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Filthy Scottish Kingpins #2

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Le père de ma meilleure amie passe une annonce pour une fausse épouse avec de vrais avantages.

Je n'étais pas censée voir l'annonce. Il veut une petite brune aux yeux bleus (c'est exactement moi !) pour lui tenir compagnie, rire à ses blagues (ses blagues de papa sont les meilleures) et être sa femme au foyer. La somme qu'il offre est vertigineuse.

Le seul hic, c'est que je ne peux pas faire semblant d'ignorer l'amour qu'il refuse. Je suis folle amoureuse de M. Blackstone depuis notre rencontre. C'est mon béguin secret.

Oh, et l'annonce précise qu'en échange de la richesse, de la protection de sa mafia et d'une maison dans la partie la plus glamour de Londres, il veut une femme au foyer en libre accès. Il pourra m'avoir quand et où il le voudra.

Et il veut beaucoup d'enfants.

Je n'ai aucune chance. Ma meilleure amie ne me parlerait plus jamais.

Et pourtant... je vais postuler.

Si vous aimez une héroïne vierge et innocente, un puissant chef de la mafia écossaise, l'instalove, et beaucoup de piment, alors c'est votre prochaine lecture torride et enivrante.

130 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 15, 2024

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Evie Rose

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If you stop at sane, you miss all the best stuff.

Evie Rose writes gleefully improbable bitesized instalove romances, with heroes who are all-in obsessed for their heroines.

She loves possessive alpha heroes, age gap, tons of spice, forced proximity, pining, and swoony romantic bits. She's the darker alter-ego of bestselling author Eve Pendle.

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Profile Image for april ♡ probably reading smut - safety reviews.
1,480 reviews2,599 followers
June 6, 2024
5/5 This is the smuttiest book by Evie Rose so far, I'm loving it!!

TROPES:
~age gap
~mafia
~best friend's dad/forbidden love
~OTT J/P mafia boss
~free use kink

Blythe has a crush on her best friend's dad, Duncan. When she discovers he's looking for a marriage of convenience BUT with a freeuse wife, she's ready for the job. ;) Duncan is hesitant at first, but things evolve rapidly!! It seemed like there was smut in every chapter... but I'm definitely not complaining hehe.

Omg, y'all. This book was smutty as hell. I loved it SO much! I read this sucker in one sitting, lol. Evie Rose has the ability to write ANYTHING and make it sound yummy and forbidden! She's definitely a one-click author for me. Her novellas since she debuted are wonderful, amazing age gap mafia books. But this one? It took her writing to a WHOLE NEW LEVEL! I'm always amazed by her writing - the way she tells the story is addicting. Evie Rose is a fab author, she deserves all the praise in the world.

SAFETY:
Ages: 21h, 40H
Virgin/celibate: virgin heroine, not a manwhore hero
OM/OW drama: nope
Cheating/sharing: nope
Triggers: dubcon
Kinks: bondage, breeding, cnc, dirty talk, good girl/praise, pushed it back inside, rough sex
HEA?: yes! <3

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1,708 reviews227 followers
October 1, 2024
4 stars

So I’m in my “adorable smut” phase. 🤭

This novella had the smuttiest of premises (he’s a Scottish mafia boss and her best friend’s dad, they enter an arranged marriage where free use is in the vows) but I also thought “nawwww!” because they were both pining after each other hard.

Not to be taken seriously, but this was a good time.
Profile Image for Viv “BookVixen” Gutierrez .
1,598 reviews473 followers
June 4, 2024
HOT n STEAMY

This author has quickly become an immediate one click for me! I can always count on her to deliver a super steamy, all the feelz, quickie romance with a possessive OTT hero who falls hard and fast for his sweet, innocent woman!

SWOOON!!

MCs enter *what they think* is a marriage of convenience, agreeing to make babies and put on a fake marriage with no love, while both are secretly in love with the other.

This was a large age gap, taboo romance as the hero is the heroine’s best friend’s dad.

Safe. Hero is celibate, no mention AT ALL of his past. Heroine is a virgin and belongs only to her hero. No ow/om, no cheating or sharing or abuse. HEA with epilogue years out.

Profile Image for Millie.
106 reviews49 followers
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April 10, 2025
girl hakuna your tatas. this heroine literally saw a marriage ad from her best friend's dad and immediately proposed to him with no further thoughts.



good for her i guess, get that bag 🤷‍♀️
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635 reviews37 followers
October 11, 2024
This book was fine and quick with some things that didn't work for me.

So FMC is a 21 orphan who wants family and kids. She's obsessively in love with her girl friend's dad.

MMC is a mafia kingpin and he writes the draft of this advertisement on his computer: "I want a housewife who agrees to a marriage of convenience. She's up to have multiple kids. Laughs at my jokes. Partake in my social events. 5.4ft+brown hair+ blue eyes. NO LOVE"
He pretty much described the FMC.

When she happens to read the draft she tells him she's up to it. She thinks he's just lonely and up for a marriage of convenience without love.

He thinks that she wants the financial security and could never love an old man like him. He actually wrote the clause of (no love) in the draft thinking if he went with publishing the advertisement women shouldn't expect his love since his heart is forever secretly held by the FMC (Yeah, swooooon)

What bothered me to no end is him calling her REPEATEDLY a free use wife. Apparently the term means: he holds the power to initiate sex, she's just a sex toy, and he could have sex with her anytime and anywhere even without her consent. (To me: she needs to be called a cum bucket)!

The second thing: for quite some time she kept calling him Mr. Blackstone long after being married and intimate. That repulsed me cuz it painted the MMC in the lights of a perverted old man.

However this novella ticks perfectly the box of "Read a book under 150 pages" in my Bingo Read Challenge of 2024!

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December 9, 2025
Spicy-sweet

I originally picked this to fill the "kindle-melting" square of the reading bingo.

Even though it was pretty hot, it wasn't "melting" hot. And that's despite this being breeding kink heaven.

I think what took from the spiciness was the sweetness of the story. Both MCs were pretty adorably insecure about their feelings and so so sweet to each other.

3 🌸kawaii🌸



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🕮⋆˚࿔✎𓂃 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬
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5,192 reviews64 followers
June 4, 2024
Blythe accidentally sees an ad her best friend’s dad is writing for a fake wife with real benefits. She’s had a major crush on Duncan Blackstone for years so volunteers for the job. Duncan can’t resist Blyth & accepts as he’s been in love with her for ages too.
Another quick steamy novella, Duncan & Blythe are crazy for each other but the deal is no love!! I loved how they came to enjoy their days & nights off together, which brought them closer together. But when will they dare to voice their feelings? – that would be telling! A well written captivating romance
I voluntarily read and reviewed a special copy of this book; all thoughts and opinions are my own
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1,001 reviews163 followers
November 18, 2024
1 star

DNFed after chapter 5 (out of 16)

Nope, no fucking way.




Just tell me this: what kind of a back-stabbing hoe do you have to be to answer this ad knowing it's your best friend's father who wrote this?? (they both did it in secret)

Position available: marriage of convenience

Seeking wife for a London mafia boss to accompany her husband to formal events, homemaking (cooking and cleaning optional, fully staffed household), make a family, etc.

Children compulsory, no contraception.

Luxury accommodation, million-a-year expenses, and lifelong security.

Must laugh at husband’s jokes, be around 5’4”, brunette, blue eyes. Would prefer if the applicant could get along with my young-adult daughter.

No emotional attachment.

A fake marriage. Don’t expect love.

Free use. No knickers to be worn.




NO WONDER NOBODY WANTED TO BE FRIENDS WITH HER...🙄
2,100 reviews24 followers
June 9, 2024
let down

The book is certainly smutty but as far as it being marketed as Filthy Scottish Kingpins, it was a total let down.

I wish authors would research more when using accents.

Especially Scottish accents.
We don’t stereotypical say lass, nawt 😱 or naw, or Bonnie lass.

The author also needs to know there are no moors in Scotland.

The MC got married in a kilt but the FC talks about grabbing his suit jacket?

Filthy it was. What let it down was the Scottish element.

Next time, reach out to your readers for help with dialect.
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6,266 reviews89 followers
June 7, 2024
Blythe (h21) has always harbored a secret crush on Duncan (H40), her best friend Ainsley's father and a powerful mafia boss. When Ainsley leaves for a solo trip around the world, Blythe discovers Duncan is seeking a wife for a marriage of convenience. Despite their age difference and the complications it brings, Blythe confesses her desire to be the wife that Duncan is seeking, and they enter into an intense relationship. As Blythe navigates her new role, Duncan's possessive nature and her willingness to please create an intense bond. But with Ainsley's return on the horizon, they must prepare for the inevitable fallout. Ultra-hot and steamy forbidden, age gap, mafia romance with plenty of freeuse action.
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Author 0 books68 followers
June 10, 2024


Blythe has had a crush on her best friend's dad, Duncan, since forever. And he's liked her too. When she accidentally reads an advert Duncan is writing to find a wife, she volunteers for the job. Duncan turns her down at first, but... once his daughter leaves on her trip, all bets are off. Evie did an amazing job writing the free-use kink into this novella. It's the first time I've ever read it in a book, but I enjoyed it.

✨️𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬+𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒔✨️
- age gap (21h/40H), best friend's dad, forbidden romance, forced proximity, forbidden love, grumpy x sunshine, mafia romance, marriage of convenience, morally grey, mutual pining, one bed, unrequited love
- br33ding, bondage, consent, cnc, degradation, free use k!nk, "my wife," praise, v!rgin h
Profile Image for Michelle Lynn.
534 reviews28 followers
October 1, 2024
Overall: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Couple: Duncan & Blythe
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❝I’d take exactly what I wanted,” he says harshly, slamming the cup down and pinning me with his gaze. “Whenever I wanted it. You’d just have to be available.❞
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Perfect short, sweet, and spicy novella with a story. This was cute and checked the off the boxes I was looking for. These two were pining for each other and when they finally got together their chemistry was hot. The free use was especially yummy and I loved the epilogue.
9,376 reviews140 followers
June 6, 2024
This is a well written age gap/best friend's dad/mafia boss story with strong characters in Blythe and Duncan. The author brings a short fast paced romance filled with a smokin hot chemistry and some sizzling hot scenes. She tells the story in the dual POV and moves it quickly and smoothly with her descriptive scenes and delivers one hot read.

I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book. All opinions in this review are my own and are freely given.
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1,987 reviews91 followers
June 7, 2024
Quickie Review: I absolutely ate this book up. It was age gap/marriage of convenience written to perfection. But in reality nothing about Duncan’s feelings for Blythe was convenient. Oh, how my heart did a happy dance the whole way through this story. A truly fabulous read with romance that was beautifully and seductively written. 5 Stars.
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621 reviews7 followers
June 9, 2024
Double the OTT fun with a secretly obsessed mafia kingpin, a huge age gap and a sweet and innocent h.

I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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860 reviews9 followers
June 15, 2024
An author who understands the assignment!

Sometimes romance authors take themselves too seriously (don’t believe me, go look at threads or twitter). I love when authors lean into the tropes and campiness of the books! This is 100 pages of quick, sexy and often sweet novella. Best friend’s dad, age gap, marriage of convenience. I enjoyed this one and would recommend to anyone new to novellas.
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489 reviews13 followers
October 11, 2024
Scottish mafia boss hero? Yes please. Best friend's dad, yes yes please. Free use marriage contract and breeding? Feck yesssss lass.
Profile Image for Drewcy Bookworm.
34 reviews6 followers
July 6, 2024
Blythe has always had a crush on her best friends dad, whilst helping her friend by asking the friends dad to tell her going away is a good idea, she comes across an add for a free use wife/housewife. She wants to be his and will do anything to be his.

The romance and the lust for each of the characters is great. The intimate parts are very well described and 🔥🔥🔥.

If you want a good short age gap/billionaire/mafia/smutty romance then this is one to add to your reader or bookshelf. It is a great one to read if you need something to cleanse your pallet after a long series or need to get out of a reading dump.

I thoroughly enjoy it when Evie Rose has a book out. I have read nearly all of their books and cannot wait till the next one I read.
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168 reviews
June 29, 2024
s h e l v e s :
age gap
alpha
angsty
best friend’s dad
cinderella
foreign hero (Scottish)
homeless heroine (for a literal second lol)
instalove
mafia
marriage of convenience
men in suits
moves her in
mutual pining
possessive
protective
rich hero
takes care of her
virgin

k i n k s :
against the wall
breeding
cervix womb talk
desperation
dirty talk
floor fuck
free use
no condom
praise
rough
somno-ish (bonus epilogue)
take that dick
tss
💦

e n d i n g :
HEA + babies

🔥
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332 reviews17 followers
June 12, 2024
🥵 🔥 Oh Lordy 🔥 🥵

• Story 📖📖📖📖
• Characters 👥👥👥👥
• Drama/angst 😰😰😰😰
• Steam: 🔥🔥🔥 🔥 🔥
• POV dual
• HEA? ✔
• Reread? ✔
• Epilogue? ✔ 9 years later
• Tropes/ Triggers: age-gap, v-card, best-friend’s dad, mafia boss (not a lot of mafia content), mutual insta-love, free use, alpha MMC, fake relationship

Okay, first, this is one of the steamiest books I’ve ever read, so if you don’t love you a steamy book, you should probably move along. There’s nothing to see here. 😉

This story was surprisingly cute. I normally hate fake romances, but this was a new type of story for this author, so I had to give it a read. They’re both kind of idiots too, which made the story a bit amusing as well. Loving eachother, but agreeing to enter into a ‘loveless’ contract marriage lol.

The MMC is the dad of the FMC’s best friend. The bestie goes out of town to travel the world for a year and the MMC decides he wants a wife because his house will be too quiet… but not an ordinary marriage mind you, nope he wants a free use, loveless marriage.

As you can imagine, the book has all the steams. We get little mini cameos from some of the past characters in her other mafia/bratva stories from London. I really liked both MC’s for so many reasons.

The only thing I was bummed about is that I really wanted a little more story once they’d figured things out.

If you’re unsure of if you’ll dig this kind of book, it’s pretty short. If you like the author, give it a whirl. I’m pretty sure we’ll be seeing the MMC’s daughter in the next book!

I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review. The opinions above are 100% my own & 100% genuine!
1,085 reviews8 followers
June 10, 2024
Not only was Blythe eager but she was downright desperate. It wasn’t enough that she’d been in love with her best friend’s dad ever since they’d met but now her best friend is going away on a year long trip, taking away any chance to see Mr. Blackstone but she’s also facing being homeless after getting scammed on the apartment sharing she’d already paid for. When she accidentally sees his advertisement for a wife of convenience, one he can use as he desires, she’s determined no other woman will get what she craves to have.

Duncan had never really intended to place the ad, he certainly hadn’t intended for Blythe to see it; it described her to T. And if he ever DID place it, it would be for convenience only because his heart was owned by his daughter’s best friend. Even though he was desperately in love with her, he knew his daughter would never understand and Blythe herself would never want a man old enough to be her father. Except she DOES. She begged to be his free use wife and now she’s his but he can never let her know how he feels…

This was a deliciously filthy book, hot and so, SO good. My only wish was that Duncan had let a few more tender feelings show. He was a bit of a jerk at times and came across as unfeeling (though we as readers know he was anything BUT unfeeling) so I’m sure it’ll be understandable to other readers why my absolute favorite part was the ending. Now I’m off to read the bonus epilogue, can’t wait! 5 super steamy stars!!.

I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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4,580 reviews62 followers
June 18, 2024
Eager Housewife is Book 2 of the Filthy Scottish Kingpins series. It's a short and steamy, instalove, OTT, age-gap, erotic free-use, mafia, girl gets her best friend's father romance. Blythe is a 21 year old curvy virgin in love with her best friend's (Ainsley) dad. Duncan is a hunky, 40 year old Scottish mafia kingpin. He is Ainsley's dad and secretly obsessed with Blythe. When Ainsley is leaving for a year abroad, she is worried about her dad. Blithe summons her dad to talk to her as she has been staying with them. She discovers his ad for a marriage of convenience to include free use but no love. Blythe tells him she wants to be his wife. The thought of being his free use toy and wife is her dream. At first, he resists, even though he wrote the description with Blythe in mind, thinking he couldn't have her, but she would own his heart. He then agrees, and things get hot and heavy right away. What is Ainsley going to say? And what about their real feelings? Will they finally admit they love each other? Their chemistry was hot 🔥 hot 🔥 hot 🔥! I thought my Kindle might melt at times. This was a great, short, and smutty read with a very happy ending after a little bit of angst.

I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
2,973 reviews30 followers
June 4, 2024
4.5 stars. Whilst helping her best friend pack for her trip to Europe, Blythe, the female lead, happens to see her friend’s dad’s advertisement for a wife of convenience. She’s loved Duncan, the male lead, since she met him and the description matches her, so she offers.

Duncan has been entranced by Blythe and was looking for a marriage of convenience because he didn’t expect he could have her but now that she’s offered…

This short story is dual POV, well written, and a highly erotic, contemporary, age gap, best friend’s dad, mafia adjacent romance. I greatly enjoyed the frequent erotic intimate scenes that were entirely in line with the advertisement and yet showed more than physical engagement by both characters. I enjoyed Blythe’s willingness to take a risk and tell Duncan what she wanted. I enjoyed Duncan’s enjoyment of Blythe’s “days off” and his acknowledgment that he wanted more than he’d initially asked for. I enjoyed the resolution and the extended epilogue, especially the relaxed way the characters accepted their physical desires.

I received a complimentary copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
725 reviews4 followers
June 6, 2024
Mafia story – check! Age gap – check! Scottish hero – check! Smut – check, check!

Evie Rose doesn’t disappoint with this short, sweet and spicy story about Blythe, an innocent young woman, that comes across an advertisement on her best friend’s father’s computer for a marriage of convenience, where that wife that will also be a free use wife. Duncan is Blythe’s best friend’s father, and a Scottish mafia kingpin that Blythe has been in love with for a long time. Blythe asks Duncan if she can apply for the job and initially, he says no, even though he has been secretly lusting after Blythe. However, he later reluctantly agrees to the forbidden, taboo marriage. Both are concerned about what Duncan’s daughter Ainsley will think. My favorite scene was Blythe and Duncan getting married. It was hilarious.

Basically, the story is vividly described smut with interesting characters and a thin story about the mafia sprinkled throughout. If you are like me and appreciate a good spicy story, this one doesn’t disappoint. Don’t read unless you want your panties blown off.

I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
499 reviews13 followers
June 5, 2024
Blythe is our beautiful and innocent, twenty one year old, MFC. She also an orphan and friends to Ainsley, who is her BFF since a year ago. Ainsley is the daughter to the man Blythe can’t stop thinking about, Mr. Blackstone! She has been in love with him for a while.
He’s also our big, handsome, forty year old with a Scottish accent, MMC. Oh and he runs the Blackstobe Mafia, as the men in his family had before him.
Ainsley is going on a trip around the world. Which unfortunately leaves Blythe without a roommate and no place to stay.
Well things get moving when Blythe accidentally see an advert for a wife in a marriage of convenience, with “free use”. She feels she would be perfect for it, but for him being twice her age and his daughters her BBF. But that doesn’t stop her from putting her “application “ in😁.
Duncan has been obsessed with with Blythe since she came home for Christmas with his daughter.
This is their tangled story.
Adult read and subject matter. 👍🏻.

I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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603 reviews112 followers
June 9, 2024
1.75 stars - This novella was not good :(
The best part was the epilogue and the kids acting like dragons.

I felt like the word "free use" was tossed around so much, but there was very few scenes in which we got a detailed picture of the free use happening. Also, lots of breeding kink...

I would have enjoyed the spicy scenes more if there were actual descriptions of the free use happening (e.g., "She was gleefully reading her book with a dragon on the cover on the couch. I approached her and took a seat next to her. I pushed her book to the side and told her to get on her knees and TTDLAGG." Then, go into all the schmexy descriptions of what he tells her to do...multiple instances of this.). I'm no author, but something like THIS would have been so much fun to read! I was just bored :(
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3,722 reviews121 followers
June 9, 2024
Cat’s Stats
MMC/FMC- Duncan and Blythe
Genre- Erotic Romance
Length- about 100 pages
Heat- 🌋🌋🌋🌋 They do the things and use the C word.
Series? Y
Safety? Y
Triggers- language, explicit erotic content, lack of underwear
Tropes- Best Friend’s Father, Free Use, Breeding Kink, Instalove, Forbidden Love, Age Gap, Marriage of Convenience
Mewsings- I’ll be honest here, I’ve never read a book that called itself free use before but it doesn’t seem much different from other erotic romance novels, where they do the things all the time and in all the places. What I do like is that everything is consensual here. The zexytime is pretty steamy, and includes Primal Play, a Breeding Kink, and lots of different surfaces.

I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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