Title: Declan
Series: The Syndicates #10
Author: Cala Riley
Genre: Mafia Romance
Tropes: Arranged Marriage/One Bed/Slow Burn
Release Date: April 25, 2024
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Nikita
Isolation is nothing new to me.
I’ve spent my entire life keeping my head down and mouth shut.
Until I meet him.
Declan O’Brien.
Something about him has me running my mouth before my mind can catch up.
When I’m given an ultimatum to die or return to Russia and my father, I choose death.
Only Declan won’t allow it. How is this my life right now?
Declan
Responsibility is the name of the game as second in command to the Chicago Westies.
It’s the only thing I have time for in my life.
Until Her.
Nikita Smirnova.
She’s meant to be the enemy, the ice princess across the hall.
Only when she chooses death over going home, I can’t allow it to happen.
So I married her.
What did I just do?
With two hearts stuck in a marriage neither wanted, will they find a way to make it work or are they destined to fail?
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My Review
Declan by Cala Riley
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I love Declan and Nikita so much! I felt they had some sort of spark in Oh Holy Night, so I was excited to see what this book would give us.
Those last few chapters really had me on the edge of my seat and couldn't read them fast enough.
Her stalker really gave me the ick, and I can't wait to see what happens next in the series.
Nikita was handed over to the Yakuza, by her father, to foster some favor. But they don't trust her father so she is handed over to the Chicago Westies. They will keep an eye on her and protect her. She's used to keeping her head down and her mouth shut but something about Declan O'Brien makes that impossible.
After the attack on Christmas, she is given an ultimatum. Die or return to Russia and her father. Nikita would rather choose death.
Despite all his responsibilities, Declan can't stomach the idea of her dying.
So he marries her.
It will be a marriage in name only.
But Nikita finds herself wanting more.
And Declan is falling for his wife.
Thanks so much to the authors for this ARC to review!
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AUTHOR BIO
Cala Riley, better known as Cala and Riley, are a pair of friends with a deep seated love of books and writing. Both Cala and Riley are happily married and each have children, Cala with the four-legged kind while Riley has a mixture of both two-legged and four. While they live apart, that does not affect their connection. They are the true definition of family. What started as an idea that quickly turned into a full-length book and a bond that will never end.
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