Unshackled Cara Dee Publication date: November 19th 2021 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Mafia, Romance, Suspense In the wake of the bloodiest war the Sons of Munster had seen in a long time, we were supposed to celebrate our victory and move on with our lives. I wanted to see my brothers-in-arms dance and drink way too much. I wanted to hear laughter and Irish music. Instead, we were a syndicate crushed by grief. Shannon O’Shea had lost more than most, and every fiber of my being screamed for me to pull him from the depths of his despair. As the father of my best friend, he’d been there for me when my parents kicked me out for being gay. Now it was my turn. I had to find the answers. I had to rescue him. The day he asked for a favor and demanded discretion, the plan unfolded before my eyes, and I couldn’t resist the temptation. No names, no faces. He wouldn’t know it was me in the darkness. At the same time, the shackles around my wrists tightened as old enemies reemerged from...

Review: Scorned Princess - Book #1 Crooked Paradise - Eva Chance and Harlow King - April 2021 Mercy Katz was the only daughter and heir to the Claws family gang and she was now engaged to Colt who was the heir to their rival Steel Knights. On the night of their rehearsal dinner, Colt changed the rules and took out her whole family including her grandmother in a Red wedding scene like Game of Thrones. Mercy escaped only just with a shot to the elbow and found her way to the house of the Nobles. The most elite and wealthiest of the gangs in Paradise Bend. These guys were at the top of the food chain and now she wants their help to get revenge on Colt. They won't make it easy for her though as they will run her through a series of tests to prove not only her loyalty but also her strength and that she will prove to them that she will do anything to get revenge on the guy who killed her family and loved ones in one evening. However, what will happen when it looks like the Nobles have go...

Review: Hidden Truths - Book #2 Lost Lake Academy - Lydia Reeves - 2021 As I am a big reader and sometimes the bullymance stories and the academy names seem to blend into one, I had to re-read my review of Book #1 so I remembered which series this was connected to and the storyline. Hidden Truths was the story of Camilla who we will remember started at Lost Lake and discovered all about her mother's family and involvement in the gang and that Camilla is one of the last OG family survivors along with the boys she has befriended and together the foursome make up a Reverse Harem love story.  In Hidden Truths, the book starts with the boys kidnapped as the enemy is trying to track down the safe house that their parents who have been dead for over a decade kept the secrets. For the boys, this was a lifetime ago and they never knew the exact location.  Each boy has left a part of a code but without the decipher, it is a bunch of random clues. What will happen though when Camilla...