Sergei Andronikov was a child when the Mafia wiped out his family, leaving him with nothing but a hunger for revenge. Years later, through ruthless strategy and tireless patience, he’s a contract killer working for the three families ruling Cape Swan… and he’s nearly in position to bring them all down from the inside.
Domenico “Dom” Maisano is Mafia royalty, a made man… and a hitman. He’s caught … He’s caught up in a violent life he can’t escape, struggling to maintain an image he doesn’t want, and suppressing desires he can’t have.
A chance encounter throws the killers into each other’s paths. Though Dom knows he’s playing a dangerous game, he’s intrigued and keeps coming back. Sergei can’t resist him either—Dom is everything he set out to destroy, but he’s also everything he’s ever ached for in a man.
Then Sergei gets the contract he’s been waiting for—the hit that promises to bring the town’s Mafia to its knees.
But when a boss makes an unexpected move, Sergei must choose between dropping the hammer on the families he vowed to annihilate, and protecting the man he swore he wouldn’t love.
And the wrong choice—or even the right one—will destroy them both.
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This book was phenomenal. I love an intense story with mobsters and sexy Russian assassin twinks. It doesn’t get better than that. The plot kept me on edge the whole way and there were shocks and surprises around every corner. Love it.
This was not the love at first page kind of book for me. At the beginning I didn’t know what to think. It was definitely going to be a dark book and I hesitated but after reaching a certain point, oh my goodness, the story turned from regular to spectacular! In the world of murder and betrayal two men are thrown together – one is bent on vengeance and the other is struggling to survive. Neither chose this life willingly and neither can walk away alive.
Sergei is smart, sharp and cold-hearted. He has one and one goal only – to destroy those who destroyed him and his family. He will stop at nothing. At first glance one wonders if there is any humanity left under that cute twink facade. But as the story goes deeper and darker Sergei slowly opens up and all the raw pain leeches out of him like blood out of an open wound. How much he sacrificed, how many he has killed to get him where he is now and how much it cost him. He does not know it yet but Domenico will be his salvation.
Dom is born into the life of crime and is still paying for his father’s sins. He is the killing hand of Corrado Maisano, the head of Maisano family, and he is trapped and lonely. What starts as a mercy encounter turns his life upside down and brings him peace in these stormy times. Dom finally finds himself in Sergei’s arms, he feels alive and for the first time in love. But the war is brewing and he is afraid that his number is up.
These two men don’t know love or kindness – they know money and betrayal. They don’t trust and give very little of themselves even when they are together. But still they can’t stay away. In each others arms they find first acceptance then love. It blindsides them and leaves them stunned. When the truth comes out and all the cards are on the table Dom is willing to sacrifice his life for Sergei but together they manage to bring the house down on those who tormented them all their lives. It’s gripping, raw, intense and angry. No one will be left standing as Dom and Sergei fight for their love and freedom to be together. So many lives lost over greed and bid for power, but this time love does conquer all – even death as Dom and Sergei barely escape with their lives leaving wreck and ruin in their wake.
It is dark, heart-breaking and at times soul-mending story but stunning nonetheless. I loved and I highly recommend it!
One of the most exciting and heart rendering M/M romances I’ve read.
I enjoyed the book overall, but at times the description of what the characters were thinking became long and repetitive. This left me impatient at times for the story to move on. The story is somewhat unreal, but it is fiction, after all.
I dabble in reading in romance every now and then and honestly it not a genera i like very much because of its predictability. Its very Disney in that way. Girl meets boy/prince, they spend a day or few hours together and fall madly in love, there is some sort of minor obstacle aka “the wicked witch/stepmother”. Boy defeats obstacle and they live happily ever after. And that’s kind of what I dont like about romance is that no matter what the end result is the same, like a disney movie. However, this is not the case in If the seas catch fire. I have read some previous work from L.A. Witt and i was on the fence about reading this one but im glad i did. For once the story wasnt so predictable. I was actually kept guessing. And I was very surprised at what happened to the 2 main characters and how things unfolded. Without giving anything away this story is very good and refreshingly unpredictable for a romance book.
What a action packed book. It is nice to see a happy ending and to experience gay characters as real men. Lol!