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  My Review My Review My Review My Review My Review The last book in the series was released in December of 2025, but I didn't know. I wasn't part of the author's ARC team any longer. I loved the last book, and I'm sad that the series is over. Time to work on the next series.

  Title: Forbidden Vow A Forbidden Mafia Romance Series: Ruthless Arrangements #2 Author: Lilith Vincent Genre: Dark Romance Tropes: Forbidden, Mafia Adopted Brother/Sister Release Date: May 6, 2026 BLURB Lucy is the only woman I love. The only heart I cherish. But she can never be mine. Life is danger, and life is pain. I learned that lesson at twelve years of age when my father and sister perished in flames. Lucy and I were the only survivors, she an abandoned little girl with pain in her eyes, tears on her cheeks, and steel in her heart. I couldn’t lose her, so I lied about who we were, without knowing the terrible price we’d pay. Lucy and I became Barones, children of one of the wealthiest and most sinister families in Malus. I love Lucy more than anyone in the world, but I led her unwittingly into danger. Our new family treads a dark and violent path, strewn with bullets and blood. Our true identity is a deadly secret. To protect my beautiful Lucy, I must walk the same...

  My reading schedule totally changed in April. My dedicated 45 minutes of reading have disappeared thanks to the pup. I'm hoping I can work it back into my routine soon, I read a total of 12 books 6 kindle unlimited 3 ARCs (1 AUD) 3 AUD/Libby My stats for the year so far Goodreads 90/200 Audiobook Challenge 20/30

  POSSESSIVE ENEMY BY MICHELLE HEARD   Release date: May 4th Genre/Tropes:   Enemies To Lovers / Capo vs Single Mom / MMC is held captive vs MFC has to keep him alive / When he escapes, he kidnaps her / Obsessive, Possessive MMC / He takes revenge for her SERIES: Next generation in the Kings of Mafia series - A complete standalone     POSSESSIVE ENEMY by Michelle Heard is NOW LIVE! Make sure to grab this all-new enemies to lovers, mafia romance TODAY! NOW AVAILABLE! Amazon: https://geni.us/lxgw BLURB My father orders me to seduce a man most people are too afraid to even look at. Georgi Torrisi. Head of the Torrisi family and a Cosa Nostra Capo. A brutal and powerful man who rules his world with violence and absolute control. And I’m supposed to make him want me. Turns out my father thinks he can use Georgi to get to Atanas Petkov, our family’s sworn enemy. If Atanas continues to grow in power with Georgi’s help, it will mean the end of my father’s reign of terr...

  The list is small this month. But I've been busy. The puppy came back, and he's staying. But he left for the month because I'm dog-sitting for my grandmother. Lulu is fourteen, and I wasn't sure she'd tolerate a pup. This is Lulu This is my pup Oso, aka Little Bear My parents are watching him for me.

  UNDER THE ALBANIAN SUN BY EVA WINNERS Release date: May 1st Genre/Tropes: Mafia Romance / Second Chance for MMC & FMC / Summer Fling / Touch her and die UNDER THE ALBANIAN SUN by Eva Winners is NOW LIVE!! Make sure to grab this all-new second chance mafia romance TODAY! READ TODAY! https://amzn.to/4rPZzts BLURB On the run from the mafia, I fled across the ocean, clinging to the hope that distance could save me.  Instead, I stepped straight into the domain of a man whose power was whispered about more than spoken aloud—a man whose reach stretched further than the shadows I thought I’d escaped. He was the one who made me an offer as tempting as it was terrifying. He promised to erase the threat stalking me, to restore the life I’d lost—but only if I gave him something in return: me. The terms were simple. A summer in his world, day and night at his side. When I refused, his response was ice-cold: he’d deal with the person who ruined my life, with or without my permission....