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Killing Hope
I was born to be their secret.
I grew up praying I wouldn’t be their sacrifice.
For three hundred sixty-four days a year, my mother is warmth and affection.
On my birthday, she becomes a monster with murder in her eyes.
Every year I wake up wondering if this is the night she finally succeeds.
This year, I wake with her hands around my throat.
By dawn, the bruises on my neck are hidden under diamonds.
I’m the only daughter of a powerful crime family, raised behind guarded walls and stricter rules.
I smile for the cameras, accept the necklace that hides the marks she left, and walk down a staircase into a ballroom where I’m nothing more than a prize to be displayed.
I’ve been trained my whole life to remember one
I am untouchable. No suitors. No choices. No love.
Then I’m ordered to dance with the heir.
He’s older, colder, the man everyone else fears to cross.
One waltz with him feels like finally breathing after years of drowning.
His hand at my waist, his voice in my ear, his eyes fixed on mine like he can see straight through every lie my family wrapped around me.
I know I should be afraid. Instead, I silently beg the music not to end.
Years later, I’ve carved out a fragile kind of
med school by day, dissecting bodies and dreaming of a life that belongs to me;
locked-down princess by night, still bound to blood oaths and rules written long before I was born.
Then my armored convoy is ambushed.
Metal twists. Glass shatters. My brother falls.
I wake up in the trunk of a car.
Bound. Barefoot. Dragged into a stranger’s house and turned into leverage in a war I never chose.
I escape once. I run. I bleed. I get hunted down again.
And somewhere far away, my father makes a desperate call
to the one man powerful enough to bring me home.
The heir.
To him, I’m two
the sheltered daughter of an ally… and the girl he asked for once and was denied.
This time, he names his price before he goes to war.
He’ll hunt down every last man who touched me.
He’ll drag me out of hell himself.
And in return, I’ll become his.
I think rescue means freedom.
He knows it’s the beginning of a marriage forged in blood, secrets,
and a hunger that’s been waiting to burn for years.
I was never meant to survive this life.
Now the only man who can save me is devoted enough to kill Hope.
Killing Hope is a steamy, suspenseful dark mafia romance told in dual POV, featuring an untouchable mafia princess who refuses to stay a victim, a ruthless heir who will burn empires for the woman he was promised, childhood trauma, overprotective brothers, kidnapping and rescue, an age-gap arranged marriage, and an obsession that feels a lot like war.
I grew up praying I wouldn’t be their sacrifice.
For three hundred sixty-four days a year, my mother is warmth and affection.
On my birthday, she becomes a monster with murder in her eyes.
Every year I wake up wondering if this is the night she finally succeeds.
This year, I wake with her hands around my throat.
By dawn, the bruises on my neck are hidden under diamonds.
I’m the only daughter of a powerful crime family, raised behind guarded walls and stricter rules.
I smile for the cameras, accept the necklace that hides the marks she left, and walk down a staircase into a ballroom where I’m nothing more than a prize to be displayed.
I’ve been trained my whole life to remember one
I am untouchable. No suitors. No choices. No love.
Then I’m ordered to dance with the heir.
He’s older, colder, the man everyone else fears to cross.
One waltz with him feels like finally breathing after years of drowning.
His hand at my waist, his voice in my ear, his eyes fixed on mine like he can see straight through every lie my family wrapped around me.
I know I should be afraid. Instead, I silently beg the music not to end.
Years later, I’ve carved out a fragile kind of
med school by day, dissecting bodies and dreaming of a life that belongs to me;
locked-down princess by night, still bound to blood oaths and rules written long before I was born.
Then my armored convoy is ambushed.
Metal twists. Glass shatters. My brother falls.
I wake up in the trunk of a car.
Bound. Barefoot. Dragged into a stranger’s house and turned into leverage in a war I never chose.
I escape once. I run. I bleed. I get hunted down again.
And somewhere far away, my father makes a desperate call
to the one man powerful enough to bring me home.
The heir.
To him, I’m two
the sheltered daughter of an ally… and the girl he asked for once and was denied.
This time, he names his price before he goes to war.
He’ll hunt down every last man who touched me.
He’ll drag me out of hell himself.
And in return, I’ll become his.
I think rescue means freedom.
He knows it’s the beginning of a marriage forged in blood, secrets,
and a hunger that’s been waiting to burn for years.
I was never meant to survive this life.
Now the only man who can save me is devoted enough to kill Hope.
Killing Hope is a steamy, suspenseful dark mafia romance told in dual POV, featuring an untouchable mafia princess who refuses to stay a victim, a ruthless heir who will burn empires for the woman he was promised, childhood trauma, overprotective brothers, kidnapping and rescue, an age-gap arranged marriage, and an obsession that feels a lot like war.
430 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 13, 2025
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February 2, 2026
I LOVE a mafia book series and was looking for a new one to read. I stumbled upon this series on KU and decided to give it a shot. This is an interconnected series (must read in order) that follows the Bianchi mafia and the four main families that make up the larger Bianchi mafia. There are four daughters and four sons that are featured throughout the series as they are children of the main families. Book 1 follows Hope, daughter of an influential Capo and Michael, the heir of the entire Bianchi mafia family. Hope is kidnapped and her father reaches out to Michael to help save her. Michael agrees but on one catch - he wants to be granted an arranged marriage to Hope. Her father reluctantly agrees to save Hope, but you learn throughout the book that there are secrets Hope and her family are keeping that she must decide to keep from Michael for his and their safety or to trust her new husband with their deepest secret.
While this is going on, Hope is forming a friendship with the three other women featured in the series and you learn more about each one of them - as well as the three other guys too. She steps into her role as the head of the women in the Bianchi family and influences Michael to make decisions to benefit all women in the family - like college!
I could tell that there was more to each of the 8 main characters and was excited to read through this story. Overall I liked the story of Hope and Michael and was surprised by the twists throughout. I was disappointed though about the editing of the story - hence the 3.5 star rating. There were typos and some editing errors that a more thorough proofreading could have caught. It didn't stop me from enjoying the story and will read book 2! Just wish more time had been taken to help fix those errors to make it easier to read for those of us who catch those types of things easily.
While this is going on, Hope is forming a friendship with the three other women featured in the series and you learn more about each one of them - as well as the three other guys too. She steps into her role as the head of the women in the Bianchi family and influences Michael to make decisions to benefit all women in the family - like college!
I could tell that there was more to each of the 8 main characters and was excited to read through this story. Overall I liked the story of Hope and Michael and was surprised by the twists throughout. I was disappointed though about the editing of the story - hence the 3.5 star rating. There were typos and some editing errors that a more thorough proofreading could have caught. It didn't stop me from enjoying the story and will read book 2! Just wish more time had been taken to help fix those errors to make it easier to read for those of us who catch those types of things easily.
February 21, 2026
Hope lived a happy life, except for one day a year when her mother turned on her and would do anything to make sure, she didn’t survive. Her father made promises, promises that she wouldn’t have an arranged marriage, that no one would find out their secret she believed him.
One night on her birthday she met the Heir, dancing with him she felt all her worries go away, but she knew she would never have a life of someone normal.
Michael knew that Hope would be the one to help him get what he wanted, but her father declined an arranged marriage, in fact he declined everyone. Years later Michael knows when Hopes father rings and needs his help in rescuing Hope he has his chance, he will but wants her hand in marriage.
Hope’s father is given no choice, when Hope find out she feels betrayed by her family, but she also sees to different sides to Michael, and with everything she’s been told about him and what her family has told her. Hope knows the family secrets could destroy her.
Michael knows that Hope is his and that nothing will keep him from protecting her. He knows that there’s something that Hope’s not telling him, he also wants to know why Hope was kidnapped. No one really saw Hope growing up but they were prepared to start a war to kidnap her, he needs to find out why. When all the secrets come out will Hope be destroyed or will Michael save her.
One night on her birthday she met the Heir, dancing with him she felt all her worries go away, but she knew she would never have a life of someone normal.
Michael knew that Hope would be the one to help him get what he wanted, but her father declined an arranged marriage, in fact he declined everyone. Years later Michael knows when Hopes father rings and needs his help in rescuing Hope he has his chance, he will but wants her hand in marriage.
Hope’s father is given no choice, when Hope find out she feels betrayed by her family, but she also sees to different sides to Michael, and with everything she’s been told about him and what her family has told her. Hope knows the family secrets could destroy her.
Michael knows that Hope is his and that nothing will keep him from protecting her. He knows that there’s something that Hope’s not telling him, he also wants to know why Hope was kidnapped. No one really saw Hope growing up but they were prepared to start a war to kidnap her, he needs to find out why. When all the secrets come out will Hope be destroyed or will Michael save her.
January 8, 2026
Too much of everything
The story plot and editing was good. There were just too many characters and stories and drama situations that didn't even make any sense. If the mother attacked MFC only one day a year then why didn't they drug her or chain her up there were so many situations with family members that just didn't make sense. It went on for 8 hours I just had to scroll through most of it because it took too long to get to the secret that wasn't even that big of a deal. It was like reading a soapbox Opera instead of a mafia Romance, it wasn't really dark either.
The story plot and editing was good. There were just too many characters and stories and drama situations that didn't even make any sense. If the mother attacked MFC only one day a year then why didn't they drug her or chain her up there were so many situations with family members that just didn't make sense. It went on for 8 hours I just had to scroll through most of it because it took too long to get to the secret that wasn't even that big of a deal. It was like reading a soapbox Opera instead of a mafia Romance, it wasn't really dark either.
December 25, 2025
Very good Mafia Romance. There are triggers.
This story is filled with action , violence , romance , and steamy scenes. Despite being overprotected by her family , Faith can fight back at her enemies with weapons. She was in college before she married Micheal. Faith and Micheal suffer from family secrets and trauma. Someone is after Faith, and Micheal is determined to protect her. This is a page-turner with twists. I look forward to reading the next book.
This story is filled with action , violence , romance , and steamy scenes. Despite being overprotected by her family , Faith can fight back at her enemies with weapons. She was in college before she married Micheal. Faith and Micheal suffer from family secrets and trauma. Someone is after Faith, and Micheal is determined to protect her. This is a page-turner with twists. I look forward to reading the next book.
December 28, 2025
Ok
I tried to like this book. It started out ok, but I just had a hard time with the way it was written. I wonder if it was originally written in another language, and translated poorly. The basic premise was fine, just didn't flow. I've never read this author before, perhaps she's new.
As I said the basic story was ok. Just not well written.
I tried to like this book. It started out ok, but I just had a hard time with the way it was written. I wonder if it was originally written in another language, and translated poorly. The basic premise was fine, just didn't flow. I've never read this author before, perhaps she's new.
As I said the basic story was ok. Just not well written.
January 26, 2026
Really good story line, however there were a few plot holes and sometimes the dialogue felt a little childish
January 27, 2026
Smutty as hell with a cringe plot I love it
Review of advance copy received from Author
Hope had one purpose to her family a pawn, to be used for gains and dealt with her mothers cruel ways. But then there was Michael the heir one dance entranced them both but he was denied her, now shes been taken trying to run from her captives and her father turns to Micheal for help only his price is the woman he was denied. But will it be freedom or another cage? Well written engaging steamy drama, action and more
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