When secrets fuel forbidden desires, I'm irresistibly drawn to the one man I should avoid at all costs.
The mobster’s world is cruel, especially for women. While I’m still grieving the loss of my father, the mafia's merciless Don orchestrates a nightmarish union with his sinister bookkeeper. The thought of marrying a man twice my age and dripping with malevolence turns my stomach. With no family left to protect me, my only way out of this is a sham engagement organized by my childhood friend, who along with his brothers is seeking to overthrow the Don. But salvation comes with a cost - a perilous mission to infiltrate the Don’s deadliest foes, the Dark Slayers MC who my fake fiancé is secretly working with.
Spying on the Slayers is a risky business. Too many people control me, and the man who was promised my hand soon turns into a stalker. On top of that, nothing escapes the attention of the big hulking protector the MC assigned me. It’s only a matter of time before Mason becomes suspicious of my true motives. And he’s the biggest threat of all because once he discovers my engagement is fake, he decides to keep me for himself. The worst part? I'm irresistibly drawn to the one man I should avoid at all costs.
Can I navigate this treacherous path of espionage, lies, and smoldering passion without losing my heart or my life?
Aria Ray writes suspenseful, hot, and intense romance stories featuring powerful alpha-men and witty heroines, full of sacrifice, love, and happily-ever-afters. Like the heroines of her novels, Aria has always had a crush on sinfully sexy bad boys - dark, controlling, irresistible, but tender and loving.
When she is not writing or daydreaming about new stories, she loves to spend time with her own gang of alpha males - a husband and twin boys. But the real mob boss of the family is Don Corleone - the cat.
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A wonderfully written book with great characters which is a page turner. This book has suspense, intrigue, action and a steamy romance that gives this book a happily ever after ending. A story about a mafia princess who falls for the biker who is supposed to be protecting her. The mafia princess was told by her friend that the mafia don wants her to marry his bookkeeper, who is a pedophile. The princes with the help of three brother which has a connection with a motorcycle club that their sister married a member of has the princes go stay with the motorcycle club to get her away from the mafia don who wants her to marry his bookkeeper, the bookkeeper is way older that her and he is a child molester. The brothers also informed the mafia don that one of them is already engaged to the princess. The mafia don allows the princess to go only so that she can get information for him about the motorcycle club since the mafia is trying to take the town that the motorcycle club is protecting. Some of the motorcycle club members get caught in a trap that the mafia set up but the club members come out okay. The mafia has several members dead and the club captures several mafia men as well. One club member is taken to the hospital but after surgery he’s better. The president talks to one of the club members making him the princess’s protector during her stay. The biker goes and finds the princess at a gas station on the wrong side of town so he helps her out and takes her to the clubhouse. The two when they first meet there’s something that goes between them but neither knows what it is. Not long after one of the clubs' business gets burnt down. The princess meets and talks with the three mafia brother’s sisters. The princess and her protector get into it over one of the bunnies that are in the club and the bunny winds up getting thrown out of the club for a while. After that the two have words and the princess locks herself in her bedroom. She talks to the brother that she’s to be engaged to and gives him some information as well as the mafia don who’s listening in on their conversation. The club president set up a meeting with the princess and her protector. The two from the club decide to take her to the meeting with the rival club president. They go and talk with the president, they discuss things and several times the conversation gets heated but soon they agree with one another. The princess starts getting texts from the don’s bookkeeper which gets the princess upset. Not long after they get back the princess and her protector find themselves getting very close. They have sex. The club president finds out and has the protector go to his office for a discussion. The princess walks in on the conversation telling the president that she has deep feelings for the protector and the truth about everything. Not long after there’s mafia men at the gate. The protector has the princess stay with the club’s IT man. The club members take the mafia men down. One mafia man lives but the princess is scared of him. They decide to let him go but first they will have the princess give him false information as well as information on a meeting that will take place in eleven days time with the club and the towns business people. Everything goes off smoothly with getting the mafia man out and feeding him the information before helping him leave. After that the protector goes with another biker leaving a prospect of the club watching the princess. They meet with a jeweler that the club uses for the engagement rings and other things. The protector has the jeweler make an engagement ring for the princess and also picks her up a gift. The protector gets back to the princess finding out that she got more texts from the bookkeeper while he was gone. The protector gives the princess the gift he got her while he was out. It’s a gold choker, he puts it on the princess. The club has a cut made for her. The princess wants to go out to eat, the protector agrees even though he’s a bit lyre about it. At the restaurant the princess gets grabbed by a goon that’s working for the bookkeeper and taken to a hotel close to the city. The protector finds out after a short time that she was taken, the club rallies together to get her back. They find the van she was taken in and inside was her cut, they find a couple of the men close to the van that helped grab the princess. They go to get the princess from the bookkeeper that they have the keycard to the room that they're in. They have an altercation but soon they have the princess and the men that took her back to the club. The eleven days go by fast for the new couple. During that time the two learn more about each other as well as have sex alot. The morning of the eleventh day comes and the protector fits the princess up with a bullet proof vest and gives her back her gun that they took when she first came to the clubhouse. The president gives everyone their orders on where they are supposed to be. They get the barn a while before the time they gave to the mafia man. The president from the rival motorcycle club as well as some of the members are there to help. The fight starts and the princess and the protector are in the loft of the barn with one of the club members. The protector shoots the mafia don. The three brothers get to the loft telling them who is on their side and the bookkeeper comes up to the loft but the brothers kill him. The mafia man comes up after everything is done and they all talk. The princess gives the brother back the ring he gave her telling him about being with the protector. It looks like most of the men who died from the mafia, the club members are all alive even though a couple of them are hurt. Three months later the princess and the protector are where he is from and he’s taking her through the swamps where he used to love going when he was a boy. While looking around they both talk about the money and things that they have. There on an airboat when he brings out a box, he asks her to marry him and when she agrees she tells him about being pregnant. They kiss. They are both happy and in love.
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Aprillia was sent to stay with the Dark Slayers to protect her from the Mafia Don decision to marry her off to a old man. But she is also there to help friends to find a way to take down the Don. Mason is to be her protector but from the beginning there is a attraction between them that they can’t ignore but things need to be done to help her friends but trouble will hit first. So enjoy another good read and see what happens!!
This is the 18th book in the Dark Slayers series. It is the story of Mason and Aprilia. She is a mobsters daughter and Mason is a vet and patched member of theSlayers. Their love story is complicated as she was sent to the Slayers for protection from the Mafia Don and an arranged marriage. It was a good book and now I wait forForge’s story.
tied up in a neat lil bow, they both knew better than to go out to eat just the two of them. When earlier in the book pres. literally said she is not to g0 out beyond the clubhouse with less than 3 escorts. But of course it’s fine right nothing will happen the starker won’t be lurking outside waiting for and opportunity at all right?
Count me in!!! This Book has it all. Mobsters, Creepy Stalkers, Southern Charm and Hot Biker Love!!!! WOW! 😯. Passionate, Vulnerable Men seem to reside in the Dark Roger's Club house!
Amazing read with fantastic characters, humor, emotion, action, twists, consequences, build and a abundance of sizzling chemistry that has you wanting more.
Aprilia wss definitely what Mason needed to be a changed man. Even I could see the attraction between them from the first meeting. I really loved this book.
MMC/FMC- Mason and Aprilia POV- 1st person dual Genre- MC Romance Sub Genre- Mafia Romance Heat level- ☄️☄️☄️☄️and 1/2 ☄️, explicit Series? Y Safety? Y. No cheating, no sharing, no s. violence, no cliffhanger. Attempts by woman to become OW, foiled. This happened before H/h got together. HEA. Triggers- The Biker’s Trifecta (language, violence, explicit erotic content), and one of the bad guys has a history of inappropriate behavior with young minors (not detailed), kidnapping. Tropes- Fake Engagement, Game of Thrones, Bodyguard Romance, Mafia Princess, That’s Not My Leg, Instalust. What I liked- the book’s action pulled me in from the very beginning. There was a healthy balance between romance and action that kept the book from ever being boring. The way the author worked background information was smooth, subtle, and done without dropping exposition abruptly. I liked the twist on the fake engagement storyline. I liked the characters. The main characters had depth (so did some of the secondary characters) and I liked that they had vulnerabilities and thought about different issues. And I loved the running joke about Storm liking to say “We’re burning daylight”; this has been part of the previous books in the series, and other characters actually say it more than he does in this one! And Storm has beautiful hazel eyes and a thick southern accent- yum! What I didn’t like- I’m not gazing into those eyes right now. Verdict- highly recommended. Read the whole series- it’s great.
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Mafia princess Aprilia is learning that after her father passed away, her Don is going to marry her off to his accountant (Chester). Luckily, Nico Russo steps in and the Russo family along with the Dark Slayers, comes up with a plan to overthrow the Don using Aprilia as a spy against the Dark Slayers MC.
Playing it off as being engaged to Nico, Aprilia shows up at the Dark Slayers MC and Mason is tagged as being her bodyguard 24/7. The attraction between them is something else and not supposed to happen! The Dark Slayers do not know that the engagement is fake! But hold on to your seat once Mason figures it out that the engagement is fake – he wants Aprilia for herself, and against her better judgement, Aprilia is liking that idea!
With the Don coming after the Dark Slayers and Chester coming after Aprilia, there is lots of drama, violence, kidnapping, betrayal and victory! Great story and I cannot get enough of this club!
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This is the 18th book in the Dark Slayers MC series featuring the exciting steamy dual P.O.V fake engagement,Mafia Princess, Bodyguard romance between Mason and Aprilia. Mason is given the job of protecting Aprilia who is connected to the Russo Brothers and she's keeping some serious secrets. The attraction between them was instant and intense Mason is from Louisiana where he grew up in a horrible home before joining the military which left scars on him. When he finds out that Aprilia deceived him regarding her engagement he plans on making Aprilia his. I don't want to say anymore and ruin it for anyone else with spoilers. You really need to read this exciting steamy dual P.O.V,fake engagement, Mafia Princess, Bodyguard romance full of action,danger and intrigue to see what happens. I would recommend reading this book.
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Mason is assigned the task of watching over Aprilia and it will spark a connection between them. She is placed in their club for dubious reasons and when Mason finds out he take matters into his own hands and makes her his! This action-packed drama kept me all caught up in Aprilia's drama from start to finish.
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Mason is assigned the task of watching over Aprilia and it will spark a connection between them. She is placed in their club for dubious reasons and when Mason finds out he take matters into his own hands and makes her his! This action-packed drama kept me all caught up in Aprilia's drama from start to finish.
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So, this isn’t the first book that the MC has had to deal with the mafia, which includes some characters we’ve seen before, but WOW, it went to a whole new level in this story 🤯🙌🏻 Every time I think there’s no way these stories could get any better, a story like this comes at me like a hurricane lol. The danger, mystery, intrigue, and level of action that come with this book ensures that you will not be able to stop reading. Then again, with the explosive chemistry & passion that Mason & Aprilia generate, you’d wanna stick around just for that…believe me 🫣🔥 I can’t wait to see what’s next from this series 👀❤️
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With her father dead, the mafia Don demands Aprillia marry his old lecherous accountant. A friend sets up a fake engagement with her to help and gets her to his MC brother Mason for protection. Mason and Aprillia soon have sparks flying and once Mason finds out the engagement is fake, she will be his. The characters are well detailed with backstories, great personalities and determination. The storyline is a roller coaster ride of events, emotions, entertaining situations and tension. Plenty of drama, danger, steamy moments, revelations, twists and more that kept the pages turning quickly. Loved their chemistry and protectiveness. Great ending.
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Mason is assigned to watch Nicco's fiancé, Aprilia, while she is staying at the clubhouse visiting his sister. Except no one knows that she is not really his fiancé, it is pretend to protect her from being married off to a man of the Don's choosing. She grew up as a mafia princess and has never been around bikers but she meets her shadow, there is something about Mason that makes her hot and bothered.
There is a lot of working parts in this story, who can get the jump on who. it is a rollercoaster of action, twists you may not see coming. Mason has one job to keep her safe, but the more time they spend together, the harder it is to resist each other.
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A mix of the Mafia and an MC. Aprilia finds herself playing a role … a Mafia princess sent to ‘spy’ on the MC. Mason is selected as her protector.
She is nothing Mason expected … and he is way more than she hoped for. A FMC that rises to the challenge and shows how bad ass she is.
Mason is like a teddy bear with brawn … but only towards Aprilia .. and they way they interact was perfect … she could understand him and he could read her.
Two worlds collide …. I enjoy an MC story where the focus isn’t in the chicks keeping their d!cs wet hut on the men and the moral compass they have.
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This was a fantastic story with a mixture of MC and Mafia. The cast of characters is pretty substantial, with all the old suspects, and a slimy newcomer. The romance is a perceived forbidden love at first sight scenario, which is always tantalizing. Mason and Aprilia are both relatable which always helps the reader to assimilate to their world. I enjoyed the weekend read and would recommend to MC or Mafia enthusiasts.
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I have to start off saying this series has been great and now with Mason’s story it only adds to a series that I can’t get enough of. This was a great mixture of mafia and MC with a great storyline that made it a big page turner.
Aprilia is part of an arranged marriage and the mafia are using Aprilia to get info on the Slayers. The mafia is wanting in on the town that the Slayers “own” and Mason was set to protect Aprilia.
I have loved this author’s writing and this book was no different which makes her books ones I always look forward to.
Mason is assigned to protect Aprilia, while she is visiting the MC, and there is an intense connection between them. Will Mason discover Aprilia’s secrets? This is a well written story which is action packed, with combustible chemistry, secrets, fake, engagement, tension, emotions, humor, witty banter, danger, suspense, drama, romance, and love, which leads to an entertaining, twisted, tragic, haunting, and unpredictable, addictive page turner. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
This was another great story. There is suspense, action, drama, violence, kidnapping, fake engagement, romance, and love. Aprilia ends up going to the Dark Slayers MC and she's been sent there as a spy. Mason is assigned as her protector. Mason and Aprilia are perfect for each other. Once they let each other know that they are attracted to each other the story goes into sizzling steam MC and Mafia style. Loved it.
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Another great read by Aria Ray. Two different worlds Collide when Aprilia is being forced to marry the Don's accountant whom sje doesn't want. Sje creates a fake engagement with her best friend and is sent to his frie ds MC to be guarded. The problem. Is the one assigned to guard her develops feelings for her and she him What happe s next is explosive. There is so much deceit, action, violence and intrigue you do not know what is coming next. Pick up your copy today.
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Aprilia life gets turn upside down when her father dies and the don aranfesba marriage for her. To get out of itbshe enters a fake engagement, but the cost for her is to go undercover with the dark slayers, where she meets Mason their connection is instant but what happens when the truth of her is revealed. Well written steamy, engaging action drama and more! A great addition to the series.
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This series is just amazing! The guys are just alpha makes looking for their way in the world. Mason grew up in Louisiana and not in a loving home. His time in the military left is mark. But with the Slayers he has found a home. With the issue of the mafia on the move towards their town the Slayers are asked to watch over of of the Mafia women. Little did Mason realize she would be his!.
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Aprilia is sent to the Dark Slayers MC under the premise that she is there to visit her future sister-in-law. Mason is assigned to protect her. When they meet, their instant attraction to each other is hot. This is a great story full of intrique that comes from the Dark Slayers working to take down the mafia's Don that is threatening their town. I enjoyed reading this book.
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Another wonderful MC romance story, this time we follow Mason and Aprilia. The chemistry and attraction is great between them. Despite being engaged to a man for appearance's sake, they work together to fight the mafia and take them down. I can't tell you more than that, I just say that reading their story is very worthwhile.
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Mason is a brother in the Dark Slayers MC and Aprilia is a child of the mafia. When her father dies, the Dom of the family arranges her marriage to hie book-keeper, a much older and super creepy guy. Mason and Aprilia start a fake relationship that grows into something real. Well paced, full of sizzle, steam, action, drama, and more. Great Read.
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