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Rules of Bennett #4
Moreno Forever
It was supposed to be the start of a new beginning.
With our enemies slain, I was prepared to look to future ahead of us.
Building La Fedeltá to be one of the most powerful families on the West coast.
Planning a wedding.
Being a family man and growing my family with my wife.
But with all things, no one prepared me for the growing pains that came with building a mafia family from scratch.
The hard work required to maintain a happy marriage or balance parenthood.
I definitely wasn't prepared when my past mistakes came back to try to destroy everything and everyone I held dear.
With the Korolevstvo bratva threatening the survival of both my organization and my family, I had to unleash the very being I promised Aurora I'd bury—Moreno the devil himself.
I'd experienced too much loss, and I refused to have Alec and his men rip away the last piece of my heart.
I'd give him the war he wanted, and I wouldn't let up until every single one of them paid the price in the only currency the devil accepts.
In blood.
With our enemies slain, I was prepared to look to future ahead of us.
Building La Fedeltá to be one of the most powerful families on the West coast.
Planning a wedding.
Being a family man and growing my family with my wife.
But with all things, no one prepared me for the growing pains that came with building a mafia family from scratch.
The hard work required to maintain a happy marriage or balance parenthood.
I definitely wasn't prepared when my past mistakes came back to try to destroy everything and everyone I held dear.
With the Korolevstvo bratva threatening the survival of both my organization and my family, I had to unleash the very being I promised Aurora I'd bury—Moreno the devil himself.
I'd experienced too much loss, and I refused to have Alec and his men rip away the last piece of my heart.
I'd give him the war he wanted, and I wouldn't let up until every single one of them paid the price in the only currency the devil accepts.
In blood.
- GenresRomanceDarkDark Romance
390 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 9, 2021
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Ember Michaels
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January 18, 2022
One of the things I admire most in a writer is fidelity to the characters he brings to life. Because it doesn't seem fair to me that having the power to decide on the destiny of all of them, the infinite capacity to give them a voice, that unique voice that defines them, in the end that power is used to betray them. We live in the world of political correctness, and for that reason more than ever I admire those who do not bow to that idea. As a reader I have felt betrayed many times; when for a good part of a book I have been sold an idea, characters you connect with, and at the end of the story fear, or lack of daring, or submission to political correctness, turns the villains into a caricature of themselves, I feel betrayed. I know that's the author's power, that's his right, but I can't help but feel that way.
None of this has happened however with Ember Michaels' complete Rules of Bennett collection, which I just devoured like there was no tomorrow. I always say in my reviews that I have a strange passenger in me who likes it dark when it comes to reading stories. Who feels excitement not with the heroes and heroines, but with the villains, the corrupt ones, the ones who corrupt the morals of others to lure them to the dark side of desire for power, for pleasure, for sin. And that's why I like the bad guys to win.
That's why I have read all four books in this collection in one sitting and with bated breath at times, and with gasping breath at others. Because this author has given me with this work much more than I could have expected: faithfulness to the end. Bennett is a violent, sinister character, lacking a moral compass except when it comes to protecting his own, his family. He commits atrocities and gets rich trafficking women, drugs, and has no regrets. He has no remorse, and although he might have wished at a given moment that his life had been different, once he has made his choice he always holds his head high. He recognizes himself in his actions, and owns who he is. He is not presented to us softened, he is shown to us starkly, but also in a context that hereby allows us to understand why he is the way he is. And the author does not betray his character, does not seek his redemption at all costs, although she makes him evolve at least in his relationship with those he loves, recognizing him a point of humanity and a capacity to love that it would be unfair to deny.
Aurora, on the other hand, is quite a discovery. She is exposed to all kinds of suffering, physical, mental, spiritual, but she survives because not doing so is not an option. I was moved by the way the author narrates this ordeal, and the skill with which she makes her grow and evolve like a chrysalis. She makes her hatred and thirst for revenge believable in a brilliant way, and transforms her into a beautiful final creature. Having suffered as she has, the easiest thing would have been to seek for her a more comfortable evolution, having kept her pure. But the author does not do so, but twists her until her moral compasses gradually change, and that innocent young woman who was once caught in the nets of human trafficking, ends up assuming a role that was unthinkable when she was first introduced to us. I won't give anything away that would spoil the reading, but the Aurora who writes the last lines of the story is a powerful and exciting character.
Thank you Ember Michaels for not betraying your characters, nor the readers who, like me, truly love dark stories.
None of this has happened however with Ember Michaels' complete Rules of Bennett collection, which I just devoured like there was no tomorrow. I always say in my reviews that I have a strange passenger in me who likes it dark when it comes to reading stories. Who feels excitement not with the heroes and heroines, but with the villains, the corrupt ones, the ones who corrupt the morals of others to lure them to the dark side of desire for power, for pleasure, for sin. And that's why I like the bad guys to win.
That's why I have read all four books in this collection in one sitting and with bated breath at times, and with gasping breath at others. Because this author has given me with this work much more than I could have expected: faithfulness to the end. Bennett is a violent, sinister character, lacking a moral compass except when it comes to protecting his own, his family. He commits atrocities and gets rich trafficking women, drugs, and has no regrets. He has no remorse, and although he might have wished at a given moment that his life had been different, once he has made his choice he always holds his head high. He recognizes himself in his actions, and owns who he is. He is not presented to us softened, he is shown to us starkly, but also in a context that hereby allows us to understand why he is the way he is. And the author does not betray his character, does not seek his redemption at all costs, although she makes him evolve at least in his relationship with those he loves, recognizing him a point of humanity and a capacity to love that it would be unfair to deny.
Aurora, on the other hand, is quite a discovery. She is exposed to all kinds of suffering, physical, mental, spiritual, but she survives because not doing so is not an option. I was moved by the way the author narrates this ordeal, and the skill with which she makes her grow and evolve like a chrysalis. She makes her hatred and thirst for revenge believable in a brilliant way, and transforms her into a beautiful final creature. Having suffered as she has, the easiest thing would have been to seek for her a more comfortable evolution, having kept her pure. But the author does not do so, but twists her until her moral compasses gradually change, and that innocent young woman who was once caught in the nets of human trafficking, ends up assuming a role that was unthinkable when she was first introduced to us. I won't give anything away that would spoil the reading, but the Aurora who writes the last lines of the story is a powerful and exciting character.
Thank you Ember Michaels for not betraying your characters, nor the readers who, like me, truly love dark stories.
February 8, 2022
At first this book started of slow and very repetitive but it really picked up and had me wanting more! I can't wait for the next book.
April 14, 2025
The book begins with Aurora and Bennett struggling to adapt to life with a child. or rather, Aurora struggling to adapt with taking care of their son Liam and Bennett being consumed by work. In true Aurora fashion, she makes a drastic move but as soon as sex is on the table, she folds. Aurora is presented like she's supposed to be a strong, independent character but she really is just impulsive, selfish and ignorant. I haven't liked Aurora throughout the series and by the end of this book, I think I hate her.
Bennett's character isn't much better. An ally of Bennett's even tells him his impulsive nature is going to put his organization at risk. Bennett just doesn't feel like a leader. He handled the part of the Mareno organization at the beginning of the series well but La Fedeltà...not so much.
Aurora wants a normal life while still feeling powerful and important and it manes her come across as spoiled and entitled. Her desires are basically the driving force of this book.
I like the author's writing. The plot itself has promise, I just don't like the characters.
Bennett's character isn't much better. An ally of Bennett's even tells him his impulsive nature is going to put his organization at risk. Bennett just doesn't feel like a leader. He handled the part of the Mareno organization at the beginning of the series well but La Fedeltà...not so much.
Aurora wants a normal life while still feeling powerful and important and it manes her come across as spoiled and entitled. Her desires are basically the driving force of this book.
I like the author's writing. The plot itself has promise, I just don't like the characters.
June 9, 2025
Book Overall Rating: 2.25/5
Spice Level: 🌶️🌶️
The series is dark - check your TW before reading. Especially books 1 & 2.
Book 4 review: This wasn’t it for me, if I hadn’t already read books 1-3 and it wasn’t so short I would’ve DNFd. This book felt entirely unnecessary and I at first thought it was the happily ever after book but even that feels like a stretch.
Overall series opinion:
Series overall rating: 2.75/5
Circling back to write reviews now that I’m done with all 4 books. So here’s the thing, I had a pretty good time books 1-3. Was this series great? No. Was it unique and fresh? Eh kinda but it’s mafia romance which isn’t something I read often. Did I have fun? For the most part. Would I read it again? No.
I would probably have ended it at book 3 - book 4 felt unnecessary.
Spice Level: 🌶️🌶️
The series is dark - check your TW before reading. Especially books 1 & 2.
Book 4 review: This wasn’t it for me, if I hadn’t already read books 1-3 and it wasn’t so short I would’ve DNFd. This book felt entirely unnecessary and I at first thought it was the happily ever after book but even that feels like a stretch.
Overall series opinion:
Series overall rating: 2.75/5
Circling back to write reviews now that I’m done with all 4 books. So here’s the thing, I had a pretty good time books 1-3. Was this series great? No. Was it unique and fresh? Eh kinda but it’s mafia romance which isn’t something I read often. Did I have fun? For the most part. Would I read it again? No.
I would probably have ended it at book 3 - book 4 felt unnecessary.
November 12, 2023
Por mi acabo aqui esta saga pero creo que hay un libro mas que se llama "claimed by the underboss" bajo la perspectiva de Bruce y su nuevo juguete que es la hija de Alec..... y que no tengo entonces deje asi ....
Por su parte este estuvo bueno ... con accion pero tristeza al final porque se murio Savannah quien fue el sacrificio para el drama ...
Me hizo el dia el pequeño "emprendimiento" de Aurora ... meter el negocio de aseadoras domesticas y farmacias para hacer "prosperar" el negocio .... o sea le cambio la razon soial a la Bratva... jajaja ...
.... cualquier parecido con la realidad es pura coincidencia.
Por su parte este estuvo bueno ... con accion pero tristeza al final porque se murio Savannah quien fue el sacrificio para el drama ...
Me hizo el dia el pequeño "emprendimiento" de Aurora ... meter el negocio de aseadoras domesticas y farmacias para hacer "prosperar" el negocio .... o sea le cambio la razon soial a la Bratva... jajaja ...
.... cualquier parecido con la realidad es pura coincidencia.
September 8, 2025
I absolutely loved this book and series so far. The spice was 🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶. Bennett is such a angry tough loving tender man. He is protective of his family and has grown to learn to not his emotions cloud his judgment for payback! Aurora is such a badass FMC! She is growing to be a leader in her Mafia family. She has also been overcoming all she has endured from Bennett and loving him through it all. She has greived her old life and now her best friend. Aurora is now orchestrating her revenge for her family and turning into a straight badass Queen of her mafia family. I cannot wait to read the next book. Check triggers before you read! Loved loved loved it!
May 23, 2022
Wraps up Rules of Bennett series.
This is book four in the Rules of Bennett series, please be sure to read the prequel and the first three books before reading this book. While this may bring the Rules of Bennett series to a close it in no way means this mafia family's story is over. This is an excellent, very dark series that definitely contains triggers that are not for the faint of heart. I truly enjoyed this series and look forward to more books for the other characters of this series.
This is book four in the Rules of Bennett series, please be sure to read the prequel and the first three books before reading this book. While this may bring the Rules of Bennett series to a close it in no way means this mafia family's story is over. This is an excellent, very dark series that definitely contains triggers that are not for the faint of heart. I truly enjoyed this series and look forward to more books for the other characters of this series.
December 26, 2024
This book was pretty repetitive, but picked up towards the end.
I also feel like what happened at towards the end was painfully obvious. I felt like I was watching your stereotypical blonde girl run right into a serial killer in a movie.
The flip is Aurora’s character doesn’t sit right with me either. The past 2 books her alter was constantly with her, but this time we got nothing??
I also feel like what happened at towards the end was painfully obvious. I felt like I was watching your stereotypical blonde girl run right into a serial killer in a movie.
The flip is Aurora’s character doesn’t sit right with me either. The past 2 books her alter was constantly with her, but this time we got nothing??
7-tbr-ooit
September 12, 2021Part of
May 27, 2022
Loved the entire series! I am a big fan of Dark Mafia Romance and this series checked all of the boxes! I can't wait for Bruce's book!
December 30, 2023
Great ending to Savannah & Bennett’s series in a totally fu way and glad to hear that we get to read more about Underboss Bruce in his spinoff series “Claimed By The Underboss”
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