WEDDING DISASTER (Costa Crime Family 2) by BB Hamel -a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date November 8, 2023

Marrying my player boss was not part of the plan.Conlan Costa screwed up again. He’s rich, gorgeous, powerful, charming, and the man can’t keep it in his pants.When he bangs the wrong girl and gets in deep trouble, he turns to me for help.I’ve been Con’s personal assistant for three years, and I’ve seen the worst of vain, greedy, self-destructive, and worse.Yes, he’s got abs like a brick wall and a face that would make a Renaissance painter swoon, but he’s everything I despise in a man.All he wants is a casual marriage to help soothe some bruised egos. In exchange, he’ll pay off my debt and leave me with an enormous chunk of cash.I plan on running the first chance I get, except I start to see the man underneath all those cocky passionate, caring, devoted to his family.When he touches my wrist and whispers in my ear, my body lights on fire in a way I’ve never felt before.My new fake husband is a walking red flag.And if I were smart, I wouldn’t crawl into his bed at night seeking the safety of his arms, definitely wouldn’t kiss him when I wake up in the morning, and sure as heck wouldn’t let his hands roam places I should never let him touch.

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REVIEW: WEDDING DISASTER by BB Hamel is a stand alone, contemporary, adult, erotic, romance story line focusing on hotelier and mobster Conlan Costa, and his personal assistant Isabel Flax.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Conlan and Isabel) WEDDING DISASTER focuses on the fake marriage between our story line couple. Conlan Costa is a manwh*re, and his latest one-night stand is not whom or what he expected, and Conlan finds himself in a political quandary when reputations and careers are at stake. In an effort to appease the man in charge, Conlan is forced to assume the role of a married man but the only woman he trusts is the same woman who is disgusted by his proverbial ‘revolving door’ of women. Enter Conlan’s embittered assistant Isabel Flax, the woman with whom Conlan will fall in love. What ensues is the building but acrimonious relationship and fake marriage between Isabel and Conlan, and the potential fall-out when Isabel discovers a secret that would have changed the course of their future together.

The world building focuses on Isabel’s struggle with Conlan Costa. Any number of women come in and out of Conlan’s life, and Isabel must always bear witness to the morning after walk of shame.Disgusted by her boss’ actions and attitude Isabella battles between head and heart but our heroine is desperate for money, and Conlan’s hazard pay helps to pay the bills. Conlan Costa is caught between a rock and a hard place. Not only does he have to change the direction of his personal life but finds himself at odds with his attraction to the woman with whom he will fall in love.

The relationship between Conlan and Isabel is employee and boss turned fake marriage of convenience in an effort to appease the powerful elite. Isabel struggles with everything about Conlan and their ‘pretend marriage’, a struggle that will push Isabel to walk away from the man with whom she has fallen in love. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

We are introduced to Conlan’s brothers Adler (Twisted Wedding) and Erick, party girl Allison Leyland, and security chief Damon Rambo.

WEDDING DISASTER is a story of power and control, secrets and lies, obsession and attraction, forgiveness, acceptance and love. The premise is dramatic and intense but the Mafia content is virtually non-existent; the romance struggles in the face of issues of trust; the characters are desperate and charismatic but Isabel’s attitude throughout was disconcerting.

Click HERE for Sandy’s review of TWISTED WEDDING

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Reviewed by Sandy