In which I squee, swoon, and add to my list of Reasons Why I’m Probably Going To Hell.
Cat’s Stats
MMC/FMC- Lachlan and Aria
Genre- Mafia Romance (Mob, Scottish Mob)
Length- 35 chapters plus epilogue and link to deleted scene
Heat-☢️☢️☢️☢️☢️. I’m going to call this book “She Sells Sea Shells” in honor of his tongue twister (or twisted tongue).
Series? Y
Safety? Y, although there is threatened/attempted SA.
Triggers- Languages in multiple languages, explicit erotic content, violence, firearms violence, more firearms violence, still more firearms violence, the aforementioned threatened/attempted SA, alcohol abuse.
Tropes- Baby You Can Drive My Cartel, Forced Marriage, Guest Starring the Bratva, He Falls First, Hot Scots, Secret Sex Club, Simply Mad About The Mob, Tattoo-ooh!, That’s Not My Leg, Touch Her and Unalive Vibes
Mewsings
What I liked- I hope you packed a lunch because this is gonna take awhile.
This book- I loved every page. A mariachi band could have been playing Elvis’ greatest hits next to my chair and I wouldn’t have noticed, I was so riveted by this book. It was a perfect blend of action, humor, and zexytime. I highly recommend it.
First off, I am not exactly calling it Fanservice, but Lachlan is tattooed and was wearing a ̷S̷e̷x̷ ̷F̷l̷a̷g̷ Kilt. I swooned. And squeed myself, not gonna lie. I like to think Arianna put that in just for me….
The zexytime was very creative. Besides the Tongue Twisters, there was light bondage and some exploration of kink (including mild pain, spanking, and praise/degradation). Plus there was skilled shibari (and no, that’s not a type of mushroom). Lachlan owns a sex club and they have fun with it, particularly the ingenious Dante’s Inferno dungeon, with 9 different levels of kink and fun. If kink were ice cream, I’d put the zexytime (Amazon has got me in the habit of saying zex for sex) somewhere between Fudge Ripple and Cookies and Cream, on a scale of Vanilla to Rocky Road. And it was so hawt that I needed ice cream to cool down…
One of the features of Arianna’s books is the humor, and this book didn’t disappoint. Her chapter subtitles are everything! And I laughed at so much , including so many twisted things that I probably shouldn’t have, but why not just add that to the list of Reasons Why I’m Probably Going to Hell? I couldn’t help it and wouldn’t even try. And I can’t choose a favorite quote. I particularly loved “There’s a lot of boring administrative shite and not enough stabbing.” and “I shoulda’ killed him a lot harder.” Fun too were terms like “Scottish Yetis” and “Purse Pooch”. I spent a lot of time laughing.
I also spent a lot of time drooling at the Food P0rn. The restaurant meal sounded delicious and I want to try crobster rolls.
It was also delicious to see a woman in a position of power (although Lachlan is definitely the Dom in the bedroom). This is a theme in this series because the FMCs exude strength. And sass.
Every time I read an Arianna Fraser novel, it becomes my favorite, even on the rereads. And each one of her heroes becomes part of my Book Boyfriends Harem (Hizem?). They are all Rub Hub material… (again, adding to my Probably Going to Hell list).
What I didn’t like- they didn’t save me any of that raspberry tart, and I would seriously throw down for that dessert.
I do have one complaint. Arianna, did she have to slug back the Macallan 50 Year like it was rotgut? If I had a £300,000 bottle of whiskey I would build it a shrine and sacrifice virgins to it on the full moon.
I received a free copy of this book and this is my honest, voluntary review.
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