There were always whispers about my roommate at Hillcrest Academy.The wealthiest of the wealthy sent their kids to our boarding school, and Brooke Bennett had been at the top, though I never quite knew why. She was fun and outgoing, but she kept quiet about her family. The only things she showed me were photographs of her brothers.I became fascinated with her second-oldest brother. Kai Bennett.He … second-oldest brother. Kai Bennett.
He was the most of them all. Smoldering. Hypnotic. Alluring.
Kai had eyes that pulled me in and a face that haunted my dreams.
Then I met him.
He came to our school with their father, and that’s when I learned what kind of family Brooke came from. They were mafia, and Brooke’s oldest brother was dead. Her father said accident, but Brooke said murder.
Three months later, her father died, and Kai became the head of the Bennett Family. Brooke left Hillcrest for good, and that was the last time I saw her.
Fourteen years later, I’m staring at her face on the television. Brooke is missing.
Two days later, Kai Bennett kidnaps me.
** This is a 120k full-length standalone.
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“Dark. Delicious. Desire.”
A dangerously hot and solid mafia tale!
Holy smokes! Tijan’s Bennett Mafia book is a forced proximity, steamy, contemporary romance. Kai is everything you want and need in a mafia boss—danger, smarts, sizzle, and deception! Riley is a fierce heroine in her own right—strong, resilient, a fighter! And when the two are forced to work together, all kinds of secrets come to life!
“How am I supposed to let you go?”
This rating was given for it’s engaging and cohesive storyline, from beginning to end. While this book is a standalone, I feel like the book was solid in capturing the characters history, present and future. Of course, while I found the couple frustrating towards the end, especially after a certain outcome that effected the two main characters, I was not ready to let them go; the angst was insane and had me holding on until the end.
I continue to admire Tijan’s work, and look forward to additional novels by the author. Tijan
Ever since I’ve discovered Tijan, this woman has owned me with each and every story she has brought and continues to bring out and Bennett Mafia was nothing short of an absolute page-turner for me.
A mob boss and a struggling but independent and fierce heroine, this book is about Kai and Riley and the tale of secrets, love, life, family all come together in this action-packed standalone.
“I am not the good guy here. I am everything you’ve ever called me. I’m a murderer. I’m a bastard. I’m ruthless. I’m calculating. I will kill everyone your father holds dear, everyone, who has helped your father, and I will relish it.” He pulled back, tipping my head to meet his gaze. What I saw there doubled my shiver. Death. He was promising it to me.”
Kai is an anti-hero through and through with his broody nature and no-nonsense attitude. He just oozes alpha male masculinity and he has this aura that makes him not only dangerous but also aware that he would go to any length to protect his family.
Riley is more than just the perfect match for Kai. Quiet, deadly, stealthy and tough, she is broken who has nothing to lose and manages to keep the entire Bennett family on its toes.
But beneath all the stone cold facades are tow souls that are broken by the things they’ve seen and endured around them and are doing what they can to protect themselves and those they love and survive.
“I love you. I think a part of me actually fell in love with you on the steps of your school. Another part fell when I saw you fighting my brother and our guards. And I kept falling for you every time you resisted me, until I was gone. I was completely in love with you when you fought me in the elevator.”
Tijan has given us a story that is full of action and twists and turns that keeps you burning the midnight oil. She never revealed too much; I loved the way we are given details little by little, smallest of bread crumbs so to speak, of what is happening and it well and truly kept me on my toes until the very end of the book.
I was addicted to this story! It was oh-so-tempting, I kept aside all of my college projects and completely devoted and immersed myself in this story and I enjoyed every single second without feeling an ounce of guilt.
Bennett Mafia is absolutely tantalizing and so worth the read! Definitely pick this one up if you Tijan or mafia romance or both.
4.5 Stars!
5 STARS AND ABOVE !!! This book HAS to be Read !!!
It’s difficult to write a review for a book that has totally captured and ensnared you.. Has you clinging to a cliff edge, that you will happily jump off to just get more of these characters and even more entwined with their lives
Riley knows a cruel life, she’s lived one and escaped it. The time spent at Hillcrest Boarding school and her room mate and friend Brooke Bennett being one of her best times, even though Brooke was the Mafia Princess daughter of one of the biggest crime families. Brooke never shared a lot of her family but Riley has had occasions where she has been in their company. Even back then, the cold, ruthless power emanating from Kai Bennett was a force you could feel in your very bones.
Now years later, Riley’s life centers around helping to protect people, Brooke has gone missing and she is catapulted into Kai Bennett’s circle.
OMG this book is beyond anything you could imagine or expect. From beginning to end, you can feel the intensity. The raw power, the determination, the cold calculating Kai Bennett is definitely a man you will both love and hate. He will stop at nothing to find his sister, he will happily end anyone without a seconds thought and he will go to any length including abducting and using Riley.
Mind blown with the twists and turns in this book, my emotions had more ups and downs than a roller coaster, tension and danger, giggles and lust, i can’t even put into words how much and how completely each page of this book owned me. I loved Kai, I hated Kai, I LOVE Kai. You just knew this man wasn’t evil but he had no hesitation of performing the most evil of deeds when he deemed it called for. I adored Riley, she had strength, she had character, and she was such a badass, you just want to be her. She’s a protector as is Kai but they are at totally different ends of the spectrum, yet this author moulds the two together is just pure genius !!! This whole family will take over your heart in ways you will never see coming!! I’m still reeling from this book, it takes the concept of mafia books to a whole new level for me and is unlike any other!!!!
5 Stars!
The Review:
Being a fan of this author, it came as no surprise that I loved this book. But what did surprise me is HOW MUCH I LOVED THIS BOOK!
I’m not usually a mafia romance lover. I like them well enough, but it’s not my go-to genre. However, Tijan has a way of writing that always consumes me, especially her mafia/crew type books. Her characters are always strong, independent and ruthless … especially the heroes. I love them all. But as much as I’ve loved her other mafia/crew type heroes, that enormous basket of love doesn’t compete with the love I quickly developed for Kia Bennett. I want that hot, mafia bossman in the worst way!
Bennett Mafia was phenomenal. Sexy, heart-stopping and exciting. I couldn’t put it down. Not. For. One. Millisecond!
Story/Characters…
Riley Bello was born into a world of monsters. She lived in constant fear her first twelve years of life. Then, after being sent away to Hillcrest Academy where she met her roommate and soon to be best friend, Brooke Bennett – mafia princess, her life became a revolving door of change and sacrifice.
Years later she would come face to face with one of those monsters. The first time she saw Kia Bennett was in a picture on her best friends wall. She was fascinated. Then she met him in person and those piercing eyes, that flat, emotionless mask covering his too handsome face, that overwhelming air of authority … he affected her in ways she didn’t understand. And he scared the crap out of her.
Years later, she saw him again, only this time he’d kidnapped her and demanded information from her she couldn’t give him.
Kia Bennett is the king of the Bennett Mafia and he’s on a mission to find his missing sister and nothing will stop him.
Riley is no stranger to bad things. Her past is complicated and she’s spent the last few years immersed in a world of brokenness and hiding. So she’s not shocked in the slightest the minute the devil comes knocking.
Kia is darkness where Riley is light.
He hurts people. She saves them.
He is merciless. Ruthless. Scary. She is compassionate. Giving. Fearless.
Their common ground? They are both honest, loyal and will protect those they care about with a terrifying fierceness unlike any other.
The minute Kia kidnaps her, Riley knew her life would never be the same. What she didn’t count on was the instant attraction. That all-consuming pull he has over her. And she has to decide if she’s willing to join him in the darkness or try to salvage the life she left behind.
This read was everything!
Action packed.
Emotionally fueled.
Solid, exciting story that compelled me forward to the next page at every turn.
Well told, unfettered writing with firey chemistry between two untraditional mains I literally couldn’t pick a favorite from if I tried … because they BOTH kicked serious tail!
And as always, amazing side characters who cemented the familial feel/bond of a Tijan book.
The Wrap Up:
The entire read was amazing! I was captivated and delighted. But those last few chapters? I was enthralled! As I sank into the pages, I was taken from my mundane surroundings and buried in a mafia world where the author didn’t play around at the edges of darkness. No, she threw this reader right in the middle of it and held me captive until the electrifying end.
To say I want more of Kai and Riley is an understatement. To say I want more of the entire Bennett clan is too simplified of a comment. If this turned into a series, I’d shout praises to the book gods from the highest building I could find. I loved it that much!
You want an excellent read? Tijan is your author and this book should be at the top of your list!
4.5 stars
Well she did it again, Tijan made me cry! I guess she would blame Kai but I’m holding Tijan responsible for my waterworks. Bennett Mafia could totally be more than just a standalone (says the needy, greedy bookworm inside me but alas…). With so many characters that steal your heart, it’s bittersweet to hit the end. Don’t let my whining get in the way, I want more. I always want more.
Bennett Mafia is a page turner for sure. I was right there constantly trying to see where it was going. So many questions, I didn’t even have time to verbalize because I couldn’t pause my reading to process them. I needed to keep reading. I needed reassurance. I needed hope. I needed some darn answers!
So to alleviate your fears here a list of answers for you:
Yes
No
Not at all!
Absofrigginglutely
Girl, please!
I hope you told him where to shove it!?!
What were you thinking?!
Those have nothing to do with anything. You honestly thought I’d be a rat!?! It’s like you’ve never read a mafia book before. Rats don’t love in the end. I’m not a rat.
Reading aside, Tijan had me by the proverbial balls throughout this book. I had a perpetual sense of unease that only diminished with the epilogue (and even then you know I want more!). Romantic, steamy, and a double side of mafia chaos, Bennett Mafia is everything you don’t know you want.
Take a walk on the Bennett side!
Reviewed for Sweet Spot Sisterhood
I don’t know why I waited so long to read this book I love all Tijan’s books and this one, was no exception .
An amazing, emotional and heartbreaking story that provides an unique view behind the curtain of mafia life.
This is not a sweet and dreamy story about love. This book shows the negative effects of ruthless criminal life on the love life, that has no place in this cruel world.
Riley is “the product” of a brutal father who terrorized and abused his family.
Kai is the head of mafia family. He has to do what his lifestyle and family inheritance demands of him.
She helps people to survive.
He helps criminals to increase wealth and power.
What happens when good meets evil and can’t resists the power of attraction and gives in to the temptation?
Yes, a explosive emotional connection and hot chemistry that can’t be broken, not even with force (and trust me hot is not strong enough word for their chemistry )
I loved that both characters are strong and don’t take no for an answer.
This book is action packed and gripping from the beginning and is definitely a must read for all mafia romances lovers.
I love my bad boys in romance, but usually I don’t like them as complete criminals running drugs, guns, and women as well as killing people.
However, despite myself I DID enjoy this one.
This fucking story! … What an incredible ride it turned out to be.
There’s a foundation here for a really great world if Tijan wants to expand on it. She did a magnificent job with Riley and Kai both. Not gonna lie tho, some of Riley’s physical and mental reactions to situations went way off the rails for me, but that’s just an opinion. It isn’t based on any factual knowing they were OTT … I may have rolled my eyes on a few occasions, but that is just a bleep in what is otherwise a really well thought out story-line.
Well done once again! I can’t believe I’ve managed to read this many books by Tijan in such a short period of time and I am still very thirsty for more! She’s good guys. She’s really good …
(Read June 2019)
Bennett Mafia (Bennett Mafia Book 1) by Tijan
Kai Bennett is head of the Bennett mafia. Riley Bello had been a roommate with Kai’s sister Brooke Bennett. When Brooke disappears, Kai kidnaps Riley as he is determined that she knows where Brooke. Another great mafia romance from Tijan. I consider this a 5 star read.
Where to start…..this book had me from the start. IT WAS SOOOO GOOD!!!!! It was very hard to put this book down, it definitely captivates you from the start. I loved all the characters and how well they were developed. The story line was amazing. I laughed, I was shocked. You just have to go read this book.
If you have read Carter Reed or Cole or both then you won’t regret reading this mafia story. If you have not read any of these books then you need to go read them. You won’t be disappointed.
Mafia Madness!
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The setting: Canada, Minneapolis, Milwaukee
The Hero(s): Kai Bennett – Leader of the Bennett Mafia Family. He is looking for his sister who disappeared recently. He kidnaps his sister’s best friend from Boarding school to attempt to find her.
The heroine: Riley Bello – was roommates with Brooke Bennet in boarding school when they were younger. She now works for a group that helps people escape dangerous situations. She was trained for it an lives under an assumed name. She was once helped by the same group.
The Love Story: Kai is harsh and broody. He has a lot on his shoulders and had for a very long time. While being held captive by Kai, Riley gets closer to him and they end up finding themselves attracted to each other.
Riley has a terrible opinion of Kai since Brooke told her when they were young that Kai had murdered their oldest brother. He then murdered his father and came to bring Brooke home from school. However, as time goes on, she finds herself getting to know the man and what he stands for.
I liked this story, it was a bit different than most of the Tijan books I have read. I know I had read something on the Bennett Mafia in one of the other Tijan books I had read. I can’t even remember which one, but I put this on my TBR at the time. It was definitely worth reading. Far from the standard Mafia Captive Romance.
With regard to the narration, the book was told in Riley’s POV, not dual POV. I generally like Dual POV in romance, but I have to say the narration in this was terrific beside it being a woman. She has a great feminine voice but also does male voices so good. I really enjoyed listening to this on via audiobook.
I voluntarily read & reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts & opinions are my own.
Ho-Ly
Everything. Tijan did it again. Riley and Kai ripped me up, chewed me up, spit me out and put me back together. I need like a year to process what just happened to me.
Just do it. Read this. Immediately.
I don’t even know how to start this review because I’m still speechless! Bennett Mafia is AMAZING! I barely slept because I couldn’t put it down, it was an emotional roller-coaster. Kai and Riley are explosive together and this is definitely my top favorite standalone of 2019!
I was beyond excited when I read Bennett Mafia’s blurb and I was literally counting the days to this release after I read an excerpt. Honestly, a few days prior to the release I was thinking that I might be disappointed because my expectations were sky high but after I read it in one sleepless night, I can tell you that Tijan blew all my expectations away in every way possible!
Riley and Brooke meet and bound in their boarding school. Riley knows that Brooke is a Mafia princess but Brooke never talks about that, she mostly talks about how she loves her brothers and she keeps their pictures displayed in their room. An event occurs which makes Brooke’s family to go to their boarding school, to deliver Brooke sad news. That’s when Riley meets Brooke’s brother Kai… Then, a few months later Brooke leaves Hillcrest and 14 years later Brooke is missing and Kai kidnaps Riley. And I won’t say anymore.
Nothing is what it seems, no one is innocent, everything has a purpose…
Kai and Riley are captivating characters, they’re both strong-willed and their relationship is forged in chaos, fire and brutality. Bennett Mafia is fast paced, with no sunshine and rainbows, filled with action and suspense, dark and emotional moments, angst, twists and turns, red hot chemistry, lust, love, loyalty and fantastic secondary characters. I wish this wasn’t a standalone because I definitely want more Kai and Riley! Highly recommended to anyone who loves a dark steamy angsty romance.
I am becoming a huge Tijan fan. This book was great. It left me gripped wanting more and more of Kai and Riley and their amazing chemistry. I loved the mafia and suspense aspect of this book, and I was surprised by that. Kai wasn’t a great man, but I’m finding more and more that if they are good to the women they love, I’m forgiving about the people they kill. Probably not the way to be, but that’s how mafia romance goes. I’m not sure what that says about me, but Kai is book boyfriend worthy. I loved the story development and the twists and turns it took. I really wish we would have gotten some from Kai’s perspective. I found myself really wanting to hear his sides of things.
***4,75 “To be a Bennett!!!” stars***
“We’re Bennetts. There’s a responsibility that comes with our family surname. All of us hate it, but if we have to step up and bear it, we will.”
“I am destroying the safe world you had erected, and you’re letting me do it. I am fucking terrified that you will hate me at the end of all this…”
A Tijan book and a mafia book together??? Are you kinding me??? HELL YES!!!!
God, i love this woman’s writing so damn much!!! She is my secret delight!!!
And I’m really trying to resist because i really have to read and another authors, so I’m keeping her many times for my hard times!!!! But I’m loving every. single. book. of hers!!! Even though. my first one of hers “A whole new crowd” will always hold a special place in my heart!!!!
As you can realize, this book wasn’t an exception!!!
So, here was a super, wild ride as always with Tijan’s books!!!
We entered the mafia world and to be totally honest with you, even though she had written more from these kind of books, it was my first!!!! (The hard days as i told you before!!! Bahahaha!!!) And i damn loved it!!!!
It surely was a big book, but it had so many action inside that i didn’t get bored not once!!!
The main couple was amazing and the rest of the crew was also very loveable!!!
Nope, this story wasn’t about unicorns and rainbows, far from it, but it seemed real in an unrealistic way!!!!
“I am everything that’s bad in this world. You are everything that’s good, and I am turning you into me…”
Well, let me explain some things about the plot, but not too many, because… You know i hate spoilers, and it will be inevitable to make at some point!!!
Riley met Brooke Bennett when she was twelve years old… They were roommates for some time… Brooke was a princess mafia and she had a big family with four more brothers!!!
A year later, Brooke’s brother, Kai, took his sister away from school and Riley lost contact with her… But she never forget her, or Kai for the matter!!!
“I do not want to hurt you, but I will if it means losing my sister. Remember that.”
In the present day, Riley is leading a different kind of life… And Brooke is going missing…
And then, out of nowhere, two days after Brooke’s disappearance, Riley is getting abducted by the Bennett family and specificaly by their leader, Kai, who is trying to find his sister and he’s demanding Riley’s help in that matter…
And that is the beginning of a weird and life-changing journey for both of them, but especially for Riley!!!
“Kai was the enemy , or I’d thought he was. Now I didn’t know.
I didn’t know what was going on with me.”
“I needed to stop giving Kai more credit than he deserved. Fucking attraction had started to blind me to what he did for a living: he was in the mafia. He was a bad guy. He did bad things”
As you can understand, ther will be lust and love between those two, but it also will be bad blood… The line between hate and love is very thin and the kind of life that Kai is leading is going against Riley’s goals in life…
Is really Riley holding the key in Brooke’s disappearance???
Will Kai let her go or will he change her for good???
Will Riley listen to her heart or her logic will win after all???
Is Kai as ruthless and calculating as he seems to be or there is also a different side of him???
Is there a future for the two of them or their ending is inevitable from the very first moment???
“You may hate me. You may loathe me…
But you goddamn want me.”
“I was weak. I was an embarrassment to the ideals I’d dedicated my life to: helping others, saving others, protecting others. I was with a man who violated all of those principles, and I should run. I could run now, but I didn’t. I knew I wouldn’t.
I would give in when he came to me.”
Well, i won’t say more about this book, but there was much background in here…
There were many good things, but also too many bad things that took place in here…
It was a very hard thing to be a part of the Bennett family…
Kai was ruthless and cruel, but for his family, he could do anything!!! For Riley too, as it seemed in here!!!
The Network was making a really great job, but i can not say more details about it!!!
“It has to be your decision. Everything has to be your decision.”
Riley was a very strong woman and i liked the fight inside of her, especially in the beginning…
Yep, the feelings were clouding her mind from time to time, but she still had it in her…
Kai’s presence in her life changed her in a way that she couldn’t undone, but she changed him too!!!
Yep, he was the head of the family and he did anything to be in that place, so his morals weren’t in high levels, but at the same time, we could see that he had heart deep down inside… Family came first for him… And then, there was Riley…
Those two had too many shits to face, together and separately, but together could do anything!!!
Their love was explosive and in a way, destructive!!!
Will they manage to find balance and be together after all???
To be totally honest with you, near to the end, my heart was breaking for them….
“He opened a channel inside of me where dark things happened, a place most people didn’t want to acknowledge. Not Kai. Not me. He’d found it in me, made me look at it, and then he took me there and was making it my home.
I shouldn’t have wanted it. I shouldn’t have wanted him, but I could no longer deny that I was his.”
“I cannot risk you. I won’t. I’ve had my mother taken from me. My brother. I won’t risk anyone else,and I won’t apologize for that. I care about you. Whether it’s rational or not, I won’t chance losing you.”
In here, there were too many bad people!!!! Okay, the Bennetts were also bad, but i got to know them and i loved them, even with their flaws and their bad actions!!!
Yep, in books, i have no moral compass!!! LOL!!!
So, i loved all the Bennetts, beyond my dear Kai!!!They were an intriguing bunch!!!!
I also liked a lot Riley’s roommates, Blade and Carol!!! They were risking their heads for her and i appreciated it very much!!!
God, Tijan’s stories never get old for me!!! I need them as the air i breathe!!!!
“You are my goodness. My redemption. My lifeline. Jesus, you woke something good in me that I never knew was there, and I realized every time I held you that I was destroying you. Little by little. The more goodness you gave to me, the more darkness I gave back. I was changing you…”
This was such a suspenseful story that had me so intrigued by the mystery. From page one I was sucked in & enthralled by everything happening.
The Bennett family definitely has a lot of secrets that are revealed slowly as the story progresses. It had me dying for more with each turn of the page!
When mafia princess Brooke goes missing Riley, Brooke’s roommate from boarding school is the first person her brother Kai goes to for help, (aka leave her no other option but to help).
Kai & Riley have the kind of explosive chemistry. The kind where both characters know that they shouldn’t want each other but they can’t help the connection that pulls them together.
Bennett Mafia is a great story! The chemistry between Riley & Kai was so hot. I would love to know what happens with his brothers Tanner & Jonah.
I enjoyed this story a lot and highly recommend it.
This is my first read from Tijan and I can’t believe how much I’ve missed out! It’s packed of actions, emotions, dark secrets, internal struggles between the goods and bads, and sizzling hot scenes. At the young age, Kai became the head of the Bennett family, the most powerful mafia family in Canada. He’s extremely intelligent, calculative, ruthless, and determined. Underneath that facade, he’s a loving brother and would do anything to protect his family. Riley is very loyal to her friends and to her ideals in life. She has strong fight in her and never cowers, even in front of the fiercest mafia. When she started falling for Kai, she had to go through an internal struggle between the ideology she holds dear to her heart and the dark world where Kai belongs. The more she stays with Kai and his siblings, the more she sees him for who he is underneath all those layers. They have both influenced each other and their love for one another is what helps them overcome their differences. This book gave me all the feels and I just could not put it down. I’d highly recommend it!
My first dive into the works of Tijan and this woman has hit the top of the score card with this book! I have a keen desire for reading a romance with captivity, so if you are into this trope, then one-click this book, RIGHT NOW!
Tijan’s take on this mafia romance was well-constructed! We have Kai, the over-bearing big brother/mafia kingpin/main love interest to Riley. This man will reach beyond limits to find and secure the safety of his sister Brooke (only sister of the Bennett’s and Riley’s old high school roommate). When Brooke goes missing under his radar, Kai and the rest of the Bennett brothers embark on a mission to find and rescue their sister.
Then… we have our main girl, Riley. A hider that is working undercover with a 411 network to secure the safety of people on the run or in need of help. Her character is strong and fierce yet emotional and a tiny bit dramatic, but it works for this story because Kai is just too captivating and the power he yields is hard to escape.
This angsty and nail biting romance sent my adrenaline soaring. I now have a new mafia favorite to add to my collection!!!
I finally got around to this book, since I first saw the cover I wanted it and didn’t disappoint, I loved it. What a roller coaster ride, Kai is hypnotic, I couldn’t get enough.
And finally, a Mafia romance that isn’t teenage boys being the Big I am. I love Tijan’s previous books based in a high school setting don’t get me wrong but this is something I struggle with, I love Tijan’s writing, her plots, the characters but the actions of the characters, it never feels real or believable to me when the bad guy is a teen, I end up having too many doubts due to the age of the characters, I spend most of the time questioning things, trying to reason with what I am reading, I try and forget about the age and picture older characters until I am reminded about the setting or their age, this isn’t just this author I have read a few books were the bad guy is in high school, the head of the Mafia, or a gang leader. Anyway moving on………..
This book though, this felt more believable, Kai Bennett was danger, he was a brooding alpha, he was alluring and the head of the Mafia, he was also maturer, this was no teenager finding his feet, playing Mafia, Kai Bennett was the Mafia, hang on; just let me wipe away my dribble.
A slow burn romance with intense moments, there’s danger, kidnappings, angst, hotness, twists and turns, damn this was good.
Another brilliant read from Tijan, my favourite yet.
I listened this in audio, it took a bit to get into, boy was the narrator hyped up, I spent the first few chapters tense and couldn’t relax, its like she had had a bag of blue sweets or something before reading, she sure did put everything into it but in the angst moments her enthusiasm really brought it all to life.
This is the first book I’ve read by this author and after hearing so much good vibes about the books I drove into this one. Front start to finish it was a 5 stars read. The Bennett families dark and twisted past collides with their present taking a list girl along for the ride. Riley was every bit kai’s match and all you preyed for was the calculating mastermind to show his true self to the woman before him. You never get bored reading this book, there’s a constant change and development to the plotline that makes it hard to put the book down. Parts come where you feel your heart ache for the different members of the family and Riley too. Amazing book can’t wait to read more by this author.