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Ruthless Rogues Mafia
Sinful Honor
Let her fear me. Only me.
Growing up as a sheltered Irish mob princess, my trip to Italy is supposed to be
my first taste of freedom.
But my dreamy vacation turns into a nightmare when I end up getting
kidnapped, tortured, and locked inside a cage.
The only person who might save me is the blue-eyed devil.
He's feared and revered—even by my kidnappers.
But when his dark gaze lands on me, I can tell he's got other plans.
Now my prison is his bedroom and his bed.
He's dark and dangerous, and I'm his newest obsession.
Until the day he finds out who I am.
When he decides to send me back to Daddy dearest, I should be relieved.
But Gabriele Falcone has no idea it's not just me he's sending away.
And once he realizes I'm carrying
the Falcone family heir?
Nothing and no one will stop him from taking me back.
dark mafia romance, enemies to lovers, forbidden romance, age gap, forced proximity.
Growing up as a sheltered Irish mob princess, my trip to Italy is supposed to be
my first taste of freedom.
But my dreamy vacation turns into a nightmare when I end up getting
kidnapped, tortured, and locked inside a cage.
The only person who might save me is the blue-eyed devil.
He's feared and revered—even by my kidnappers.
But when his dark gaze lands on me, I can tell he's got other plans.
Now my prison is his bedroom and his bed.
He's dark and dangerous, and I'm his newest obsession.
Until the day he finds out who I am.
When he decides to send me back to Daddy dearest, I should be relieved.
But Gabriele Falcone has no idea it's not just me he's sending away.
And once he realizes I'm carrying
the Falcone family heir?
Nothing and no one will stop him from taking me back.
dark mafia romance, enemies to lovers, forbidden romance, age gap, forced proximity.
470 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 10, 2023
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About the author
Kat Bammer
22 books130 followersI write contemporary romantic suspense featuring alpha heroes who fall madly in love with the woman they're meant to be with—but who doesn't keel over, just because he's super-gorgeous, attentive, and overprotective.
Join their wild ride to Happy-Ever-After, jam-packed with heart-wrenching dark pasts, exciting obstacles, and sizzling chemistry.
When I'm not writing, I'm busy being a mom to the world's best kiddos or trying to keep my home under control (somehow I can't seem to make that one work). I'm an IT-Tech by day and by night I love to lose myself in a good romance book with a swoon-worthy hero and a kick-ass heroine.
Join their wild ride to Happy-Ever-After, jam-packed with heart-wrenching dark pasts, exciting obstacles, and sizzling chemistry.
When I'm not writing, I'm busy being a mom to the world's best kiddos or trying to keep my home under control (somehow I can't seem to make that one work). I'm an IT-Tech by day and by night I love to lose myself in a good romance book with a swoon-worthy hero and a kick-ass heroine.
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November 26, 2023
Listen did I read this because I was possibly bored and didn’t know what to read. Yes. Did I read it in two sittings. Yes. Did it have tropes I absolutely hate. YES. Virgin FMC, secret baby, Stockholm syndrome, and hidden identity= all make me scream. But it’s a mafia story too so kind of expected. And it was fun and, yes cringey at times, but also full of hot Italian mobsters that want to stop slavery/sex trafficking. Which by the way gets 1,0000 billion likes. I’ve actually thought this. Slavery is real in 2024 and it’s sexual trafficked women.
Sophie, her sisters, and cousin are taken from a night club and turned into slaves. Slaves that do it all, literally, they are being “trained.” Enter back from the dead prodigy son, in this case nephew, Gabriele Falcone rightful heir of the Italian Falcone family forced to take over the throne. He’s spent the last 13 years as a snipper saving people. Now he has to go back and who does he meet his first night back, Sophie of course. Who by the way is Craig Donnelly the boss of the Irish mob in Boston’s daughter. Oh, yes!!! It’s also a Romeo and Juliet story.
Like I said did it have awful tropes I hate. Yes. Did I enjoy it. Also, yes. Read it for what it is. I can’t wait for the next story and have to wait.
Sophie, her sisters, and cousin are taken from a night club and turned into slaves. Slaves that do it all, literally, they are being “trained.” Enter back from the dead prodigy son, in this case nephew, Gabriele Falcone rightful heir of the Italian Falcone family forced to take over the throne. He’s spent the last 13 years as a snipper saving people. Now he has to go back and who does he meet his first night back, Sophie of course. Who by the way is Craig Donnelly the boss of the Irish mob in Boston’s daughter. Oh, yes!!! It’s also a Romeo and Juliet story.
Like I said did it have awful tropes I hate. Yes. Did I enjoy it. Also, yes. Read it for what it is. I can’t wait for the next story and have to wait.
April 13, 2024
I’m genuinely concerned with any review over 3 stars. Are ya’ll ok?
December 16, 2023
The write up for this story seemed so intriguing. I thought I was going to get this dark story where an innocent girl is taken and put through this terrifying, unimaginable experience only to be “rescued” by an even more OTT, obsessive, possessive man who somehow turns her torture into pleasure. I was hoping that the hero had layers we would explore that would explain why he would do this and then release her back to her family because of the humanity that was still buried within him… maybe the emotional side of himself that the heroine helped him realize still existed, ya know? And then how heart stirring it would be for him to realize that she’s carrying his child and what he subsequently goes through to keep them both safe…
But that’s not what I got.
Not. By. Far.
The dialogue was laughable. There was no depth to either of the MC’s and I have no clue as to why they fell for each other. The inner dialogue of the MC’s was ridiculous because absolutely NOTHING had happened to make the hero or heroine to be thinking of the other as fiercely and/or as passionately as they were. It was cringy and the secondhand embarrassment was real. 😳😬
Not to mention, the author kept going on and on about how the heroine was broken by all the torture she endured and the hero was going to make him pay for doing such atrocities to her and what not… and I’m not trying to say it wasn’t bad, but the worst that happened was that she was left naked (which I get that it’s uncomfortable and wrong to have that humiliation forced on you) then after refusing to suck a gross man’s cock, she gets knocked out, wakes up and is beat with a cane. That is the extent of her torture. I mean, it’s not like I was hoping for more than that of course, but the amount of outrage and drama that the author attempted to attach to it made it hard to take serious, ya know? Like most situations of this play out much worse than what happened. Our heroine was still even a virgin for her second captor to capitalize on for goodness sake! 🤷♀️
And the back and forth going on in the hero’s head about how he’s going to have her, HAS to have her… but not right now— over and over again for flipping pages on end was downright nauseating. Then when he’s finally going to let her go without touching her, this little timid, innocent virgin is going to demand for him to have sex with her because…. Why??? 🤦♀️
My last offense comes at the hand of the hero calling the heroine “little one” all. the. time. Even during sexual propositions. It was creepy as f and seemed kinda pedophilic if I’m being completely honest. So, yeah, coulda went all day without that little special touch. 🤔
Final thoughts:
I’d skip this one. It’s not going to be dark enough for anyone that truly enjoys dark romance and its attempt at it is going to make it seem like a joke… and not a good one at that. It’s also not going to be light and/or sweet enough for those who enjoy a heartfelt romance. There’s no depth or substance to be found in these pages at all and with so many other options available, time is just too short to waste it on subpar reading material.
2 stars because at least it didn’t make me angry. 👍
Happy Reading!!!
November 2, 2024
A fast paced enemies to lovers, mafia romance that draws you in! This was my first read from Kat and I quite enjoyed it.
I also enjoyed the side characters that we meet throughout the book, giving us insight into the next few books she has as well.
Overall
⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
🌶️🌶️/5
I also enjoyed the side characters that we meet throughout the book, giving us insight into the next few books she has as well.
Overall
⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
🌶️🌶️/5
March 1, 2024
This is a book where the reader has to do a LOT of the heavy lifting. Most major plot points occur off page with very little, if any, explanation of how we got from point A to point B. How were 4 women kidnapped from a club? 🤷🏼♀️. How were the sisters/cousin rescued? 🤷🏼♀️. How did Gabe end up gaining enough support to be voted the head of the mafia within a matter of weeks? 🤷🏼♀️. How does Gabe locate her the second time? 🤷🏼♀️. Not the only instances, but the rest would get too spoiler-y. Basically, anytime something major is about to go down, we get a POV change where the other MC generally nothing of importance while the major thing goes down, then the POV switches back and we see the aftermath and no one bothers to recap what we missed. The couple of major plot points that do occur on page require the reader to really set aside all logic, but they were still better than the literal *nothing* we got most of the time (though I assume this is the author’s reason for skipping writing or even explaining what happened altogether…).
Lots of unanswered questions and loose-ends…who are the other 6 women from chapter one and what happened to them? 🤷🏼♀️. What’s the deal with the little boy in chapter two? 🤷🏼♀️. Things are *constantly* mentioned without any resolution.
Character development? What character development? Sophie’s mom is dead and her dad is the head of the Irish mob and so she’s lived in a “gilded cage.” That’s it. That’s her entire backstory. Gabe is a little more developed but…not much.
Relationship development? Also none. Their entire relationship where they’re face-to-face is less than a month, including a two-week time jump. One of the most important events in their relationship either happened off page or not at all…it wasn’t even clear, one of the other ones you have to go read the special epilogue for. Why? This is like…especially important with the captive trope. I think this is the first time I’ve just thought, “Nah girl, that’s definitely just Stockholm Syndrome.”
The amount of repetition in this book is distracting and it happens from the very beginning of the book. Just constant restating of the same things over and over. And not even spread out in the book (except, that does happen, too) but just one right after another. Within 8 “sentences” (most of which are 5 words or less) Sophie “shuddered” three times. Here’s a genuine excerpt from the book:
“To be happy, you need to allow yourself to be.”
It was advice I’d heard a long time ago—one of the guys giving someone else advice on love.
And it was advice not only for her but for me, as well.
*To be happy, you need to allow yourself to be.*
I needed to remember that, as well.
I mean…it’s *so* repetitive that it often feels like when high school and college students are really struggling to make the minimum page requirement for an essay. I’m convinced that this book would be half as long if the author hadn’t constantly repeated herself.
Normally books with these kinds of basic issues use smut to try and make up for it, but that is really lacking here, too, given the plot. You get one scene about mid-way through and then two others basically back-to-back at the end.
I honestly thought this was this author’s first book because of these issues. I was very surprised to see it’s her 9th.
Also *really* would’ve appreciated a TW for the multiple jokes about, and implied history of, incestuous threesomes. That’s really not just a standard thing to expect in a dark romance…
Lots of unanswered questions and loose-ends…who are the other 6 women from chapter one and what happened to them? 🤷🏼♀️. What’s the deal with the little boy in chapter two? 🤷🏼♀️. Things are *constantly* mentioned without any resolution.
Character development? What character development? Sophie’s mom is dead and her dad is the head of the Irish mob and so she’s lived in a “gilded cage.” That’s it. That’s her entire backstory. Gabe is a little more developed but…not much.
Relationship development? Also none. Their entire relationship where they’re face-to-face is less than a month, including a two-week time jump. One of the most important events in their relationship either happened off page or not at all…it wasn’t even clear, one of the other ones you have to go read the special epilogue for. Why? This is like…especially important with the captive trope. I think this is the first time I’ve just thought, “Nah girl, that’s definitely just Stockholm Syndrome.”
The amount of repetition in this book is distracting and it happens from the very beginning of the book. Just constant restating of the same things over and over. And not even spread out in the book (except, that does happen, too) but just one right after another. Within 8 “sentences” (most of which are 5 words or less) Sophie “shuddered” three times. Here’s a genuine excerpt from the book:
“To be happy, you need to allow yourself to be.”
It was advice I’d heard a long time ago—one of the guys giving someone else advice on love.
And it was advice not only for her but for me, as well.
*To be happy, you need to allow yourself to be.*
I needed to remember that, as well.
I mean…it’s *so* repetitive that it often feels like when high school and college students are really struggling to make the minimum page requirement for an essay. I’m convinced that this book would be half as long if the author hadn’t constantly repeated herself.
Normally books with these kinds of basic issues use smut to try and make up for it, but that is really lacking here, too, given the plot. You get one scene about mid-way through and then two others basically back-to-back at the end.
I honestly thought this was this author’s first book because of these issues. I was very surprised to see it’s her 9th.
Also *really* would’ve appreciated a TW for the multiple jokes about, and implied history of, incestuous threesomes. That’s really not just a standard thing to expect in a dark romance…
November 3, 2023
*******𝑨𝑹𝑪 𝑹𝑬𝑽𝑰𝑬𝑾*******
⚠️Trigger warnings ⚠️
~Kidnapping
~Slavery
~Torture
~Murder
❤️🩹Tropes❤️🩹
~ Captor x Captive
~ Forced proximity
~ Hidden Identity
~ Virgin FMC
~ light Dom x Sub relationship
~ Secret baby
~ Age gap
2 smut stars 🌶️🌶️
I was sitting at the edge of my sit right from chapter 1 with this. There was no comfort, chaos everywhere and that is usually right up my ally. I couldn’t put it down! I wanted to know what was going to happen next so much, I think I held my breath and kept forcing my eyes to absorb what I was reading instead of just skimming the pages.
Strangely, the story wasn’t predictable, and honestly with the plot I was so surprised I gasped out loud.
« 𝒮𝓉𝑒𝓁𝓁𝒾𝓃𝒶 » and her blue eyed devil were damn entertaining
“𝘼𝙡𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩, 𝙡𝙚𝙩’𝙨 𝙙𝙤 𝙞𝙩. 𝙈𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙖 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨. 𝙐𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣.”
“𝘐 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴. “𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦?”
“𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙡𝙚𝙙. “𝙄’𝙢 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝙄’𝙢 𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄’𝙢 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙚𝙣.”
Cannot wait for more crumbs of them in Fiona and Alessandro’s book
***********************************
⚠️Trigger warnings ⚠️
~Kidnapping
~Slavery
~Torture
~Murder
❤️🩹Tropes❤️🩹
~ Captor x Captive
~ Forced proximity
~ Hidden Identity
~ Virgin FMC
~ light Dom x Sub relationship
~ Secret baby
~ Age gap
2 smut stars 🌶️🌶️
I was sitting at the edge of my sit right from chapter 1 with this. There was no comfort, chaos everywhere and that is usually right up my ally. I couldn’t put it down! I wanted to know what was going to happen next so much, I think I held my breath and kept forcing my eyes to absorb what I was reading instead of just skimming the pages.
Strangely, the story wasn’t predictable, and honestly with the plot I was so surprised I gasped out loud.
« 𝒮𝓉𝑒𝓁𝓁𝒾𝓃𝒶 » and her blue eyed devil were damn entertaining
“𝘼𝙡𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩, 𝙡𝙚𝙩’𝙨 𝙙𝙤 𝙞𝙩. 𝙈𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙖 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨. 𝙐𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣.”
“𝘐 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴. “𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦?”
“𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙡𝙚𝙙. “𝙄’𝙢 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝙄’𝙢 𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄’𝙢 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙚𝙣.”
Cannot wait for more crumbs of them in Fiona and Alessandro’s book
***********************************
November 5, 2023
I absolutely loved this mafia dark romance! Read it in one sitting - couldn't put it down.
For tropes, we had a bit of everything - forced proximity, captor/captive, first time, accidental pregnancy, age gap, and enemies to lovers.
I loved Sophie. My heart ached for her and the terrible situation she found herself in, and I'm so glad that Gabe swooped in and 'rescued' her for himself. The banter between these two was great and I love that Sophie wasn't afraid to push against his commands. And Gabe was the perfect obsessed and possessive mafia boss.
I loved learning about the families and I'm so excited for the next book in this series! If you like dark mafia romances, dive right into this!
For tropes, we had a bit of everything - forced proximity, captor/captive, first time, accidental pregnancy, age gap, and enemies to lovers.
I loved Sophie. My heart ached for her and the terrible situation she found herself in, and I'm so glad that Gabe swooped in and 'rescued' her for himself. The banter between these two was great and I love that Sophie wasn't afraid to push against his commands. And Gabe was the perfect obsessed and possessive mafia boss.
I loved learning about the families and I'm so excited for the next book in this series! If you like dark mafia romances, dive right into this!
June 1, 2024
What just happened
There were so many things happening in this story. I feel like the author picked to many plots to try to stuff in one story that they were all done subpar. The ‘realistic’ aspect of the book, even being fiction, was missing. What mafia don is going to let his three daughters galavant around Europe with no guards. The fact that all of this relationship starts and end in three days was kinda crazy with how obsessed they made the main characters to be. The MMC was such an a**. He would act all possessive and protective but then came face to face with a person he knows her his girl and was gonna let him walk away?! That makes no sense. The characters didn’t stick with their ‘values’ they were so desperate to honor and hold on to. Then completely 180. Every. Single. Time. I feel like this book could have been a lot better if there was more realism and research done. The whole story gave off major Wattpad vibes that the writer never did any research on. The pregnancy part 🙄, the so called BDSM parts, there was so much wrong with this story that was very frustrating to read.
There were so many things happening in this story. I feel like the author picked to many plots to try to stuff in one story that they were all done subpar. The ‘realistic’ aspect of the book, even being fiction, was missing. What mafia don is going to let his three daughters galavant around Europe with no guards. The fact that all of this relationship starts and end in three days was kinda crazy with how obsessed they made the main characters to be. The MMC was such an a**. He would act all possessive and protective but then came face to face with a person he knows her his girl and was gonna let him walk away?! That makes no sense. The characters didn’t stick with their ‘values’ they were so desperate to honor and hold on to. Then completely 180. Every. Single. Time. I feel like this book could have been a lot better if there was more realism and research done. The whole story gave off major Wattpad vibes that the writer never did any research on. The pregnancy part 🙄, the so called BDSM parts, there was so much wrong with this story that was very frustrating to read.
November 10, 2024
Arc Review for Sinful Honor by Kat Bammer
In Sinful Honor, we meet 20-year-old Sophie, the daughter of an Irish mafia boss, who has been kidnapped in Italy with her sisters and cousin while on vacation. We also meet Gabriel, who has returned home to Italy to take his rightful place as the new mafia boss after the death of his father. Things get a little complicated when he stumbles upon Sophie, who is currently held captive in his uncle's home. He does not know her, but after just one look, he knows he needs to help her escape, not out of the goodness of his heart, but because he wants her for himself.
✨My Thoughts✨
While the story has a plot, at times it felt like one too many plots in one. I know many readers who enjoy this type of mafia romance, but I found myself questioning many parts of the story. Without giving too much away, I feel the main female character started off strong and brave, only to forget what was supposed to be important and who she was trying to save because she suddenly had the hots for the main male lead, who only rescues her so he can keep her to himself 5 seconds after meeting. I also found the male lead a bit contradicting in his personality, sometimes the hero, sometimes a don, and plenty of times a jerk. While this is a work of fiction, some parts felt highly unbelievable to its mafia setting. For me, this is a 3-star, but as I mentioned before, I do believe this book and its tropes have an audience, so what for me is three stars, I know it will be a four or a five to many others.
Disclaimer- This book was provided to me in exchange for my honest review.
In Sinful Honor, we meet 20-year-old Sophie, the daughter of an Irish mafia boss, who has been kidnapped in Italy with her sisters and cousin while on vacation. We also meet Gabriel, who has returned home to Italy to take his rightful place as the new mafia boss after the death of his father. Things get a little complicated when he stumbles upon Sophie, who is currently held captive in his uncle's home. He does not know her, but after just one look, he knows he needs to help her escape, not out of the goodness of his heart, but because he wants her for himself.
✨My Thoughts✨
While the story has a plot, at times it felt like one too many plots in one. I know many readers who enjoy this type of mafia romance, but I found myself questioning many parts of the story. Without giving too much away, I feel the main female character started off strong and brave, only to forget what was supposed to be important and who she was trying to save because she suddenly had the hots for the main male lead, who only rescues her so he can keep her to himself 5 seconds after meeting. I also found the male lead a bit contradicting in his personality, sometimes the hero, sometimes a don, and plenty of times a jerk. While this is a work of fiction, some parts felt highly unbelievable to its mafia setting. For me, this is a 3-star, but as I mentioned before, I do believe this book and its tropes have an audience, so what for me is three stars, I know it will be a four or a five to many others.
Disclaimer- This book was provided to me in exchange for my honest review.
November 11, 2024
Spice: 🌶🌶🌶🌶
Tropes:
Mafia romance
Morally grey/black mmc
Enemies to romance
He falls first
Touch her and die
Unexpected pregnancy
Bdsm
Virgin fmc
Dual POV
Trigger Warnings:
Kidnapping
Murder
Assault
Human trafficking
I must have been a good girl to have found Sinful Honor! This book was my first by Kat Bammer and I will be reading her others now too! The spice was great but I really enjoyed the story!
Sophie is the daughter of the Irish-American mob boss in Boston. While on vacation with her sisters, they're kidnapped in Italy and Sophie is forced to be a slave.
Gabe is the heir apparent of the Italian Mafia in Italy but he left that life behind 10 years ago. However, with his fathers recent death, it's time he takes up the mantle- while is Uncle is vying for it too. Turns out his Uncle is also who kidnapped the girls... and the Irish and Italians are sworn enemies.
Gabe rescues Sophie without knowing her true identity and decides to keep her for himself. Will the truth tear Them apart or else?
I loved both Sophie and Gabe. Gabe is definitely morally grey but there's something about him... he reminds me of a better version of Massimo from 365 Days lol. I can't resist a bad boy Italian Mafia king! Sophie isn't one to back down from a fight. I love her spunk and attitude against Gabe, even after her trauma. And the 2 together... obsessed.
Tropes:
Mafia romance
Morally grey/black mmc
Enemies to romance
He falls first
Touch her and die
Unexpected pregnancy
Bdsm
Virgin fmc
Dual POV
Trigger Warnings:
Kidnapping
Murder
Assault
Human trafficking
I must have been a good girl to have found Sinful Honor! This book was my first by Kat Bammer and I will be reading her others now too! The spice was great but I really enjoyed the story!
Sophie is the daughter of the Irish-American mob boss in Boston. While on vacation with her sisters, they're kidnapped in Italy and Sophie is forced to be a slave.
Gabe is the heir apparent of the Italian Mafia in Italy but he left that life behind 10 years ago. However, with his fathers recent death, it's time he takes up the mantle- while is Uncle is vying for it too. Turns out his Uncle is also who kidnapped the girls... and the Irish and Italians are sworn enemies.
Gabe rescues Sophie without knowing her true identity and decides to keep her for himself. Will the truth tear Them apart or else?
I loved both Sophie and Gabe. Gabe is definitely morally grey but there's something about him... he reminds me of a better version of Massimo from 365 Days lol. I can't resist a bad boy Italian Mafia king! Sophie isn't one to back down from a fight. I love her spunk and attitude against Gabe, even after her trauma. And the 2 together... obsessed.
October 27, 2024
I’m a big Mafia fan and an even bigger Dark Mafia fan. I’ve read a number of them. However, this is my first from Kat Bammer, and she kicks off a four-book series with “Sinful Honor.”
Readers will follow Sophie, a mafia princess who finally has some freedom, as she suddenly faces an unexpected horrible event. Though she is eventually saved, the person, Gabe, who saves her, puts her in a position to protect her, but this can be misconstrued as not so different than where she was initially. I liked how Gabe fell for Sophie.
The mafia aspect of the story was interesting, as some other mafia books don’t touch upon it. Gabe’s relationship with his mother was unique, and what was shared added a different twist to the storyline.
Overall, the story's progression made me see how Gabe’s family’s issues might develop throughout the series. It was entertaining.
Readers will follow Sophie, a mafia princess who finally has some freedom, as she suddenly faces an unexpected horrible event. Though she is eventually saved, the person, Gabe, who saves her, puts her in a position to protect her, but this can be misconstrued as not so different than where she was initially. I liked how Gabe fell for Sophie.
The mafia aspect of the story was interesting, as some other mafia books don’t touch upon it. Gabe’s relationship with his mother was unique, and what was shared added a different twist to the storyline.
Overall, the story's progression made me see how Gabe’s family’s issues might develop throughout the series. It was entertaining.
January 8, 2024
It was good! I thought it was just dark enough. This checked a lot of boxes for me. I especially liked how caring Gabe was right off the bat, even while he kept her captive. There were some lighthearted moments as well that I liked.
November 3, 2023
I really enjoyed this read! It was the perfect pace for a binge read. Gabe was immediately taken with Sophie and it was fun to watch them go from captor and captive to being devoted to each other.
Personally I love a family dynamic in a book, so it was nice to read the banter between brothers and see them have each others backs.
I’m very appreciative that I was given the opportunity to grab an ARC and review it. Solid read!
Personally I love a family dynamic in a book, so it was nice to read the banter between brothers and see them have each others backs.
I’m very appreciative that I was given the opportunity to grab an ARC and review it. Solid read!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 6, 2023
Well well well…..to start this review off with a bang let me just say what great characters Gabe and Sophie are. Gabe is the heir to the Italian Mafia and Sophie is the daughter of the Boston Irish Mafia. Talk about forbidden love! She starts off by being kidnapped and subjected to torture but is kidnapped AGAIN by Gabe when she saves his life by giving him another glass of wine that does not have poison in it. Her character is very submissive in the beginning. There are some sparks of a feisty woman but to be honest how feisty can one girl be when she being whipped and beaten within an inch of her life. Not much would be my guess. His character was very similar to how a man in the Mafia would be like. Angry, heartless, cold and stand off ish. Until he sees her that is. Like any great romance they slowly but surely fall in love. Gabe becomes to loveable towards the middle of the book and you start to see him in a different light. He becomes obsessed with her quickly and would do anything to make her his even if that means letting her go back to Boston to be with her family. Oh my heart! And then the bomb hits like a ton of bricks. She learns that she is pregnant! I did start to have a panic attack in that moment as I was thinking how is Gabe going to find out as he cut off all communication with a friend who was keeping an eye on her after she left. Of course in true Mafia fashion she tells her dad who then contacts Gabe to ask the name of anyone she might have been with so he can fight/kill them basically. But it all comes to a happy ending in regard to a HEA.
Now then about the spice. This wasn’t a very long book but I felt it could have had a few more spicy scenes. Many opportunities to add some more in there. But the spicy scenes that are in there. Well done! Dirty talk. Check. Filthy. Check. Very descriptive. Check. These scenes are very well written. I was not prepared for the sex playroom to be revealed at the end. I have never in my life been surprised like that reading a book as there is no mention of it AT ALL!
Overall I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a beginner of spice. That’s just my personal preference. This is the perfect book to dip your dirty mind into and get a feel for it.
This book has spice, humour and a great plot. Just missing that bit extra for me and that’s why it rated it 4 stars.
Now then about the spice. This wasn’t a very long book but I felt it could have had a few more spicy scenes. Many opportunities to add some more in there. But the spicy scenes that are in there. Well done! Dirty talk. Check. Filthy. Check. Very descriptive. Check. These scenes are very well written. I was not prepared for the sex playroom to be revealed at the end. I have never in my life been surprised like that reading a book as there is no mention of it AT ALL!
Overall I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a beginner of spice. That’s just my personal preference. This is the perfect book to dip your dirty mind into and get a feel for it.
This book has spice, humour and a great plot. Just missing that bit extra for me and that’s why it rated it 4 stars.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 23, 2024
Sinful Honor takes you on a wild journey into the world of organized crime. Sophie, an Irish mob princess, thinks her trip to Italy will be her chance for freedom. But things take a dark turn when she's kidnapped and tortured. Her only hope is Gabriele Falcone, a dangerous man who is feared even by her captors.
Gabe is the typical Mafia heir—cold and ruthless. But when he sees Sophie, everything changes. Their relationship evolves from captor and captive to something deeper, and the chemistry between them is undeniable. Sophie grows stronger as she deals with her situation, and Gabe's struggle with his feelings adds complexity to the story.
Some parts felt a bit rushed, especially towards the end, but the story wraps up nicely. With hints that Sophie's sisters and cousin might get their own stories, I'm looking forward to what comes next. If you're in the mood for a romance with danger and a bit of spice, Sinful Honor is worth checking out!
Dark Mafia Romance
Enemies to Lovers
Forbidden Romance
Age Gap
Forced Proximity
Gabe is the typical Mafia heir—cold and ruthless. But when he sees Sophie, everything changes. Their relationship evolves from captor and captive to something deeper, and the chemistry between them is undeniable. Sophie grows stronger as she deals with her situation, and Gabe's struggle with his feelings adds complexity to the story.
Some parts felt a bit rushed, especially towards the end, but the story wraps up nicely. With hints that Sophie's sisters and cousin might get their own stories, I'm looking forward to what comes next. If you're in the mood for a romance with danger and a bit of spice, Sinful Honor is worth checking out!
Dark Mafia Romance
Enemies to Lovers
Forbidden Romance
Age Gap
Forced Proximity
October 27, 2024
On the dark romance scale this is pretty moderate. After the beginning intensity it does calm down and get more romantic. Going into this knowing the tropes (particularly mafia) it delivered what I wanted especially the first 60-70% or so. The reason for the 4 stars is that after that it got kind of random and not in a fun twisty surprise way just some plot threads randomly dropped and I needed more connection, I think it could have leaned back on the strength of the original straight forward story.
Also this is personal preference but if you’re going to put surprise pregnancy in the description then I don’t want the book to end still in the first trimester. If it’s important enough to include on a trope list then I think there was more that could’ve been done with it.
But again was this an escapism spicy story yes. Thank you to Hambright PR for the ebook copy!
Also this is personal preference but if you’re going to put surprise pregnancy in the description then I don’t want the book to end still in the first trimester. If it’s important enough to include on a trope list then I think there was more that could’ve been done with it.
But again was this an escapism spicy story yes. Thank you to Hambright PR for the ebook copy!
December 7, 2025
“𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺,” 𝘐 𝘷𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥, 𝘮𝘺 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. “𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐’𝘮 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦.”
This book is
- Mafia romance
- Morally grey/black mmc
- Enemies to romance
- He falls first
- Touch her and die
- Virgin fmc
- Dual POV
This was my first Kat Bammer book and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I was wanting a mafia romance with a pregnancy thrown in and I got what I wanted and I loved it.
I loved both Gabe and Sophie so much. I also loved Gabe's brothers Alessandro and Cristo. And I loved Sophie's cousin Fiona.
I cant wait to read Fiona and Alessandro's book. I just know its going to be a good one.
This book is
- Mafia romance
- Morally grey/black mmc
- Enemies to romance
- He falls first
- Touch her and die
- Virgin fmc
- Dual POV
This was my first Kat Bammer book and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I was wanting a mafia romance with a pregnancy thrown in and I got what I wanted and I loved it.
I loved both Gabe and Sophie so much. I also loved Gabe's brothers Alessandro and Cristo. And I loved Sophie's cousin Fiona.
I cant wait to read Fiona and Alessandro's book. I just know its going to be a good one.
April 13, 2025
Its 3.88⭐️
Not that bad tbh
Not that bad tbh
November 9, 2023
This is the first book from Kat Bammer that I have read and it will not be my last. I loved it from the start and I could not put it down until finished. I loved reading Gabe and Sophie’s story. The book has everything I like in a book: age gap, enemies to love, sassy woman, surprise pregnancy.
I just wait to read the next story of the Falcone family.
Thank you for allowing me to be your ARC Reader.
I just wait to read the next story of the Falcone family.
Thank you for allowing me to be your ARC Reader.
November 16, 2023
DNF @23%
This book is awful. Trigger warnings out the wazoo. The story begins with the heroine heroine naked in a room with a bunch of other women after being kidnapped on a trip to Italy. She finds out that she is going to be a slave. Humiliation and torture ensue.
I can really get past that. However, when the “hero” shows up it seems like he is only going to dish out more of the same. I like the morally gray heroes but omg I don’t want to read about a would-be-rapist who can’t control his urges even when the woman he desires is traumatized and beaten. Just a no from me.
When all I can feel for the hero is overwhelming disgust, I know that I have to just stop. I don’t recommend this book AT ALL! Read at your own risk.
This book is awful. Trigger warnings out the wazoo. The story begins with the heroine heroine naked in a room with a bunch of other women after being kidnapped on a trip to Italy. She finds out that she is going to be a slave. Humiliation and torture ensue.
I can really get past that. However, when the “hero” shows up it seems like he is only going to dish out more of the same. I like the morally gray heroes but omg I don’t want to read about a would-be-rapist who can’t control his urges even when the woman he desires is traumatized and beaten. Just a no from me.
When all I can feel for the hero is overwhelming disgust, I know that I have to just stop. I don’t recommend this book AT ALL! Read at your own risk.
November 1, 2025
Author needs to read more mafia books
The only thing saving this from 1 star was the spice, the spice scenes were great but the plot... Kat needs to read more mafia books because no way would these mafia bosses act like this. Also very cheeky using double paragraph breaks to make the book seem longer since KDP pays more for longer books. The formatting alone nearly made me put it down from the start.
Spoilers ahead
1. Sophie would not have stayed a virgin she was a slave someone would've taken advantage of her
2. We have no idea how she "escaped" she just somehow ended up running and there's no guards that saw her?
3. Did she forget her sisters were kidnapped, I get the whole Stockholm syndrome thing is a big theme of this book but she completely forgot her sister's existed when she asked for sex (I burst out laughing) and I know she wanted to go the whole pregnancy trope route but what did they expect they had unprotected sex!? He didn't get her the pill afterwards of course she's going to get pregnant but I guess they both forgot biology.
4. Gabe must be part dog with his nose because the amount of times he describes smells is laughable 🤣
5. We have no idea how Gabe rescued her sisters it's implied something happened but we never find out what and that was way too easy
6. Her dad pissed me off, a real mafia king would not let her out of his sight and those bodyguards would absolutely force her to get back on the plane and take her back to him against her will, they answer to him first
7. Her dad is a terrible mafia boss, he had Gabe, fully laid him out then just... Let's him go? Let's him be treated, puts no security detail on him to keep an eye on him? This man knocked up his daughter he should've kept him prisoner and used that to get his daughter back that would've been much better!! He talks to Hawk and everything is dandy? It's never once implied that he and Hawk have any relationship to each other, why on earth would talking to Hawk means Gabe is suddenly free to go without keeping an eye on him.
8. Then Gabe kidnaps Sophie AGAIN!?! These bodyguards are terrible
9. Killing Fausto has no consequences he should have done it earlier that whole scene was anti climatic and I called morietti being a dad, I thought he'd be Gabe's but fine.
9. It's implied someone bad walks into the bookstore Gabe buys her but we never find out because the next scene is the wedding
10. Craig is suddenly there and allows the wedding to go ahead and his daughter to marry and move in with Gabe, nope he knows nothing other than this man kidnapped Sophie, twice, and knocked her up he would've started a war, or at least threaten one until Sophie steps in.
Overall I was looking forward to this from the insta posts but the writing was not good, the plot flip flops all over the place especially towards the end things just happen and then it's onto the next scene without any breathing room. Kat needs to read more mafia books because real bosses would not be this easy going.
The only thing saving this from 1 star was the spice, the spice scenes were great but the plot... Kat needs to read more mafia books because no way would these mafia bosses act like this. Also very cheeky using double paragraph breaks to make the book seem longer since KDP pays more for longer books. The formatting alone nearly made me put it down from the start.
Spoilers ahead
1. Sophie would not have stayed a virgin she was a slave someone would've taken advantage of her
2. We have no idea how she "escaped" she just somehow ended up running and there's no guards that saw her?
3. Did she forget her sisters were kidnapped, I get the whole Stockholm syndrome thing is a big theme of this book but she completely forgot her sister's existed when she asked for sex (I burst out laughing) and I know she wanted to go the whole pregnancy trope route but what did they expect they had unprotected sex!? He didn't get her the pill afterwards of course she's going to get pregnant but I guess they both forgot biology.
4. Gabe must be part dog with his nose because the amount of times he describes smells is laughable 🤣
5. We have no idea how Gabe rescued her sisters it's implied something happened but we never find out what and that was way too easy
6. Her dad pissed me off, a real mafia king would not let her out of his sight and those bodyguards would absolutely force her to get back on the plane and take her back to him against her will, they answer to him first
7. Her dad is a terrible mafia boss, he had Gabe, fully laid him out then just... Let's him go? Let's him be treated, puts no security detail on him to keep an eye on him? This man knocked up his daughter he should've kept him prisoner and used that to get his daughter back that would've been much better!! He talks to Hawk and everything is dandy? It's never once implied that he and Hawk have any relationship to each other, why on earth would talking to Hawk means Gabe is suddenly free to go without keeping an eye on him.
8. Then Gabe kidnaps Sophie AGAIN!?! These bodyguards are terrible
9. Killing Fausto has no consequences he should have done it earlier that whole scene was anti climatic and I called morietti being a dad, I thought he'd be Gabe's but fine.
9. It's implied someone bad walks into the bookstore Gabe buys her but we never find out because the next scene is the wedding
10. Craig is suddenly there and allows the wedding to go ahead and his daughter to marry and move in with Gabe, nope he knows nothing other than this man kidnapped Sophie, twice, and knocked her up he would've started a war, or at least threaten one until Sophie steps in.
Overall I was looking forward to this from the insta posts but the writing was not good, the plot flip flops all over the place especially towards the end things just happen and then it's onto the next scene without any breathing room. Kat needs to read more mafia books because real bosses would not be this easy going.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 10, 2023
Sinful Honor : An Enemies to Lovers Mafia Romance. Book 1 of Ruthless Rogues Mafia. This is Gabriele Falcone and Sophie Donnelly's story. Sophie her two younger sisters Cara and Jemma, her cousin and best friend Fiona have taken a trip to Italy with their bodyguards. The trip was to celebrate Sophia and Fiona's twentieth birthday and the feeling of freedom. Sophia's father Craig Donnelly was the boss of the Irish Mob in Boston. They found themselves kidnapped, cold, naked, and in a room in the basement with other girls. Gabriele Falcone is to be the head of the most influential Italian Mafia families. For years he had worked for Hawk the boss of Raptor Security as a sniper, hunter and a killer. All of the Mafia Bosses or Major players in organized crime wanted Gabriele to take his place as boss of the Falcone family mafia. They didn't want his Uncle Fausto to have control. Fausto liked to keep slaves at his home and Sophia happened to be one of them. Gabriele and Sophia have their first meeting when she is helping serve dinner at Fausto's home with a lot of men in suits attending. Uncle Fausto tries to poison Gabriele and Sophie steps in and helps. Gabriele can see Sophia has been abused by the way she looks and what she is wearing. He knows she needs help. He kidnaps Sophie when leaving his uncle's home and takes her home with him. Gabe has to keep her hidden so she will be safe. Gabriele and Chris (his brother) are the only two who know about Sophie. Gabriele is a Dom and expects Sophie to do as he says, but she doesn't. They felt a chemistry between them from the first. Sophie just wants to go back home where she knows how safe she was. Gabriele is obsessed with her and wants to keep her and be his. Sophie hasn't yet told Gabe her name. He has no idea she is a Mafia Princess.
This is an enemies to lovers, age-gap, older man who is dominant and protective, younger woman who is sassy and bratty kind of story. I really have enjoyed this book. I hope the other two brothers have their own story. Kat is very talented and I look forward to reading more.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
This is an enemies to lovers, age-gap, older man who is dominant and protective, younger woman who is sassy and bratty kind of story. I really have enjoyed this book. I hope the other two brothers have their own story. Kat is very talented and I look forward to reading more.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
November 20, 2023
When Sophie, her two younger sisters and her cousin take a trip to Italy, they never expected to be kidnapped and taken to a dark hellish dungeon to be toyed with and tortured. The threat of horrors beyond anything they'd ever imagined with only a sliver of hope that their family would come search for them all the way from Boston.
When Sophie is separated from the other girls, she finds herself in front of Gabe, an intrigue man who happens to also hate the man that's been holding Sophie captive. She wants to instinctively trust Gabe but when he also turns around and kidnaps her, it's hard to trust her instincts when it comes to him. Sophie was a strong MC but after getting tortured and beat at the hands of his evil uncle, she's in a fragile state of mind and it takes a while for Gabe to win her trust.
Gabe was a stubborn Hero that kept his cards close to his chest, even to the determent of his budding relationship with Sophie. A lot could have been smoother for him if he was open about his intentions with her but he learns from his mistakes and he does get better! He's a Dom and sees the sub tendencies that Sophie has and he takes full advantage of it! Spicy times ensue!
This was a fun, fast paced story with great characters that the author did a great job of creating. I was hooked from early on and with the more we learned about Gabe's family and Sophie's too, the more I wanted to keep reading.
I'm hoping that the way it's set up means each sister and cousin will be getting their own story soon and I'm excited to see where their stories go. There is a good dose of violence but it's not drawn out or with OTT gore. There's action, some mysterious characters, some intriguing strong ladies and a whole new world of delicious morally gray heroes to choose from!
* * * I voluntarily read and reviewed a copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. * * *
SAFETY INFO:
When Sophie is separated from the other girls, she finds herself in front of Gabe, an intrigue man who happens to also hate the man that's been holding Sophie captive. She wants to instinctively trust Gabe but when he also turns around and kidnaps her, it's hard to trust her instincts when it comes to him. Sophie was a strong MC but after getting tortured and beat at the hands of his evil uncle, she's in a fragile state of mind and it takes a while for Gabe to win her trust.
Gabe was a stubborn Hero that kept his cards close to his chest, even to the determent of his budding relationship with Sophie. A lot could have been smoother for him if he was open about his intentions with her but he learns from his mistakes and he does get better! He's a Dom and sees the sub tendencies that Sophie has and he takes full advantage of it! Spicy times ensue!
This was a fun, fast paced story with great characters that the author did a great job of creating. I was hooked from early on and with the more we learned about Gabe's family and Sophie's too, the more I wanted to keep reading.
I'm hoping that the way it's set up means each sister and cousin will be getting their own story soon and I'm excited to see where their stories go. There is a good dose of violence but it's not drawn out or with OTT gore. There's action, some mysterious characters, some intriguing strong ladies and a whole new world of delicious morally gray heroes to choose from!
* * * I voluntarily read and reviewed a copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. * * *
SAFETY INFO:
December 13, 2023
Another mafia book on Kindle Unlimited. I give many romance novels a standard 3. It's like a solid B in school, good but not great.
This one ... It fell a little flat for me. If you read mafia romance they all have some combination of tropes (age gap, virgin, abuse, forced marriage) seem to be the big four. This one as some pretty standard ones. What I find lacking in any emotion I for the characters. They just didn't make me feel for them. I found Gab to be a generic mafia bad guy and rather boring. As for Sophie, she had some struggle (out side of the abuse she suffered early on).
Overall, other than the generic feel to the characters two points moved this from a "solid good but not great" score to a "meh it was okay".
1. Inconsistency with FMC. She stands up to protect her sister in the first few pages of the story but than for a good oh...30% of the book she forgets they exist? For a good chunk of the story she is so focused on Gab that's all she can think about. She literally forgets the sisters she put her body on the line to save?? It's not until Gab found out her last name and who she is that they go all Commando Rescue to save the other kidnapped girls. Wow. Sophir had the power to get the ball rolling ASAP. Unless she thought Gab would do something bad to her because she was an enemy's daughter but that wasn't communicated at all in the story. That seed of doubt or fear causing Sophie to struggle with asking for help for her sisters or staying silent, would have made me care.
2. Sophie telling her dad she was preggers right away. Again why? She knew it would cause drama. If she was smart she should have kept her mouth shut. She could have "found herself" in Ireland, hell grew up a little as a single mom. I would have rooted for some second chance romance. Let us skip not just two months but 2 years. Let her have established a life outside of any mafia only to get pulled back when Gab finds out... 🤔
3 (bonus). This was just stupid annoying but the author literally cut off the ending, (i.e. Gab and Sophie's wedding) for a "bonus sceen" you have have to go to her website for. Ugh 🙄
This one ... It fell a little flat for me. If you read mafia romance they all have some combination of tropes (age gap, virgin, abuse, forced marriage) seem to be the big four. This one as some pretty standard ones. What I find lacking in any emotion I for the characters. They just didn't make me feel for them. I found Gab to be a generic mafia bad guy and rather boring. As for Sophie, she had some struggle (out side of the abuse she suffered early on).
Overall, other than the generic feel to the characters two points moved this from a "solid good but not great" score to a "meh it was okay".
1. Inconsistency with FMC. She stands up to protect her sister in the first few pages of the story but than for a good oh...30% of the book she forgets they exist? For a good chunk of the story she is so focused on Gab that's all she can think about. She literally forgets the sisters she put her body on the line to save?? It's not until Gab found out her last name and who she is that they go all Commando Rescue to save the other kidnapped girls. Wow. Sophir had the power to get the ball rolling ASAP. Unless she thought Gab would do something bad to her because she was an enemy's daughter but that wasn't communicated at all in the story. That seed of doubt or fear causing Sophie to struggle with asking for help for her sisters or staying silent, would have made me care.
2. Sophie telling her dad she was preggers right away. Again why? She knew it would cause drama. If she was smart she should have kept her mouth shut. She could have "found herself" in Ireland, hell grew up a little as a single mom. I would have rooted for some second chance romance. Let us skip not just two months but 2 years. Let her have established a life outside of any mafia only to get pulled back when Gab finds out... 🤔
3 (bonus). This was just stupid annoying but the author literally cut off the ending, (i.e. Gab and Sophie's wedding) for a "bonus sceen" you have have to go to her website for. Ugh 🙄
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 2, 2024
So much more than I first thought! Loved it!
From the blurb, I was expecting an Italian mafia hero; it's one of the reasons I took the bait and bought this book. (Love mafia romances.) So...book opens, with Irish princess (MFC) POV. So far so good; living up to the blurb. Then it switches to MMC POV...who apparently is part of a private, special forces, security team! Wait...What? Where's my morally grey mafia guy? I didn't want a good guy rescue! Good guys don't keep women locked in their bedroom! I'm starting to get disappointed here, but I keep reading...and Dayamn am I glad I did. Won't spoil it, but we get a major twist very early on, and we get our mafia guy and so much more!
From the time the MMC arrives in Italy, this story really gets hot and doesn't stop cooking. It just keeps getting better and better! And the emotion! At one part, if I'd been asked to read out loud, I wouldn't have been able to do it to save my life for the size of the lump in my throat (like a baseball). I couldn't stop the tears falling! So much emotion in this book. And not just between the MMC and MFC.
There is so much going on in this story, and it's not just the developing relationship between the main characters. The author has created an evocative and convincing world. One with plenty of danger, enemies and secrets kept for years. She's also created a strong MMC. One who has to reconcile his past and finally take his rightful place, but it's not an easy task and it's fraught risk and peril. A MFC who discovers the golden cage she'd always chaffed at, was no cage at all. And when she thinks she's finally been broken, finds her strength; learns what she's made of and fights for the life she wants. And it's not just the main characters you fall in love with...it's all of them; each with unique personalities and diverse relationships with the other characters. All so vivid and realistic that honestly, I'm invested now and can't wait for their stories. (I've already pre-ordered book 2, due out in May!) Yeah...Kat Bammer has definitely become a new favorite author! 5 stars for his one.
From the blurb, I was expecting an Italian mafia hero; it's one of the reasons I took the bait and bought this book. (Love mafia romances.) So...book opens, with Irish princess (MFC) POV. So far so good; living up to the blurb. Then it switches to MMC POV...who apparently is part of a private, special forces, security team! Wait...What? Where's my morally grey mafia guy? I didn't want a good guy rescue! Good guys don't keep women locked in their bedroom! I'm starting to get disappointed here, but I keep reading...and Dayamn am I glad I did. Won't spoil it, but we get a major twist very early on, and we get our mafia guy and so much more!
From the time the MMC arrives in Italy, this story really gets hot and doesn't stop cooking. It just keeps getting better and better! And the emotion! At one part, if I'd been asked to read out loud, I wouldn't have been able to do it to save my life for the size of the lump in my throat (like a baseball). I couldn't stop the tears falling! So much emotion in this book. And not just between the MMC and MFC.
There is so much going on in this story, and it's not just the developing relationship between the main characters. The author has created an evocative and convincing world. One with plenty of danger, enemies and secrets kept for years. She's also created a strong MMC. One who has to reconcile his past and finally take his rightful place, but it's not an easy task and it's fraught risk and peril. A MFC who discovers the golden cage she'd always chaffed at, was no cage at all. And when she thinks she's finally been broken, finds her strength; learns what she's made of and fights for the life she wants. And it's not just the main characters you fall in love with...it's all of them; each with unique personalities and diverse relationships with the other characters. All so vivid and realistic that honestly, I'm invested now and can't wait for their stories. (I've already pre-ordered book 2, due out in May!) Yeah...Kat Bammer has definitely become a new favorite author! 5 stars for his one.
August 12, 2024
Shallow female lead, plot errors and conceptual issues
So, while she's gallivanting in bed despite Gabriel granting Sophie anything she wanted even her freedom, rather than call her family to help her sisters and cousin, she's wanting to lay around in bed and have sex for another day. How about before thinking with her libido she thinks about her sisters and cousin who are still trapped and being tortured and abused, how about thinking about making a phone call to her family for help before thinking about having sex? What. A. Selfish. SHALLOW. Idiot.
So, let's talk about a another conceptual issue or character flaw: when they finally figure out who Sophie is and her father calls in a favor of Gabe to save his girls, they get to the estate that Gabriel recognized from her description as being the place the trafficking victims were held, and instead of immediately going to that part of the estate to see if the girls are still being held there or look for clues, they go to a club instead of looking in the basement she described? Seriously? The problem with this may be that on page 126 Gabriel recognizes that his uncle kept his human trafficking victims at his family estate in Verona, but later in the plot the author has the victims at his uncle faustos estate without ever having discussed them being moved or broaching this change of facts in the storyline.
This plot has too many conceptual issues, or the characters in it are just stupid and clueless. (oooh, let's go the opposite direction of where the captives were held! Dumb much?) and the notion that her triggers after captivity would go away simply because he's giving her one session in a dungeon seems ridiculous to me and completely unrealistic. Then again Sophie was fairly shallow, so maybe that is all it would take for that character. In either case, the story was entertaining enough although it was irritating because of the shallowness of the characters, conceptual and plot issues kept pulling me right out of the flow of the story and irritating me to the point I rolled my eyes and set it down and had to come back to it later. I can't give it more than three stars -- certainly doesn't deserve four.
So, while she's gallivanting in bed despite Gabriel granting Sophie anything she wanted even her freedom, rather than call her family to help her sisters and cousin, she's wanting to lay around in bed and have sex for another day. How about before thinking with her libido she thinks about her sisters and cousin who are still trapped and being tortured and abused, how about thinking about making a phone call to her family for help before thinking about having sex? What. A. Selfish. SHALLOW. Idiot.
So, let's talk about a another conceptual issue or character flaw: when they finally figure out who Sophie is and her father calls in a favor of Gabe to save his girls, they get to the estate that Gabriel recognized from her description as being the place the trafficking victims were held, and instead of immediately going to that part of the estate to see if the girls are still being held there or look for clues, they go to a club instead of looking in the basement she described? Seriously? The problem with this may be that on page 126 Gabriel recognizes that his uncle kept his human trafficking victims at his family estate in Verona, but later in the plot the author has the victims at his uncle faustos estate without ever having discussed them being moved or broaching this change of facts in the storyline.
This plot has too many conceptual issues, or the characters in it are just stupid and clueless. (oooh, let's go the opposite direction of where the captives were held! Dumb much?) and the notion that her triggers after captivity would go away simply because he's giving her one session in a dungeon seems ridiculous to me and completely unrealistic. Then again Sophie was fairly shallow, so maybe that is all it would take for that character. In either case, the story was entertaining enough although it was irritating because of the shallowness of the characters, conceptual and plot issues kept pulling me right out of the flow of the story and irritating me to the point I rolled my eyes and set it down and had to come back to it later. I can't give it more than three stars -- certainly doesn't deserve four.
March 10, 2024
TW: Contains spoilers and purely a honest review of this book.
Let's start with the positives:
The MMC wasn't a horrible person that kept stepping over the FMC like a doormat , instead we got a decent MMC who's possessive , WHO HAS MORALS like he feels indebted to her since she saved his life and just wasn't a total douchebag yk. Look how low the standards have dropped 😭. There was a good story potential and a different plot compared to the normal books where the MMC is already a cold blooded mafia leader but instead he was sort of forced into it to protect his family. I think thats all the positives that comes up to my mind. At least there was readable sentences tbh .
Onto the negatives.
The FMC was not it. Like I was so done with this girl. She volunteered herself up in the cage to save her younger sister ,Cara , only to completely forget about her sisters and cousin when she got kidnapped by the MMC. AND then the MMC offers anything to her as she saved his life. Guess what she asked for? Maybe to let her go? To help her sisters and cousin? To call her mafia dad? No , our FMC asks my guy to have sex with him. He refuses at first but she's so focused to get it , like what? Moving on , where was the chemistry? where was the romance? I thought this was meant to be a romance book? Maybe I read a different book but there was no spark thingy going on man. How does she fall in love with my guy after being held CAPTIVE by him for 2 WEEKS? what am i missing here? What did she fall in love with? a imaginary ghost atp. yk what i cant even blame the girl because the guy atleast cared and put some effort. My guy said he fell in love because she was brave , fearless and something else. Fearless where? Brave where? She was a selfish dumb person who didn't care for her sisters. There was no part where it showed her as a caring person other than the first part for her sister and where she saved him from the poisoned drink. The ending was so rushed and a piece of joke. The plot was his mother had sex with his dad's best friend 'supposed threesome' because the dad wanted her to explore her sexuality and he liked watching her. and she got pregnant with the guys baby and Alessio only finds out at the end that his father is not who he thought it was. The MMC kept saying the uncle will get what he deserves but ends up dying at the hands of Alessio. Also I really didnt like the part where the girl didnt talk to her dad because personally that was my fav character. He seemed caring to his daughters and was a lovely dad who gave his daughters some sort of freedom. YET SHE DIDNT EVEN TALK TO HER DAD OR TRY TO GET HIM TO HER WEDDING? IS THIS A JOKE? To come back to original point , it felt too rushed , potential wasted , major plot scenes cut.
Uhm yep. 2 stars purely for the dad's love for his daughters.
-A
Let's start with the positives:
The MMC wasn't a horrible person that kept stepping over the FMC like a doormat , instead we got a decent MMC who's possessive , WHO HAS MORALS like he feels indebted to her since she saved his life and just wasn't a total douchebag yk. Look how low the standards have dropped 😭. There was a good story potential and a different plot compared to the normal books where the MMC is already a cold blooded mafia leader but instead he was sort of forced into it to protect his family. I think thats all the positives that comes up to my mind. At least there was readable sentences tbh .
Onto the negatives.
The FMC was not it. Like I was so done with this girl. She volunteered herself up in the cage to save her younger sister ,Cara , only to completely forget about her sisters and cousin when she got kidnapped by the MMC. AND then the MMC offers anything to her as she saved his life. Guess what she asked for? Maybe to let her go? To help her sisters and cousin? To call her mafia dad? No , our FMC asks my guy to have sex with him. He refuses at first but she's so focused to get it , like what? Moving on , where was the chemistry? where was the romance? I thought this was meant to be a romance book? Maybe I read a different book but there was no spark thingy going on man. How does she fall in love with my guy after being held CAPTIVE by him for 2 WEEKS? what am i missing here? What did she fall in love with? a imaginary ghost atp. yk what i cant even blame the girl because the guy atleast cared and put some effort. My guy said he fell in love because she was brave , fearless and something else. Fearless where? Brave where? She was a selfish dumb person who didn't care for her sisters. There was no part where it showed her as a caring person other than the first part for her sister and where she saved him from the poisoned drink. The ending was so rushed and a piece of joke. The plot was his mother had sex with his dad's best friend 'supposed threesome' because the dad wanted her to explore her sexuality and he liked watching her. and she got pregnant with the guys baby and Alessio only finds out at the end that his father is not who he thought it was. The MMC kept saying the uncle will get what he deserves but ends up dying at the hands of Alessio. Also I really didnt like the part where the girl didnt talk to her dad because personally that was my fav character. He seemed caring to his daughters and was a lovely dad who gave his daughters some sort of freedom. YET SHE DIDNT EVEN TALK TO HER DAD OR TRY TO GET HIM TO HER WEDDING? IS THIS A JOKE? To come back to original point , it felt too rushed , potential wasted , major plot scenes cut.
Uhm yep. 2 stars purely for the dad's love for his daughters.
-A
November 19, 2024
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Thank you Kat Bammer and Hambright PR!
Sinful Honor, Ruthless Rogues 1, by Kat Bammer, is a sizzling-hot Mafia Dark Romance.
I fell in amore with the enemies-to-lovers storyline, colorful characters, intriguing organized crime details (Italian and Irish Mafia) and ultimately, the glimmering silver linings of the morally-gray MMC.
The FMC is the daughter of an Irish mob boss, and the MMC is the newly-made (less-than-enthused) head of the Falcone Italian mob. His father was tragically killed, leaving his first born son to (reluctantly) take his place.
Gabriele Falcone has been avoiding his family — their rules, loyalty tests, and organized crime — instead working as a hired sniper in America for over a decade. His unwavering love to family and ensuring their safety brings him home to Italy, where he discovers certain family members are dabbling in markets his father deemed morally unacceptable. This discovery leads him to a young captive woman, who he brings back to his room, unknowing who she truly is: an Irish Mob Princess. The danger he’s in, not only with his unscrupulous family members, but with the Irish mob is a complication he never saw coming. That and the growing feelings between the pair.
I loved the dual pov; having Sophie’s perspective and inner stream-of-consciousness, in addition to Gabriele’s was invaluable in this dark romance. Sophie’s witty, sometimes self-deprecating humor and sass made her ultra-likeable as a main character. She was an excellent match for Gabe, personality wise, but the long withstanding conflicts between their families made their relationship forbidden.
The surprise pregnancy trope was executed extremely well, adding another layer to the plot that kept me in suspense. The tight family bonds were endearing, predicting a hopeful future from the unlikely union.
Despite the dark nature and unconventional love story, it has its light moments too, and it ended on a beautiful HEA. I would recommend this to (adult) readers who like dark Mafia romance-suspense!
Thank you Kat Bammer and Hambright PR!
Sinful Honor, Ruthless Rogues 1, by Kat Bammer, is a sizzling-hot Mafia Dark Romance.
I fell in amore with the enemies-to-lovers storyline, colorful characters, intriguing organized crime details (Italian and Irish Mafia) and ultimately, the glimmering silver linings of the morally-gray MMC.
The FMC is the daughter of an Irish mob boss, and the MMC is the newly-made (less-than-enthused) head of the Falcone Italian mob. His father was tragically killed, leaving his first born son to (reluctantly) take his place.
Gabriele Falcone has been avoiding his family — their rules, loyalty tests, and organized crime — instead working as a hired sniper in America for over a decade. His unwavering love to family and ensuring their safety brings him home to Italy, where he discovers certain family members are dabbling in markets his father deemed morally unacceptable. This discovery leads him to a young captive woman, who he brings back to his room, unknowing who she truly is: an Irish Mob Princess. The danger he’s in, not only with his unscrupulous family members, but with the Irish mob is a complication he never saw coming. That and the growing feelings between the pair.
I loved the dual pov; having Sophie’s perspective and inner stream-of-consciousness, in addition to Gabriele’s was invaluable in this dark romance. Sophie’s witty, sometimes self-deprecating humor and sass made her ultra-likeable as a main character. She was an excellent match for Gabe, personality wise, but the long withstanding conflicts between their families made their relationship forbidden.
The surprise pregnancy trope was executed extremely well, adding another layer to the plot that kept me in suspense. The tight family bonds were endearing, predicting a hopeful future from the unlikely union.
Despite the dark nature and unconventional love story, it has its light moments too, and it ended on a beautiful HEA. I would recommend this to (adult) readers who like dark Mafia romance-suspense!
March 16, 2025
Other reviewers have said clearly how awful this is. I've stopped reaing before the two main characters even meet. That's how boring and dragging this is. It looks like there's more written here than there actually is because the author has padded the page count by inserting blank spaces between every sentence.
It's very deceitful, because it pretends there is more story written than there actually is, because half of every page is blank, and it's deceitful because it's done by the author so they get paid more because they get paid per page read on kindle unlimited, even if half of every page is empty.
Another reviewer also mentioned the ridiculous over the top and repeated outraged by the author at the heroine's torture, when she's really only caused a bit of humiliation by being forced to be naked and one beating. I'm not saying that's not unpleasant but it doesn't equate to the ridiculous over the top outrage the author repeatedly gives it. Even the biggest injury she suffers is a gun shot she causes to herself while trying to escape.
It's very repetitive, like the scene after her shooting her shoulder when trying to escape, it says her shoulder hurts waking up in the cage, her shoulder hurts sitting up, her shoulder hurts when they drag her out of the cage, her shoulder hurts when they put handcuffs on her her shoulder hurts when they pull her arms up to attach the cuffs to a hook, her shoulder hurts when they haul her up onto her toes.
Literally entire paragraphs after she is shot in the shoulder is just the author writing that her shoulder hurts, with only a slightly different word inserted in the place of hurts, like it screamed or burned. This entire book, the story, the characters, the dialogue, the writing, are all immature and unprofessional.There's really nothing to this, and what is here is extremely boring, dragging, and highly repetitive. 1 star.
It's very deceitful, because it pretends there is more story written than there actually is, because half of every page is blank, and it's deceitful because it's done by the author so they get paid more because they get paid per page read on kindle unlimited, even if half of every page is empty.
Another reviewer also mentioned the ridiculous over the top and repeated outraged by the author at the heroine's torture, when she's really only caused a bit of humiliation by being forced to be naked and one beating. I'm not saying that's not unpleasant but it doesn't equate to the ridiculous over the top outrage the author repeatedly gives it. Even the biggest injury she suffers is a gun shot she causes to herself while trying to escape.
It's very repetitive, like the scene after her shooting her shoulder when trying to escape, it says her shoulder hurts waking up in the cage, her shoulder hurts sitting up, her shoulder hurts when they drag her out of the cage, her shoulder hurts when they put handcuffs on her her shoulder hurts when they pull her arms up to attach the cuffs to a hook, her shoulder hurts when they haul her up onto her toes.
Literally entire paragraphs after she is shot in the shoulder is just the author writing that her shoulder hurts, with only a slightly different word inserted in the place of hurts, like it screamed or burned. This entire book, the story, the characters, the dialogue, the writing, are all immature and unprofessional.There's really nothing to this, and what is here is extremely boring, dragging, and highly repetitive. 1 star.
November 23, 2023
I liked the plot, I also liked the characters. Captive romances/enemies to lovers isn't usually my favorite, but I enjoyed Sophie and Gabe's relationship and growth. Sophie was strong considering everything she went through, but she was also still sweet despite all her frustrations. Gabe was a typical mafia man suffering from instalove/lust that becomes completely obsessed and possessive.
That being said, I am giving it three stars because it just feels sooooo slow... At 90% I actually started skimming.
Sophie's trip to Italy turned into something she never expected. Her, her sisters, and cousin are kidnapped by the Italian mafia by a sick man that has taken the opportunity to get involved with sex trafficking. There is something about Sophie that sticks out to the man and she becomes a favorite of his that he likes to physically torture. When the man's nephew, Gabe comes back to take his rightful place as the boss the first thing he does is go to one of the sick man's (or "Ape" as Sophie dubbed him) dinner party where he is told not to act surprised by the "slaves". But as soon as he notices Sophie he is willing to risk everything to make her his. He kidnaps her from his Uncle and takes her back to his place. It's easy to think she has gone from one monster to the next. But when they get there it isn't torture she receives but some much needed care to her wounds as well as her mind after what she endured. She saved Gabe's life, and all she wants in return is her freedom, but he isn't willing to let her go.
That being said, I am giving it three stars because it just feels sooooo slow... At 90% I actually started skimming.
Sophie's trip to Italy turned into something she never expected. Her, her sisters, and cousin are kidnapped by the Italian mafia by a sick man that has taken the opportunity to get involved with sex trafficking. There is something about Sophie that sticks out to the man and she becomes a favorite of his that he likes to physically torture. When the man's nephew, Gabe comes back to take his rightful place as the boss the first thing he does is go to one of the sick man's (or "Ape" as Sophie dubbed him) dinner party where he is told not to act surprised by the "slaves". But as soon as he notices Sophie he is willing to risk everything to make her his. He kidnaps her from his Uncle and takes her back to his place. It's easy to think she has gone from one monster to the next. But when they get there it isn't torture she receives but some much needed care to her wounds as well as her mind after what she endured. She saved Gabe's life, and all she wants in return is her freedom, but he isn't willing to let her go.
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