Mateo (Moretti: Ruthless Underworld 1) by KL Savage-Review & Excerpt tour
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date March 19, 2021
Even without a memory, the world is a dark and damned place.
There are things around us that regular people don’t know about…
I know those things.
I’ve done those things.
It’s the way of this world when you’re on the throne.
This temple is rightfully mine.
I am the crown.
This isn’t just my life.
It’s my soul.
My empire.
My fortress.
And her.
She’s too sweet, so innocent, so naïve to the world around her and I want to immerse myself in it. But there is an ill twist hanging in the air.
Maximo is alive.Unfortunately.And I want him dead, but I am more devious than that.My brother took too much from me.I have to build everything from the ground up because he tarnished it.
Nora has been threatened.And I want him abolished.Her mother is useless.I’m glad her time is coming to an end .The kingdom is mine.I will kill.Steal.Ruin.And not blink twice while I do it.No one turns their back on me and gets away with it.I have been test.I have be tried.And I have defeated my trials.It is my turn.
Nothing is going to stop me from having what I deserve. .Power. Vengeance. Redemption. Lussuria. love.
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REVIEW:MATEO is the first instalment in KL Savage’s contemporary, adult MORETTI: RUTHLESS UNDERWORLD dark, erotic, Mafia romance series-a spin off from the author’s RUTHLESS KINGS MC Las Vegas series. This is forty-three year old, Mafia king/ Las Vegas hotelier and casino owner Mateo Moretti, and twenty-one year old, college student Nora Thompson’s story line. MATEO can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty, but I recommend reading the RUTHLESS KINGS MC-Las Vegas series for back story and cohesion where Mateo’s story begins in book three TOOL.
NOTE: If you have not read the Ruthless Kings MC series, there may be spoilers in my review.
WARNING: Due to the nature of the story line content there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.
Told from dual first person perspectives (Nora and Mateo) MATEO follows the age-gap romance between forty-three year old Mafia king/Las Vegas hotelier and casino owner Mateo Moretti, and twenty-one year old,college student Nora Thompson. Months earlier, Mateo Moretti barely survived an explosion that destroyed his hotel, leaving Mateo in a coma, and his brother Maximo in charge. Fast forward to present day wherein Mateo, having no memories of the past, quickly discovers that the danger and betrayal goes much deeper and personal than he could have ever imagined, forcing Mateo to exact revenge the only way he knows how. When Mateo’s twenty-two year old, daughter Natalia is invited to the twenty-first birthday party of a college friend, Mateo finds himself lusting after the birthday girl, Nora Thompson, and Mateo will stop at nothing to get what he wants. An ‘attack’ against our heroine forces Mateo to take control, and in doing so, immediately takes control of our heroine’s life. What ensues is the quick building romance and relationship between Mateo and Nora, as our couple must come to terms with the own demons from the past, and family members who have destroyed their hearts, and damaged their souls.
Nora Thompson’s life has never been easy but when her friends arrange a party, our heroine struggles to let go in the face of everything that has happened in the past. Meeting hotelier and Mafia head Mateo Moretti stirs something deep and dangerous within our story line heroine, and with it, Nora is about to cross a line from which she will never come back. Mateo Moretti knows betrayal first hand, and in this,he is never one to forgive or forget. Vengeance is but the tip of the proverbial ice-berg when treachery and threats against the people he loves place everyone in the direct line of fire.
The relationship between Mateo and Nora is one of immediate attraction. Mateo finds himself pulled towards his daughter’s twenty-one year old friend, a young woman whose life experiences are both jaded and dark yet often innocent and naive. Having loved and lost, Mateo never expected to find the one, a woman that is able to capture his heart. The $ex scenes are intimate, aggressive, erotic and intense with a little bit of Fifty-Shadesesque lip biting, eye rolling, spanking and control. 😉
The secondary and supporting characters include Mateo’s brother Maximo, as well as several cameo’s from members of the Ruthless Kings MC (Reaper, Tool, Braveheart, Knives). We are introduced to Zio Giovanni; Mateo’s daughter Natalia; Nora’s friends Libby, Faye, Cora and Alice, as well as Nora’s mother Danielle Thompson, and Warden Nicholas Greystone.
MATEO is a story of betrayal and revenge; power and control; family and friendships; lust, love, romance and happily ever after. The fast paced premise is entertaining and engaging but felt a little bit rushed; the romance is hot and heavy; the characters are energetic and captivating. I did have a couple of issues with plot points that were left unresolved -hopefully the author has plans to wrap up those open ended and unanswered scenarios.
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Reviewed by Sandy
NOTE: Excerpt intended for mature reading due to strong language and content
I haven’t emerged from my Zio’s home since the escape. I don’t want the Kings to know where I am just yet or what I’ve been up to. Zio has been the face of the casino and taking care of business. I do not need to leave the house to know my face is on wanted posters for the Kings. It was a shit storm, Zio said, when he went to retrieve Natalia. The Kings were not happy. He barely got out of the door without getting shot or beaten.
He had to reassure them the only instruction he received from me was to pick her up. He had to swear to them he had no idea where I was. And they have been keeping a close eye on him.
They are waiting for me to slip, but this isn’t their fight.
“Please,” Maximo begs, clutching the bars of the dungeon Zio keeps underground.
There’s the house level, the basement, and then below that is the dungeon. It hasn’t been used for some time, but better late than never, I always say.
I think. I feel like I used to say that. Feels right.
“Water,” he croaks, reaching through the bars. “Fratello.”
I slam my fist against the bars and scream, “Do not fucking call me that! You lost that privilege when you tried to sell your niece. My fucking daughter. You filthy piece of shit. You think I care if you’re thirsty? Hungry? Or need to take a piss in something other than that fucking bucket in the corner? Let me tell you something, I’m here to watch you wither away, Maximo. You want fucking water?”
I snake my hand through the bars and grab him by his filthy shirt. I yank him forward, his cheek pressed against the iron bars. My lips are close to his ear and I whisper, “Drink your own piss.” I slam his head against the bars and knock him out. He falls to the floor limp and unconscious.
I tug on the lapels of my suit and sigh. I feel the overwhelming need to wash my hands.
I sidestep a puddle as I walk out of the dungeon. It’s your typical dark and gloomy cell. There’s no window, a dirt floor, and the lamps on the ceiling are powered by lighter fluid. Zio did not pour the family fortune into this dirt jail, that’s for certain. I climb up the stairs and grab the string above on the ceiling that controls the single lightbulb and tug.
Darkness.
Good. Let Maximo get lost. I don’t give a fuck.
I make my way through the basement and up the stairs to the main level of the house.
“Hey Papa,” Natalia greets me as she sits on a stool at the kitchen island, sipping her cappuccino she made.
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