Bound by Honor - Cora Reilly

 

"Even the most coldhearted bastards have a heart."

 

Pages: 273

Published:

Kindle: 2,99 €

Paperback: 13, 54 €

Available on KU and Audible

Plot

Born into one of the leading Mob families in Chicago, Aria Scuderi struggles to find her own path in a world where no choices are given. Aria was only fifteen when her parents betrothed her to Luca – The Vice – Vitiello, the oldest son of the head of the New York Cosa Nostra to ensure peace between the two families.

Now with eighteen, the day Aria has been dreading for years is looming dangerously: her wedding to Luca.

Aria is terrified of marrying a man she hardly knows, especially someone like Luca who got his nickname ‘the Vice’ for crushing a man’s throat with his bare hands. Luca might be one of the most sought after men in New York thanks to his good looks, wealth and predator-like charisma that radiates power, but the society girls throwing themselves at him don’t know what Aria does: that the bad boy aura isn’t just a game; blood and death lurk beneath Luca’s striking gray eyes and arrogant smile.

In her world a handsome exterior often hides the monster within; a monster who can just as easily kill as kiss you.

The only way to escape the marriage to Luca would be to run away and leave everything she’s ever known behind but Aria can’t bear the thought of never seeing her family again.

Despite her fear, she decides to go through with the marriage; Aria has grown up among predators like Luca and knows that even most cold-hearted bastards have a heart and she has every intention of working her way into Luca’s.

Conclusion

Cora Reilly's writing style is amaying. It makes it so easy to get into the story and also to keep reading. It was really easy to keep track of all the different mafia familys and all the different names that were mentioned.

Aria was a great heroine. She is strong, she loves her siblings and is basically their mother and she also did not fight the marriage to Luca but instead she accepted her fate and she accepts it with diggnity. She is quite obedient which makes her the perfect wife for a mobster like Luca Vitiello who by the way is as ruthless as possible. 

I really loved how they both developed. 

I also loved Matteo and Gianna  who were side characters in this story.

My only complaint would be that I wish that Bound by Honor was a longer book because I just can not get enough of them. They are such a great couple. Everything from the beginning until the very end was perfect. 

If you like arranged marriage and mafia romances I think you will quite enjoy this story. 

5 out of 5 stars