Tuesday, May 2, 2023

BOOK REVIEW- Protective Vows: A Dark Mafia Romance (Valverde Mafia#1) by B.B. Hamel

   

I crave freedom and his marriage bed.
But I can’t have both.

I’m all that’s left of the powerful Greek Florakis mafia. My father and my older brothers were murdered in a yacht explosion off the coast of Crete, and now my family is in tatters.

That’s when Luca Valverde comes for me. He’s six-foot-four, covered in scars and muscles, a hardened killer, and my sworn enemy.

But instead of finishing the job, he takes me home and gives me a choice: a bullet or his wedding ring.

I accept marriage and decide to bide my time until I can put a knife in his back.

When we return to New York, things get complicated. He needs to prove himself to his family after taking a Greek bride, and I’m stuck trying to help my hated husband while also waiting to escape.

Every second I spend in his marriage bed is another second I spend forgetting about my freedom.

His touch is a poison flower and his lips are like honey.

But I’m playing the long game, and in the end, I’m going to win.

Welcome to a brand new mafia family! You’ll love watching hardened Luca break all the rules to keep his new Greek bride Kacia. There’s plenty of steam, plenty of twists, and lots of dirty-talking mafia swagger. As always, it’s a standalone full-length novel with no cliffhanger and a happily-ever-after. Enjoy!

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4 STARS

A dark romance that starts out with violence and there will be a lot more.  But I was intrigued with both Luca and Kacia.  I felt like they were great main characters.  The decision that Luca put before her in the book blurb is what drew me in to wanting to read the storyBOUGHT.
For me the whole story kept my interest with the fight that is going on between Luca and Kacia.  Mainly because Kacia fights him ever step of the way and how Luca responded back.  His ways of dealing with her was totally unexpected and made it even better.  When the martial sex hits it's quite a lot and pretty detailed.  While well written, I could have done without all the details.  But hey, I took a chance on this book knowing that it could be that way.
The mafia battles were well done and I liked out everything came to an end.  Well, an end for now, because there is a Russian battle brewing.  But the ending for Kacia and Luca ended well with a good Epilogue as well.  

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