I'm only disappointed at how short this was. Not just the book, but the entire story happens in a period of about 3 months. That's way too less for the amount of drama I was promised before reading.

Nikolai likes to eat a nutritious breakfast 😋. Love me a man that isn’t afraid of eating a hearty breakfast 😮‍💨🥵 This had a bit of typical mafia characters like a young, very innocent heroine and the big bad intense mafia hero who was to be married to her. like I said, even though it was a type of book I have read many times, the intensity of the characters kept me hooked and I loved it a lot! The suspense was good and now I want the stories of the side characters, I hope we get them soon! Even for a man as cruel and calculating as Egor Baranov, handing your daughter over to a hardened criminal to suit your own business needs is low. But that’s exactly what he did. This book has some of my favorite tropes: Age Gap, Arranged Marriage, Mafia, Alpha Male, and a few others. It is also a trademark Jenika Snow naughty book and has a lot of her spicy content that we all love. (You can find a list of these in her Content warnings.)Jenika Snow honestly gives out the best heroes ever! Like they are truly so intimidating and hot as hell. I could just grab Nicolai from this book and keep him lmao. Their intensity is off the charts and that's what kept me hooked throughout this whole book. Inspired by her years working in corporate America, Sienna loves to serve up stories woven around confident and successful women who know what they want and how to get it, both in – and out – of the bedroom. Amara is raised to be the perfect Italian Mafia daughter. Seen not heard. And when her dad sells her and her virginity to Nikolai for an alliance between the Nosa Costa and the Bratva she terrified. Until Nikolai shows her he wants to see her relish in her own right. From the instant, Nikolai lays eyes on his bride to be he’s entranced and vows to protect her from any harm including that by her own father. He also can’t wait to corrupt and dirty her up and he’s delighted when they seem to fit so well. touch her and d!€. It’s too bad she gets to see some of the bl00dshed 🤷🏻‍♀️. He’s gotta do what he’s gotta do, which leads me to

full 🔥. Listen. I know this isn’t a priority for many people. But man… I was feeling the bangxiety in this one 😭😭😭. As soon as Nikolai makes the deal to marry Amara, he becomes invested. He sees her and wants her. So he does what any normal man does… he stalks her 👀 Nikolai had me swooning every time he’d lash out at men who hurt Amara. And then he was so sweet with her when they were alone! That juxtaposition between violent Bratva leader to protective and loving husband was just *chef’s kiss* An arranged marriage where I’d be at the mercy of the man who’d no doubt see me as his property, where I was sure he’d be just as cruel and violent as every other Made Man I’d known in my life.OW? the H has a bachelor party. There’s strippers/prostitutes around😐. The men that are there partake in it all. The H ends up leaving (a woman goes up to him. He shakes his head at her). He’s not interested and doesn’t wanna be there The book opens up with a scene that includes Arlo (Cold-Hearted Bastard 😍), Nikolai and Dmitry negotiating with Arlo to get rid of their toxic father. When it comes to horrible fathers, the brothers know what it’s like to have one. And so does Amara😒.