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My Top Thirteen Most Illicit Bad Boys, Misfits & Mobsters of Romance Books

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I recently received this email (from “Em”) and thought to myself, OMG YES!!! I have a TON of awesome suggestions!

Hi Maryse!!! I was wondering if you know of any good mafia/mob/organised crime, bad boys romance type books?? I might drop a comment on your Bad Boys & Rock Stars thread and see if anyone else knows of any too!

In fact, I realized that some of my absolute favorite books involve some “shadier” (yet redeemable) characters. And I’m not just talking my usual tattooed bad boys that still fit within today’s social standards. I’m talking about the disillusioned social outcasts, the extreme nonconformists, the hustlers, and those that make their living on the streets. From the homeless to the richest mob bosses, the high-end escorts to the underground street fighters. read more

Book Review – Jane Doe by Victoria Helen Stone

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Jane Doe: A Novel
Okay… this psych-thriller was just FABULOUS!!!! Fans of Tarryn Fisher’s female villains that you just can’t help but root for? THIS IS FOR YOU!!!!

Maryse: I’m reading AND LOVING “Jane Doe”!!! If you want a plotting, sharp-as-a-tack sociopathic heroine in the vein of one of Tarryn Fisher’s magnificent villains (or are they vigilantes? 🙂 )… read this!!!

HOLY MOLY I’m in love with the writing (and the heroine’s voice). I’ve been craving more Tarryn Fisher and this one is hitting the spot BIG TIME! P.S. It’s super-bargain priced and on KU!! read more

Reader Question – Looking for on-the-edge-of-your-seat criminal underworld romance recommendations

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Lene is looking for a specific book genre too. She’s looking for the bad guys. The REAL bad guys. 😉

She asks:

I need help!

I’m really in the mood for the on the edge of your seat underworld romance.. The ones where you don’t know if he’s bad for you or hands down just dangerous…

All fighters, drug lords and other criminals please get in line and bring your friends lol

Do you have any suggestions?

I sure DO Lene. I was on a HUGE bad guy kick awhile ago, and made some fun lists for us to choose from, but I’d be happy to collect some of the latest reader recommendations and add to them! read more

T.M. Frazier – Perversion Trilogy Reading Order

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T.M. FRAZIER’S LATEST ANTI-HERO ALERT!!!!! This is her latest series, book #1 will be live at midnight, and ALL three books are already up for preorder and waiting for us. 😉 Gritty and raw, I just KNOW it!! You know she goes… there.
About book #1:

Love is supposed to be a fairy tale.
Ours is a death wish.
I’m the executioner for the Bedlam Brotherhood.
She’s a con artist working for my greatest enemy.
I use her.
She manipulates me.
We find ourselves on opposite sides of a bloody war.
My heart and head tell me I have to stay away.
My lust for her doesn’t give a sh*t.
Nothing’s fair in love and gang war. read more

Lylah James – Tainted Hearts Series Reading Order

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Book #4 JUST WENT LIVE and Tessa tells us it’s SHOCKING!!! GASP!!! I LOVE THAT!

Tessa: Okay, I’m going to tell anyone who loves Mafia and emotions, read The Mafia and his Angel. It’s the author’s debut book and I really fell for it. It wasn’t typical at all, despite the blurb. I just fell for the characters and the book. Also, my sincere favorite thing, well developed secondary characters.

Tessa: I finished Mafia and his Angel 2 and I’m physically shaking. That was INTENSE! Seriously intense. I honestly started and just kept reading without stopping except for a few must do around the house. It ended with an OH CRAP CH, and you know, next month is the final book, but seriously! If you have an issue with CH, wait for book three. If not, READ THIS. It’s super intense and surprisingly well written. read more

Christine Feehan – Shadow Rider Series Reading Order

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<— CRIME FAMILY ROMANCE ALERT!! CHRISTINE FEEHAN’S LATEST SERIES!! A new release in the series is coming out this month, and it appears this list is needed. 😉

Susan: Will you be doing a reading order list on her Shadow Rider series?  Please say “yes”.
Maryse: Absolutely!!! 🙂 In fact I’ll get started right now.
Robyn: Shadow Rider- yep, it’s over my usual budget, but paranormal soulmates always lure me in!

About book #1:

Whether it’s fast cars or fast women, Stefano Ferraro gets what he wants. When he’s not fodder for the paparazzi, he commands Ferraro family businesses—both legitimate and illegitimate.
While their criminal activity is simply a rumor yet to be proven, no one knows the real truth. The Ferraros are a family of shadow riders capable of manipulating light and dark, an ability Stefano thought ran in his family alone—until now…
With little left to her name, Francesca Cappello has come to Chicago in hopes of a new life. She wasn’t expecting to attract the attention of a man with primal hunger in his eyes, driven to claim her as his to protect and to please. And if he discovers her secret, it could ruin her… read more