Heart-thumping pacing, mafia loyalties and steamy sex. This book pushed my normal heat boundary, but I desperately wanted the HEA. ( )

I really love this series so far...and most definitely the characters Kate Andretti and Enrico Lucchesi...I love this Authors way of writing I am definitely going to read more...Would also like to thank the Author Dana Delamar...for doing what you do for us Readers :) Thanks also for taking me along for the adventure :) ( )

This story picks up 26 years after the end of Malavita. Enrico Lucchesi lost his wife of 25 years to cancer and the truce between the Lucchesi family and the Andretti’s family seems to be over as her father Carlo now also blames Enrico for her death and wants Enrico dead more than ever.

Enrico has been deeply grieving for his wife to the point he has neglected many of his duties as capo dei capi,(Godfather). One of the businesses he oversees is an orphanage. He has been intrigued with one of the new American workers there but feels guilt over this even though in his wife’s dying breath she made him promise he would marry again.

Kate was born and raised in America. She met and fell in love with a man who she thought was perfect. When his job takes him to Italy, Kate is more than happy to follow her husband on this new adventure. But what Kate didn’t count on was that her husband works for Carlo Andretti who she is scared of and has fears he is part of the mob. When her husband’s moods start changing and he becomes violent with her she leaves him. But walking away from the mob is not something that is acceptable and when Enrico sees this as his chance to both save her from her husband and to get close to her this opens up field for more bloodshed and vendetta’s.

With both his life and Kate’s in danger more than ever Enrico pulls in his trusted men to protect them but loyalties are not always where they should be. There is plenty of betrayal from all side.

This is an intense series and the author does not pull any punches. These are dark and violent books . As I am reading this series – Al Pacino’s line from Godfather 3 rings through my head – “Just when I thought I was out...they pull me back in”
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FOR 18+ READERS ONLY – Enrico Lucchesi is a Mafia don, head of the Lucchesi family in Italy, who is still mourning the death of his wife from a year ago. His wife was the daughter of a rival Mafia don, Carlo Andretti, whose mission of ambition and vengeance toward the Lucchesi family had been held back by this brokered marriage between his daughter and Enrico. Kate Andretti is a young woman from America who was swept off her feet by a handsome Italian gent, Vincenzo Andretti, nephew to Carlo, and recently married him, allowing him to bring her to Italy. However, Kate has now realized that Vincenzo is a domineering, abusive man with criminal Mafia ties and is seeking to escape the marriage by reaching out to her wealthy boss at the orphanage where she is working, only her boss is Enrico. Yet, the chemistry between Enrico and Kate is immediate, even though Kate is unaware that Enrico is also tied into the Mafia world, a world that has Enrico conflicted between his new honest feelings toward Kate and the rules of family honor and loyalty within the Mafia culture, especially when he discovers betrayal within his own family, as Carlo now feels free to resume his mission to avenge and achieve ultimate power. The war of vengeance, honor and power has begun. For the most part, this is a strongly written complex tale of the bonds of romance grappling against the moral ambiguity of a Mafia culture that constantly uses family honor to justify murder and the advancement of power. The thrills are intense and the suspense is strong, as the main characters struggle to determine who they can trust. However, although many readers may enjoy the heavily described erotic moments, I felt they occasionally dragged the story down as well as some of the moments of over-thinking by the main characters. Yet, the story mostly held me to the edge of my seat as I wondered if true tragedy would be avoided amongst all of the blood spilled. ( )

An enjoyable thriller. Though I did like the action parts with the mafia war more than the romance. It started off well, Kate was a smart and interesting heroine who acted sensibly when faced with a dangerous crisis. But then she goes and puts here trust in another dangerous mafia man. True Enrico was a much more honourable and much more likeable man but the whole will she won't she admit her true feelings did get a little annoying. It was a rollers coaster of back and fourth between he loves here so much but cant tell her the truth about himself and she knows there's something wrong and on more than one occasion she tries to leave even as she finds herself falling in love with him. And all the while there's a mob war going on.

The book was very well written and engaging and even though some parts of the romance were a little annoying I did enjoy it right through to the end and look forward to the next one in the series. ( )