Blood On Ice (Marchesi Loan Sharks #2)

Here's Silvia Violet's "Blood On Ice." It's the second novel in the Marchesi Loan Sharks series, which is within the Marchesi Family universe. 

["Who knew a hockey game could change your life?

The first time I saw Zeke on the ice, I knew he was mine.

My brother said I was stalking Zeke, but I like to think of it as showing my appreciation. I pretended it was just a game, something to keep me occupied since my family didn't really need me.

The way Zeke searched the stands for me when he thought I wasn’t watching let me know he wanted me too, even if he wasn’t ready to admit it. One day he'd give in. That was inevitable.

He comes to me, needing a loan. The year he spent in Vegas wasn't kind to him, and he's in deep debt. He doesn't like the terms I offer and tries to walk away.

I'll never let that happen. He's in danger, and no one is going to hurt him. Not on my watch.

I knew I could make him surrender to me, but the more time I spend with him, the more I find myself revealing things I've never told anyone. Money problems I can easily fix, and I make a damn good bodyguard, but is it possible we might heal each other? Is it possible for two wounded men to fall in love?"]

Here's Mr "I'm so not doing exactly what my brother did" doing exactly what his brother did. And Mr "it's not going to work out nearly as well as it did with my brother" working out nearly as well as it did for his brother. This man fell fast and he fell hard. 

Then again, so did Zeke..after he accepted a few things about himself and about Vito. They were sooo similar in so many ways, and it healed each other (just like Val and Liam). 

I was hoping this series would give us HEAs for Muffin and Six…but maybe that’ll be a future project (or maybe newer just doomed to be side characters).

I also love how we got to see Dom relax some more. He’s still pretty damn cold-hearted, but he’s not quiiiite as closed-off and pessimistic. He’s accepting that love can exist, and he wants his sons to have that kind of happiness. So maybe when he falls in love next, it won’t be too much of a fight... 

Trigger Warnings: violence, murder, parental death, past homelessness, gambling issues/addiction, threats and blackmail, and more.

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