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A review by thebritishbibliophile
Luca by Eva Winners
5.0
'Prepare for the most intense, romantic, action-packed novel in Eva Winners' smash hit Belles & Mobsters series. Luca was out of this world amazing!' - The British Bibliophile
Thank you to Eva Winners for sending me an ebook Advanced Readers Copy as a part of her ARC team, for me to read and leave an honest review.
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When the Belles & Mobsters series made its debut with Luciano, I knew that it was not only going to be a hit with readers, but with myself personally. Not a reader of a lot of mafia-style romance novels, decided to give these books--and Eva--a chance, not anticipating one hell of a rollercoaster we could be on with each man. Seven books span this series and like the deadly sins, there are seven men we are following in each of them.
The series is as follows:
-Luciano, Book One (Luciano & Grace)
-Nico, Book Two (Nico & Bianca)
-Cassio, Book Three (Cassio & Aine)
-Alexei, Book Four (Alexei & Aurora)
-Raphael, Book Five (Raphael & Saylor)
-Sasha, Book Six (Sasha & Branka)
-Luca, Book Seven (Luca & Margaret)
You can join the series at any point as each book is a standalone, but they are all interconnected. We'll see characters woven throughout the series as sub-characters, so don't worry about playing catch-up. However, I do recommend starting from the beginning so you're not guessing who's who, who's related to who and how they came to be a couple. It's honestly a worthy journey from Luciano all the way to Luca, one which I'd gladly do a hundred times over.
Shifting the focus now to Luca, it's his turn to take centre stage and have his story told with the woman who he's had in his eyes, mind and heart since a young age, Margaret Callahan. He's Italian, she's Irish. The two come from very different, but equally powerful Mafia families, and their coupling doesn't even come close to being as powerful. Because its more powerful. It's cataclysmic. Their love is so powerful, as they themselves are, that things will either fizzle out as a result or burn brighter than ever.
As outlined in the blurb, we were already given a hint as to what we could expect in terms of characters and storyline. Luca is a playboy, master of one-night stands and is Margaret's constant shadow. During a masquerade part one night, the course of their lives changed entirely. Their party of two was soon to become a party of three. From there, this is where things really get interesting. Having no idea who the father is, Margaret is fierce in her belief that her baby won't be involved or harmed by the world both she and Luca know and have experienced. Her only clue was on a part of a man--in a very specific place--, and with little chance of finding out who the owner of the piercing was, she decides the path of single parenthood is the safest thing for her unborn child. It was time to disappear. That was the only option, until Luca became THE option.
There is simply not enough character space to accurately list everything that made me not only love, but champion this book. Luca is as every bit the mafia alpha-male character we've come to love in Eva's books, but with a touch of humility about him. He out of all of her Mobster Men, seems the closest to normal as one can get as a mafia man can, and I know that if I were Margaret, I wouldn't be able to resist him either. Dark, dangerous and dirty, Luca King/DiMauro is irresistibly attractive on and off the page. Margaret is every inch his equal. Not shy to the ways of the world they were born into, she can give as good as he can, and isn't afraid to step up where other women would expect their men to take the lead. She's a protector, a fighter, and ruthless when she has to be. That said, like Luca, she also has that softer side which when presented with her unborn child, brought it out in her. Two people, two coins, two sides. These two were meant to be and the journey to their well-deserved happily ever after was riveting, action-packed and unputdownable.
I haven't enjoyed a series like this in a very long time, and I'm truly grateful to Eva for writing characters that I won't ever forget and have had the immense pleasure of getting to know. Each book is unique, amazing and gripping in its own right, and Luca now proudly joins the ranks of a series that has yet--for me--to yield less than the five stars each one deserved.
Luca, I'll be seeing you again very shortly. I'm not done with you yet. Ready for round two? *wink wink*
Five stars!
Thank you to Eva Winners for sending me an ebook Advanced Readers Copy as a part of her ARC team, for me to read and leave an honest review.
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When the Belles & Mobsters series made its debut with Luciano, I knew that it was not only going to be a hit with readers, but with myself personally. Not a reader of a lot of mafia-style romance novels, decided to give these books--and Eva--a chance, not anticipating one hell of a rollercoaster we could be on with each man. Seven books span this series and like the deadly sins, there are seven men we are following in each of them.
The series is as follows:
-Luciano, Book One (Luciano & Grace)
-Nico, Book Two (Nico & Bianca)
-Cassio, Book Three (Cassio & Aine)
-Alexei, Book Four (Alexei & Aurora)
-Raphael, Book Five (Raphael & Saylor)
-Sasha, Book Six (Sasha & Branka)
-Luca, Book Seven (Luca & Margaret)
You can join the series at any point as each book is a standalone, but they are all interconnected. We'll see characters woven throughout the series as sub-characters, so don't worry about playing catch-up. However, I do recommend starting from the beginning so you're not guessing who's who, who's related to who and how they came to be a couple. It's honestly a worthy journey from Luciano all the way to Luca, one which I'd gladly do a hundred times over.
Shifting the focus now to Luca, it's his turn to take centre stage and have his story told with the woman who he's had in his eyes, mind and heart since a young age, Margaret Callahan. He's Italian, she's Irish. The two come from very different, but equally powerful Mafia families, and their coupling doesn't even come close to being as powerful. Because its more powerful. It's cataclysmic. Their love is so powerful, as they themselves are, that things will either fizzle out as a result or burn brighter than ever.
As outlined in the blurb, we were already given a hint as to what we could expect in terms of characters and storyline. Luca is a playboy, master of one-night stands and is Margaret's constant shadow. During a masquerade part one night, the course of their lives changed entirely. Their party of two was soon to become a party of three. From there, this is where things really get interesting. Having no idea who the father is, Margaret is fierce in her belief that her baby won't be involved or harmed by the world both she and Luca know and have experienced. Her only clue was on a part of a man--in a very specific place--, and with little chance of finding out who the owner of the piercing was, she decides the path of single parenthood is the safest thing for her unborn child. It was time to disappear. That was the only option, until Luca became THE option.
There is simply not enough character space to accurately list everything that made me not only love, but champion this book. Luca is as every bit the mafia alpha-male character we've come to love in Eva's books, but with a touch of humility about him. He out of all of her Mobster Men, seems the closest to normal as one can get as a mafia man can, and I know that if I were Margaret, I wouldn't be able to resist him either. Dark, dangerous and dirty, Luca King/DiMauro is irresistibly attractive on and off the page. Margaret is every inch his equal. Not shy to the ways of the world they were born into, she can give as good as he can, and isn't afraid to step up where other women would expect their men to take the lead. She's a protector, a fighter, and ruthless when she has to be. That said, like Luca, she also has that softer side which when presented with her unborn child, brought it out in her. Two people, two coins, two sides. These two were meant to be and the journey to their well-deserved happily ever after was riveting, action-packed and unputdownable.
I haven't enjoyed a series like this in a very long time, and I'm truly grateful to Eva for writing characters that I won't ever forget and have had the immense pleasure of getting to know. Each book is unique, amazing and gripping in its own right, and Luca now proudly joins the ranks of a series that has yet--for me--to yield less than the five stars each one deserved.
Luca, I'll be seeing you again very shortly. I'm not done with you yet. Ready for round two? *wink wink*
Five stars!