Summary: Sophie Palazzo steered clear of the mafia after her father's involvement ended with his murder. Fifteen years later, Joey La Torre, the Don's brother himself, shows up unannounced at her massage studio and wheedles his way into a date. She has no interest in aggressive, macho men like Joey, or so she tries to tell herself, but her body just doesn't get the message. When Joey takes her in hand with a firm bare-bottomed spanking, she ought to be furious, instead, she's aroused. As she explores her physical desires to be dominated, she tries to keep Joey at arm's length emotionally.
Joey knows he wants Sophie for keeps from the moment he walks into her life. She is hot, classy and full of fire, even though submission turns her on. But his involvement in the mafia is a hard limit for her, bringing to conflict his own dedication to the Family, the code of silence and his relationship with his older brother. Can he reconcile his duty to the organization and his growing need for Sophie to remain in his life permanently?
Rating: 3.5 Stars
Because of my Italian nationality, I was interested to dive right into some Italian mafia hotties. I There is something so sexy about a tough guy who will fuck your brains out but then cuddle with you right after. I fell for Joey immediately in the first scene at the massage parlor. He is the perfect blend of dominant bad boy without crossing that line of becoming a douche. I wouldn’t mind a guy like Joey putting me over his knee once in a while.
The story flows and the writing is descriptive and engaging.
Favorite Line: “You’re a good girl. You don’t want anything to do with a bad boy like me. Except bad boys can be exciting…don’t you think?”
Not So Much: Towards the end of the book, it gets frustrating how many times Sophie overplays how she can’t be with someone that is in the mafia but she continuous puts herself into situations with to be involved with them. Joey sums her up perfectly when he says, “Sophie was a little package of enigmas. She needed the money, but didn’t seem to like it. Had a college degree, but preferred to work with her hands. She resented his aggression, yet craved being spanked. She was of the Family, yet against it.”
Apparently, Joey is doomed for a lifetime of confusion.
Also, there needed to be spacers between the writing at certain points. POV would change within a sentence without a break and it would get confusing at times. I am not sure if this was just my copy but it would throw me off when it switched so close together.
Overall: Leave the gun, take the book.
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