Gorgeous Prince

Marchetti Mafia #2

by Charity Ferrell

He’s the Mafia boss’s son.
And just as ruthless as his father.

I was ten when I first heard the term arranged marriage.
From the way my cousin cried about hers, I knew it wasn’t a life I wanted.
When I turned eighteen, I learned I’d face the same fate.

Benny Marchetti is the heir to the most powerful family in New York City.
He’s ruthless, cunning, and my contracted husband.

Ten years have passed since my father broke the news, and now, the day has come.
It’s time I become his wife.
But what the Mafia prince doesn’t know is, he’s met his match.

Genres: Enemies To Lovers, Mafia Romance, Romance, Dark Romance, Forced Proximity, Audiobook, Dark

314 pages, Paperback

First published April 5, 2023

About the author

Charity Ferrell is a Wall Street Journal, USA Today, #1 Amazon, and #1 Apple bestselling author.

She resides in Indianapolis, Indiana. When she’s not writing, she’s hanging out with her dog, on a Starbucks run, shopping online, or spending time with her family.

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Reviews

[Kursed Reads]

Neomi “Wild” Cavallaro has been promised to Benito “Benny” Marchetti, heir of the Marchetti family in an arranged marriage.

In true enemies-to-lovers style, these two are angry and vindictive, and push each other’s buttons in the way only two people straddling the line between love and hate can.

While it was a bit of standard mafia story, the characters themselves really up-leveled this one. I loved the journey for these two to their HEA and am looking forward to more from the Marchetti family.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
Burn: 🔥🔥🔥
Darkness: 🖤
Heat: 🌶️🌶️
Range of Emotions: 🫠🤬🥵🥺😍
Ending: 💗 {HEA}
POV: 👫🏻 {Dual}

🗂 Genre: Contemporary Romance

✨ Tropes: Alphahole, Arranged Marriage, Enemies-to-Lovers, Family Saga, Mafia/Bratva/Crime Family, Touch-Her-and-💀, Virgin h

💋 Kinks: n/a

⚠️ Warning: The angst in this slow-burn will edge you to the point of combustion!

🚩 Safety Squad: Cheating (But Not Really), UnaIiving, VioIençe and other potentially triggering elements. If you have any hesitation, check the warnings before diving in. Otherwise, blind is best!!

📣 Type: Gorgeous Prince is part of the Marchetti Mafia series, but can be read as a standalone. While no other books need to be read in order to follow the story, reading prior books will enhance the experience.

🛑 Be Advised: My Goodreads shelves are … explicit in both senses. As such, they could be considered spoiler-y.

[Dora Koutsoukou]

2 🤨🤨⭐️s

I was surprised by the age of the heroine's marriage!!! It was an arranged marriage and she married when she was 28!! 😳

The main characters didn’t excite me, their feelings didn’t convince me and the mafia aspect was mediocre.

[Intel Chicky Reads Romance (Kara Merideth)]

Story: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️(4.5)
Trope: enemies to lovers, arranged marriage
Angst: 😱😱
Smexy: 🔥🔥🔥

"𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘯𝘦. ... 𝘋𝘪𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘦. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸."

Fantastic follow-up to A Gorgeous Monster! Benny Marchetti and Neomi Cavallaro have been promised to each other for the past 10 years and neither of them is happy about it. But time's run up and it's time for the two of them to step up to their familial duties. They just need to manage not to unalive the other, lol.

"𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦, 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺."

Super fun and smexy ride with some laugh out loud moments! Super fast paced, it definitely held my attention with all of the incredible banter between them. Benny was everything I knew he'd be based off of what we knew of him in book one. Ruthless, barely controlled, jealous/possessive, and obsessive about this new wife who seems to taunt and challenge him at every turn. Oh, and an asshole. He's definitely an asshole and will have you 🤬 at a couple points. I absolutely loved Neomi! She's a bit of a brat, but she's super passionate and independent, always pushing the boundaries of the life she's been boxed into. Benny realizes pretty quickly that he wants to make the most of their marriage, but it's definitely work with how much these two rub against each other. Super entertaining story and I can't wait to see what Charity brings us next!

⛔️ My bookshelves can sometimes be spoilers

[Melluvsbooks]

Too much just killing people for funsies. I don’t really like my heroines to act like men 🤷🏼‍♀️

[Cristina]

So let me get this straight. The H can have his mistress give him a blow job, sleep with him but God forbid the h does the same. The hypocrisy is real. If you asked me if there is cheating? The answer is yes. Why can’t the h do the same? Oh that’s right, he will kill anyone that touches her. Wow, he’s sooo dreamy 😤

[Corinne [hiatus]]

Dnf 70%
Mafia arranged marriage romance, hate to love, humiliation, violence.
The writing was bad, the plot was boring and predictable and the characters shallow.

[Heroesinbooks]

4 Neomi and Benny Stars

This is the second in the Marchetti Mafia series and focuses on Benny , the son of Cristian from Gorgeous Monster. Benny's future marriage to Neomi was arranged for them since they were young children to unite two powerful Mafia families. Unfortunately , neither Neomi nor Benny are keen on the idea but both realise there is no way to avoid the inevitable.



"My father has contracted me to marry Benito 'Benny' Marchetti - heir to the most feared Mafia family in New York."




They are both headstrong, driven and determined characters so this orchestrated marriage is going to be a major battle of wills. And fireworks certainly do fly.

I liked Neomi and Benny very much. It's a thin line between love and hate and as passions rise, tempers flare and blood is shed , the boundaries are blurred.


Benny is the one that fell first in my opinion . I loved when he became protective and watching him truly fall hard for his wife was heartwarming. They have some excellent verbal sparring and challenge each other frequently which makes for entertaining reading.

There is a lot of violence in this book which is common for Mafia romances. I have to confess I had to skip a little bit in a couple of scenes because is was too gruesome for this Nervous Nelly. There is a very clear warning from the author at the start in regard to scenes of violence.



Excellent secondary characters bring more layers to the story and there is a sub plot that threads through from the first book but this still reads strongly as a standalone.

If Mafia romances are your thing , then try this series. This novel ends on a twist that leads into book three , Gorgeous Princess and I am definitely going to be reading it...



Passion , drama , secrets... this series is definitely a keeper.

'Benny Marchetti is gorgeous.
But not your typical gorgeous.
He doesn't belong on the cover of Vogue or on a runway.
He is the gorgeous villain you shouldn't want in your story. A face chiseled with perfection and fury. Dark scruff scattered along his cheeks and jawline.
There's a small scar above his right eye-an imperfection, a warning he's dangerous.'

HEA? More HFN but these two are definitely solid and forever.
Cheating? Once they are married , no.

Available on Kindle Unlimited at time of review.

[Melanie (mells_view)]

All our arguing and fake hating had been nothing but foreplay.

Gorgeous Prince was way sweeter than I expected. Neomi and Benny were contracted to marry since they were young. They had no say in the matter, clearly, so they both sort of rebel against it in the same way. Isn’t there a saying about the universe knowing what you need better than you do? Well, in their case that was true. They were a match made in contracted mafia heaven and I loved every minute of their story. I do feel like a couple things slipped through the cracks in this one, but I want to say I love that Neomi was very protective of Benny. We always see protective heroes in mafia reads, and Benny is that too, but reading a protective to their SO heroine was kind of top notch to me. ANYWAY. If you love arranged mafia romance with some dark themes weaved throughout, then you’ll love Gorgeous Prince.

**Highly recommend reading Gorgeous Monster before if you want to read the series. Bits and pieces of that story are revealed in this one, so in order is best!

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[Wendy'sThoughts]

5 Oh, The Promised Delivered Stars
* * * * * Spoiler Free-A Quick Review
As the title of this review states...this next entry of this series totally delivered. If you love the Mafia troupe, the casual violence, the arranged marriages that happen, and the eventual love blooming between these two powerful characters.

Sometimes it is fun to read about people you would never know, about lives you would never live, yet experiencing their finding love may give you a glimpse of something you wish for everyone.

There is another book coming and I will be ready, waiting for it.

Gorgeous Monster (Marchetti Mafia #1)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Gorgeous Prince (Marchetti Mafia #2)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

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[Tessa]

I enjoyed this one a lot. Benny and Neomi's banter was super entertaining.

I did get annoyed with Neomi a few times because she pulled some very childish stunts. She acted like she wasn't the daughter of a Don and born into the mafia life. I will say she learned from her mistakes and definitely had character growth throughout the book.

I loved Benny 🙈 He was a total asshole from the beginning and did pull a real f*cked up move with Gretchen at their engagement party. He became OTT possessive and obsessed with Neomi pretty early on, though.

All in all, it was a solid read that kept me throughly entertained. I can't wait to see what comes next in this series.

I received an ARC, and this is my honest opinion.

[Tai]

Let me head this off with saying, I don’t even like slowburns. I try to eliminate “hate” from my vocabulary BUT I seriously hate waiting an entire book for smut. WITH THAT BEING SAID, MF BENNY!!!!!!! Would have waited until 99.9% of this book to get my cookie if I was homegirl. That man would’ve had to crawl to me and BEG ON HIS HANDS AND KNEES WHILE CRYING to even GLIMPSE kitty. He would’ve had to change and recode his DNA, provide me with an 850 credit score, let me call him “good boy” in front of his capos, and personally do all my mani/pedis before I even took my panties off and gave him the pleasure of sniffing my vagina. Are you kidding me??? Freak outta here dude. (My ultimate revenge would have something to do w/ his daddy but unfortunately he’s with my homegirl Natalia, sooooo yeah… he’s so lucky.)

Anyways, aside from that. RTC✨

[Fahmida]

3.80⭐
Maybe a 4⭐
But idk why I'm being so indecisive😭
The book was surprisingly way better than what I hoped for and it did keep my interest. I finished it ynder 24 hrs but I can't say it's the best mafia book out there. But it's decent.

[🐝 Shaz 🐝]

They have had an Arranged Marriage , since they were children . By their Mafia families.
Hate to lover read.
This is the second book for this series. I am now going to read book 1 .

[Aou]

DNF when H had a blowjob from a one year girlfriend at the engagement party, 6 days before wedding just to piss of h! I prefer besotted Hs, not cheats!

[PP's Bookshelf]

Benny Marchetti was every bit of ruthless, possessive, dominating alpha antihero I expected him to be. But Neomi Cavallaro came and conquered me. This woman is fierce,sassy, strong and soft at the same time. I was living for the moments when she challenged Benny at every turn and refused to be controlled until Benny showed his soft underbelly to her. This mafia arranged marriage enemies to lovers romance was sizzling hot and explosive. Benny and Neomi will set your kindle at fire with their fiery passion and they are set to rule the world with their blazing love.

Neomi never wanted an arranged marriage. So she hates Benny Marchetti, son of the mafia king. Benny thought this marriage will be just a business transaction. An alliance for power play. But Neomi has a way to get under his nerve. She fights with him constantly. And since the blood soaked wedding, he feels a sense of responsibility and protectiveness for her. Neomi knows that he will never love her but the way he want to possess her body and soul tells another story.

Benny and Neomi are match made in heaven. From the very beginning, Neomi made it clear that she won't be a docile mafia wife. She has too much fire in her. She constantly defies Benny..sometimes at the cost of own safety. She cannot deny her attraction to the devil. She tease him and taunt him till he snaps and does all the insane things. She slowly starts falling for the devil who claims to have no heart. But that's not true. Benny was unsettled by Neomi's overwhelming effect in his life. Her defiance makes him want to tame her but it also makes him obsessed with her. He is extremely possessive..he takes "touch her and die" vibes to whole new level. His need to protect her goes deep and he feels the shift in his heart. He never wanted to fall in love but Neomi changed it! Gosh I love when an antihero falls so hard for his queen! They went through some challenging times together. The action and the suspense was on point here. I loved that Neomi may be a mafia princess but she is no damsel in distress. She is a bit crazy with her fire and attitude..just the right kind for the mafia prince. The chemistry was insane. And Benny melted my heart and my panty dangerously fast with his alphah0le ways.

I reviewed an early copy voluntarily

[Shirley]

Original review

This book was provided by the author in exchange for an honest review. Thank you Charity Ferrell!

Gorgeous Prince is the second book in the Marchetti Mafia series and tells the story of Neomie and Benny. Although this is the second book in the series, it can be read as a standalone.

After reading Gorgeous Monster, I was really looking forward to reading Benny’s story. He seemed like such an interesting character, and he was! I’m so glad Charity Ferrell gave us Gorgeous Prince, because this book is even better than the first one! If you love Mafia Romance books and the Arranged Marriage trope, than Gorgeous Prince is definitely the perfect book for you!

Gorgeous Prince tells the story of Neomie and Benny. Benny is the son of the Marchetti mafia don, and he has to marry Neomie. Benny and Neomie aren’t happy with their marriage, but the more time they spend together, the more they start to like each other… I really loved Benny and Neomie’s story, I’m a sucker for arranged marriage and enemies to lovers, and Charity combined both tropes so well! I really loved reading in both character’s POV, and I loved seeing them like and even love each other! Benny is a villain to others but to Neomie he’s such a softie!

Gorgeous Prince is my favourite book in the Marchetti Mafia series, and it’s also my favourite Charity Ferrell book. I really enjoyed reading this book, I hated when I had to stop reading and adult. This book is so addictive and well written! I loved the ending and I’m also kinda sad that that Benny and Neomie’s story is over. But, I’m also really excited for the next book in the Marchetti Mafia series!

[Basak]

Gorgeous Prince is the second book of the series Marchetti Mafia so incidentally, Benny happens to be the second man I have fallen for in the Marchetti family. Like father like son, he is just as dark, intense, possessive and protective, and blissfully, heart stoppingly smexy. His bride on the other hand, is feistier and smarter than anyone he has known and she has the unapologetic attitude that mesmerizes him to stupors. They are a match made in heaven -or hell- and somehow manage to complete one another unexpectedly. If you are a fan of mafia romance with arranged marriage trope as well as lots of push and pull and angst, you will surely love Gorgeous Prince by Charity Ferrell.

[abbie s]

I have been dying for Benny's story and Charity did not disappoint! We get a glimpse of the explosive tensions between Benny & Neomi at the end of Gorgeous Monster and that was only the beginning.

Benny was expecting his future arranged marriage to Neomi to be a typical mafia marriage, but he wasn't prepared for what he got. Neomi is brave, sharp and doesn't back down from Benny even though everyone else is afraid of him. Once they realize they don't really hate one another, things get interesting.

These two were perfectly matched and I loved watching them realize they were falling for one another. I really enjoyed this story and definitely recommend!

[Diana]

3.5 ⭐. I'm glad the first book didn't prevent me from reading this because it's thousand times better, which wasn't exactly a surprise since I liked Benny so much more than his father in the previous book. There were still a few things that I wasn't a fan of, one of them being the FMC, who in my opinion wasn't a fully realized character, she's 28 and it seems like besides knowing she'll someday have to marry Benny she has no other life aspirations, it was said at some point that she makes her own money but I don't see how, as far as I remember she didn't have a job, I don't know if she had a career or anything going other than their fake marriage. What I did like was that she was consistent in what she wanted, a relationship based in love was important to her so she wouldn't give in to have any physical intimacy with Benny until they were in their way to share true feelings for each other.

Now I have to address the elephant in the room and give a warning to those who are planning to read this book, it isn't technically a spoiler since it happened at the very end of the last book, but Benny was engaging in sexual activity with the woman he had been sleeping with for months prior to his wedding just to teach Neomi a lesson, at this point they're weren't actually committed to each other but the wedding was already set in motion and everybody expected faithfulness from the bride but not from the groom, so it was still a f***** up thing to do. What I do appreciate was that he didn't brush it off but apologized to Neomi later on, recognized his mistake and fought to earn her trust back. Ultimately that's what I liked about this book, they built something beautiful for themselves, there were nice gestures from both sides and they weren't shy to let everybody else know that they loved each other.

The mafia aspect was a bit meh for me, but as long as you give me a decent romance I will still enjoy a book, and that was the case this time around.

[Vee]

4 stars

Tropes : mafia romance, arranged marriage
Ending : HEAish (ended on cliffhanger and set for the next couple in the next book) no babies tho
Triggers : cheating (kinda), violence, death
Spice : 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️/5
Angst :🔥🔥🔥/5
OM/OW drama : yes (OW)
Celibate after together : yes
Kink: spanking, strip tease, a little blood play, no condoms/birth control

Hero : Benito ‘Benny’ Marchetti
Heroine: Neomi Cavallaro

Hmm I hate the scene where the H getting a bj from OW at their (MCs) engagement party. Yes they weren’t together ish nor they were in love with each other but it still yucky. Moreover OW was the only woman he was with sexually for 6 months. He didn’t love her or anything and she was just a convenient f buddy but it still nag me.

Bot sure what was worse, that or the H having lots of f buddies because having 1 mistress seems so domesticated (?) lol.

The h was mad at first and the fact that OW was the H’s housekeeper’s daughter and lived at his family’s mansion was quite sth. And Neomi was mad at first but kinda letting it go pretty fast for my liking. I want her to be more petty but that’s my inner childish side speaking.

Other than that everything was great. The build up from lust to love was pretty believable. Benny (I don’t like the name.. made him sounds like a big guy with pot belly and balding head to me) was alpha enough without coming out as too much or forceful.

Neomi had her psycho side but not off putting like some FMC in some books I’ve read in the past that were unnecessarily cruel just for the sake of being ‘badass’. And she still got her compassionate nature too!

I would love a special ending set maybe a couple years later that included baby/ies or at least pregnant heroine but overall a good mafia romance book to pass time.

[Jenifer Briggs]

I really enjoyed the first book in this series, but omg, this one is SO MUCH BETTER. and I don't mean that as an insult because the first book was really good, but it's like Charity took everything that made the first book so good and ramped it up times a thousand: the feels, the banter, the hate to want you, the heat, all the unaliving-- it was just SO GOOD.

Now I will admit, it took me a bit to warm up to Benny. Especially with that stunt he pulled with the OW. But as soon as that ring is on Neomi's finger, a switch was flipped and he was all about his wife, all the time. I honestly loved seeing the unflappable and unfeeling mafia prince fall so hard to the wife he never wanted. Their relationship was just so beautiful, and this will definitely be a book I read over and over again!

As far as Neomi, omg, she is my spirit animal! She is so sassy, strong willed, has such a big heart and even though she knows this mafia world she was born into like the back of her hand.. she doesn't want to marry Benny. She wants to be in love when she gives her all to a man, and since these two have spent years actively hating one another, to say she's not looking forward to their upcoming nuptials is an understatement. But once they are forced to lower their walls and truly see who the other person is, they can't help but fall for one another. And the banter?! GOOD LORD. I'm such a slut for good banter and these two have that in spades. Plus the heat was just 🥵🥵🥵🥵

I absolutely adore this world and can't wait for more in the series!

**I received an ARC of this book and these are my honest opinions **

[bella rhys (semi-hiatus)]

Fun, entertaining enemies-to-lovers mafia story!!

(Audio Review)
Benito “Benny” Marchetti is the “prince” and heir to the Marchetti mafia family “kingdom” so to speak. Neomi Cavallaro, is the daughter to a different mafia family. They were promised to each other as part of an arranged marriage to help their respective mafia families. This causes them to develop a hate for each other as they grew up, due to the lack of choice in this matter. Now years later, they must fulfil their duties and finally get married.

I really enjoyed their enemies-to-lovers dynamic. Their antics and the way they pushed each other’s buttons was fun to watch. Benny was so hot, dominating and ruthless, especially when conducting his business matters. However, once he was with Neomi, he would do anything to protect her. Neomi was my fav of the two though! She was soo fiery, strong and fierce. I loved how she challenged Benny from the start.

Suspense in the story was also created via standard mafia stuff in the background. This was also fun and entertaining to see. This was also super spicy! 🌶️ Loved it! Can’t wait for the next book!

This was narrated by Aiden Snow and Cassandra Medcalf. They brought Benny and Neomi to life and were the perfect pair for this story.

[Carol]

1 Star - DNF @ 56%

If it's anything to go by I felt like DNFing at 36% and because I clearly love torturing myself I kept reading figuring I'd be able to finish it. Boy, I was wrong! 🤦🏻‍♀️ I quit at 56% sorry not sorry!

Soo...heads up, if you liked this book and are a fan of this author my review is absolutely not for you. You were warned.

- I found the writing was weird at times. Using odd phrases and word choices.

"Benny's face was packed with desire and what appears to be contemplation." Packed??? With desire? 😆

"she wheezes under the heaviness of me" 🧐 Why not use "under my weight" or "bulk" even? That just sounded weird.

- The h Neomi being a virgin at twenty-eight years old despite knowing she had an arranged marriage from the age of eighteen seems rather absurd. Sure, sure it's 🤌🏻the life🤌🏻 and the women are expected to remain chaste. Although that was never mentioned as a requirement or expectation, I'm just going off previous mafia books I've read. But tbh? Spare me. I found it ridiculous. Because Neomi liked to act like she was anything but a virgin and throw imaginary men in the H Benny's face. But most importantly because as usual Benny wasn't a virgin and had probably fucked around plenty. Hell, he was practically in a relationship despite how casual he tried to play it off with the housekeepers daughter Gretchen. For maybe years? It was never detailed. But obviously they had been engaged and awaiting for word when the wedding would happen for years, so tbh the last thing I expected was for either MC to be virgins especially at their older ages.

- I hated the h Neomi. Hated her. She had this tendacy to run her mouth all the time and yet she was absolutely incapable of backing it up. You wanna know how that made her look? Stupid. Fucking incompetent and immature for acting like she was big and bad but couldn't deliver. Not to mention disappointing for getting my hopes up that a FMC might go head to head with a MMC for once.

For example, the H Benny asks her if the shirt she was sleeping in was his, her response? "Some random guy" 😂 She was asleep in HIS bed at his father's house, in his suite and so ofc she was in his clothes, since she had none of her clothes there. Her response was ridiculous. It wasn't funny or cute. Why even respond that way????

At one point the H Benny told Neomi she couldn't come to his club because he'd be working. So, she naturally acts like a spoiled teenager by inviting her sisters over and climbing out a window with one of them to go to her husbands club. Why? Because she obviously hates being told she can't do something but also she's super insecure over her husband, who she can't stand yet wants to fuck, all because her father uses the excuse of working to hide his affairs . *yawn*

Add that she read across as a twenty year old and not a twenty-eight year old grown ass adult and yeah, I never stood a chance at liking her.

- The mafia aspect wasn't interesting. I was too busy being annoyed by the silly MCs to bother with it if it was.

- They had been married for maybe 3 whole ass days and one, they hadn't consummated their marriage. Benny complained about it frequently so no way you'd forget. And two, Benny begins talking like he has feelings for Neomi and acting super protective over her. Hahahahahahahahaha. Haha. Ha
Nope. They didn't like one another and so you're trying to tell me that because of a marriage license and their first kiss at their wedding everything has changed and they now have feelings for one another and Benny is acting like he hasn't been saddled with the biggest pain in the ass baggage in the world like he was the entire first half?!? 😂😂😂😂

- The H Benny was so bad. Like, tried way too hard to appear tough and intimidating. He absolutely was not any of those things. He also read across immature and like an asshole, except for a few moments when HE came out looking like the adult in the room instead of Neomi.

Also was I supposed to find him attractive?! That man threatened Neomi by telling her he'd force her to watch as he had another woman suck him off in front of her, cum in the other woman's mouth and then make the other woman spit it into her mouth. You've got to be joking.

And yes, ma'am! He actually did let another woman (his casual relationship chick Gretchen) get down on her knees choking on his dick while Neomi watched at their engagement party all because he couldn't accept that Neomi called his threat of using another woman as an idle threat or that Neomi tried to play like it wouldn't make her jealous. So, naturally he goes and gets his dick sucked immediately after to prove a point. 🤮

Oh, and yes Neomi then left the room, found a guy who she somehow knew hated her fiancé for banning him from his club and dragged him into the room where Benny was still getting his dick sucked. Promptly put the guy next to Benny, got on her knees and pulled his pants down. Before she could grab the guys dick Benny shot him in the head.

Now I'll admit, I'd usually love a crazy ass scene like that between the MCs in the early chapters of a dark romance but in this one all it did was put the MCs immaturity and reactive personalities on display. Especially when Benny acknowledged he felt ashamed of his behavior after Neomi stated if he wasn't going to be faithful neither was she when both their fathers joined them. And he even felt guilty for hurting Gretchen, the other woman, yet didn't apologize to her or Neomi for his awful behavior.

With that said, I love dark romance. I love mafia romance. I love spice, smut and alphaholes. But man these two characters can just fuck off together and be forgotten forever. They were awful.

[Jen Teeter]

taking her rightful place as a mafia queen

Farrell is firmly cementing herself as a Mafia Queen and there is a reason for that. She writes öbsessive, psychötic male characters who want to unålivē everyone but *her* and that makes my feminism fly out the window. And her female characters? HOT DĀMN. They are all (and I mean, ALL) complex, dynamic, fiery goddesses.

My new thing is mafia stories that could be featured on either HBO or E! and THESE ARE THEM. Give me hot tempters! Give me scenes that make me laugh!

I’m so into this psychô little family, it’s ridiculous. I cannot wait for the drama that’s going to come from book 3, because you just know it’s going to be Romeo and Juliet, but like the Leo/Claire Danes version. I’m drooling already.

[Hopelessly Addicted To Books]

This was such an enjoyable arranged marriage story with two interesting characters. At the end of Gorgeous Monster we got a small glimpse of Benny and Neomi, just enough to know it was not going to smooth sailing with them.

What happens when a marriage isn't wanted by either party? The few meetings they have had always ended up with anger and recriminations. I loved how they pushed each others buttons and although Benny has most of the power Neomi never backs down even when she knows it won't be a positive outcome. The way the attraction slowly unfolded was fun as we get to see both fighting not to give in and it becomes a battle of wills. Benny was not my favourite at first but as he begins to fall for his wife I fell for him. I loved his possessive nature and the passion that builds between them. A really enjoyable book that mixes the darker parts of mafia life with the romance and family perfectly.

[Mandyloves2read]

I absolutely loved Benny and Neomi’s story! These two were absolutely perfect together I laughed at the banter and the steam was super hot their story is adrenaline pumping action packed with plenty of lol moments and sexy times that will have you fanning yourself I never wanted their story to end! This series is seriously one of my faves I love the characters the writing is excellent it’s definitely elite to any other I’ve read so far ! Can’t wait to see who the next couple is I’m hoping my prediction is right either way it’ll be amazing!

[Ruth♡]

Súper adictivo.
Es un libro que me emocionaba mucho ya que en el anterior vemos como los protagonistas se odian y no quieren casarse pero por un acuerdo es necesario.
La chispa que tienen me encantó, ellos dos desde un inicio se train ganas pero solo se negaban 🔥

[Britt]

It's becoming clear- no matter how many promises I make to myself, when it comes to Benny Marchetti, he'll make me break every single one. - Neomi

What's worse than an arranged marriage? That arranged marriage being to your enemy. Benny doesn't believe in love and Neomi isn't happy to be marrying to someone she doesn't love. But someone isn't happy with the pending nuptials. And while both Benny and Neomi are trying to figure out their new normal as husband and wife, they find that may just maybe they do have feelings for one another.

I couldn't put this book down and loved Benny and Neomi so much. The banter is absolute perfection and I loved how their story ultimately played out. I loved seeing the character growth and watching them both realize they are meant for each other despite the contract that brought them together.

I received this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

[Stephanie]

I really enjoyed this one, even more than the first. Benny and Neomi were fire together and I loved their back and forth. The next book can’t come soon enough!

ARC received in exchange for an honest review.

[Genoveva]

I just finished my ARC for this one and OMG it delivered on everything this I love about Enemies to Lovers. Naomi and Benny give us all the angst in the beginning. I love the action in mafia romances and this one did not disappoint.