A review by chivon
Exploding by Tuesday Embers, Mary E. Twomey

5.0

Love all of Mary “ Tuesday Embers” books . She is amazing ! I was immediately drawn into these books and the families in the story . We meet the O’keefes , the Irish family and the D’Amatos , The Italian family .
Fallyn has moved back to her home town on the east end ( Irish territory) and her 7 brothers and her Head of the Irish Clan daddy who has dementia . The brothers are super protective of their baby sis and will do anything to anyone who gets in the way . The family is know for Their harsh tactics , crime , and illegal businesses, but w Patrick O’Keefes minds slipping from him , oldest brother Killian is in charge of the family and cleaning up the family act .
Fallyn is a baker and opens a family bakery , ran legit ! , in the “ neautal “ territory of the two clans , because the west Belongs to the Italians , and with Papa D ( head of the Italian family dead ) brother Vince D’Amato runs things and is trying to legitimize the family as well .
Although both family’s have problems they both want clean and safe neighborhoods but also will not tolerate or take any shit and will shoot ya if needed .
One weakness they share now :
Fallyn !
Vince begins to fall in love with her and she is starting to share the same affections , but they cannot let their families know !!!
They sneak around and try to maintain neutral business relationships around others .
All kinds of drama leads to many things . I highly recommend this series !