Book review: DEATH, by Michelle Heard

Mafia Empire #3

Santiago & Ciara

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Michelle Heard is one of the few authors who can make me cry with her portrayal of vulnerable women and the men who protect them.  In this case, Ciara Devlin was kidnapped and subjected to such strong conditioning, that she was broken.  Her captor kept her completely subjugated, he fed her, bathed her, wiped her bum, beat her for disobedience, sometimes locking her into a trunk.  Eventually, Ciara came to see the trunk as a heaven, where she didn’t have to see her captor and escape within her mind to happier past memories.  

Once rescued by Santiago, she kept to the trunk to escape, so severe was her trauma.  Santiago, one of the Mafia Empire lords, breaks up cartels and sex trafficking rings and brings the victims to his compound to help them deal with the trauma.  He can be extremely violent, but he has a strong humane side.  He has the resources to help Ciara and can’t help falling in love with this delicate creature, so badly broken.  

This story was sweet and romantic, seeing Santiago so gentle and tender with Ciara, a very hard contrast to his Mafia persona, when he goes fully dark.  There’s a twinkle of danger in his eyes that Ciara detected fast, but his face is adoring to her, always.

I loved how Santiago treated Ciara, loved how hard Ciara fought to overcome her trauma, loved the reunion between sisters, and loved seeing harsh and forbidding Nikolai carrying his baby boy.  

Once again, Michelle Heard proves that she’s the queen of Mafia love stories!

Purchase links

US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F3QM2FKK

UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F3QM2FKK

CA: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0F3QM2FKK

AU: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0F3QM2FKK

About the author

Michelle Heard is a Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling Author who loves creating stories her readers can get lost in. She resides in South Africa with her son where she's always planning her next book to write, and trip to take.

 

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