Thorns of Blood (Thorns of Omerta 6) by Eva Winners-review tour
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 2, 2024
I had spent my life trapped in a gilded cage, surrounded by villains.
The cruel man I was forced to marry saw me as a lesson to be taught, stripping away every piece of my spirit until all that remained was my shadow. He left me in darkness, alone, except for the one flicker of light in my miserable existence: my adoptive daughter.
Then they took her away from me too.
It didn’t kill me, but something deep inside me died that day.
Or so I thought.
Giovanni Agosti kidnapped me to “save” me, or so he claimed.
But I was done being a pawn in anyone’s game. I would show this captor, with his smoldering gaze and dangerous allure, that no one touched Liana Volkov without consequences.
Not even the man I found myself wanting.
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REVIEW:THORNS OF THE BLOOD is the sixth instalment in Eva Winner’s contemporary, adult THORNS OF OMERTA dark, erotic, Mafia romance series-a spin off from the author’s KINGPINS OF THE SYNDICATE. This is Giovanni Agosti, and twenty-six year old Liana Volkov’s story line. THORNS OF BLOOD can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.
NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise there WILL BE triggers for more sensitive readers.
Told from dual first person perspectives (Giovanni and Liana) using present day and memories from the past THORNS OF BLOOD focuses on the search and rescue of our story line heroine. Approximately eight years earlier, in an effort to save her twin sister Louisa, Liana Volkov sacrificed herself, and spent several years at the mercy of a violent man, and a woman only known as the Mistress. Fast forward to present day, Giovanni Agosti, having located the missing daughter of Emory and Killian ( RAVENOUS KINGPIN: Kingpins of the Syndicate 4), Giovanni Agosti takes off for places unknown where he will find our story line heroine. Forced into marriage with Giovanni to protect her life, Liana struggles with issues of trust, nightmares and the loss of a child that wasn’t her own. As Liana and Giovanni’s relationship develops, there is someone else taking aim at our story line heroine.
The world building is dark and gritty. Liana’s past is filled with torture and abuse, loss and abandonment, betrayal and intent. Giovanni Agosti knows the betrayal by family, and in this, the ultimate deception ends with a dramatic flourish.
The relationship between Giovanni and Liana begins acrimoniously in the wake of Giovanni’s ‘rescue’ and ‘abduction’ of our story line heroine. Liana has never known love, and the loss of everyone she has every loved is amplified when as Giovanni’s rescue hides a heartbreaking truth. The $ex scenes are intimate and impassioned.
There is a large ensemble cast of colorful, powerful and familiar secondary and supporting characters from the author’s interconnected series and story lines. The duplicitousness of the family blood lines wreaks havoc for everyone involved.
THORNS OF BLOOD is a story of betrayal and vengeance, abuse and madness, power and control, family and relationships, acceptance and love. The premise is dark, dramatic and intense; the characters are broken, tragic yet determined; the romance is unavoidable yet provocative and passionate.
Previous Reviews and Reading Order
Thorns of Lust
Thorns of Love
Thorns of Death
Thorns of Silence
Thorns of Desire
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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.
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