I found Mikolaj so compelling and dynamic as the ruthless anti-hero who kidnaps his enemy's sheltered daughter as a means for revenge for the death of his adoptive father Tymon "The Butcher".

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Next thing she knows she has woken up in a someone’s house with a ankle monitor on and nowhere to run to. The tragic back story, the weight of being Boss on his shoulders with the introduction of this woman he’s falling for was fun to read.

Nessa is the typical spoiled, mollycoddled, want-for-nothing daughter of Irish Mafia kingpin Fergus Griffin. And then the confession after interacting probably a maximum of 10 times with Nessa as Miko's prisoner? I loved Nessa, and I didn’t like her much to begin with because I hadn’t connected with her in the first book, but she was sweet and strong at the same time, I loved her and how well she connected with tormented Miko, whom I also loved in a weird, I know you’re damaged, way.

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After the run in with the Polish mafia in the first book, tensions are high after the murder of Mikolaj’s ‘father’. We might be big babies 😉 This was also the first time I tried 3 POVs, which allowed for a fun, twisted slant from the 3rd-wheel character. If that's really how you think of Slavic people, maybe you shouldn't be writing about them, just a thought. Here, you can find more about every Sophie Lark book, and its characters, as described by the author herself. I loved their push and pull relationship, it was so realistic how emotionless Miko was towards Nessa at first, she really was his revenge.But let's just say if you open the story up with your hero having his dick sucked underneath his office table by his bartender while he's balancing his books and fucking her on said table whenever the mood strikes (no there's no cheating in here) then that kind of sets the whole sexual tone of the story doesn't it? She knows her place, she knows what’s expected of her - to uphold the family business and reputation. He studied and got a degree in Media Culture at the Academy of Arts and Culture in Osijek, Croatia, specializing in creative writing, journalism, and filmmaking. This book gave beauty and the beast vibes turned mafia and Belle is my favorite Disney princess so I obviously loved it. Redeeming a character who starts so evil was a challenge that inspired me to entirely new heights and entirely new depths.