72k words. Virgin good girl. Mafia bad boy. Happily ever after. When you’re almost killed, not once, but twice, finding out your father is a mafia boss doesn’t seem so bad. What is bad, though, is the feelings I’m trying to hide toward John, my father’s personal assassin. With his brooding, bad boy aura and intense blue eyes, I know he could command anything from me and I would obey. His eyes, … obey.
His eyes, though sinister, say they want to touch me, to kiss me, to cross that line we know is forbidden.
I feel drawn to him. His presence calls to me like a beacon.
Even though my father took him in and molded him into what he is today—a merciless killer— my father will be even more merciless when it comes to his only heir. Nothing but a brutal and violent death will be waiting for John if my father ever finds out.
But I don’t know if either of us are strong enough to stay away.
(Disclaimer: this is a mature, new adult, erotic romance book with explicit sex scenes and violence. Not suitable for readers 17 and younger.)
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This is the story of John the mafias hitman and body guard to the now endangered new mafia princess. Ruby is Malcolm the mob bosses daughter. Malcolm and Ruby’s mom had decided it was best that Malcolm not be around while Ruby was growing up to keep her safe. With her mother gone and daddies enemies hunting her, daddy decides to put John on her protection detail. Things get hot and heavy between the 2 while making sure Malcolm doesn’t find out. Read to get all the juicy details.
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Riveting from start to finish.
A Mafia story that is so gripping, it is captivating in so many ways because they do everything with such intensity weather it’s good or bad. John is the most intense as he is portrayed to be extremely cruel and dead inside. However, even a man like him can be touched by love.
This book is a great forbidden love mafia read that for features Ruby, the daughter of a mafia boss unbeknownst to her until her father’s enemies come after her, and John, her father’s hitman who is assigned to protect her. They are immediately attracted to one another but know a romance will end in John’s death. I highly recommend this well written book which has complex characters and an intriguing plot with unexpected twists, suspense, violence, drama, action, and sizzling chemistry and romance.
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I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I love it when an author is able to make characters come alive so that you can easily relate to different parts of them. Although there is a lot of drama and violence in this book there is also humor and that makes the characters appear to be more realistic. This is a wonderfully written forbidden romance between two characters who seemed to be destined for each other.
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John was a tortured soul whose heart had been broken.
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Ruby thought her father had died when she was a child; instead, she learned that he was a Mafia Don whose enemies had just tried to kill her. Her life had been saved by one of her father’s soldiers, his hitman. John had been rescued by Ruby’s father when he was eight years old. He had been brutalized and beaten before the thugs had then raped and killed his mother. John owed his life to the Don, and as his most trusted man, he was tasked with her protection. I quickly became absorbed in this story, both Ruby and John had lost someone dear to them, and John’s protective instinct was to protect Ruby was there from the start. Ruby was attracted to John from their first meeting, and spending so much time together is was not long before they became intimate with each other. John knew Ruby deserved a better man than himself, but their combined chemistry was too strong to resist in the end. Ruby had been alone ever since the death of her mother. She saw in John a tortured soul whose heart had been broken in the past, she saw beyond his cold facade to the man below. When Ruby is abducted by her father’s enemy, their relationship is exposed and all hell breaks loose. This book is a love story that deserves a happy ending but with Ruby in enemy hands, the outcome is not assured. My review ends here with the warning of more surprises in store for Ruby and John.
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This is a quick and easy read. The storyline is well-crafted, intriguing, suspenseful, has drama and steam. The characters are defined, and likable with sizzling chemistry. I liked it.
John’s and Ruby’s story. Ruby’s father Malcolm is a mafia boss. John is her father’s personal assassin and now her bodyguard.This is a mature, new adult, erotic romance book with explicit sex scenes and violence. With so much action. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received an ARC from the author thru Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving my review. This was such an intense story between Ruby and John. Everything Ruby believed has now changed, and for the worst. Things are not as she thought where her father was concerned. She finds herself in a bad situation with John. He is an assassin that seems to find a soft spot in his heart for only her. They will risk not only their hearts but their lives to be together. I thought this book had a great storyline and the characters had an off the charts chemistry. I look forward to reading more in The Silent Family
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Perfect story with the drama, dark grit of the main hero/assassin with the dark past and even darker heart. Mafia. Leading lady started out weak as a mouse but after claiming the heart of the broody assassin he becomes a strong woman with a backbone that can stand up to her Boss father and put him into his place, well when he pushed her to far…
Enjoyable story line. Some scenes felt repetitive but over all I enjoyed the story. I felt a few areas could have had a bit more backstory but overall I liked it.
Ruby and John were pure fire from the start of this story! Ruby is a mafia boss’s daughter and John is his assassin. A romance between them is forbidden but they can’t stay away. What will happen if or when Ruby’s father finds out about them? Can the couple end up with a happy ever after?
This is the 1st on a new series from this author and is John and Ruby’s story. Ruby is unknowingly the daughter of a Mafia boss, and when someone tries to kill her twice, she is taken into her father’s home for protection. John is her father’s bad boy, heartless assassin, and he is Ruby’s bodyguard. The chemistry between these two is explosive yet he tries to push her away as he classes himself as brutally honest and emotionally unavailable. This is a well written slow burn mafia romance story which is filled with suspense and is a steamy and intense read which had me on tenterhooks throughout. I cannot wait to read #2, and I recommend for all readers who love a mafia romance story.
Action packed story filled with lots of heat filled moments with our “lead” characters and let’s just throw in some humor and scary moments too!
Ruby is a petit, feisty and strong of heart lady who’s life is about to change in many big ways!
John is a man who is alpha but is willing to do just about anything for his lady. He has had a really rough past that makes it hard for him to believe that Ruby could really want him!
The other characters definitely make the story come alive and add humor and angst to it! I have a few favorites and can’t wait to see what comes next for the Silent Family series!
Ruby didn’t know who her father was, until one day she was almost kidnapped. That was the day her whole Life changed. Her independence, her freedom, no contact with friends. She never knew her father. There were secrets her mom kept from her. What was this about? First she was Ruby, the working girl , then to mafia princess who needed protection. she hated the constant bodyguard. John was assigned to follow Ruby and keep her safe. He was stoic, a man of few words. But when they finally connected, it was hot, steamy, and erotic. T. Steele mafia is an action-packed story of secrets, lies, danger, death, love and sex.
Rachel Woods and Patrick James were phenomenal in their narration. They portrayed Ruby and John at their strongest, weakest and most vunerable. Their voices and personalities for each character were spot on! Their ability to transition from one character to the other is flawless.
Thank you for a great story and listen. I was gifted this audio and offered my honest review.
I didn’t realise until I had finished how tense I felt, I also must say tense in the best possible way, this story just took over, it was everything I want in a book, hot, cold, suspense, tense, you name it, loved John and Ruby, wow. I voluntarily reviewed this book
Read this book in a day just couldn’t put it down. John and Ruby just burn of the pages. Great Mafia romance looking forward to reading more of this authors work
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I’m speechless!
This book is just WOW, FANTASTIC, AMAZING….!!!
I don’t know where to start, you’re drawn into the story from the first sentence and you can not put it down until the last one.
After that, you will have the biggest book hangover there is!
I’m so sad right now that I ended the book, I want to reread the whole story of Ruby and John again.
You just got to fall in love with John, he is so tough and sweet at the same time!
It was my first book by T. Steele and I’m so glad I discovered her work!
You REALLY need to read this book, I cannot emphasize it enough!
Loved the book it was great, the story was well written and the characters are interesting. Once I started I could not put the book down from start to finish you just could not get enough with twists and turns hot and steamy like a rollercoaster ride of emotions that makes you want more. Ruby believes her father is dead and found out that he was involved in the mafia. John he is hired as a hit man Rubys father trained him. The chemistry between Ruby and John are quite good.
Thank you for allowing me to review your book.
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I was generously given an arc in exchange for an honest review!
h: Ruby (POV)
H: John
First, I’d like to start by saying the cover is
This book starts off quickly and we see Ruby closing up shop by herself at a coffee shop. Two mysterious men are still ‘dining’ at the shop but neither seem to be eating. When Ruby locks up for the night and walks to her car, not one, but two men try to attack her. One of the mysterious patrons of the coffee shop saves her and immediately after, Ruby meets her father for the first time. Ruby’s dad is a mob boss and when she decides to move into the mob family home, he has her watched around the clock by the man who saved her in the parking lot, John. Spending a lot of time together, things get intense between these two, and the forbidden aura between mob boss’ daughter and mob boss’ assassin makes things even more heated.
There is a slight age gap between these two, which I didn’t mind at all. I loved that Ruby aspired to be a mechanic! It’s refreshing when a heroine has a hobby/ can do a job that is predominantly male. Ruby also has a bit of sass to her that keeps things interesting. I thought the plot was original, not something that is overdone. I enjoyed the writing style and the steamy scenes I personally thought the conflict with Ruby’s dad could’ve wrapped up shortly after John climbed through Ruby’s window but the small added bit of drama at the end didn’t hurt the story. It was unpredictable and still smoothly wrapped the story up.
Favorite quotes:
”When you open that smart, yet innocent mouth, I want to do despicable things to you, claim you in every way. Make you scream my name until you lose your voice. Until tears stream down your face.” -John
”Because, Ruby, I’m like a dog. If you’re nice to me, I’ll come back, begging for more.” -John
”I’ve never met a woman who felt like my salvation, Ruby.” -John
Always on the lookout for new authors writing genres that I enjoy. Once in a while I hit the jackpot as in this Mafia Forbidden story between Ruby and John.
Well written and easily addictive from start to finish as Ruby was thrown into a world of violence and crime in the blink of an eye.
I loved the fast paced action and suspense filled tension that built up in this romance. Ruby’s innocence with her added inner talents added to her depth of character that captivated John in spite of himself.
I really appreciated the way the author created Malcolm as a different sort of Mafia boss. His soft spot for Ruby, her mother, and John didn’t weaken him or have him do irreparable damage to their relationship at the end.
Author did a great job in building the slow burn and tension between Ruby and John. Loved the way the author wove their relationship in with passion and angst filled emotion.
Lots of action and adventure with minimal betrayal which authors usually resort to in these mafia/mob based storylines. Drama level was great without it.
John’s silent, ruthless persona changing with Ruby’s introduction to his life was also sexy and romantic. Kudos to the author for creating this alpha male killer persona without any of the womanizing, cheating, bossing around/domination stuff I’ve been reading lately.
This was a genuine find for me that I plan to enjoy again and again. It was a delightful find!
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