Sometimes love isn’t
beautiful...
Meet Max & Courtney is
this southern mafia romance!
Blurb
Sometimes
love isn’t beautiful...
Sometimes
the only way to describe it is beautifully brutal.
If you
think you know him… You’re wrong.
If you
think you know his family… Wrong again.
If you
think you know his story… You don’t.
If you
did, you’d likely wonder how the hell a man like Maximillian Adorite managed to
make it to this point in his life. At twenty-nine, he’s experienced more than
most people could only ever imagine, all thanksto his family. Organized crime
they call it. Mafia.
No matter
how they spin it, it comes down to one thing. Max gets what he wants. Except
for the one thing he wants most.
Her name
is Courtney Kogan.
And now
that he’s had a taste of her, Max knows he’ll never be able to let her go.
The
Southern Boy Mafia series is a spinoff from the Sniper 1 Security series. It
has been set up to be read without reading Sniper 1 Security, however, the
characters will frequently cross over.
Review
Courtney Kogan works in
the family business, Sniper 1 Security. She is the only daughter of Casper and
Elizabeth Kogan, so she tends to get the easier jobs of “babysitting” children
of the rich and famous. She can’t stand it! Now her father is sending her to
get intel on the local Mob family, the Adorites.
Maximillian (Max) Adorite
is the oldest son of the Mob boss Samuel Adorite. When Samuel’s brother, the
underboss, has a stroke and is no longer able to perform his job, Max is
promoted into that position. What happens with the daughter of the “good guy”
and the son of the “bad guy” have an explosive attraction to each other?
Beautiful Brutal is what happens.
“Beautifully brutal is how
she’d come to think between them.”
This is a ‘standalone’
first book in a spin off from Sniper 1 Security. I am not a fan of the word
standalone. Yes, you can read the book without reading the others, but no I
don’t advise it. I was terribly confused at the beginning of this book because
I hadn’t read Sniper 1 Security yet and the first part of the book revolves
around something that started in that series. So I advise you read those first
before starting this series, I know I wish I had.
That being said, this is a
Nicole Edwards book so of course it was AWESOME (once I got past the
beginning.) The book goes back and forth between present day and things that
happened in the past two years since these two meet. It is an interesting story
and has a bit of a ‘WTH’ factor to it. Since it is a Nicole Edwards book it is
SMOKING HOT!!! My iPad needed an ice bath when I was done. Max is an anti-hero
and this is demonstrated in chapter 19, OMG I was so upset after reading that.
Dark, dark stuff there, I don’t think I’ve ever read anything dark by this
author, so maybe that is why it affected me. It totally belongs in the story,
but it was disturbing. Courtney is a strong female character, and those are my
favorites. There is no “I need you to take care of me or this situation” from
this woman. In fact, she is the one to step up and take care of the situation
in one part. I highly recommend this book and I give it 5 stars with 4 hands
down the pants! Can’t wait for the next one.
~Bookaholic Mama
Excerpt
Before
RT could say anything else, Courtney’s cell phone chimed.
She was
up and walking across the kitchen before she realized she’d moved. A wave of
dizziness swept over her, letting her know she was a little on the tipsy side.
How many shots had she had? Three? Four? Seven?
Squinting
down at the screen, Courtney frowned when she saw who it was.
Punching
the talk button, she put the phone to her ear. “What do you want?”
“Let me
through the gate.”
“No.”
“Courtney.”
God, she
hated the way he said her name. It was so... sexual.
“Let me
through.”
Sighing,
Courtney hung up the phone and then hit the icon for the program to allow her
to see who was at the main gate of the family compound. Sure enough, it was
Max. More accurately, it was Max’s phantom-black Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat
idling at the gate, waiting for her to grant him entry.
“Damn
it.”
Interview with Courtney Kogan
1)
What’s
your affiliation with Sniper 1 Security, for those that may not know yet?
Sniper 1 Security is my family’s business.
My father, Casper Kogan, and his long time friend, Bryce Trexler started the
company more than three decades ago. I guess it seemed logical that I did what
my family did. I’m a personal security specialist – though there are plenty of
names people use to refer to us.
2)
Do
you think of yourself as an adrenaline junky since you like this line of work?
Adrenaline junkie? Hmmm. Sure, I guess I
can see that. I like to live on the edge. I think I’ve proven that.
3)
What
the craziest thing you have done on a dare?
The craziest thing I’ve done on a dare… **smiles**
Not sure how crazy it is, but once,
I stood up on the checkout counter at Wal-Mart. Started yelling that they
needed a cleanup on aisle five-ninety-two. For the record, the Wal-Mart
employees don’t necessarily like that.
4)
If
not this line of work, then what?
It would always be this line of work. I
can’t see myself doing anything else.
5)
Favorite
type of car?
Corvette.
6)
Boys
with Tattoos or no?
Either or. And I guess it depends on the
tattoo. I’ve seen some that I don’t particularly care for. I tried to talk Max
into getting one that said “Property of Courtney”, but he said no. I’m still
working on him though.
7)
Do
you have any tattoos?
Nope. But I’ve been tossing around the idea
for a while. It’s hard to come up with an idea for something that’s so …
permanent. I’m sure I’ll think of something one of these days.
8)
What’s
your go to drink when you’re out on the town?
Fireball and RumChata – I’ll let you look
up what that’s known as. **smiles**
9)
Last
question, ideal Saturday night?
I’m a fan of going out to the clubs with my
friends and I’ve got a favorite that I frequent – Devil’s Playground.
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