TILL DEATH DO US PART (Brutal Vows 2) by Aleatha Romig-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date June 17, 2024

Arranged marriage, enemies to lovers, Mafia/cartel romance

As the only daughter of the Kansas City capo, at eighteen years of age, I was given to the son of my father’s consigliere, a man who was expected to accomplish great things for the famiglia. Things didn’t go the way we planned.
There wasn’t love.
My husband was a traitor, a part of a coup against the famiglia.
My husband is dead.
I’m free.
Until the fateful night my brother, our new capo, informs me that I’ve once again been promised in marriage. He explains that as a childless widow and the daughter of the late capo dei capi, I am desired—requested.
Aléjandro Roríguez is the son of the leader of the Roríguez cartel. My brother married a woman from the cartel, securing the Mafia/cartel alliance. He says that it’s now my turn.
I’ve only met my future husband a few times, but I know without a doubt that I don’t like him. Loving him is impossible. I’ve lived a marriage without love. I won’t do it again.
Aléjandro lives a dangerous existence.
Death saved me once before.
Maybe it will again.

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REVIEW: TILL DEATH DO US PART is the second instalment in Aleatha Romig’s contemporary, adult BRUTAL VOWS erotic, Mafia romance series. This is twenty-nine year old, widowed, Mafia princess Mia Luciano , and Mexican Cartel Heir Alejandro Roriguez’ story line. TILL DEATH DO US PART can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story line is revealed where necessary. Some of the events of TILL DEATH DO US PART cross over with, and run parallel to some of the events of book one NOW AND FOREVER.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Mia and Alejandro) TILL DEATH DO US PART follows five months after the death of Mia Luciano’s husband, a brutal man whose disrespect for our heroine has been hidden behind closed doors. In an effort to merge a stronger alliance between the Mafia and the Mexican Cartel, Mia’s brother Dario, Capo to the Luciano Famiglia, forceses our heroine into another arranged marriage with the heir to the Mexican Cartel Alejandro Roriguez. Mia believes Alejandro is an abusive Cartel member, and stubbornly accepts the inevitable in the wake of her brother’s orders and commands but Alejandro is not the man Mia believes him to be, becoming her guardian and protector when someone takes aim at our story line heroine.

The world building follows Alejandro as he struggle to uncover the threats against the woman with whom he is falling in love. Alejandro’s father easily accepts our story line heroine but not everyone member of the Cartel is a Mafia princess into the fold.The Cartel has already married off one of their own to the Mafia, and Alejandro is the next to cross the line between from foe to friend.

The relationship between Mia and Alejandro is an arranged marriage. Mia has already suffered at the hands of her former husband,and struggles with the possibility of jumping from the frying pan into the fire. Alejandro is a man determined to protect the woman entrusted with his care, and in this, Mia is surprised that her life is nothing like she had expected. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate .

There is a large ensemble cast of coloful and powerful secondary and supporting characters including several members of the Mexican Carter, Italian Mafia and Russian Bratva including Mia’s brothers Dante, Dario and his wife Catalina, Catalina’s sister Camila, brother Em, and their father Andres Ruiz. We are introduced to Alejandro’s brother Ria, and their parents Josefina and Jorge Roriquez, housekeeper Viviana, and bodyguard Silas. The requisite evil has many faces.

TILL DEATH DO US PART is another story of power and control, betrayal and vengeance, death and destruction, acceptance and love. The premise is tense and thrilling but not as dark as some other Mafia story lines and series; the romance is seductive; the characters are determined, dynamic and animated.

Click HERE for Sandy’s review of book one NOW AND FOREVER

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Reviewed by Sandy

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Aleatha Romig is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author who lives in Indiana, USA. She grew up in Mishawaka, graduated from Indiana University, and is currently living south of Indianapolis. Aleatha has raised three children with her high school sweetheart and husband of over thirty years. Before she became a full-time author, she worked days as a dental hygienist and spent her nights writing. Now, when she’s not imagining mind-blowing twists and turns, she likes to spend her time a with her family and friends. Her other pastimes include reading and creating heroes/anti-heroes who haunt your dreams and bring your imagination to life!

Aleatha released her first novel, CONSEQUENCES, in August of 2011. CONSEQUENCES became a bestselling series with five novels and two companions released from 2011 through 2015. The compelling and epic story of Anthony and Claire Rawlings has graced more than half a million e-readers. Aleatha released the first of her series TALES FROM THE DARK SIDE, INSIDIOUS, in the fall of 2014. These stand alone thrillers continue Aleatha’s twisted style with an increase in heat.

In the fall of 2015, Aleatha moved head first into the world of dark romantic suspense with the release of BETRAYAL, the first of her five novel INFIDELITY series that has taken the reading world by storm. She also began her traditional publishing career with Thomas and Mercer. Her books INTO THE LIGHT and AWAY FROM THE DARK were published through this mystery/thriller publisher in 2016.

In the spring of 2017, Aleatha released her first stand-alone, fun, and sexy romantic comedy with PLUS ONE, followed by the sweet stand-alone, ONE NIGHT.

Aleatha is a “Published Author’s Network” member of the Romance Writers of America and PEN America.  She is represented by Kevan Lyon of Marsal Lyon Literary Agency.

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