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Dark, sexy mafia romance where the fast-paced tension of John Wick meets the high stakes love of Romeo and Juliet.
An Irish mobster with a brutal grudge.
An Italian mafia princess with a dark secret.
Two enemy empires joined in sacred marriage vows.
Let the hating games begin.
Reyna
If this arrogant Irish mobster my brother sold my niece to thinks I’m going to play nice over this arranged marriage BS, he should think again.
I don’t care if this match with the Mob will make my brother capo of the Five Families.
I don’t care how much money, territory, or power it will gain us.
I especially don’t care that the Irishman is the sexiest man I’ve ever seen.
I won’t allow my innocent niece to suffer the same way I did.
Even if I have to kill him.
Spider
I’m supposed to marry sweet, beautiful Lili. So why can’t I stop thinking about her swamp witch of an aunt?
Reyna who hates me. Reyna who challenges me. Reyna with the guts of a Viking, the body of a fertility goddess, and the attitude of a feral cat.
Nothing good can come of what I’m feeling for a woman who’s not the one in the wedding contract I signed.
A woman I want so much, I’ll have to burn the whole world down to get.
If she doesn’t kill me first.
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Publisher
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Publication date
November 29, 2023
Later on, I’ll look back and realize this is the exact moment I fell in love with her.
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You’re a privilege I don’t deserve, but I’m going to spend the rest of both our lives trying to be worthy of you.
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I think you’re a brilliant golden sun in a sky that’s only ever known the black and starless night.
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"THIS BOOK WAS EVERYTHING." ~ Read Between the Wines
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"Hot, action packed, hot, gritty, hot, emotional, hot, hilarious and did I mention hot?!" ~ Reading Addict
"Lord. Spider and Reyna were outstanding! Their steaming sexual tension, chemistry and snappy banter were out of control." ~ Bookgasms Book Blog
"An enemies-to-lovers story with the best verbal sparring EVER and a wicked, hot chemistry that boils to an incendiary inferno!" ~ Kay Daniels Romance
"The sexual tension burns bright as their story slowly burns to a crescendo. And when they hit that peak....hot damn it's electric!" ~ Goodreads review
"The chemistry from their first meeting is scorching. Prepare to fan yourself repeatedly. The Irish Mob has my heart." ~ Goodreads review
"I love the way Spider is so protective of Rey, and Rey is a queen, she's so badass, such a brave heroine, their scenes together are pure fire, the sizzling banter and the chemistry between them is palpable through the pages." ~ When Vane Reads
"The banter, the insults, the fun between these two characters leapt off the page. And then the steam! Whoooo." ~ Goodreads review
1
REY
The weight of memory can sometimes be so heavy, it’s suffocating.
Take now, for instance. I’m standing across from my brother’s oak desk in his enormous wood-paneled study, staring at his face and struggling to breathe around the invisible hand squeezing my lungs. There’s also a rock in my throat and a vat of acid churning in my stomach.
All inevitable results whenever the word “marriage” is mentioned in my presence.
No four-letter curse word could ever be so vile.
Uncomfortable under my stare, Gianni glances down at the desktop. He fiddles with the edge of the blotter, then runs a finger under the collar of his white dress shirt.
“Don’t look at me like that. You knew this was coming. Lili’s of age now.”
“She’s been eighteen for all of two weeks, for fuck’s sake. And what about college? You promised you’d consider it.”
He lifts his gaze to meet mine. He has our father’s eyes, coal black and lifeless. Everyone else finds them—and him—terrifying.
But my father didn’t scare me, and neither does my older brother. For that matter, neither does anyone else.
After what I’ve been through, the devil himself could show up demanding my soul, and I’d tell him to kiss my sweet ass and fuck off back to hell.
Gianni says, “No, you insisted I consider it. And as usual, when you got an answer you didn’t like, you ignored it.”
When I only stand there glaring at him, he adds, “I vetted him. He’s not Enzo.”
At the sound of my late husband’s name, a shudder goes through me. The acid churning in my stomach sears a burning path up into my throat.
I stand still for several moments, struggling to regain my equilibrium. Then, so I don’t start breaking furniture, I start to pace.
Gianni watches me silently for several moments before trying a new approach.
“We’ll get territory. Trade routes. Important allies we desperately need. The match will make us a substantial amount of money. Tens of millions at least. Potentially hundreds.”
I mutter, “You sound like a pimp.”
He brushes that off. “Not to mention garner us influence over the other families. You know how desperate everyone is to make an alliance with the Mob. If we can pull this off, I’ll be named capo. The stakes are huge, Rey. We can secure the family’s position for generations.”
“You keep saying ‘we’ and ‘us.’ I don’t want anything to do with forcing my niece into slavery.”
With exaggerated patience, he says, “Lili was always going to be matched for the betterment of the family. You know it. She knows it. Everyone knows it. This is nothing new.”
I stop pacing and look at him. “She’s still a child.”
“At eighteen, she’s now an adult. And you were two years younger than she is when you were married.”
I say bitterly, “Yes. And look how well that turned out.”
His expression sours. “You inherited Enzo’s fortune. You gained your freedom. I’d say it turned out rather well for you in the end.”
“You conveniently skipped all the carnage in the middle between our engagement and his death.”
“Lili isn’t you, Rey.”
“No, she’s my niece. And my goddaughter. And one of the sweetest, brightest girls I’ve ever met. She doesn’t deserve to be married off to some horrible old Irishman!”
“I never said he was old.”
“Who probably stinks like cooked cabbage!”
“I promise you, he doesn’t smell like a vegetable.”
“And has a kiddie porn habit! Any man who wants to marry a teenager has to be a pervert!”
Careful not to raise his voice, though it’s obvious he’s annoyed with me and wants the conversation to be over, Gianni says, “I don’t believe he’s the type for child pornography, but you can judge for yourself. He’ll be here any minute.”
I recoil in disgust. “He’s coming here?”