Ashley and Ford are perfect together! Who doesn’t love a man that is willing to be a better man for those he loves? I loved the characters and the story and I look forward to reading more in the series.
Ashley’s trying to find her footing after having so much taken away from her and she’s now living in a trailer that is not very safe or clean. She’s just trying to live and survive the best she can. She’s not looking for or ready for a relationship, but it seems that they pop up when we least expect the. Or at least that’s what happens to Ashley.
Ford’s hasn’t had the best of luck in his life, but he’s trying his best to be a good man and a good dad. Life isn’t always easy and a lot of people struggle. Ford takes extra jobs to make ends meet and he keeps a nice place for him and his daughter so she can grow up feeling safe and loved.
Ford and Ashley have their own demons, but if they can just put those aside and find a way to make a life together, they might find the happiness they’re both looking for.
The first lesson my father ever taught me was that power is the only currency, loyalty is the law, and always take what you want.
When the Mayor of our city begs me to keep his precious daughter safe, I seize my chance to strengthen the DeLuca hold on the town.
I’ll keep her safe, but it’ll come at a price.
Mia Gordan, the sheltered heiress, must become my wife.
She’s a stranger to our brutal world.
A symbol.
A means to an end.
A strategic move, nothing more.
But as I draw her into my shadowed life, shielding her from the ghost of our fathers’ past, I realize she’s more than a pawn. Every defiant glare, every whispered challenge stirs something dark and hungry within me. She’s an enigma, a mystery wrapped in innocence and hidden depths.
Protecting Mia becomes more than duty; it’s a burning need. The deeper we dive into the lies that bind her family to mine, she becomes more than just my wife in name. Mia’s the unexpected light in my dark world.
But can love be our salvation in a life built on blood and deceit, or will buried secrets destroy it all?
Dario: Savage Bloodline is an interracial (BWWM), forced marriage, age-gap, mafia romance that is a gripping tale of love, loyalty, and survival in a world where nothing is as it seems.
About the Authors:
Sade Rena and ML Preston are USA Today Bestselling Authors of Contemporary and Multicultural Romance who decided to join forces over their shared love of cocktails and Christmas.
Author Handles:
@saderenawrites (on all platforms)
@author_ml_preston (IG)
@prestonML (FB)
My Review: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4 out of 5
Both authors were new to me. I loved the story and the characters were great! Secrets are revealed, danger is lurking and lust turns into love in this story.
I loved Dario and Mia together. She’s been brought up to show her strength and always be aware of where she is and who she is around. Mia is the daughter of the town Mayor and is in need of being protected, so her father seeks help from Dario, but his payment for protecting her may be too high for the Mayor.
This was a great story and I look forward to reading more from this author duo. I kind of want to go back and read all of the books in the Savage Bloodline now, but my TBR is so long already…not sure I should add past ones right now, but I hope to read more in the future.
Age Gap Tortured Heroine Dark Romance OTT Possessiveness Stalking
I’m a killer, I do it for fun, a way to quell the blood thirstiness that lives inside me.
No one has ever been able to penetrate the walls around my blackened heart.
Except her. Jessica Grace.
I met her at the lowest point in her life.
I saw the depths of despair that shone brightly in those blue eyes.
Begging for help, pleading for solace.
It was at that moment that I found the one.
My one.
But she’s too young, too innocent to be tainted by my darkness.
So I stay away until fate brings us back together.
Now, she’s hurt, and I’ll do anything to protect her.
No one touches what’s mine and lives to tell the tale.
I’m the Eraser.
Once I’m done with my prey, they simply cease to exist.
No traces of them are ever left behind.
Vengeance is all I crave.
I’m ready to start a war with the man who hurt my wife. Nothing will stop me.
I’ll do everything it takes to keep her safe.
My love. My wife. My everything.
My Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5 out of 5
This was the book that I didn’t know I needed to read. While Brooke Summers books are usually dark, this one took it to a whole new level. After meeting Stephen in previous books and the Eraser as well, I knew that this could be a dark book, but I didn’t realize how dark it could get. Not that I’m complaining. It was a balance of dark, twisted, and sweet. Stephen gives a new level of touch her and die vibes.
Stephen meets Jessica on the roughest day of her life, but he finds himself drawn to her. He knows she’s too young and sweet for him, but he’ll only say away for as long as he can and then all bets are off. Especially when he finds her hurt. Now he’ll make those that hurt her pay for it and he’ll claim her as his and protect her forever.
I loved this story. As with all of the books I’ve read by Brooke Summer’s, the MFC is strong, beautiful and resilient. Jessica may not be as ruthless as some of the other women in the family, but she is strong and resilient and she’ll become stronger with Stephen by her side. I love the characters in Brooke Summers books and I can’t wait for more in this series or her others. Always a great read.
A great start to a new Series for Nyssa Kathryn. I can’t wait to read more of the Walker brothers.
Harper is running from her past and runs right into a mountain of a man that takes one look at her and knows that he has to protect her. The problem is that the Harper doesn’t trust easily and she doesn’t want hand outs. So, Cody works his magic by giving her a job and slowly working his way into her life so he can keep her safe and show her that she can live a good life with him in Misty Peak.
Cody and his family have lived in Misty Peak all his life and they’ve had a good life there. He’s now running the family bar. When the scared looking woman walks into his bar with a backpack on her back in the pouring down rain one night he takes a look and knows that she’s in danger. He just has to figure out where it’s coming from.
I loved the story and the characters. I’ve been a huge fan of Nyssa Kathryn’s since her Project Arma books and her series that branch off have been just as great to read. Her books have a single thread that branches out with each series and I love how you can catch a glimpse of other characters. I love her characters and her stories. I am very excited to read this new series and meet the Walker brothers.
From USA Today Bestselling Author Morgan Jane Mitchell of Royal Bastards MC: Nashville, TN comes her Royal Bastards MC: Knoxville, TN series. Hard Knox is book #1 in this brand-new chapter of Royal Bastards MC. Royal Bastards MC: Knoxville, TN
🖤 Single Mom and Curvy Teacher
🖤 Touch Her and Die
🖤 Good Girl / Bad Boy
🖤 Opposites Attract
🖤 Spice Level 🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶
Knox
President of the Royal Bastards MC in Knoxville, my life’s a ride on the wild side. Besides my brothers, I ride alone. Then, Eliza comes crashing in, a beautiful light in my dark world. The moment I accidentally hosed her down at that charity bike wash, I knew she was something special. Eliza’s not just smoking hot when she’s soaking wet and angry. She’s a teacher and a single mom, trying to piece her life back together after a nasty divorce. A respectable lady, educated, when I graduated from the school of hard knocks. Yeah, she’s smart so she doesn’t date bikers like me. I don’t blame her. Just as I’m trying to win her over, showing her how a dumb guy like me could love her, her ex-husband turns up cold. Suddenly, I’m in the eye of the storm, a suspect. Sure, I decked him that one night, but I didn’t kill him. I’ve got to clear my name, not just for me, but for Eliza. She’s tangled up in this mess with me now, and I need to protect her, even if it means diving back into the darkness of my past – a past I planned to keep secret. How can a woman like Eliza possibly love an outlaw like me once she learns the truth?
Eliza
I’m a teacher and a mom, curvy girl and proud, but still healing from the sting of rejection. I never thought I’d find love again or attract someone as hot as Knox. He’s danger and mystery covered in tattoos and wrapped in a leather jacket. As much as I fight the pull of the bad boy, he’s determined to touch my heart along with the rest of me. He’s everything I never knew I wanted –protective and passionate, jealous even. Oh, the butterflies. But our potential romance is cut short when my ex-husband is found dead, and Knox is the prime suspect. Every instinct tells me to run, to protect my heart and my kids. Yet, I see the truth in Knox’s eyes, the honesty in his fight to clear his name and mine. I’m drawn into this mystery, not just for the sake of my own heart, but for the truth. But what do I do when the truth is darker than I could ever have imagined?
My Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4 out of 5
Quite a change from the Nashville Chapter of the RBMC. It’s one reason I love the RBMC books. Each chapter has their own story to tell, but they are a family when it comes down to it. No matter what city or state they live in, if a chapter needs back up or help with anything they can contact another chapter and get the help.
Knox, the president of the Knoxville Chapter of the RBMC is helping his community at a charity event when he mistakenly soaks a teacher with the water hose. Instead of her getting angry at him she gives him a chance to make up for his mistake, but circumstances make them have to wait.
Eliza is a single mom and teacher that is trying to raise her daughter on her own and keep them both safe. She knows there are huge differences between her and Knox, but as she begins to let him into her life she begins to see they may work. She cautious she has a little girl and a not so great ex, but she can see how they could fit if they work at it.
When danger rears its head, and Knox finds himself in trouble with the law, Eliza pulls back and puts her walls back up until Knox pleads his case that he is innocent. Eliza finds that she wants to help Knox find the truth, but more danger and surprises find them.
A great start of a new chapter with great characters and many surprises in store. I can’t wait to read more of this chapter and these characters.
Sky has to leave her family and the man she’s been planning to spend the rest of life with all because her best friend’s bad choices and a tragic night that left Sky fighting for her life.
He’s finally working towards the life he wants until tragedy strikes at home and his whole life turns sideways. Left to deal with the fallout alone, Ethan finds a chosen family with the King’s of Fury MC and gets his life back on track. Then the one person he thought he could count on at one time turns his world sideways again.
A second chance with their ride or die, tragedy, secrets, steam, and a story full of great characters. I look forward to reading more in this series and by JL Quincy. Great start to a series and as an inaugural book. It has all the feels and important parts to a great MC story. I love the characters, and the story, and I’m excited to read more on this MC and the characters.
“Not since Mac in Machiavellian have I fallen in love with a main character so quickly. Mr. Big might even move to first on my list of hot loveable dangerous mafia men. I just love Bella’s writing and how she pulls me into her stories and I quickly get invested in the characters.” -Terra Drynan-Werder
“Bella’s books are a work of art. She not only paints a beautiful picture and makes you feel all the emotions, she brings her stories to life so you live it. Mr. Big is no different. Yes, this story is romantic with just enough danger. But it’s so much more. It’s hot and steamy and, oh boy … that shower scene gave me butterflies! If you want to experience that giddy, butterflies in your stomach, heart stopping emotion of love at first sight…read Mr. Big. I promise you’ll love it.” -Bonny, Lady Bonny Reading
“Love Big, the family, the romance… the only bad thing was I didn’t want it to end!” -Amber Norris
Leonora
I can pinpoint the exact moment my life started to take a nosedive. It was the moment I uttered five simple words to the universe: What else can go wrong?
That was years before Mr. Big — Tullio Bigatti — entered my life, but I knew he was going to be the biggest challenge of all. His looks were to die for, and so was his business. He ruled his fair share of Vegas and was as dangerous as they come.
After I vowed to get even with him when one of his men hurt my brother, he was set on making my life a living hell.
He was about to find out, though, that I’d beaten him there, and my heart was fireproof.
Tullio
Leonora Kallistos thought she could walk into my casino and take what didn’t belong to her. But she had no idea how high the interest was. She was going to owe me big.
*Mr. Big was previously in the Vows and Vendettas anthology and now has exclusive content added!
Bella Di Corte writes criminal romance that will steal your heart. She brings to life stories of men who walk the line between irredeemable and savable, and the women who force them to feel. She’s known for her rich world building and strong characters. She’s also an International Bestselling Author.
Apart from writing, Bella loves to spend time with her husband, daughter, family, and four dogs. She also loves to read, listen to music, cook recipes that were passed down to her, and take photographs.
Bella was born and raised in New Orleans, a place she considers a creative playground.
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My 5 ⭐ Review:
Mr. Big was his grandfather, but everyone still calls him that too. Tullio Bigatti runs Vegas along with is cousin. His family history is quite a story, going back to his grandparents. When a woman shows up in his casino and steals from him, he’s ready to make her pay for her crime, but when hears her name, he’s more intrigued than ready to hurt her.
Leonora Kallistos is just trying to make it in life and keep her younger brothers on the right path. When she discovers that the older one is hurt and how it happened, she’s ready to take matters into her own hands to retaliate for the pain and suffering. She’s not prepared, however, to go against the man that she believes to be the culprit of it. When he tells her that she has to pay for her crime and how, she’s scared.
I loved this story and I can’t wait to read more in the Mobsters of Vegas series to come. Bella Di Corte is a great storyteller and her mafia books are full of danger, darkness, and don’t touch her or die vibes. I’ve loved everyone that I’ve read and can’t wait to read more.
This was everything I was hoping for and more! Fisher and Eliza are the perfect match! Their story was the one I was waiting to read and it did not disappoint.
Fisher had a rather rough childhood and he’s convinced that he’s not good enough for Eliza. His childhood may have shaped him into who he is now, but it does not define him. He’s a good man and a great friend. He just needs to come to terms with that.
Eliza is connected, but when danger finds her the only people she can count on to protect her and save her are her men in the Black Knights Inc. It doesn’t matter who her father is, she knows she can count on these men to keep her safe.
I loved this story and I am so anxious to read more. The plot of these books has kept me hooked and I can’t wait to read the next book in the series. They’re great! I loved the original Black Knights Inc. books and this series – Reloaded has lived up to the originals. I can’t wait to read more.
Shane is in need of a wife to help him care for his daughter that was dropped on his doorstep. A police officer that is in need of someone to care for his daughter while he works. His desperation causes him to reach out to an agency that matches couples to marry. Both parties are aware of what each is looking for and who knows, maybe it will work out to a love match in the end?
Courtney is looking for a way to get out of the apartment she’s living in. It’s not a good area and the neighbors aren’t the greatest. Her close friend tells her to reach out to Wife for Hire Agency, and she finally does. When she gets her match her life starts to look up.
This was a quick read, but a clean and enjoyable read. While this was a deviation from her normal stories, I loved it and she hit it out of the park!
Jasper needs a wife and there’s only one woman that he would even consider, even if it’s not real. His life hasn’t been the best, but he has one true desire in his life and that is the trust created in his parent’s name. When that is in jeopardy, he knows he will only be able to continue it if he falls into line with his grandfather’s plans.
She was heartbroken by Jasper but her never stopped loving him. When Daisy runs into him on the street and he tells her what he wants, she can’t deny him, so she’ll marry him. However, she’ll keep her heart guarded this time. Right?
I loved this addition to the Broken Falls Series and I can’t wait for more to come. Laramie Briscoe writes great characters and stories. I love to read about the men that will do anything for the women they love and the women that are strong, but know when to let their men take control.
Explore world literature and meaning-making with scholar Neriman Kuyucu. Deep reflections on postcolonial narratives, migration, and the craft of writing.
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