Vengeance Aside (Wanted Men, #0.5) by Nancy Haviland. Mafia, Romance, Blog Tour, ARC Review & $20 G.C.Giveaway.

Vengeance Aside

by Nancy Haviland

Wanted Men, #0.5

Publication Date: November 21, 2017 

Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Organized Crime, Mafia, Romance

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SYNOPSIS:

Revisit Nancy Haviland’s bestselling mafia series with this prequel novel featuring a Russian mobster who is forced to put vengeance aside in order to please the Pakhan he calls father.

He sees her. He falls. He proves it by killing for her in a room full of his associates. Now he’ll take her home and try to convince her a love that descends like a hammer is one that can last a lifetime.

She sees him. She stumbles. She proves her sophistication by fainting, then comes to in a Russian mobster’s compound. Now she’ll protect herself while experiencing all the things she’s been denied her entire life.

**This novel is a prequel to A Love of Vengeance (Wanted Men #1) but can be read as a standalone.**

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Lukas Zavrazin is sitting at his father's hospital bedside thanking God and the surgeon for saving him.  There was an attack at a meeting of Russian "families" and his father was shot.  Now his father is playing the guilt card by telling him to marry and make babies before it's too late.  
Dale Vaner is not as upset as she should be to be leaving her home and the man she was living with.  She shut her emotions down years ago.  Nobody can hurt her anymore.  
Our hero is a mobster and makes no excuses for it.  He loves his family deeply and will do anything to protect them.  
Our heroine is an independent hard working woman.  I don't think she realizes how lonely she is.  
This is a romance, but not your hearts and flowers kind.  The things that happen are not for the squeamish.  It is part of a series that I'm already addicted to.  You can easily read it on it's own,  but be warned.  Once you start this series you will want to read them all.  They are very exciting,  even if you might be terrified to put yourself in our heroines shoes. 

ABOUT NANCY HAVILAND

Nancy Haviland is an award-winning, bestselling romance (suspense, erotic, contemporary) author who writes about her possessive alpha males and their obsessively loved women from her home in Southwestern Ontario. Her greatest loves are her family and that ever-present cooling cup of coffee at her elbow.

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Beautifully Brutal, by Nicole Edwards. Excerpt Reveal. Southern Boy Mafia Romance. + Giveaway. My ARC Review.

Sometimes love isn’t beautiful...

Meet Max & Courtney is this southern mafia romance!

Blurb

Sometimes love isn’t beautiful...

Sometimes the only way to describe it is beautifully brutal.

If you think you know him… You’re wrong.

If you think you know his family… Wrong again.

If you think you know his story… You don’t.

If you did, you’d likely wonder how the hell a man like Maximillian Adorite managed to make it to this point in his life. At twenty-nine, he’s experienced more than most people could only ever imagine, all thanksto his family. Organized crime they call it. Mafia.

No matter how they spin it, it comes down to one thing. Max gets what he wants. Except for the one thing he wants most.

Her name is Courtney Kogan.

And now that he’s had a taste of her, Max knows he’ll never be able to let her go.

The Southern Boy Mafia series is a spinoff from the Sniper 1 Security series. It has been set up to be read without reading Sniper 1 Security, however, the characters will frequently cross over.

Excerpt 

Twenty two months ago.

Courtney tried to pull away from Max, her heart pounding against her chest. Max was going to kill Weston, He was going to kill him and it was all her fault.

           At that point, she’d been with Max for several months, getting deeper and deeper into a relationship with him, but never had actually gotten any information to take back to her father. Nothing that would take Max down, nothing concrete enough to do any damage to the Southern Boy Mafia and she felt as though she was running out of time.

          So, she befriended Weston, pretended to like him until she convinced him that she wanted him. And then, she’d gotten his phone number, called him and invited him to meet with her.

          He had

          But the young man hadn’t given up any information that would have hurt Max.

“What’d she offer you?” Max asked Weston.

          Weston’s head shifted, his right eye opened ever so slightly, his gaze meeting hers. She could hardly make out the color of his iris because the lid was so swollen, purple from the bruises that marred his once handsome face.

          “Did she offer her pussy?” Max asked, his tone lethal. “Is that what she offered you?”

          “God, no!” Courtney screamed.

          She hadn’t offered him anything. She’d merely tried to talk to him. Sure, the flirting might’ve eluded to more, but she’d never intended to do anything with him. She wasn’t a whore.

“He didn’t…” she uttered, her throat closing around her words. “H didn’t betray you.”

“No? He met with you in with you in the park, sat with you for two fucking ours and talked. What’d you talk about? The goddamn weather? If he didn’t betray me, what did he do, Courtney? Confess his undying love? Ask you to run away with him? What?”

“I betrayed you.” Weston said through swollen lips. “I shouldn’t have talked to her.”

“He didn’t!” Courtney yelled. “He didn’t tell me anything.”

“But you tried, didn’t you?” Max yelled at her directly. “You tried to get him to talk”

Courtney’s gaze dropped to the floor as she nodded. She’d tried, but Weston had revealed very little. Not even enough to take back to her father.

“Anything you have to say to me, Weston?” Max asked.

Lifting her gaze to the broken man and battered man in front of her, she wanted to plead for Max to let him go, but she knew better. He was going to die. This was what happened in Max’s world. This soulless man was the leader of the Southern Boy Mafia, the ruler of the dark and dirty underworld that she found herself living in.

          He was the man she’d fallen for. And she hated that, hated that she’d betrayed herself. Even now, even knowing what was going to happen, she couldn’t deny her feelings for Max. He was doing what had to be done. He weeded out the weak links in his organization in order to move forward. It made sense even if she hated it.

Max Adorite is the second in command of Southern Boy Mafia, answerable only to his father. He is just about the badest bad boy you can think of. He will kill without hesitation anyone who harms his family, or the one woman that he should stay away from, but can't. 
Courtney Kogan is the only daughter of Casper Kogan the head of Sniper 1 Security.  A high class company that sometimes work for the government.  Courtney is also one of the company's best operatives.  When her father sends her to investigate Max,  He doesn't realise how much that will impact on the lives of all those involved.  
Courtney and Max are complete opposites in all they believe in,  but just can't stop the fireworks whenever they meet. 
A very sexy but violent story. Not for feint hearted readers. It's very hard to work out how they can get past all the obstacles between them. What is most important family or your heart? 

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About the Author:

New York Times bestselling author Nicole Edwards launched her professional writing career in July of 2012. Having been an avid reader all of her life and a huge fan of creative writing, it seemed the likely path for her to take. Since then, she has released fifteen books and has no plans to stop. As her full-time career/hobby, Nicole writes steamy contemporary and erotic romances. Nicole is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author who was born and raised in Texas. Married with three kids and four dogs, she has plenty of interaction to keep her imagination brewing. Her books have been featured in USA Today’s Happy Ever After segment as well as Indie Reader’s best seller list. She has forged her way as an independent author. Although she has a bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, she prefers to be hiding out in her writing cave, talking to the fictional characters that have built up in her head over the years. When she isn’t writing or plotting her next book (sometimes translated to “playing on Facebook”), Nicole loves to read and spend time with her family and her dogs.

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The Salvation of Vengeance, ( Wanted Men #2) by Nancy Haviland. My Review + Giveaway.

The Salvation of Vengeance by: Nancy Haviland Wanted Men #2
Publication Date: March 24, 2015
Genres: Contemporary, Organized Crime, Romance
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                                                                        Synopsis: 
Only something as important as her best friend’s wedding to mob boss Gabriel Moretti could allow Nika Paynne a reprieve from captivity. Her abusive husband has kept her under his thumb with footage of her beloved brother, Caleb, killing another man. But the respite from her violent life isn’t the only draw. Vincente Romani—Gabriel’s deadliest guardian—will be one of the best men at the wedding, and Nika has lingering thoughts about the fascinating mobster…covetous thoughts that may put her life in danger. With the heartbreak he’s suffered and the brutality he effortlessly delivers, Vincente knows he’s the last person who can offer Nika a happily-ever-after. But his vow remains. He will do everything in his power to free his redhead from her violent prison—even if that means losing her forever. In the second thrilling and passionate Wanted Men book, a dangerous line is drawn between loyalty to the mob and loyalty to one’s heart.

 

MY REVIEW: 

★★★★★
This is the second book, but can be read as a stand alone.
Nika has allowed herself to be blackmailed into marriage.  Her husband has evidence against  her brother that could put him away for a long time. Until Nika can find and destroy that evidence she must put up with the abuse her husband dishes out. Nika's best friend is marrying a mob boss.  The trip to the wedding may give her the chance she has been looking for.
Vincente is the mob boss's right hand man, and a friend of Nika's brother. He knows the world of violence he inhabits is not the right place for a vulnerable woman. He will do all in his power to protect her from the monster she is married to.
An intense crime thriller, with lots of violence, but also some hot sexy scenes.  The usual baddies are the heroes in this series. The action keeps the pages flying past. A very hard book to put down.

About Nancy Haviland

Nancy Haviland writes about her alpha mobsters and their ladies from her home near Toronto, Ontario. She has three children, an arrogant but playful kitty named Talbot, and she adores her Tim Horton's coffee, as any self-respecting Canadian would. She writes contemporary romantic suspense but will happily read anything that involves two people smooching.

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The Salvation of Vengeance by: Nancy Haviland Wanted Men #2
Publication Date: March 24, 2015
Genres: Contemporary, Organized Crime, Romance
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  Synopsis

Only something as important as her best friend’s wedding to mob boss Gabriel Moretti could allow Nika Paynne a reprieve from captivity. Her abusive husband has kept her under his thumb with footage of her beloved brother, Caleb, killing another man. But the respite from her violent life isn’t the only draw. Vincente Romani—Gabriel’s deadliest guardian—will be one of the best men at the wedding, and Nika has lingering thoughts about the fascinating mobster…covetous thoughts that may put her life in danger. With the heartbreak he’s suffered and the brutality he effortlessly delivers, Vincente knows he’s the last person who can offer Nika a happily-ever-after. But his vow remains. He will do everything in his power to free his redhead from her violent prison—even if that means losing her forever. In the second thrilling and passionate Wanted Men book, a dangerous line is drawn between loyalty to the mob and loyalty to one’s heart.

 

About Nancy Haviland

Nancy Haviland writes about her alpha mobsters and their ladies from her home near Toronto, Ontario. She has three children, an arrogant but playful kitty named Talbot, and she adores her Tim Horton's coffee, as any self-respecting Canadian would. She writes contemporary romantic suspense but will happily read anything that involves two people smooching.

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