The prequel to the much anticipated Mafia Royals series....
Something dark this way comes.
He's gorgeous, mean, and mine.
He catches me dreaming about him, and then just like my dream, he decides to make me his.
I should have said no when he asked me to swear fealty to him.
The knife clued me in first.
The blood second.
And third, it was the blessing of the most famous mafia bosses in the known world as they sat around the dinner table and told me that I had no choice but to join.
Because they knew my secrets.
And running meant I was nothing more than target practice.
I said yes because of my bully.
And he told me he'd keep me safe.
But who keeps me safe from him?
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My Review:
My Rating: 2.5 Stars
This is a free prequel for Rachel's new series Mafia Royals, which is a spin off of the Eagle Elite series. This story introduces new audience members to the Eagle Elite crew while showing their children and the mafia world that Rachel has created. This novella follows the love story of Asher and Claire, while getting readers ready for the first full length book of the new series Ruthless Princess, which follow Serena and Junior.
I love Rachel's work normally and because of that it's hard to rate this book so low. I will say I normally struggle with novellas because authors try to fit so much in that it ends up falling short for me usually. This story was featured in Rachel's newsletter awhile ago and so this ended up being the second time I read this story. Now she has changed things and edited it so things are a little different than the first time I read it. I felt the relationship between Asher and Claire was too rushed. I felt that Claire really never understood what exactly she was getting into until she had already committed to Asher and his families lifestyle. Asher and Claire's relationship is like a rocket with a short fuse. Someone lights the fuse while you aren't looking and all of a sudden it's taken off and you are wondering what happened. This leads to my rating because while their relationship is supposed to be the main focus you are more curious about the secondary characters.
I did enjoy the intense scenes of this book. You can feel how much Asher loves his family and the impact his family has had on his life. I enjoyed watching Serena and Junior and how much they feel for each other until a incident that Asher and Claire put the duo through. I love the word choices Rachel uses and how intense her sex scenes are written. I loved seeing the characters from the Eagle Elite series and how they haven't changed that much from the last book even though they are all parents now.
Overall, I didn't love this book and I think if it would have been longer and gone more in-depth with Claire and Asher's story I would have liked it better. The way it was written with them I never really connected with Claire and the reason I connected with Asher at all was because of how he was with his family.
About Rachel:
Rachel Van Dyken is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author of regency and contemporary romances. When she's not writing you can find her drinking coffee at Starbucks and plotting her next book while watching The Bachelor.
She keeps her home in Idaho with her Husband, adorable son, and two snoring boxers!
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