⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨ 4.5-stars out of 5

Wow, if I thought Falling for the Forbidden crushed me, I was not prepared for Losing the Forbidden. This one slayed me to the core.

Ben and Lauren have been separated for six years. Lauren believes that he left of his own free will, and she has moved on with her life. Ben is stuck in the past and he is just waiting for the day that he can go home.

That day comes, but he is in for so much more heartache. Ben has a lot on his plate with his father’s business. He needs to figure out where his life is going now, and he needs to find a way to move on and take care of his mum.

This story slayed me. There was a lot of pain and destruction in it, and most of it was caused by one man. I cried for Ben and Lauren and I also got so angry with them. I did enjoy the book though and give it a 4.5-star review. I am anxious for more of their story. I recommend this book to readers who like stories about young love, angsty love, or rebuilding.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5 out of 5-stars

Another hit out of the park for Sue Coletta. The Grafton County Series is about the lives of Niko and Sage Quintano who live in Grafton County New Hampshire. Niko is the Sheriff and Sage is a crime writer. Sage has survived more than her fair share of tragedy, but in this book, it looks like she will have to go through more tragedy and her family is in danger once again as well. As usual, she will not rest until she knows that those she loves are safe.

Blurb:

Five missing boys and an adult corpse found in the town’s water shed was only the beginning for Sage and Niko Quintano. After a hooded-stranger gives their son, Noah, a stuffed animal–the exact Christmas moose given to all the missing boys days before their abductions–their lives spiral downward into uncertainty.

Could Noah be the next boy to go missing?

 As they piece together each cryptic clue, the future looks more and more grim. But what they soon discover blows everyone’s mind, the truth teetering on the unfathomable.

What does it all mean, and where do they go from here? 

I love Niko and Sage as well as the other characters in the Grafton County Series. Nico is always trying to support Sage in her writing and her need for investigating, but she sometimes gets out of hand and Niko worries about her. He has no control over her or Frankie. Sheriff Deputy Frankie Campanelli is sassy, snarky, and funny. She tries to be professional, but her personality slips out when she least expects it. Frankie’s antics always makes me laugh, even when she is doing her job and trying to be a good deputy, she just can’t seem to help herself. One of her replies to a request by Sheriff Quintano is “Minga, dude. You’re as useless as tits on a rooster.” She thrust a pointed finger toward the ground. “Get your ass down here now. You’re an embarrassment to the badge.” She was talking to young deputy Preston Bradley.

As I started this book, I was laughing, by the time I was at chapter 14, I was crying, and by the time I got to the end of this book, I was thinking, WTH? I give this book a 5-star review and cannot recommend this book, or any of Sue Coletta’s books, to readers enough. If you like snarky, sassy, strong women, crime stories, and suspense in your books, you will not be disappointed reading this book.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5 out of 5-stars 

Kazimir “Kaz” is trying to get redemption for a past mistake that took from his family. He’s a dangerous man but his heartache is making him act before he thinks. He needs to convince his family that they are still in danger and that there is a traitor in the family, but he needs to get them to see that he is not the screw up that they all think he is.

Lindy ran away from her family after finding out that everything she thought she knew about her family was a lie. Their codling and sheltering of her almost got her killed and now she is determined to live her life on her own terms and left to make that happen. However, in order for her to do that she needs money and the plan that she comes up with is dangerous and she has convinced her two best friends and roommates to join her in her plan. Her plan could get them all beat up or worse, killed.

When Lindy and Kaz’s paths cross the sparks fly and Kaz’s relentless pursuit of Lindy confuses her. Why is he so interested in her and why does she always get tongue tied around him? When Kaz finds a way that will bring Lindy to him, the sparks really fly.

I absolutely loved this story. A woman who finds herself on her own and is strong, confident, and smart gets taken to her knees by a man who is powerful, lethal, and broken. The sparks between these two are hot, electric and dangerous. While they each have their own agendas, they both find a way to come to terms with their pasts and find a way forward. Kaz is a very sexy man he protects those that he cares about at all costs. The characters in this story are awesome. I love when these two figure out that their world is smaller than they thought. I did not want this book to end. I hope to read more about Katie and Raven as well as Tali and Leo. I look forward to more stories by Ms. Luciani as this was my first read of her books but won’t be my last. I cannot wait for Possessive.

I give this book a 5-star review and recommend it to readers who like mafia, suspense, women who are sassy and strong and men who love their women this way.