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Stolen Touches (Special Edition Print) | Neva Altaj

I don‘t have a good name for what‘s overtaken me. Perhaps . . . yearning?

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TheBookgeekFrau

Mafia Princess: Growing Up in Sam Giancana's Family | Antoinette Giancana, Thomas C. Renner

#DaysDevotedTo #Princess

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Leftcoastzen 😄I remember when this book was hot! 1mo

TheBookgeekFrau @Leftcoastzen Late 80s, right? Like around the time John Gotti kept beating all the charges he was brought on trial for 🤔 1mo

Eggs 💛👑🧡 1mo

MemoirsForMe I remember this one! 1mo

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Littlewolf1

Distance | Luna Mason

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4.7⭐️ I loved this book. Mafia romance/boxer romance that was super spicy. It was an amazing combination. Definitely recommend but as always check your trigger warnings.

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Megabooks

Bone In The Throat | Anthony Bourdain

so-so

So Bourdain‘s fiction is straight mid except for his short story collection (tagged below) that I read last month and gave 4.25⭐️. That said, if you‘re a big fan (or a completist 🙋🏻‍♀️), it‘s worth a read. There are fun Easter eggs of places he discusses in his later memoirs. It is so strange that he always has to write himself into books even if it makes little sense to the plot. (A junkie chef in this one.) There were long scenes ⬇️

Megabooks Of the chef scoring heroin in bombed out LES buildings and then going to the methadone clinic. All Bourdain‘s real life. The book is ostensibly about a young son of a mob hustler who just wants to be a chef and how he‘s still tangled up in that life. The short story collection if you want to read (imo) the best of his fiction ➡️

The Bobby Gold Stories

2mo

BarbaraBB I didn‘t know he wrote fiction! 2mo

TheBookHippie I liked the short story collection. 2mo

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Megabooks @BarbaraBB yes, gangster-y crime fiction. Plus a few graphic novels. 2mo

Megabooks @TheBookHippie it‘s definitely the best of his fiction. He wrote it after the success of KC so I wonder if he had a better editor or maybe just understood his own voice better. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2mo

TheBookHippie @Megabooks probably . 2mo

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Super_Jane

Sweet Temptation | Cora Reilly

so-so

3.5/5 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑

#romance #mafia

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E.Bolhafner

Keeping Lily | Izzy Sweet, Sean Moriarty

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Fairly tame “dark” romance with kidnapping, mafia, breeding kink. There‘s torture possessiveness murder but it isn‘t hardcore. Like I cannot read a lot of dark romance or horror so I guess this could be gateway into the genre if you want to explore. 1st of series so I‘ve read it again & again to refresh myself on new releases. Wanting alternative covers for all books but authors haven‘t released them for books 4 onward

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TheSpineView

Brutal Vows | J. T. Geissinger

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#HauntedShelf #HexesAndCrows @Catsandbooks
#31by31 #ScarathlonAtoZ @Texreader #LetterG

Book four in the series. Loved them all. I especially enjoyed reading this one about Spider. I wonder if there will be a fifth book. I would like to know more about Kieran. Steamy, great plots, fabulous characters, highly recommend this series. While you can read them out of order, to fully enjoy start with book one. 4.5⭐️

#SeriesLove2024 @Andrew65