My business is death. My place in the world is a straight forward transaction. Orders, discipline. A life for a check. However, I find myself manipulated into protecting mafia princess, Adelina Ricci. She should just be a job, so why am I willing to risk everything for her? A lethal knight. A rebellious pawn. An inexplicable bond. Loathe me or love me?A lethal knight. A rebellious pawn. A lie … lethal knight. A rebellious pawn. A lie that will ruin them both.
Loathe me or love me?
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Loved It! Can’t wait to start the next book. That ending left me with a WTH? is she doing???
Happy Reading Everyone!!
Reviewed by Jeanette Oglesby
Loved It! Can’t wait to start the next book. That ending left me with a WTH? is she doing???
Happy Reading Everyone!!
I have always loved a good mafia romance but this one is already one of my all time favs even though this is just the beginning. This is book one of the Touch of Death Series and ends on a cliff hanger and continues in book two, Leave Me. This book is action-packed from page one and includes mafia wars, betrayal, lies, secrets, protection of a mafia princess and an unexpected romance.
Loathe Me is phenomenally written with wonderful characters and a great storyline that kept me on the edge of my seat. Adelina is running from the inevitable. Sasha has been tasked as her protector. It was meant to be a job… keep her safe. While on the run and hiding from the ones hunting her and the wars that are brewing neither of them expected for feelings to begin, making their situation and choices that much harder.
Highly recommend!
I really love this book and recommend it to all as long as you can get over the fact that the main guys name is sasha.
Read the trilogy. Some parts traffic for some sensitive readers kept me on my seat the entire read
Love Sasha!
This story is a mafia story should be! There was no grazing over the danger and perilous situations. The author lays it out and presents it to the reader like a buffet. There is murder, loyalty, betrayal, vengeance and passion, everything you need for a good mafia story! Lovell sure knows how to write syndicated crime stories.
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Sasha Ivanov is manipulated into securing the safety of Adelina Ricci, a mafia princess blindly caught up in an age old promise of a betrothal between two prominent familias. His vow to never allow Enrique Bianchi to take her becomes more than he can promise, when she takes matters into her own hands.
The gravitation and attraction between Sasha and Adelina is tantalizing and sizzling! Their rapport and connection sharpens the story into the remarkable read that it is.
I have yet to read the Kiss of Death Series, but I have read the prequel, ( .), so I am familiar with Sasha and Una and I think that alone made the difference in recognition of some of the characters within . While it would have been favorable to have read the KoD series to understand the background of these characters, it is not necessary, but I will be gobbling them up before the next installment is released.
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5 Stars for a Fantastic Book!
A promise was made a long time ago and it has been broken bringing death. Sasha, an Elite Russian Soldier, was hired to protect Adelina, the Italian Mafia Princess. She doesn’t want his protection. He’s a machine, that has been programmed his entire life and he will protect her. This is a great story. I was taken captive from page 1 to the last page. And what an ending, I can’t wait for the next book. I love LP Lovell’s books. She is a phenomenal author! I’ve read 6 of her books and plan on reading all of her books. Read this today!
Loathe Me is the latest book from L.P. Lovell and it’s Sasha’s story. First in order to thoroughly enjoy this book I suggest you read The Kiss of Death Duet featuring Nero and Una. You will be able to get a full picture of Sasha and how much he changes through out the story. I couldn’t wait for Sasha’s story and was not disappointed. I loved this book, Sasha is so much more than I could have imagined and his changes were wonderful. Such simple pleasures we take for granted seem to bring such confusion to him. Adelina is also so much more than she seems. At first she appears to be a naïve Mafia Princess which to some extent she is but she’s also brave, feisty and selfless. I loved the connection she had with Sasha and although I don’t agree with what she did I understand her reasoning. This one does end on a cliffhanger and I can’t wait to see Sasha unleased.
***ARC Provided by Author***
I’ve loved every LP Lovell book I’ve read, and this was no different! We get to see Nero and Una again, which is always fun….I love the two of them together! And in this one, Sasha may have met his match in Adelina Ricci. I didn’t agree with everything she did in the book, but I could understand why. The ending just killed me! I need the next book now!! You want to read this book, it’s non stop action coupled with a delicious slow burn romance!
I received a copy of this book from the publisher/author to review for Stephanie’s Book Reports.
I am a soldier. A killer. The Russian Elite. She’s a mafia princess. A job. A runaway bride. My business is death, however, I find myself Manipulated into becoming a glorified babysitter to Adelina Ricci. She’s spoiled, naive, reckless and yet she see’s parts of me I didn’t know existed. Makes me want things I had never even imagined. I will protect her from everything, but I can’t save her from me — that damage is already done. A lethal knight. A rebellious pawn. A lie that will ruin them both. Loathe me or love me?
I was so excited to have this book in my hands. I just knew that it was going to be amazing and it was and so much more. This story is best enjoyed if you read The Killer’s Duet first. Una and Nero play a huge part in this book and things that happened in that book affect this one. You also will have met Sasha in that book and know exactly who he is. He is living his life, doing his thing by completing along with Una the contracts that they have. He has heard of the Ricci family but when the oldest sister comes knocking on Nero’s door for help he all but tells Sasha he has to protect the youngest daughter from marrying a man she had no idea her father had promised her to. They chase is on. There are twists and turns and shocking things happening. Just like you expect from a LP Lovell book. I will tell you to hold on to your heart because it is going to drop to your feet sat the end of this book. What a cliffhanger. I hope we don’t have to wait long for the next book I have to know what is going to happen with Adelina Ricci and of course what Nero is going to do. It is going to be so epic. Grab this book and get ready to not be able to put it down.
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This book is action packed from the beginning and you can’t wait to get to the next chapter. Very exciting. Except it is one of those books that you need to read the next one or two to find out what happens.
I received a copy of this book from the publisher/author as I had volunteered to review and do ARC for 3rd book in the series (for that I need to read entire series).
This is the first book I m reading of this Author. This book is about Sasha and Adelina. This book made me intrigued about Una and Nero’s story. I will pick it up one day.
Adelina is the second daughter of The Sicilian crime boss. Her only use is through a marriage and make a stronger alliance to her family. Now suddenly her older sister Gabriella who is next in line for Mafia throne, claims that her life is in danger because of the alliance made for her when she was a child. Initially Adelina looks and acts exactly like a spoiled, secured mafia princess. Her personality is much stronger than that. She is fiercer and more selfless. Her older sister seeks a protection to her in form of bodyguard. Sasha becomes her body guard to protect her from the family/Binachi who wants her.
Sasha is a contract killer with a new assignment to protect Adelina and keep her away from the one who wants to claim her as his bride. Even though he is independent and doesn’t work for any one, he accepts this job for Nero and Una’s sake. He struggles because of his upbringing in the Elite army and he is blocked off mentally from normal human interactions and is mostly a killing machine.
Adelina being the total opposite of Sasha, will they survive each other? It’s full of drama and yet, it makes you turn next pages. Sasha soon realizes she is spirited, selfless and fool headed. Plot and story goes smoothly, but still I think, the bond between Sasha and Adelina could have been better. With threat looming all around them, how well they face each other and the threat? Una and Nero play a huge part in this book. Note: It ends with Cliff-hanger.
Loathe Me is what a good mafia story looks like. The story is also scorching. The electric pull between Adelina and Sasha is absolutely scintillating. Their chemistry is off the charts. HOT!
What I love SO MUCH about Lauren’s writing is the depth and detail that she gives us. She goes back to childhood, to where it all began and then slowly builds you up to the present. You never guess what character did what, or when. Don’t worry, it’s all mapped out for you. That in and of itself, makes her writing so addictive. It leaves you feeling as if you know each character and then, wanting more from them. I can’t wait for book two. I know that it will be just as amazing as this one.
Since Una and Nero’s story in Kill Me, L.P Lovell has been building an amazing mafia saga. I’ve been following her characters with a keen interest.
Sasha has been there from the beginning, I was so glad to hear he would have his own series! Loathe Me is the first installment of the Touch of Death series. With its dark tone, fast paced intrigue, it gripped me from cover to cover.
In charge of the the protection of Lina, Sicilian mafia princess, Sasha is dead set in fulfilling his contract.
“I’m an assassin, not a babysitter.” He huffs a laugh. “Semantics. She just needs deadly.”
His determination will be challenged, though, since the young woman assuredly has many hidden talents. She totally cracked me up.
Guns, explosions, incredible tension, the atmosphere is set. That is without mentioning Lina’s deep emotions. Her guilt, her frustration, her loyalty fed her rebellious attitude.
“I expect her fear, want it even, but as I meet her gaze, there is none. Only defiance. Behind those eyes a war is brewing, and it matches my own.”
Will she crack open her protector’s strong shield? I’m not telling you. The cold, focused and distant Sasha has definitely a lot to handle when it comes to Lina!!!
“A tiger might seem friendly, Lina. Doesn’t mean he won’t bite you.”
Another devilishly dirty delight!
This author never disappoints with her mafia romances!
In this story we get a perfect blend of raw grit, intensity, and devilishly dirty goodness.
Loathe me can certainly be read as a standalone, however reading the Kiss of Death series does offer more insight into Sasha’s character where he was first introduced.
Sasha is assigned to his next job…
Protecting a mafia princess.
It turns out things are never what they appear, and his new assignment takes on all kinds of delicious unexpected twists.
What develops between Sasha and Adelina was a fast paced combustible story.
Roles may be reversed and the ending left me hungry for more! Can’t wait to discover what happens next!