Mariano “Reno” DeLuca uses his skills and resources to create safe havens for women who find themselves in dangerous situations. Unfortunately, a surge in criminal activity in the Chatham area threatens the women’s anonymity and security, including the mysterious beauty who landed on the doorstep of The Second Chance at Life Women’s Shelter right before an all hands on deck call that summons him … call that summons him to The Castle.
When Zuri Okusanya, an exotic Tanzanian Princess, arrives seeking refuge from an arranged marriage and its deadly consequences, Mariano is now forced to relocate the women in the shelter to an even more secluded place. He is striving hard not to lose his heart to the forbidden goddess, all while fighting an enemy who’s supposed to be an ally and fending off immoral attempts by men who covet his seat on The Castle’s board.
Will Mariano have the power to defeat his adversaries before they destroy him and the woman he loves?
ABOUT THE KINGS OF THE CASTLE SERIES
Each King book is a standalone, NO cliffhangers
USA Today, New York Times, and National Bestselling Authors work together to provide you with a world you’ll never want to leave. The Castle.
Fate made them brothers, but protecting the Castle, each other, and the women they love, will make them Kings. Their combined efforts to find the current Castle members responsible for the attempt on their mentor’s life, is the beginning of dangerous challenges that will alter the path of their lives forever.
These powerful men, unexpectedly brought together by their pasts and current circumstances, will become a force to be reckoned with.
Book 1 – Kings of the Castle (the introduction to the series)
Book 2 – King of Chatham
Book 3 – King of Evanston
Book 4 – King of Devon
Book 5 – King of Morgan Park
Book 6 – King of South Shore
Book 7 – King of Lincoln Park
Book 8 – King of Hyde Park
Book 9 – King of Lawndale
“It was a great romance mixed with suspense and fast paced that kept you on the edge of your seat throughout the read. I couldn’t put it down.” – Shannan Harper, Harper’s Court Reviews
DON’T MISS the hot new standalone series, Knights of the Castle. The Kings of the Castle made them family, but the Knights will transform the world.
Book 1 – King of Durabia
Book 2 – Knight of Bronzeville
Book 3 – Knight of South Holland
Book 4 – Lady of Jeffrey Manor
Book 5 – Knight of Grand Crossing
Book 6 – Knight of Paradise Island
Book 7 – Knight of Irondale
Book 8 – Knight of Birmingham
Book 9 – Knight of Penn Quartermore
King of Chatham. “The Storyline is so Appealing. Along with a Romance in the background. Business becomes personal. A woman running away from her obligation of a forced marriage. A Man trying to save endangered women from abuse of all kinds. A Haven for these women being threatened by a forbidding Father coming to retrieve his daughter By all means necessary to gain in clout and an appearance of Grace. A Tradition in their village to give the daughters away for money. A Princess that doesn’t want a traditional life of submissive gratitude to a man she doesn’t love.
A Man that was haunted by a Female friend that was brutally beaten then later died of her abuse. His Life Works is to Save all the Women he could. He didn’t imagine that this beautiful African princess stumbles into his shelter for protection. Along the Way he is Helped by his Brothers of the Castle in Which they are dealing with the attempted assassination of their mentor. They all were called upon to bring back the true humanitarian efforts of their mission.
So we meet Zuni who has left her homeland because her father was a horrible person (i hate that the one you should be able to count on you can’t) fathers that treat there daughters like commodities kill me, maybe its because I have the best dad on earth. Anywho as Zuni is escaping she goes to a woman shelter for abused woman where she meets Reno. Reno also doesn’t have the best dad, but hers still takes the cake..Reno is trying not to feel anything for her but eventually the forces could not be stopped.
rcvd an ARC at no cost to author…netgalley (voluntarily reviewed with my own thoughts and opinions
This my first timing reading a book written by London St Charles and I must that it will not be my last.
I loved Zuri and Reno story and didn’t want to put it down. There is mystery, drama, romance, suspense.
Reno is one of the Kings of the castle and he is the King of Chatman and runs a high efficient home/shelter for women with the help of Skylar who was a victim. Skylar and Reno help women who have been abused physically and mentally and who are simply down on their luck.
Zuri is from Tanzania Country in East Africa and is being forced into an arranged marriage at a very young age and is to under genital mutilation which is practice in Tanzania. Zuri’s mother does not want an arranged marriage nor genital mutilation for her one and only child. Zuri’s mother is on a work Visa in the US and she meets Reno at a conference and informs that when her daughter comes to US to attend college and comes looking for him she wants him to her help her daughter.
I would most definitely recommend that The Kings Of The Castle be read. These books are awesome.
3.75 stars-KING OF CHATHAM by London St. Charles is the second instalment in the multi-authored / multi-cultural contemporary, adult KINGS OF THE CASTLE erotic, romantic suspense series focusing on nine ‘brothers’ from the streets of Chicago (Vikkas, Reno, Shaz, Jai, Daron, Kaleb, Grant, Dro and Dwayne) mentored and taught by the mysterious Khalil Germaine at the exclusive Macro International Magnet School in Chicago. This is King of Chatham, Mariano ‘Reno’ DeLuca, and Tanzanian Princess Zuri Okusanya’s story line. KING OF CHATHAM can be read as a stand alone but I recommend reading the series in order for back story and cohesion. Some of the events in King of Chatham run parallel to and cross over with the events of book one Kings of the Castle.
SOME BACKGROUND: Nine men, all ‘brother’s in arms from the mean streets of Chicago, have been called together by their former mentor Khalil Germaine in an effort to re-make and reclaim the restrictive and exclusionary THE CASTLE, an institution now involved with illegal activities including drug trafficking, human sexual slavery and more.
Told from dual third person perspectives (Reno and Zuri) KING OF CHATHAM focuses on the safety of Tanzanian Princess Zuri Okusayna. Several years earlier, Zuri’s mother and the women of Zuri’s tribe helped rescue our heroine by sending her to the USA to avoid female genital mutilation, and the forced marriage to a man as brutal as her father. Zuri’s father Godfrey had sold his daughter to an older man, for money and prestige, money with which Godfrey wasn’t willing to part. But the death of her mother found Zuri back in her homeland facing down her father and the man who claimed Zuri as his own. Once again, Zuri would need the help of the women in the community in an effort to remain free of the absolute rule and abuse of the men of her tribe in Tanzania. Enter King of Chatham, Mariano ‘Reno’ DeLuca, and the man with whom Zuri would fall in love. What ensues is the building relationship between Zuir and Reno, and the potential fall-out as all attempts to protect Zuri fail when her father, and the older members of The Castle, battle to prove they are still in control.
King of Chatham, Mariano ‘Reno’ DeLuca, is a wealthy Italian American who knows racism and prejudices first hand having witnessed his father’s attacks against anyone he deems unworthy including men and women of color. Mariano DeLuca runs a private clinic for abused and battered woman, and will find his happily ever after in the guise of Tanzanian Princess Zuri Okusayna, a client with whom he has no business getting involved.
Meanwhile the Kings of the Castle begin to unravel some of the horrendous crimes of their predecessors including human trafficking when a series of young, Russian girls are brought into Reno’s sister’s medical clinic.
The relationship between Reno and Zuri is one of immediate attraction but forbidden by the rules and ethical issues of Reno’s position as owner of the women’s centre where Zuri has been placed. Zuri knows Reno is the man that calls to her heart but her past is determined to reclaim what is not his to own. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually explicit language and text.
All of the Kings of the Castle play secondary and supporting roles including the quick reappearance of their mentor Khalil Germaine. We are introduced to Zuri’s mother Suby and father Godfrey; Reno’s sister Sofia, and their parents Giacomo and Emma DeLuca; women’s shelter receptionist and Reno’s assistant Skyler Pierson ; Mama Winnie; Djimon, the man to whom Zuri was sold; Detective Carter and Detective Xavier Sharpe; several women living and working at the shelter including Olga Smirnov and her son Yvengy; and Frank Maddox, a man deep into the trafficking and demoralization of women and girls.
KING OF CHATHAM is a story of family and betrayal; sacrifice and love. The fast paced premise is engaging and captivating; the characters are numerous, energetic and dynamic; the romance is seductive and tender.
Loved this story between Mariano (Reno) and Zuri. Zuri returns home to her mother’s funeral, only to flee Tanzania because her father is trying to force her into a unwanted marriage. She escapes and returns back to the US and ends up at the women’s shelter that Reno owns/operates. Her father follows her to the US and tries to forcibly make her return to Tanzania. Loved this book and I read it within a few hours. I couldn’t put it down. Your going to love Reno. He is one of the kings of the Castle. He was relentless in protecting the women at the shelter and of course Zuri. I loved that this book didn’t rush through the relationship of Reno and Zuri. I think the complete series would make a wonderful movie. Bring on the rest of the books
London St. Charles delivers an awesome contribution to the standalone series