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  Book Rating:  The final book in Rise of The De Langes an interconnected standalone mafia romance Louis De Lange is trying to figure out who killed his brother. But, to do so, we must marry into the family who is his enemy. Louis had dated Tempest's twin sister,  Raven Alfero  who he drugged and got information out of. Louis has his sights set on Tempest. He knows he needs to marry into the Alfero family.  Tempest  Alfero is all bottled up rage and hate it seems. Tempest rivals her father Dante Alfero and his men. Tempest knows she needs to marry Louis in order to gain access into the Syndicate. But, will marrying this man be the end of her? Will it be the end of her family? Tempest knows Louis was with her sister, and knows he drugged her to get information out of her. But, what secrets does Louis know?  Tempest works with Cassian to get drugs, that she needs to drug her now husband, to build up his tolerance so he can survive whatever the Syndicate ...

  Book Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Book Trope: Arranged marriage. Enemies to lovers.  Dark Irish Mafia Romance.  Bully.  Neurodivergent Hero/Heroine.  Dual First Person POV Cavin McCart hy always thought Erin was a stuck up snobby girl in school. She would always tattle to the teachers / principal who was the main ring leader getting him in trouble at school and at home. Cain just spent the past 6 months in jail / prison, and he knows he doesn't want to ever go back, he wants to get on the straight and narrow, but, isn't sure how. He needs to change his ways from 'fighting' to 'talking' and resolving things through talking instead of fighting. Now that they are both grown, Cavin is seeing her in a different light. He sees how special she is. Cavin knows she has 'ticks' and knows certains things set her into stress mode.  Both Cavin and Erin are from Mafia families.  Now both families need each other and have proposed Cavin and Erin get married so the families wi...

  Book Rating:  Book Trope: Young College love. Second chance romance. Sports Romance.  Family legacy drama.  Slow burn. Cliffhanger.  Griffin (Fin) Graham - 36, is considered ‘old’ in the NFL world he is in. Fin left the University of Kentucky after he and Vee had been dating. Once he was at the new college he found out she was The NFL Coopers heiress. Fin was upset that Vee never told him who her family was. But, when she was a student at University of Kentucky Vee never told anyone who her family was. Fin and Vee haven't been in contact in over 15 years, but, he's always known she was the one who got away. He's always had relationships, but, nothing has ever lasted. He's never wanted anyone like how he wants Vee.  Maeve  (Vee) Cooper went to University of Kentucky for college where she met Fin the year she interned on the football team.  Now 15 yrs later he’s on her dad’s football team for temporary position for a year. Her Dad and family have ...

  Book Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Hunter is a young baseball player who just graduated college. He is starting out with the Triple A team in Sweetwater Springs. He sets his sights on Renleigh. He notices she never gives ball players a second glance. Hunter is hoping he will be able to open her heart. Hunter is full of himself, he always thinks he is the best out on the field, but for a pitcher you need to be that way.  Sweetwater Springs is home to a triple A baseball ball team. A lot of ball players come through town for 1 season or for many seasons. You never know when you may get called up to the big leagues. Renleigh has never given any of the ball players a second glance as she knows there small town is just a stopping point and no one will last long.  Renleigh has been in Sweetwater Springs her whole life. Her father was a college baseball coach for most of her life. Her parents divorced when she and her sister were teenagers. Renleigh has been bitter with her ...

  This is the 2nd book in the series.  Book Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Gabriela (Gabi), is neurodivergent / autistic. She is in college, finishing up her senior year at Laurelhaven University. Gabi is working on a fashion degree at the university. She loves her instructors but her classmates not so much. Gabi likes to keep her world / mind a clean place. She doesn’t do well with change. Gabi is also a daughter of the Cosa Nostra, she is Abella’s cousin, they have a super close friendship.   Romeo - Angelo’s brother was hit with lightning when he was younger. Their father sent him to numerous therapists, hospitals trying to get him help after he was hit. The Dr’s told their father that Romeo would never be the same. His father brought him into the Cosa Nostra familia to torture victims and to run  cleanup. Romeo knows he won’t ever be ‘normal’. But he does try to be there for his brothers and run the mafia family with them.  Romeo has always stated in his mind that Ga...

  Book Rating:  Abella Moretti is a mafia princess, and has always known what was expected of her. Her existence centered around two purposes. One was decorative, and the other, transactional. A woman's value always came down to what she could be traded for. Abella and Angela where always promised to each other ages ago but now with his jail sentence, she is gets his twin brother Matteo as a fiance instead.  Angelo Vitale   (Il Diavolo) , was always destined to be with the Cosa Nostra. He was fated to reign as one of the most powerful men in Seattle. Angela goes to jail for 6 years for taking the fall for something he didn't do. Now that he's out he finds out that his twin brother Matteo is now engaged to his fiancee Abella. Now that he is out of prison, will he become the head of his family in the Cosa Nostra after his father dies?  Three families, Stavros, Moretti, and Vitale, all live on a 120 acre Black Stag Island, off of Washington State coast. It was divi...