Katherine: The day Antonio walked into my Café I knew things were about to change. He had this presence about him, and I could see shadows in his eyes of things I could never understand. But he was like a force of nature, taking what he wanted, when he wanted. He was big, strong, and had eyes the color of the finest chocolate. Everything he made me feel, scared the hell out of me. When he opened … opened his mouth, I wasn’t sure if I wanted to slap him or kiss him, he made every nerve in my body come alive. But, I have a secret. I didn’t want to let him go but its better this way. I have let enough people down in my life so, I tried to distance myself, and push him away. I never thought I could love, or trust, any man after my father left, but Antonio was here to prove me wrong, and he wasn’t going to back down.
Kitten: Antonio was determined to take me to my knees and crack me wide open.
Antonio:
Katherine was the kind of woman you could only ever dream up in your wildest fantasies. A woman who oozed sex kitten with every sway of her hips, and she had the attitude to go with it. With hair like fire, and eyes as blue as the sky on a clear summer’s day, that body of hers I swear had a direct line to my cock. Then, she pushed me away, but I don’t go down that easy. I didn’t get to where I am today without fighting tooth and nail for it. Katherine was mine and no matter how long it took me, I was going to make her see she belonged to me, just like I already belonged to her. I know she is hiding something, I can see it in her eyes every time she looks at me. I don’t care what I have to do, or how long it takes, I will find out what it is. My kitten isn’t the only one with secrets.
Antonio: Katherine brought me to my knees, and I was going to take her down with me.
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Kay Maree knows how to tell a story! Antonio and Kat were made for each other, despite all the pain the hurt they’ve gone through they made it work. This series is very good.
This was the exciting sequel to Angel Mine. Though it reads alone, reading book one will give you an insight into the characters.
Antonia is Mafia, finding out about his history gives you more understanding why. Kat is his love, she’s no pushover and he’s going to have to fight to keep her. They both have secrets, is this a good formula for a relationship?
An action packed dramatic story with plenty of loving will keep you hooked.
4,5 stars
I received an ARC of this book and this is my voluntarily, honest review of it.
‘Kitten mine’ is the second book in the ‘Mine’ series. I would recommend that you read the first book ‘Angel mine’ before reading this one. It will make reading this book more understandable if you do.
We met Katherine and Antonio in the first book. Katherine is Brooklyn best friend and Antonio is Dominic best friend (and also his boss). We could already read in that book that there was something going on between Katherine and Antonio but later on it also became clear that something had pushed them apart but we never knew what. So you can say that I was really curious about their story and it was more than I expected!
From the first moment that Antonio and Katherine met there was an attraction. Both felt it and both reacted on it but then after a short time when Katherine felt herself falling more and more for this dangerous but protective man, she pulled away. Because deep down she believed that she didn’t deserve him. That he would be better off with someone else. But she underestimated Antonio and his feelings for her. Antonio knows that Katherine is the woman for him and that they could have a great future together. And he will do everything he can to convince her of that. He knows that it will be difficult because he can see that she struggling with something dark. But if there’s one thing that he knows how to fight, it’s dark things so he will do everything in his power to convince Katherine that he’s the right man for her.
But Katherine’s demons aren’t the only obstacles in his way, other people are also trying to come between them in their own special way but they don’t know Antonio very well if they think that he will let someone come between him and his kitten!!!
The story started with different views of Katherine’s life so it took me a moment to get into the story but once I did I fell in love with it. This is a mafia story so you can expect violence and dead but one thing that I love about Kay Maree’s writing is that she writes it in such a way that it isn’t too dark to read. That’s also with the pace of the story, there are a lot of things happening in the story but it’s still believable. Nothing is never too much of something. And the fact that the story had some surprising twists is something that I just love as a reader!
The story is told from both POV, in the first book we met Katherine’s feisty side but in this book we see another side of her. It’s a very vulnerable side, a side that nobody knows of except her diary. But Antonio sees it and he wants it all, the feisty kitten and the vulnerable woman. The light and the dark. Antonio was really the perfect man for Katherine and I must confess that I felt for him too.
I really enjoyed it and I’m already looking forward to the next book in this series.