LOYALTY
John + Siena, #1
by Bethany-Kris
Publication Date: March 5, 2018
Genres: Adult, Romantic Suspense, Organized Crime. Erotic Romance
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SYNOPSIS:
Fresh out of prison after serving a three-year sentence, Johnathan Marcello wants to get back to normal business as a mafia capo. The rules set out for him are clear—keep out of trouble, maintain a low profile, and stay stable. But stability is a delicate balance for a man like John, and shaky ground is only a single step away.
A chance encounter with a blue-eyed woman might just change his whole world.
Siena Calabrese’s life revolves around cooking numbers, and scrubbing books clean. After all, a girl is only useful to men in the mafia, if she isn’t totally useless. As long as she does what they want, then she can maintain the illusion of freedom. But illusions are only delusions in the grand scheme of her life, and reality is far more dangerous.
A man with secrets might just be the one thing she didn’t know she needed.
In this life, family is everything. Or, that’s how it should be.
Distrust.
Love.
Betrayal.
Loyalty.
Mix it all together, and it makes for a volatile city.
A war is coming.
EXCERPT:
A louder clang
echoed from downstairs, and was followed by a loud cuss. John decided it was
time to get up before Siena fucking hurt herself, or something. He pulled on a
pair of sleep pants to cover his lower half, but nothing was hiding the
half-mast of his dick pushing against the cotton.
Fuck it.
Soon enough,
John was leaning in the entryway of the kitchen, and he watched as Siena
balanced on a chair while she tried to pull a mixing bowl off the highest shelf
in the pantry cupboard. Her wet hair hung in rivulets down her back, and he
could see just a peek of her bare ass beneath the dress shirt she had thrown
on.
His shirt.
It looked far
better on her.
He didn’t even
mind.
Those bare legs
of hers—all soft lines, and sweet curves—looked damn good as she tried to
balance on one foot and stretch to reach the bowl high above her head. He was
so caught up in staring at her that he didn’t even mind she had seemed to tear
his cupboards apart.
Anyone else, and
John’s odd tendencies about his place and things being just how he wanted them
might have come out to play in a not so nice way.
But this was
her.
And he didn’t
mind so much with her.
“Need some
help?” he asked.
She must not
have heard him coming downstairs because the shriek she let out damn near burst
his eardrums. Not to mention, her body swayed on the chair, and she missed her
step when she set her foot back down.
John bolted
forward, and barely managed to catch Siena before she hit either the chair, the
floor, or fucking both. Her brown hair created a curtain over her face, and she
blew out a hard breath. A couple of strands puffed forward before Siena used a
hand to push the hair back.
He’d caught her
just a few inches from the floor. Lucky, really.
“Make some
noise,” she told him, glowering. “I almost killed myself.”
“Thank you,
John,” he mocked, “for not letting that happen.”
Siena pursed her
lips. “And that, too!”
“Mmhmm.”
She grabbed his
jaw with one hand, pulled him in close, and gave him a kiss that made his dick
go from half-mast to all the way hard. Damn. All it took was her teasing little
tongue flicking against his lips, and then the promise of a taste of her, and
there he was … ready to go again.
Book Worms and Couch Potatoes Review:
This is the first book by this author I have read. Although this is a standalone, I feel like I may have understood the secondary characters and family dynamic a bit more if I had read the series that this book was a spin-off from (which I now have those on my TBR). This is the first book of a duet but it does not end in a huge cliffhanger. However, it does leave you wondering what will happen in the next. I applaud the author for making mental disorders a big (at least to me a big) focus in the book. The love story was amazing. The main characters, John and Siena, were very well developed through the story. We were able to hear their story from both POV rather than just one’s. I prefer this method of writing when both POVs are important (which to me is almost every book). I’ve never really read many mafia stories although I have been fascinated with it since I was a teenager (I think it’s because of my Italian bloodline?) but Bethany-Kris has definitely changed that. I can’t wait to read all of her previous titles as well as her future ones!
{I technically give this book a 4.5 star rating}
{I technically give this book a 4.5 star rating}
ABOUT BETHANY-KRIS
Bethany-Kris is a Canadian author, lover of much, and mother to four young sons, one cat, and two dogs. A small town in Eastern Canada where she was born and raised is where she has always called home. With her boys under her feet, snuggling cat, barking dogs, and a hubby calling over his shoulder, she is nearly always writing something … when she can find the time.
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