Ruthless Heir / Cruel Prince (Seven Deadly Sinacores 2 & 3) by Aidee Jaimes-reviews

RUTHLESS HEIR
(Seven Deadly Sinacores 2)
by Aidee Jaimes
Genre: adult, contemporary, dark, erotic, Mafia romance

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date May 25, 2023

If love is the deadliest weapon, I’m about to discover just how much I can bleed.

My father always warned me against falling in love. That all it would bring is pain and betrayal. But when I meet Noah and his golden gaze trails over me like a fiery tongue that heats my skin, I want nothing more than to prove him wrong.

I should know better. Look deeper into his beautiful eyes, to see the darkness that lurks beneath. I don’t.

And when I fall in love, I dive past the point of no return, completely unaware that every kiss, every passionate caress, is a knife slicing across my skin.

Because Noah isn’t the charming guy I thought he was. He’s the ruthless hitman for the Gianni family on a mission of revenge against my father.

He enacts his vengeance with such seductive perfection, that by the time I realize what he’s done, I’m already dying. Yet, I’m so addicted to the pleasure of every cut, I’m not sure if I want to find a way out…

Or be killed by the blade of his touch.

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REVIEW: RUTHLESS HEIR is the second instalment in Aidee Jaimes contemporary, adult SEVEN DEADLY SINACORES dark, erotic, Mafia romance series. This is Noah (Russo) Esposito, and artist/ gallery owner Emily Shaw’s story line. RUTHLESS HEIR can be read as a stand alone but I recommend reading the series in order for back story and cohesion. The events of RUTHLESS HEIR run parallel to, and cross over with the event of book one MERCILESS VOWS.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Emily’s and Noah) RUTHLESS HEIR follows in the aftermath of the murder of Noah Esposito’s father Leonardo. With the discovery of Leonardo’s body, and the resulting fight for power in the family, Noah goes in search of the person responsible only to discover all was not as it appeared to be. In the hopes of destroying not only a killer but his family as well, Noah begins a slow seductive of Emily Shaw, the daughter of the man he holds responsible for the death of his father but all is not well in the group that will come to be known as the Sinacore Alliance when a killer known as The Ferryman begins the systematic assassination of the heads of the connected Crime families. What ensues is the building relationship between Noah and Emily, and the potential fall-out when Emily finds herself facing her own mortality, at the hands of the man that she has grown to love.

The relationship between Emily and Noah begins in the wake of the murder of Leonardo Esposito. Noah is on the hunt for the person responsible, and Noah believes said killer may be connected to our story line heroine. Emily has be warned away from Noah Esposito, a man she believes to be someone else, and the man who is about to break her heart. The $ex scenes are provocative and intense.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful and familiar secondary and supporting characters including Luca and Carina Sinacore, as well asseveral members of the newly formed Sinacore Alliance; Noah’s step-mother Sylvia Esposito, Gideon Black, and Emily’s father Jackson Shaw. The requisite evil has many faces.

RUTHLESS HEIR is another story of power and control, secrets and lies, betrayal and revenge, acceptance and love. The fast paced premise is detailed and dramatic; the romance is edgy; the characters are desperate and determined. RUTHLESS HEIR ends on a bit of a cliff hanger-you have been warned.

Click HERE for Sandy’s review of book one MERCILESS VOWS

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CRUEL PRINCE
(Seven Deadly Sinacores 3)
by Aidee Jaimes
Genre: adult, contemporary, dark, erotic, Mafia romance

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Release Date: August 24, 2023

ABOUT THE BOOK:

I sold my soul to the Devil and he handed me over to someone far deadlier.

After the death of my father, his enemies came knocking on my door. Left with no other choice, I agree to an indentured contract, selling my body to a criminal in exchange for my life.

Only he never meant to keep me as his own. Instead, he offers me to the highest bidder in one of Philadelphia’s most exclusive underground auction houses.

I’m dressed in the finest silks and paraded in front of dozens of the wealthiest men shouting their bids. But it’s the voice from the shadows that wins.

I now belong to Arran Maxton. He’s powerful. Ruthless. Handsome as sin and just as cruel. He’s also my father’s greatest enemy.

I’m made to pay for transgressions I did not commit. To submit myself to his mercy.

Hatred fuels the lust and hunger in his gaze as he possesses me. Punishing me with every ounce of pleasure he reaps from my body. Forcing me closer to delirious insanity where I beg for his touch…

even when I know it will eventually kill me.

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REVIEW:CRUEL PRINCE is the third instalment in Aidee Jaimes contemporary, adult SEVEN DEADLY SINACORES dark, erotic, Mafia romance series. This is crime boss and businessman Arran Maxton, and twenty year old, Imogen ‘Skye’ Cameron’s story line. CRUEL PRINCE can be read as a stand alone but I recommend reading the series in order for back story and cohesion 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 three first person perspectives (Skye, Arran and Maise) CRUEL PRINCE follows in the aftermath of the murder of Skye and Maise’s father Judge Thomas Cameron. Judge Cameron was a man of questionable morals but he loved his daughters. Having left them everything, Skye is forewarned that if something were to happen, to take her younger sister and run but within hours, Skye and Maise find themselves the captive of a man who is seeking revenge. Sold to the highest bidder for five years of service, Skye finds herself the ‘slave’ to crime boss Arran Maxton, a man with whom she if forced to get up close and personal. Arran Maxton is desperate to destroy the family of the man he blames for killing his sister, and the only person standing in the way is the woman with whom he will fall in love. What ensues is the building but acrimonious relationship between Arran and Skye, and the potential fall-out when secrets are revealed breaking Skye’s heart, and destroying any chance at happiness for our story line couple.

The world building continues to focus on the assassin known as The Ferryman, a man who is determined to destroy everyone connected to the death of someone he loved-the assassination of all of the heads of the crime families for sins of the past. Arran Maxton is a member of the group calling themselves the Sinacore Alliance, and it is the Alliance who have been targeted, one assassination at a time.

The relationship between Arran and Skye begins as a purchase. Arran is the winning bid for a contract focusing on our story line heroine, a five year indentured service to protect someone she loves but Arran never expected to fall in love with the woman he was determined to destroy, a woman who is about to discover the depths to which she is willing to go to save her younger sister. The $ex scenes are erotic and passionate.

Once again, there is a large ensemble cast of colorful and powerful secondary and supporting characters many of whom we have previous met in the first two instalments. We are introduced to Arran’s father Clive Maxton, as well as the assassin Scarlet.

CRUEL PRINCE is a story of death and destruction, secrets and lies, power and control, trust and misgivings, forgiveness and love. The premise is intriguing, dramatic and edgy; the characters are strong-willed, stubborn and decisive; the romance is fated but struggling in the face of desperation and lies. CRUEL PRINCE ends on a happily ever after-for now. The overall conflict has yet to be resolved.

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reviews by Sandy