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Chicago Ruthless #3
Lorenzo
Grief is the price we pay for love
My name is Lorenzo Moretti. Born to be head of the Cosa Nostra, except that I chose love over my birthright.
On our wedding day, my father cursed our union, swearing on his own blood that my wife and I would never live out our days in happiness.
I guess he was right, because fate stole her from me and I’m left to live an empty life without her, with a shattered heart and only half a soul.
On the day my wife died, I swore I’d never love anyone like that again, and it’s a promise I kept for two years.
A promise I kept until her…
She sauntered into my life wearing a dress the color of sunshine and with nothing else but an old Mustang and a smile. Beaten and bruised and seeking refuge behind my family’s walls. But I’m no white knight looking for redemption, and she’s sure no damsel in distress.
She’s annoying as hell. With no filter and an eternally sunny disposition. She says whatever’s on her mind, no matter how poorly judged it might be.
She’s everything I don’t want.
But she might just be everything I need.
And I don’t know how much longer I can resist her sweet smile and her sinful curves…
Because there’s only so long you can stand in the sun before giving in to its heat.
This book contains:
Grumpy/ sunshine
Dark mafia
Heartbreak and angst
Love after loss
Grovelling
Dom/ sub scenes
A HEA
My name is Lorenzo Moretti. Born to be head of the Cosa Nostra, except that I chose love over my birthright.
On our wedding day, my father cursed our union, swearing on his own blood that my wife and I would never live out our days in happiness.
I guess he was right, because fate stole her from me and I’m left to live an empty life without her, with a shattered heart and only half a soul.
On the day my wife died, I swore I’d never love anyone like that again, and it’s a promise I kept for two years.
A promise I kept until her…
She sauntered into my life wearing a dress the color of sunshine and with nothing else but an old Mustang and a smile. Beaten and bruised and seeking refuge behind my family’s walls. But I’m no white knight looking for redemption, and she’s sure no damsel in distress.
She’s annoying as hell. With no filter and an eternally sunny disposition. She says whatever’s on her mind, no matter how poorly judged it might be.
She’s everything I don’t want.
But she might just be everything I need.
And I don’t know how much longer I can resist her sweet smile and her sinful curves…
Because there’s only so long you can stand in the sun before giving in to its heat.
This book contains:
Grumpy/ sunshine
Dark mafia
Heartbreak and angst
Love after loss
Grovelling
Dom/ sub scenes
A HEA
418 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 28, 2023
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Sadie Kincaid
48 books8,804 followersI'm a contemporary, dark romance author. I love to read and write about hot, filthy talking alphas that would burn the world down for the women they love.
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September 28, 2023
1 disappointing star.⭐
Let me start by saying. I wanted to fucking love this book.
I was on my toes for it to get released and Lorenzo's book was the one I was looking most forward to. But it just felt short.
I love Sadie and her books. I've read all of them but Lorenzo just wasn't it.
I liked it but I didn't love it.
I didn't feel connected to the characters. I usually love Sadie's FMCs but Mia just wasn't good enough. And what was the whole "banana" thing. It was so annoying! And I don't understand why everyone is saying that she wasn't a pushover because she did some questionable things making me wonder - 'Girl, where's your self-respect?' but I still gave her a chance. But when she started that "I-am-so-confident crap while saying self-depriciating shit like my-ass-is-too-fat." I gave up on FMC. She was fucking annoying.
Lorenzo was okay-ish, usual Sadie Kincaid MMC but I just felt like he wasn't truly in love with Mia. He was tired of being alone and she was a distraction from his dark world and dead wife. This is abso-fucking-lutely the wrong reason to be together. I kind of wanted to smack him at times. I mean why would he choose a dead woman over a living one.
I get that he loved Anya but his obsession to compare Mia with her made me feel like Mia was an OW, even though she wasn't. And I almost felt bad for Mia. ALMOST.
The fact that she cheated on her abusive husband didn't make sense to me. I mean you're scared shitless of your trainwreck of a husband and yet you sleep with HIS brother in HIS house and still can't file a divorce or runaway sooner than you did? C'mon Mia? That's just unacceptable.
The spice was good, I will give it 🌶️🌶️🌶️ out of five because Ms. Kincaid has done so much with her previous books.
Anyways, I have never been so disappointed in my own view for Sadie's work before. Because I love her and this book was some sort of big deal for me.
I wanted to love it and I really did try. But I just couldn't. And now I am left feeling a little heartbroken.
Plot- Mia (FMC) is Kat's cousin. She has been married to a police officer for ten years and he is an abusive asshole. But she still stays with him for TEN-motherfucking-YEARS because she thought she could change hum and sex was good.🤡🤡
Yeah! She literally said that!
_“Same reasons everyone stays, I guess. First because I thought he could change. I thought I could change him.” “Then I convinced myself it wasn’t so bad. That the good times outweighed the bad. The sex was incredible.”_
But then later this same woman says that the husband raped her. 🤧
Girl make up your mind please!
Then there's Lorenzo (MMC) he lost his wife to cancer. And he swore to her on the death bed that he'd never love another woman. 🤥🤥
But 2 years later, he meets Mia when she oh-so-easily-escapes her abusive husband. There's instant attraction but they both fight it. Mostly MMC is fighting it, Mia is just ready for him with her legs open.👌🏻👈🏻
But then, after a few weeks he gives in and sleeps with her only to leve her abruptly as soon as he cums. Then he says some hurtful shit but Mia takes his crap.🫠🫠
They fuck!😈🤡
Mia keeps being a pushover and he sleeps with her again and again saying that this will be the last time. He feels guilty for sleeping with her and keeps remembering his dead wife ever so often.🥱🥱
They fuck again.😈🤡
Then after a fight with Lorenzo Mia decides to leave his mansion and goes to a different state and starts anew. But then her husband comes to her and she kills the husband. Then she calls Lorenzo and he takes her back to his mansion.🙄
They continue fucking.😈🤡
MMC tells her that he would never be a Don again. But then few scenes later he becomes her Dom.
They fuck Dom/Sub style.😈🤡
Mia's brother-in-law THE ONE SHE SLEPT WITH shows up and arrests her because he knows that Mia killed her husband. Lorenzo saves her yet again but he keeps remembering the dead wife.🥴
They fuck some more.😈🤡
They get married but he still tals about his dead wife before the wedding. Like WTF bro 🙄😐🫤
They fuck again.😈🤡
Then have kids and live happily ever after.
So yeah, not my favourite because Sadie has much better books.
Let me start by saying. I wanted to fucking love this book.
I was on my toes for it to get released and Lorenzo's book was the one I was looking most forward to. But it just felt short.
I love Sadie and her books. I've read all of them but Lorenzo just wasn't it.
I liked it but I didn't love it.
I didn't feel connected to the characters. I usually love Sadie's FMCs but Mia just wasn't good enough. And what was the whole "banana" thing. It was so annoying! And I don't understand why everyone is saying that she wasn't a pushover because she did some questionable things making me wonder - 'Girl, where's your self-respect?' but I still gave her a chance. But when she started that "I-am-so-confident crap while saying self-depriciating shit like my-ass-is-too-fat." I gave up on FMC. She was fucking annoying.
Lorenzo was okay-ish, usual Sadie Kincaid MMC but I just felt like he wasn't truly in love with Mia. He was tired of being alone and she was a distraction from his dark world and dead wife. This is abso-fucking-lutely the wrong reason to be together. I kind of wanted to smack him at times. I mean why would he choose a dead woman over a living one.
I get that he loved Anya but his obsession to compare Mia with her made me feel like Mia was an OW, even though she wasn't. And I almost felt bad for Mia. ALMOST.
The fact that she cheated on her abusive husband didn't make sense to me. I mean you're scared shitless of your trainwreck of a husband and yet you sleep with HIS brother in HIS house and still can't file a divorce or runaway sooner than you did? C'mon Mia? That's just unacceptable.
The spice was good, I will give it 🌶️🌶️🌶️ out of five because Ms. Kincaid has done so much with her previous books.
Anyways, I have never been so disappointed in my own view for Sadie's work before. Because I love her and this book was some sort of big deal for me.
I wanted to love it and I really did try. But I just couldn't. And now I am left feeling a little heartbroken.
Plot- Mia (FMC) is Kat's cousin. She has been married to a police officer for ten years and he is an abusive asshole. But she still stays with him for TEN-motherfucking-YEARS because she thought she could change hum and sex was good.🤡🤡
Yeah! She literally said that!
_“Same reasons everyone stays, I guess. First because I thought he could change. I thought I could change him.” “Then I convinced myself it wasn’t so bad. That the good times outweighed the bad. The sex was incredible.”_
But then later this same woman says that the husband raped her. 🤧
Girl make up your mind please!
Then there's Lorenzo (MMC) he lost his wife to cancer. And he swore to her on the death bed that he'd never love another woman. 🤥🤥
But 2 years later, he meets Mia when she oh-so-easily-escapes her abusive husband. There's instant attraction but they both fight it. Mostly MMC is fighting it, Mia is just ready for him with her legs open.👌🏻👈🏻
But then, after a few weeks he gives in and sleeps with her only to leve her abruptly as soon as he cums. Then he says some hurtful shit but Mia takes his crap.🫠🫠
They fuck!😈🤡
Mia keeps being a pushover and he sleeps with her again and again saying that this will be the last time. He feels guilty for sleeping with her and keeps remembering his dead wife ever so often.🥱🥱
They fuck again.😈🤡
Then after a fight with Lorenzo Mia decides to leave his mansion and goes to a different state and starts anew. But then her husband comes to her and she kills the husband. Then she calls Lorenzo and he takes her back to his mansion.🙄
They continue fucking.😈🤡
MMC tells her that he would never be a Don again. But then few scenes later he becomes her Dom.
They fuck Dom/Sub style.😈🤡
Mia's brother-in-law THE ONE SHE SLEPT WITH shows up and arrests her because he knows that Mia killed her husband. Lorenzo saves her yet again but he keeps remembering the dead wife.🥴
They fuck some more.😈🤡
They get married but he still tals about his dead wife before the wedding. Like WTF bro 🙄😐🫤
They fuck again.😈🤡
Then have kids and live happily ever after.
So yeah, not my favourite because Sadie has much better books.
October 6, 2023
I'm quite passionate about this review, and I need to express my feelings. I've been a fan of this author for a while, having enjoyed many of their previous works. However, this book left me disappointed. It's not what I expected from the author. I am super pissed about this book.
It lacks intimacy. From one abusive relationship to the next. ALso was she curvy or plus size- pick a damn lane. The fat phobia was yucky. The heroine never deals with the trauma of 10+ years of abuse and an alcoholic/ abusive father. The heroine is excited to be second best to a dead women. It was really a love triangle where the 3rd person was dead. I don't believe in their HEA and I hated Lorenzo in the end.
the possibility for a story here could have been so powerful instead we got crap.
I have really enjoyed this series but this book was a complete letdown for me. The storyline got lost in all the cum...
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It lacks intimacy. From one abusive relationship to the next. ALso was she curvy or plus size- pick a damn lane. The fat phobia was yucky. The heroine never deals with the trauma of 10+ years of abuse and an alcoholic/ abusive father. The heroine is excited to be second best to a dead women. It was really a love triangle where the 3rd person was dead. I don't believe in their HEA and I hated Lorenzo in the end.
the possibility for a story here could have been so powerful instead we got crap.
I have really enjoyed this series but this book was a complete letdown for me. The storyline got lost in all the cum...
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June 6, 2024
This book should have been about Anya and Lorenzo.
The dead spouse who she the fmc can never measure up to. . . Yeah, i found myself wishing this was Anya and Lorenzo's angsty, tragic story.
Mia never measured up lol. And I could feel it.
Lorenzo never loves her the way or as much as he loved/loves Anya. And it shows in the writing.
The dead spouse trope (especially when it's a wife who is the dead spouse,) l find that I don't enjoy that.
I knew it would be hard for me to get into a romance where the fmc is the one doing most of the emotional heavy lifting and asking a man to love her. Ew. And that's what we got here...
I saw a few glimpses of Anya and Lorenze's relationship in the two previous and i totally expected to be reading about them here in this book, but instead I got a stupid, desperate heroine who keeps coming back after the hero has rejected her over and over again. Disgusting. I don't like desperate heroines.
Again, Anya and Lorenzo's story sounded more intense and romantic.
I would have loved reading about a mmc who loves his wife so much, but she is dying and he doesn't know what to do, because even though he's her dom, the cancer is the one thing he cannot control/take out of her.
The little glimpse in the prologue where Lorenzo was at Anya's funeral and just wanted to be buried with her, was sooooo angsty and good, I wanted THAT love story.
Even if Anya had died at the end of that story too, I would still have preferred to read about that than whatever this is...
The dead spouse who she the fmc can never measure up to. . . Yeah, i found myself wishing this was Anya and Lorenzo's angsty, tragic story.
Mia never measured up lol. And I could feel it.
Lorenzo never loves her the way or as much as he loved/loves Anya. And it shows in the writing.
The dead spouse trope (especially when it's a wife who is the dead spouse,) l find that I don't enjoy that.
I knew it would be hard for me to get into a romance where the fmc is the one doing most of the emotional heavy lifting and asking a man to love her. Ew. And that's what we got here...
I saw a few glimpses of Anya and Lorenze's relationship in the two previous and i totally expected to be reading about them here in this book, but instead I got a stupid, desperate heroine who keeps coming back after the hero has rejected her over and over again. Disgusting. I don't like desperate heroines.
Again, Anya and Lorenzo's story sounded more intense and romantic.
I would have loved reading about a mmc who loves his wife so much, but she is dying and he doesn't know what to do, because even though he's her dom, the cancer is the one thing he cannot control/take out of her.
The little glimpse in the prologue where Lorenzo was at Anya's funeral and just wanted to be buried with her, was sooooo angsty and good, I wanted THAT love story.
Even if Anya had died at the end of that story too, I would still have preferred to read about that than whatever this is...
October 4, 2023
I feel her beneath my skin, creeping through my veins and forcing her way into my heart.
4/5 ⭐ 3.5/5 🌶️
This is Lorenzo's and Mia's story, the final -(I think)- couple of the Chicago series. I initially had some doubts because of Lorenzo’s late wife, Anya, who we met in the previous books. I really liked her and I am not much of a fan of the second chance / widower / widow trope. Yet, I actually enjoyed it. Mia was a very hopeful, sweet, sunshine fmc, that you couldn’t not like and the book treated Anya respectfully. I am still not a fan of the trope and I’ll probably avoid it like the plague but I enjoyed the book a lot.
This is a Sadie Kincaid book so I was prepared for the scorching hot spice. There was so much smut and it was s p i c y! The book focuses a lot on the dom/sub lifestyle and it is a major dynamic between the characters but there’s also a mutual appreciation between and a journey of healing for both of them.
Both characters had their own demons. Lorenzo had faced a great loss and Mia had been in an abusive relationship, so reading how their relationship slowly bloomed and how they faced their demons and started healing was fun!
I really enjoyed Lorenzo. He was hot and cold but I really liked him. I wish Mia was less of a push-over. She did fight Lorenzo but she also gave in faster than I would have liked. Still, she retained her charm.
In conclusion, Max owns the series. Who can top him?! He and Joey are the best couple!
Did I like it? Yeap.
Would I reread it? Nope.
4/5 ⭐ 3.5/5 🌶️
This is Lorenzo's and Mia's story, the final -(I think)- couple of the Chicago series. I initially had some doubts because of Lorenzo’s late wife, Anya, who we met in the previous books. I really liked her and I am not much of a fan of the second chance / widower / widow trope. Yet, I actually enjoyed it. Mia was a very hopeful, sweet, sunshine fmc, that you couldn’t not like and the book treated Anya respectfully. I am still not a fan of the trope and I’ll probably avoid it like the plague but I enjoyed the book a lot.
This is a Sadie Kincaid book so I was prepared for the scorching hot spice. There was so much smut and it was s p i c y! The book focuses a lot on the dom/sub lifestyle and it is a major dynamic between the characters but there’s also a mutual appreciation between and a journey of healing for both of them.
Both characters had their own demons. Lorenzo had faced a great loss and Mia had been in an abusive relationship, so reading how their relationship slowly bloomed and how they faced their demons and started healing was fun!
I really enjoyed Lorenzo. He was hot and cold but I really liked him. I wish Mia was less of a push-over. She did fight Lorenzo but she also gave in faster than I would have liked. Still, she retained her charm.
In conclusion, Max owns the series. Who can top him?! He and Joey are the best couple!
Did I like it? Yeap.
Would I reread it? Nope.
September 28, 2023
Meh.
Heroine was waaaaaay too much of a pushover, and the hero was only with the heroine because the love of his life (his Anya) had died. Even in the epilogue, the heroine talks about how his late wife was the love of his life. She tries to correct it by saying she was one of the loves of his life but nah, we all knew she got it right the first time. And if the heroine is thinking that during the epilogue, then even she knows she’s second best 🙄 Everything about their relationship seemed forced, and I just didn’t care about either of them by the end.
Heroine was waaaaaay too much of a pushover, and the hero was only with the heroine because the love of his life (his Anya) had died. Even in the epilogue, the heroine talks about how his late wife was the love of his life. She tries to correct it by saying she was one of the loves of his life but nah, we all knew she got it right the first time. And if the heroine is thinking that during the epilogue, then even she knows she’s second best 🙄 Everything about their relationship seemed forced, and I just didn’t care about either of them by the end.
September 30, 2023
I got what I came for -
So I wanted to read this book to see what Anya's surprise was, and I enjoyed reading her letter. I also enjoyed the overall theme of grief and how a person can "move on" after their spouse dies. However, I didn't really like Lorenzo 😕.
I especially didn't like Lorenzo FOR Mia. Mia deserved to find her "person" and to be loved by them like Lorenzo loved Anya. I also don't agree with Mia going straight into "sub training" without going to any type of therapist for what she endured with her ex-husband across a 10-year span. I feel like Lorenzo is training Mia to not be herself and to be more like reserved Anya.."training" her not to speak so much when she's clearly a very social person. I also don't think this particular story should've ended with Mia and Lorenzo being together. Imo, I think they had a lot of self work to do before they jumped into a serious relationship.
And to be perfectly honest, I think just about any single person that was around Lorenzo at that point in time could've ended up with Lorenzo. Didn't have to be Mia at all. I said what I said. Lol Mia happens to be 2 things -1.) kind and 2.) understanding about Lorenzo's dead wife and how he's still in love with her. In his own words, Mia would never live up to her. I know that was said in an argument, but i think those words would forever live in the back of Mia's head.
Even though it was mentioned multiple times that they had "chemistry," I just didn't feel it. The whole time, I wanted them to go their separate ways and for Mia to be better off. HOWEVER, every time she did, something bad would miraculously happen, and they'd be back together. For Mia's protection or whatever. 🙄😒 To each their own and people can live however they want but this felt like settling. Mia's nice, and Lorenzo doesn't beat up Mia. That's the criteria for their relationship. This is just my opinion and is how I perceived their overall interactions. Because of this, I didn't enjoy the Dom/sub scenes as I didn't like Lorenzo and what he did to Mia at the club. Especially his "the perfect woman" comment. Just grossed me out.
I am excited about the next book. Hopefully, Lorenzo will get taken out by Kere 😅🤣 OVERALL, good addition to the series. I just didn't like Lorenzo, and that's fine. We aren't going to like everybody, right?
So I wanted to read this book to see what Anya's surprise was, and I enjoyed reading her letter. I also enjoyed the overall theme of grief and how a person can "move on" after their spouse dies. However, I didn't really like Lorenzo 😕.
I especially didn't like Lorenzo FOR Mia. Mia deserved to find her "person" and to be loved by them like Lorenzo loved Anya. I also don't agree with Mia going straight into "sub training" without going to any type of therapist for what she endured with her ex-husband across a 10-year span. I feel like Lorenzo is training Mia to not be herself and to be more like reserved Anya.."training" her not to speak so much when she's clearly a very social person. I also don't think this particular story should've ended with Mia and Lorenzo being together. Imo, I think they had a lot of self work to do before they jumped into a serious relationship.
And to be perfectly honest, I think just about any single person that was around Lorenzo at that point in time could've ended up with Lorenzo. Didn't have to be Mia at all. I said what I said. Lol Mia happens to be 2 things -1.) kind and 2.) understanding about Lorenzo's dead wife and how he's still in love with her. In his own words, Mia would never live up to her. I know that was said in an argument, but i think those words would forever live in the back of Mia's head.
Even though it was mentioned multiple times that they had "chemistry," I just didn't feel it. The whole time, I wanted them to go their separate ways and for Mia to be better off. HOWEVER, every time she did, something bad would miraculously happen, and they'd be back together. For Mia's protection or whatever. 🙄😒 To each their own and people can live however they want but this felt like settling. Mia's nice, and Lorenzo doesn't beat up Mia. That's the criteria for their relationship. This is just my opinion and is how I perceived their overall interactions. Because of this, I didn't enjoy the Dom/sub scenes as I didn't like Lorenzo and what he did to Mia at the club. Especially his "the perfect woman" comment. Just grossed me out.
I am excited about the next book. Hopefully, Lorenzo will get taken out by Kere 😅🤣 OVERALL, good addition to the series. I just didn't like Lorenzo, and that's fine. We aren't going to like everybody, right?
January 15, 2024
I wasn't supposed to read this , but I gave in. Felt bad leaving one book out of the series so I had to right?
3/5☆
4.5/5 🌶 spice was surprisingly good and there was a lot of it.
•Dom/sub
•dual pov, duet audio 🎧
•insta lust, attractions
•dead ex
•touch her and you die
•sunshine x grumpy
I can't hate it nor can I love love it
This is Lorenzos ( I bet u didnt realise that HA) story filled with grief and questionable choices..??
Back in book 1 and 2 we meet his lovely wife but now she has passed away. And that's just a big no for me. I hate reading books with the dead ex trope. Especially if the ex was actually good, love of their life. Just heartbreaking. So why did I read this? This book is filled with his love for her past wife SO WHY AM I DOING THIS TO MYSELF..
I felt bad for the fmc, the mmc , also for the people who had to witness their relationship happen and me.
Mia runs away from a 10 year long, abusive relationship and our gang takes her in. Lorenzo and Mia have instantly chemistry and their relationship is just a lot of back and forth. Like a lot. And that was annoying. Lorenzo weeps for his past wife constantly, so much I cried with him. Him not being able to move on and Mia just standing there and taking all the shit he throws at her. GIRL YOU DESERVE BETTER. Their relationship is toxic 90% of the book, but hey we get a HEA and that's all that matters.
Also there is the drama with her abusive ex husband and this book was already a mess before that so more the merrier, I suppose!
I did like how Mia was understanding towards Loz, how she tried to support him and tell him it's alright to love another and that doesn't mean he wouldn't love his ex too. How it's ok to move on.. but honestly our boy was not ready for a relationship. He did do self therapy and punched some poor guys whenever he got sad , selfcare king🥰
He is a Dom, she is a sub and that happens later on in the book. The scenes were hot, but imo it was pretty mild? Idk I might be insane, but there was a chance to make this so so so much more 🔥🫣.
ANYWAY, the smut scenes were hot, gotta question their stamina a bit cuz HOW.
Impressive, that's all.
Overall it was an enjoyable, emotional rollercoaster, and im all about that!
Try the series out if u need more spice, bad men and bad life choices😈
3/5☆
4.5/5 🌶 spice was surprisingly good and there was a lot of it.
•Dom/sub
•dual pov, duet audio 🎧
•insta lust, attractions
•dead ex
•touch her and you die
•sunshine x grumpy
I can't hate it nor can I love love it
This is Lorenzos ( I bet u didnt realise that HA) story filled with grief and questionable choices..??
Back in book 1 and 2 we meet his lovely wife but now she has passed away. And that's just a big no for me. I hate reading books with the dead ex trope. Especially if the ex was actually good, love of their life. Just heartbreaking. So why did I read this? This book is filled with his love for her past wife SO WHY AM I DOING THIS TO MYSELF..
I felt bad for the fmc, the mmc , also for the people who had to witness their relationship happen and me.
Mia runs away from a 10 year long, abusive relationship and our gang takes her in. Lorenzo and Mia have instantly chemistry and their relationship is just a lot of back and forth. Like a lot. And that was annoying. Lorenzo weeps for his past wife constantly, so much I cried with him. Him not being able to move on and Mia just standing there and taking all the shit he throws at her. GIRL YOU DESERVE BETTER. Their relationship is toxic 90% of the book, but hey we get a HEA and that's all that matters.
Also there is the drama with her abusive ex husband and this book was already a mess before that so more the merrier, I suppose!
I did like how Mia was understanding towards Loz, how she tried to support him and tell him it's alright to love another and that doesn't mean he wouldn't love his ex too. How it's ok to move on.. but honestly our boy was not ready for a relationship. He did do self therapy and punched some poor guys whenever he got sad , selfcare king🥰
He is a Dom, she is a sub and that happens later on in the book. The scenes were hot, but imo it was pretty mild? Idk I might be insane, but there was a chance to make this so so so much more 🔥🫣.
ANYWAY, the smut scenes were hot, gotta question their stamina a bit cuz HOW.
Impressive, that's all.
Overall it was an enjoyable, emotional rollercoaster, and im all about that!
Try the series out if u need more spice, bad men and bad life choices😈
September 29, 2023
mia was so fuckinggggg annoying omfg , every page she’s saying “holy bananas” STFU + she said her husband raped her but then she also said the s3x was good ??? HUH & SHE STAYED WITH HIM FIRST 10 YEARS
Lorenzo was literally annoying, every page he’s comparing mia to anya , we get it your wife died jesus christ but stop with the comparisons damn
brad (mia’s abusive husband) literally was fucking his biological mom , yes the woman who had him 🤢 + him and mia were having unprotected sex while he was having unprotected sex with other people
ABSOLUTELY FUCKING NOTTT , so unrealistic if you think for one got damn min i’m going to sit up here and believe that mia didn’t catch anything, and the way sadie described brad was as if he was this beer belly, fat , greasy nasty looking guy just made it even WORSE
mia was such a annoying character i literally dnfed like i literally wanted to snatch that bitch out the book and slap some common sense into her wtf , she ain’t relatable or likable AT ALL (had to look at the spoilers)
and i also i HATE how sadie kincaid made it like having a fat ass was such a bad thing , sounds like exactly like another white women trying her hardest to make her FMC have no features similar to black women
Lorenzo was literally annoying, every page he’s comparing mia to anya , we get it your wife died jesus christ but stop with the comparisons damn
brad (mia’s abusive husband) literally was fucking his biological mom , yes the woman who had him 🤢 + him and mia were having unprotected sex while he was having unprotected sex with other people
ABSOLUTELY FUCKING NOTTT , so unrealistic if you think for one got damn min i’m going to sit up here and believe that mia didn’t catch anything, and the way sadie described brad was as if he was this beer belly, fat , greasy nasty looking guy just made it even WORSE
mia was such a annoying character i literally dnfed like i literally wanted to snatch that bitch out the book and slap some common sense into her wtf , she ain’t relatable or likable AT ALL (had to look at the spoilers)
and i also i HATE how sadie kincaid made it like having a fat ass was such a bad thing , sounds like exactly like another white women trying her hardest to make her FMC have no features similar to black women
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 30, 2023
Spoilers/TW ahead
Ok skip this review if you don’t want to read spoilers or triggers. I really contemplated not leaving this review or rating because I love and adore all things Sadie Kincaid. I devoured everything she published immediately as soon as I found her and like everyone else I wait ever so impatiently for each new release. But this book, was my least favorite unfortunately. I’m not used to Sadie writing such weak h’s and I was appalled at how weak Mia was. Like sick over it. And Lorenzo, as much as I wanted to love him, he was selfish and cruel and did and said unforgivable things to Mia IMO. I’ve never really been a fan of the widower trope so I knew going in it would be rough for me, also the Dom/sub and bdsm is not my fave either. Not when it’s constant and the only intimacy the couple shores after the established the Dom/ sub relationship. The constant “scenes“ are just not it for me. And that is a personal preference so not at all a reason for this rating.
That would be that whole widower role and weak h and cruel H thing going on. Not only was Mia abused by her husband for a decade, and Lorenzo knew that, saw it, but then he abuses her too just in a difficult way. And yeah we get it your a sad man after losing your wife 2 years prior, that is no excuse for the way he treated Mia over and over. Also, the cruel stuff he said to her after she took him back …I could never forgive, and I didn’t feel like he groveled enough or suffered for his actions at all. She always just rolled over for him and they fkd and that’s the end. And I’m sorry but the way he explained and expected no jealousy with other women but his ex’s kept approaching and were creeping and Mia just supposed to be silent because she would get punished if not. Yuck. Dom/sub or not that is so not cool. How would Lorenzo feel if Mia had and ex rub on her dress like his ex’s rubbed on his suit, and then the contact of cheek kisses by both of them. He would lose his mind. And Mia being so happy to meet them? Give me a damn break! Seriously. Wanting to be friends with them? Omg. No. Just no. But none of that infuriated me as much as the wedding day. Mind you, he NEVER told her she wasn’t second best like he said, that still bothers me. Not even his internal dialogue acknowledges it. But the wedding day, he couldn’t even give her that without making it a huge thing about Anya!? His behavior, his internal dialogue and his meeting with her right before she walked down the aisle! I’m furious that Sadie couldn’t give Mia this one damn day without her having Anya shadow. Yeah I get that she knew she would always hold a piece of his ❤️, ok but damn Mia deserves so much better.3 kids later and he still so torn up that he wants to think about and talk about his dead wife and can’t even give Mia one day solely celebrating her. Like I’ve never been more disappointed for and with 2 characters in my 44 years. No matter how you write it, and try to justify it, Mia got the short end and is still years later and will always be second best to Lorenzo and she allows it and seemingly celebrates in it. After all the ways she has suffered already she still getting the crap end. She was so desperate for love and attention without physical abuse that she clings to less than what she deserves and everyone just turns a blind eye and goes with it, including her own cousin. Books with the widow trope are always a challenge to write because we never want to read about our h being second best or being settled for and unfortunately, this book dug into that so deep and glorified it. Also, we the readers are sick of reading weak FMC’s in 2023. We’ve been weak for all eternity and we are sick of it. And this isn’t how Sadie usually writes the FMC’s so it was a double whammy to read. I love her books because of the strong FMC’s. Lorenzo should have grovel more and for much longer both times he abandoned her and she got hurt and even arrested. Like what kind of a Dom are you even. Both times you crush her after using her then tossing her away like trash and she goes through catastrophic trauma. And then it seemed like his selfish childish behavior was just wanting his toy back so he demanded it back at his leisure. Honestly I wanted Dante and Max and Joey to go upside his head so many times and demand he stop his crap but they all just walked on eggshells and co-signed his crap. Everyone goes through trauma but that is never an excuse for treating people like they are crap. Over and over at that.
Anyways, I love Sadie so much. I hate to not have a better review or personal opinion about this book. She is my automatic add to cart on release day author. She was actually pivotal in getting me back into reading last year. I stumbled upon her books and that lit a fire in me and since I’ve read a book a day. I don’t ever want to disrespect her talents. She is an amazing author. This book just wasn’t for me. It left me feeling ick.
Ok skip this review if you don’t want to read spoilers or triggers. I really contemplated not leaving this review or rating because I love and adore all things Sadie Kincaid. I devoured everything she published immediately as soon as I found her and like everyone else I wait ever so impatiently for each new release. But this book, was my least favorite unfortunately. I’m not used to Sadie writing such weak h’s and I was appalled at how weak Mia was. Like sick over it. And Lorenzo, as much as I wanted to love him, he was selfish and cruel and did and said unforgivable things to Mia IMO. I’ve never really been a fan of the widower trope so I knew going in it would be rough for me, also the Dom/sub and bdsm is not my fave either. Not when it’s constant and the only intimacy the couple shores after the established the Dom/ sub relationship. The constant “scenes“ are just not it for me. And that is a personal preference so not at all a reason for this rating.
That would be that whole widower role and weak h and cruel H thing going on. Not only was Mia abused by her husband for a decade, and Lorenzo knew that, saw it, but then he abuses her too just in a difficult way. And yeah we get it your a sad man after losing your wife 2 years prior, that is no excuse for the way he treated Mia over and over. Also, the cruel stuff he said to her after she took him back …I could never forgive, and I didn’t feel like he groveled enough or suffered for his actions at all. She always just rolled over for him and they fkd and that’s the end. And I’m sorry but the way he explained and expected no jealousy with other women but his ex’s kept approaching and were creeping and Mia just supposed to be silent because she would get punished if not. Yuck. Dom/sub or not that is so not cool. How would Lorenzo feel if Mia had and ex rub on her dress like his ex’s rubbed on his suit, and then the contact of cheek kisses by both of them. He would lose his mind. And Mia being so happy to meet them? Give me a damn break! Seriously. Wanting to be friends with them? Omg. No. Just no. But none of that infuriated me as much as the wedding day. Mind you, he NEVER told her she wasn’t second best like he said, that still bothers me. Not even his internal dialogue acknowledges it. But the wedding day, he couldn’t even give her that without making it a huge thing about Anya!? His behavior, his internal dialogue and his meeting with her right before she walked down the aisle! I’m furious that Sadie couldn’t give Mia this one damn day without her having Anya shadow. Yeah I get that she knew she would always hold a piece of his ❤️, ok but damn Mia deserves so much better.3 kids later and he still so torn up that he wants to think about and talk about his dead wife and can’t even give Mia one day solely celebrating her. Like I’ve never been more disappointed for and with 2 characters in my 44 years. No matter how you write it, and try to justify it, Mia got the short end and is still years later and will always be second best to Lorenzo and she allows it and seemingly celebrates in it. After all the ways she has suffered already she still getting the crap end. She was so desperate for love and attention without physical abuse that she clings to less than what she deserves and everyone just turns a blind eye and goes with it, including her own cousin. Books with the widow trope are always a challenge to write because we never want to read about our h being second best or being settled for and unfortunately, this book dug into that so deep and glorified it. Also, we the readers are sick of reading weak FMC’s in 2023. We’ve been weak for all eternity and we are sick of it. And this isn’t how Sadie usually writes the FMC’s so it was a double whammy to read. I love her books because of the strong FMC’s. Lorenzo should have grovel more and for much longer both times he abandoned her and she got hurt and even arrested. Like what kind of a Dom are you even. Both times you crush her after using her then tossing her away like trash and she goes through catastrophic trauma. And then it seemed like his selfish childish behavior was just wanting his toy back so he demanded it back at his leisure. Honestly I wanted Dante and Max and Joey to go upside his head so many times and demand he stop his crap but they all just walked on eggshells and co-signed his crap. Everyone goes through trauma but that is never an excuse for treating people like they are crap. Over and over at that.
Anyways, I love Sadie so much. I hate to not have a better review or personal opinion about this book. She is my automatic add to cart on release day author. She was actually pivotal in getting me back into reading last year. I stumbled upon her books and that lit a fire in me and since I’ve read a book a day. I don’t ever want to disrespect her talents. She is an amazing author. This book just wasn’t for me. It left me feeling ick.
December 19, 2023
4 stars
I genuinely thought I wasn't going to like this one but I'm pleasantly surprised. I really enjoyed it
I genuinely thought I wasn't going to like this one but I'm pleasantly surprised. I really enjoyed it
September 22, 2023
Oh Banana!!
I was waiting for this book since Dante came out, because Lorenzo had me intrigued. I, along with probably most readers, knew Anya wasn't going to find a miracle cure. But it still hurt my heart that Lorenzo, and the rest of the Moretti fam, had to suffer with her lost. But in came sunshine personified in Mia. Even with the hand she was dealt in life, she was a ray of sunshine. Sunshine that Lorenzo fought to let in; but, ultimately, it was inevitable. (Side note: love the Sunshine term of endearment). I love how she made him grovel, because he was a real ass to her while he tried to fight his feelings. There were multiple times my heart broke for him though. Especially when he felt like he cheated on Anya. I loved how Mia didn't make him feel like he couldn't think or talk about her. She let him know it was okay to and to love again. and the letter, the LETTER. My heart broke for Lorenzo, and Max because I know how hard it must have been to keep it all that time. I love this family and how they are ride or die (for real). I'm a little worried after reading the preview of Keres. But Sadie never disappoints and I can't wait to see what's next.
I was waiting for this book since Dante came out, because Lorenzo had me intrigued. I, along with probably most readers, knew Anya wasn't going to find a miracle cure. But it still hurt my heart that Lorenzo, and the rest of the Moretti fam, had to suffer with her lost. But in came sunshine personified in Mia. Even with the hand she was dealt in life, she was a ray of sunshine. Sunshine that Lorenzo fought to let in; but, ultimately, it was inevitable. (Side note: love the Sunshine term of endearment). I love how she made him grovel, because he was a real ass to her while he tried to fight his feelings. There were multiple times my heart broke for him though. Especially when he felt like he cheated on Anya. I loved how Mia didn't make him feel like he couldn't think or talk about her. She let him know it was okay to and to love again. and the letter, the LETTER. My heart broke for Lorenzo, and Max because I know how hard it must have been to keep it all that time. I love this family and how they are ride or die (for real). I'm a little worried after reading the preview of Keres. But Sadie never disappoints and I can't wait to see what's next.
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September 7, 2024Sadly for me this is a DNF @ 41%
The start of the book was so strong for me! I thought for sure this would be a 5 ⭐️.
The FMC is running away from her abusive husband and in the first spicy scene the MMC was quite rough with her and stormed off. There wasn’t the care needed and they both jumped into this sexual relationship with so much trauma that hadn’t been properly addressed.
In my opinion, the MMC didn’t treat the FMC well and she was professing her love at 41%. I was blindsided TBH.
I felt this had so much potential but unfortunately due to the treatment of the FMC I had to pause.
The start of the book was so strong for me! I thought for sure this would be a 5 ⭐️.
The FMC is running away from her abusive husband and in the first spicy scene the MMC was quite rough with her and stormed off. There wasn’t the care needed and they both jumped into this sexual relationship with so much trauma that hadn’t been properly addressed.
In my opinion, the MMC didn’t treat the FMC well and she was professing her love at 41%. I was blindsided TBH.
I felt this had so much potential but unfortunately due to the treatment of the FMC I had to pause.
September 29, 2023
1. I’m not an expert on domestic violence but I find it hard to believe that a woman who has been raped and physically abused by her husband for a decade would have Mia’s sunny, optimistic outlook on life.
2. Despite being raped and beaten by her husband for a decade, Mia has absolutely no issues as a result of this DV – no fear of men, no fear of intimacy. I call bullshit.
3. This book could not decide what it was going to be. First, it was about DV and Mia running away from her abusive husband. Then, it was all about Lorenzo not being able to move on from his dead wife. Then, it was all about the mafia. Then, it turned into just another rip off of FSOG. When Lorenzo turned into a Dom and told Mia that he was going to control every aspect of her life 24/7, I was done.
DNF
2. Despite being raped and beaten by her husband for a decade, Mia has absolutely no issues as a result of this DV – no fear of men, no fear of intimacy. I call bullshit.
3. This book could not decide what it was going to be. First, it was about DV and Mia running away from her abusive husband. Then, it was all about Lorenzo not being able to move on from his dead wife. Then, it was all about the mafia. Then, it turned into just another rip off of FSOG. When Lorenzo turned into a Dom and told Mia that he was going to control every aspect of her life 24/7, I was done.
DNF
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 27, 2023
This book was everything I wanted with Lorenzo’s story. I knew this was gonna be a sad one, with how much he loved his wife. I definitely cried a couple times reading their story. Mia was so perfect for him. The spice in this one was off the charts hot. I loved everything about this series, it just kept getting better and better. I can’t wait to see who the next book is about and what’s going to happen.
July 26, 2023
Read Dante's story and almost done with Joey's, I cant wait for Lorenzo's story, although I'm worried cause anya was sick in both books, and I dont know if she's still alive or not, but I hope it ends with a happy ending nevertheless.
September 29, 2023
Holy banana balls 🍌
This is by far my favorite book of the Chicago Ruthless series. It was packed full of emotion and spice and drama and tension, and I loved every minute of it.
I may have wanted to hit Lorenzo upside the head a few times, but I understood where he was coming from. He was experiencing so much hurt and pain from losing his wife, and trying to learn that it was okay to love again.
Mia is a complete ray of sunshine, and even though she had such a hard life, I loved how she was independent and strong, and knew what she wanted from the get-go. She held her own, and wanted an equal partnership, a love worth taking risks for.
This is a Dark Mafia Romance, so there are some triggers that you might want to be check before diving in. (References to SA and domestic mainly)
Grumpy/Sunshine
Second Chance Romance
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This is book three in a series, so definitely read Dante and then, Joey, and then come devour this lengthy masterpiece, & keep in mind that you will get your HEA.
This is by far my favorite book of the Chicago Ruthless series. It was packed full of emotion and spice and drama and tension, and I loved every minute of it.
I may have wanted to hit Lorenzo upside the head a few times, but I understood where he was coming from. He was experiencing so much hurt and pain from losing his wife, and trying to learn that it was okay to love again.
Mia is a complete ray of sunshine, and even though she had such a hard life, I loved how she was independent and strong, and knew what she wanted from the get-go. She held her own, and wanted an equal partnership, a love worth taking risks for.
This is a Dark Mafia Romance, so there are some triggers that you might want to be check before diving in. (References to SA and domestic mainly)
Grumpy/Sunshine
Second Chance Romance
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This is book three in a series, so definitely read Dante and then, Joey, and then come devour this lengthy masterpiece, & keep in mind that you will get your HEA.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 10, 2024
Disappointed Disappointed Disappointed
I was waiting to read Lorenzo's story from book one. To read about Lorenzo, him being a widower and his journey of finding love again being a Dom.
But it was nowhere near what I was expecting.
I was not expecting a FMC to be this happy and sunshiney after being beaten up and being a victim of DA n SA.
Nothing was their in this book to read. No story no plot development no character development no chemistry.
Overall Disappointed
I was waiting to read Lorenzo's story from book one. To read about Lorenzo, him being a widower and his journey of finding love again being a Dom.
But it was nowhere near what I was expecting.
I was not expecting a FMC to be this happy and sunshiney after being beaten up and being a victim of DA n SA.
Nothing was their in this book to read. No story no plot development no character development no chemistry.
Overall Disappointed
November 20, 2023
So I read Dante, hated it. I didn’t plan on reading another book in this series even though I usually love Sadie’s work but figured I’d give Lorenzo a chance given the nature of the book. It’s not a common situation and I admired the uniqueness of the plot.
However, I think Sadie forgot how to write a strong FMC. And I’m not talking physically kick your butt strong, but even mentally. There was so so so much potential here. Literally this woman goes from a 10 year abusive relationship to the arms of a man who lost the love of his life. His wish-washyness was understandable for some time, but then it dragged on. And on. And on. And on.
And what does Mia do? Forgives him. Every. Single. Time. With hardly any work. This man literally tells you he’ll never love you like he did his dead wife and you’ll always be second best, and then what 3 days later you forgive him? All because he said some pretty words?……seriously? That’s all it took? She should’ve been focusing on herself and healing and not so concerned with a man who compared her to his wife time and time again. For someone who was so insecure it shocked me that she consistently let his words go.
Mind you, this was AFTER he already chased her away for 4 months. Mind you, after she takes him back THE SAME DAY she calls him after not seeing him for 4 months. Where was the grovel? Where was the effort? It’s like authors constantly glorifying just accepting scraps and forgiving with no expectation of showing a change. It’s crazy to me.
The spice was ok. I wasn’t expecting the dom/sub relationship aspect (oh yeah, he tells her he’ll literally never have a sub again cause she could never be Anya, multiple times) but it was fine. I get why Mia needed someone to take healthy control after her relationship with her husband. My big issue with dom/sub books is a lot of the times, like Sadie did here, they do absolutely no aftercare and it drives me nuts. How do they not discuss aftercare until 80% into the book? Gross. She calls him sir and he does what he wants but it doesn’t really show how it benefits the sub.
Overall, I just really couldn’t get past that many pages of him constantly bringing up his wife and then on the other page them having sex. I would’ve loved to see Mia go off on her own again and actually stand strong and not take him back same day. Normally if I eye-roll during a book more than 5 times that’s not a good sign, and there were countless in this book. Again, had potential, but ultimately fell short with both characters being a disappointment.
However, I think Sadie forgot how to write a strong FMC. And I’m not talking physically kick your butt strong, but even mentally. There was so so so much potential here. Literally this woman goes from a 10 year abusive relationship to the arms of a man who lost the love of his life. His wish-washyness was understandable for some time, but then it dragged on. And on. And on. And on.
And what does Mia do? Forgives him. Every. Single. Time. With hardly any work. This man literally tells you he’ll never love you like he did his dead wife and you’ll always be second best, and then what 3 days later you forgive him? All because he said some pretty words?……seriously? That’s all it took? She should’ve been focusing on herself and healing and not so concerned with a man who compared her to his wife time and time again. For someone who was so insecure it shocked me that she consistently let his words go.
Mind you, this was AFTER he already chased her away for 4 months. Mind you, after she takes him back THE SAME DAY she calls him after not seeing him for 4 months. Where was the grovel? Where was the effort? It’s like authors constantly glorifying just accepting scraps and forgiving with no expectation of showing a change. It’s crazy to me.
The spice was ok. I wasn’t expecting the dom/sub relationship aspect (oh yeah, he tells her he’ll literally never have a sub again cause she could never be Anya, multiple times) but it was fine. I get why Mia needed someone to take healthy control after her relationship with her husband. My big issue with dom/sub books is a lot of the times, like Sadie did here, they do absolutely no aftercare and it drives me nuts. How do they not discuss aftercare until 80% into the book? Gross. She calls him sir and he does what he wants but it doesn’t really show how it benefits the sub.
Overall, I just really couldn’t get past that many pages of him constantly bringing up his wife and then on the other page them having sex. I would’ve loved to see Mia go off on her own again and actually stand strong and not take him back same day. Normally if I eye-roll during a book more than 5 times that’s not a good sign, and there were countless in this book. Again, had potential, but ultimately fell short with both characters being a disappointment.
April 13, 2024
This started out so promising. The heroine leaves her abusive husband and is a Little Miss Sunshine facing off the grumpy and mourning mafia guy who loves to kill people. It was pretty amusing that the minute they have sex he's runs around telling all his guy friends about how guilty he feels. He, of course, tells the h it can NEVER happen again, and her response that it wasn't that great anyway is like a red flag to a bull.
Anyhoo, things went south when they decide to be official and in a BDSM relationship. Kind of out of nowhere, but the h seemed to leave her personality behind when he became Sir. That and
Anyhoo, things went south when they decide to be official and in a BDSM relationship. Kind of out of nowhere, but the h seemed to leave her personality behind when he became Sir. That and
April 3, 2024
2.0 | I was hoping for more of a plot, but if you skip over all the sex scenes there are about 15 pages left…
September 29, 2023
I think I expected more.
I have been a huge fan of this series along with really anything Sadie writes. However, this book? I don’t know. It just, ugh. It felt like 60% of the book was smut. And listen, I love some good smut but this was just too much. Also, I didn’t like how Lorenzo could tell Mia she’ll never be Anya, he’ll never love her like that blah blah blah and she very easily took him back. With this being said, this is the same character who talks about how belittling and emotionally abusive her ex husband, who she ran from was. (let’s not get into the physical abuse) Now, I’m not saying Lorenzo degraded her or emotionally abused her the same way. But I just felt she had no backbone with Lorenzo and allowed him to really make her feel like she wasn’t good enough and oh well that’s fine I’ll forgive him and move on. Regardless, it’s a good book overall, I just think I expected more.
I have been a huge fan of this series along with really anything Sadie writes. However, this book? I don’t know. It just, ugh. It felt like 60% of the book was smut. And listen, I love some good smut but this was just too much. Also, I didn’t like how Lorenzo could tell Mia she’ll never be Anya, he’ll never love her like that blah blah blah and she very easily took him back. With this being said, this is the same character who talks about how belittling and emotionally abusive her ex husband, who she ran from was. (let’s not get into the physical abuse) Now, I’m not saying Lorenzo degraded her or emotionally abused her the same way. But I just felt she had no backbone with Lorenzo and allowed him to really make her feel like she wasn’t good enough and oh well that’s fine I’ll forgive him and move on. Regardless, it’s a good book overall, I just think I expected more.
October 25, 2024
I could never be in a 24/7 Dom-sub relationship cause ain’t no way you put a blanket on the floor and tell me to sleep there like a dog. My anger is too strong.
September 28, 2023
Second Chances
Dante and Joey's books prepared us for this moment. We were introduced to Lorenzo's character in Dante's story. Lorenzo was intimidating, controlling and dangerous. We also met his wife Anya who was also his submissive. When looking into Lorenzo and Anya you saw a Dominant love and care for his Submissive wife but all good things come to an end.
Lorenzo is technically suppose to be the head of the Mafia family but when he chose Anya over the arranged marriage his father had wanted his birthright was taken and bestowed upon Dante.
This book begins ripping your heart out in the very beginning with Anya's funeral. Although the author prepared us for this moment it was still sad to read. Losing Anya turned an already dangerous man feral. Lorenzo lost himself after losing his wife and his family was worried about him until the day a ray of annoying sunshine breeches the darkness surrounding him.
Mia was an incessant chatterbox fleeing from an abusive marriage. She knew she could find safety with her cousin Kat (Dante's wife). I liked Mia's character but I also didn't like her character just the same. Yes she was fleeing an abusive, vile and evil husband but she was still married. As she spent time around Kat, Dante, Max, Joey and Lorenzo she began to relax and think about her next move. The problem with Mia's character was the fact she was desperate for love and affection. Mia is one of those woman who will throw caution to the wind and fall in bed with a man who shows her kindness or gentleness. It took her a month before she was already sleeping with Lorenzo but she was still married. Mia was a cheater.....PERIOD and once her secrets came out at the end that accusation proves to be true.
Lorenzo and Mia started off toxic because Lorenzo was still feeling guilty for having feelings for another woman even after Max gave him Anya's letter giving her blessing. On more than one occasion Lorenzo was absolutely terrible towards Mia but in true Mia fashion all he had to do was say he was sorry, give some semi heartfelt lame explanation and she was once again back in his bed until he hurt her feelings again.
It was a long road but Lorenzo's brain was finally in sync with his heart and he decided to prove to Mia that he was all in.
Yes, this couple found their HEA but it was hard fought. I'm looking forward to see what happens next because that Cliffhanger has me thinking that there are a few family secrets that Lorenzo, Dante and Joey are unaware of and those secrets are about to hit them head on.
Dante and Joey's books prepared us for this moment. We were introduced to Lorenzo's character in Dante's story. Lorenzo was intimidating, controlling and dangerous. We also met his wife Anya who was also his submissive. When looking into Lorenzo and Anya you saw a Dominant love and care for his Submissive wife but all good things come to an end.
Lorenzo is technically suppose to be the head of the Mafia family but when he chose Anya over the arranged marriage his father had wanted his birthright was taken and bestowed upon Dante.
This book begins ripping your heart out in the very beginning with Anya's funeral. Although the author prepared us for this moment it was still sad to read. Losing Anya turned an already dangerous man feral. Lorenzo lost himself after losing his wife and his family was worried about him until the day a ray of annoying sunshine breeches the darkness surrounding him.
Mia was an incessant chatterbox fleeing from an abusive marriage. She knew she could find safety with her cousin Kat (Dante's wife). I liked Mia's character but I also didn't like her character just the same. Yes she was fleeing an abusive, vile and evil husband but she was still married. As she spent time around Kat, Dante, Max, Joey and Lorenzo she began to relax and think about her next move. The problem with Mia's character was the fact she was desperate for love and affection. Mia is one of those woman who will throw caution to the wind and fall in bed with a man who shows her kindness or gentleness. It took her a month before she was already sleeping with Lorenzo but she was still married. Mia was a cheater.....PERIOD and once her secrets came out at the end that accusation proves to be true.
Lorenzo and Mia started off toxic because Lorenzo was still feeling guilty for having feelings for another woman even after Max gave him Anya's letter giving her blessing. On more than one occasion Lorenzo was absolutely terrible towards Mia but in true Mia fashion all he had to do was say he was sorry, give some semi heartfelt lame explanation and she was once again back in his bed until he hurt her feelings again.
It was a long road but Lorenzo's brain was finally in sync with his heart and he decided to prove to Mia that he was all in.
Yes, this couple found their HEA but it was hard fought. I'm looking forward to see what happens next because that Cliffhanger has me thinking that there are a few family secrets that Lorenzo, Dante and Joey are unaware of and those secrets are about to hit them head on.
September 28, 2023
3 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Mia was an absolute Queen! I have no words for her.
I’m going to say that this book is really heartbreaking and I have read loss of a spouse in the past but on this book Lorenzo mention’s his ex wife in almost every single chapter.
He told Mia that she will never be as good as his ex wife.
He kept telling her that he will never love her or see a future with her for about 75% of the book.
———“You think I could ever love you as much as I loved her, Mia? You will never be her. You will never be good enough. Is that how you want to live your life? Always second best?”———(68% of the book)
And guess what even when he actually started telling her that he loved her this was in his head.
——“I love you too, sunshine.” The words come so easily to me, like some universal truth that I’ve known all my life. Suddenly an image of Anya’s face drifts into my head—my other universal truth.” ——
I’m sorry but poor Mia didn’t deserve all that after what she went through.
And I don’t like reading a book that the ex is mentioned so much that it almost overshadows the current heroine.
Mia was an absolute Queen! I have no words for her.
I’m going to say that this book is really heartbreaking and I have read loss of a spouse in the past but on this book Lorenzo mention’s his ex wife in almost every single chapter.
He told Mia that she will never be as good as his ex wife.
He kept telling her that he will never love her or see a future with her for about 75% of the book.
———“You think I could ever love you as much as I loved her, Mia? You will never be her. You will never be good enough. Is that how you want to live your life? Always second best?”———(68% of the book)
And guess what even when he actually started telling her that he loved her this was in his head.
——“I love you too, sunshine.” The words come so easily to me, like some universal truth that I’ve known all my life. Suddenly an image of Anya’s face drifts into my head—my other universal truth.” ——
I’m sorry but poor Mia didn’t deserve all that after what she went through.
And I don’t like reading a book that the ex is mentioned so much that it almost overshadows the current heroine.
October 15, 2023
Really enjoyed this one. I absolutely love Mia and Lorenzo together, she completely healed him when it came to Anya’s death and he healed her from her trauma from her abusive husband. They came into each other’s lives when it was very much crucial. Although Lorenzo said something that would’ve took me awhile to forgive, I feel like he didn’t grovel enough for that. Dante is still my favorite book when it comes to this series, but I really entire series. This was amazing!!
September 20, 2023
Are you kidding right now? I have been waiting for Lorenzo for what seems like an eternity and he is SO worth the wait.
Sadie has given us a perfectly flawed hero and an amazing story that had me sobbing from the jump.
Lorenzo's development over the course of this story is breathtaking. The work that she did with his evolution was thoughtful and profound and he immediately catapulted himself into my top 3 book husbands of all time. He is so beautifully broken and vulnerable.
Mia is a breath of fresh air, but not a pushover. She gives as good as she gets like many of Sadies heroines, but she does it in a unique way that is all her own.
Lorenzo is an absolutely perfect story. I don't know how Sadie will ever top him, but I'm excited to see her try.
5 🌶️
5 ⭐
Sadie has given us a perfectly flawed hero and an amazing story that had me sobbing from the jump.
Lorenzo's development over the course of this story is breathtaking. The work that she did with his evolution was thoughtful and profound and he immediately catapulted himself into my top 3 book husbands of all time. He is so beautifully broken and vulnerable.
Mia is a breath of fresh air, but not a pushover. She gives as good as she gets like many of Sadies heroines, but she does it in a unique way that is all her own.
Lorenzo is an absolutely perfect story. I don't know how Sadie will ever top him, but I'm excited to see her try.
5 🌶️
5 ⭐
October 6, 2024
Okay, wow wow wow, this book was absolutely everything for me. It was heartbreaking, it was beautiful, it was incredibly spicy. The Dom/sub relationship was depicted in such a wonderful and amazing way. It gave me all the feels, I definitely cried a few times.
June 3, 2024
Is it love or is it just BDSM? DNF
The story began with so much angst and sadness in the death of Anya and how it affected Lorenzo. That is where the story begins to go down hill. This story could have been better had it approached the very sensitive topic of physical and mental abuse by a spouse for a decade with some thought.
Two years later enters Mia, a beaten and battered/abused cousin to Kat, i.e., Dante's wife. The writing was okay until this author went down the preverbal rabbit hole of the Sub/Dom/BDSM relationship whereas Lorenzo takes a scarred woman who has been physically/mentally abused by her husband for a decade and trains her to become his submissive. Is Lorenzo's character any better than Brad's taking a woman who needed to be seeing a shrink and working through her issues as to why she willingly stayed in an abusive relationship for ten years with Brad. She lived under the thumb of a controlling tyrant only to be trained to be a submissive to another controlling man. In my opinion Lorenzo's character wasn't a good fit for Mia; she deserved better. His on again, off again whip lash treatment of Mia was not a man who loved a woman; but needed someone to control since he lost all control in the loss of Anya to cancer.
I am over authors who try to turn to these kinds of sexual relationships whereas the man dominates a woman not only sexually, but mentally by training them to be their collared sex toy. There is a fine line between erotica and love. Many people involved in BDSM are in it strictly for the sex and the high they get from controlling someone or being controlled both mentally and physically There are few authors in my opinion that are able to successfully create a world of BDSM and call it a love story such as E.L. James did in the 50 Shades series.
Books that are centered on sex clubs where people join to have the Sub/Dom experience are far more appropriate when dealing with an erotic experience vs., some guy tying you up and punishing you in his basement because you showed resistance or free will. Some readers love the erotica or dub con relationships whereas I prefer something deeper and more meaningful where the author is able to straddle the fence of kink and love. A character that takes a mentally vulnerable and physically abused woman and trains them to be their submissive rates pretty low in my book however you choose to label it. The day I see authors turning the table on Sub/Dom themes where the man is the Sub and the woman is the Dom, is the day I may consider taking a look at how things play out when the women are in charge.
I have tried to read this author's books a few times, but have added her to my "do not read" list because abused mentally/physically damaged women characters shouldn't be exploited anymore than they already have been. Dark is one thing, sadistic is another.
There are too many authors who know how to infuse some kink in a story without it being the main feature, but are able to write lust infused hot sex into their stories without going 100% of the BDSM route. The story could have been much better. It just boils down to personal choice and what you look for in one of these novels when it comes to the two main characters and a purported love story.
The story began with so much angst and sadness in the death of Anya and how it affected Lorenzo. That is where the story begins to go down hill. This story could have been better had it approached the very sensitive topic of physical and mental abuse by a spouse for a decade with some thought.
Two years later enters Mia, a beaten and battered/abused cousin to Kat, i.e., Dante's wife. The writing was okay until this author went down the preverbal rabbit hole of the Sub/Dom/BDSM relationship whereas Lorenzo takes a scarred woman who has been physically/mentally abused by her husband for a decade and trains her to become his submissive. Is Lorenzo's character any better than Brad's taking a woman who needed to be seeing a shrink and working through her issues as to why she willingly stayed in an abusive relationship for ten years with Brad. She lived under the thumb of a controlling tyrant only to be trained to be a submissive to another controlling man. In my opinion Lorenzo's character wasn't a good fit for Mia; she deserved better. His on again, off again whip lash treatment of Mia was not a man who loved a woman; but needed someone to control since he lost all control in the loss of Anya to cancer.
I am over authors who try to turn to these kinds of sexual relationships whereas the man dominates a woman not only sexually, but mentally by training them to be their collared sex toy. There is a fine line between erotica and love. Many people involved in BDSM are in it strictly for the sex and the high they get from controlling someone or being controlled both mentally and physically There are few authors in my opinion that are able to successfully create a world of BDSM and call it a love story such as E.L. James did in the 50 Shades series.
Books that are centered on sex clubs where people join to have the Sub/Dom experience are far more appropriate when dealing with an erotic experience vs., some guy tying you up and punishing you in his basement because you showed resistance or free will. Some readers love the erotica or dub con relationships whereas I prefer something deeper and more meaningful where the author is able to straddle the fence of kink and love. A character that takes a mentally vulnerable and physically abused woman and trains them to be their submissive rates pretty low in my book however you choose to label it. The day I see authors turning the table on Sub/Dom themes where the man is the Sub and the woman is the Dom, is the day I may consider taking a look at how things play out when the women are in charge.
I have tried to read this author's books a few times, but have added her to my "do not read" list because abused mentally/physically damaged women characters shouldn't be exploited anymore than they already have been. Dark is one thing, sadistic is another.
There are too many authors who know how to infuse some kink in a story without it being the main feature, but are able to write lust infused hot sex into their stories without going 100% of the BDSM route. The story could have been much better. It just boils down to personal choice and what you look for in one of these novels when it comes to the two main characters and a purported love story.
October 1, 2023
I swear if Mia said holy bananas one more time I was going to SNAP. Thank god Lorenzo made her his sub and taught her how to STFU.
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