Before Deuce could take his rightful throne or even be assigned a second in command, a full blown war is started.
The streets & his family crowned him before he was ready — and now someone he never expected wants him off the throne.
After the warehouse ambush, Deuce realizes something
the people trying to kill him aren’t outsiders. They’re people close enough to touch him.
Close enough to know his moves.
Close enough to use Malani as the perfect weapon.
Dom slithering out of the shadows was only the beginning.
Reign turning a gun on him was the warning shot.
But the figure who stepped out of the shadows last…
that was the declaration of war.
Now Deuce is forced to clean house, tighten his circle, and run the empire from all angles — while hunting down the person who orchestrated Dank’s murder and tried to line him up next. His father wants blood. His enemies want the crown. And the streets are whispering that Deuce might not live long enough to claim what’s already his.
But Malani?
She becomes the one thing he can’t afford to lose — or protect. Falling for her had proven to be his biggest weakness. Now, she's shaken. Conflicted. Torn between the man she married and the person she once trusted. At the wrong time, she's hit with the shock of her life. She never would have imagined that she'd be in a situation like this. The problem was that she didn't know who'd caused it.
Now every move is life or death.
Every ally could be a snake.
Every secret has the power to burn their marriage and the empire. Will Deuce and Malani weather this storm together? Or will they be turned against one another?
So if you liked one and needed to know more trust me you would not be alone in that assessment.. Part definitely fulfilled all those desires and needs just as much as one had you on the edge of your seat two would definitely keep you on the edge of your seat. Definitely definitely definitely go check out too if you were at one.
First and foremost .. you ended on a cliffhanger only to incorporate the last of the book into this book and it’s a short book at that!
My real gripe is the repetition on both parts; the quick shift in emotions and the clinginess! Deuce and his I’m a real gangsta, I kill people; Lani and her sneaky link (who we easily figured out). Ohh yeah and the secret people being revealed like it was some real twist. Reign’s story and behavior making no sense. This just wasn’t it and now I have to read more … LAWDT!
Missionary with a Menace is my first read by this Author. It is a GOOD read. I purchase books, so I have no qualms about supporting my Authors. But what I can't support is dragging a storyline or my pockets - hence the reason for 3 stars. Realistically, book 1 & 2 could have and should have been "1" book. 160 pages or less is considered a "quick" read. Raise your price! And provide a "good" quality book in length. I promise you lose fans when you provide short "to be continued" reads and have us chasing our next hit - we lose interest....quick!
When the cup runneth over, all secret are revealed. Love sometimes comes in an untraditional way. Some friendships are based on envy and jealousy. Your enemies are closer than you think. Let’s chat.
I’m going to start this off with Reign. It was something about her in book one but couldn’t put my finger on it 🫣! Now I know, she phony, fake, a hater and definitely jealous of Malani. Ya girl wanted Lani life and what she had. Like how you mad cause you weren’t told something?🤔 She wanted to know everything when it came to Lani and live her life. It’s like she wanted to be in her skin. Ya girl was delulu🤭. The plot and the set up was beyond me. Then the momma/grandma put the 🍒 on top. Dementia is no joke but will have your going and remembering what it chooses and when it does, just be prepared on what it reveals. Reign wasn’t expecting all of her secrets to spill.
Dom, was a pond in the Drez game of chess🫣! His life was filled with the past and a one-sided beef that his uncle had with Marcellus Sr. We all know that when feelings get involved, plans tend to change and things get blurred🫣. Dom, learned the hard way and don’t really know what to do. One thing for sure, he had fallen for 2 woman with one only suppose to be apart of a plan- Malani. Now ya boy looking over his shoulder.
Malani, my girl was green but not green if that makes sense 🤔. She had no issue stepping up when it came to Deuce🥰! One thing for sure, she learned that she was being used and not only by Dom but Drez & Reign. Like my girl was so lost and confuse. Finding out that Deuce was the man in question with Reign had her feeling a way but at the same time she honestly couldn’t feel anyway🫣. All her secrets and sneakiness was exposed and my girl had to come clean about it all. Now as a daddy girl myself, I felt her pain when she had to come clean with her dad🫣! Learning that her so called best friend was envy and jealous of her, had ya girl speechless. Honestly me too🤭. There’s one thing though, as she told Reign & anyone that will listen, she not coming off her husband🥰. She standing 10 toes down for him and about him. Even with all the secrets being out and on the table, my girl just wants to be able to love Deuce properly and the way he deserves🥰.
Now for my man Deuce. Please stop playing with this man🫣! Though my guy didn’t want to feel or love, he ended fallen hard for his wife 🥰! He was and is going to protect her by any means necessary 🤏🏾! Now what he wasn’t expecting was Drez & Reign. This 🥷🏽 had no issue letting her know what it was and what she was in that moment - a release and nothing more🤭. With Drez, my guy didn’t know what the beef was about but when he found out - 🫣! Ya boy was baffled 🤭 but there for it. He also wasn’t expecting all the secret that were told and everyone that played apart in him dealing with a feud that was before his time and that had nothing to do with him or Malani😔! One thing for sure and two for certain, he was going to end it all. The truth hurt even with the toughest 🥷🏽 but one thing Deuce is going to do is get through it. Even though his father Senior worked his nerves and overstep, he protect his and made sure he would always did🥰! Never losing focus on defending Dank demise, both Deuce & Senior learned they still had a part of him with them🥰! The thing he learned was a hard pill to swallow, just hope he can move forward! I believe he will 🥹 and will be able to love her the way he wants to.
Oh and Griz!!!! Yeah I need more on him as his is a force to be reckoned with. Cause it ain’t no way he did what he did undetected. Like who does that? 🫣One thing I do respect Griz about is he let it be known that he was not trying to replace Dank and never will.
Now about that ending. Listen I can’t take it cause IKYL🤣! One thing for sure, Bonnie is going to have you sitting at the edge of your seat wanting and needing more🤭! Bonnie once again did her big one with book 2 so I can only imaging what the finale going to bring.
I love that Bonnie brought straight action from book one. It didn’t lag. Malani started off using what her father taught her in the dark. She handles business and saves who knows how many lives. The culprit is now revealed and injured, escaped the warehouse but not their fate. At this time Malani learns that her best friend has set her up because she’s mad the man you’re married, although arranged, is the same guy that she sluted herself out to, on a one night stand type deal, who threw her out of the hotel room immediately after. She partnered with the guy you never told her was your sneaky link, not knowing if you’d make it out alive. Are you willing to forgive her or nah? Your man and his people kidnap a dementia patient from a nursing home to flush out the enemy. Her dementia seems to be fine once she see the best friend and spills even more secrets. It works! The action is nonstop from the warehouse to the end. But there’s still work to be done because Bonnie loves being messy and leaving us hanging off cliffs. Love how Dank came and comforted Deuce and let it be known to take care of his son and Deuce’s own son…hmmm!! New generation of cousin/brothers!! Great read and flow.
📚 Book Review: Missionary with a Menace 2 by Bonnie Blanco 📚
Bonnie Blanco does it again! Every time I pick up one of her books, I already know I’m about to be locked in—and Missionary with a Menace 2 was no exception. She has a way of pulling you into the story and keeping you in suspense every 👏🏾 single 👏🏾 time.
Part 1 introduced us to Deuce and Malani, and even though their marriage started as an arrangement (which I lowkey loved for them 😌), it laid the foundation for so much depth, tension, and unexpected emotion. Just when you think you know where the story is headed, Bonnie switches it up.
Now let’s talk about Reign… whew! She is a whole different type of character. Calculated, strategic, and unpredictable—she’s the perfect example of keep your enemies close and your friends even closer. Every scene with her had me side-eyeing, questioning motives, and needing to know what would happen next.
This book is fast-paced, addictive, and full of twists that will have you saying “just one more chapter” until you realize you’ve finished the whole thing. If you love drama, suspense, complex characters, and stories that keep you on edge, Missionary with a Menace 2 is a must-read.
only read because of the cliffhanger from book 1 and book 2 ends on a cliffhanger too. She pregnant and tells deuce she doesn't know if it's Dom baby or his
The person in the wearhouse was Drez. Apparently him, his brother (Amando), and Malani's dad (Roderick) started that business.
During the war with Deuce daddy, Amando disappeared and Drez thought Deuce daddy killed him so he wanted to kill deuce.
Dom is the brother's son(Drez nephew). He was placed with the family to manipulate Malani.
Reign and Dom been fkn for about 4yrs after she saw Malani and Dom fkn and was jealous because Malani never told her she lost her virginity so she went after Dom. She's crazy
Malani shot drez in the arm at the wearhouse, him and Dom got away. Deuce kidnapped Drez mama to lure him out. The mama is who outed Reign as Dom's girlfriend....Drez dead and Dom still on the run.
listen when i found out the first book was less than 200 pages i wasn’t tripping bc i saw there was a second one … so im like thats cool. the second one must wrap it all up.
i start reading this one and i see it’s less than 200 pages too and im like dang ok she gone wrap this up quick but that’s cool… whatever bc the first one was good. why tf im reading & get to the last page and see TO BE CONTINUED….. i literally said LOUDLY … WTF!!!!
you really about to piss me off bonnie. you keep putting out all these damn less than 200 page books when at this point it all could’ve been one got damn book. now i’m irritated bc i have to wait for i’m sure ANOTHER LESS THAN 200 PAGE BOOK. & at this rate she can’t even be trusted bc it might be more than three book to finish this story up 😒😒😒 i can’t even bask in how i enjoyed the book bc im so irritated.
Dank came in Deuce dream so let him know what’s up. Now he’s thinking this might not be his baby. That can’t be Dom kid. Malani should’ve never even put that thought in his head! I need Deuce and Griz to find Dom asap. Glad Roderick helped them get Drez. Crazy that he’s the one who handled Dom’s dad. All the time Drez thought it was Marcellus. So many secrets were revealed in this one. That darn Reign!!! She’s the worst kind. Malani was played by everyone around her and that’s sad. Guess that’s why she’s clinging to Duece so much. He’s the only real/consistent person in her life. Part 3 me please asap lol
Missionary With A Menace 2: An Unhinged Arranged Marriage
Man, these cliffhangers are killing me. Just as the book gets good, here we go!!!
A Snake in your camp is nasty work. People who you trust are always plotting against you. I wondered about Reign's friendship with Lani. Something seemed off, and now we know.
I don't know how things are going to turn out for Lani and Deuce with this new revelation. And since the book left us with questions, we wait.
First read of the year.... I'm off to a great start.
Book 2 was really good! Reign is truly delusional. The whole time she was doing her bff dirty! She wanted to be her so bad that she went to great lengths to destroy her. The sad part is that Reign had no intentions of telling the background of how long she and Dom been together if it hadn’t been for Drez’s mom. I do hope the baby is Deuce’s. Given everything that happened I don’t know if he can stand with Malani if it isn’t his… Onto book 3 and see how this ends. Awesome series!
I didn’t see that coming what are they going to do with that nice old lady they took from the nursing center and reign big mad over something that’s not her when her and her man get ready to part make sure they are together and old ssa Roderick knew he was the one that made that brother go missing all that time and didn’t say anything I want to know what he did with that money
Ohkay wait slow down! A lot has happened in book 2. A lot to unpack here. First things first, whew chile this book was the book of death. Don’t come here for a love story… Bonnie will get into that in the next book I’m sure. My guess after book 1 was correct. However, snakes reveal themselves all the time and now my mouth is on the floor. This end of the book reveal has my head reeling. We need book 3 expeditiously!
This series is keeping on my toes the characters are hilarious and the drama is never ending. I need Reigns ending to be slow, just because she delusional and it needs to sit a while for her to come to the terms. I hoping Malani is pregnant by Duece, I need them to have a wholesome happy ending, they have been through so much turmoil in such a short time. Five stars Ms. Blanco!!🥰
Soooooo Malani isn’t smart…Sorry Duece but your wife is stupid! For 4 years a man and your “best friend” has been plotting against you and you never noticed? Dom stayed bringing up your father’s empire and then you fuck him with no protection????? Like are you serious right now 🤨🤔 Your father taught you how to shoot but didn’t give you common sense or situational awareness? But I’m ready for part 3 😂 that damn baby better be Duece’s or we gone pull a Rodrick
This series is getting real good and now we need to know who’s that baby daddy!!!… I was not expecting that when Dank mentioned that son!!!… What is Deuce going to do now because that was serious bomb to drop!!!…Will he stay in his marriage or make it an open marriage like Melani’s daddy!!!… Dom’s momma put Reighn all the way under the bus and had no plans on stopping the bus!!!…Reign is real sick and delusional!!!…
Ohhhhhh this part two was real good and I feel for Duece because for one he didn’t want this lifestyle but with that cliffhanger I hope he gets his HEA he deserves it.! Malani ain’t out the woodworks neither, I feel like she would have betrayed her dad for love of the scenario was different.
I loved these two books. I really found myself annoyed with Reign throughout the entire book so it was no wonder the plot twist would have been what it was. She was such a dingbat and unlikable character. Her role is why I am giving the book a 4 star because it was just so not interesting and felt a little un realistic, but otherwise I loved both books and now can't wait for what's next...
In my Florida Evans’ voice! I tell you to appreciate the real ones cause the fake ones REALLY do you in! I’m upset with Lani. I book hate Reign and Dom. BB you did something with this crew, I’m gonna look for Dom in the daylight, and hope Reign is afraid of the dark! Uggghhhhh pt. 3?
To know someone hated you for the sins of your father was crazy Drex wanted Deuce dead because of Senior, that's wild and when the truth came out it wasn't even Senior who did the kill. Reign was certifiable and Dom is a coward. Can't wait to see what happens next!
This series is getting crazier and crazier. You hear me. Here go your friends being your enemies again. Reign really had me thinking she was scared and was jealous this whole time of Lani. Deuce got a lot on his hands, but he is standing on business and I like that, a man of his words.
Dreu logic was a little off to me lol. However i didn’t expect Rodrick to be the actual person who he should have been going at. Idk the plot wasn’t making sense at times. Stuff was just everywhere and too much at the same time. I was skipping pages to finish just to get to a weird cliffhanger.. wasn’t my cup of tea & that’s ok.
Wow, I was so excited to get closure with Deuce & Malani , but Bonnie left me with my mouth open like “😲”! Girl I almost burnt my cornbread 😂I’m really enjoying this storyline! By the way, she’s a new to me author and I’ve have been having a ball with her work🩷🫶🏾
I LOVE Deuce and I really hope the baby is his!! OMG I can’t believe reign was as so sneaky to be that jealous and snake your best friend! Whew! She didn’t deserve that at all. I’ll be waiting for part 3!
Now I wasn’t expecting that ending to turn out like that. This was a quick read but it was so good, Bonnie went all the way back and gave us the run down on how everything started and WHO started it. I enjoyed this one as well now I’m on a hunt for book 3.
What did I just read This book is wow I cannot wait for the 3rd book please do not let it be ⁄4 I can't I can't take it my heart can't take it the characters are like wow1st time reading this author and I am going to start following you bravo
The action was nonstop. The snakes truly came out of this camp. Drez and Dom deserved harm as well as rain with her trifling behind. I am ready to read part three.You did a great job.I enjoyed it.I finished it in one setting.
Wow….I wasn’t expecting that🥴 Reign was a snake from the beginning. Poor Malani, she was being played on all sides. Thank God for Duece coming along🙄 I’m so ready for the next book. Please hurry up😭
I think there should be a law that authors can only have 1 cliffhanger in a book series because now I've got to wait til the next book is written and there's no timeline to when it will happen. Argh! I hate it here!