s boss and foundation head Jules Harris, Kellen Brecken, and Leo’s partner in crime, Stella.

LUCKY STUD is a quick read; a fast paced story of power, betrayal, desperation and revenge. The premise is entertaining and intriguing; the romance is fast and furious; the characters are energetic and dynamic.

Reading Order and Previous reviews
Lucky Liar
Lucky Girl

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Lucky Girl (Lucky Alphas #2) by Mallory Crowe-a review

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Lucky Girl (Lucky Alphas #2) by Mallory Crowe-a review

 

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date October 25, 2018

Luck has never been on Harper’s side, but everything will change when she meets the one man she can’t control. He could be the best thing that’s ever happened to her or destroy everything she’s ever worked for. Either way, the game will be fun…

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REVIEW: LUCKY GIRL is the second instalment in Mallory Crowe’s contemporary, adult LUCKY ALPHAS erotic, romantic suspense series focusing on a group of former friends originally from Birdsville, Ohio. This is thirty-three year old, headhunter Harper Sloan, and PI Lucas Stone’s story line. LUCKY GIRL can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information form the previous instalment is revealed where necessary but I recommend reading the series in order for back tory and cohesion as there is an ongoing story line throughout.

SOME BACKGROUND: Years earlier, several friends in Birdsville, Ohio (Wade, Shane, Harper, Sarah and Leo) walked a very tight line between right and wrong, and the ensuing cover up was years in the making. Fast forward to present day wherein someone is trying to take down millionaire Wade Maxium by slowly revealing sins of the past.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Harper and Lucas) LUCKY GIRL follows the building but acrimonious relationship between thirty-three year old, head-hunter Harper Sloan, and PI Lucas Stone. Harper has been tasked by former high school friend Wade Maxium to investigate the sudden appearance in and around Birdsville ,Ohio of a number of ‘boxes’ containing secrets from the past but Harper is not alone when she discovers that Wade has also hired PI Lucas Stone to aid in the recovery of the mysterious boxes. But things go from bad to worse when Lucas is arrested under false pretenses, and the only way to set himself free to go in search of his past, a past he was hoping to forget. What ensues is the slow building relationship between Lucas and Harper, the search for missing money and a woman who disappeared weeks before.

Lucas Stone has no idea as to the who and why of Harper Sloan but working together for Wade meant working with the woman with whom he would fall in love. When an ex-lover and charity money go missing, Lucas becomes the number one suspect, and discovers not all is at it appears to have been.

The relationship between Harper and Lucas is tempestuous at best. Harper and Lucas are used to working alone but working together sets our couple towards a path of their own happily ever after. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense, without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

The secondary and supporting characters include some of the locals in and around Birdsville, Ohio, as well as Lucas’ former business partner Evan Park, Oliver and Meredith Reinhardt, and their daughter Lily.

The world building deviates from the search for the mysterious boxes as Lucas and Harper are forced by circumstance to hunt for a missing woman who does not want to be found. Similar to the author’s Stolen Hearts, the Lucky Alphas series follows a trail of secrets, lies, power and revenge.

LUCKY GIRL is a story of family, secrets, betrayal and lies. The premise is intriguing and entertaining; the romance is sensual and seductive but I missed the palpable sexual attraction between our leading couple; the characters are strong, colorful and charismatic. LUCKY GIRL is sexy and spicy story that adds another dimension to the author’s Lucky Alphas series.

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Lucky Liar (Lucky Alphas #1) by Mallory Crowe-a review

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LUCKY LIAR (Lucky Alphas #1) by Mallory Crowe-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date August 7,2018

This lie will come back to bite her…

Wade Maxium is a lot of things. Ruthless. Billionaire. Business man extraordinaire. Murderer?

When Zoe Young finds proof of his nefarious past, she attempts to blackmail him in a last ditch effort to pick up the pieces of her broken life. But Wade offers her a lot more money than she could’ve ever imagined in exchange for one simple little favor.

Marry him.

Could his crazy proposal be the stroke of luck she’s been dreaming about? Or is this notorious liar luring her into his trap?

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REVIEW: LUCKY LIAR is the first instalment in Mallory Crowe’s contemporary, adult LUCKY ALPHAS erotic, romantic suspense series focusing on a group of former friends from Birdsville, Ohio. This is thirty-one year old, billionaire businessman Wade Maxium, and twenty-six year old, waitress Zoe Young’s story line.

Told from dual third person perspective (Wade and Zoe) LUCKY LIAR follows the marriage of convenience between thirty-one year old, billionaire businessman Wade Maxium, and twenty-six year old, waitress Zoe Young. Zoe Young needed a quick influx of cash, and blackmailing billionaire and former Birdsville, Ohio alumni Wade Maxium was the perfect foil for her misplaced plan, a plan that went south with Wade’s offer of marriage and more. What ensues is the marriage of convenience between Wade and Zoe, and the potential fall-out as demons from the past demand payment for what happened years before.

Zoe Young accidentally discovered a secret about Wade Maxium’s past, a secret that could destroy his life but a secret known only to a few. Zoe, desperate for money to help pay for her mother’s continuing cancer therapy, soon discovers that blackmailing a billionaire isn’t as easy as set out to be. Wade Maxium’s sins have finally caught up with our story line hero, sins that involve several former friends whose actions, years before, have come back to haunt. Exposure would mean ruin, blackmail continues to be an on-going theme for the group known as the Lucky Lions.

The relationship between Zoe and Wade begins as a business arrangement following the wedding that never was. To avoid public humiliation after being left at the altar by an international model and star, Wade offers Zoe a deal she cannot refuse, a deal that would see her mother’s bills covered, and a two year contractual marriage to the man with whom she would fall in love. The $ex scenes are intimate and seductive but I struggled to feel any palpable sexual attraction between our leading couple due in part to Wade’s verbal treatment of our story line heroine.

We are introduced to Wade’s former friends and the group known as the Lucky Lions: headhunter Harper Jones, singer Shane Collar, and businessman Leo West: Wade’s sister Sarah Maxium; and Zoe’s younger brother DJ , and their mother Diane Young. The requisite evil has many faces including Wade’s ex-fiance supermodel Tara.

LUCKY LIAR is a cautionary tale of betrayal and revenge when past sins resurface without warning. The premise is riveting; the romance is passionate; the characters are wounded, sassy and spirited. LUCKY LIAR does not end on a cliff-hanger but keeps open the prospect of continuing threats for the remaining Lucky Lions.

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The Arrogant Thief (Stolen Hearts #8) by Mallory Crowe-a review

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THE ARROGANT THIEF (Stolen Hearts #8) by Mallory Crowe-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date June 12, 2018

Gage has been expressly forbidden from touching his boss’s sister, Melissa Slade. But when has Gage ever done as he was told?

The arrogant thief always gets what he wants…

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REVIEW: THE ARROGANT THIEF is the eighth (and final) instalment in Mallory Crowe’s contemporary, adult STOLEN HEARTS romantic, suspense series. This is Gage Triton, and Melissa Slade’s story line. THE ARROGANT THIEF can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary. Melissa is Peter Slade’s sister (The Vengeful Thief #4).

Told from dual third person perspectives (Gage and Melissa) THE ARROGANT THIEF follows the building relationship between professional thief Gage Triton, and Melissa Slade. One of the original ‘bad boys’ from earlier in the series, Gage Triton now works undercover for Hart Securities, and his latest assignment goes all to hell when the woman with whom he is working is abducted and her life is threatened if Gage doesn’t follow along. Enter Melissa Slade, Peter Slade’s sister, and the woman with whom Gage will fall in love. What ensues is the building but tempestuous romance between Gage and Melissa, and the potential fall-out as Gage and Melissa are tasked with destroying a man’s life in order to save the life of our heroine.

THE ARROGANT THIEF focuses on family betrayal, jealousy and revenge. Gage and Melissa are pulled into one woman’s plans to ruin the reputation of someone close. Gage’s personal and professional history straddles a fine line between right and wrong; Melissa is caught in a spider’s web, where her life hangs in the balance if things don’t go according to plans.

The relationship between Gage and Melissa begins as a working relationship but Melissa finds herself attracted to a man whose personal life is a little bit out of control. Having danced around one another for a long period of time, our heroine is embarrassed and ashamed of her feelings for Gage, feelings she believes are not reciprocated. The $ex scenes are limited, intimate and passionate, without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text but saying that I didn’t feel the connection between our leading couple. Although on the job, Gage’s back and forth, up and down attitude leaves something to be desired.

THE ARROGANT THIEF is an energetic and suspenseful story line with spirited characters and an encouraging romance. Mallory Crowe’s STOLEN HEARTS series is a must read for fans of romance suspense.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
The Cocky Thief
The Beautiful Thief
The Dangerous Thief
The Reluctant Thief
The Vengeful Thief
The Cunning Thief
The Deadly Thief
The Arrogant Thief

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The Deadly Thief (Stolen Hearts #7) by Mallory Crowe-a review

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THE DEADLY THIEF (Stolen Hearts #7) by Mallory Crowe-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: April 8, 2018

Hunter is a killer.
Don’t invite him in.
Don’t believe his lies.
Don’t trust him with your life.
And whatever you do, don’t fall in love with a deadly thief. Because Hunter will leave nothing but broken hearts and blood in his wake…

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REVIEW: THE DEADLY THIEF is the seventh instalment in Mallory Crowe’s contemporary, adult STOLEN HEARTS romantic, suspense series currently focusing on the men and women who work for Hart Security. This is security specialist and enforcer Hunter Cornell and florist Gabby Cooper’s story line. THE DEADLY THIEF can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Gabby and Hunter) THE DEADLY THIEF follows Gabby as she tries to reconnect with the man she hasn’t seen in close to ten years. Discovering her father wasn’t the man she thought him to be, Gabby found herself in a precarious position, when Hunter landed in prison trying to protect our story line heroine. Fast forward to present day wherein Gabby contacts Hunter in the hopes of starting anew but Hunter’s return to Brighton, Michigan alerts the people formerly in charge. What ensues is the rekindling relationship, and romance between Gabby and Hunter, and the potential fall-out when Gabby is targeted by someone from her past.

Gabby Cooper knows loss including the loss of her friend ten years earlier. Hunter found himself charged with murder trying to protect our story line heroine, a charge Gabby tried desperately to have withdrawn. Hunter Cornell has never stopped thinking about the woman he left behind but returning to Brighton meant placing himself and Gabby in the direct line of fire.

The relationship between Gabby and Hunter is a second chance of sorts-although thier earlier friendship never crossed over the line Gabby and Hunter’s attraction to one another was palpable and electric. The $ex scenes are intimate and seductive without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

We are introduced to Gabby’s friend Kate, as well as the reintroduction of the head of Hart Securities, Toni and Scott Hart, and team members Melissa Slade and Gage. Melissa and Gage’s story line is next in The Arrogant Thief.

THE DEADLY THIEF is a quick paced and edgy story line with a little bit of suspense, romance and danger. The premise is energetic; the characters are dynamic and colorful; the romance is provocative and intense. THE DEADLY THIEF is a fantastic addition to Mallory Crowe’s STOLEN HEARTS romantic, suspense series.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
The Cocky Thief
The Beautiful Thief
The Dangerous Thief
The Reluctant Thief
The Vengeful Thief
The Cunning Thief
The Deadly Thief

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The Cunning Thief (Stolen Hearts #6) by Mallory Crowe-Review & Excerpt

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The Cunning Thief

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date January 10, 2018

Don’t believe a word he says.
Don’t look in his eyes.
Don’t let him inside.
And whatever you do, don’t kiss him.

The next thing you know, Tristan will take everything you own. And Shae is about to find out exactly how dangerous it can be to trust the Cunning Thief.

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REVIEW: THE CUNNING THIEF is the sixth instalment in Mallory Crowe’s contemporary, adult STOLEN HEARTS romantic suspense series. This is Tristan and Shae’s story line. THE CUNNING THIEF 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 third person perspectives (Tristan and Shae) THE CUNNING THIEF follows the building romance between professional thief and perpetual liar Tristan, and house flipper Shae Grant. With the recent acquisition of an older home known as Seaside Escape, on the Pete Beach Florida, Shae found herself the target of the Blackthorne Group, a questionable company with deep pockets, and an inside line with the local dirty police. Threats of intimidation and bodily harm against Shae push our heroine into a literal closet where she will come face to face with her future-a man whose lies and deceit further the conflict for our story line heroine. Enter Tristan, a professional thief and liar, and the man with whom Shae will fall in love. What ensues is the building but acrimonious relationship between Tristan and Shae; the search for the truth about the attacks against our story line heroine; and the potential fall out when their time together draws to a close.

THE CUNNING THIEF follows Tristan and Shae, along with the rest of the Hart Securities gang, led by Scott Hart and Toni Murray, as they set into motion the take down of the Blackthorne Group, and reveal the true reason behind the attacks against our story line heroine.

The relationship between Tristan and Shae is bitter and testy as they battle their attraction to one another while trying to uncover the truth. Tristan is a man of secrets who doesn’t do relationships but finding himself falling in love may threaten his future assignments with Hart Securities. The $ex scenes are limited, intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

We are reintroduced to the Hart Securities Team-Scott and Toni (The Reluctant Thief #4); Hunter and Gage- Tristan’s former partners in crime; as well as Melissa Slade, first introduced in book five The Vengeful Thief. There is a story line developing between Melissa and Gage. The requisite evil has many faces including one too familiar to our story line heroine.

THE CUNNING THIEF is a quick read; a story of family and business partners; of betrayal and revenge; of secrets and lies. The premise is engaging and entertaining; the characters are charismatic and energetic; the romance is heated and frenzied. Mallory Crowe’s STOLEN HEARTS is a sexy and sassy series that you do not want to miss.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
The Cocky Thief
The Beautiful Thief
The Dangerous Thief
The Reluctant Thief
The Vengeful Thief
The Cunning Thief

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Reviewed by Sandy

Excerpt

“Make it something… you’ve never told anybody else before.”
“Okay.” He took a deep breath, as he appeared to think carefully about what he would share. “I love the water.”
She reached out and playfully tapped his arm. “Come on. That’s not a secret.”
“Wait, wait. I haven’t gotten to the good part yet. When I was young, really young, I almost drowned. My dad wanted to teach me how to swim and thought the best way was just to push me off the fishing boat, no lifejacket or nothing. He thought that since it was life-and-death, I would just figure it out. Well, I didn’t. I was half dead. Lost consciousness and everything. It was only dumb luck that someone on a nearby boat saw it and jumped in after me.”
Shae didn’t know what she had expected him to reveal, but this was so much more than she’d asked for. “That’s terrible. Your dad wouldn’t come in for you when he saw you were having trouble?”
Tristan shrugged nonchalantly, as if the fact that his father almost killed him wasn’t a big deal. “I figure he still thought he was right. That eventually, I would just know how to swim and I would find my way back to the surface. The Good Samaritan got the water out of my lungs and took me to the hospital. For the next few years, I never even set foot on the beach. I did anything I could do to avoid water.”
She thought back to what he’d opened with. That he loved water. “So what changed?”
“My dad died. All he left me with was anger and resentment. I don’t know. All shit that wasn’t doing me any good then. So one summer, I rented this little cottage on a lake in Montana. Every day, I’d go in the water and wade a little bit deeper. Eventually, I was in over my head and not drowning. By the end of the summer, I could actually swim across the lake and back without any problems. So now I love the water. It’s not a bad memory for me anymore. It’s one more thing I conquered. I beat it. So there. Now you know something about me that nobody else does.”
Tristan looked down at her. The clouds must’ve parted, because the moon was suddenly bright on his face. He said the words nonchalantly, but the expression in his eyes was so different. It seemed… vulnerable. As though he were looking to her for approval. To see whether she thought his fear of the water had been ridiculous, or she was proud of his conquering it. Shae didn’t have any comforting words to give him. She and her own father seemed to be struggling throughout her entire life, but he never tried to kill her at least. Then again, Shae had never been good with words. So she decided not to say anything. Instead, she stood up on her tiptoes and pressed her lips to his. It started slow. Soft. Innocent. Tristan stayed still as her hands went up to his face, and she moved her lips against his.
At first, she thought she’d done something wrong. Maybe she’d misread this. Maybe he wasn’t really into her. Maybe she’d just gone and made a fool of herself. Right as she was about to pull away, something snapped in Tristan. He wrapped his arms around her and crushed her against his body as he finally kissed her back.
He opened his mouth over hers, and his tongue pushed inside as his hands moved along her back. One hand held still as the other found the curve of her ass through her dress and pulled her tightly against his very pronounced erection.
Shae gasped at the onslaught of sensations. She went through a mental list of the kisses she’d shared with different men, and nothing compared to this. This was desperate. This was all-consuming. She was confused, and turned on, and she never wanted it to stop. She willingly molded herself against his body and went up on her tiptoes for a better angle. One hand played with the back of his hair while the other roamed down a strong, muscular back, willing his shirt to disappear so it could be skin against skin. She’d just gotten to his waist when she felt something hard, and obviously not part of him. She pulled away with a questioning look, but he wasn’t looking at her. His attention was over her shoulder, and his expression was hard. He didn’t look like a man who had just been kissing her like she’d just been kissed. He looked focused and… angry?
“We have company,” he said.

About The Author

Mallory CroweABOUT THE AUTHOR — Mallory Crowe is the award winning author of the Fractured Farrells series, the Bad Boys of the Underworld series and many other novels. She grew up surrounded by rescue dogs and escaping into romance books whenever possible. After trying to do the “adult” thing by getting an accounting degree and CPA license, she decided to try her hand at writing and never looked back.
An avid traveler, reader, and Netflix addict, Mallory currently lives in Michigan, with her husband and three laid-back dogs.

 

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The Vengeful Thief (Stolen Hearts #5) by Mallory Crowe-a review

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THE VENGEFUL THIEF (Stolen Hearts 5) by Mallory Crowe-a review

The Vengeful Thief

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date October 24, 2017

Peter Slade never thought he’d be coming home. But after his family is put in danger because of his past misdeeds, he has to reconcile with the son he abandoned years ago .

But his son has been in good hands. Liv Morgan has never been the nurturing type, but when hard times forced her to move in with her best friend and her orphaned nephew, she found herself being the adoptive mother to a troublemaker with a heart of gold.

Liv has no idea what trouble really is. When Slade rolls back in town and is ready to reconcile with his son, Liv finds herself walking the thin line between the estranged father and son. And as she’s more and more drawn to Slade, she realizes that if things go wrong, it will be more than just her heart breaking.

But Slade came back for a reason. His family is in danger. Liv might think that keeping him away will protect her heart, but he wants her body safe too and to do that, he’s going to have to stay close. Liv is about to learn that revenge has never been this sexy..

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REVIEW: THE VENGEFUL THIEF is the fifth installment in Mallory Crowe’s contemporary, adult STOLEN HEARTS romantic suspense series. This is security specialist Peter Slade, and veterinarian technician Liv Morgan’s story line. THE VENGEFUL THIEF can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Liv and Slade) THE VENGEFUL THIEF begins the next chapter and series arc in the author’s STOLEN HEARTS romantic suspense series. Peter Slade was one of the ‘bad guys’ in the original installments. Forced ‘servitude’ came with threats against the people he loved but his release from service meant a greater threat back home, and Peter Slade found himself back where it all began but with more to lose than he could have ever imagined. Enter Olivia ‘Liv’ Morgan, Slade’s son’s ‘second mother’, and the woman with whom he would fall in love. What ensues is the quick building relationship between Liv and Slade, and the potential fall out when Slade’s past targets everyone he loves in Laurie Falls.

Ten years earlier, Peter Slade left Laurie Falls in the hopes of protecting the people that he loved but leaving meant ‘dying’ to ensure there were no direct connections between him and the family he left behind. But the past has come back, looking for revenge, aiming to destroy the only family Peter has ever loved. Liv Morgan knows a thing or two about the ‘bad boy’ having escaped a relationship that was doomed to destroy her life. Finding a family to love in Laurie Falls meant a second chance that included helping to raise her best friend’s nephew-a little boy who never knew his father but would never want for love. Meeting the man who she believes abandoned her best friend and son, Liv is unable to explain the palpable sexual attraction, an attraction that makes her a target in a game of vindictive revenge.

The relationship between Slade and Liv is one of immediate attraction but Liv’s acceptance of Slade’s ten year absence comes with trepidation, anger and heartbreak. Slade ‘died’ to protect his sister and his son but returning to Laurie Falls has placed a bigger target on the people he loves. Meeting Liv Morgan finds our hero looking towards a future-a future that will include his son, and a new prospect for a happily ever after.The lone $ex scene is passionate and seductive without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

We are introduced to Peter Slade’s sister Melissa, his ten year old son Josh, as well as the return of Slade’s partners in crime Tristan and Gage, and Scot Hart and Toni Murray (The Reluctant Thief #4). The requisite evil has many faces including small town mobster Tiger Thurrond whose power has infiltrated the local police.

THE VENGEFUL THIEF is a quick read; a story of family and friendship; betrayal and revenge; forgiveness and love. The premise is engaging and action packed; the characters are colorful, dynamic and real; the romance is quick to build towards a happily ever after.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
The Cocky Thief
The Beautiful Thief
The Dangerous Thief
The Reluctant Thief
The Vengeful Thief

Copy supplied for review

Reviewed by Sandy

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