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Vices and Vows
Nova Romano is an anomaly.
She’s playing a role she didn’t choose, living a life that was never hers to begin with.
A tapestry of deceit and carefully interwoven lies protect her,
But when everything unravels, the truth comes with a heavy price tag.
She’ll have to marry a man who despises women,
Or sell her soul to a monster like me.
When Nova realizes I’ll sacrifice everyone she loves to keep her,
She will have no choice but to give in.
I’ll drip-feed her my brand of crazy until she’s as twisted as I am.
That’s what happens when an unstable mind falls for a reckless heart.
And when she runs, I’ll be ready.
There is no place she can go that I won’t follow.
Even the depths of hell itself.
Author note: If you like your romance tied up with neat little bows, this won't be the book for you. Vice Moretti is an anti-hero at best, a villain at his worst, and a monster for the parts in between. This love story is raw and toxic and, like the man himself, a little unhinged. Please proceed with caution.
Triggers: This book contains dark elements that some readers may find uncomfortable, including offensive language, graphic violence, sexual situations, and often a combination of all three at once. All readers need to be over the age of 18 and have a love for all things morally grey to enjoy the ride.
She’s playing a role she didn’t choose, living a life that was never hers to begin with.
A tapestry of deceit and carefully interwoven lies protect her,
But when everything unravels, the truth comes with a heavy price tag.
She’ll have to marry a man who despises women,
Or sell her soul to a monster like me.
When Nova realizes I’ll sacrifice everyone she loves to keep her,
She will have no choice but to give in.
I’ll drip-feed her my brand of crazy until she’s as twisted as I am.
That’s what happens when an unstable mind falls for a reckless heart.
And when she runs, I’ll be ready.
There is no place she can go that I won’t follow.
Even the depths of hell itself.
Author note: If you like your romance tied up with neat little bows, this won't be the book for you. Vice Moretti is an anti-hero at best, a villain at his worst, and a monster for the parts in between. This love story is raw and toxic and, like the man himself, a little unhinged. Please proceed with caution.
Triggers: This book contains dark elements that some readers may find uncomfortable, including offensive language, graphic violence, sexual situations, and often a combination of all three at once. All readers need to be over the age of 18 and have a love for all things morally grey to enjoy the ride.
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Published January 30, 2024
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March 7, 2024
I don't know how many stars to rate this because I loved some things and then I hated others.
This starts about 20 years prior and Nova's dad (the h=heroine) has most of his family slaughtered. His 14 year old is killed, his wife who was fvcking another man at home was shot dead, and he runs with his consigliere to the park where the nanny was shot dead but the nova was alive with the alessio's (the consiglieres) daughter. Novas dad vigo asks alessio to switch the daughters so that nova can stay protected. they were four years old but somehow they got these children to agree to switch places without questions? Like....how did they pull that off? Because kids are honest as fuck and they will let others know the TRUTH. And they're not good liars so.......anyone ever see a 3/4 year old kid say he/she didn't eat a chocolate bar with chocolate smeared all over their face? Uh huh.
Fast forward to present day when nova is now a trained bodyguard for the mafia and gia is a mafia princess who they are telling everyone that gia is vigos mafia daughter. Ya with me? She is quite the character and is a narcissist and a gold medal biatch 👀 her father tells nova that she needs to marry this horrible underboss (I think?) named aldo. Aldo likes to rape and beat on girls and is also into human trafficking. Wonderful husband material. Nova tries to think of someone who she could get married to instead and she thinks of the second son of another mafia clan/group/ninja turtles named vice. He's perfect since he would never be interested in her due to the fact that he's gay.....but thats just what the rumor is 😂😂😂😂😏 she visits him in jail and he tells her no.
They do get married and vice makes sure the dad is conked out during the marriage so that gia doesn't get switched out for nova at the last minute (which was what vigo wanted) and gia marries aldo.
(I'm writing all this down so I remember what the book was about since I always forget and this book had a lot going on!)
Towards the end, vice tells nova what exactly happened that day when her family was slaughtered. His father killed vigos son. His father also somehow saw the daughter that Vigo had with his wife since vigo raped his wife. Vigo (novas dad) didn't know that she was pregnant from the rape and had a daughter. Vigo had all the men who killed vices mom and his sister killed. Ya following so far?! Vice went to the house, watched novas mom fvcking her side piece and he kills novas mom. Dano was supposed to go kill nova but I think vice gets there before And sees how she looks like his sister. he tells her to run and puts his sisters necklace on her (and he has the other one with a N on it for his sisters name natalia).
Ok whew! So he's telling her these truths and she gets taken by aldo to a warehouse. He's about to rape her, but she kills him and then his shoots her and she lost all memory from the past two years. And what vice told her about who killed who and who saved who and who was who's daughter. She loses all memory from the past two years. POOF. Yo vice. You might want to repeat all the shit you said to remind her why she should hate you bro. Not cool. 😐😐😐😐😐😐😐🙈😬😬😬😬😬😩😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐
.....
Anyway.
But there's somnophilia and c0ckwarming so there's that.
I dunno.....I just felt like....the love wasn't there? In the beginning, he kept getting turned on when she was scared of him, but then it would say he would never hurt her? That was so discombobulating to me. That scene where he's showing all the mafia talking heads the video of them fvxking on their wedding night to make sure they knew they were married and consummated their marriage? And she had no way to consent to them seeing that was just ew. Thats such a violation of trust and privacy and after, she didnt seem that upset about it since he just fcvks her? (I think this is when he fcvks her in front of all of his men?) That scene where he's making all his underlings watch him eff her was just....weird? But she was super cool with it afterwards!!!! Like, not awkward cool but just yeah! Cool! And vice is like, they can watch us fuck live and in person but they can never touch you.....but I'm cool with them jacking off to your wet, gushing cunt. 😐😐😐😐😐😐 he doesn't want people to touch her or even speak to her but they can see her naked and getting fvxked. Make....it....make.....sense......
just......yeah. I didn't dnf 🤔🤷 Rating it a 3 for now.....I read the whole thing but....yeah.....a 3. That amnesia did nova dirty as heeeyyyaaalllllll
This starts about 20 years prior and Nova's dad (the h=heroine) has most of his family slaughtered. His 14 year old is killed, his wife who was fvcking another man at home was shot dead, and he runs with his consigliere to the park where the nanny was shot dead but the nova was alive with the alessio's (the consiglieres) daughter. Novas dad vigo asks alessio to switch the daughters so that nova can stay protected. they were four years old but somehow they got these children to agree to switch places without questions? Like....how did they pull that off? Because kids are honest as fuck and they will let others know the TRUTH. And they're not good liars so.......anyone ever see a 3/4 year old kid say he/she didn't eat a chocolate bar with chocolate smeared all over their face? Uh huh.
Fast forward to present day when nova is now a trained bodyguard for the mafia and gia is a mafia princess who they are telling everyone that gia is vigos mafia daughter. Ya with me? She is quite the character and is a narcissist and a gold medal biatch 👀 her father tells nova that she needs to marry this horrible underboss (I think?) named aldo. Aldo likes to rape and beat on girls and is also into human trafficking. Wonderful husband material. Nova tries to think of someone who she could get married to instead and she thinks of the second son of another mafia clan/group/ninja turtles named vice. He's perfect since he would never be interested in her due to the fact that he's gay.....but thats just what the rumor is 😂😂😂😂😏 she visits him in jail and he tells her no.
They do get married and vice makes sure the dad is conked out during the marriage so that gia doesn't get switched out for nova at the last minute (which was what vigo wanted) and gia marries aldo.
(I'm writing all this down so I remember what the book was about since I always forget and this book had a lot going on!)
Towards the end, vice tells nova what exactly happened that day when her family was slaughtered. His father killed vigos son. His father also somehow saw the daughter that Vigo had with his wife since vigo raped his wife. Vigo (novas dad) didn't know that she was pregnant from the rape and had a daughter. Vigo had all the men who killed vices mom and his sister killed. Ya following so far?! Vice went to the house, watched novas mom fvcking her side piece and he kills novas mom. Dano was supposed to go kill nova but I think vice gets there before And sees how she looks like his sister. he tells her to run and puts his sisters necklace on her (and he has the other one with a N on it for his sisters name natalia).
Ok whew! So he's telling her these truths and she gets taken by aldo to a warehouse. He's about to rape her, but she kills him and then his shoots her and she lost all memory from the past two years. And what vice told her about who killed who and who saved who and who was who's daughter. She loses all memory from the past two years. POOF. Yo vice. You might want to repeat all the shit you said to remind her why she should hate you bro. Not cool. 😐😐😐😐😐😐😐🙈😬😬😬😬😬😩😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐
.....
Anyway.
But there's somnophilia and c0ckwarming so there's that.
I dunno.....I just felt like....the love wasn't there? In the beginning, he kept getting turned on when she was scared of him, but then it would say he would never hurt her? That was so discombobulating to me. That scene where he's showing all the mafia talking heads the video of them fvxking on their wedding night to make sure they knew they were married and consummated their marriage? And she had no way to consent to them seeing that was just ew. Thats such a violation of trust and privacy and after, she didnt seem that upset about it since he just fcvks her? (I think this is when he fcvks her in front of all of his men?) That scene where he's making all his underlings watch him eff her was just....weird? But she was super cool with it afterwards!!!! Like, not awkward cool but just yeah! Cool! And vice is like, they can watch us fuck live and in person but they can never touch you.....but I'm cool with them jacking off to your wet, gushing cunt. 😐😐😐😐😐😐 he doesn't want people to touch her or even speak to her but they can see her naked and getting fvxked. Make....it....make.....sense......
just......yeah. I didn't dnf 🤔🤷 Rating it a 3 for now.....I read the whole thing but....yeah.....a 3. That amnesia did nova dirty as heeeyyyaaalllllll
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 29, 2024
Story: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Trope: psycho MMC, secret identity
Angst: 😱😱1/2
Smexy: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
“But Vice is far from sane himself. We’re broken as fuck, but we fit together in the most perfectly unperfect way. And I’d rather be broken with him than whole with anyone else.”
Just wow! The writing in Vices and Vows is fantastic with a great storyline that was original and unique. It opens with a heart pounding scene that will grip you tight and not let you go until the very last page is read. The story was definitely a bit of an emotional roller coaster ride with some great twists. I ended up reading it in one sitting, it's just that good.
I can't stress enough how much I loved these characters. I mean, I love a morally ambiguous hero, but these gray heroines I've read recently have been blowing me away and Nova embodies the best of them. She's kick ass, forges her own destiny, and doesn't take crap from anyone, including the hero. The best is Vice's reaction to her. His surprise at his feelings. His lifting her up. But at the same time, unequivocally being willing to manipulate any circumstance to get what he wants from her, 🚩🚩🤣. Definitely going in my faves of 2024 pile!
Bring on more bad-ass, morally gray heroines, please!
Trope: psycho MMC, secret identity
Angst: 😱😱1/2
Smexy: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
“But Vice is far from sane himself. We’re broken as fuck, but we fit together in the most perfectly unperfect way. And I’d rather be broken with him than whole with anyone else.”
Just wow! The writing in Vices and Vows is fantastic with a great storyline that was original and unique. It opens with a heart pounding scene that will grip you tight and not let you go until the very last page is read. The story was definitely a bit of an emotional roller coaster ride with some great twists. I ended up reading it in one sitting, it's just that good.
I can't stress enough how much I loved these characters. I mean, I love a morally ambiguous hero, but these gray heroines I've read recently have been blowing me away and Nova embodies the best of them. She's kick ass, forges her own destiny, and doesn't take crap from anyone, including the hero. The best is Vice's reaction to her. His surprise at his feelings. His lifting her up. But at the same time, unequivocally being willing to manipulate any circumstance to get what he wants from her, 🚩🚩🤣. Definitely going in my faves of 2024 pile!
Bring on more bad-ass, morally gray heroines, please!
January 31, 2024
Idk how I feel about the whole amnesia towards the end- she really just done and pissed me off tbh, lol.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 31, 2024
I thought this was going to be a 5 star read. It was all going well until around 80%. I cannot believe the things he did. How was that just brushed over??? How did she go from not taking anyones shit to letting him walking all over her??. I'm so pissed. That ending was AWFUL too.
February 4, 2024
The author did her sooo dirty in the end, like wtffff😭
May 24, 2025
Beni tanıyanlar yazarı ne kadar sevdiğimi bilir. İlk % 60 kitap fevkaladenin fevkinde giderken neden yarabbim neden neden neden neden..
Neyse ondan sonra her şey tepetaklak gulululu gitti.
Hiçkimseyi kelimenin tam anlamıyla umursamayan Vice ile kadın kimliği ile mafyada kendini bulmaya çalışan Nova' nın anlaşmalı evlilik hikayesi.
Nova iğrenç ötesi Sayko biriyle evlendirileceğini anlayınca çivi çiviyi söker mantığıyla kendini Vice' ın kollarında buluyor, Vice da yılllardır cezaevinde ama kadar umurunda değil ki dünya peheyy..
Çiftimiz trajikomik şekilde aile bağlarını buluyorlar, en sonda Romeo&Juliet' e bağlaması da hoş oldu.
3 puanla uğurluyoruz.
Neyse ondan sonra her şey tepetaklak gulululu gitti.
Hiçkimseyi kelimenin tam anlamıyla umursamayan Vice ile kadın kimliği ile mafyada kendini bulmaya çalışan Nova' nın anlaşmalı evlilik hikayesi.
Nova iğrenç ötesi Sayko biriyle evlendirileceğini anlayınca çivi çiviyi söker mantığıyla kendini Vice' ın kollarında buluyor, Vice da yılllardır cezaevinde ama kadar umurunda değil ki dünya peheyy..
Çiftimiz trajikomik şekilde aile bağlarını buluyorlar, en sonda Romeo&Juliet' e bağlaması da hoş oldu.
3 puanla uğurluyoruz.
February 27, 2024
It was a 4+ star book until the very end, which I absolutely hated. That's not an HEA by my standards and I felt like the entire book leading to it was pointless. All my emotional connection was gone. It was so well done and well written until that point, I'm so disappointed.
May 20, 2024
Burn it. Did I say stand there and look stupid? I said burn. It.
January 31, 2024
I loved both mc's and it was almost a five star book for me most of the book. The fmc was badass and strong but still vulnerable. It's a rarity in darker romances.
But the author did her so dirty towards the end. It was disappointing.
But the author did her so dirty towards the end. It was disappointing.
April 12, 2024
Instead of making the MMC grovel and own up to his lies the author has the FMC shot in the head which is convenient because she loses her memory and then the book ends shortly after that. I can’t make this up 😭😭
(There were like 87 other issues I had with this book but this one took the cake)
(There were like 87 other issues I had with this book but this one took the cake)
February 4, 2024
🤗 sensational
Who told Candice Wright to write such a perfect book
K!nky k!nky:
😛S0mn0philia
😛D@cryphili@
😛B0nd@ge
😛🔫 in kitty kat juice
😛br33ding
😛d!ckstracting
😛fingers in 🍑
😛funking in 🩸
😛 🐓adoodle doo warming
😛strange ways to get a tattoo
Candice Wright is an expert with characterization and setting the tone in her books with well placed humor that doesn't feel juvenile. Nova in the hands of a lesser author would feel so tripe, annoying, try-hard "VERY VERY BADA$$ to ever BADA$$" gloss that would ruin the story and Vice would be a "Smirky alphah0le of boringness".
“Nova isn’t like the women you’re used to, Miles. If demons seek her out in her dreams tonight, she’ll slay them herself. And I’ll be back before morning to make sure she’s good.
👏🏾 Instead, we get Nova. She has strength and vulnerabilities that make sense. She's smart and operates keenly in the world she inhibits.
“And now she’s mine, and I won’t let anyone take her from me.”
👏🏾What Wright does well are bad guys who legitimately feel like bad guys with their own set of code. She does this without feeling like a bait and switch or blob of goody good shoes morality.
Some quotes:
🥰"Touching evil leaves a mark"
🥰“I am not a patient man, Nova...I’ll give you the days, Nova, but the nights are mine.”
🥰 “Put me inside you.” “Vice,” I whisper, really not up for another round of s3x. Can he blame me when my wedding night so far has made me feel more like a contestant in the p♡rn Hunger Games than a funcking bride? “I’m not going to funck you, Nova. I just want to be inside you. Nothing more.”
🥰“Please stay. I need you.” I... try to swallow down my fury...I know it took a lot for her to say that."
🥰“They touched my wife,” I growl at her. This can’t go unpunished.
🥰“For you, Nova, I’d start an apocalypse.”
🥰“You don’t have to thank me, Nova. I always want you with me.”
🥰“ I’ll sleep with my 🐓 inside you tonight, even if you can’t look me in the eye. I give zero f**ks.”
Who told Candice Wright to write such a perfect book
K!nky k!nky:
😛S0mn0philia
😛D@cryphili@
😛B0nd@ge
😛🔫 in kitty kat juice
😛br33ding
😛d!ckstracting
😛fingers in 🍑
😛funking in 🩸
😛 🐓adoodle doo warming
😛strange ways to get a tattoo
Candice Wright is an expert with characterization and setting the tone in her books with well placed humor that doesn't feel juvenile. Nova in the hands of a lesser author would feel so tripe, annoying, try-hard "VERY VERY BADA$$ to ever BADA$$" gloss that would ruin the story and Vice would be a "Smirky alphah0le of boringness".
“Nova isn’t like the women you’re used to, Miles. If demons seek her out in her dreams tonight, she’ll slay them herself. And I’ll be back before morning to make sure she’s good.
👏🏾 Instead, we get Nova. She has strength and vulnerabilities that make sense. She's smart and operates keenly in the world she inhibits.
“And now she’s mine, and I won’t let anyone take her from me.”
👏🏾What Wright does well are bad guys who legitimately feel like bad guys with their own set of code. She does this without feeling like a bait and switch or blob of goody good shoes morality.
Some quotes:
🥰"Touching evil leaves a mark"
🥰“I am not a patient man, Nova...I’ll give you the days, Nova, but the nights are mine.”
🥰 “Put me inside you.” “Vice,” I whisper, really not up for another round of s3x. Can he blame me when my wedding night so far has made me feel more like a contestant in the p♡rn Hunger Games than a funcking bride? “I’m not going to funck you, Nova. I just want to be inside you. Nothing more.”
🥰“Please stay. I need you.” I... try to swallow down my fury...I know it took a lot for her to say that."
🥰“They touched my wife,” I growl at her. This can’t go unpunished.
🥰“For you, Nova, I’d start an apocalypse.”
🥰“You don’t have to thank me, Nova. I always want you with me.”
🥰“ I’ll sleep with my 🐓 inside you tonight, even if you can’t look me in the eye. I give zero f**ks.”
January 30, 2024
10+ 🌟𝑫𝑬𝑽𝑶𝑼𝑹𝑬𝑫 𝑻𝑯𝑰𝑺 𝑨𝑫𝑫𝑰𝑪𝑻𝑰𝑽𝑬 𝑷𝑨𝑮𝑬 𝑻𝑼𝑹𝑵𝑬𝑹... 𝑼𝑳𝑻𝑹𝑨 𝑺𝑷𝑰𝑪𝒀, 𝑻𝑯𝑹𝑰𝑳𝑳𝑰𝑵𝑮 & 𝑺𝑪𝑹𝑼𝑴𝑷𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑼𝑺 𝑾𝑰𝑳𝑫 𝑹𝑰𝑫𝑬 💋💋💋
𝑻𝑹𝑶𝑷𝑬𝑺/ 𝑩𝑶𝑶𝑲 𝑯𝑰𝑮𝑯𝑳𝑰𝑮𝑯𝑻𝑺 :📑
🔥 Dark Mafia Romance
🔥 Arranged Marriage
🔥 Enemies to lovers
🔥 Thrilling Suspense and Secrets
🔥 Unhinged H
🔥 Obsessive/ Touch her & 🏴☠️ vibes
🔥 B𝖺𝖽𝖺𝗌𝗌 heroine
🔥 Action-packed
🔥 Exhibitionism vibes (no cheating)
📢 𝑪𝑨𝑼𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵𝑨𝑹𝒀 𝑪𝑨𝑳𝑳-𝑶𝑼𝑻: 📢
This is one a Dark Mafia book and hence please heed the author's Trigger Warnings before diving into this one.
💕𝑭𝑨𝑽𝑶𝑼𝑹𝑰𝑻𝑬 𝑸𝑼𝑶𝑻𝑬 💕
“𝑰’𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒐. 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅. 𝑰’𝒎 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒌. 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚.”
𝑴𝒀 𝑹𝑬𝑽𝑰𝑬𝑾: 📝
OH MY FREAKING GOODNESS. I seriously was feeling two things at the same time -
1. I needed time to process this Wild fire that took me on an unforgettable and deliciously dark ride &
2. I freaking want more, much more of Vice and Nova as they have made an unknown addiction grow in me for wanting to have more of them.
I'M SERIOUSLY OBSESSED OVER THIS BOOK RIGHT NOW. LIKE OB-FREAKING-SESSED.
Ahhh... For real, I can't believe the madness and the chaos and the plethora of secrets and so many freaking twists left and right, didn't even make me realise when we were at the last page.
I'm so feeling a major Book Hangover coming. But then what can one do, except reread your favourite book all over again.😉
So the story goes that Nova Romano, is the main bodyguard to the Don's daughter. She's an exception in the Mafia world as she's a trained fighter which is not only unheard of but also not allowed in her world.
Gia, the Don's daughter is an absolute bayach and an insufferable spoiled brat, but Nova keeps her head down and does her job while also showing the Don's daughter her place by being strict to her where needed.
I seriously admired Nova as a person right from the start. Just the way she carries herself and doesn't let other people affect her or care for their opinions, was truly admirable.
When a blasting secret smacks Nova in the face and she's left unprepared to find her entire world upside down, she doesn't know what to do.
Especially now that the burden of this secret revealed means she'll have to be tied to a Wild Animal that is the worst and she has no plans to even be near him.
What do you do when you want to escape such a fate where you'll have to tie yourself to an animalistic monster? You either surrender and accept your fate or give up. But that's not Nova for you.
What Nova decides is she would rather bring on a bigger and scarier monster to ward off this animal.
She plans a devious setting such that she'll be the one to call the checkmate at the end.
Oh my.... When I say you won't be able to put down this book at all, please take my word because each chapter and plot twist builds on one another in such a way that there's not a single moment where we don't have something happening and it will make you keep on turning the pages like crazy, just like I was turning them like crazy.
This story is so magnificently woven in a web of dark secrets and mysterious pasts and devious plans and oodles and oodles of hot spicy times that are so intense and passion-filled that you seriously wouldn't have a single moment to catch your breath from all that is happening.
The way Nova plans everything from her visit to Vice in the prison till the biggest reveal was so much fun.
And as a reader I felt that buildup, that anticipation of knowing the plan and wanting to see it all come to fruition.
What Nova didn't expect was Vice to be so much more of what she bargained for.
When she visited Vice Moretti in the prison, the Unhinged son of the Moretti family, she thought she was asking for help of one devil to get rid of another because for all his flaws, Vice was never known to touch children or women at all.
𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒔. 𝑰 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝑰 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒉𝒆’𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚.
Vice is happy to have his freedom back after serving a decade in prison but what he didn't expect was the betrayal and plot twists that were waiting for him and I feel the biggest of them all was finding this stunner who was equally dangerous as she was attractive, helping him in a way that left him shocked.
“𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅. 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆. 𝑰’𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝑽𝒊𝒄𝒆.”
The writing is out of the world spectacular as it keeps you glued to the pages and each scene between Vice and Nova had me gasping and melting and at times wide-eyed for the things they did, but mostly I was all over the place because I felt that fiery passion oozing out in each moment and I TRULY FELT ALL THAT FIRE AND WANTED MORE.
From their crazy wedding night to all their🔥 times together, you are in for a treat as the spice level is insanely hot in this one.
“𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒍𝒔𝒆 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒚, 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔. 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝑵𝒐𝒗𝒂.”
Especially when both Vice and Nova are equally obsessed and crazy for each other. Their shenanigans will raise your temperature while also leaving you shocked thinking, what the heck just happened.
Ahhh... I loved all these moments though, with them.
𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒓𝒖𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰’𝒍𝒍 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝑰’𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒇 𝒊𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝑰 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒉𝒆𝒓.
Vice is unapologetically insane where his wife is concerned and doesn't think twice of taking out the person who dared to touch his wife and my goodness, Nova is the same. She won't think twice to hurt anyone who dares come close to her husband.
Ahhh.... After all the outrageously delicious and mind-spinning twists that were happening comes that shocking ending. I was, for a minute, shocked and numb beyond belief and then that twist.... Wow.
Like I said this one is so dayum delectable and unputdownable that you will have the ride of your life.
Yep, I'm obsessed over this book.
Candice Wright, You're a freaking Mastermind and terrific storyteller and your writing brings all the spice and flavours to the masterpieces you write.
I'm a Huge, Huge Fan of your books and your writing.
Ahhhhh.....WHAT A SPICY 🔥, THRILLING ROLLERCOASTER RIDE this one was. Freaking loved beyond any words, loved loved this one. 10+ 🌟s 💋💋💋💋💋💋💋
𝑻𝑹𝑶𝑷𝑬𝑺/ 𝑩𝑶𝑶𝑲 𝑯𝑰𝑮𝑯𝑳𝑰𝑮𝑯𝑻𝑺 :📑
🔥 Dark Mafia Romance
🔥 Arranged Marriage
🔥 Enemies to lovers
🔥 Thrilling Suspense and Secrets
🔥 Unhinged H
🔥 Obsessive/ Touch her & 🏴☠️ vibes
🔥 B𝖺𝖽𝖺𝗌𝗌 heroine
🔥 Action-packed
🔥 Exhibitionism vibes (no cheating)
📢 𝑪𝑨𝑼𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵𝑨𝑹𝒀 𝑪𝑨𝑳𝑳-𝑶𝑼𝑻: 📢
This is one a Dark Mafia book and hence please heed the author's Trigger Warnings before diving into this one.
💕𝑭𝑨𝑽𝑶𝑼𝑹𝑰𝑻𝑬 𝑸𝑼𝑶𝑻𝑬 💕
“𝑰’𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒐. 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅. 𝑰’𝒎 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒌. 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚.”
𝑴𝒀 𝑹𝑬𝑽𝑰𝑬𝑾: 📝
OH MY FREAKING GOODNESS. I seriously was feeling two things at the same time -
1. I needed time to process this Wild fire that took me on an unforgettable and deliciously dark ride &
2. I freaking want more, much more of Vice and Nova as they have made an unknown addiction grow in me for wanting to have more of them.
I'M SERIOUSLY OBSESSED OVER THIS BOOK RIGHT NOW. LIKE OB-FREAKING-SESSED.
Ahhh... For real, I can't believe the madness and the chaos and the plethora of secrets and so many freaking twists left and right, didn't even make me realise when we were at the last page.
I'm so feeling a major Book Hangover coming. But then what can one do, except reread your favourite book all over again.😉
So the story goes that Nova Romano, is the main bodyguard to the Don's daughter. She's an exception in the Mafia world as she's a trained fighter which is not only unheard of but also not allowed in her world.
Gia, the Don's daughter is an absolute bayach and an insufferable spoiled brat, but Nova keeps her head down and does her job while also showing the Don's daughter her place by being strict to her where needed.
I seriously admired Nova as a person right from the start. Just the way she carries herself and doesn't let other people affect her or care for their opinions, was truly admirable.
When a blasting secret smacks Nova in the face and she's left unprepared to find her entire world upside down, she doesn't know what to do.
Especially now that the burden of this secret revealed means she'll have to be tied to a Wild Animal that is the worst and she has no plans to even be near him.
What do you do when you want to escape such a fate where you'll have to tie yourself to an animalistic monster? You either surrender and accept your fate or give up. But that's not Nova for you.
What Nova decides is she would rather bring on a bigger and scarier monster to ward off this animal.
She plans a devious setting such that she'll be the one to call the checkmate at the end.
Oh my.... When I say you won't be able to put down this book at all, please take my word because each chapter and plot twist builds on one another in such a way that there's not a single moment where we don't have something happening and it will make you keep on turning the pages like crazy, just like I was turning them like crazy.
This story is so magnificently woven in a web of dark secrets and mysterious pasts and devious plans and oodles and oodles of hot spicy times that are so intense and passion-filled that you seriously wouldn't have a single moment to catch your breath from all that is happening.
The way Nova plans everything from her visit to Vice in the prison till the biggest reveal was so much fun.
And as a reader I felt that buildup, that anticipation of knowing the plan and wanting to see it all come to fruition.
What Nova didn't expect was Vice to be so much more of what she bargained for.
When she visited Vice Moretti in the prison, the Unhinged son of the Moretti family, she thought she was asking for help of one devil to get rid of another because for all his flaws, Vice was never known to touch children or women at all.
𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒔. 𝑰 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝑰 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒉𝒆’𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚.
Vice is happy to have his freedom back after serving a decade in prison but what he didn't expect was the betrayal and plot twists that were waiting for him and I feel the biggest of them all was finding this stunner who was equally dangerous as she was attractive, helping him in a way that left him shocked.
“𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅. 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆. 𝑰’𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝑽𝒊𝒄𝒆.”
The writing is out of the world spectacular as it keeps you glued to the pages and each scene between Vice and Nova had me gasping and melting and at times wide-eyed for the things they did, but mostly I was all over the place because I felt that fiery passion oozing out in each moment and I TRULY FELT ALL THAT FIRE AND WANTED MORE.
From their crazy wedding night to all their🔥 times together, you are in for a treat as the spice level is insanely hot in this one.
“𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒍𝒔𝒆 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒚, 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔. 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝑵𝒐𝒗𝒂.”
Especially when both Vice and Nova are equally obsessed and crazy for each other. Their shenanigans will raise your temperature while also leaving you shocked thinking, what the heck just happened.
Ahhh... I loved all these moments though, with them.
𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒓𝒖𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰’𝒍𝒍 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝑰’𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒇 𝒊𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝑰 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒉𝒆𝒓.
Vice is unapologetically insane where his wife is concerned and doesn't think twice of taking out the person who dared to touch his wife and my goodness, Nova is the same. She won't think twice to hurt anyone who dares come close to her husband.
Ahhh.... After all the outrageously delicious and mind-spinning twists that were happening comes that shocking ending. I was, for a minute, shocked and numb beyond belief and then that twist.... Wow.
Like I said this one is so dayum delectable and unputdownable that you will have the ride of your life.
Yep, I'm obsessed over this book.
Candice Wright, You're a freaking Mastermind and terrific storyteller and your writing brings all the spice and flavours to the masterpieces you write.
I'm a Huge, Huge Fan of your books and your writing.
Ahhhhh.....WHAT A SPICY 🔥, THRILLING ROLLERCOASTER RIDE this one was. Freaking loved beyond any words, loved loved this one. 10+ 🌟s 💋💋💋💋💋💋💋
April 4, 2025
4 Bambola stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
4.5🌶
Trebuie sa recunosc, m-a intrigat plotul acestei cărți, ea bodyguard, el pușcăriaș în momentul când s-au cunoscut.
Pana după jumătatea cărții, eram decisă ca e de 5☆. Ce s-a schimbat, totuși? Nova a devenit incet-incet aproape (rețineți cuvantul "aproape" face o mare diferență 🙃) la fel de unhinged ca Vice și acțiunile lor m-au cam făcut sa-mi dau (si eu, nu doar personajele 😅) ochii peste cap,de cele mai multe ori (e doar părerea mea).
Din pct meu de vedere, (NU CREDEAM CA O SA SPUN VREODATA ASTA 😅) scenele smexy au fost prea multe și parca fara rost -am priceput deja pana la jumătatea cărții ca omul a dus lipsa de contact cu o femeie, timp de 10 ani, cât a fost închis,nu trebuia sa recupereze aia 10 ani intr-o săptămână, două,o luna 😅.
Una peste alta, finalul a fost prea greu de crezut, nu stiu😐totuși HAPPY-END GARANTAT!🦋
4.5🌶
Trebuie sa recunosc, m-a intrigat plotul acestei cărți, ea bodyguard, el pușcăriaș în momentul când s-au cunoscut.
Pana după jumătatea cărții, eram decisă ca e de 5☆. Ce s-a schimbat, totuși? Nova a devenit incet-incet aproape (rețineți cuvantul "aproape" face o mare diferență 🙃) la fel de unhinged ca Vice și acțiunile lor m-au cam făcut sa-mi dau (si eu, nu doar personajele 😅) ochii peste cap,de cele mai multe ori (e doar părerea mea).
Din pct meu de vedere, (NU CREDEAM CA O SA SPUN VREODATA ASTA 😅) scenele smexy au fost prea multe și parca fara rost -am priceput deja pana la jumătatea cărții ca omul a dus lipsa de contact cu o femeie, timp de 10 ani, cât a fost închis,nu trebuia sa recupereze aia 10 ani intr-o săptămână, două,o luna 😅.
Una peste alta, finalul a fost prea greu de crezut, nu stiu😐totuși HAPPY-END GARANTAT!🦋
July 26, 2025
4.5 ⭐️
February 6, 2024
3.5 stars - this was a 5 stars but the last 30% made me take off 1.5 stars.
plot was super interesting at first because the fmc was a bad bitxh & a security guard. then there’s all these plot twists which are super interesting and we really come to like the fmc.
the smut was also hot bc there was a lot of cockwarming and stuff, but the mmc was just so hateble imo
i understand mmc is supposed to be a villain and all, but showing all the rest of the heads (including aldo) the video of him talking fmc’s virginity and showing them the blanket w her blood on it, was not okay at all.
fmc was right there, publicly being humiliated in front of people she tried to gain respect from for yonks, and mmc didn’t feel bad at all?? and didn’t even apologise yet made her feel bad ??
also, call me crazy but he didn’t seem that possessive?? he was all talk but let his men jerk off to fmc?? i understand showing ppl that your woman is your woman, but usually an mmc will threaten any man if they seem aroused at all. mmc got off on it though, and wouldn’t even let fmc cum until all of his men did??
then when she was mad ab him publicly humiliating her, he raped her essentially to punish her? and then made her apologise at the end? and never apologised himself?? he completely did a 180° in terms of how likeable he was. i initially liked him and thought his crazy was cool, but it honestly seemed like he didn’t even care for the fmc and was just using her for revenge.
it also rubbed be the wrong way how the fmc kept telling the mmc she loved him, and he kept replying back with “i know”, or a kiss :’/ he didn’t even say “i love you” to her until she found out that he was the one who killed her mum (which he never told her about), which he followed by cuffing her to the bed and leaving her while she cried so much she vomited ……
idk man i just hate this hero too much to give this 5 stars.
the end was alright, but it kinda felt out of place that she forgot everything? like what was the point lol. we didn’t even get to see him re-make her fall-in-love,it felt so “and then i woke up”. honestly this was probably the only way the fmc could stay w the fmc, which is valid - but i wish she could’ve stayed a bad bitxh bodyguard ngl
plot was super interesting at first because the fmc was a bad bitxh & a security guard. then there’s all these plot twists which are super interesting and we really come to like the fmc.
the smut was also hot bc there was a lot of cockwarming and stuff, but the mmc was just so hateble imo
i understand mmc is supposed to be a villain and all, but showing all the rest of the heads (including aldo) the video of him talking fmc’s virginity and showing them the blanket w her blood on it, was not okay at all.
fmc was right there, publicly being humiliated in front of people she tried to gain respect from for yonks, and mmc didn’t feel bad at all?? and didn’t even apologise yet made her feel bad ??
also, call me crazy but he didn’t seem that possessive?? he was all talk but let his men jerk off to fmc?? i understand showing ppl that your woman is your woman, but usually an mmc will threaten any man if they seem aroused at all. mmc got off on it though, and wouldn’t even let fmc cum until all of his men did??
then when she was mad ab him publicly humiliating her, he raped her essentially to punish her? and then made her apologise at the end? and never apologised himself?? he completely did a 180° in terms of how likeable he was. i initially liked him and thought his crazy was cool, but it honestly seemed like he didn’t even care for the fmc and was just using her for revenge.
it also rubbed be the wrong way how the fmc kept telling the mmc she loved him, and he kept replying back with “i know”, or a kiss :’/ he didn’t even say “i love you” to her until she found out that he was the one who killed her mum (which he never told her about), which he followed by cuffing her to the bed and leaving her while she cried so much she vomited ……
idk man i just hate this hero too much to give this 5 stars.
the end was alright, but it kinda felt out of place that she forgot everything? like what was the point lol. we didn’t even get to see him re-make her fall-in-love,it felt so “and then i woke up”. honestly this was probably the only way the fmc could stay w the fmc, which is valid - but i wish she could’ve stayed a bad bitxh bodyguard ngl
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 31, 2024
Okay I loved the plot and the whole story all together but idk it just wasn’t really sticking to me. I was so close to DNF the book but I really wanted to see how the end would play out and I’m kinda disappointed.
3.5 ⭐️
🌶️🌶️🌶️
*bodyguard fmc
*mafia
*secret identity
*MY WIFE 🗣️
*touch her/him and die
*unhinged MMC
3.5 ⭐️
🌶️🌶️🌶️
*bodyguard fmc
*mafia
*secret identity
*MY WIFE 🗣️
*touch her/him and die
*unhinged MMC
September 20, 2024
Where do i start?
How do i explain the way this story held me hostage? Made me delirious and giddy and murd€rous and everything in between??
So i'm just gonna apologize in advance for the following rumbling 🤷♀️😅😂
First thing first: Nove is a freaking badass and i LOVE HER. She know the in and outs of the world she grew up in, and she is able to handle almost everything. And despite being surrounded by violence all the time she never forgot her humanity. She is freaking amazing.
I would have loved to read more about what she was able to do tho. I would have loved for Vice to let his Queen rule with him.
And what can we say about Vice?!
The man is batshit crazy. He is raw, unhinged, cold blooded and so damn intense. I would have slapp€d him once or twice for sure 😒
but what he felt for Nova, his need for her, his possessiveness made me swoon.
The scene in the tattoo shop....
OH MY F*CKING GOD!!!!
It's etched in my mind forever.
But i also loved the world building, the plot, the twisted and turns that kept me on the edge of my sit for the whole time. I mean i read till 2 a.m to finished it, and it hasn't happen in a while.
So, yeah i'm in my Candice Wright era 🤷♀️😂
How do i explain the way this story held me hostage? Made me delirious and giddy and murd€rous and everything in between??
So i'm just gonna apologize in advance for the following rumbling 🤷♀️😅😂
First thing first: Nove is a freaking badass and i LOVE HER. She know the in and outs of the world she grew up in, and she is able to handle almost everything. And despite being surrounded by violence all the time she never forgot her humanity. She is freaking amazing.
I would have loved to read more about what she was able to do tho. I would have loved for Vice to let his Queen rule with him.
And what can we say about Vice?!
The man is batshit crazy. He is raw, unhinged, cold blooded and so damn intense. I would have slapp€d him once or twice for sure 😒
but what he felt for Nova, his need for her, his possessiveness made me swoon.
The scene in the tattoo shop....
OH MY F*CKING GOD!!!!
It's etched in my mind forever.
But i also loved the world building, the plot, the twisted and turns that kept me on the edge of my sit for the whole time. I mean i read till 2 a.m to finished it, and it hasn't happen in a while.
So, yeah i'm in my Candice Wright era 🤷♀️😂
November 5, 2024
3.5 🌟 Vice and Nova were serving hot unhinged couple and I was eating it up. The fucking ending of this book was the worst thing I’ve ever encountered. Biggest fumble of all time
April 9, 2024
cheguei em 60% com muito custo! por favor quem disse que a candice wright era uma boa autora???? JURO Q VOU TE CAÇAR! tudo que essa mulher escreve é uma merda né? como pode ser ruim em tudo assim… diálogos ruins, personagens com uma personalidade de merda, plot pior ainda! vincenova tinham tudo pra serem bons (por causa das tropes) uma pena que foi a autora errada que deu vida a eles :(
May 29, 2025
bad second hand embarrassment
p.s. some details were very irrelevant or didn’t even end you know what i mean?
p.s. some details were very irrelevant or didn’t even end you know what i mean?
March 7, 2024
The book started off good. I was excited about Vice and Nova meeting for the first time and the characters all seemed to be interesting. But that’s it. It was all downhill from there 😒. Nova came across as a pick-me and a I’m-not-like-other-girls girl.
I can’t with this hypocritical book.
It just pisses me off.
Nothing makes sense and there’s literally a freaking ‘main-character halo’ that affects everyone’s view of the situations. It’s ok if the main character does it but if someone who is deemed the villain or ‘bad-guy’ does it, it’s game over for them 😒.
I can’t with this hypocritical book.
It just pisses me off.
Nothing makes sense and there’s literally a freaking ‘main-character halo’ that affects everyone’s view of the situations. It’s ok if the main character does it but if someone who is deemed the villain or ‘bad-guy’ does it, it’s game over for them 😒.
April 26, 2024
RANT ALERT: Gave 2 ⭐️ cause the plot could have plotted if you know what I mean??!? The beginning was interesting and she was badass in most cases
😫Sorry I try not to give negative reviews but I cannot stop, TWO DAYS I WASTED🥲
DNF 87% - I have read my fair share of dark romances, this has taken me by surprise(my fault also trigger warnings in the back, did not read them but I don’t know is they prepare anyone for this as I have read other books with same triggers and was NOT FUCKING TRIGGERED ), the amount of women abuse in this book??? Also we have a “strong in most cases” female character and in the end, well 87% of the book when I closed it FOREVER , he DOES WHAT and it’ s like it did not happen, make it make sense please.
I NEED TO STOP TAKING RECOMMANDATIONS FROM TIKTOK OR FACT CHECK THEM😫😫
I am not exaggerating ok? I read Haunting Adeline people, that book is also fucking dark but Zade was likeble👍🤷🏻♀️ this books MC ? Ew
HE HAS NOT APOLOGIZED ONCE! Also I read another review mentioning the ending, thank god I stopped or I would’ve had a stroke. WHAT DO YOU MEAN AMNESIA TROPE TO conveniently FORGET everything HE DID THROUGHT THIS WHOLE BOOK???!!?
😫Sorry I try not to give negative reviews but I cannot stop, TWO DAYS I WASTED🥲
DNF 87% - I have read my fair share of dark romances, this has taken me by surprise(my fault also trigger warnings in the back, did not read them but I don’t know is they prepare anyone for this as I have read other books with same triggers and was NOT FUCKING TRIGGERED ), the amount of women abuse in this book??? Also we have a “strong in most cases” female character and in the end, well 87% of the book when I closed it FOREVER , he DOES WHAT and it’ s like it did not happen, make it make sense please.
I NEED TO STOP TAKING RECOMMANDATIONS FROM TIKTOK OR FACT CHECK THEM😫😫
I am not exaggerating ok? I read Haunting Adeline people, that book is also fucking dark but Zade was likeble👍🤷🏻♀️ this books MC ? Ew
HE HAS NOT APOLOGIZED ONCE! Also I read another review mentioning the ending, thank god I stopped or I would’ve had a stroke. WHAT DO YOU MEAN AMNESIA TROPE TO conveniently FORGET everything HE DID THROUGHT THIS WHOLE BOOK???!!?
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July 10, 2024
Had so much potential but Vice fucking his wife in front of his men and constantly wanting her naked in front of others is gross. That's not possessiveness. She went from a bad ass to a whore with how he treated her.
December 2, 2024
Vices and Vows is truly something out of this world—only Candice Wright could create a story so enthralling that it leaves you completely captivated. Vice and Nova are the kind of characters that stick with you long after the final page. Their world, became mine, and Candice made me fall in love with a Kink in ways I didn’t expect.
Again let’s talk about Vice and Nova—the ultimate power couple. Their chemistry is electric, their journey unpredictable, and their moments together are pure magic. I’ll admit, there were times I wanted to hate Vice (he had his moments!), but Candice somehow made it impossible. That tattoo scene? Oh my god. And that scene with everyone watching? 🔥🔥🔥—talk about unforgettable. Candice knows how to bring the heat and the heart, and this book delivered on every level.
I know some reviews didn’t love what happened to Nova, but I thought it added depth and strength to her character. Every twist had me hooked, and I loved every moment of their wild, messy, beautiful journey. Back in 2022, Compel was my favorite read from Candice, but Vices and Vows easily took the crown this year.
Vice might seem like a walking red flag, but as the layers unravel, you realize he’s so much more than that. (Okay, sue me for saying this; I’m color blind, but you get the idea!) If you’re ready for a thrilling, steamy, emotional rollercoaster, Vices and Vows is the book for you.
Candice Wright, you’ve outdone yourself. This was a masterpiece!
Again let’s talk about Vice and Nova—the ultimate power couple. Their chemistry is electric, their journey unpredictable, and their moments together are pure magic. I’ll admit, there were times I wanted to hate Vice (he had his moments!), but Candice somehow made it impossible. That tattoo scene? Oh my god. And that scene with everyone watching? 🔥🔥🔥—talk about unforgettable. Candice knows how to bring the heat and the heart, and this book delivered on every level.
I know some reviews didn’t love what happened to Nova, but I thought it added depth and strength to her character. Every twist had me hooked, and I loved every moment of their wild, messy, beautiful journey. Back in 2022, Compel was my favorite read from Candice, but Vices and Vows easily took the crown this year.
Vice might seem like a walking red flag, but as the layers unravel, you realize he’s so much more than that. (Okay, sue me for saying this; I’m color blind, but you get the idea!) If you’re ready for a thrilling, steamy, emotional rollercoaster, Vices and Vows is the book for you.
Candice Wright, you’ve outdone yourself. This was a masterpiece!
February 4, 2024
Vice Freaking Moretti
Those are the only words you need to describe this book and make you want to dive into it.
Forget about red flags, the man is all black after 10 years in prison. He’s the psycho you didn’t know you needed in your life. Unhinged (and not just a little), possessive, remorseless (if that’s not a word I’m making it one), Vice is the whole package of wrongness and the newest addition to my book boyfriends.
And Nova ? She’s the Queen Vice didn’t know he needed in his life. Strong, passionate, protective and crazy enough to match and stand up to Vice, she knows when to bend and when to stay firm. She may not start the fight (well ok actually she totally would) but she will definitely put an end to it.
With vibes from both Sugar and Coerce, Vices and Vows was exactly what I needed with amazing characters, enough action and steam to please and twists that left me reeling. Go ahead, pick it up and give it a chance you won’t regret it. Welcome to the Family !
Those are the only words you need to describe this book and make you want to dive into it.
Forget about red flags, the man is all black after 10 years in prison. He’s the psycho you didn’t know you needed in your life. Unhinged (and not just a little), possessive, remorseless (if that’s not a word I’m making it one), Vice is the whole package of wrongness and the newest addition to my book boyfriends.
And Nova ? She’s the Queen Vice didn’t know he needed in his life. Strong, passionate, protective and crazy enough to match and stand up to Vice, she knows when to bend and when to stay firm. She may not start the fight (well ok actually she totally would) but she will definitely put an end to it.
With vibes from both Sugar and Coerce, Vices and Vows was exactly what I needed with amazing characters, enough action and steam to please and twists that left me reeling. Go ahead, pick it up and give it a chance you won’t regret it. Welcome to the Family !
November 2, 2025
I tried this book for the second time because I really like its premise – especially the dark characterization of both protagonists. However, just like with my first attempt, I again found myself with a writing problem that is becoming very recurrent in current dark romance books: writing that fails to make you either emotional or care about anyone.
I can't say when this phenomenon started to dominate the genre so much, but I can say that the difference in emotional immersion between a book released up to 10 years ago and one released now, both being dark romance, is noticeable. Even with a creative story, a habit that current writers have developed has become almost a mandatory narrative structure for their stories: telling, not showing, to make the story have a much faster pace than the premise itself expects. A book that should have at least 500 pages to be well-developed, especially since many writers don't possess the writing skill to say a lot with few words, barely reaches 300 pages. Plots happen one after another and each one ends up having an emotional weight worthy of a bedtime story. Horrible events hit the protagonists' lives and everything just gives the sensation of being mere trivialities worthy of just remembering and never making the reader feel. A fact made possible, as seen here in this book:
* Nova's reaction to being swapped in her childhood is worthy of only 4 pages before she devises a possible plan to escape the marriage her real father wants. (Her dynamic with her real father is even worse. There is no hatred, no resentment, no sadness, just a casual scene of her crying that is as memorable as the reason for it.)
* The way she influences Vice to marry her has a logic that exists only in the author's mind. (Because why is this detestable and rapist man so moralistic about his messed-up family?)
* The author didn't even bother to write the wedding scene. (Where is the tension or any damn feelings these two have for each other that isn't about a hard dick and a dripping vagina?)
* Why does this apparently possessive man have such a strong fetish for showing his naked wife to a bunch of disgusting men to see? (I will never stop thinking how the exhibitionism fetish always seems more like an excuse for authors to write misogynistic male characters who don't even respect the woman they claim to be so obsessed with.)
* Nova has a "I'm not like other girls" characterization, even though the author only focused on Nova being in the position of a female bodyguard. The character is subtly placed in a moral and even power position far above other female characters just for being the protagonist. From her scenes with the insufferable and spoiled Gia, to the help scenes with the prostitutes, there is an almost pure pity dynamic from her towards the other girls: from her ability to navigate the "male mafia world" to the emphasis given on her helping prostitutes who are victims of violence while she manages to escape these violent men – until the hero is the only one capable of taming her, almost like a fetish – to her relationship of pity and disbelief with Gia for getting involved with a violent man while she herself does the same to protect herself and escape an arranged marriage. (Even though Nova wasn't raised as a mafia princess like Gia, her position was never superior, and the biggest proof is that she needed to marry another man to escape an abusive and violent man, even if the author tries to suggest she had other options.)
I believe it was an unconscious choice by the author because she wanted to create a "strong" heroine.
I can't say when this phenomenon started to dominate the genre so much, but I can say that the difference in emotional immersion between a book released up to 10 years ago and one released now, both being dark romance, is noticeable. Even with a creative story, a habit that current writers have developed has become almost a mandatory narrative structure for their stories: telling, not showing, to make the story have a much faster pace than the premise itself expects. A book that should have at least 500 pages to be well-developed, especially since many writers don't possess the writing skill to say a lot with few words, barely reaches 300 pages. Plots happen one after another and each one ends up having an emotional weight worthy of a bedtime story. Horrible events hit the protagonists' lives and everything just gives the sensation of being mere trivialities worthy of just remembering and never making the reader feel. A fact made possible, as seen here in this book:
* Nova's reaction to being swapped in her childhood is worthy of only 4 pages before she devises a possible plan to escape the marriage her real father wants. (Her dynamic with her real father is even worse. There is no hatred, no resentment, no sadness, just a casual scene of her crying that is as memorable as the reason for it.)
* The way she influences Vice to marry her has a logic that exists only in the author's mind. (Because why is this detestable and rapist man so moralistic about his messed-up family?)
* The author didn't even bother to write the wedding scene. (Where is the tension or any damn feelings these two have for each other that isn't about a hard dick and a dripping vagina?)
* Why does this apparently possessive man have such a strong fetish for showing his naked wife to a bunch of disgusting men to see? (I will never stop thinking how the exhibitionism fetish always seems more like an excuse for authors to write misogynistic male characters who don't even respect the woman they claim to be so obsessed with.)
* Nova has a "I'm not like other girls" characterization, even though the author only focused on Nova being in the position of a female bodyguard. The character is subtly placed in a moral and even power position far above other female characters just for being the protagonist. From her scenes with the insufferable and spoiled Gia, to the help scenes with the prostitutes, there is an almost pure pity dynamic from her towards the other girls: from her ability to navigate the "male mafia world" to the emphasis given on her helping prostitutes who are victims of violence while she manages to escape these violent men – until the hero is the only one capable of taming her, almost like a fetish – to her relationship of pity and disbelief with Gia for getting involved with a violent man while she herself does the same to protect herself and escape an arranged marriage. (Even though Nova wasn't raised as a mafia princess like Gia, her position was never superior, and the biggest proof is that she needed to marry another man to escape an abusive and violent man, even if the author tries to suggest she had other options.)
I believe it was an unconscious choice by the author because she wanted to create a "strong" heroine.
February 4, 2024
The sleeping arrangement…oh my goodness
I gave this 4 stars but it was a 5 star until it wasn’t. No spoilers but it felt like the aftermath just didn’t fit.
Overall, Nova was a kickass FMC and Vice was an obsessed MMC. The sleeping arrangements, oh my lord! Their connection was electric and the just well written.
I will definitely look at other books by this author as I was hooked and devoured this book in one sitting.
I gave this 4 stars but it was a 5 star until it wasn’t. No spoilers but it felt like the aftermath just didn’t fit.
Overall, Nova was a kickass FMC and Vice was an obsessed MMC. The sleeping arrangements, oh my lord! Their connection was electric and the just well written.
I will definitely look at other books by this author as I was hooked and devoured this book in one sitting.
May 24, 2024
I devoured this book, I absolutely loved it only reason I didn’t finish in one sitting is because it was 2.30am and I had to be up at 5.30am! Love the characters and their development absolutely loved the strength of the fmc! Plot twist had me in tears on the train briefly I just loved it will definitely be checking out more by this author
October 25, 2025
Vice and Nova - perfectly written, with mir than 3(!!!) Twists in 14 % in into the book. The car scene was absolutley phänomenal . The way of writing this funny and hot is a different Level. Though the Violence in this book was Kind of a Little too much for me personally. But other than that - very good read ❤️
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