Ranger

Jericho's Boys #4

by Onley James

Seven Symanski doesn’t need anyone, least of all Enzo Conti. As one of Jericho’s Boys, a vigilante crew that protects their neighborhood, Seven has a found family, a mission, and enough baggage to keep any relationship at arm’s length. When a favor introduces him to Enzo, a charming criminal defense attorney and the son of Francesca Conti—the neighborhood’s own Robin Hood—sparks fly. But Seven’s never been good at sticking around, and a one-night stand seems like all they’re destined for.

Enzo’s life is built on rules, order, and keeping his family’s shady dealings just this side of legal. But Seven is chaos incarnate, and Enzo has never wanted anyone more. When Seven ghosts him, Enzo takes matters into his own hands, offering a no-strings deal that backfires spectacularly. Enzo’s mother intervenes with a plan to teach him a lesson, and suddenly, the boy he can’t stop thinking about is right under his nose—and maddeningly out of reach.

But when Seven’s mother is accused of embezzlement, the stakes turn deadly serious. The only one who can help is Enzo, even if it means going against his own powerful law firm. Together, they must unravel a dangerous conspiracy while navigating the growing tension between them.

As their worlds collide, trust is tested, lines are crossed, and Enzo and Seven discover that love doesn’t always follow the rules. But with a little risk, they might just find a way to save the day—and each other.

Ranger is a lovers-to-enemies-to-lovers again, cozy dark romance with an HEA and no cliffhangers. It features an infuriatingly hot defense attorney with control issues and a fed-up, frustrated vigilante brat. As with any Onley book, you’ll find dark humor, steamy sexy times, and gratuitous violence, but only against people who totally deserve it. This is book 4 in the Jericho’s Boys series. Each book follows a different couple.

Genres: M M Romance, Romance, BDSM, Dark Romance, Dark, Audiobook, Found Family

542 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 13, 2026

About the author

Onley James lives in North Carolina with her daughter, her daughter-in-law, son-in-law, and a menagerie of animals, both good and evil. James splits her time between writing m/m romance and mainlining dangerous levels of caffeine and attempting to maintain her ever-slipping sanity.

When not at her desk you can find her whining about how much writing she has to do while avoiding said writing by binge-watching unhealthy amounts of television and doom scrolling on social media. She loves true crime documentaries, anti-heroes, and writing kinky, snarky books about morally gray men who fall in love with other men.

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Reviews

[BookSafety Reviews · Rating 4 out of 5]

Safety info, content warnings and tropes down below.

It’s no secret I’ve been less than impressed with some (if not most) of this author’s recent releases, but this felt a bit more like the old Onley James (with a bit less forced humor, yay), and I enjoyed it more than I expected to.

I didn’t have any connection to Seven before reading this, he was a side character that was just there in previous books, but I ended up loving him so much. I really do love a prickly brat hiding a soft inside they’re afraid to show anyone. The book also went against Onley’s usual style of instalove and things being great from early on. They might hook up early but it’s still a slow burn with some groveling and things going less than perfect. I really enjoyed that.

There were still things that didn't work for me tho – mainly the mystery/criminal case they deal with. It felt super rushed and borderline badly developed. I just finished the book and I couldn’t tell you how things were solved exactly or how they got Seven’s mom’s case dropped. It’s never really explained and just killing the guy who actually did the crime doesn’t fix a case when no one else knows he was guilty. Maybe I just didn't pay enough attention, lol. I was also frustrated that Seven’s dad being in and out of jail and contacting Seven and fucking with his mental health was just dropped. It was just mentioned in passing – those things always happening off page – and then it never went anywhere, never mentioned again, and zero closure.

It’s also a good thing the audiobook was available (even tho I dislike Liam DiCosimo more each time I listen to him), because there is no way in hell I would eyeball read 542 pages when the main conflict outside of the relationship was badly developed and barely solved. There is very rarely a good reason for a contemporary romance to be this long.

Also since I’m already kinda shitting on some of it, it also had one of my big pet peeves: an MC getting injured and then the chapter ending, and when the next chapter starts all of the aftermath of the injury is skipped (immediate reaction of other MC and medical treatment). It makes me raaaage. What’s the point of including it if you’re not gonna include it, you know?

Anyway! Enjoyed the relationship a lot – thought it was a neat direction to take things, but was sad a half-assed ‘mystery’ was shoehorned in just to complete the Onley James ‘formula’.

Oh, I forgot to add, these phrases were used a lot to the point of being absolutely fucking ridiculous:

'The older man' = 38 times
'The younger boy/man' = 13 times

Just use their names or nicknames ffs.


Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️
⚠️ Tropes & content tags ⚠️
Age gap
Daddy issues
Lawyer
Murder bois
Bearded and tattooed
Size difference
Daddy/bratty boy
Emotionally unavailable
Slow burn
Forced proximity
Morally gray
Italian MC



⚠️ Spice menu ⚠️
Praise kink
Calling him a pretty slut
'Good boy'
Hands-free orgasms
Supply closet hookup
Degradation and praise
Spanking
'You're too big'
Facial
Blindfolds and bondage
Subspace and subdrop



⚠️ Content warning ⚠️
Power exchange
Explicit sexual content
Breath play from deepthroating
Alcohol consumption
MC cheated on by ex (past)
Degradation (slut, toy, whore)
Impact play (erotic and punishment)
Bondage
Themes of human trafficking
Gun violence
Graphic violence
MC injured on page
Graphic torture of bad guys
MC abandoned and manipulated by parent (past and present)


⚠️Book safety ⚠️
Cheating: No
Other person drama: No
Breakup: No, but many months between first hookup and getting together
POV: 3rd person, dual
Genre: Romance
Pairing: M/M
Strict roles or versatile: Strict roles
Main characters’ age: 26 and 'almost 40’
Series: Interconnected standalone
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Pages: 542
Happy ending: Yes


Seven’s fingertips skimmed his forehead. Had that really just happened? Fucking was one thing, but what kind of maniac kissed a stranger’s forehead like he was something important?

“You’re fucking hopeless. You’re already thinking about sticking your dick in him again.” “You haven’t seen the kid. You’d understand if you had.” “Don’t worry.” Vince chuckled. “I’m sure I’ll meet him at the wedding.” Enzo’s head jerked up. How had he missed that news? Or an invitation? “Wedding? Whose wedding?” “Yours, dumbass.”

“It feels like you’ve waited a long time for someone to choose you out loud,” Enzo answered. “I wanted—just once—to say it so loud that you had no choice but to believe it.”




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[Dani · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is easily my favourite book from Onley James!

I loved Seven and Enzo together. Daddy/Brat pairings always entertain me so this was a really fun read. I would have liked to have seen more of the domestic discipline between them, but I liked their relationship progression and where they ended up.

Enzo's family was hilarious and I need stories for his never ending brothers!

I liked the crime solving and the murder adventure but I am always disappointed when Adam just gets a mention and no page time - he's my favourite Mulvaney and I miss him.

The proposal actually made me cry, which surprised me because I am totally that awkward turtle who absolutely cringes at any proposal, let alone such a public one, but it fit Seven and Enzo so perfectly. I do really want to start playing D&D now though...

[Stacy · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 Stars

I’ve been looking forward to this book and it was great. It was fun meeting Enzo’s family.

[The Secret Librarian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rating: 4.5
Steam: 4
PoV: dual, 3rd person
Genre: contemporary romance, MM
Tropes / tags: age gap, hurt / comfort, opposites attract

I'd been waiting a long time for Seven's story, and I loved the dynamic between him and Enzo!
RTC

[Krys (spicy.spine.breaker) · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was so cute ??? Is the Conti family going to be the next in the Onley-verse? PLEASE

All Mulvaney cameos are perfect, obviously, but Lmao @ August & Lucas’s cameo, specifically.


There were, weirdly, VERY specific timeline errors that peeved me (a chapter started by saying 14 or 18 months later but then Seven said he’d only known Enzo 8 months…. kinda killed the scene) ya whatever this was v cute in an unexpected kind of way.


3.5⭐️ rounded up

[Ash · Rating 2 out of 5]

1.75 ⭐️

This was the Jericho’s Boys installation I was most looking forward to; Seven ran away with my heart from the beginning, so his story being next-in-line has had me excited since the announcement of the schedule.

That said: I immensely dislike this book. I was a member of the author’s group when they posted the original first chapters; I watched as one person wrote an entire paragraph about how uncomfortable they were with Enzo as a character—and they’re allowed to feel that way—and then I watched the author delete every chapter they had posted because of this, leading to the rewrite and (I believe) the derailment of this entire book (especially when the author’s casual admittance to not planning anything out is also factored in).

Seven was written exactly like Nico—as in, we’re led to believe they have much more experience than they truly do and know exactly what they want in their hookups/non-relationships, then the reader learns that, actually, he’s only slept with [insert number] people, but is adamant he wants what he wants; he even references Nico’s relationship with Mal as his “domestic” goals. Ever and Shilo were the same before them and, now, Nico and Seven; I’d like to meet the different personalities Jericho’s Boys all supposedly have—not multiples of the same person.

Enzo is a terribly-written character; I forgot so often that the man is supposed to be pushing forty because he was given the thoughts and personality of a sixteen-year-old girl (coming from a former sixteen-year-old girl). He starts off as one person, then switches up, then switches up again in a worse way with the childish actions and thoughts. I’m also annoyed that he’s written to have so many concerns about Seven’s limits and experience in BDSM whilst he’s actively choosing to allow Seven to put the necessary conversation on hold, despite him being very experienced in that world. The entire bullying background scene is poorly-written (imo).

I think it was an interesting choice for the plot to be centered around Seven’s mother when his father (jailed though he may be) has an entire criminal history behind him, as well as the (completely fucking random) page or two the author threw in here about the possible reason he had so many women at his beck and call, even decades down the line. Why didn’t we get more interactions with or conversations about Seven’s father when the entire reason Seven came to be with Jericho’s found-family is his criminal father’s neglect of both him and his mother and the only reason he contacted Enzo originally was his bad dealing with Stanley?

The random time-jumps seemed pointless and added nothing but irritation for me that we were skipping over so much of Enzo supposedly pining while also including so much legal jargon and a full mock trial and a sexual harassment seminar. How can I, as a reader, connect with the MCs as a couple when I’m not seeing the true build-up? (We had so much legalese and lawyer-needing in the beginning, yet nary a peep of any of it when things were “handled.” The handling of the job threatening made me roll my eyes.)

The ending? I fast-forwarded through a good portion of it. It was cute, I guess, but the secondhand embarrassment destroyed me; as soon as I heard which character was on stage, I wanted to vomit.

Finally: This is an installment of a spin-off series, homunculus-ed from the third book of the original series, and it seems the author’s next series will be birthed from this one—with a family dynamic almost exactly the same as the original Mulvaney clan. This will probably be the last new release I read from this author for a while because, at this point, it feels like I’m reading the same characters and the same stories over and over and over and over and over again.

[Iulia · Rating 4 out of 5]

After recent disappointments with her books, Onley James wanted to prove me wrong and published this.

Now tell me - why was I seriously considering giving it 5*? Unfortunately after 60% it kind of fell into the typical montage of spicy scenes and forgot the plot for a bit, but it was still beautiful.

I wasn't sure what to expect of this because Seven and Enzo's dynamic seemed very different from most of the books the author released. What took me by surprise was how much I liked it - especially the first half, it hit just right. The "angsty" parts were dramatic enough to make me go 🤩 and the courting part was quite delicious as well. I didn't think Enzo would be the type to behave like this though.

All in all, pretty enjoyable, kept me interested, I say it's a win this time. What I didn't enjoy was the absence of the other Jericho's boys... Like ok, we get it - Arsen, Levi and Nico got their happy ending. How do you expect me to be excited for the others when half the time I forget they exist? And the biggest sin of them all is how little Cree showed up although he's my favourite Jericho's boy and he's supposed to be the next one to get a book? Like not even a hint?

[bookdiaryofyana · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think I was just expecting more of them. I looked so forward to this one and it just fell a little flat. doesn't mean I did not enjoy reading it! I still would recommend this series a lot!

[Rads · Rating 2 out of 5]

I don't know why I keep doing this to myself anymore??

for all that is good and holy - PLEASE STOP WITH THE SELF-CENCOR

you're literally writing books about folks that kill bad guys with ease and blasé and they themselves say "yeah, i unalived a guy" are you actually joking??

i understnad that patreon might have content policies where saying "killing" or "killed" might not be all fine and dandy but for the love of god - EDIT THAT IN THE FINAL DRAFT.

You could tell from the moment James started posting her chapters on Patreon right from Madman in the NE series and it continues into all of the series and books that have since followed and I'VE HAD ENOUGH.

this shit pissed me off back then and i've reached my limit.

AND 500 PAGES OF NOTHING HAPPENING??? I legit think this woman needs to slow tf down and actually hire beta readers and not lap up the engagement and praise from the comments and not even attempt to improve the craft.

[Reading Rommance · Rating 4 out of 5]

This sucked me in right from the beginning! Such a strong start. I love Seven. He's strong and independent, but he also feels a lot and loves being taken care of and I love that. I like Enzo, too. He's confident and capable and loves taking care of others. His little gifts that he leaves Seven are so sweet. And his aftercare is top tier. I usually don't like large time jumps, but this was done so right. I really felt that Enzo made up for his mistake without having to see it and that getting repetitive. Also, I thought their argument and Seven's loss of trust made sense given each of their backgrounds and traumas. I enjoyed the spice and the aftercare as well as the caretaking in general. I loved seeing the side characters pop in and out and the mystery was fun to solve, too.

Overall, another great Onley James book. I'd recommend.

Notes: 3/5 spice levels, daddy, caretaking, lawyer/law student, age gap, mystery, brat mc, found family, gamer mc, time jumps

[Bailey · Rating 2 out of 5]

Disappointing and unsatisfying and yet I kept wanting to finish it. Such an odd decision to skip the majority of the relationship development and provide so much surface area and very little depth to any scene that wasn’t spicy. I don’t expect more than an enjoyable time when I pick up these books, but they haven’t been anywhere near as strong as her original Necessary Evils series.

Also a strange amount of detail and continuity errors that I wouldn’t have expected to make it past the ARC. If you don’t want to keep track of timelines and dates and the incredible amount of characters introduced, then don’t make any of it central to the story.

[TashiexReads · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.25⭐

[Josie · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5⭐️

I bowed out of the NE universe after the extreme disappointment that is Maniac, but the blurb for Ranger is intriguing so I went for it. . . and shouldn’t have. The book is way too long to be this flat. The pace is a slog because the narrative is repetitious, especially with the many MANY instances of Seven pushing Enzo, aborted discussions of BDSM, and odes to someone’s beauty/perfection/sexiness etc. etc. etc.

The way the BDSM element is handled overall and how it sparks the romance development is slipshod. Most of said development happens through time jumps where some problem/turning point is briefly addressed then you leap to the next thing until you’re finally told what cute things Enzo has been doing and how it made Seven feel. It isn’t earned; it’s just the signal to tell you it’s time to get back to bone town.

Enzo also goes from a confident almost 40 something to a sometimes sulky teenager, but then Seven reads that way too. You’d think that someone on the backside of 25, who grew up way too soon, is a law student, and a killer wouldn’t be so petulant and whiny. There’s a way to write a brat and a way to write a confident Dommy McDommerson who’s had his world upended, but this ain’t it.

As important as the person at the center of the plot conflict supposedly is, they don’t feel that way. To be fair, neither does the conflict. It’s like “here’s the requisite gross human beings to torture and kill” time. And boy is its wrap-up an overstuffed mess. There is so much Mulvaney dynamics, that this almost feels like the last of Jericho’s boys. Frankly, Enzo and Seven are unnecessary for the conclusion of their own book outside of their connection to the idiots who seem like they’re being set up to be in a spin-off of a spin-off series.

Ranger is a lackluster shamble that bored me to tears. The streaming chat is the highlight of the book.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5⭐️ Idk yall I have mixed feelings about this one, I loved the first half, but it’s 200 pages longer than books 1&2 which lead to the whole thing feeling like a bit of a chaotic drag in the second half.

As always the audio narration by Liam Dicosimo was a 10 outta 10, but even his great narration could go so far.

Right from the start I felt like I had a missed a huge chunk of the boo because there wasn’t a prologue (which is normally how all of Onley’s books start). It’s not even been that long since I read the previous book in the series but I had no clue what was going on and it was really jarring.

After getting past that, the first half of the book was great! This part of the book really focused on Seven & Enzo’s relationship growth and I really loved reading how Seven 1. Stood up for himself when Enzo made him feel like worthless crap & he stood his ground when he told Enzo they couldn’t have any sort of relationship or BDSM arrangement because he didn’t trust him, and 2. How Enzo truly put in the work to regain Seven’s trust 👏 despite this causing the timeline to be wildin in length, it was for a good reason & I think it totally worked.

However we then get to the back half of the book where we start to get all the plot lines outside of the relationship plot and it all got a bit too chaotic & unweildy in my opinion. And really all it did was serve to introduce/showcase more of Enzo’s siblings who im sure will get their own books eventually.

So a bit of a mixed bag, but I’ll definitely always keep listening to whatever Onley drops next in this giant shared Mulvaney-Jericho’s Boys universe!

[Tori · Rating 3 out of 5]

Initial first thoughts: (I usually reread to solidify my opinions)

As a major fan of the OG series, I feel like there’s been a disconnect from the original writing style to the spin off series.

My first issue is the influx of pop culture references or slang. Reading the work “ick” in my book is majorly disappointing. Not only do I hate that word but I feel like we have the capacity to describe better. The pop culture references.. some are ok the others completely unnecessary. If you have read the previous books you know who Calliope is, there’s no need to compare her to other fictional characters. Your previous works had created an image of her likeness already.

Next it’s a book and the main character is a vigilante killer “unalive” should not appear anywhere. I FEAR censorship speech has gotten ridiculous.

I also feel like nothing is resolved? Enzo & Sevens original conflict was gross miscommunication. They never even talked about it till after they became official. Seems like that wouldn’t happen. I also wouldnt necessarily call them enemies, more like stubborn and emotionally immature. Then the premise surrounds Sevens mom being set up but that accounts for -on the generous side- 15% of the story. I also feel like it’s out of character for them to have let the woman (Bironi) just go? She might have been not knowingly involved but she helped facilitate, that would certainly have been enough previously. We also just hear nothing else about his mother’s case. We’re to assume with Bironis testimony it’s dropped but I feel like it should be explicit.

The OG Necessary Evils series is genuinely one of my favorite of all times. I always enjoy an Onley book, I will always read or reread. I loved the characters I think they just needed a bit more flushing out. I just feel like this book was rushed more than the others or was influenced by outside sources. Regardless of the negatives it was still an enjoyable read.

[Jessica Swan · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

I reaaaaaaaally struggled for like the first 40ish% of this book. But the last 60%? I read in one sitting. Make it make SENSE. Lmao. Overall I liked it and enjoyed Seven and Enzo's relationship dynamic. It's not my favorite in the series by far but I liked it more than Barbarian. I am very excited for Warlock and Fighter to come out!!!

[Pyro Aleksandr · Rating 4 out of 5]

Took me a hot minute to get into this one, but when I did….yeah was good the story kinda messy due to the main focus being on seven and enzo… the human trafficking vibes kinda got a lot lost. Having the twins and the team back for a minute was everything.

Vince, I need Vince book asap!

[em · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.75/5

[Krystal (LeeLovesBooks_) · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5⭐️

I love Brat Baby Seven and his big gruff softy “daddy” Enzo

[-`♡´- · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was so good. Ate it up! I love a good age gap and I’m a sucker for a brat and a dom.

I love this series so much.

I’m so excited for warlock (Cree‼️).

[Toni · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was so cute!! It wasn’t as funny as the other books in this series, but the ending really got me.

[Carly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Definitely my fave of Jericho’s boys so far!

[Shannon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pretty sure this has become my new favorite Onley James book, which is honestly surprising because I wasn’t sure anyone could replace Avi and Felix for me. However, Enzo and Seven are perfect and so is their story. They have my heart and will for a long time.

[Lindsey Middlemiss · Rating 3 out of 5]

Favourite of the series

My favourite of the Jericho's Boys series!

I loved Enzo for Seven and Seven stumbling into kink after realising Daddy wasn't just a name to use in bed with Enzo was brilliantly done.

Their families and how they melded together – the Contis, Jericho's boys & the Mulvaneys – were so fun to read.

The only thing I didn't like was that, when it was written from Enzo's POV (3rd person) the description "younger boy" was repeatedly used for Seven, which felt a bit icky. Yes, he's younger, yes he's the boy in their dynamic, but he's a grown man and they'renot both boys. Younger man or just boy (the kink title) would have worked.

In this, you'll find:
●MM Dark Romance with on-page 🌶
●3rd person POV
●Lawyer from a mob connected vigilante family
●Law student vigilante killer
●2 gay MMCs
●Age gap
●Daddy kink
●Being new to the BDSM scene
●Violence, inc torture & murder of human traffickers
●Abusive father, mostly incarcerated
●References to arranged marriage (meddling mothers)
●Upset at BDSM contract being seen as being paid for sex
●Mention of ex cheating
●Mention of childhood being bullied for being fat and nerdy

[Trish Skywalker · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have been waiting for Seven’s story since his first “hey, Daddy” and he did not disappoint!
Seven and Enzo were kind of…fast burn lust, slow burn romance? Sweet Seven has a will of steel and made Enzo WORK FOR IT (and I loved it!). Seven struggles with self-esteem, and unfortunately Enzo hits on his triggers (not on purpose!) and almost doomed them before they started. I loved that Seven stood up for himself and didn’t just give in. Enzo’s every gesture showed how how highly he thought of Seven, and that even if Seven didn’t always k is his own worth, Enzo definitely did. They really did bring out the best in each other and I was happy for Seven to get his man!
Also, my favorite Mulvaney brother makes an appearance, and we have a new set of twins that might be just as wacky as Asa and Avi 😂

[SB · Rating 5 out of 5]

First of all, Onley please I’m begging you, a whole series about the Conti’s - PLEASEEEE

I was truly obsessed with this book! I loved how Onley paced Enzo and Seven’s relationship so much! Seven’s need for Enzo to prove himself and Enzo consistently making it known how much he wanted to be with Seven was not over looked in this book. So much time was spent on developing their relationship in that way and there were a few small time jumps to make the timeline more realistic.

When they finally got together and Seven trusted that Enzo actually wanted to be with him, they burned so hot. They were all in after spending so much time in each other orbit and that was so much fun to read!

I enjoyed the sub plot with Seven’s mom but I wish there was just a little more focus on it. Other than that, this is definitely one of my favorites of the series, probably tied with Arsen and Ever’s book! I loved Enzo and Seven so much! They were tender and snarky at all the right moments and shit were they hot 🔥 And of course, the cameos from the Mulvaney’s were outstanding as always, and being introduced to another family dynamic, with the Conti’s was so exciting!!

[Thrudr · Rating 2 out of 5]

1.5/5⭐

This is my final Onley James book. Ever since she joined Patreon and started posting chapters there the quality of her stories just went downhill. The editing in this book is atrocious; full of continuity errors and misspells.

I liked the first 20% of the book, but then the main couple got together at about 40%, and the rest is just solving a mystery of sorts. It didn't feel like a book but just some random stories put together haphazardly.

The mock court scene was unbearable and ridiculous and what the hell was that? I cannot suspend my belief enough for this disaster.

Would not recommend reading 542 pages of this mess.

[Ellrae · Rating 3 out of 5]

I won't be surprised by a series following Enzo's family but if it is going to have that written chapter by chapter feel I might not get there. So much is clearly not thought about for very long that I am starting to really doubt the editing includes any unbiased nonfan in the process. Nothing really happens, the large cast is becoming less distinguishable from each other with every book, all for the sake of constant witty banter.
It's trafficking, again, I wish James would do something new or interesting beyond sex and slavery. Do an underground fighting pit, or a sketchy traveling circus with trafficked acrobats from a questionable talent school, do some street racers or a gang member that wants out of the life but is given the final task of taking out Jericho because at some point some gang thought he was their rival right? literally anything but it's always trafficking women and children done more poorly than ever before in these books and that's boring on top of a boring book that is 500 pages for no real reason.

[♥ Rebecca ♥ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this! Seven and Enzo are so soft together. I can feel so much love between them. They’re so perfect together.

But I can believe she would tell us about “the core four” and not show us! WTF! I want to see!

[Lilibet Bombshell · Rating 4 out of 5]

At last, we’re here at the long-awaited and much-anticipated book for our darling Seven, the brash Jericho’s Boy who once swooned over Thomas Mulvaney and called him “Daddy” before he got a glimpse of superstar lawyer Enzo Conti and found somewhere else to shift his focus. It was sparks at first sight, but us readers have had other conflicts to be present for since then before we could return to Seven and his naturally flirtatious ways.

All of Onley’s books about Jericho’s Boys deal with some pretty heavy subject matter, but Ranger is tempered with a lot of good-humored second-hand embarrassment in the first third of the book as we watch Enzo pout like a little boy over being denied what he wants due to his own actions (and inactions) and a joyous amount of sparkling entertainment towards the 50% mark as Seven and Enzo start to be drawn together again and battle against each other through mock trials, flirtatious intraoffice notes, interfamilial meddling, and their own dwindling willpowers. We also see all of Jericho’s Boys reminiscing all together more than once and Enzo’s family being brought further into the Navarro-Mulvaney fold, reminding us that at the end of the day these books are about building unconventional but unbelievably solid families.

What I’m enjoying as the whole Necessary Evils universe (are we calling it the Onley-verse yet?) grows and moves on–as beloved characters like Calliope, Thomas, and others grow older and move into more supportive roles–is watching them identify and bring in the people who will probably end up taking over their roles with time. Seven is going to school to become a lawyer and will likely take over most (if not all) of the Navarro-Mulvaney legal interests. Thomas brought Noah in years ago. Arsen took over Jericho’s garage. Who knows what else the future will bring? 4⭐️


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File Under: Romance/LGBTQIA Romance/MM Romance/Spice Level 3/Age Gap/Daddy Kink/Kink Friendly/Mafia/Vigilantes