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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Not memorable. Just a classic mafia story
dark
hopeful
fast-paced
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I read a lot of mafia romance books so this wasn’t anything really unique to me. It was just okay. There was more smut than plot in the beginning, but then the plot picks up after about 75%. This is the traditional FMC taken for an arranged marriage for revenge mafia story, and there is a case of hidden/mistaken identity included.
Mikhail is your mafia antihero out to avenge his mother and sister’s deaths. Natalia is mistaken for the mafia princess of the family he is intent on seeking vengeance on. He takes her as his captive and wants to force her into marriage.
I listened to the audiobook and enjoyed the narrators. The author’s writing and prose was good and I enjoyed the pacing of this book. Unfortunately, I wasn’t overly invested in the characters and I didn’t really buy the love between our two characters. There is a lot of telling and not showing of their relationship growth.
Things got a bit repetitive in the middle of the book, but I enjoyed how the book played out and the heart pounding ending that featured many twists and betrayals.
TW: dub con, death, violence
Mikhail is your mafia antihero out to avenge his mother and sister’s deaths. Natalia is mistaken for the mafia princess of the family he is intent on seeking vengeance on. He takes her as his captive and wants to force her into marriage.
I listened to the audiobook and enjoyed the narrators. The author’s writing and prose was good and I enjoyed the pacing of this book. Unfortunately, I wasn’t overly invested in the characters and I didn’t really buy the love between our two characters. There is a lot of telling and not showing of their relationship growth.
Things got a bit repetitive in the middle of the book, but I enjoyed how the book played out and the heart pounding ending that featured many twists and betrayals.
TW: dub con, death, violence
This is a dark mafia revenge forced marriage romance and I definitely enjoyed this one it had just the right balance of darkness and light and the chemistry here was sizzling.
Natalia’s life has not been an easy one she’s definitely suffered under the cruel hand of her captor, Raul. He’s had both her parents murdered leaving her with so many emotional scars and the future he has planned out for her selling her virginity to the highest bidder will only lead to her death.
When the compound is stormed Natalia is mistaken for Raul’s cruel daughter Adriana and a case of mistaken identity manages to save her life as she now becomes the new sole focus of Mikhail’s revenge.
Mikhail’s sister and mother were targeted in an attack by Raul one he managed to survive; now he will take the cartel for himself by killing his enemy and marrying his daughter whose just become collateral damage in this war.
Mikhail is Bratva taking his new fiancé back home and keeping her under heavy guard in his home the plan was always to make her pay for her father's sins but Mikhail’s original plans of marrying the princess then getting rid after she has served her purpose swiftly Start to derail as he finds himself reluctantly drawn and captivated by his new bride.
This was definitely an easy page-turner there’s a lot going on here and there are plenty of twists and turns action angst and betrayal. This was well written and very enjoyable. If you like mafia with a dark slant this is definitely a good one and on a scale of darkness, this one really isn’t that severe a big thumbs up from me this one was great.
I voluntary reviewed a copy of Deceptive Vows.
Reviewed By Beckie Bookworm
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God, I love captive romance. Faith Summers writes the best captive romances. Her heroes are always just right. Strong and ruthless but with that perfect soft spot for the heroine, even if he desperately doesn’t want to have it.
Mikhail wakes from a coma with one thing on his mind. Revenge. His sole purpose is to destroy the man responsible for the deaths of his mother and sister and his coma. He takes his vengeance and claims the daughter of the leader of the cartel.
Natalia ends up being in the right place at the right time and it saves her life. Now her life depends on being mistaken for a vapid cartel princess and the mercy of a man who should hate her. He’s terrifying but she’s as drawn to him as he is to her. The unknown remains what will happen when he doesn’t need her anymore or worse when he finds out who she really is.
Story 4/5, Heat 2.5/5, Darkness 2.25/5, Angst 2/5
Tropes: mafia, captive, forced marriage
Faster side of medium burn, there’s a lot of foreplay sprinkled throughout starting around 12% but they don’t do the deed until 38%.
No condoms, virgin h, he was probably a manwhore before, some spanking, non-con, dub-con, push away from h (as much as a captive can -anyway lol), tiny bit of OW drama, tiny OM drama, no separation. No sharing, no cheating, no cliffhanger and HEA.
Safety - I’d consider this safe in regards to OW/OM and cheating. At one point he comes home with lipstick on his collar from a waitress who propositioned him and she suspects when he’s distant that he’s cheating but he isn’t and doesn’t. He’s obsessed with her. As far as OM - there’s no one for her either but he’s jealous of her body guard and his creepy brother keeps trying to be creepy with her.
That said there are other triggers here with the non-con/dub-con, there’s also multiple mentions of human trafficking.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Mikhail wakes from a coma with one thing on his mind. Revenge. His sole purpose is to destroy the man responsible for the deaths of his mother and sister and his coma. He takes his vengeance and claims the daughter of the leader of the cartel.
Natalia ends up being in the right place at the right time and it saves her life. Now her life depends on being mistaken for a vapid cartel princess and the mercy of a man who should hate her. He’s terrifying but she’s as drawn to him as he is to her. The unknown remains what will happen when he doesn’t need her anymore or worse when he finds out who she really is.
Story 4/5, Heat 2.5/5, Darkness 2.25/5, Angst 2/5
Tropes: mafia, captive, forced marriage
Faster side of medium burn, there’s a lot of foreplay sprinkled throughout starting around 12% but they don’t do the deed until 38%.
No condoms, virgin h, he was probably a manwhore before, some spanking, non-con, dub-con, push away from h (as much as a captive can -anyway lol), tiny bit of OW drama, tiny OM drama, no separation. No sharing, no cheating, no cliffhanger and HEA.
Safety - I’d consider this safe in regards to OW/OM and cheating. At one point he comes home with lipstick on his collar from a waitress who propositioned him and she suspects when he’s distant that he’s cheating but he isn’t and doesn’t. He’s obsessed with her. As far as OM - there’s no one for her either but he’s jealous of her body guard and his creepy brother keeps trying to be creepy with her.
That said there are other triggers here with the non-con/dub-con, there’s also multiple mentions of human trafficking.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.