A mafia romance about best friends turned enemies by Rachel Van Dyken, the number one New York Times bestselling author of the Eagle Elite series.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend…
I never thought my father would ask this of me, to become the second generation at Eagle Elite University, to rule with an iron fist, and to take care of anyone who gets in our way.
But ever since the incident.
Ever since Him.
There’s been a war in our little clique.
After all, a house divided cannot stand.
He’s the problem, not me.
He used to kiss me like I was his oxygen.
Now he looks at me like I’m his poison.
But we both drank it, again and again, never believing there would be a day when our love would start a war.
And our friendship would shatter into a million pieces.
Then again, the worst thing you could do in the mafia is hang on to hope that your life will be normal.
The second worse thing?
Fall in love with your best friend.
Enemy.
And heir to the Nicolasi throne.
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My Review:
My Rating: 4 Stars
This is the first full length book of the Mafia Royals series, a spin off of the Eagle Elite books. Now you do not have to read the Eagle Elite books in order to read this series since it focuses on the kids and things are quickly explained about the past, however I loved that series so I would suggest you read it if you have the time as that series is 16 books and novellas and they are amazing! Anyways we meet Serena and Junior in Royal Bully, which is free on all platforms and is Asher and Claire's book, but is not necessary in order to understand the tumultuous relationship of Serena and Junior.
Serena and Junior have grown up together as their families and their friends families all run the Italian and Russian mafia. Their parents have many rules, but one of the biggest rules for the children is they can not be together romantically. The one thing as strong as love is hate and there is a thin line between the two that Serena and Junior keep crossing. The two used to be happy and in love although they had to keep it hidden. After a a specific event happens the two become enemies and just want to kill the other and make the other suffer. After all it's hard to stand someone who has broken your heart. The only problem is they have to continuously work together to rule Eagle Elite University with their other friends and supposed to take after their dads in leading the families of the Mafia. As much as the two hate each other they can't stop themselves from loving each other and wanting to be together. Serena and Junior along with the other mafia children have to decide what is the right course of action for their generation. Will they continue on leading the families as their parents have or will they try to fix the cracks that have started showing as their parents ruled? Serena and Junior reminded me of Tex and Mo's story (Elicit) of the friends to enemies to lovers and I really enjoyed their story too.
You do end up meeting more of the other mafia children and I am looking forward to reading their stories. This is the first book of the new series so part of this book is setting up the stories for the other books of this series. There are some explicit sex scenes that are just super steamy hot and being a mafia book their is going to be violence. I think Rachel really showed how sexy she can write a book while still keeping the story line and characters front and center.
This book is part of the mafia which means it is a dark book, but it has humor and love entwined through the darkness which shows the light that family and friends that become family can sometimes bring. I enjoyed the nods to the Eagle Elite series and the fact we get to see those characters as parents and all the family dinners that haven't changed, but instead added more to the table. I loved Serena explaining the two twirls because that was just one of my favorite quotes of this book. I loved just how normal they try to be even though they are in the mafia. I would definitely recommend this book!
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.
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