The Boss (The Killough Company #1)

Here's MD Gregory's "The Boss." It's the first novel in The Killough Company series.

["Conall Morrissey’s life is pretty bloody easy. He helps his brother take care of the whores at The Exotic Virtue, an exclusive high-end brothel owned by The Killough Company. They might not be earning as much as the other brothels, but if they make ends meet, the Morrisey brothers can get by fine. Until they get a visit from the boss of the mob who owns it, Sloan Killough.

Sloan Killough means business. He’s brash, violent, and tough. He’s the boss for a reason and he doesn’t deal in excuses or exceptions. He visits The Exotic Virtue for a taste of his product, and when he sees Conall, he knows he must have him as his pet. When Sloan demands Conall on his knees, Conall’s horrified. He may be bisexual, but he’s not the guy who takes it. When his brother sells him like one of their whores, Conall has no choice but to submit to their boss if he and his brother wants to live.

Being a whore to a mob boss isn’t what Conall expects. He fights Sloan’s orders at every chance he gets, but the boss seems to enjoy the fights, and has no problem in teaching Conall his place. Conall promises himself he won’t give in, but with each touch and taste, he finds himself addicted to the dark, dangerous man who could rip out his throat the very moment he gets bored of him."]

This book was filled with possession and obsession and desire blinding to reason (the again, if you’re a mob boss, you mad your own reason). It was hate and tentatively approval to hidden meanings and wanting, all giving way to the start of feelings. 

Thai was a strong HFN. To be honest, if I knew that going in, might not have started this series. But I’ve read MDs books before, and I love them. And this book was great. The rest of the series should be great. Don’t love that the newest book (#5) is a continuation of this couple (more angst, more torture, more holding off the Feelings and love declarations). 

Let see if my reading journey takes me thru this series now or to another path (and eventually back here). 

Trigger Warnings: violence, threats, blackmail, trafficking (just guns and drugs), kidnapping, torture, murder, and more. 

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