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The Carneys Collection
Get lost in the dark, dangerous, and delicious world of The Carneys. Join Boston's richest crime family as they build the glittering Trinity casino and destroy their enemies along the way. The Carney men aren't afraid to get their hands dirty as they claim the women they desire. Finn, Patrick and Giovanni will leave you aching for more.
The Carney Collection includes over 200,000 words introducing you to the delectable Carney family and their unforgettable, steamy adventures. This collection includes THREE complete books (books 1 - 3) in a six-book series.
The collection features:
Rake
Finn will stop at nothing to protect his family, and that includes taking down naive-yet-determined union organizer Sasha. But when this innocent beauty brings Boston's smartest playboy to his knees, can this enemies-to-lovers pair find their way to lasting redemption?
Grift
After a scandal forces tough guy Patrick into an arranged marriage with Jessica, a senator's daughter, he's determined to protect her at any cost. But as he unravels the mystery behind the scandal and commits to destroying anyone who has caused his bride pain, one question remains: How will he ever be able to let her go?
Wild Card
Mafia princess Catriona is beauty, defiance, and sass incarnate. When a rival mafia family kidnaps her to punish the Carneys, they'll stop at nothing to get what they want. Yet Giovanni DeLuca finds his loyalties tested against the wild Irish beauty's charms. Can an enduring love rise from the ashes of their families' hatred?
Enjoy the The Carney's Collection. Click buy now to escape into their world today.
The Carney Collection includes over 200,000 words introducing you to the delectable Carney family and their unforgettable, steamy adventures. This collection includes THREE complete books (books 1 - 3) in a six-book series.
The collection features:
Rake
Finn will stop at nothing to protect his family, and that includes taking down naive-yet-determined union organizer Sasha. But when this innocent beauty brings Boston's smartest playboy to his knees, can this enemies-to-lovers pair find their way to lasting redemption?
Grift
After a scandal forces tough guy Patrick into an arranged marriage with Jessica, a senator's daughter, he's determined to protect her at any cost. But as he unravels the mystery behind the scandal and commits to destroying anyone who has caused his bride pain, one question remains: How will he ever be able to let her go?
Wild Card
Mafia princess Catriona is beauty, defiance, and sass incarnate. When a rival mafia family kidnaps her to punish the Carneys, they'll stop at nothing to get what they want. Yet Giovanni DeLuca finds his loyalties tested against the wild Irish beauty's charms. Can an enduring love rise from the ashes of their families' hatred?
Enjoy the The Carney's Collection. Click buy now to escape into their world today.
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Published February 12, 2021
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Get lost in the dark, dangerous, and delicious world of The Carneys. Join Boston's richest crime family as they build the glittering Trinity casino and destroy their enemies along the way. The Carney men aren't afraid to get their hands dirty as they claim the women they desire. Finn, Patrick and Giovanni will leave you aching for more.
The Carney Collection includes over 200,000 words introducing you to the delectable Carney family and their unforgettable, steamy adventures. This collection includes THREE complete books (books 1 - 3) in a six-book series.
The collection features:
Rake
Finn will stop at nothing to protect his family, and that includes taking down naive-yet-determined union organizer Sasha. But when this innocent beauty brings Boston's smartest playboy to his knees, can this enemies-to-lovers pair find their way to lasting redemption?
Grift
After a scandal forces tough guy Patrick into an arranged marriage with Jessica, a senator's daughter, he's determined to protect her at any cost. But as he unravels the mystery behind the scandal and commits to destroying anyone who has caused his bride pain, one question remains: How will he ever be able to let her go?
Wild Card
Mafia princess Catriona is beauty, defiance, and sass incarnate. When a rival mafia family kidnaps her to punish the Carneys, they'll stop at nothing to get what they want. Yet Giovanni DeLuca finds his loyalties tested against the wild Irish beauty's charms. Can an enduring love rise from the ashes of their families' hatred?
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Blurb:
Get lost in the dark, dangerous, and delicious world of The Carneys. Join Boston's richest crime family as they build the glittering Trinity casino and destroy their enemies along the way. The Carney men aren't afraid to get their hands dirty as they claim the women they desire. Finn, Patrick and Giovanni will leave you aching for more.
The Carney Collection includes over 200,000 words introducing you to the delectable Carney family and their unforgettable, steamy adventures. This collection includes THREE complete books (books 1 - 3) in a six-book series.
The collection features:
Rake
Finn will stop at nothing to protect his family, and that includes taking down naive-yet-determined union organizer Sasha. But when this innocent beauty brings Boston's smartest playboy to his knees, can this enemies-to-lovers pair find their way to lasting redemption?
Grift
After a scandal forces tough guy Patrick into an arranged marriage with Jessica, a senator's daughter, he's determined to protect her at any cost. But as he unravels the mystery behind the scandal and commits to destroying anyone who has caused his bride pain, one question remains: How will he ever be able to let her go?
Wild Card
Mafia princess Catriona is beauty, defiance, and sass incarnate. When a rival mafia family kidnaps her to punish the Carneys, they'll stop at nothing to get what they want. Yet Giovanni DeLuca finds his loyalties tested against the wild Irish beauty's charms. Can an enduring love rise from the ashes of their families' hatred?
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Three stories about the Carney siblings, all of whom have turned out great despite having dreadful parents. Thrilling romances, gorgeous women and strong loving men. plenty of heat and threats abound. Highly recommended.
Three stories about the Carney siblings, all of whom have turned out great despite having dreadful parents. Thrilling romances, gorgeous women and strong loving men. plenty of heat and threats abound. Highly recommended.
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March 5, 2021
Rake: Finn and Sasha’s story
Finn is the second son of James Carney, but in his father’s eyes he’s just a pawn that he can use when he wants something. Until Finn refuses to do as he’s told, now he’s the son that James Carney treats like a hated employee. He still wants his father’s respect and approval, but at what cost? When he is assigned to take care of the Union Rep that is disrupting the Casino they own, Finn has all kinds of second thoughts about how to go about it.
Sasha is a young woman that is just trying to keep her brother and her in a home by working hard as a Union Representative, but she also has to support her dead-beat dad that treats both of them like they are his slaves and berates them as often as he can. Sasha just wants to help the employees of the Casino to get respect, decent wages, and treated as they are valued employees. When she gets in the cross hairs of James Carney her life is on shaky ground and she has to protect the employees, herself, and her younger brother at all costs.
Finn and Sasha’s story is a captive to lover story. It’s dangerous and intriguing. Sasha stands up to James Carney as well as Finn, she may be shaking on the inside, but she’s strong and hides her fear. After the first encounter with James Carney’s men, she has PTSD, but that doesn’t stop Finn from adding to it. He has a lot to apologize for and find a way to get Sasha to forgive him for them to move on and find a path together because they have figured out that they can’t live their lives without each other in it. Finn will defy his father to make Sasha happy. He no longer cares what his father thinks. He has his own path now and his own plans for a happy life.
Grift: Patrick and Jessica’s story
Patrick is the oldest Carney son and the muscle of the family as well. He doesn’t have the respect of their father either, but he doesn’t seem to mind that. He’s still loyal and will get redemption for the family if someone is stealing from them or hurts one of his siblings. So, when he takes care of a card counter in the back of the casino before he even knows who the person is, he gets reamed by his father and is told he has to marry a woman he’s never met for redemption from the mistake he made by acting now and not asking any questions.
Jessica is the daughter of Senator Kensington and the sister of the card counter. Her father is a huge investor in the Casino and has threatened to pull his support after the mix up of his son being beat to within a hair of his life. Jessica is not a valued member of her family either due to a scandal when she was in college, but the problem is that the scandal was not even her fault. She has no idea what the videos entailed, and her family just shunned her afterwards.
When Patrick and Jessica are forced together, Patrick tries to give Jessica the option of moving on in her life after he helps her discover what happened to her in college, but their lives are intertwined now and now that she has the choice, she wants to stay married and make a life with Patrick. Neither one has had family support or love from their parents for quite a while and if they can find that with each other and make a happy life then why shouldn’t they?
Wild Card: Gio and Catriona’s story
I love Catriona, she’s strong, sassy, beautiful and a woman that takes no prisoners. When she finds herself in the hands of a man that wants money for her return only to meet a man that wants to protect her and save her, she finds that she is not as alone as she thought. Her siblings will go to any lengths to find her, rescue her and protect her. Something she doubted for a while. She’s the daughter of James Carney and the one that he doesn’t treat special like her older and younger sister. She’s the daughter that rebels against her father and once she is rescued, she really finds herself and her happiness.
Gio De Luca has hated the Carney family for years. James Carney is the reason for Gio being an orphan and the cause of his pain for losing his parents, or so he’s believed for years. Until his uncle becomes the man that Gio wants to destroy for hurting an innocent woman and putting Gio’s nonna in danger as well as himself.
Lorenzo, Gio’s uncle is a wanna be gangster with a chip on his shoulder and when he messes up a delivery, he puts his whole family in danger with the head of the mafia in Providence. So, he thinks he’s found a way to cover the loss, but he destroys the one thing that Gio is so happy about and he also sets into motion the destructive path of his relationship with his nephew and his own mother. When he’s desperate and trying to show Gio that he’s the strong, powerful one he confesses to his past discretions and Gio’s hate for him skyrockets. Lorenzo’s destructive path brings Gio and Catriona together in the worst way, but they find their own path when the danger is settled.
I really enjoyed all of these stories and they proved that you don’t always have to be a product of your environment or upbringing. The Carney children are loyal to each other at least and when they are put in the position of showing that loyalty, they are stronger for it and stronger together. I will be purchasing the next collection to read as well, because I need to know how things end for the Carney’s. Then it will be onto the Doyle’s. This was my first read of Sophie Austin, but I will be looking out for more of her books.
Finn is the second son of James Carney, but in his father’s eyes he’s just a pawn that he can use when he wants something. Until Finn refuses to do as he’s told, now he’s the son that James Carney treats like a hated employee. He still wants his father’s respect and approval, but at what cost? When he is assigned to take care of the Union Rep that is disrupting the Casino they own, Finn has all kinds of second thoughts about how to go about it.
Sasha is a young woman that is just trying to keep her brother and her in a home by working hard as a Union Representative, but she also has to support her dead-beat dad that treats both of them like they are his slaves and berates them as often as he can. Sasha just wants to help the employees of the Casino to get respect, decent wages, and treated as they are valued employees. When she gets in the cross hairs of James Carney her life is on shaky ground and she has to protect the employees, herself, and her younger brother at all costs.
Finn and Sasha’s story is a captive to lover story. It’s dangerous and intriguing. Sasha stands up to James Carney as well as Finn, she may be shaking on the inside, but she’s strong and hides her fear. After the first encounter with James Carney’s men, she has PTSD, but that doesn’t stop Finn from adding to it. He has a lot to apologize for and find a way to get Sasha to forgive him for them to move on and find a path together because they have figured out that they can’t live their lives without each other in it. Finn will defy his father to make Sasha happy. He no longer cares what his father thinks. He has his own path now and his own plans for a happy life.
Grift: Patrick and Jessica’s story
Patrick is the oldest Carney son and the muscle of the family as well. He doesn’t have the respect of their father either, but he doesn’t seem to mind that. He’s still loyal and will get redemption for the family if someone is stealing from them or hurts one of his siblings. So, when he takes care of a card counter in the back of the casino before he even knows who the person is, he gets reamed by his father and is told he has to marry a woman he’s never met for redemption from the mistake he made by acting now and not asking any questions.
Jessica is the daughter of Senator Kensington and the sister of the card counter. Her father is a huge investor in the Casino and has threatened to pull his support after the mix up of his son being beat to within a hair of his life. Jessica is not a valued member of her family either due to a scandal when she was in college, but the problem is that the scandal was not even her fault. She has no idea what the videos entailed, and her family just shunned her afterwards.
When Patrick and Jessica are forced together, Patrick tries to give Jessica the option of moving on in her life after he helps her discover what happened to her in college, but their lives are intertwined now and now that she has the choice, she wants to stay married and make a life with Patrick. Neither one has had family support or love from their parents for quite a while and if they can find that with each other and make a happy life then why shouldn’t they?
Wild Card: Gio and Catriona’s story
I love Catriona, she’s strong, sassy, beautiful and a woman that takes no prisoners. When she finds herself in the hands of a man that wants money for her return only to meet a man that wants to protect her and save her, she finds that she is not as alone as she thought. Her siblings will go to any lengths to find her, rescue her and protect her. Something she doubted for a while. She’s the daughter of James Carney and the one that he doesn’t treat special like her older and younger sister. She’s the daughter that rebels against her father and once she is rescued, she really finds herself and her happiness.
Gio De Luca has hated the Carney family for years. James Carney is the reason for Gio being an orphan and the cause of his pain for losing his parents, or so he’s believed for years. Until his uncle becomes the man that Gio wants to destroy for hurting an innocent woman and putting Gio’s nonna in danger as well as himself.
Lorenzo, Gio’s uncle is a wanna be gangster with a chip on his shoulder and when he messes up a delivery, he puts his whole family in danger with the head of the mafia in Providence. So, he thinks he’s found a way to cover the loss, but he destroys the one thing that Gio is so happy about and he also sets into motion the destructive path of his relationship with his nephew and his own mother. When he’s desperate and trying to show Gio that he’s the strong, powerful one he confesses to his past discretions and Gio’s hate for him skyrockets. Lorenzo’s destructive path brings Gio and Catriona together in the worst way, but they find their own path when the danger is settled.
I really enjoyed all of these stories and they proved that you don’t always have to be a product of your environment or upbringing. The Carney children are loyal to each other at least and when they are put in the position of showing that loyalty, they are stronger for it and stronger together. I will be purchasing the next collection to read as well, because I need to know how things end for the Carney’s. Then it will be onto the Doyle’s. This was my first read of Sophie Austin, but I will be looking out for more of her books.
April 12, 2021
Ok so, turns out this is a collection of 3 books. I read Rake, but do not feel the need to read the other two. This one was drawn out too long and only held my interest to see how much worse it could get. Yea it had some good moments but they were few and in-between. For a more in depth review: https://charliesangel0069.wordpress.c...
March 1, 2021
I enjoyed you have three stories about about three siblings coming from a dysfunctional family. Yes there is violence in these stories but since the family has links to organised crime and gambling it is to be expected. Yea you also have some sex scenes in it as well but also expected in an adult romance book
January 5, 2022
Three stories - endless drama
This book had three stories and while they were all different, the flow was the same. Plenty of buildup to the big problem, tons of issues and crazy relatives, but the resolution seemed so neat and easy. Seemed like after all of that it would have been hard but I guess enough was enough. Good stories though, I enjoyed each couple's journey.
This book had three stories and while they were all different, the flow was the same. Plenty of buildup to the big problem, tons of issues and crazy relatives, but the resolution seemed so neat and easy. Seemed like after all of that it would have been hard but I guess enough was enough. Good stories though, I enjoyed each couple's journey.
March 31, 2021
3 great enjoyable stories
4.5🌟 I didn't find them dark. Out of the 3 stories I loved all three. You get your monies worth with 3 fantastic reads. Ok maybe I liked Patrick and Jessica the best. v
4.5🌟 I didn't find them dark. Out of the 3 stories I loved all three. You get your monies worth with 3 fantastic reads. Ok maybe I liked Patrick and Jessica the best. v
August 10, 2021
With parents like that ,who needs enemies.
A great rollercoaster ride w ith this mafia family.Absolutely useful parenting but hey it makes for interesting reading.Hot love stories with Plenty of family issues kept me gripped.An enjoyable read with great characters.
A great rollercoaster ride w ith this mafia family.Absolutely useful parenting but hey it makes for interesting reading.Hot love stories with Plenty of family issues kept me gripped.An enjoyable read with great characters.
March 17, 2021
Loved the series, cannot wait for the next book to come out in March
March 19, 2021
Pretty good
Got better. Didn’t love the first story but kept going. Liked the 2nd even better and kept on reading from there.
Got better. Didn’t love the first story but kept going. Liked the 2nd even better and kept on reading from there.
March 26, 2021
Good storylines
Read the whole series in one day and thoroughly enjoyed. Will look out for more books by the same author.
Read the whole series in one day and thoroughly enjoyed. Will look out for more books by the same author.
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