“One Marriage + Two Bosses = 3X the Chaos.” To the outside world, they look like American royalty, giving to charities, feeding the homeless, and rebuilding the city. But behind closed doors is a constant battle for dominance between two bosses, cultures, and hearts. Ruthless People is a romantic crime fiction set in modern day Chicago and follows the life and marriage of Melody Giovanni and Liam … Giovanni and Liam Callahan – rivals by blood and leaders through fear. Theirs is an arranged marriage with the goal of ending years of bloodshed between the Irish and the Italians. Liam assumes he’s getting a simple-minded wife, one he can control, one who bends to his every need…he’ll soon find out that his wife to be does not fit that mold.
Melody knows exactly what type of man Liam is and would rather die than give up the power she has spent her life earning.
The mafia of the past has evolved, and with rival bosses gunning for their family, Melody and Liam will have to learn to work as one to take down those who stand in their way.
Ruthless People #1…the book that started it all……
Check out more thrilling titles in the Ruthless People series:
RUTHLESS PEOPLE #1“One Marriage + Two Bosses = 3X the Chaos.”
THE UNTOUCHABLES (#2)“One Secret, Multiple Casualties.”
AMERICAN SAVAGES (#3)“Villains by Choice.”
A BLOODY KINGDOM (#4)“After the battle, sharpen your knives.”
DECLAN + CORALINE(prequel novella that takes place 2 years before Ruthless People)“You don’t find love; it finds you.”
And look for the Ruthless People spinoff, Children of Vice–out 5.17.17“From the Ruthless, Vice shall Rise.”
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I’ve become a sucker for mafia romances and this book is really an amazing ride.
I love this book. I loved Mel’s power and strength and loved the Liam just loved her. They have so much chemistry together it is such a good story I was not expecting a lot of what happened. 1st book in a series and my favorite in this series.
Holy moly cow! This mafia story is no joke and they are not playing around. Clearly Mel and Liam give zero fucks about anything. You look at them cross eyed and they’ll shoot you. Shoot ya dead! This story is in intense, there is a bit that’s going on and it never stops. The mafia apparently has no down time. But man does this story keep you on your toes. I was sucked into Mel and Liam’s story 110%. I’m moving on to the next book!
I can’t remember the last time that I thought that a title was so appropriately for a story then this one. This couple is so ruthless!! If they would be a real-life couple, I would be terrified and I would move to the other side of the world!!! But luckily for everyone this is just fiction and I just LOVED this book and this couple. Liam and Melody are so ruthless and deadly and so perfect for each other. One book isn’t enough for this couple, I definitely want more stories of them.
Liam Callahan may be the youngest son but everyone knows that he will be the next boss of the Callahan family and not his older brother Neal. Liam is deadly and ambitious. But the Callahan family isn’t the only mafia family that wants control over everything. Their enemy, the Giovanni’s, also want power and they too are brutal in their ambition. So to become stronger and stop the bloodshed between the two families the fathers made a deal, Liam would marry Melody Giovanni and now the time has come. The last thing that Liam expected was to marry the ‘boss’ of the family Giovanni, because that’s what Melody now is! Melody is just as deadly and manipulative as he is. Liam never expected to find his equal in his new wife. Melody knows one thing and one thing only, she was made to be a mob boss. During the years she has proved to her father and her men that she’s worth of the title. Just like their own ‘men’, who have to find a way to work together and become partners, Liam and Melody also have to find a way to become not only husband and wife but also partners in crime. And just when they find their way, their enemy is there to try and take it all away from them . But this couple is ruthless when working alone but together they burn down the world around them!
I just LOVED this story. This is the first story that I read from the writer J.J. McAvoy but I was in the mood for a mafia story so I decided to give it a try. The story was everything I could have hoped for and more. Liam was handsome, had Irish charm and was very deadly. Melody was even more deadlier then Liam! I just couldn’t put the book down, this is a story that you have to start reading in a holiday or at the begin of a weekend.
I expected a dark story but for me ‘Ruthless people’ wasn’t a dark story. Yes, there’s a lot of killing and torture and things blowing up but the story didn’t felt dark. The story was told from both POV’s. I also liked the fact that now and then we also got a POV from the people around them. That gave the story more depth for me.
‘Ruthless people’ is the perfect start for a mafia series and I can’t wait to read more of their story!
I loved everything about this book. It had it all. There where moment’s that I was shocked, laughing, and tensed to see what will happen. Melody and Liam chemistry was so good. They complemented each other. I also, loved the dark side of things and that Melody character was a strong female with power and talent to do things her way. Melody did not let herself be pushed around by dominating man.
Never knew what would happen next! Two very strong individuals.. great story!
First book I’ve ever read from the bad guy’s point of view. These two characters were definitely bad, rotten and twisted yet I couldn’t help like them. Great book and liked it so much I’ll be reading the rest of the series.
This story is truly unpredictable a page turner indeed
I loved this book and series. It has some crazy mob stuff, but the consistent action was intriguing. The love scenes were off the page steamy as well.