Secure Angelica (The Family#1) Authored By Angelique Jones Paperback

is many things to many people but in one womans world family means
Respect
Honor
Loyalty
These words are the meaning to life in her world.
When these words are not followed there is only one other word that you must know
Revenge
For Angelica it is the only word that has held any meaning in her life for ten years.
Taught at an early age that disloyalty equals death and that blood is to be answered with blood she seeks vengeance for the deaths of those she loved.

Always alone she has been careful to stay free of emotional ties until her life takes an unexpected turn, Unfortunately like everything in her life it has consequences, Consequences that can only be answered with blood, As her past and future collide together Angelica must face her past once and for all if she has any chance at a future and happiness that she never dared hope for.
She must do it quickly before she sinks further into the darkness and becomes the very thing that she hunts,
excerpt:
At the age of ten I was my daddys little princess and my mommys little angel, I was kept in my tower like any other princess, My mommy was the most beautiful woman in the world, She was so beautiful that many people called her Helen of Troy, and though our coloring was different, everyone said I was just as beautiful, When Mommy chose Daddy, the other men she hadnt chosen were very angry, though they hid it and waited, My parents were worried that someone would steal me, so I lived in my tower, only allowed to be seen by my family, When I was ten my mommy became pregnant with my brother, and we were sent away to be safe, When I was ten my daddy and my mommy died and I was forced to run and hide,
When I was eleven he found me, When I was twelve he found me, When I was thirteen he found me, When I was fourteen he found me, When I was fifteen he found me, When I was sixteen he found me and told me that I would be his princess, When I was seventeen he found me and told me that I was to remain a virgin, When I was eighteen he found me and told me that I was to be his virgin princess bride, When I was nineteen he found me, As I escaped again he yelled to me that if I ever allowed any to touch me, he would kill them, and the pain I suffered now would be nothing compared to what I would suffer for the rest of my life.

His threats scared me then no more than they had when I was eleven, The hurt he did to me I refused to show, The numbness of my existence let me block it out, The problem was, when I turned twenty I did something I had never done before, I allowed someone to become my friend, Goodreads Kindle Copy Win

It is a twisted tale of love and revenge, A princess kept locked up for future use only she will end up seeking revenge to save herself after finding true love in a world of bloodshed and betrayal.
What one female must go through to find some sort of happiness A gripping read,
Mafia books have always been a favorite of mine, especially when done right,

Im happy that I found this series since lately Ive been picking up bad book after another,


Overall the story was interesting and had you rushing to read the next chapter, Some parts were a little over the top and dramatic to the point I truly believed hurt the story, You dont need to be explosive throughout it the entire book,

Something that bugged as well was Ang was supposedly dead to her family, and Enzo a man obsessed with her chases her throughout the entire book knows who she is.
Shes basically running from place to place to get away from Enzo and carry out her mothers wish,

The girl has fire red hair,

She does absolutely nothing to change her appearance from alerting her family that shes alive, and from better hiding from Enzo, I mean shes so recognizable that when her family sees her again for the first time with her brother, they instantly recognize her, And the fact that she basically strunts her stuff wanting to be noticed, I mean come on haha, At least wear a wig and color contacts or some thing,

Another thing I wished this book explored more on is her and Lucca, They basically had zero interactions to make me believe that they love each other, More alone time of them talking and just basic stuff would have been more valuable to the storyline verses all that crazy over the top action,


But I still enjoyed this read, It has some flaws that can be hard at times to over look but over all its worth a read,


Xoxo This was quite a surprisingly amazing find! I love a good mafia story amp a bad ass heroine this had both! The plot was refreshing amp different, while still living up to basic mafia standards.
I loved the characters! It was fast paced amp intriguing, The love story was paced JUST right to where it wasnt annoying insta love, but neither was it a slow burn, Just all around a GREAT book! I might even up it to five just because finding books that get me this excited has become rare indeed! I like the idea of this book, but I will say I feel like I was forced to like Lucca.
It was an insta lust that turned into love that Lucca NEVER said back!

this poor girl went through HELL, I was hopping Lucca would be nicer to her than he was.
it was still good and I do want to read the next book This is the first book I've read by this author, I think the story had potential but the writing is not there quite yet, It had basically no dialogue which made it hard for me to get to know the characters, the story line also felt rushed and it felt to me like it had no depth.
I received this book as a free giveaway through Goodreads,

For the most part it was a good thriller, A little too "me man, you woman" for me, Also some very brutal violence, But overall a decent read, I'm extremely surprised at all the good reviews this book got because the story could have been great if

the author kept her focus,  This is my first book by this author and I can tell shes very talented, but I didn't connect with this story due to the different timeline, format which added more confusion.
 As a reader, it is wise to keep an open mind when reading due to many directions the writer may or may not take to create an awesome plot however, there was so many different directions this plot took.
. .   I need a certain amount of realism to believe the story but some of the plot twists that seemed way too overthetop and not realistic, . . Lucca was dominating, controlling and down right crazy as hl, . How can you say you love someone and don't check on her The author wanted Angelica to be a super heroine that she threw in everything AND the kitchen sink but it was a distraction.
Overall, had potential just fell along the way, . .
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