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Mob's Seduction by Alyson Root
4.25
adventurous emotional funny lighthearted tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

 🏳️‍🌈Rep: Lesbian FMCs, Gay SCs

📝Tropes/Themes: Danger/In Peril, Femme/Femme, Enemies to Lovers, Ice Queen, Humor/Comedy, Opposites Attract, Family Secrets, Easter Eggs!

Another truly delightful story from Alyson Root! Mob’s Seduction is a mafia romance of a different caliber. First of all, it’s sapphic AF which just makes everything better in my book! 😉Second, a lot of mafia romances tend to be dark romances, and while this story does have darker elements and violence at times it’s a more light-hearted, low angst take on mafia romance. 

Bonnie Moorside is content as can be managing a bookstore and spending her free time curled up with a good book. She has two supportive dads and two best friends and wants for nothing. Then suddenly she finds herself thrust into what feels like the plot of her latest read. Mafia “queen” Allegra Malgeri enters into Bonnie’s life like a wrecking ball and both women have everything they thought they knew flipped upside down. 

Bonnie and Allegra do not get along. Allegra is used to everyone following her orders. Bonnie is a spitfire who will not go silently and demands answers. But underneath all the animosity, there is strong force pulling them toward each other. When they finally find a way to set aside those differences and lean in to what they are feeling - be prepared to feel the heat! ❤️‍🔥The sexual chemistry between these two is absolutely delicious! Allegra is a boss in the streets and the sheets! 

Everything about their situation tells them pursuing anything other than a one-time thing is fruitless. They live completely different lives, in different countries. But the pull is so strong they can’t keep themselves apart. As the stakes rise and the danger presses in, putting everything on the line, both women have to answer for themselves what they truly want in life and how far they are willing to go to get it. 

Alyson writes these beautifully real characters who have complex pasts and emotions that are an integral part of their story. These characters have depth to them. They have struggles they face and process right on the page. It makes it so easy to feel connected to and invested in these characters and their lives. This story is filled with heart and humor and plenty of spice. It will have you laughing out loud one moment, needing a cold shower another, and then on the edge of your seat fraught with emotion the next. If you love a sexy sapphic romance with a dash of darkness and a side of humor, look no further!

I received an ARC from the author and this is my honest review. 

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