I was sent to expose him.
Now I can’t stop craving the man I’m supposed to destroy.
I came chasing a case that’s put people in the hospital.
Every lead lands on Colt Mercer.
I just didn’t expect him.
The quiet, dangerous man who runs everything from the shadows...
And looks at me like he knows how I’d unravel.
Controlled. Untouchable. A mistake waiting to happen.
He should shut me out.
Instead, he pulls me deeper.
Closer.
Until I’m surrounded. His space. His rules. His presence in every breath.
And those hands...
They don’t hesitate.
They take.
The tension builds. Tight.
Until it snaps, and I’m the one who lets it.
I don’t want him anymore.
I’m addicted.
But the deeper I dig, the truth turns ugly.
Someone inside his world is poisoning everything he built.
And Colt?
He’s either the man keeping me alive...
Or the reason I was sent here.
Because if I get this wrong...
I won’t just lose the case.
I’ll lose myself to the man who was never supposed to let me go
Explicit
310 pages
English
Contemporary Romance
Romantic Suspense
Small Town Romance
Forced Proximity
Protector Hero
Alpha Male
Slow Burn
Suspense Romance
Small Town
Former MC Brotherhood
Strong Willed Heroine
High Heat
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____My 5 Star Review TITLED: They all are going to have to work together
Both main characters were unique and likeable. Even lovable in their strengths and how they work things out.
Colt Mercer is at his dock at 3 am, restless and concerned. Because something isn't right and he's trying to figure it out. Out of the dark a single car pulls into the end of his dock. Out comes a beautiful woman who is sharp and has the feeling of Fed all over her. It's Agent Sierra Cross. They take each others measure. I loved how Colt kept rolling that toothpick in his mouth as he grinned and strolled towards her. And they try to stuff down the attraction between them. There is serious damage being done, people being injured and killed. Sierra has a grudge in the match because a man, named Tomas was someone she swore to protect and then he was killed in a warehouse fire !! She demands the truth ! She then gets sent a threat via text! The same wording that Tomas got before he was murdered.
Colt Mercer has a group of dangerous, protective, skilled men who all have their different skills and businesses. I loved the variety of that team and that whatever Colt needed in his winery business they have his back. They are incensed when they all know that contaminated product has been moving through Colt's dock. And Colt is angry that he didn't catch it ! Colt is surprised that Sierra is steps way ahead of him on this.
The danger increases when someone tries to kill Agent Cross. Colt was already feeling protective of her and all his cold rage explodes in him when someone makes that first attempt.
I loved the teamwork, the tension the romance and the ending !
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This is the best lost/hidden heir story that I've read in a long time ! Sean Donovan is NOT Irish by birth but had two loving parents who loved him beyond anything else ! But Sean's "father" has a dark secret that he's hidden for years. Sean is about to have shock after shock to deal with. And Nadia is WAY ahead of him ! They save each other even before either of them know the full game. But Nadia just CAN'T kill him ! There's just something about hm and she's going to figure it all out and it's going to be as fast as she can. She has sources but so does Sean. No one really realizes at first just who has been puling their strings. I loved strong, lethal Nadia and how the two of them got together. It looked like Nadia and Sean are an unlikely couple but they are not ! The two of the are the Best together.
The Mortetti family turns out to be a dangerous but also a lovely surprise.
Everything turned out better than anyone could have guessed. Great romance, great ending !
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But I had no idea who the man I was bound to forever
really was.
Marco Amato. Handsome, older, dangerous.
The man my father forces me to marry.
It’s the last thing I want.
But after my brother fails to kill Marco, I have no choice
but to end up as a wife.
At first, I hate my husband but after a while, he stirs
something inside of me.
The only problem is: my new husband has a secret.
One that could destroy our relationship and everything I’ve
worked for.
Can I truly be happy to the man I was forced to marry?
Or will everything crash and burn?
Explicit
170 pages
English
Contemporary Romance
Romantic Suspense
Dark Romance
mafia romance
dark mafia romance
arranged marriage romance
mafia arranged marriage
age gap mafia romance
age gap romance
mafia billionaire romance
mafia enemies to lovers
enemies to lovers romance
mafia forced marriage romance
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the fifth book in the King of the Mafia series but can be read as a
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--My 5 Star Review TITLED: A Rebellious Woman & A Vengeful Man
Forty year old Marco Amato is determined to form an alliance with the Irish Mob. He's and Italian mob man who was almost killed. He was shot by the very hit man that he hired and was left for dead. He's healed now about his hand is still messed up. Now he is determined to marry Patrick Sullivan's daughter to form a powerful alliance against his very own mob family. He doesn't want to marry a spoiled child but he was the power that the union will bring. Ciara wants no part of this arranged marriage and wants out even if her brother Cormac has to kill Marco. Which her brother is VERY willing to do even though it goes against what his father wants done !
Enzo Bianchi has taken over the Italian mob when everyone thought Marco was dead. He now has aligned himself with the Russian Bratva. And Marco wants Enzo and the hit-man, Will Taylor dead.
Ciara is a spoiled, entitled young woman who is 20 years younger than Marco. And she is all in when it comes to Cormac killing her intended groom, Marco. He doesn't succeed but that doesn't mean that he will stop trying. Ciara starts to have mixed feelings about Marco, even though she realizes he's not only handsome but truly dangerous. They don't trust each other and agree to just "look Married" but also go their own way after their forced honeymoon to Italy for a week. Yeah, I don't see things working out exactly as they planned ! I found them humorous in that determination.
But the story kept me going in the story because of their drama, her brother's continued drama on Ciara's behalf. And I thought that they could be happy with each other if they just let go of their resentments !
I enjoyed this story and was glad that Booksprout gave me the opportunity to read it !
I was kidnapped by a
mafia heir, taken to his private island to fix his violent temper—and ended up
carrying his child.
I wake up on an island owned by
the Conti crime family—with Vito Conti watching me like I already belong to
him.
He doesn’t apologize.
He explains.
I’m a therapist who specializes
in violent, high-control men.
He believes I can cage the darkness clawing at him.
He’s the volatile eldest son of
a mafia don.
One reckless mistake nearly killed his brother and confirmed what his father
already believed.
He isn’t fit to lead.
So he controls the only thing
he can.
Me.
He doesn’t need ropes.
His silence commands.
His gaze claims.
His restraint is deliberate.
His fingers slide to my throat
as he roughly tilts my face up to his.
His mouth stops a breath from mine.
He could take.
Instead, he makes me beg for it.
And God help me, I do.
Until my disappearance triggers a federal investigation that could dismantle
the Conti empire.
So when he finally offers me my
freedom, I choose to stay.
And just when he proves he can
cage the beast inside him—
I have to tell him I’m carrying his heir.
Mature
677 pages
English
Contemporary Romance
Dark Romance
contemporary romance
mafia romance
surprise pregnancy romance
crime family
forced proximity
kidnapping
While characters may reappear, every Conti Family book is a standalone romance that can be read independently.
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--My 5 STAR Review TITLED: Vivid and Interesting
Teresa is a brilliant psychologist who is in demand by many. She was a prodigy from a very young age. So skilled that she graduated from school at age 14 and went on to even more skilled places of education ! Not only is she smart, but she has situational awareness and has some smart defense moves in place. Although, she feels like she's been having a prickling in the back of her neck for a while; like she's being watched. She just never catches anyone. Her spidey senses are tingling !! Even with all her precautions nothing prepares her for Vito ! He captures her easily !
Yep, Vito has been watching her for a long time. And Vito sure seems to have some major control issues. But does he really? He seemed pretty prepared to snatch Teresa. The struggle is definitely on between the two of them. Making me wonder if or how she would ever escape the island and Vito. Will she even want to, was my question until the end.
This story has a such beautiful, vivid, detailed "picture" of the island and the isolation. And inside this gorgeous mansion? Gorgeous ! The story kept me involved all the way.
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Ex-spy Kendal was one of the best, but now she’s wearing the toughest disguise of her career: Mom.
Kendal
Carter is out in the cold and she wouldn’t have it any other way. It’s
been four years since her daughter Rosie was born and Kendal has kept
her miles away from The Game. But when their hiding place is discovered
and danger comes too close, Ken is forced to turn to old contacts. Her
longtime friend and ex-handler Rico doesn’t miss his chance to pull his
best player back in. Whisking them to London, Rico offers them a luxury
safe house in an area with good schools. How can she resist?
But
there’s a catch, of course. Rico wants Kendal to come back to work for
his espionage agency Bon Temps. He’s offering a cushy assignment with no
apparent downside, running a rookie asset in one of London’s biggest,
murkiest tech firms. It should be easy enough for someone with her
experience, and luckily, mother is the perfect cover.
However,
it doesn’t take long for Kendal to realize that Rico’s got an agenda of
his own. The tech firm has hands in Rosie’s school, and the world of
PTAs and playdates comes with its own web of allegiances and betrayals.
Kendal soon finds herself in way too deep . . .
I, Spy is
the first novel in a propulsive debut thriller series about the disguise
that all parents wear, and the former lives that come back to haunt us.
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---My 5 STAR Review Notes TITLED: Loved Kendall; hated her mother !
To begin with I loved the intriguing eBook cover.! Beautiful And eye-catching ! The story made me smile from the very beginning even when I realized it wasn't the real opening for the story !! Rosie her daughter was something else. Cute and at times wiser than her 4 years ! Their antics are hilarious ! I loved them both!
Rico is someone Kendall used to work with years ago but she still doesn't trust him totally. Charming, funny but also ruthless in getting what he wants. Kendall that but has no choice but to run to the safety that she now needs for her daughter and herself ! It surprising how many names that Kendall has burned through because she needed to under her mother Jenny's tutelage. Kendall never had a childhood because of all the training her mother put her through Spy in training of all things ! She's not having it for her daughter !!!
Kendall has a lot of people on her side BUT there are some hidden "assets " that don't care about Kendall or he daughter on bit. If they die they die. It got pretty intense ! Fini Meridian is her best friend from years ago and still is. A tech genius eager to go the extra mile for them !
Joel seemed to be a fun, younger agent that she was supposed to be helping train more but I wasn't so sure about him ! Hey, he was able to cook, adored Rosie and she adored him but something just felt off ! Great part of the mystery !
All Kendall wants is to raise her daughter and safely re-connect with her ex, Khalil ! I wanted that too. But everyone just keeps interfering !!! They are both heartbroken !It's plain he still loves her.
Some things get taken care of at the end but I still hated her manipulative mom and want to know where she's hiding Khalil and why ! She NEVER explains anything to Kendall and it's clear that she wants to keep her hooks in her to use her in the future.
Get ending and now I want more. Thank you Netgalley and L.M. Kemp for such a GREAT story !
I fake-marry the biker next door to escape my abusive father…
and fall for a dangerous billionaire with a touch-her-and-die reputation.
He’s the man everyone avoids—quiet, tattooed, built like trouble.
His name is Knox.
I’m Daisy, the girl next door living with a drunk whose words turn violent.
Fear owns my life—
until the night Knox hears too much.
He doesn’t rescue me. He protects me.
Suddenly, I’m safest behind the most dangerous man on the block.
It happens fast.
A ring. A fake marriage. A promise meant to scare off monsters.
Living together means late nights, shared silences, his hand always at my back—his eyes seeing straight through me.
It means seeing the man beneath the biker—and falling before I know how to stop.
Then his obsessed ex starts watching.
My father gets bolder—starts acting like I belong to him. Pretending stops working.
Because if this marriage breaks,
I won’t just lose my protector—I’ll lose the man I love.
And the men who want me broken won’t stop until one of us bleeds.
Explicit
285 pages
English
Romantic Suspense
Women's Fiction
Fake Marriage
biker
alfa male
off limits
forbidden attraction
billionaire
protector
Bad Boy with Good Heart
dangerous
women's fiction
5 STAR REVIEW TITLED: He didn't have to get involved but I'm glad that he did !
I love how this story was written ! Knox sees Daisy's father being brutal with her once again. She's scared after he he comes out drunk, yells and throws a chair threw their outside falling down fence. He blames her for not fixing it ! The nerve ! Knox finally comes out of his garage and calmly threatens him and quietly. The father doesn't take that well !! Now, Knox starts walking her to work and hanging around to protect her. But things start getting intense because she's being watched by someone with money and Know isn't putting up with that. Even though he has dangers of his own. I kept wondering how long Daisy's drunken father was going to stay because although people avoid him; someone else has threatened him to get to Daisy !
Suddenly after he takes Daisy to his minimalist home, a put together mystery woman shows up at this door. His security system pings, and he knows who she is. When Knox sees her he tells Daisy that the woman is Trouble ! It's his Ex.
Things get really even more interesting from there and Intense. I could hardly wait to see how things were going to end. I was already loving Knox and Daisy together already !
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Killing for me is easy. Loving is an entirely different thing.
Una
is the only person I ever gave a damn about, but she's off limits. I’m
grateful she only spends the summer with us. I can't risk her getting
involved in my life of crime. But now she’s here, all grown up, and this
time, I don’t think I can stay away from her.
When Una starts
partying with Darragh, who’s as wild and unpredictable as they come, I
can't afford keeping my distance any longer. Bodies seem to stack up
wherever he goes. Cleaning up his messes used to be annoying. Now I have
Una to consider, Una to protect.
My family is belly deep in the
criminal underworld, and she's a distraction I can't afford. The closer
she gets to me, the more I'm spiraling out of control.
I can't let her see who I really am, but I can't seem to let her go.
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My 4 Star Review TITLED: A really dangerous family
Una has been hung up on Shane for years. She hates living with her mother who insists she dress up like a fancy businesswoman . Una hates it and she hates being kept inside to learn and do accounting. She's a wild, outdoors young woman. Every time she's forced into someone else's mold with Michael and his family, she gets drunk and goes wild ! The only thing that made her happy was when Shane got her a horse, who she ended up loving. Things go hot and cold between Shane and Una until they don't! Una has quite the redheaded mouth and temper ! It was actually fun to watch. Shane was a dangerous man who was totally in love with Una and was just trying to protect her ! Mary is the housekeeper at the
house who loves Una but there's not much she can do. She doesn't like
Liam and is afraid of him because he could end her !
Liam is the next in line to take over from their father Michael and he's scary ! Darragh is actually the worst of the lot. He gets drunk, takes drugs and when he gets Una involved? Things are about to get messy ! And they do ! I do have to say that I liked Una and Shane together. They kept things interesting !
