I like nice things, but this time I’ve stolen from the wrong man.He caught me red-handed, but he didn’t call the police.He’s the kind of man who settles his own scores.One stern look left me trembling… and then he took off his belt.What should a big, bad man like me do with such a naughty little girl?I only meant to teach her a lesson.I didn’t plan to bring her into my world.But now she’s … to bring her into my world.
But now she’s mine… and I protect what’s mine.
Publisher’s Note: Bronson includes spankings and sexual scenes. If such material offends you, please don’t buy this book.
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Paige loves nice things. Unfortunately, she works at a rundown nursing home and those nice things don’t always, if ever, fit into her budget. But, she loves her job even if the nursing home has very little in the way of a budget, the uniforms and shoes are ugly, and the patients are often forgotten. Yes, with her big heart, there’s only one thing she loves more than her job and that’s her name brand couture. So how does she do it? She takes what she wants and never gets caught until the day she met “The Looker.” This is the first book by Shanna Handel I’ve read so I had no idea what to expect from her writing style or her characters. As it turns out, she has a gift for telling a story as if I was right there, witnessing every conversation, action, and scene. “Bronson” isn’t a dark, heavy read. It’s just a great read with tantalizing scenes and a consensual agreement on domestic discipline but then what would you expect from the head of a mafia? I can’t wait to read the remainder of the series.
Paige is a nursing assistant and loves beautiful things. She gets them by any means necessaryt be loved which she’s never had and cared for by many. All because Bronson caught her stealing. But she was stealing more than the butterfly she stole his heart. He was glad to give her a family
I thought the whole concept of the Bachman’s and where they live was interesting. The story of how you become a Bachman as a man piqued my curiosity. It also made me so her if Bachman’s have children, what happens then? The whole “Robin Hood” concept added a different twist to the story.
Bronson and Paige understood each other on a different level than many couples. They had chemistry. There were a few steamy scenes. Paige meeting Bronson changed her life. Both of them basically had good hearts, and that is not to say they didn’t have issues.
I don’t know how you would label this if you were so inclined. A D/s, TIH -Taken in Hand, or Domestic Discipline, so I decided no labels necessary, just an intriguing book.
If any of that offends you, you should probably take a pass.
I am hoping there are more books about the Bachman couples,the Bachman history, and their lifestyle.
Bronson is the beginning to the Bachman world, where Pretty Woman, Robin Hood, and domestic discipline all meet in this perfect combination. Paige has dedicated her life, time, and money to her family, the elderly she cares for, but she has a love for nice things and will do anything to obtain them. When she finally steals from the wrong person, Bronson will take his little thief and dole out his own form of justice. Bronson feels the deep need to take care of Paige and they feel completely drawn to one another, but will Paige be able to handle Bronson’s secret life?
Wow, this book took me in a completely different direction than I was expecting, but I love reading this book! Bronson and Paige are passionate, understand each other in ways they never expected, learn what love is truly about, and I love their relationship! Paige has a few characteristics that drove me a little crazy, but I loved her huge heart and everything that she would do for others! I’m so happy she found strong and dominant Bronson, because she needed a man in her life to hold her accountable, as well as someone that she couldn’t just walk all over, like she tried to do on occasion, haha. Bronson has a huge responsibility held on his shoulders and tried his best to do his best. He expects a lot from those around his, but will also do anything for those in his circle. As a protector, Bronson is everything to Paige: friend, guardian, protector, and almost a Daddy! I love their intimacy, I loved their connection, and I love the hurdles that they needed to overcome. I would definitely call this a romance with light mafia influences, as it didn’t have quite the darkness or intensity that many mafia romances do have, but I love the Bachman world, I love The Village, and I can’t wait to see what will come next!
Paige has the distinct personality of a sociopath. She actually thinks she’s entitled to and deserves whatever she STEALS , because she can’t afford it. What kind of rationale is that besides twisted!?!? These two main characters are kindred spirits and are more alike than they are different at their core beings. I didn’t like Paige’s uppity attitude after the engagement. Her mouth and attitude were overboard and disrespectful. I was disappointed Bronson gave up the cash to the theif. A lesson should have been taught right there and then. I look forward to Carter and Sasha’s story next. I really enjoyed the idea of a private Baughman community.
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Triggers: spanking, some descriptive sexy time
**spoilers**
Despite the “Mafia” label, this is not a mafia story (unless you want to compare Bronson to Sonny Corinthos) It is an ott, insta lust romance.
Paige, poor neglected girl, grows up to work in a nursing home. She is also a thief who feels entitled to take what she wants (because she helps her poor elderly patients)
Bronson, supposedly head of a mafia family but they are a “good, robin hood” type criminal, taking from the “bad guys” and giving to the helpless.
Paige enters Bronson’s jewelry store, he catches her stealing. Immediately they are attracted to each other. He spanks her for trying to steal from him. Then he gives her the necklace anyway.
Bronson is described as dominant but no he really isn’t. This story was fast, ott unbelievable with the whole “secret mafia family village” where all the mafia guys spank their bratty wives.
HEA
I love this authors Ranch Rules series, I felt the cowboys were more dominant than the mafia.
Bronson Bachman is the head of the Bachman family. Paige is a soft hearted thief and medical assistant in a senior home. Because Paige was unloved by her parents she calls the senior home our home and the residents are her family. She meets Bronson when she steals a necklace from his jewelry store. Theirs is a fairy tale of a romance that was very good.
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Bronson by Shanna Handel features Bronson, a dominant and head of the Bachman criminal family, and Paige, a worker who steals a necklace from a resident at a nursing home. Bronson catchesPaige and punishes her instead of reporting the theft to the police. He becomes obsessed with her and she is strongly attracted to him. But will she stay with Bronson when she learns the truth about him. I recommend this dark romance with its passion and steamy attraction.
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4 1/2 Stars
First time reading from this author and I was pleasantly surprised. Well written, easy to follow storyline with a cute twist in the way Bronson behaved after catching Paige shoplifting from his store. Paige’s kleptomania and obsessive need to acquire pretty things was her downfall and flaw. Everything else about her was heartwarming and sweet as she devoted her life in caring for the unwanted and forgotten.
I liked the way Bronson sees the inner Paige all the while wondering why he was so intensely physically captivated by her. His protective, dominant, alpha mode went in to full gear when it came to Paige, and the discipline scenes were not icky or over the top sadistic (which I really appreciated). The scenes never crossed the line, as some authors do, and ended up being a sexy prelude to the relationship to come.
Always happy when I find a new author that I like! This was a definite plus for me.
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Paige has had a hard, lonely life, but now she cares for the elderly and dreams big. Like a little girl, she loves pretty, shiny things and she loves the thrill of simply taking them. A shiny butterfly at Bachman’s leads her straight to tough mafia billionaire Bronson. When Bronson’s hard hand meets pretty little thief Paige’s bottom, he wants her forever. Shanna Handel always delivers and this is a really sweet spanking romance.
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I loved the writing style of this book. It was something I noticed from the first few pages. It turned out to be such a sweet romance between the two of them.
I wasn’t exactly sure from reading the blurb if it was going to be a book I liked because of the heroine wanting nice things and taking what she wants. I thought it made her sound snobbish and I just don’t connect well with that sort of character but I was so wrong with my assumption. Paige was so funny and caring and down to earth. She just liked what she liked was all. Bronson was all business and a natural dominant. He became entranced with Paige quickly and knew she was a girl begging to be disciplined whether she realized it or not. I loved the light kink the story had to offer because it really spiced the story up. First book I’ve read from this author and I’ll certainly be on the lookout for more.
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This is my first time reading this author and I thought she had come up with a good plot. I enjoyed the story and how the relationship between Paige and Bronson developed. It’s a fairly quick read only taking a few hours but it’s an enjoyable read.
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~~ 4.5 SINFULLY SEXY STARS! ~~
Shanna Handel melts hearts—and scorches panties—with BRONSON, a scintillating new Mafia Billionaire romance featuring Paige Silverman, a sassy nursing home worker who ends up in way over her head when she shoplifts a shiny new trinket at Bronson’s jewelry store and gets caught red handed by the big, formidable owner. But rather than turning Paige over to the authorities, Mr. Bronson Bachman doles out his own wicked form of stern justice and then strikes a bargain with the naughty klepto that she cannot possibly resist! But when Paige discovers her billionaire boss’s darkest secrets will she run scared or bravely embrace the perilous life that goes hand in hand with becoming a “Bachman Beauty?”
BRONSON has been touted as this authors STEAMIEST book to date and that is putting it mildly! She left those Sweet Texas Love cowboy daddies behind in this book and instead takes us on a delicious detour into the glamorous world of the rich and lethally dangerous Bachman crime family, and I was COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY ENTHRALLED by this tale from start to finish! And while I have savored each and every spankilicious novel this author has written, in my opinion BRONSON is the most tantalizing and provocative book she’s published thus far!
The combustible chemistry between Paige and Bronson is off the charts…so ELECTRIFYING in fact I could feel the sparks oozing off the page! Not only were the erotic encounters and discipline sessions so FILTHY HOT and INTENSELY AROUSING that they left me writhing, but the romantic connection between the H&h pierced my heart! I absolutely love the way this story unfolded—the banter was witty and engaging yet tinged with raw, aching emotion, the prose vibrant and alluringly descriptive, and there was an undercurrent of thrilling suspense as we were swept into the mysterious Bachman mafia underworld where loyalty, respect and dominance and submission are PARAMOUNT!
I love me a rakishly sexy billionaire BBF who does not hesitate to take his errant lady in hand, and holy moly did Bronson with those dark, smoldering eyes that “burn like coal” make me quiver! As the head of New York’s largest crime ring, he is “Decisive. Assertive. Protective. Dominant.” And a man NOT to be crossed. Yet despite his stern, intimidating presence, and overpoweringly masculine aura, he is a well-mannered gentlemen through and through, and a certain fetching sub brings out a softness and devotion in him that left me breathless!
I relished everything about this dynamic coupling—Paige and Bronson come from two entirely different worlds, but their molten-hot carnal desire and soul deep connection lit me up inside and their beautifully crafted love story had me SWOONING! I love how Bronson yearned to be everything to Paige— lover, disciplinarian, protector, friend. The man that she can turn to in times of strife, who fulfills the aching void inside of her, who chastises and spanks her when warranted but also makes her feel safe and cherished and oh so adored. And, in turn, she fills his life with joy and laughter, beauty and warmth and light!! Paige is such a sweet, spunky, endearing heroine—the other half of Bronson’s soul that he never knew was missing. But he knows the inherent risks of bringing her into his shadowy world and will not hesitate to annihilate anyone who dares to hurt a hair on her head!
I also enjoyed the secondary cast and love this clandestine Bachman society that the mega talented Ms. Handel has concocted, which is rife with drama and intrigue and sets the stage for future installments in the series!
BOTTOM LINE:
BRONSON is a hot, torrid, high octane page turner that’s guaranteed to satiate your every sinful craving and leave you BEGGING for more! Can’t wait to dive into Carter’s book next!
A WILDLY ADDICTIVE MUST READ!
An absolutely fantastic, compelling, inspirational, and exciting fast pace read that is action-packed with suspense, witty banter, humour, very erotic scenes, spanking, and intrigue. This is an on the edge of your seat page turner that is well-written with strong characters. The chemistry between the characters is intense and powerful. This book will captivate you from page one and hold your interest until the very end. Definitely recommended!
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When Shanna Handel writes it! I’m generally not a fan of the whole ‘mafia romance’ genre – I don’t see the appeal. However, having read some of this author’s books before I was interested to see how she worked it. The result has to be one of my new favourite books! Initially, I was very undecided about Paige but as the story goes on & we see more of who, how & why she is, I began to really enjoy this book. I have no words for Bronson except – YUMMY. Without going into plot details which could be spoilers, he’s everything you could want in an Alpha man.
Bronson big powerful and sexy is the hear of the Bachman family and now obsessed with Paige. When he disciplines her for the first time for stealing it wasn’t just the necklace she stole. So much time passes Paige believes that his attention to her is just platonic so with her hopes of being with Bronson romantically squashed she excepted a date with Peter the grandson of one of her patients. BIG MISTAKE. Bronson realized his mistake and did something of character for him. He did the A word. But Bronson’s life is not his own, he lives in a secret society behind hidden gates in a little village built hundreds of years ago. He has secrets that he fears will send Paige running away but he and Paige are like minded, so his criminal world doesn’t faze her and when his biggest secret is revealed she consoles him, go figure. Now they are planning their wedding and oh boy his sweet Paige has turned into bridezilla. A good hard spanking and her backside penetrated she tells him why. On the day of their wedding though something is wrong Paige is missing and Bronson fears it is a rival coming for revenge and his sweet Paige is dead. But the identity of the kidnappers is a surprise and worse then who he thought because of the emotional stress it puts on Paige.
This book tells a full story that surrounds a family built on loyalty, friendship, live, commitment and obedience. The rituals are intense and the rules of a Bachman woman are firm and will be obeyed or suffer the consequences.
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