Heir to a powerful crime family, D’Angelo Mariani is being groomed to rule the Las Vegas underworld when a beautiful and mysterious adrenaline junkie jumps eight hundred and twenty-nine feet, landing smack dab in the middle of his life. Now he may have to sacrifice everything to keep her. Fleeing from a corrupt system, Markie Davis has spent the past year hiding in a secluded African village. But … African village. But when her sister falls off the grid, Markie is forced to return to the states and finally face a future she’s powerless to change. She never anticipated meeting a man like Angel.
Now she’ll have to confront her destiny to stay with him.
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LOVE THIS BOOK
MAKING ANGEL is book 2 of Harley Stone’s Mariani Crime Family Series, and it’s a good sequel…These are real mafioso…they aren’t afraid to get blood on their hands…and we still love them, because they seem more real to us…
Angel and Markie know they couldn’t be more different….Angel is 100%, an unapologetically, above the law, made man….Markie is a sweet, criminal justice major and the daughter of two murdered cops and has just returned from a year of volunteering with orphanages in Africa…..that kind of different…..and, then, their chemistry enters the picture….and, then, you’ve got a good book….
This is book two in the Mariani Crime Family series by Harley Stone. I was hesitant about reading book one, because usually Mafia books are a bit too hard core for me, but after finishing it, I could not wait to dive into this one. Both books appealed to the reader in me that loves a hard man with a soft side.
D’Angelo is the son of Dom and Annetta from book 1, Dom’s Ascension. All grown up, and taking his place in the Family, he is both a tech geek and a bad boy rolled up into one super HOT package! Along with his best friend/body guard, Bones, he is going about his daily business, being a crime boss’s son, when he runs into Markie. The attraction is instant, and he can’t leave her alone, even though he knows he should. Markie and Angel both try very hard to stay away from each other, to hold themselves apart from each other, for different reasons.
Markie is an enigma. She is selfless, adventurous, and seems to have no fears. But even from the beginning, we could tell that she was hiding something. Given her personality, I didn’t think there was any way it could be something bad, but when it came out, it shocked me! There is no other way to put it, and I have to admit, I had tears.
This book was much more emotional than the previous one. The last story relied on outside drama, whereas this one focused on a problem that was much closer to home. Don’t get me wrong, there was plenty of scary Mob boss drama, but it wasn’t the main focus. As a result, I feel much more for this story, and for Angel and Markie, than I did for the last one (Loved Dom’s Ascension, but this one just……WOW!) Amazing is the only word that comes to mind!
Another great book in this series! Angel and Markie are the great mix of the mafia bad boy and free spirit. We get to continue to follow the Mariani family years after the first book in the series. This book has the awesome mafia element with a great story. There is steamy romance and great mafia action! I love Angel and Markie together and they have a great chemistry and will keep you turning the pages. If you are looking for a great romance mafia read then this is the book for you!