I need a little ARC break, and I figured I might as well be productive about it (a series I've had on my long-term TBR list...a few times). Here's "Say I Do." Its the third book in Brea Alepoú and Skyler Snow's Vitale Brothers series.
["What do you get when you mix a mobster with the son of the yakuza?
A marriage bathed in blood.
I never expected to be getting married, but when a business opportunity lands in my lap, I know I have to take it. After all, my family means the world to me. I’ll do anything to keep them safe, even if it’s entering a marriage that’s nothing more than convenience so I can pop out an heir.
However, that’s not what happens. The Hayashi’s pull a fast one and I’m left with a snarling godd*mn hellhound on my hands. Harlow is nothing like the demure, sweet woman I signed up for. No, he’s got teeth and he knows how to use them.
There’s no going back.
I’ll either fall in love or bury another lover."]
First wedding (the secret, official one) ends with blood and Harlow at gunpoint (Benito's gun) saying "I do" (which I promptly giggled, and whispered to myself "hot damn, this ones going to be good"). I'm not even sure the second wedding (the one for publicity's sake) got to the "I do" part, but don't worry, there was still blood..and guns. ;)
But it did give us this gem (Benito//Harlow): "'You know how to use that?' // Harlow checked the chamber, spun it, and slapped it back into place. 'Oh yeah.' // My cock jumped at the exact moment my heart skipped a beat. 'Fuck, you're so hot.' // 'I know, baby,' he grinned and gave me a wink."
Seriously, this book was hot as fuck. I mean, they both had issues and bloodlust and barely contained angrer (sooooo much hate sex--this book is half porn) and a mutual thing for pain, but they were both so swept away and overcome with their feelings for each other (damn those feelings, sneaking up on even the strongest and highest of walls).
Harlow is most definitely up there with some of the most fucked up characters I've read, which also makes him one of favorites. I mean, hell, he's great with knives (has them hidden all over his person--no matter how many times he's searched, he always has at least one), he loves lace panties (which Benito lights on fire--in all fairness, he did warn Harlow it would happen), and he has a tendency to stab first, ask questions later. He's fiercely loyal and he just wants to be wanted. But tell him that and you'll get worse than a fork to the thigh. ;)
Trigger Warnings: death, violence, detailed torture, mention of child abuse, blood, mention of past child sexual abuse, violence between MCs, and more.
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