Title: Cassio
Series: Belles & Mobsters, Book #3
Author: Eva Winners
Narrators: Penelope Ann Rose & Karl Michaels
Genre: Dark Mafia Romance
Tropes: Forced Marriage, Suspense, Revenge Mafia Romance, Dark Romance, Romantic Suspense
••• ABOUT THE BOOK •••
𝘾𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤 𝙆𝙞𝙣𝙜.
𝙈𝙮 𝙨𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙤𝙧.
𝙈𝙮 𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙢𝙮.
The man lurked in the shadows of my dreams. He was supposed to marry my cousin.
Yet, here I was… taking her place.
I’ve hated the King family for as long as I could remember. 𝗖𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲. But there was more to Cassio than meets the eye.
𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙄 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙡𝙮-𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧-𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙢 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙮 𝙛𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧?
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW & RATING: 4.5 Stars
I like this word that Eva has created, and I’ve enjoyed listening to it. I didn’t get an opportunity to read this series when it released last year (2022) so I can’t say for sure which format is best and whatnot, but I can say that both narrators, Penelope Ann Rose & Karl Michaels, did an exceptional job bringing this story to life for me. They are both new-to-me narrators and I’ll be looking for more of their work in the future!
STORY REVIEW & RATING: 4.5 Stars
Cassio is the third book of the Belles and Mobsters Series. The story focuses on Cassio King and Aine Callahan. The stories in this series can technically be read as standalones, but not really LOL I know, I know … I always say that but, in my defense, I’ve honestly never come across a series of this nature that doesn’t have interconnected characters and/or a story arc, which really makes them not standalone. To each their own and all that, so you do you :)
Eva Winners created two characters in Cassio and Aine that suited each other perfectly. She didn’t miss a beat with either one of them. She developed them perfectly and created them as if they were two sides of one coin. They lifted each other up and were exactly what each needed to get thru this thing called life *wink* feel me? I loved how Aine grew into herself out of the ashes of her past and forged thru head-on into her future. She was magnificent. AN obviously, Cassio wasn’t too bad himself LOL
The story was fast paced with twists, suspense, action, angst, revenge, and violence. Those are attributes you’d normally find in a mobster world, so no surprise there. It’s a dark, age-gap, mafia romance, and as such, readers should heed the trigger warnings. I found this story to be more trigger-y than the previous story and I rarely even notice such a thing so do with that little tidbit as you will.
MEET THE AUTHOR: Eva Winners released her first novel Second Chance At Love in 2020 and has been writing vigorously ever since. She writes about everlasting romance for every century focusing on characters emotional development and always guarantees an HEA.
She loves yoga, wine and her kiddos. In her spare time, she seeks adventures either hiking through trails or exploring the beaches.
Writing books has always been her passion and she brings real life to the forefront in everything she writes about.
Deeply passionate characters and stories will draw you in and you’ll never want to leave.
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