By: Skye Warren
Released
May 31st, 2016
Self-Published
Self-Published
From New York Times bestselling
author Skye Warren comes a sexy new standalone in the Stripped series...
Once upon a time the daughter of a mafia king fell in love with a foot soldier.
This fairy tale didn't have a happy ending.
My sister and I barely managed to escape alive, and we've lived in relative hiding ever since. I'm safe now, but I can never forget the boy who gave his life to save mine.
Except there are whispers that he's still alive. And he's fighting a war.
Even knowing the risks, I have to find him. I have to find some way to protect him, the way he protected me. But he isn't the boy I left behind. He's a violent man. A criminal. And he's been waiting for me--the final pawn in a dark game of survival and love.
Once upon a time the daughter of a mafia king fell in love with a foot soldier.
This fairy tale didn't have a happy ending.
My sister and I barely managed to escape alive, and we've lived in relative hiding ever since. I'm safe now, but I can never forget the boy who gave his life to save mine.
Except there are whispers that he's still alive. And he's fighting a war.
Even knowing the risks, I have to find him. I have to find some way to protect him, the way he protected me. But he isn't the boy I left behind. He's a violent man. A criminal. And he's been waiting for me--the final pawn in a dark game of survival and love.
Clara is the daughter of the head of the mafia family. But
Clara's life was far from the mafia princess life that movies and TV shows. But
one night Clare and her sister Honor managed to break free of her family's
chokehold but she had to leave the one Man she loved with all her heart behind
and the man she lost...Giovanni Costas.
But a man she once thought was dead has taken her home and
she is being forced to marry him. Gio tells Clara that he is not that young boy
and more and that she would hate the man that he has become, but Clara can't
stop wanting the man she lost.
But now she is back in Las Vegas with a man whom is like her
father, missing her sister and trying to find a away to escape, but is
everything is as real as it seems???
To begin with this book deals with elements of physical and
sexual abuse and is not for people under the age of 18 years.
I am a huge Mafia romance fan, but I can honestly say that I
have never read a book quite t like this. I will point out that I have not read
any other books in the series but to tell you the truth, it honestly doesn't
matter. The author gives you everything!
The writing and the plot are thrilling and surprising. I loved Gio's
character, even after he changes from the sweet boy into the hard and deadly
man, I can't help but respect the character. I will admit that I felt that
Clara's personality was too submissive in the beginning, but after the horrors
she suffered becomes unveiled, I can see that her character is actually one of
a survivor and so is Maria's.
I really enjoyed this book and it has inspired me to go back
and read the rest of the series.
I give Hold You Against Me 5 stars.
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Something moves me gently, constant
and rhythmic like waves. I’m warm. There’s something soft curling around my
arms, wrapped inside my fists. Padding beneath my cheek that smells like home.
An unnatural darkness weighs down on
me, keeping me from waking up—a demon’s whisper in my ear. You’re warm,
you’re safe. Sleep.
But something is wrong.
I remember falling asleep, so
suddenly, remember drinking water that I hadn’t filled. And I remember the
phone call from Amy telling me that Giovanni’s alive. Impossible.
Awareness pricks my skin like a cold
breeze. Wherever I am, I’m not alone.
I blink rapidly, forcing my eyes
open. They adjust to the darkness quickly, taking in the tinted windows on
either side and the wide leather bench curving beneath me. I’m in a car. A
limo, to be exact. And it’s moving.
On the opposite side of the long
space, a large body reclines. I can see the wide stance of his legs, the pale
white of his shirt. A suit jacket tossed beside his hip. His face is hidden in
the shadows of the vehicle.
I was raised by the head of the Las
Vegas mafia, the capo. I grew up around guns and violence, so I know when a man
is armed. It’s the way he holds himself, the warning shimmering around him like
a dark halo.
This man is armed and extremely
dangerous.
Every muscle in my body tenses. My
mind still swims in thick water, because I must have been drugged. He
drugged me, this faceless man. Why did he take me? It won’t be anything good,
that’s for sure.
Even worse, I suspect this has
something to do with my past, with my family. It’s messed up that I’d rather be
taken by some random psycho. But at least then I’d have a chance of getting
away.
“Who are you?” I demand, my voice
hoarse from whatever drugs they gave me.
There’s a long pause, the weight of
his regard as heavy as a finger trailing down my neck.
“Have I really changed that much,
bella, that you don’t recognize me?”
Skye Warren is the New York Times
bestselling author of dark romance such as Wanderlust and Prisoner. Praised as
a “true mistress of dark erotica”, her books have been featured in Jezebel,
Buzzfeed, USA Today Happily Ever After, Glamour, and Elle Magazine. She makes
her home in Texas with her loving family, four dogs, and one evil cat.
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