rescued me from one tower only to lock me in another, . .
With This Ring an Arranged Marriage Mafia Romance is LIVE NOW!
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First installment of Natasha Knight's new mafia duet, With This Ring took me on a twisted path of revenge where alliances and betrayal rule.
"Whiskey at hand, hate in my heart and vengeance on my mind, "
Scarlett De La Cruz, Cartel Princess is taken by the mafia leader Cristiano Grigori, the day of her arranged marriage.
This rings the bell of a breathtaking journey of lust and power,
"Give Fury a little whiskey and she turns into a little kitten, "
If you like a strong and sassy heroine who isn't afraid of challenging a ruthless, albeit quite attaching hero, you'll want to dive into this fast paced read.
The atmosphere of Cristiano's estate gripped me, the intrigue and mystery surrounding the past kept
me wondering, I cannot wait to read the next opus, I Thee Take,
“You and me, were enemies, Enemies to the end. ”
I VOLUNTARILY REVIEWED AN ARC COPY OF THIS BOOK, THANK YOU!!! .stars!
I had a difficulty getting into this book because almost half of the story felt flat for me and the plot went in circles that made me confused as hell.
I didn't really felt connected with the characters at first but I have to continue reading the sequel because the last part really made me curious about what would happen to the story.
Also, I am extremely furious on how Cristiano behaved and treated Scarlet when he discovered something about her, That scene was so degrading to the heroine's part, It was so disappointing and made me like hate him, Ughstars
"Funeral flowers for a wedding, An omen. "
An average read, the plot was going in circles but overall not too bad, You wanted an enemy Scarlett, I'll remember it.
Just Wow, Natasha is an amazing writer, This story was super epic, Mafia at it's best. It's been awhile since I enjoyed a book this much,
A solid,read for sure. I wanted Scarlet to soften, to yield to his volunerbility, It didn't happen. As I reflect there was no way it could Even as I the reader fell hard for Cristiano, I wanted his redemption and his pain, I got neither. Every time I thought he was being more human and less man on mission, I saw the truth of his pain and evilness.
You don't overcome violence and abuse as a child, I applaud Natasha for keeping the characters true to their evolution, This was such a great read,
Disclaimer: No me gusta el romance estilo mafia, La actitud machista y controladora de los personajes masculinos me vuelve loca, al igual que la pasividad de las mujeres.
Además, suele pasarse del odio al amor de una forma poco convincente, Por último, al menos en los pocos libros de este tipo que he leído, el drama abunda y la historia, en consecuencia, a veces es lenta.
Dicho lo cual, debo decir que me gustó mucho este libro,
A ver. Hay violencia, sí, y en exceso, Tenemos al personaje controlador, Cristiano, y a la chica inocente, Scarlett aunque ella se la pasa desafiándolo, Hay mucho drama. Y a pesar de todo aquello, algo en la forma en que la autora construye su historia me tuvo con la nariz pegada al kindle, sin poder parar de leer.
No recuerdo un libro que me haya enganchado más que este,
Así que, tal vez, no es que tenga un problema con el romance estilo mafia, Quizás es que no había encontrado a la autora adecuada,
Supongo que veremos si sigo leyendo de este subgénero, aunque debo decir que tengo pensado leer de nuevo a la autora.
Natasha Knight always beautifully marries suspense and dark romance in a dramatically yummy package and With This Ring is a twisting, intriguing page turner.
Natasha is the queen of mafia marriage of convenience and captive tropes, always finding new and invigorating drama to spin in the genre.
Christiano is a compelling hero straight away, we forgive and relish his darkness, because this is a man who has suffered at the betrayal and treachery of others.
His vendetta makes him initially dangerous and cruel, but we find his softer layers pretty quickly as we start to unpack his past and as we see him drawn to his captive, Scarlett the enemy who is in his clutches just waiting for him to destroy, only her spark somehow chips away at his anger.
Despite Scarletts own painful history and the darkness surrounding this story, shes actually quite a fun heroine, Shes feisty, with a smart mouth and smart wit, Shes fiercely proactive of those she loves and refuses to back down to anyone, let alone her very intimidating captor.
Like Christiano, we find her softer layers as well shes suffered greatly from being a pawn in the machinations of greedy and corrupt men men who by their birthright should protect and cherish her.
BOTH of these characters are such powerful survivors flawed, but beautiful, We empathize with them so easily long before we know some of their truths,
The story starts out with an incredibly intense BANG a full throttle, take no prisoners exposition that hooked me immediately.
From there, our story slows down a smidge as these two characters start to orbit each other and clash.
. . and as we start to piece together the secrets we only read between the lines at first, I caught on to some larger secrets earlier, and so the reveals felt a bit drawn out for me, though NK does a great job building the intrigue and emotional suspense.
Ive noticed recently with NK duets that the first book has a slower romantic pace, with a heavier focus on building the emotional base and the suspenseful architecture.
And, this duet seems to be following a similar pattern, Which means this is a slow burn Natasha really makes us ache as she builds the anticipation, The emotional connection and the chemistry between them took a while to click for me once they did, I was addicted.
There is a lot unspoken between these characters a budding connection we dont yet understand, but they have empathy for one another that starts to challenge their plan to use the other to get what they need.
The pace accelerates quickly from there, with a barrage of betrayals, twists, and heartbreaking moments that lead to a heart stopping cliff hanger.
THANK GOODNESS the next book is not far away because by the end of this story I was obsessed with these two and am desperate to find out just what this ending means for their overarching story.
This is just what I like in mafia romantic suspense its dark, unpredictable, sexy, and dangerous, A wild and dramatic adventure with a turbulent and messy love story at its center, I NEED BOOK! sitelink
'𝖂𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝕿𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝕽𝖎𝖓𝖌' Is the first full length mafia romance book in the '𝕿𝖔 𝖍𝖆𝖛𝖊 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖙𝖔 𝖍𝖔𝖑𝖉' duet Natasha Knight.
Spoken in 'Dual Perspectives. '
This was the perfect book to get me out of my reading funk, just enough darkness to have my dark wee soul rejoicing, the beginning set up the perfect stage for what was to come in this book.
Cristiano is a man set on revenge after being left for dead when he saw his family massacred right in front of his eyes as he was left bleeding out on the ground.
Many years go by and he's still no closer to getting the answers he seeks, marring his body with names he wants to take out and right at the top of the list is Scarlett's brothers.
Scarlett is ruled under her brother's thumbs and is being used as collateral damage to marry a man she despises but will give her brother's the power and protection they seek in this mafia world of there's where everyone is out for blood.
The only slight negative I had with this is that I didn't really get the full connection I would've expected with our hero, I was fully expecting to be hit in the feels by him, but that really didn't happen, I'm hoping that all comes in the next book.
But all in all I really enjoyed this and can't wait to dive into the next book,
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