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Cruel Paradise by J.T. Geissinger

4.0

emotional mysterious medium-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: Yes

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𝙈𝙮 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠, 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙡𝙮 𝙍𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙅𝙪𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙩. 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙜𝙤𝙙 𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙮.

He is the new/old head of the Irish mafia (see 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘊𝘳𝘶𝘦𝘭 for more details on that). She is the daughter of New York’s Italian mob boss. She just stole $90k worth of diapers from him. Now…he’s intrigued.

“𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚, 𝙄’𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙞𝙩, 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨. 𝘽𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙄 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙝 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩.”

Having run from her father’s control years and years ago, Juliet is VERY reluctant to start a relationship with another man in the mob, but he is VERY persistent. The angst if real, building and building until tiny cracks start to form.

𝙈𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙥𝙨 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙗𝙧𝙪𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙙. 𝙈𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙨 𝙗𝙧𝙪𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙙. 𝙈𝙮 𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙢𝙮 𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙙, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙮 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙.

This was a cute little mafia romance. An enjoyable, fun and spicy read.

“𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙠𝙞𝙨𝙨 𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙛𝙛.”

What this book is giving:

✅ Mafia Romance

✅ Banter

✅ Identical twins

✅ Angst

✅ Mafia princess thief

✅ Mafia boss + International spy

Rating: 

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 5

🌶️🌶️🌶️ / 5