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Virtuous Lies by Haley Jenner

1bookobsessionconfessions's review against another edition

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4.0

Arranged marriage✔️
Mafia Romance ✔️
Insane chemistry ✔️
Dirty talking Alpha✔️
Age Gap✔️
Bianca and Vincent’s chemistry is absolutely combustible.
This is a slightly different style of mafia romance/arranged marriage. It has a really different type of alpha “made man” in Vincent. He’s not typical and I really liked that.
I love how the story begins and how strong and fearless Bianca is in the face of danger. She is a ride or die for her loved ones.
Vincent has a reputation for being a cold blooded killer, I loved slowly getting to see his feelings and thoughts revealed.
The two begin their marriage in a very precarious situation and I thought this aspect added a lot to the development of their relationship.
I was not expecting the heat and naughty level that the authors brought, oh, my goodness! It’s all kinds of kinky and yummy sexiness. The dirty talk is WOW!

It was a super hot and sexy story with a side of surprising sweetness and emotional moments between the couple.
There’s danger, a bit of action and mystery as well.
Seriously, though…the heat level is high up there! Yummy!
I hope some of the secondary characters get a book of their own, Enzo in particular is very intriguing to me.

culzean's review

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dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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ainoemh's review against another edition

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mysterious fast-paced
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No

2.25

torixreads's review against another edition

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4.0

This was a pleasant surprise! My first book by this author and I enjoyed it. It’s a common storyline, arranged marriage that lead to love. What made this a good read was the fire between Vincent and Bianca. Talk about chemistry, I could feel it through my phone and boy, can Vincent talk dirty

lianne04's review against another edition

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5.0

I highly recommend this book! If you are into the mafia romance including steamy scenes++++

smsmith422's review against another edition

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5.0

This book was recommended to me by a TikToker and I loved it. I inhaled this book in one sitting. I love mafia books and this book gave me that and soooo much more! The spice was incredible, the plot had me questioning what was coming next, and the characters had secrets that I yearned to learn. Haley Jenner is a new author for me, and I would love to read more of her work. Bravo!

megan_elise's review against another edition

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2.0

2.3

jesawesome's review against another edition

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medium-paced

3.0

ellah_reads's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional relaxing fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

anele_gl's review against another edition

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4.0

Age gap
Arranged marriage
Mafia romance

I like how he is obsessed with her in a half healthy way.

Made me read:
She insecure about her mafia arranged husband seeing other women.

So he tattoos her name on his neck.