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A review by naughtynicky
Stolen Hearts by Jagger Cole

5.0

The first book I ever read by Jagger Cole was an ARC of Deviant Hearts, the first book in this series. I fell in love with his books and have since read all of the books in this series and have even purchased two of his other series, which are now sitting on my shelf amongst my other mafia romance books.

It is very rare to find a dark mafia romance where the main focus isn't on the spice. Don't get me wrong, Jagger's books give you a LOT of spice but the amount of spice doesn't in anyway compromise the plot or the characters of his stories.

Stolen Hearts gives us Castle James & Callie Drakos story (eventually).

If you have read the previous books you will know that Callie is approaching the time to prepare for her arranged marriage to Luca Carveli. She has been promised to him since she was 14.

Castle was a former ranger who has some ghosts to fight, and is now bodyguard and practically brother to Neve and Eilish, Callies best friends. Callie has been in love with Castle since she was first introduced to him. He has had feelings for Callie but feels it is better for her not to act on them.

That all changes when Callie finds herself in a dangerous predicament one night, which results in Castle saving her. As a result of the events of this night, the agreement between the Drakos and Carveli families changes and to avoid the outcome and having to follow through on these changes, we see Callie entering into another arranged marriage, this time with Castle who has just been made head of the Kildare Irish mafia family.

Even though Castle agrees to the arranged marriage he is determined the marriage will be in name only, but its not long before Callie starts defying him and pushing his buttons and the sparks start to fly.

I can't wait to see what comes next in this series.

Thank you to the author and Valentine PR for the advanced copy.

Merged review:

The first book I ever read by Jagger Cole was an ARC of Deviant Hearts, the first book in this series. I fell in love with his books and have since read all of the books in this series and have even purchased two of his other series, which are now sitting on my shelf amongst my other mafia romance books.

It is very rare to find a dark mafia romance where the main focus isn't on the spice. Don't get me wrong, Jagger's books give you a LOT of spice but the amount of spice doesn't in anyway compromise the plot or the characters of his stories.

Stolen Hearts gives us Castle James & Callie Drakos story (eventually).

If you have read the previous books you will know that Callie is approaching the time to prepare for her arranged marriage to Luca Carveli. She has been promised to him since she was 14.

Castle was a former ranger who has some ghosts to fight, and is now bodyguard and practically brother to Neve and Eilish, Callies best friends. Callie has been in love with Castle since she was first introduced to him. He has had feelings for Callie but feels it is better for her not to act on them.

That all changes when Callie finds herself in a dangerous predicament one night, which results in Castle saving her. As a result of the events of this night, the agreement between the Drakos and Carveli families changes and to avoid the outcome and having to follow through on these changes, we see Callie entering into another arranged marriage, this time with Castle who has just been made head of the Kildare Irish mafia family.

Even though Castle agrees to the arranged marriage he is determined the marriage will be in name only, but its not long before Callie starts defying him and pushing his buttons and the sparks start to fly.

I can't wait to see what comes next in this series.

Thank you to the author and Valentine PR for the advanced copy.