Reckless & Ruined by
Bethany-Kris
The
Chicago War, Book 2
Genre:
Erotic Romantic Suspense, Organized Crime
Length:
92k, full length
Release:
Nov. 9th, 2015
Blurb:
Play
dirty. It’s the only way to win in a war.
Alessa
Trentini follows the rules, or so it seems on the outside. A certain Conti has
always been able to sway her inner rebel and keep her out of trouble, but even
Adriano won’t be able to get her out of her brother’s mess. In a war, no woman
is safe if her hand in marriage can advance her family in the world of the
mafia. But mistakes of the past have a way of slipping into the present and
Alessa will soon learn that even the most shameful of secrets can get her
everything she wants.
Adriano
Conti’s loyalties are torn as he’s forced to stand at his father’s side while
Riley uses his wife’s murder as a way to get higher. Blood comes first and then
the Outfit. The one thing he doesn’t question in the war between the families
is Alessa Trentini and even that doesn’t seem possible when he’s forced to
watch Alessa be used as another man’s pawn. Adriano has his own role to play to
get what he wants.
The
families in the Outfit have never been more divided than they are now. Blood
continues to spill as revenge takes center stage and more lives are lost. But
every man in the family is fighting for something different and no one’s
intentions can be trusted. Playing a dirty game might be the only way to stay
alive.
Even
if that means ruining it all.
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Excerpt:
“Did
anybody see you come around?” Alessa asked.
“No,”
he responded. “I parked a few blocks away and jogged down the backroad before
coming in on the property. We’re good.”
Alessa
sighed. “Thanks. I’m sorry I didn’t answer you back the last few days.”
“Are
you?”
“Yes,”
Alessa said. “But I’ve been … stuck in my own head, trying to figure out what I
was going to do. I thought I should let you know so you can stop worrying about
me and move on to your own thing, Adriano.”
“You
are my thing,” Adriano replied. “Don’t you know that?”
Alessa
dipped her head down, keeping her face out of his view. “I can’t be your
thing.”
“Stop
it with that shit. None of this matters to me. It never has.”
“I
can’t be your thing,” Alessa repeated firmly. “Not anymore. Not now.”
“Hey.”
Adriano took a step forward, and Alessa answered it by taking a step back.
“What is up with you?”
Alessa
shrugged. “It’s been settled. I’m going to have to marry Dean Artino. The
engagement and wedding date isn’t official, but I’m sure Joel will be an
asshole and send an invitation to your father. I wanted you to find out from me
and not someone else through the grape vine.”
Air
cut through Adriano’s lungs with a searing burn. A ball of rage and
possessiveness swirled in his midsection hard and fast, threatening to take him
under with the current. Alessa was, and always had been, his.
Like
fuck was he going to hand her off to some useless bastard like Dean Artino.
Over
his dead body.
It
wouldn’t happen.
“No,”
Adriano said in a growl, stepping closer to her.
Alessa
blinked up at him. “W-what?”
“No.
You’re not marrying Dean.”
“I
don’t think you understand, Adriano.”
“Oh, I
understand perfectly fucking well.” Adriano couldn’t help but notice how Alessa
didn’t back off the closer he came. Once they were toe-to-toe under the willow
tree, she had to look up at him to hold his gaze. “I get it, but it’s not
happening.”
Alessa’s
tongue peeked out to wet her lips. “Right now, it’s just the promise of an
engagement between Dean and me soon, but Joel assured me the wedding would
happen within the next few months. I don’t get a choice and it’s not fair to
you, so let me do what I have to. Okay?”
“No.”
“Adriano—”
“No,”
he repeated darkly.
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Other books in this series:
Deathless & Divided
The
Chicago War, Book 1
Genre:
Erotic Romantic Suspense, Organized Crime
Length:
90k, full length
Blurb:
Lies
and love. This is how a war starts.
A life
for a life. That’s the mafia way. Damian Rossi owes his life to a man who is
ready to collect. That payment comes in the form of an arranged marriage to the
daughter of another leading family in the Chicago Outfit. He’s ready to follow
through, even if that means making sure Lily knows she’s his.
Lily
DeLuca isn’t being given a choice. Forced home to marry a man she doesn’t know
and back into a life she’d rather forget, her world is full of half-truths,
buried pain, and uncertainty. But Damian is nothing like she expects. His
motives aren’t clear. Her beliefs are being tested.
When
it comes to this world, no man can be trusted. Someone is ready to flip the
Chicago Outfit on its side all for the promise of something better. But no one
runs a clean game and these men play for keeps. When blood begins to paint
Chicago red, four families will be divided by loyalty, hatred, and revenge.
There is no hiding. There is no safety.
No one
is deathless.
No
one.
Buy Links:
(Deathless
& Divided will release on all other vendors in December, 2015)
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About the Author:
Bethany-Kris
is a Canadian author, lover of much, and mother to three young sons, one cat,
and three dogs. A small town in Eastern Canada where she was born and raised is
where she has always called home. With her boys under her feet, a snuggling
cat, barking dogs, and a hubby calling over his shoulder, she is nearly always
writing something … when she can find the time.
Find
her at her website at www.bethanykris.com,
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