Thorns of War by Eva Winners
Thorns of Omertà #8
July 1, 2026
✔️Mafia romance with Jane Eyre vibes
✔️Single dad
✔️Touch her and die
✔️Morally grey mmc
✔️Age gap
I spent my life mending fractured minds. Yet he was undoing mine,slowly, thorn by deliberate thorn.
I knew Greece was a mistake. But how do you resist the ghosts that have whispered your name for years, patient and unrelenting?
I never intended to step onto a battlefield of broken hearts and broken minds, yet there I stood, entangled in a silent triangle where every truth was a weapon and every silence a wound.
Each choice I made drew blood.
I was caught in the thorns of war, bound by invisible threads that kept those I loved forever just beyond my reach. The more I resisted, the deeper they cut. The harder I pulled, the more fate tightened its grip.
I began this story believing restraint was virtue, that love was mercy. I was wrong. Morality, I learned, is a luxury afforded only to those untouched by desire.
And Violet Freud was no Jane Eyre.
My conscience answered only to those I loved. And when this war ended, I would not emerge unscathed, but I would emerge victorious.
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Thorns of War by Eva Winners
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
***Review copy requested and reviewed on behalf of OMGReads Blog***
Thorns of War is book eight in the Thorns of Ometrà series. This book features a forced single father, age-gap, second-chance Mafia romance. The story centers around Lykos Costello and Dr. Violet Freud.
This is probably one of the most anticipated couples in Winners’ Mafia world, and it did not disappoint. Their journey was filled with angst, violence, betrayal, plot twists, and a full-circle, fated love. This book is also heavy on the mental health and mental trauma. Please read your trigger warnings if needed. The plot was fast-paced and intertwined the past and present seamlessly. Lykos and Violet had palpable chemistry from beginning to end.
I felt for Lykos. He wanted to do right by everyone in his life, even those who stopped deserving it. He was put through the ringer for so many years. He was morally grey but had a big heart for his family. As a father he was 100% swoony. And though he tried to deny it, his love for Violet never diminished through all the heart ache.
Violet had endured so much in through her life starting at a young age. She was never truly able to live. After the trauma she suffered it’s amazing she was able to become a Doctor and help others. My heart broke for her and all the sacrifices she made to protect others.
It felt like closure for us to finally learn all about Violet and her never ending endeavor to find answers on her sister and other things. Violet is interconnected into so many of Winners Mafia stories and series, but she skillfully weaves in information from previous books without being repetitive, making it possible to enjoy these novels as standalones. Still, for maximum enjoyment, the series is best read in order.
Winners also dropped a few bread crumbs for what’s coming with a certain couple but also left us in suspense on what could possibly be coming from an unknown person/threat and I’m looking forward to it all!
MEET EVA WINNERS:
Eva Winners released her first novel Second Chance At Love in 2020 and has been writing feverishly ever since. She writes about everlasting romance for every century focusing on characters emotional development and always guarantees an HEA.
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