Title: Blood Always (The Five Families 3)
Author: Jill Ramsower
File Size: 2887 KB
Print Length: 276 pages
Publisher: Jill Ramsower, LLC (April 15, 2020)
Publication Date: April 15, 2020
Sold by: Amazon.com Services LLC
Lenguaje: English
SYNOPSIS
It was supposed to be business.
Two families, one wedding, zero emotion.
My father’s mafia outfit had saved my life.
I owed them everything.
An arranged marriage was hardly a sacrifice when I would have already been long dead had it not been for them.
I would give up my independence for the Lucciano Family.
I would bind myself to the man whose family tore my life to pieces.
Matteo De Luca was vicious claws sheathed in refinement and class.
He saw my untamed independence as a challenge.
I saw his alluring authority as a threat.
There was a ruthless storm that raged in his oceanic gaze. A majestic tidal wave of temper and domination looking to break on my rocky shores.
He would annihilate me.
Rip open my layers until all my pretty secrets were scattered at his feet.
The worst part? I wanted to experience whatever it was Matteo had to offer, and I hated myself for it.
I wanted to launch myself at him.
To kiss him. To kill him.
To end the debilitating torture of the unknown.
The moment our paths collided, our lives were altered irrevocably.
Taking us from enemies allied by a strategic marriage to something dark and consuming.
Something that tasted like obsession.
I’m new with this author, I was a lucky winner of an ARC on a Facebook giveaway.
This is the third book of a very interesting series, which I need to catch up on it, and maybe because of that I got the feeling of missing very important events and episodes with some of the characters that appear as secondary’s in this book.
I love arranged marriages and if is mafia, ohhhh you totally got me, so when I read that this book is all of that i can’t not let it pass.
I liked that Maria is a thought girl, she’s very well prepared for the mafia life, she knows her duty, even if is getting married to the man she hate and make responsable for her brother death. But all that hate is going to be mix with the attraction she feels the moment she met him, and on the process to make the marriage work she will discover that her husband is not exactly what he projects to the world.
Matteo is a mafia man, he got secrets and plans for the new era of the mafia and his territory. When he agreed to married Maria was just to make some sort a peace between the two families, as they used to do in the past. When they meet the attraction was immediately but without thrusting each other the journey to get a HEA looks impossible.
I liked a lot the interaction between Maria and Matteo, she’s not the trembling scared virgin bride that we used to see on other arrange marriages, that got all crazy on her wedding night, but will see through her nightmares that something very painful is tormenting her, and when the truth of all the betrayals and abuses come out we may or not be prepared for what this two mad man and woman are willing to do to get revenge.
Do I enjoyed? Yes very much, although I wish for more mafia content in the book just because I’m probably way to crazy and love to read conflicts and details about how they resolve problems in their territory and I’m not saying that what Matteo does almost at the end is not mafia stuff, but the book is mostly knowing the relationship Matteo and Maria are forging, but don’t let my opinion get in your way to read this book, is a very good plot and very well conducted and with some romantic and hot scenes ;)
Thank you so much to the Author for the ARC.
Goodreads Link: http://bit.ly/2v2CWtO
Pre-order Link: https://amzn.to/3b6X6Dt
About the Author:
Within a year of self-publishing her first book, Jill Ramsower quit her job as an attorney and dedicated her days to churning out romantic adventures. She likes to think of her books as contemporary romance with a touch of fantasy—at its core, her writing is about the connection between two people. Sometimes that connection involves a little magic…
With Jill’s books, you can count on confident heroines, plenty of steamy tension, and deliciously assertive leading men. There are no guarantees in life, but with her books, you know everything will work out in the end. However, a perfect ending would not be nearly as satisfying without a seemingly insurmountable challenge. Jill loves to add plenty of adversity in her stories, creating unforgettably dynamic characters and sneaky plot twists you will never see coming.
Jill is a Texan, born and raised. She manages the hectic social calendars for her three active children and occasionally spends an evening with her dashing husband. Aside from being an author and a mom, she’s a travel junkie and loves to read when she is not lost in her own stories.
Author Links:
Website: https://www.jillramsower.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JRamsower | @JRamsower
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