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Virtuous Lies

Haley Jenner

3.67 AVERAGE

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read_on_reader's review

5.0

Dark and Delicious. When you enter the mafia world it is always intense, brutal, but in this one its all of that and so much more. Bianca Rossi is a fierce woman who knew growing up in this lifestyle her future was already planned out, but when it came to her sister, she didn’t want to see her fall into the hands of pure evil. She does what she needs to so things set in motion to change her sister’s future; she didn’t even care if this caused her own life. Even scared she held her head high and faced what was next. I absolutely loved her tenacity. She wasn’t one that would back down even when it came to the main boss, and she would go toe to toe with her own husband. Vincent Ferrari is the right-hand man to the big boss, he is loyal, but mostly he can be brutal. Vincent decides he wants Bianca, and they marry, but what I loved was he would show her he was in charge and be gentle with her at the same time. Their chemistry is so hot it burns the pages up and once they click; their love is beautiful. This book has a lot of action, twists, intense sexiness, but most of all it was a man and woman coming together to forge a connection that defies everything. This instantly became one of my favorite mafia reads and Vincent in all his alpha glory made me fall in love.

Holy crap! The dirty talk in this book had me fanning my face countless times

bee71's review

3.0

If you need a fast paced short read to get you out of a slump this’ll do it. I was loving tho book right up until the last 15-20%. It just felt super random w/ little to no foreshadowing given and it was just super rushed and done to set up the next book lol. Vincent was a dirty talking king tho
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wiss's review

2.25
dark emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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bookishteresa's review

4.0

I liked this overall. I think I would have loved it if there was a bit more plot to balance out the story. I liked the arranged marriage and how there was definitely more to their connection than initially perceived. Vincent had one of the dirtiest mouths I think I've read in a long time. And the whiskey glass lives rent free.
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ina_worldofpages_'s review

5.0

My thoughts
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jesslovelybooks's review

3.0

- Dark
- Age Gap
- Arranged Marriage
- Italian Mafia
- Forced Proximity
- Touch her and Die
- Insta Love
- Steamy AF
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hawthornbooks's review

2.0

The characters had no chemistry. Bianca went from hating him to loving him within a chapter, based on the fact he doesn't physically hurt her or ignore her- but on nothing more than that. The plot...well there was none. If you removed Bianca and Vinnie from the plot...the same plot would still happen - which is the sign of terrible plot. There were a couple nice lines of dirty talk but nothing special enough the save this from its lack of everything: chemistry, plot, romance, excitement.
Not sure I'll read from Haley Jenner again.
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shairarahman's review

3.0

it’s truly a travesty that [b:haley jenner] hasn’t published more mafia romances. girl does sexual tension like no other

tbogo123's review

3.0

first half was good but basically after that pointless