
Guinevere
My trip to Italy shattered my dreams. I just wanted to connect with our family’s roots, but that meant defying my father’s wishes. I was looking for truth and goodness. All I found was darkness and deceit. And one man who embodies it all: the capo dei capi, Raffaele Romano.
Raffaele saved my life—then stole my trust. But my broken heart still pulses for him. When his enemies follow me home to Michigan, I realize I’ll never be free of him. Now I’m right back where it started.
Raffaele
I will do anything to keep Guinevere safe, even abduct her back to Italy and earn her hatred forever. I know the villain never gets the girl. But as ghosts from our families’ pasts arise to haunt us, I decide there is only one thing worth fighting for: a dark ever after with my brave, beautiful American girl. And I will raze everything else to the ground to get it.
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Guinevere and Raffa. Oh, how I love them.
I have been dying to read this book since the moment I finished book one and have thought about it more times than I could count on both of my hands. Both Guinevere and Raffa have happily lived in my mind rent free for all these months and truthfully? I don’t think they’ll be leaving anytime soon, which I’m not mad about.
Guinevere. My sweet, sweet Guinevere. She grew a lot in this book and she would do anything, not only for her man or her family, but also her chosen family. She’s not only strong mentally and physically but she also stands tall next to her man willing to fight alongside him no matter what. Raffa is EVERYTHING. He’s the embodiment of toe curling seduction, powerful, a fantastic dirty talker, and a big bad mafia man who also loves big. He’s the perfect morally grey hero I could ever ask for. A PERFECT book boyfriend.
This book was breathtaking and such an emotional rollercoaster from beginning to end. No matter how many books I read by Giana Darling, and I’ve read all of her books, she always knows how to grip me not only with a beautifully crafted story but with the emotion I can feel she pours into them. As with book one, CJ Bloom and Dane Anderson did another fantastic job bringing these two to life. The only thing I wish was that this was in duet narration. Other than that, it was phenomenal, especially on audio. This duet is one that I highly recommend to anyone who wants to give Giana a try.
This is such a fantastic story and I’m so sad that it’s over!
Top Read of 2025!
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P.S. Chapter 21 was 🥵🥵
About the Author:
Giana Darling is a Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Top 40 Bestselling Canadian romance writer who specializes in the taboo and angsty side of love and romance. She currently lives in beautiful British Columbia where she spends time riding on the back of her man’s bike, baking pies, and reading snuggled up with her cat, Persephone, and Golden Retriever, Romeo.
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