I want her. I always get what I want.Her father stole something from the mob and they hired me to get it back, but that’s not the real reason Giliana Worthington is locked naked in a cage with her bottom well-used and sore.I brought her here so I could take my time punishing her, mastering her, and ravaging her helpless, quivering body over and over again as she screams and moans and begs for … and moans and begs for more.
I didn’t take her as a hostage. I took her because she is mine.
Publisher’s Note: Persuasion includes spankings and sexual scenes. If such material offends you, please don’t buy this book.
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What an absolute WILD ride Piper Stone has taken me on this time!! ‘Persuasion’ is book one of her “Dangerous Business” series and hits the ground running with Mafia, intrigue, theft, lust, and danger. Kostya had worked for the Mafia and had been assigned to the Specialists for a mission. A very rare and priceless pink diamond was stolen by Wyland Worthington within three seconds after it had been shown and it was now Kostya’s job to retrieve it. While at a Mardi Gras party in Worthington’s home, where he had been informed the gem in the safe, Kostya is immediately taken with a young woman who is seamlessly pickpocketing the guests’ valuables. This is where the mission takes a turn and the secrets begin to reveal themselves. There is nothing more intriguing to me than a dark mafia anti-hero and BDSM, especially when the chemistry virtually leaps off the screen.
Persuasion is a dark mafia novel by Piper Stone which tells the story of Giliana Worthington, a chef and pickpocket whose father stole a diamond from the mafia, and Kostya Visiliev, who was sent to retrieve the gem and ends up kidnapping Giliana for information. Both of the characters become attracted to each other, but Kostya realizes a mafia mole is involved in the diamond heist which has implications for them. This exciting novel with its great and passionate characters and an intriguing plot with twists and turns which keeps you on the edge of your seat.
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Punishment for the beautiful pickpocket
Persuasion is a deliciously dark mafia kidnap romance story about Kostya and Giliana. Kostya works for the Russian Mafia and he is in The Big Easy (New Orleans for those that may not know) to get back a stolen big, fat and very expensive pink diamond. The jewel has been stolen by Wyland Worthington who lives in the city. Lucky for Kostya Mardi Gras celebrations are in full swing and he attends a party held where the jewel is supposed to be in a safe. Across the room Kostya spots a beautiful young woman who is captivates his attention. It is not only her beauty but also the fact that she is pick-pocketing party goers which has him intrigued. It seems he is going to have to teach her a lesson in the wine cellar. When the diamond is not where it is supposed to be Kostya he has to find it. So he decides to kidnap Wyland’s daughter who works as a chef. But she does not know where it is either. However, it seems the two have already “met” so to say, as they were both wearing masks the night before at the party. Now he not only still has a job to do but he is very distracted by the beautiful and strong willed Giliana that he plans on keeping.
I liked this story by Piper Stone. There is a lot going on besides the adult fun time so the story-line kept me interested. If there is one complaint it would be that Giliana was quite bratty…………but then again when she was like that it led to some very hot and steamy scenes between her and Kostya.
I received an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review. My opinions are all my own.
Wyland Worthington stole from the Mafia. They sent their specialist to handle it. He was entranced with the beautiful thief in New Orleans. Little did he know she was his targets daughter. But he kidnaps her and proceeds to punish her. She will be broken. This is a steamy hot read and the characters are of the hook. A must read.
Could of been longer lol
This story had so many twists and turns i could hardly put it down! The romance was dark but definitely could feel the great between them grow. The mystery of what on earth was really going on and why just kept snowballing and was really interesting.
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Never challenge an unknown entity.
A great mafia story. Where is the missing jewel he needs to collect? Professional thief versus an amateur thief, who will come out on top? Our main character and his “prisoner” (the female main character) have a roller coaster ride of emotion through the book. When emotions and bullets fly they must work with each other despite their feelings. This book will make you hot and bothered with the dominant/ submissive sex scenes. There is a lot of punishment going on in the book, so if you don’t really like that kink I wouldn’t recommend this book to you.
Russian erotic roulette
Giliana and Kostya play a dangerous erotic game, she is used by her father to distract Kostya and Kostya will make her pay in dark, decadent delicious ways.
There is danger, enemies and consequences in the world he lives in and now that Giliana has been pulled into it she two will become a target.
When desire and obsession becomes more they will do anything to have a chance at a HEA.
Mystery, intrigue, danger, action, desire, punishments, hot sex scenes, a dominant man and a strong, smart and sassy woman will make comsume this story!!!!
Kostya is a Specialist and works for the Mafia. Giliana is the estranged daughter of Wyland Worthington, the man who stole a precious jewel from the Mafia. While out on his mission, Kostya sees a beautiful pickpocket across the room. When Giliana takes Kostya down to the wine cellar, Kostya punishes the beautiful thief for lying to him. Unbeknownst to Kostya, Mr. Worthington has moved the jewel. As Kostya tracks down the jewel and Giliana, secrets are surfacing as well as skeletons from the past are surfacing and coming for revenge. what follows next is nothing short of a whirlwind full of sensuality, love and hate, as well as vengeance and lies. Will Kostya teach Giliana the joys and punishments of serving him and him alone? Will Kostya find the traitor in the midst while stealing back the jewel, or will Kostya lose everything when his enemy comes to fulfill his vengeance?
This is this first book of Ms. Stone’s that I have read, and I absolutely loved it. There are many triggers in the book; please beware. Ms. Stone has the ability to take a dark tale and make me feel as if I was part of the story. I do love a dark romantic story with some aspects of BDSM. There were many twists and surprises in the story that kept me guessing until the end. The steamy chemistry between Giliana and Kostya was electric and very spicy. Thank you Ms. Stone and Booksprout for gifting me an e-ARC of your book. This was my honest opinion, and I look forward to reading more of your work.
The price of distraction
—>>> Kostya Visiliev is a man who prides himself on his strict set of rules, his own code which keeps his mind straight on his shoulders, but on one particular mission to recover a precious stolen diamond, a woman manages to get his attention, causing him to abort a mission for the first time. But there is much more than meets the eye with this woman, and the more he finds out about her, the more he is obsessed with her. When events suddenly do not add up and his past comes back to haunt him, exactly whom to trust in his life becomes a vital matter, and that includes Giliana.
Prepare yourself for the unexpected with this story
What a story of instant attraction with a dark side and loads of suspense! Kostya’s mission is to recover a stolen diamond during his target’s party where he meets Giliana. When Kostya discovers Giliana is the target’s daughter, he plans to use her in his new strategy to recover the diamond. What follows is anything but planned with plot twists, revenge, deception and love!
A new author to me. I enjoyed the story but,I didn’t much like the female lead. This story is about Giuliani and Kostya. He is in the Russian Mafia in New Orleans. He’s sent to retrieve a priceless diamond and return to it’s true owner. She is a chef but also a pick-pocket. She is Worthington’s daughter. After confronting her about her pick pocketing, he spanks her for her bratty behaviour – and, she was almost annoying. After she left, he got to work and discovered the jewel he was supposed to get was gone. Some twists and turns keep the story alive but I just didn’t ever feel much for Giuliani.
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I actually have rated this book 3.5. I enjoyed this book. The characters were great – strong and passionate in their beliefs and relationship with others and each other. The plot was a good one and it read well throughout the book. Even up to the end, I continued to expected to read more twists and turns. I won’t bother going through a synopsis of the story line as you can read it in the description and some of the other reviews. I found this story to be very enjoyable. She did introduce another male character into the story line – I hope to read his story sometime into the future.
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Kostya and Giliana are brought together when he is working a job at her father’s party. What neither suspects or will discover until it to late is that there is so much more going on then either can imagine. Will they make it out alive?
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I am a firm believer that your mood will impact whether you can enjoy a story or not. I think when I was asked to read this book, my mood wouldn’t allow me to enjoy this story. I’m usually a fan of Piper Stone books, but in this case, I couldn’t get into the story. There was nothing wrong with the story, a Russian Bratva member hired by a secret organization to steal something back, and the targets daughter that get caught in the cross-fire. This story starts off steamy, and the writing is really good, but the story couldn’t capture my attention.
Please note that I did receive and ARC of this book, and the opinions expressed in this review are my own.
Another delicious read by this author!
This was a fast-paced and action filled enemies to lovers story with D/s scenes.
Kostya and Giliana had an amazing chemistry and their scenes were super hot! Both characters were well developed, although I have to admit Giliana was annoying and whiny at times.
Storyline grabbed my attention from the start and there were twists I honestly did not see coming. Loved the epilogue!
I voluntarily read and honestly reviewed an advanced copy of this book.
This is a really splendid mafia romance with a somewhat dark undertone & I really enjoyed reading it. The well-written plot is suspenseful & full of intriguing situations. The unique characters have complex personalities with good chemistry & as they grow emotional closer they actually complementing each other.
There is: a dangerous man (Kostya)hired by the mob to obtain an item stolen by a conniving rich man (Wyland) & comes into contact with a masked woman (Giliana) & the daughter of Wyland he decides to take her for his own & she will have no choice but to accept him, a vile enemy (Viktor), Wyland’s handler (Dante), a deceitful father (Pavel), mafia, twists & turns, intrigue, suspense, revenge, deceit, betrayal, traitors, danger, threats, enemies, conflict, violence, injuries, action, adventure, devious plans, suspicions, vengeful feelings, manipulations, abduction, defiance, discipline, spanking, humiliation, attempted escape, memories, trust issues, discovery, contemplation, decisions, compromises, love, contentment, steamy scenes & a well-deserved satisfying conclusion.