In his world, disloyalty is punished.When Serena Ricci fell in love with a mafia bad boy, she knew what she was getting herself into. A man like Luca Morretti expects loyalty, but when she took a risk and it ended with the cops busting in, she let him take the fall. Now he’s out of prison, and it’s time for her to pay the price.She will be stripped bare, punished thoroughly, and used in the most … thoroughly, and used in the most shameful ways imaginable. First she will beg for mercy and forgiveness, but before he is finished she will beg for more…
Publisher’s Note: Hard Lessons includes spankings and sexual scenes. If such material offends you, please don’t buy this book.
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I had a great time with this book. The characters are well developed and engaging and the chemistry between them through the pages made for a great reading time. The storyline flowed easily page to page.
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I do love a good mafia romance. As long as they aren’t too dark or graphic, I enjoy the dark-themed ones but, honestly, I would not classify Hard Lessons as dark. Certainly, there was gun violence, and plenty of illegal activities taken part in by the main characters and their famiglia. There were also non-consensual activities the Hero (antihero?) coerced the heroine into. She didn’t like some of them. At first. LOL. Apart from their mob activity and a certain amount of rough force from the Hero, these two main characters were like any other young couple that are in love with and fascinated by each other. The author developed an interesting storyline that I enjoyed very much. I felt the story was believable, and something that might actually happen in a mob family.
The author crafted the Hero to be very attractive and sexy, and capable. As to the heroine, I read the review of another Amazon reader who expressed strong dislike of the heroine, calling her “brash, arrogant, full of sass and disloyal.” It is so amusing to me how different people can read the same thing and come to completely disparate conclusions! I do agree that the heroine was “full of sass.” She was strong-willed and I liked that she didn’t hesitate to express herself. As for the act the reviewer saw as “disloyal,” I think of it as being more PERCEIVED as disloyalty. The heroine had been thinking about her future and what direction she wanted it to take almost from the opening of the book. Long before the split-second decision that got her branded as disloyal. I loved the heroine. She was a strong person who stood her ground, even in the face of the Hero’s uber-dominance.
Throughout the good times and the bad, these two characters knew they loved each other, and they admitted the other was “it” for them. Without giving away too many other details, I will only say the story ending, while still holding some risk for this couple, was very satisfying. For a not-too-dark, but well-written mafia story that included a good serving of sizzling hot scenes, I would give this one 5 stars.
This book is about the relationship between Luca and Serena, who are both children of mafia families, and is a tale of betrayal and revenge. I recommend This novel with its well developed characters and a mafia plot loaded with unexpected twists, intrigue and suspense, drama, and sizzling chemistry.
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Truly enjoyed Serena and Luca’s story.
Serena has always loved bad boys, so when her and Luca got together she knew he was part of the mafia. She herself comes from a mafia family, but when a job goes sideways and the cops show up she lets Luca take the rap alone. Now that he’s out of prison he’s looking to teach her some Hard Lessons. While Luca was away Serena figured out she wanted something different in life and she wants to prove to Luca her way is the right way. Who will win in the end? This is a great read and I highly recommend it!
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Serena and Luca are crazy in love until a job goes wrong and she lets him take the fall. She doesn’t want the mafia life they both grew up in. She loves him, his strength, his dominance, his love, but she doesn’t love the life anymore and she is done. When he comes for her, she runs, but Luca is determined to be with his woman forever. She won’t get away AND she will take her spankings for wronging him. Hand, spatula.
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An enjoyable read. The premise wasn’t really unique, as it is another mafia story but I enjoyed Serena’s character more than I usually like the females in these types of stories. Serena was a quick-thinking, strong woman who wasn’t going to end up in jail because of a man. She never changed throughout the story and I liked that about her. Luca was the character that had to rethink his life choices if he wanted to keep his girl. Will he be able to become what she wants?