The Leader

The Leader
von Shanna Bell
Kobo Writing Life
Cover:
playful, menacing, erotic also through the red color
Review:
„HIM…
I will avenge my parents’ deaths.
I will make those who are responsible suffer.
All I need is her; the key to my plans.
HER…
I’m going to leave everything behind and start over.
I won’t bow down to anyone.
The last thing I need is him; the shackles to my freedom.
Game on…
Disclaimer:
*contains adult language and (explicit) steamy scenes.
*no cliffhanger“
THE LEADER: a Mafia Romance (Bad Romance Book 1)
This book is the first one that I have read by this author and therefore I went without reading to reading. I did not know how her writing style is or how her plots are shaped. What I can say right at the beginning is that the book made me catch my breath more than once, made me smile and kept hoping and frightening me. The storyline may not be the newest one, reminiscent of other books, however, as there were always twists and turns in the story, the mafia was involved in both branches of the family, and the author managed to make the Stoy interesting and exciting, so that If you did not want to put the book down, make this book something special.
Gio is nothing but a damned bastard, but he has a good heart. That’s how we, as readers, learned about him from other characters in the book, should not be overly influencing us as readers, and we should be open to creating our own image of this man. His loyalty to the family is limitless, and no matter what we readers may believe in our journey through this story, whatever that guy did, he had his damned reasons for doing so. He is not one who acts out of the belly. I loved his character, that he did what he had to do, was never afraid to be true to himself and his open honesty towards Jazzy.
In Jazzy, we find a strong personality that is persistent and does not easily let go of anything she wants. Her way of provoking Gio to the brim had a lot to her own. You can only describe your character as follows: loyal, understanding, smart and also sexy and you too are going above and beyond her family ties.
The author researched the novel very well and took the time to write a good book. She has given the book a good structure and storylines and created a great and romantic love story, which was also lacking in tension. The development that the characters go through is believable and authentic. The tingling scenes had exactly the elements that I liked very much.
All in all a very good mafia romance that I can really recommend for any of the books of this genre and theme likes. Fortunately, the end of the book does not have a cliffhanger but hopes to get the next part in the hands as soon as possible to continue reading.
I give the book a very good 4/5 star and thank Netgalley and Kobo Writing Life for the review copy.

One hell of a steamy & suspenseful romance

First off I wanted to say a HUGE thank you to Shanna Bell for writing such a great book that it finally freed me from my funk of starting a story and losing interest after a couple of chapters. I was beginning to fear I would never be able to find a good story to captivate me until the very end. Bad Romance- The Leader was such a good story that played the typical cat chases mouse romance in its own unique way. Giovanni Detta is the dominating and ruthless alpha male who stopped at nothing to claim Jazzy Rossi as his bride. I really enjoyed Jazzy’s headstrong and feisty personality and how it matched up against the Gio’s alpha personality throughout the story. This is one mafia romance series I don’t want to put down!