An arranged marriage. A brutal abduction.And a love so forbidden, it might destroy them both. Avery Capulet is missing.Taken by a madman. Kept in the dark.She might not survive.He’ll use her body. Destroy her mind. All before he ever lays a hand on her.Rome Montague is a drug dealer. A criminal. A thief.And he needs the secrets Avery and her family are keeping – even if it means cutting them out … secrets Avery and her family are keeping – even if it means cutting them out of her pretty Capulet flesh.
Rome Montague is missing – but nobody will miss him.
Not that it matters; After the things he’s done to this girl, he doesn’t deserve to be found.
Vicious Prince, set in the criminal underbelly of San Francisco, follows two warring families who are ruled by blood, power and twisted desire.
Please note this book was formerly titled Verona Blood.
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I love love love the story of Romeo and Juliette! And I also love love love dark romance. Put two of them together and you have a fantastic recipe.
Verona Blood was a really good read! From the beginning I was on the edge of my seat to see where the story would take me. As this was my first read from Lili St. Germain I wasn’t sure what to expect. Her writing style is is really good and kept my interested!
Avery Capulet is our heroine in Verona Blood and I really loved her!!! Her personality was awesome she had some badass-ness to her! The relationship with her father was so unique and made me do a little giggle. This story stays true to the original Shakespearean drama with the characters and I liked to see how the author portrayed them in 2018. Everyone in the book has some darkness in them and with lots of secrets!
Rome Montague definitely has a tortures soul. And a huge grudge against the Capulets. I don’t really want to go into it because there will be so many spoilers. But just know that there are gonna be a lot of WTF moments right from the start I was like wow she really went there!
I can’t wait to see how book two starts off! I really need to see where their story goes and how they are going to get out of their situation.
Brutal and heartbreakingly tragic.
Dark and the dangerous is world that surrounds the underworld and the extremes taken to protect it.
Avery Capulet is the captive princesses to an empire she didn’t want. Destined to always play the role that was decided for her, to ensure that the bloodline will continue. With ot without her consent.
Rome Montague the known drug dealer and criminal finds himself still drawn the his neighbour.
Although neither of them are the same nieve young friends and neighbours.
Sudden events have drawn them back together. What happens has you desperately captivated in ihe characters.
The captivating tale of what began as forbidden love turns to betrayal. Avery is the sole heir to the Capulet empire. Rome is the last surviving Montague. They are forever enemies after Avery betrays Rome. She is under the thumb of her father doing as she is told. She is set to marry her father’s business partner, whom she hates. Rome is on a quest for vengeance. One party brings theses two together, only someone else wants revenge too. Taken, and thrown in a cell together, they experience pain and blood at the hands of their captor. Will they survive and who is behind the glass pulling their strings? Ends on an OMG cliffhanger!
Fasten your seatbelts and enjoy this ride, cause Lili St. Germain is back with a vengeance!
This book was so worth the wait!
This is a modern and twisted twist on Romeo and Juliette…Lili St. Germain style!
Hang on tight as you cruise through this fast paced dark and gritty story. The suspense, the unexpected twists, curves and detours kept me on my toes from beginning to end.
Then there was a sharp turn and a cliffhanger.
Normally, this wouldn’t be an issue, except I hope we don’t have long to wait for the next book!
4.5 stars!
This was a crazy insane read that I couldn’t put down. Avery loves Will but is promised too another, which you know will not end well. Then their is Rome who once upon a time loved Avery and is now dragged into the situation. I’m dying to know who is behind everything that is happening to Avery. Like I really need answers soon lol. I won’t say too much because I hate spoilers. This is an insane, dark twisted read that will blow your mind. Fingers crossed we get more really really soon.
OMG what an incredible book with its twists and turns, never ending action and drama and upheavals. I truly felt for Avery, I really wanted to smack that smirk off Joshua’s face as well as her father’s. What her father did was so disgusting I was shocked!
This story is very dark but some sneaky humour emerges that makes you laugh aloud at times, taking you by surprise. Great character and setting descriptions give you clear images enabling you to easily visualise the story as it unfolds.
I am eager to know what happens to Rome and Avery and to see if any of my suspicions are anywhere near the truth..probably not! LOL
3 1/2*
Avery’s life is about to change shes been fighting her father to marry her boyfriend luke. However been head of Capulet family hes demanding she marries an man old enough to be her father Joshua Grayson, now she’s hit her 25th birthday everything changes.
Roman Montague has no time for the Capulet family after been double crossed. Been in the wrong place at the wrong time forces them together
Ok I like the different take on this Romeo/Juliet spin. While things are just starting to build up and with the cliffy, I’m going to dive into book 2 Vengeful Queen!
Vicious Prince, a modern day Romeo and Juliet story complete with the Capulets and Monagues is dark, brutal, and devastating. I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough and I couldn’t look away. Lili Saint Germain has taken me over the dark edge and I need more.
woah, this is one heck of a dark read. hot, twisted, violent, and full of drama. the blurb should include some warning to the readers hahaha. theres blood and torture in this story so unless you like dark stories, you may want to skip this one.
definitely enjoyed this story. the things avery went through and had to do for the sake of her family tore me up. and Rome! poor lovable guy who i could totally understand with his love hate emotions for her. all the characters and their personalities was really well done by this author and its driving me nuts guessing who it was that kidnapped her. i can see this turning into a great freaking plot.
A Sadistically Captivating Story of Corrupted Love & Treacherous Souls…
“Vicious Prince” by Lili St. Germain is the first book in her Violent Kingdom series. It is a modern day retelling with a mafia-esque twist on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. And it is NOT for the faint of heart!
This book is as chilling as it is enthralling. The sadistically captivating story of Avery Capulet and Rome Montague, a young woman in mortal peril and her long lost betrothed unexpectedly thrust into darkness with her. One, the strong-willed yet manipulated and kept daughter of California’s most powerful man Augustus Capulet, a man forcing his daughter into an arranged marriage against her will. The other, a restless, bitter, rage filled drug dealer who finds himself caught up in a vile and dangerous plot not of his making. What follows is a terrifying tale that will pluck at your nerves fiber by fiber. A story so ferocious it will cut your soul slowly and deeply at a torturous tempo, like a rope frayed bit by tiny bit with a surgeon’s scalpel until it finally breaks, forever lost.
So disturbing is the plight that befalls Avery. So horrific, the betrayal and violations that transpires against her. So shocking the part Rome is forced to play within it all. You will find yourself asking aloud how she can possibly survive it.
Here, Germain writes something so emotionally complex, so brilliantly alarming; it will be your undoing if you are at all weak of mind or heart.
This book will twist your gut violently and make you see red. It will cause the bile to rise up your throat and threaten to choke you silent. The actions of those around Avery will curate such hatred within your soul you will easily cultivate murderous intentions toward the fictional phantoms stalking toward her with brutal intent.
And so completely ensnared within the plot will you become that you will scream at the heavens demanding book two be released right flipping now! Because you will be unable to tamp down the unbridled need to know the who’s, the how’s, and the why’s of it all.
Not very good
Vicious Prince (Violent Kingdom #1) by Lili St. Germain
5 out of 5 stars
Vicious Prince is the first book in the Violent kingdom written by Lili St. Germain. I have read quit a few of Ms. St. Germain’s book and I have loved them and there pretty much dark reads. The characters are awesome, and the plot has you sitting at the edge of your seat to see what happens next.
Avery Capulet father arranged marriage she thought she could get away by marrying for love but that is not happening with this union. Now she is missing. Taken by a madman. Kept in the dark and she might not survive. He’ll use her body. Destroy her mind. All before he ever lays a hand on her.
Rome Montague is a drug dealer. A criminal. A thief. And he is missing but nobody will miss him.
Rome needs the secrets Avery and her family are keeping – even if it means cutting them out of her pretty Capulet flesh. Not that it matters; After the things he’s done to this girl, he doesn’t deserve to be found.
What happens when they are found will they walk away from each other? Will they even make it out alive? You need to read the dark read to find out.
I highly recommend this book and can’t wait until book 2 comes out…
Tracy
@tracym
Why do you authors put one story in different books, it sucks. One story should go in one book. Stop this crap. In order to find out who is behind all this I now have to buy the next book. I bet the next book is 4.99, to expensive. It is bull**it. Good book if it was in just one book.
ALSO PRETTY SAD THAT I PREPAID FOR THE NEXT BOOK AND THE RELEASE DATE HAS BEEN PUSHED BACK 2 TIMES NOW. IF THIS IS THE WAY YOUR PUBLISHER IS GOING TO DO THINGS THAN GET A NEW ONE. OR YOU DON’T WRITE 2 BOOKS BUT JUST PUT THE FULL STORY ALL IN ONE BOOK.
Very dark, short read. If BDSM or Rape bother you, FO NOT READ.
Strong alpha male characters, but it’s the women who make there world!
Good start. Pretty dark.
I liked it was upset it is a series that is not completed and yet
Love the Romeo & Juliet twist and the cast of characters in this story!
I like this story written in modern day theme.
Plan to read more of the series.
I will recommend my friends to read.