Imagine this: Your husband is murdered on your wedding day. Your gown is soiled in his blood. You are taken hostage… Treated like a caged animal. The man behind your husband’s murder is revealed. His name is Draco Molina. Draco has power. Respect. Wealth. He is a savage beast of a man – dominant in every way. Soon after, he makes you an offer that you can’t refuse.All you have do is submit to … refuse.
All you have do is submit to him, and in return you won’t be punished.
He will reward you handsomely.
But if you disobey, you must be prepared to face the consequences.
What do you do when the most wanted man in the world . . . wants you?
Please Note: This story contains dark elements that may not be suitable for everyone. If you are sensitive to darker matters or if they make you feel uncomfortable in anyway, please consider that before reading Passion & Venom. I will be the first person to tell you that this story is NOT for everyone. To all the others that are eager to read it . . . El Jefe awaits.
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I just finished reading Passion and Venom by Shanora Williams
I picked it up when I seen ladies going crazy over it in Shanora’s group and they were mentioning how much El Jefe was so much like Massimo in the movie 365.
Well I have to say I agree..good Lord I LOVED this book!!
Ohhh and she said this is one of my darker books…and I went and one clicked that baby before she could finish typing that sentence..haha
This is my first time reading a Mafia Romance, but I’m so impressed how well written this love story is. In a matter of a few hours after Gia’s nuptials, her world was turned upside down, and her life thereafter would forever be changed. Darco loved her from a far for so many years, then to come face to face again only to realize he needs to make room for love. Her Love… Can Gia find forgiveness for the damage that Darcro has caused to her life, her heart. Darco is not an easy man, to know and especially not to Love. El Jefe Rules the Catel, Rules the one’s he loves, that love him. Can Gia be the raising star that Darco needs, can she break down those walls that he has so careful constructed.
Amazing start to this series I am itching for more Gianna and Draco. Man Draco pulled no punches and Gianna had to go through some horrible things and I felt for her so hard. I loved how unapologetic Draco is in his depravity but is so protective of Gianna against anyone else doing something to her. I will definitely be continuing on with this series because I need answers and more of their chemistry.
Read this in one sitting because I have no self control.
This is def a page turner and once you start you won’t be able to put it down!
Hot damn! I was completely blown away by this dark,raw, gritty and intense read. The story of Draco aka El Jefe and Gianna begins as she pays the ultimate price for loving and marrying the wrong person.
Their violent and twisted story is better left to be read be to fully understood and appreciated.
El Jefe “es muy loco”, but he saw something in Gianna that woke a passion that made me love him!
I can’t wait for book 2
OMG this book was a total unexpected to me… its dark.. gritty.. painful and secretive..Gianna who was taken away after the wedding… this is her journey to reveal a darker side from her past.. Draco is a myterious man.. sadistic in some way… compassion and yet his attraction with Gianna… the story is well written without revealing too many points.. you need to read and savor each pages to find out whats happening.. I love this.. as much as its painful.. horrifiying… scared to the point of quitting.. this is a gem read
Look at this beautiful cover, it’s like a work of art. After I read the book and went back to look at the cover, I could appreciate how well it ties in to the story. I love dark reads because you never know what will happen and this story kept me guessing. I can’t wait for the next installment.
Well, hello, Mr. Draco Molina…
How you doin’? Where ya been all my dark life?
I decided to start this series after finishing Breaking Mr. Cane and reading about some big bad El Jefe.
How bad I not read this book sooner??? Once I started, I seriously could not put it down. It was 6am by the time that I finally let my eyes close, and that was because I had reached the final page of the book!
Passion and Venom is dark and it will have certain elements that won’t be ok with everyone. If you don’t care and can read dark shit, this book is for you.
I mean, what can we expect from a Mafia story? You know it’s going to push the envelope and I’m so glad it did.
I loved Gianna! That is one strong woman who refuses to take crap from anyone and everyone. Her circumstances kinda really blew for a while, but she adapted and just made shit work.
Draco Molina… that is one crazy motherf*cker! I was pretty terrified of him, but at the same time, extremely turned on. Lol, something must be wrong with me.
This book starts off exactly how the blurb explains. A wedding that doesn’t even last an hour.
Gianna and Toni are driving away from the church when the Mexican cartel interferes and kills Toni right in front of Gianna… where all his blood splashes on her $34,000 dress. **shudders**
From that point on, Gianna is taken and held hostage until El Jefe comes back from whatever business trip and figures out how to handle the new wife of Trigger Toni.
And, that is where our story really starts.
I already started book 2 Venom and Ecstasy because I must know what is going to happen.
This book ended with a pretty Big Bang!
Passion or venom? And you ask me what my choice is? The venom. Every. single. fucking. ounce of it
It’s explosive at best , a very violent start to what seems like a blood spattered and gruesome love story. Gianna Nicotera is a Mafia Princessa. Her father Lion Nicotera is the right hand man of Molina , who leads a ruthless cartel based in Mexico. Somehow Draco Molina sees Gia in a shooting range and her Green eyes shoot a bullet straight through his heart. He’s done for, totally enamoured and spellbound. There and then Lion tells Draco,that Gianna belongs to him, is being groomed to be his Queen, by his side. From then on their paths separate and after a lot of upheaval, they stand on opposites sides of the door in a garden torture shed , As captors and captive. She’s still in her torn , blood spattered, urine soaked Wedding Gown , and he’s in suave clothes as her holder. She catches his eye and he reinstates her in his bedroom, his castle, his heart.
But Gia will never forgive not forget the “Pinche hijo de puta!” Fucking son of a bitch. Draco for murdering her husband, Trigger Toni , barely hours into her marriage , and stealing her and subjecting her to vicious tortures, starvation, and rape at his guard’s hands
“I was passionate. Passion was what I knew. Passion and hope were what kept me going. The Princess is ready to snatch up the big crown and become the one thing she was deathly afraid of. A queen. With veins full of venom and a heart full of ice. A queen who will no longer bow down, but have everyone else kneeling at her feet.
Gianna Ricci is no more.”
But Gianna Nicotera is here, and she is hungry for a massacre.
She rises from the ashes , from Shed to palace , she’ll survive and bring down the Molinas !
The story is pulse pounding and grossly captivating . A horrendous train accident that I’m forced to watch cause my eyes & my mind is hooked. Line and sinker !!!!
The action packed , racy thriller is penned so tight and thrillingly , I had to finish it in one sitting.
I loved the premise, the setting, the characterisation and the anticipation. Not everything is what meets the eye so I’m accepting some shocking revelations and tight lipped secrets to evolve
off to read book 2 now
5 Chocolate Cosmos Stars
That was freaking awesome.
Draco wow what a guy, he’s everything a typical Crimelord should be. He’s brutal and dangerous and everything you should fear and he’s just had Gias husband killed. Took her prisoner and wants to make her his.
Gia hates him with a passion but soon realises she has to be smart if she wants to live. She needs to get close to her captor play the Monster at his own game if she has any hope of survival.
This book was really good I highly recommend you read this one. I can’t wait for more.
Oh wow, The Conclusion to this fantastic series and what a book it was.
I don’t even think I have the words to express how good this book was, I went through so many emotions while reading this series and this one was no different.
I am not going to give away any spoilers but if you have read the first 2 books in this series this is a must to see how it all ends. It is so well written from the first page I was hooked and I couldn’t put it down till I finished it was just that good it just keeps you turning the pages.
Draco and Gia’s story is such a roller coaster of a ride. In this one I was sitting biting my nails and at the edge of my seat wondering if it will end how I want it to, the passion these two have, I just loved Gia in this one and I couldn’t love Draco anymore than I did but you do.
This series will be one of my all time favourites I have loved this story.