Bound by Temptation - Cora Reilly

 

" Love was worth every risk. "

 

Pages: 259

Published: August 25th 2015

Kindle: 3,99 €

Paperback: 13,64 €

Available on KU and Audible

Plot

Liliana Scuderi has been in love with Romero from the moment she first saw him. After her sisters were married off for tactical reasons, she hopes she might be allowed to choose a husband for herself, but when her father promises her to a man more than twice her age that hope is crushed. No begging can make him change his mind.

Romero has always ignored Lily’s flirting. Her age and status made her off-limits but even someone as dutiful as him has only so much control. Wanting her when she’s supposed to marry another man could mean war between New York and the Chicago Outfit, and Romero has always put the Cosa Nostra first.

Lily suspects her sisters and Romero would risk everything for her, but is her happiness worth that much? Is love worth a war between the Cosa Nostra and the Outfit?

Conclusion

Bound by Temptation was waaaaay sweeter than the last few books in this series. Eventhough Romero is a soldier in the mafia he is still a very gentle, caring and sweet person. I loved that we got to see Romero and Lili fall in love with each other and that we also got to see Lili grow from a little naive girl into a beautiful young woman. They were adorable together. 

5 out of 5 stars

Bound by Vengeance - Cora Reilly

 

" You are worth more than anything I have ever owned or will ever own. "

Pages: 257

Published: January 20th, 2017 

Kindle: 3,99 €

Paperback: 13,50 €

Available on KU

Plot:

Growl

He’d never had something to himself, never even dared to dream about owning something so precious. He was the unwanted bastard son who’d always had to content himself with the leftovers of others. And now they’d given him what only a few weeks ago had been out of his reach, someone he wasn’t even allowed to admire from afar, one of their most prized possessions. Thrown at his feet because he was who he was, because they were certain he would break her. He was her punishment, a fate worse than death, a way to deliver the ultimate punishment to her father who had displeased them so greatly.

Cara

She had always been the good girl. It didn’t protect her.

She didn’t know his real name. People called him Growl to his face, and the Bastard behind his back. Both were names he couldn’t possibly have chosen for himself. His eyes were empty, a mirror to throw back her own fear at her. He was a brutal hand of the Las Vegas Camorra.

And now she was at his mercy.

Conclusion:

Bound by Vengeance was quite entertaining. It had some really hot and steamy scenes. Cara and Growl had lots of chemistry. I liked that Growl did not use Cara as a doormat. One of my favorite things in this book is that the hero kept former fighting dogs as pets. It made me love him even more. Before I started reading Bound by Vengeance I saw a review on Goodreads that compared Growl and Cara to the Beauty and the Beast but in a Mafia - edition and I 100% agree with the person who wrote that. They got their well deserved Happily Ever After.

If you like dark mafia romance, Happily Ever Afters and a tortured hero than I would definitely recommend this story to you. 

5 out of 5 stars