Extradition

Mobsters + Billionaires #1

by Kelly Fox

Fun fact: You can take the man out of the Mafia and put him in a fancy Manhattan high-rise, but that man’s always gonna have a little bit of mobster in him. Which probably explains why I told off my arrogant billionaire CEO, Rand Wolfe, in front of the entire company.

After our little exchange goes viral, I’m left with the choice of letting my father’s men toss Wolfe’s disrespectful ass into the Hudson or helping him escape. Long story short, I’m hiding out in the billionaire’s penthouse with my father’s extradition order hanging over my head.

Only…Wolfe’s nothing like I thought he’d be. This wealthy, powerful man is actually interested in what I have to say, and his alpha-hole façade falls apart completely when we’re alone.

God, he comes alive under my hands.

With other families getting involved and my father’s threats looming in the background, am I mob enough to save the man I’m falling for?

Extradition is a Manhattan romance that features an ex-mobster with a heart of gold, a billionaire with a tiny humiliation kink, and a snarky cast of criminals, reprobates, and other corporate types.

This is the first book in the Mobsters + Billionaires series. #dangerswoon

Genres: M M Romance, Romance, Contemporary, BDSM, Enemies To Lovers, LGBT, Forced Proximity

308 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 23, 2022

Reviews

[Rain · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have picked up and put this book down numerous times over the past month. It starts off with a billionaire CEO getting publicly shamed by one of his employees. Someone records the footage and it goes viral.

Said CEO, Rand, comes off as clueless. I was also clueless when Rand goes to find Joe to offer him his job back, and he finds Joe working for his mafia family shipping company. All of a sudden they are on the run? Because Mr ‘I have morals and companies should treat their employees fair’ is running drugs and guns for his family? Seems a tough foot to stand on when you are knowingly contributing to the downfall of many innocent lives.

The kink in this book is humiliation. I don’t like it being used towards a man who already has issues with a father who humiliates and belittles him. I’m also surprised that no one else found Joe a complete contradiction. He has no problem living off all that CEO money that he said was evil at the beginning of the story.

Decent enough writing but overall, this one simply didn’t work for me.

[Kati *☆･ﾟ · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5***** stars


What a fucking power couple they are! I had the bestest time with this from start to finish. Both powerful and confident when circumstances call for and vulnerable when they are alone and one of them needs it to be - while the other stays strong and supportive. So damn supportive!! Gawd their dynamic was freaking awesome. I loved everything about Rand and Joe.


I didn’t mind one bit that this story was mafia related or that they had a slight humiliation kink going on behind bedroom doors. Both things I normally despise in my romance. Quite the opposite actually. Their sexual encounters were hot as hell and the mobster issues along side the corporate ones made for an interesting plotline.

And speaking of it. I really liked that the story focused a lot on the issue how companies treat their employees and how the power couple fights for changes to modern thinking. I also looooved the found-family vibes at the end. They all were a pretty cool bunch and I can’t wait to see more of them all together.


So yeah, I enjoyed the f* hell out of this! And swooned so hard.

I’m already sorta, kinda…smitten-ish.”
[…] “Whatever. You’re smitten-ish too. Don’t try to deny it.”

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I can’t wait for the next books in the series to release. The sneak peak on the upcoming couples/characters sound so good already. I’m really glad I discovered this new to me author. I will def check out other books by her as well.


side note for the audio:
I actually only picked this one up to check out Blake Lockheart as a new to me narrator and I was not disappointed on this front as well. The audio was fantastic! What is really sad, however, is that there will be no more audios for this series (at least for now). That almost makes me sob, tbh. So reading it is.



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mobsters + billionaires series:

Book 1 - Extradition - 4.5 stars
Book 2 - Protection - 3 stars
Book 3 - Attraction - 4.25 stars
Book 4 - Distraction - 4.5 stars ♡

[Pauline · Rating 4 out of 5]

A cinnamon roll ethical billionaire and a goody two shoes anti-capitalistic mobster who hates violence except when someone is threatening his man?
Yes please.

This was a whole lot of silly, possessive, kinky and sometimes OTT fun with very strong MCs who had an amazing connection and I thoroughly enjoyed every second heheh 😌

And even though I realised that humiliation kink isn’t really my thing, I really loved the portrayal of aftercare here and the negotiation of kink was beautifully done! 🥹

Blake Lockheart did a great job narrating here (yes Kati, you were right!) and I’m a bit bummed he won’t do the rest of the series. I’ll check the audios out regardless because I’m enthralled by this weird little found family of misfits 🥰

[BelleLovesRomance · Rating 5 out of 5]

⭐️ 5/5 — This book gave me whiplash between horny swooning and cackling—10/10 would read again. 😌💘💀
🌶 4/5 — Power play + humiliation kink—billionaire CEO gets flustered, mobster gets smug, everyone gets off. 💦🔥🫦

💭 My Rambling 💭

Have you ever had a book literally scream 🗣 at you to pick it up? Like... It's sitting there on your e-reader whispering, ”Come on, baby, you know you want me.” 😏👀 Yeah. That was THIS book for me. My gut said it was gonna be a fun, filthy, emotional ride—and damn it, my gut was sooo right. 😌💯

I was practically vibrating with excitement, giggling like a gremlin, ready to dive in! 😆 Kelly Fox really said, ”Let's take a smart mafia boy and a needy billionaire CEO and make them fall in love, throw in some danger, sass, amazing SCs, and a whole lotta filthy, kinky spice.” 🔥 And she delivered. Like, chef's fucking kiss delivered. 🤌🏻💋✨️

🔫🔥 When “I Don’t Wanna Kill People” Turns Into “Touch Him and Die” 🔥🔫

Quote:
Rand: “Holy fuck! You went full mob on him, didn’t you?”
Joe: “No. He’d been dead if I’d gone full mob on him. And I didn’t wanna kill nobody today. Or ever, really.”
Rand: “Wait, did you just save my life again?”
Joe: “Nah. He wasn’t going after you. Which is good for him.”
Rand: “Why good for him?”
Joe: “If he were going after you, I’d killed him with my bare hands. And I wouldn’t a bothered with the niceties.”

💭 DID I JUST MEET A MOBSTER WHO ACTUALLY DOESN’T LIKE KILLING PEOPLE? 🤯 Yeah, I freaking did. 😭✨️ Joe’s out here trying to live his soft reformed life, minding his business—but the second Rand’s safety is on the line? Boom. All that “I don’t wanna kill nobody” energy goes straight out the window. 💀🔥 Next thing you know, he’s in full “TOUCH MY MAN AND I’LL BURY YOU” mode, and honestly… it was HOT AF. 🥵❤️‍🔥

Kelly really said, “Let’s make a killer with morals and a heart full of love”—and it worked. 🙂‍↕️ Joe’s got layers, baby. Mafia cinnamon roll with a gun. 🖤🍰🔫

💞✨️ Dominance, But Make It Emotionally Intelligent ✨️💞

Quote (Rand's POV):
My phone buzzes on my nightstand, and I pick it up, hating whoever’s trying to make me use my brain at a moment like this.
Joe: Are you okay with what we did?
I smile and roll my eyes, appreciating what he’s doing, even though it’s unnecessary.
Rand: Yes. Sexually frustrated, but I’m good.
Joe: Do you need anything?
Rand: Permission to jack off? Your rough hand on my cock? Your cock up my ass? All of these work for me.
Joe: Denied. Anything else? Water? Herbal tea?
Rand: Jerk.
Joe: You really wanna be disrespectful to me right now?
Rand: No. And thanks for asking. I’m going to try to sleep now.
Joe: Good luck. 😈
What the hell did I just get myself into?

💭 THE DUALITY OF THIS MAN 😩🤌🏻💘 One second he’s the bossy, dominant mobster denying Rand an orgasm, and the next he’s offering him herbal tea?! 😂 Like, SIR… ARE YOU GONNA SPANK ME OR TUCK ME IN??? 😭💀 Joe’s brand of dominance comes with communication, check-ins, and genuine care—and it’s sexy as fuck. 🫦❤️‍🔥

Quote (Joe):
“And even if you don’t need much in the way of aftercare, I do. If you could just let me know, for my own peace of mind, that I didn’t go too far and I’m not actually a terrible person, I would appreciate it.”

💭 This line? Straight-up melted me. 🫠💘 Big, tough mobster who’s not afraid to admit he needs reassurance and now the importance of aftercare? That’s ✨️REAL DOMINANCE✨️. No ego, no toxic masculinity—just care, communication, and control that feels safe and sexy all at once. 😍💞 Joe’s the kind of man who’ll ruin you in bed and then make sure you’re hydrated and emotionally okay after. 10/10 WOULD SELL MY SOUL FOR THAT COMBO. 😭🔥🧎🏻‍♀️

💵 Power, Pride, and a Dash of Humiliation 💼😳

Quote (Joe's POV):
Ducking his chin, he rubs his forehead. “Fuck, that is so embarrassing.”
I know he’s telling the truth because he’s beginning to tent his pants. I do love this little kink of his.

💭 Rand out here being a billionaire CEO with a humiliation kink like—BRUH, NOT THE FORBES 30 UNDER 30 BLUSHING OVER A SCOLDING 😭. And Joe? My man clocks it in 0.2 seconds and goes, “Yeah, I can work with that.” 😏👀 But the best part? He’s not doing it to be an ass—he’s doing it because Rand needs it. Man’s basically like, “If my pretty boy wants to be flustered, then flustered he shall be.” 😌 That’s love, baby—filthy, blushy, CEO-in-shambles kind of love. 😂💕

📊💦 The Table's Traumatized, HR's in Therapy 😭💀

Quote (Joe's POV):
I stroke him through the orgasm, his cum splattering on the fancy conference table.
“Look at this mess you left on the table. People work here, for God’s sake. Lick it up.”
Still inside him, I tighten my grip on his hips and arch my brow. Breathing hard, he leans over, tightening around me.
“Time’s a-wasting, billionaire. It’s better when it’s warm.”
He shivers around my cock as he begins licking up his cum in long, satisfying stripes.
“Oh, yeah,” I growl, draping myself over him, thrusting. “Now that’s a good boy.”
He moans and practically makes love to the table with his tongue, chasing every drop.
I lean in for a kiss, exploring him gently as his breathing returns to normal. “Take off my condom and lick me clean.”
He kneels and does as asked. I pour him a tumbler of water. “Drink.”
He complies, downing it in one go. I pull him into my arms and nuzzle into his hair. “You okay, baby?”
He nods, snuggling against me. “You were perfect, Joe. Fuck, I don’t know how, but you just get me.”
I let out a deep breath, happy he enjoyed it.

💭 HR COULD NEVER PREPARE FOR THIS LEVEL OF FILTH 😭—these two turned a boardroom into a damn altar of sin. Rand’s over there LICKING UP EVIDENCE LIKE IT’S PART OF THE QUARTERLY GOALS, and Joe’s just casually giving aftercare like, “Good job, baby, now hydrate.” Bro, this is criminally hot and also deeply romantic?! ❤️‍🔥 Only Kelly Fox could make “Lick it off the table” feel like a love language. 🥵🔥🍆💦

💥⚡️ The Scene-Stealing Chaos Crew ⚡️💥

I love every single SCs in this book. Luca and Ford? I’d sell organs for their story. 🙂‍↕️ Edgerton and Mads? Banter so sharp it could slice diamonds. 😆 Hopper and that mysterious RICO agent? 👀 Yeah, I’m feral for them too. 🤭 These people aren’t just background noise—they’re walking plot hooks, and I’m definitely gonna read their books too. 🙌🏻🤩📚

📝 TLDR 📝

Give this one a go if you like:
💼 Mobsters + billionaires — chaos, cash, and chemistry all in one explosive package 💣💋
🔥 Dominant but soft-hearted mobster who’ll kill for you and make sure you hydrate after 😍💧
😳 Power play + humiliation kink — CEO blushes, mobster smirks, we combust 🥵
💥 A healthy dash of action — bullets flying and Joe losing his shit (sexily) every five minutes 🔫💀
😂 Iconic side characters who steal scenes, drop sass, and make you wanna read the next book immediately 🙌🏻
💞 Aftercare, communication, and consent that make this filthy book shockingly wholesome 💫

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Quotes: ⚠️ Spoilers ⛔️

Essential, my hairy Italian ass.
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He finally smiles, and it’s vulnerable as hell. Yet another huge crack in his miles-above-everyone billionaire persona. The desire to surround him in bubble wrap is almost overwhelming.
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Winner winner, chicken dinner. Wolfe definitely wants to see my penis.
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I don’t think he knows what to do when I smile at him. It makes me want to do it even more.
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My eyes glide back down to his pajama bottoms. He shifts his hips, and his cock drifts from one side to the other.
If that’s what he looks like relaxed…
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“Psst, billionaire,” Joe says, crooking his finger at me. I lean in, nervous. “Calling anyone ‘the help’ is dehumanizing and marks you as an out-of-touch one-percenter who deserves to be eaten.” He emphasizes this by chomping his sexy teeth together.
Teeth are not sexy, dammit.
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I shoot him the finger, which cracks him up. He pokes my chest. “See, you’ve got a little Brooklyn in you too.”
I’d like to have a lot of Brooklyn in me, thank you very much.
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“What do you put in your meatloaf?”
“Are you allergic to anything?”
“No, but I already had a sandwich this afternoon, and the carbs—”
I cut him off with the gesture. “It’s meatloaf. It doesn’t matter what’s in it. You don’t get to pick at it. You don’t get to ask for special things. You just sit there and be a good boy and eat what I make for you.”
Did I put a little bass in my voice at the end there? Yes. Yes, I did.
Is it possible that I did it to see the pretty flush on his cheeks again? Hm, also yes. I usually go with my better judgment, but not tonight.
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I release him and bite my lip when he yanks down his T-shirt. My breathing picks up as I fixate on his discomfort, and it makes me want to soothe and fuck him simultaneously.
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Hot cum splatters across my chest then dribbles down my cock. Silently, he runs curious fingers through our combined spend. Mixing it, spreading it up and down my torso, pausing here and there to lick his fingertips.
My eyes track his movement as he scoops up a bit of the cooling liquid with his fingers.
“Open your mouth for me,” he says softly, the command undeniable. I do as he says, my eyes never leaving his. Gently, he pushes the cum onto my tongue. I moan and suck at his fingers, licking between them, wanting every last drop.
“Greedy.”
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He looks up at me, smiling. “Wait, did you not enjoy making me lick my cum off the table?”
“Oh no, I loved it. I just need to make sure that you loved it as well. And that you know that I’m not trying to be some controlling asshole.”
“Do you know how I know you’re not an asshole?”
I shake my head. He kisses my chest. “I don’t feel bad about myself around you.”
I groan as he trails his kisses up my neck, past my chin. Hovering over me, he looks me in the eyes, smiling sweetly before kissing me. It’s perfect and exactly what I need to come back to baseline.
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I didn’t want to kill those men.
I didn’t fucking want to kill those men.
But they put their hands on Rand, and everything went red after that.
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Rand looks at me, eyes popping out of his head. “You killed the guys who killed his team?”
I run the backs of my fingers across his cheek. “They were dead the second they put their filthy hands on you.”
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“You do have use for me though, right?” Joe asks, grinning as he takes my hand.
I thread my fingers through his, loving the way this small gesture makes my heart speed up. “You, Joe, are my most valuable asset. I could lose every penny, but if I still had you, I’d be the richest man in the world.”
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⚠️ Detailed spoilers below ⛔️

RC and MCs:
🔫💵 MM, vers
🔫💵 Joseph Portelli aka Joe (age not specified) and Randolf Wolfe Jr. aka Rand 35yo
🔫💵 Joe: Ex-mobster, Italian-American, working class, has an MBA, second in his class, low rank employee at Wolfe Athletics to VP of Company Culture
🔫💵 Rand: Billionaire, CEO of Wolfe Athletics, Harvard graduate, top of his class
🔫💵 Joe: Dom, dark hair, deep brown eyes, beard, tanned olive complexion, muscular (more than Rand)
🔫💵 Rand: Sub, pale golden blond hair, navy blue eyes, an inch or two taller than Joe

Genre, tropes, and microtropes:
🔫💵 MM contemporary romance
🔫💵 Mafia themes
🔫💵 Mafia/billionaire
🔫💵 Social class difference
🔫💵 Boss/employee (only on paper, the dynamic is more like equal partners)
🔫💵 Forced proximity
🔫💵 Enemies to lovers (briefly early on)
🔫💵 Found family
🔫💵 OTT
🔫💵 Closeted MC (Rand)
🔫💵 J/P MC (Rand)
🔫💵 Mine
🔫💵 Protective MC (Joe)
🔫💵 Mild D/s dynamics
🔫💵 Consensual negotiation
🔫💵 Power exchange
🔫💵 Humiliation kink (central to their dynamic, done lovingly and highly consensual)
🔫💵 Topping from the bottom
🔫💵 "Open your mouth for me"
🔫💵 "Use your words"
🔫💵 "That wasn't a request"
🔫💵 Joe shaves and uses an at-home laser hair removal device on Rand's hole
🔫💵 Lots of cuddling
🔫💵 Pet names: Lamb, little lamb, baby, sweetheart, my love, darling, doll, babe

Safety info:
🔫💵 Angst: Medium
🔫💵 OPD: No
🔫💵 Cheating/sharing: No
🔫💵 Third act breakup: No
🔫💵 Ending: HEA
🔫💵 Epilogue: Yes (6 months later)
🔫💵 POV: Dual, 1st person
🔫💵 Series structure: Interconnected standalone

Spice and kinks:
Mild D/s dynamics, power exchange, breath play, praise (good boy), frotting, cum play, dirty talk, humiliation kink, mild spanking, aftercare, semi-public sex (in the office meeting room with the door slightly ajar, no audience), blowjob, mild degradation (little slut, needy bitch), deepthroating, throatfucking, shower sex, water play (shower jets stimulation), anal sex (condom to bareback), orgasm control, handjob, sex toy (butt plug), cum plugging, rimming, tonguefucking, coming hands-free, mild electro-stimulation (off-page), outdoor sex (at the rooftop patio lounger next to the pool), edging, overstimulation, dry orgasm,

CW/TW:
Homophobic parent, classism, toxic masculinity, graphic on-page violence and murder (by MC, against the bad guys), gun violence, mention of death of family members (past and on-page for villains), being secretly photographed during sex (images later released), brief references of 9/11 terrorist attacks, brief reference of cheating parents, kidnapping, death, explicit sexual content, family trauma

[BookSafety Reviews · Rating 5 out of 5]

[updated info after reread] Book safety, content warnings, and tropes down below.

Sorry in advance for the long-ass review and excessive amount of quotes. I told myself it would be short and sweet, so of course it all went to shit.

Joe unzips his coveralls, shimmying out of the top and letting it pool around his waist. Oh. His arms are shocking.

This was my third time reading or listening to this book, and I had sort of forgotten how much I enjoy it. This is one of those series I listen to repeatedly for comfort, but for some reason got stuck listening to book 2-4 over and over. The first one is just as good, if not better than the rest of them. There’s some really good character development, with one of the MCs finally daring to find and be himself. There’s just the right amount of action for me, and I love the balance this author manages to find between romance and external fuckery every time. And as always, you can expect top tier smut.

“Who you calling Mr. Portelli?” My throat goes dry. He really looks like a mobster when he’s irritated. Fuck, that’s sexy.

Speaking of smut. There’s humiliation kink in this one, which I will freely admit normally isn’t my jam at all. Name-calling for example can often make me uncomfortable. In this one though, there’s somehow a lot of love behind it all (and minimal name-calling, lol). It’s not extreme in any fashion, but one of the MCs gets extra hot when he feels embarassed. There’s a lot of lovely aftercare whenever they’ve had a ‘scene’, and they both need it. The MC doing the humiliating needs to be reassured that what he’s doing and saying is really wanted, and that the other MC knows he doesn’t mean it/it isn’t mean-spirited. It all feels very loving and light hearted. That was a very long way to say, this has humiliation kink and I actually enjoyed it (with these MCs specifically. Still not really my jam generally, and that’s alright).

“Ducking his chin, he rubs his forehead. “Fuck, that is so embarrassing.” I know he’s telling the truth because he’s beginning to tent his pants. I do love this little kink of his.

Brushing a knuckle under his chin, I direct him to look at me. “And even if you don’t need much in the way of aftercare, I do. If you could just let me know, for my own peace of mind, that I didn’t go too far and I’m not actually a terrible person, I would appreciate it.”

One of my favorite parts of the entire thing is how Joe, the badass ex mobster, also needs comfort and care sometimes. He’s a refreshingly vulnerable character in a trope that often suffers heavily from alpha bullshit and toxic masculinity, which is actually a topic that is heavily touched on in the book itself. It’s all done really well imo.

“You could retire early. Live a life of luxury.” I pause, looking over at Joe. “Is that really what you think of me? That I would simply luxuriate in my wealth?” “Well, somebody should. If you’re gonna hoard all this coin, at least spend some of it for fuck’s sake.”

Highly recommend this book, and the rest of the series is lovely as well.

“Psst, billionaire,” Joe says, crooking his finger at me. I lean in, nervous. “Calling anyone ‘the help’ is dehumanizing and marks you as an out-of-touch one-percenter who deserves to be eaten.”


⬇️ Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️

⚠️ Tropes & content tags ⚠️
Backwards baseball cap
Mafia themes
Billionaire boss
Italian MC
Closeted MC
Aftercare
Docking
Mild exhibitionism
(Briefly) enemies to lovers
Forced proximity
Docking
Praise
Edging
Breath play
Cockwarming
Mild D/s dynamic
Hair-removal
Multiple O’s and overstimulation
Mild electro play

⚠️ Content warning ⚠️
Homophobic parent
Gun violence
On-page murder (by MC, bad guys)
Explicit sexual content
Humiliation kink
Brief mention of the 9/11 terrorist attacks
Toxic masculinity
Classist comments
Mention of death of family member (past)
On-page death of family members (bad guys)
Explicit sexual content
Spanking
Edging
Breath play
Mild degredation (bitch, slut)
Graphic violence
Attempted kidnapping of MC
Photographed having sex against will/knowledge (pictures released)
Brief mentions of cheating parents
Mild electro play

⚠️Book safety ⚠️
Cheating: No
Other person drama: No
Breakup: No
POV: 1st person, dual
Genre: Contemporary romance
Pairing: M/M
Strict roles or versatile: Versatile
Main characters’ age: 35 and not specified
Series: Interconnected standalone
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Pages: 310
Happy ending: Yes

These men and I cling to the alpha mindset because we’re fighting against the same deep feelings of disconnection and powerlessness, despite belonging to the most powerful demographic of modern society. But I wasn’t ready for that level of self-awareness, so I kept scrolling. After making a sizable donation to a women’s shelter, I still couldn’t sleep, […]

I call my security detail because people take the whole eat the rich thing far too seriously for my comfort.

Man, wealthy people are a trip and a half.

[Kaity · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reread/Relisten April 2023

Just like the first time reading this, I couldn’t put this down! This was one of Kelly Fox’s best books I think. And now seeing that the rest of this series is going on audio (book two just came out narrated by Declan Winters) I am excited to continue with these guys!

I just wish that Blake Lockheart was narrating but Declan Winters is still just a good narrator, so pumped to listen to book two!

4 stars: May 2022

sooo no idea why i loved this, but it was addictive from start to finish.

i am very excited to see where this series goes and if Blake Lockhart is narrating this will be a go to series for sure!

looks like i will need to take another look at Kelly Fox's backlist.

[Cat the bookworm (semi hiatus ish) · Rating 5 out of 5]

This author is hit and miss for me. This book by her was definitely a HIT (all caps)!

Hear me out. When you start reading a series called “Mobsters and billionaires”, you kind of guess that you need to grab a bag of popcorn and go for the ride, and don’t overthink the plot and the OTTness. It’s Mobsters. And Billionaires, so not some measly millionaire mc. So yes, you’ll have some stereotypical baddies, both on the mobster’s side (Joe, who’s not actually a criminal, but the illegitimate son of one of New York’s crime bosses), and on the billionaire’s part, too (Rand Wolfe is the son of an incredibly snobby and mean billionaire father, who tries to control everyone around him).

The book starts with a meeting of the workforce of Rand’s athletic wear company, where Joe stands up to Rand’s CEO corporate bullshit speech (and gets fired for it). Only the showdown goes viral, and it’s decided that Rand needs to get Joe back to work on something that keeps the company from tanking.

It goes spectacularly wrong ofc, and puts a bulls eye both on Joe and Rand - ending up in both having to keep a low profile. In Rand’s penthouse. Yes, there it is, another one of the tropes i like: forced close proximity.

Their dynamic is… chef’s kiss 🤌 (but make it sound Italian). It feels natural, inevitable, and VERY hot, despite featuring a kink I’m usually not a huge fan of (slight humiliation).

Ladies and gentlemen, that’s how you do chemistry. Again, 🤌🤌🤌. And again in Italian.

Rand isn’t a pushover by all means, but he enjoys giving up control. And feels safe to do it with Rand. I smiled so hard while reading it, it’s rare to see such a well balanced power couple.

Also an interesting part of the plot: they’re both setting off to change the company culture, fighting for improvements for their employees. It’s something I’m familiar with from my real life job, too, so I loved the points they were making.

That brings me to another thing I LOVED - the narration by Blake Lockheart. 10 stars out of 5, SO GOOD. But I’m absolutely crushed - the rest of the series isn’t on audio 🥺 (edit: checked again after Kati’s comment, there are audiobooks thankfully, but they’re not featured in the editions here on Goodreads. But they’re not narrated by Blake 😕 )

Will I read them nevertheless? Absolutely, because the side characters (and potential couples) and so unique and interesting, that I just NEED to see them have their HEA.

[yaishin · Rating 3 out of 5]

There was a point where I was unbelievably bored but a murder spree came by and I got excited and it got boring again and then they lived happily ever after🤡.

[AngelFire · Rating 2 out of 5]

Rating: 2.5 stars (rounded down)

Oh, boy. I had so many problems with this book that I barely know where to start and this review will be long. First - the positives.

I loved the BDSM scenes and the author's spin on the humiliation kink. It was gentle and playful while still being a solid representation of that kink. Gentle and playful BDSM relationships is my favorite form of BDSM, so this was everything I wanted. I also liked that they discussed their boundaries and checked in with each other when they wanted to try new things. During one scene, I got worried because Joe randomly decided to introduce something that they hadn't discussed and it seemed way too extreme compared to what they were doing before (Joe took pictures of Rand's naked ass) but then it turns out that no, Rand and I should have trusted Joe because obviously, he wouldn't do something like that (he had the camera in selfie mode while taking the pictures so he actually took pictures of himself).

I also liked the forced proximity aspect and that the story wasn't very action-based. After the setup, Joe and Rand are living together in Rand's apartment and the focus is on their developing relationship, rather than mafia shenanigans. I love domestic slow burns like this and it was wonderful seeing them spend time together as they grew closer. The pacing of the relationship was well done and the scenes of them in Rand's apartment together (whether they were cooking for each other, playing video games together or having BDSM fun times) were my favorite part.

Unfortunately, the rest of the story annoyed me a lot. A LOT. I'll go from small annoyances to the big ones.

The Dialog

The dialog is pretty bad throughout the book, mostly when the author is trying and failing to make Rand sound posh. But in general, the characters would flip back and forth between sounding like regular human beings and talking like AI robots. Joe's Brooklyn accent was the best written by far but sadly, he didn't use it a lot. But after Joe and Rand are officially together, the dialog falls off a cliff. Suddenly, there are constant endearments being used, love declarations and sappy overly dramatic discussions about their feelings. This made the bad dialog a lot worse.

Social Justice Discourse

The story starts out with a barrage of relentless anti-capitalism rhetoric that nearly made me DNF multiple times. Thankfully, the capitalism discussions became more nuanced as the story progressed, but I still hated the way social justice themes were crammed into the story. All rich people are evil and bad (the author literally refers to American CEOs as psychopaths) and non-rich people are all saintly and good. Rand's father is depicted like a cartoon villain who never undergoes any development and ends the story being as evil as he started. In fact, all of Rand's co-workers end the story exactly the way they started (either being good or bad, depending on their position in the company). Hilariously, our main characters (Joe and Rand) demonstrate that these divisions are childish nonsense but the author doesn't seem to realize this and keeps leaning into this rhetoric throughout the book.

Then there's Luca (the mob boss of the rival family), who is the most dangerous mob boss to ever exist, but he's also openly gay, wouldn't hurt a fly, is trying to help his autistic and environmentally conscious nephew find a job and raves about his sister being a feminist. The amount of eye rolling I did throughout this book nearly made my eyeballs fall out.

Rand aka Mr. Useless

What drew me to this story was the idea of a tough alpha-hole CEO going up against an equally tough former mobster. Unfortunately, that's not what I got. Rand is a weak, pathetic man who has spent his entire life doing what his dad wants him to do. He's a lovely, kind man but he has no backbone and no leadership qualities and as a result, I couldn't take him seriously as a CEO. During the story, the author pushes the idea that Rand changes, except he doesn't. Instead of doing what his dad wants him to do, he bows down to the next alpha in the room: Joe. He's switched from wanting to please his father to wanting to please Joe. We're constantly told that Rand is brilliant and a tough CEO, but we never see this. His personality doesn't support it and he rarely does anything CEO-like in the story. In fact, Joe is promoted at one point, which is followed by Joe basically running the company alongside Rand - except Joe demonstrates a lot more leadership than Rand does. Joe is leading board meetings, Joe is presenting at townhall company meetings etc. Meanwhile, Rand sits quietly and obediently on the side.

Unfortunately, Rand continues being useless and pathetic in all other aspects of their relationship. Rand has no security training, no weapons or combat training, has no experience dealing with the mafia and his cooking skills begin and end with making sandwiches. At every turn, Joe is clearly more experienced, skilled and knowledgeable than Rand. This pissed me off because this meant their BDSM dynamic (in which Rand is mostly in a submissive role) continued this imbalance. At the end of the day, I felt all Rand brought to the relationship that Joe couldn't get from somebody else is money. Massive imbalances like this are one of my pet peeves, which is why I didn't like these two as a couple. But speaking of Joe...

Joe aka Mr. Hypocritical-Gary-Stu

I hated Joe. It's clear we're meant to connect more with Joe than Rand (remember: rich people = evil) and to make absolutely sure that Joe is Number One in our hearts, the author always makes Joe the center of attention and always makes him the most talented/smartest/experienced in the room. Rand's security team is apparently very competent, but not when Joe's around. No, no. That's when they start screwing up multiple times so Joe can save the day. Rand can't stand up to his father or take control of the board. Nope - Joe does that. Rand has no idea how to handle the PR shitstorm from the start of the story so thank God that Joe Stu is there to help out. It got old very fast and it made the character seem like a caricature.

But nothing annoyed me more in this book than Joe's rampant hypocrisy when it comes to his social justice views. I hate hypocrites, no matter what their political views are and Joe represented the type of attitude that I can't stand. So Joe hates rich people, right? He hates unethical CEOs who hurt others in their pursuit of money, right? Okay, that's fine. I didn't like how he constantly shamed Rand and made Rand feel guilty for his position in the world, but I understood it.

But when Joe temporarily loses his job, he goes back to working for his mafia family at the docks, where he spends his time loading boxes onto containers THAT HE KNOWS MOST LIKELY CONTAIN ILLEGAL WEAPONS AND/OR DRUGS. He knows those weapons and drugs will be used to hurt countless people, but conveniently, his morals have suddenly gone on vacation. If he absolutely needed this particular job, then okay. But he doesn't. He could find other work. Even if he couldn't, he could easily leave NY to find other work. He has no important ties to New York and there's nothing keeping him in that hellishly expensive city except his own desire to be there. But no, for some reason, Joe's desire to stay in NY justifies his decision to commit crimes and hurt innocent people. But he has the gall to shame and guilt Rand for not having a decent health care plan for his employees?

When Joe moves in with Rand, there are even more examples of Joe's ridiculous 'do-as-he-says-not-as-he-does' attitude towards social justice. He hates rich people and thinks they should share their wealth with others. But when he lives with Rand, he doesn't offer to chip in with the household finances until months later and he has no problem with Rand buying him clothes and an expensive VR gaming set. This despite the fact that Joe has access to his bank account and received a massive raise just before moving in with Rand. Yes, Rand has tons of money and doesn't need Joe chipping in, but that's not the point. Joe never even contemplates paying for his own stuff or transferring funds to Rand. Obviously Joe couldn't afford half of the bills, but he could pay Joe what he would regularly pay for rent and other utilities. Rand could donate that money if he didn't want it, but the fact that Joe happily took Rand's money without any discussion while also shaming Rand about having that money was ridiculous.

Not to mention the thing with the VR gaming set (which would cost approximately $1000). This enraged me. Joe overhears Rand telling his PA to put the cost of the VR set on the company card. This means that company funds will be used to buy this very expensive toy instead of those company funds being used to create a better healthcare plan or raise salaries. These issues are things Joe had shamed Rand about multiple times...but when Rand uses that money to buy an expensive gadget for Joe to play with, then it's fine, right? RIGHT!? I don't know how to insert reaction gifs into reviews, but you can image what I'd put here.

Lastly, I was stunned that Joe happily accepted his completely undeserved raise and promotion without any discussion. Joe had been entry-level at the start of the story, which means he leap-frogged over dozens of people who had been working towards that raise and promotion, possibly for years. If this had happened to somebody else, Joe would have loudly shamed Rand about it and probably created another PR disaster for the company. But because it happened to Joe and our Joseph likes money, screw those social justice principles, right?

I'm probably over thinking this because I don't believe it was the author's intent to create a hypocritical, selfish character who only engages in performative activism and uses social justice issues to shame and bully others while not actually caring about creating positive change. But all of these issues are hot topics these days, which means I might not be the only one examining these things more critically.

The worst part is that all of this could have been avoided because all this stuff wasn't necessary for the main conflict. Rand and Joe just had to publicly fight over something (it could have been anything that's controversial), the mafia gets involved and BOOM - we get the forced proximity enemies-to-lovers setup that was the main point of the story. If the author had approached things differently, I have no doubt that I would have liked this much better.

[Romantically Inclined Reviews · Rating 5 out of 5]

Any book that starts with one character telling the billionaire character that billionaires are unethical pieces of shit... is a good book in my mind. Plus, this was muy kinky. Kelly Fox loves two things, of that I am certain: cock-warming and docking. And I am so grateful.

[Freya · Rating 4 out of 5]

4⭐️ 3.5🌶️

📝 REVIEW & THOUGHTS:

This was a lovely book. I truly loved Joe and Rand and how their relationship developed. They’re perfect for each other 🥰

I truly hope we get books for Mads, Luca/Ford and Hopper!

Thea books was swoon-y at times, hilarious at others, and in general the romance was pretty cute. I liked the execution of a Mafia romance with good communication. Now, Joe’s not exactly a Mafia man, but he’s part of a crime family, so this is more Mafia adjacent than true Mafia. And I gotta say I really enjoyed this little change.

Now the spice (for me) wasn’t the hottest, but it’s probably cause I don’t enjoy the humiliation kınk that much. But it was still nice to read.

🏷️ TROPES & TAGS (possible spoilers):

Genre/subgenre: mafia contemporary romance
Pairing: MM
POV: 1st person, dual
Angst: low
Burn: slow
Vibe/mood: sweet, swoon-y, darkish setting
Pet names: lamb, little lamb, baby, sweetheart, love, darling, doll, babe
Characters’ ages: 35/not mentioned, but of similar age
HEA: yes
Book type: novel
Series structure: interconnected standalones

Class difference
Forced proximity
Hāte-to-love
Found family
OTT, in a fun way
Partially closeted MC
Jealous and possessive MC
“Mine”
Protective MC
Good communication
Mafia themes

🌶️ SPICE & K!NKS (possible spoilers):

Strict top/bottom or versatile: vers (but rarely switch of control)
Heat: 9 scenes, medium to high heat
Power play
Humiliation kınk (main kınk)
Mild degradation
Mild D/s dynamic
Aftercare
Mild breath play
Praise (“good boy”)
Frottıng
Cūm play
Dirty talk
Mild spanking
Rimming
Comıng hānds-free
Edgıng
Shower sēx
Anāl
Bareback
Semi-public sēx (office)
Orgāsm control
Handjøb
Toy (būtt plug) / cūm plugging
Docking
Mild exhibitionism

⚠️ CONTENT WARNINGS (possible spoilers):

Dubcon: no
Noncon: no
OM/OW: no
Breakup: no
Graphic violence (on page)
Gūn violence (on page)
Mūrder (on page, by MC, bad guys)
Homophobic parent
Toxic masculinity
Photographed during sēx without consent (third person, pictures released to the public)
Brief mention of cheating parents
Attempted kıdnapping of MC
Classist comments
Mention of death of family members (past)


😤 LITTLE RANT (possible spoilers):

I’m still confused as to why Joe’s brother and father wanted to kıll Rand, like overreacting much? I guess he has an easy trigger, so it kinda makes sense…? But oh well, I guess I shouldn’t be here for the plot? 🤔

Don’t make me start on the use of Italian in the book. Italian speaking people don’t say “mio amato” as a pet name, we would say “amore mio”. And the use of “fancūlo” when he would’ve said “fūck” after eating that delicious sandwich or whatever it was, is WRONG! We wouldn’t say “fancūlo” since that literally means “fūck you” (but you wouldn’t use it for say “I fūck you”, just to clarify 😏) and cannot be used in that sense… we would most likely say “cāzzo” or depending on the region they could say “mınchia”, I guess, which literally means “cøck”. Yeah, Italian speaking people have a lot of cøcks in their mouths when they swear 🤭 I’d say I’ve taught you enough swear words in Italian for today… lol

Damn, this is why I mostly avoid reading books with Italian Mafia men, irks me so much lol. Authors need to do better when it comes to translating foreign languages in their books… I’m sure if you paste a paragraph giving context in DeepL, you’d get much better translations… or ya know… find a native speaker of that language have them read those paragraphs… 😤 oh and…. I guess this must be some Italian-American lingo cause the conjugation of “capisce” is wrong in the context it was used… if I’m talking to YOU, and not he or she, I would say “capisci” or even better in the past to make sure you understood and say “capito?”

AT LEAST the first love declaration WASN’T ruined by bad Italian. That one was actually quite nice ☺️

Also….. Luca is NOT a diminutive of Luciano!!! They’re two entirely different names for fūck’s sake!

💬 QUOTES (possible spoilers):

Essential, my hairy Italian ass.

“If he were going after you, I’d a killed him with my bare hands. And I wouldn’t a bothered with the niceties.”

“This would be such a pretty sight without that dirty, hairy hole. Thankfully, I can fix these things.”

“And even if you don’t need much in the way of aftercare, I do. If you could just let me know, for my own peace of mind, that I didn’t go too far and I’m not actually a terrible person, I would appreciate it.”

“People forget that CEO is just a hat like any other. Same with sub and Dom and top and bottom… I mean, when did people stop asking which hat they wanted to wear today? This hour? This minute?”

I wait for it and am not disappointed. “You… you’re… hairy!” “Baby, I’m Italian.” His glare could start a forest fire, and I wink back. “Don’t be shy. Get all the way in there. My hairy hole isn’t going to rim itself.”

“I am not small.” “Oh, Mr. Billionaire, you’re so big.” I snort, shaking my head at him. “I told you to stop listening to the men you paid to fuck you. But don’t worry. Your cock is sufficient. Like a training cock until I need something with a little more heft to it.”

“Good boy. Now lube up your pinky finger. That’s all I’ll need for that small cock of yours.”

He palms my jaw, bringing me in for another secretive kiss. “Yeah. Mi sono innamorato di te.” My heart pounds in my chest. Innamorato is a love word. “Did you say that you’re falling in love with me?” “Fallen. Past tense. I know it’s too soon, but—” I touch my fingers to his lips, smiling so wide it almost hurts. “I’m past tense with you too.”

* Fyi about 🌶️ levels: I rate spice on a combination of quantity, quality, length, intensity and explicitness of the scenes. K!nks are listed separately and generally do not directly affect the steam level to keep it fair for non k!nky books.

[⋆｡°✮ Lucy InTheSky ✮°｡⋆ · Rating 2 out of 5]

“Time for your gherkin, baby.”



This is as far from a mafia book as you can get. 2.5⭐

Actually the whole story is full of contradictions and the only two people standing out that are making me pick the next installment are Luca and Hopper.

I get this is supposed to be an ott, funny kinda story, but it's really not. Maybe it started out promising, but this was 300 pages of boredom.

🔵 Billionaire/mafia bastard son (who's not really in the mafia)
🟣 Both gay
🟢 Both around/or 35 years old
🟡 Boss/employee
🟠 Alpha pack mentality - talk of
🟣 Forced proximity
🔵 A lot of BE for an American setting
🌶️ Smut descriptive, but felt off; oral, rimming, penetrative; both vers (surprising)

So the story starts out funny with Joe, the bastard son of a Brooklyn mob boss, who's trying to make it in the corporate world, sticking it to Rand, the young billionaire CEO of a luxury athletic company, who's obsessed with the Alpha pack mentality that's been instilled into him by his father.

If the story would follow that direction and the topic of business tycoons and their immense wealth compared to the wages of an average working American, I'd be completely behind it.

But it didn't.

Joe rescued Rand from his mob family and quickly moved into his prestigious penthouse where he enjoyed the perks of living rent-free with a butler, not to mention he got his raise and a new job offer, so 😄 how is he sticking it to anyone??

Better working conditions and a bigger salary was a small part of the whole package that Joe got, while most of the story revolved around Joe and Rand living together and dealing with the Brooklyn and Manhattan mob family.

Rand and Joe were boring. I didn't really get their dynamic. Rand was a closet gay and he wanted to be dominated, he was clearly submissive and needed a strong partner, he read like a bottom, claimed to be one, yet they were verse and that completely changed the whole dynamic. At the end I didn't really get what the author was trying to do here.

“I pay guys to top me, and they still treat me like the CEO. You’ve never treated me like the CEO, even when you call me a billionaire.”

“You dog! Do you know how hard it is to find somebody who will top a billionaire?”



Yeah, I don't think so. Money will buy you just about anything. And a good looking, filthy rich bottom has absolutely no issues finding a lay, so whatthefuck?

Everyone talks about humiliation kink in this book - where the hell is it? Whatever this is, it's not well done, it was unclear to me where the author wanted to take this. If Rand is submissive, make him submissive. Cherry on top was the ass hair part with the laser. My god, cringe AF. I really expected a certain dynamic here and this wasn't it.

So after tons of side characters stepped in, I couldn't wait for this to be over.
The author has to decide if this is New York or London, because the dialogues are written in British English topped with a bit of Brooklyn dialect, so it was weird, the whole thing.

I'm interested in Hopper and Luca, that's it.

[KP · Rating 3 out of 5]

#1 Extradition: ★★★☆☆ | 3 stars

Hmmm.....this one really didn't live up to my expectations. I generally love Kelly Fox's books. I love her morally gray characters, action packed stories, and swoony romances. But, this one missed the mark for me. And, honestly I think a lot of my issues center around the humiliation kink.

First, I want to say that I have read and enjoyed books with humiliation kink in them before. It doesn't have to be my kink for me to enjoy it - so I don't want my criticism to come off as me yucking someone else's yum. But, in the other books I read the humiliation component was more teasing and embarrassing the other person about their reactions, or desires, or getting caught. But, here - rather than teasing or embarrassment, the humiliation came across as rather cruel.

I think a lot of this has to do with the way our characters are introduced. They meet when Joe (our blue collar, mafia don's illegitimate son) eviscerates Rand (our billionaire CEO) publicly, and the video of their exchange goes viral. They are then forced to work together to save Rand's company while trying to survive Joe's family. But, because Joe seems to genuinely hate Rand at the beginning of the story, his "humiliation" of Rand feels less like sex games, and more like genuine disgust. That line between how he really feels about Rand and what is just part of their kink was far too blurry for my personal taste so it made it really hard to root for this romance.

There are 2 instances that really took it too far for me:

1. “You've paid men to tell you that you’re good in bed when I’ll tell you you're lousy at it for free." This wasn't sexy to read. And, nothing about it seems like Joe is just playing. It feels like he genuinely loathes Rand.
2. “And now, I can pull up a picture of my billionaire all bent over and waiting for me any time I want. Maybe with my next guy, I'll put it up on the TV so we can both enjoy your hole while we fuck each other.” Joe takes a picture of Rand without his consent and then the "sexy" part is him laughing about having sex with someone else while they both make fun of Rand? This yanked me right out of the story, and I genuinely had to set it down and pick it back up later.

There were others that I didn't enjoy, but seemed to fit within the confines of their kink. And, yes. I do appreciate that after these instances they did talk about it. And, Rand was good with it and enjoyed it. But, it wasn't sexy for me to read, and it made it really hard to believe that Joe even liked Rand until close to the very end.

Also, given Rand's history of a father who has spent his entire life tearing him down, publicly humiliating him, and making him feel worthless, a praise kink would have felt a lot better to read. I would much rather see Rand with a partner that gets off on building him up and making him feel worthy rather than getting off on humiliating him just like his dad does.

Three Thoughts:
1. I love all the side characters, there was a real found family vibe which I always appreciate. Kelly Fox always does such a great job of that in her books.
2. I can't wait to read about Luca and Ford's romance. Ford is going to make Luca work for it. Also, I absolutely need Hopper to get a book with his FBI agent.
3. I really appreciate that in a billionaire romance, Kelly Fox tried to address the ethics of having that kind of money. I really liked seeing our billionaire hero working to change his company and the lives of his workers.

While this book was definitely a miss for me, I will be giving the rest of the books in this series a go.

content warnings: toxic parental relationship, violence, sex (on page), humiliation kink, murder, attempted kidnapping, attempted murder

[Lola · Rating 4 out of 5]

Actually 3 stars but it's a me problem so I am trying to be fair.

I have noticed lately that when I try to read books that include the mafia in some way, I simply cannot do it. It doesn't matter if it's a more dark/serious tone or something like this where it's on the "lite" side of things - it simply bugs the shit out of me. I find myself rolling my eyes at everything and I can't enjoy the story.

It's crazy because I've read serial killer books and other dark romances that are definitely in a similar OTT vein, but it seems mafia books hit this particular nerve the most. I know I have to be in a specific mood to accept OTT scenarios in general, but I'm wondering now if mafia is just a no go regardless of mood. It's a shame because I love obsessive/possessive MCs and mafia romances have that in abundance, but my stupid brain won't let me enjoy them.

On to this book, though. I loved the idealism here - love a regular office worker saying "fuck it", fully dressing down his billionaire CEO employer, having it go viral, and then the billionaire CEO going through some serious soul searching and them building the company back up and making it better together. It was sweet and, while that's pretty much as equally unrealistic as the mafia stuff, I guess it didn't matter. No idea how that makes sense.

I really liked both MCs and the setup was actually pretty fun. I think if Joe hadn't had any mob connections and there had been a different reason for them to be in danger, I would've really enjoyed this. Joe was so, so protective of Rand and they were total green flags with each other - there was no angst or miscommunication between them. Rand was absolutely so fucking horny for Joe in the beginning and I swear he didn't have a single thought that wasn't about how much he wanted to get smashed by Joe.

Their sexual dynamic was pretty fun. I love D/s and I'm totally good with humiliation kink when it's done right - which it was. I liked Joe checking in with Rand during non sexual times to make sure they were on the same page with what they were doing. I don't see it that often but for this kind of relationship it's important. I'm not a huge fan of vers MCs in this kind of dynamic but Joe was in charge no matter who had what where so it still mostly worked for me. I do wish that their sexual progression had been more consistent. It seemed like there was a lot thrown in and I wish they'd stuck to one thing.

One thing that felt off for me was the internalized negativity around being a bottom. There was a lot of shame and embarrassment from Rand - not necessarily because he was gay but because he was a bottom. I have seen this a handful of times before where an MC is like "being gay is bad enough but I don't even do the fucking" and, while I get that it's another layer of misogyny and homophobia that people deal with, it just felt like there was a lot of emphasis on it here and it was weird. At one point, one of Rand's friends says "it's so hard to find someone who will top a billionaire". Like... what? What are you talking about? I know Rand has toxic "alpha wolf" thoughts and that's part of what he has to undo but, idk I've never seen that focused on so much.

Anyway, I think if you've liked Kelly Fox's writing in the past, you're into eating the rich, and you enjoy mafia related stories (unlike party pooper me), then this would be a good pick for you.

Pet names: baby, little lamb, sweetheart, mio amato (tbh there were more but all these names were used like one time - like we were just doing a sampler platter. Not my fav way to do pet names.)

This is what happens when you don’t have enough people willing to say no to your face.

When he turns to open the refrigerator, I get the full view of his thick, muscular glutes in my joggers. I’m not a religious man, but God, do I want to worship at the altar of his ass.

I shoot him the finger, which cracks him up. He pokes my chest. “See, you’ve got a little Brooklyn in you too.” I’d like to have a lot of Brooklyn in me, thank you very much.

He’s in a shitty mood, and I don’t need him accusing me of jealousy. I mean, I’m clearly jealous, but that’s none of his fucking business.

“Are you threatening me?” Joe closes the distance. “I am absolutely threatening you. Just like Rand, I learned at the feet of my father. The most important thing he taught me, Mr. Wolfe, is that there are a great many things worse than death. And when I’m protecting Rand, I am capable of all of them.”

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Safety (may contain spoilers)

SA/rape: None

Other person drama: None. Some mentions of both having casual sex with other men in the past but absolutely nothing once they speak to each other.

[Dee · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF@12%

it’s just me not the book, I’m not into the extremely OTT stories. I’m open to reading other books by the author just not this one.

[therese ˃ᴗ˂ · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love their dynamics. I love the setting. Yes, some are cringe-y and OTT but I love the development. Their love story went from hot to cute and I don't mind. I love that they are affectionate with one another.

[Simona · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hot as hell.
Love a good mafia romance

[Aղցela W. · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was book 1 in the "Mobsters and Billionaires" series. This was a really good read. While in a company meeting Joe tells off the CEO Rand Wolfe and there exchange goes viral when his companies sticks tank Rand knows that he has to work with Joe to make it right so he goes to the docks to find him only he gets more than he bargained for. Joe comes from a mafia family and he doesn't want to be in the mob so he went to school. When Rand shows up without his bodyguard and when Joe's brother Sal sets eyes on him his life is in danger so Joe safes him only to blow up his life. This was a good read Joe was willing to do anything to keep him safe. Rand was raised to be the alpha and everyone else is less than him Joe helps him see that you can't treat people like that and that if you pay your employees a far wage and good benefits they will be productive. His father was not happy and I happy when he started standing up to him. Joe has always had issues with his family he is the illegitimate son whose mother left him with his father he was raised by his grandmother his father put a hit out on him for protecting Rand. While living together they begin working to rebuild the company and they begin getting closer and having sex they are just what the other needs. I really liked both of these characters both had daddy issues but Rand is a billionaire while Joe grew up in the mob. I also liked the secondary characters in this book and it was good to see the beginning of Luca and Ford. This book was well written with no errors in grammar or spelling. I am looking forward to reading the next book in this series.


"You can take the man out of the Mafia and put him in a fancy Manhattan high-rise, but that man’s always gonna have a little bit of mobster in him."

[Ditte · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rating: 3.5

Pretty hot and enjoyable mafia/billionaire book with a "capitalism is evil... but let's not fully denounce it" storyline.

It was a funny mix of over-the-top stereotypical character traits and tropes (lots of growling from the macho Italian dom, forced proximity leading to passionate sex, equating bottoming with femininity and subbing, the "alpha" being shown who's really in control, mafia families, "I'm against violence but I'll kill anyone who looks at you wrong", etc) vs semi-succesful attempts to add depth to these or flip them on their head (billionaire mc but the moral of the story is "capitalism is evil" though the billionaire remains one at the end, the Italian mobster is vers and also in touch with his feelings, macho/alpha culture is bs, etc)

Overall a success for me but I don't know that this is a series I need to continue lol

[Emmy · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 ⭐️

This book surprised me so much! It was so OTT but soso entertaining at the same time 😍😂

I loved the characters and their relationship turned out to be so adorable!

I was expecting a super surface level dudebro relationship but they actually talked so much and were so vulnerable with each other. I loved how secure in his masculinity Joe was and how he helped Rand figure himself out.

The humiliation kink was well treated and extremely mild so I would say that it should be safe for most people ^^

Overall such a fun and sweet read!

Narrator: Blake Lockheart

[Joyfully Jay · Rating 4 out of 5]

A Joyfully Jay review.

4 stars

Extradition is the first book in Kelly Fox’s new Mobsters & Billionaires series. I have never read anything by Fox and the premise of this story intrigued me and I ended up enjoying it quite a lot. There is a nice opposites attract vibe here of men from totally different backgrounds and walks of life, with two very different personalities, somehow making a perfect fit for one another. The story starts on somewhat of an enemies to lovers note as the men have a big fight that ends up being caught on camera and causing things to explode at Wolfe Athletics. There is a nice forced proximity element as the two have no choice but to stay secluded together for their safety, giving the men a chance to get to know one another beyond first appearances. Despite the fact that they are so different, they are a good fit and really bring out the best in each other. They are also a super steamy couple and there are a lot of intense scenes here.

Read Jay’s review in its entirety here.

[Mx. T *Chaotic Reader* · Rating 4 out of 5]

How come I didn't know this series existed? I've been missing out! How fucking good is this? The relationship development was brilliant, the soft humiliation kink was perfect, and the bit of action and mob/business shenanigans was super entertaining.
The general 'eat the rich' vibe is MY vibe and I loved it soooo much.
I LOOOOVE this. Joe and Rand are 🤌🏽
On to the next in the series 😍

[Cyndy · Rating 4 out of 5]

It took me a minute to get into this story. This author and I have been hit and miss so I’m glad that I really liked this one. I love Rand and Joe and am looking forward to reading about the other characters introduced.

[Duffette · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this series

Rating:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Spice:
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

I love going back to revisit characters. This is the 3rd or 4th time I've read this book. It's just so wholesome to see the Mobster bring the Billionaire down a peg or two.

Joe wanted to escape his mobster life by working in corporate America, and after a viral video of him arguing with his CEO over the Alpha Wolf mentality, the company takes a nose dive in the stock market.

Rand quickly tries to stop the hemorrhage by getting Joe to come back to work for him, but ends up sticking his foot in his mouth by inadvertently offended the mafia. Joe saves his life at the cost of putting a target on his back, & now we have a nice forced proximity situation that leads to all kinds of sexy fun times.

It was watching Rand come into his own with Joe there to support him.

Great series, I love how they connect with others. Hopper & Anders are my favorites still, especially when they team up. We get to meet Hopper in this book.

[Steph (semi-hiatus) · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm not usually one for mafia books. There are very few that I've read and enjoyed. I'm not one for violence. I don't like a lot of politics either. Regardless of setting, MC, Mafia, books with politician characters. Typically these things are an automatic pass.

While this book was violent, it wasn't there to just be there. Joe was violent. Only to protect Rand.

And yes, there were politics. But they aligned with mine so I was okay with it. (Eat the rich, btw)

This is probably Kelly's spiciest book yet. It's still a bit of a slow burn. But, once the slow is over the burn is HOT!

[Kenny Danewitz raveh]

DNF at 33% no rating.
This was boring, I know Rand was written the way he was (posh, cowardly, a sheep in a wolf skin) so he will get over it but it was not appealing enough for me to wait for it.
Joe wasn't acting Mafia at all, a bit of temper and some swearing were not enough. everything felt mellow.

[Trip · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book surprised me a lot, it wasn't what I was expecting but very much in a good way! I enjoyed how the story managed to capture so many themes, while still following a plot and the relationship development is so fun.

Rand and Joe have incredible chemistry, despite their first conversation being a disaster and starting the chaos of events that follow. I kind of loved that about these two, they're flawed and aware which they use to their advantage in a way.

Also the steamy scenes while slow build up are stunning once the heat hits. Involves kink in a variety from humiliation, dom/sub and toys. Oh and there's a docking scene! Rand & Joe are rather versatile too.

Rand and Joe are sweet, with plenty of banter and learning from each other. Their gaming sessions, meals and escape together.

While has romance developing throughout, there is also a large focus on the business and politics involving the work. Treatment of staff, recognising everyone is important and deserve equal opportunity.

I'm not often a fan of too much political and work based chat, as majority flies over my head or grow bored. Yet I enjoyed it here for the focus on how no billionaire is ethical and how explored in various conversations.

Also the wolves and pack's conversations were entertaining. I loved how Joe flipped it back on Rand and how used again in the end was perfect!

While there is mafia involved that plot seemed almost secondary to the work focus, but fitting as they're hiding out at Rand's. I must say I did appreciate that got some action eventually, threats and gun fights - protective and dark side of Joe was great to see.

Got to mention the amazing side character's too, I'm excited to see their stories after introductions here look to be fun. From Edgerton, Mads, Ford, Luca, Grayson, Hopper. Just so many opportunities to explore, can't wait!

Overall an entertaining read, with so much to enjoy. Whether mafia, politics, billionaires or kink. Along with steamy and sweet romance, great from start to finish 💕

[Monikat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Vive la revolution!💥

Power to the people!👏💪

All that and more. This book was very very satisfying and I'm not even talking about the sexy.🔥

It had it all, the kink was kinky and the mobster was full on mafia.
And the love was a thing of beauty.♥️
I loved it!

[Cee · Rating 3 out of 5]

ehhhh it was good and I really enjoyed it, but the sex scenes and some other interactions just didn't hit right for me. Although, I'll probably read on.

[Ana Nimity · Rating 5 out of 5]

The first book in a brand new series, no overlap with previous series (at least not yet!) Extradition grabbed me from the first chapter and didn't let me go.

I'll be clear about one thing - I'm not a fan of humiliation kink. At all. But one of the MCs has a thing for moderate humiliation, and the other obliges. I was able to read the book without being uncomfortable except in a couple of very brief instances.

It's sexy and hot, as you'd expect from Kelly Fox, with an interesting storyline and quite timely themes. The cast of characters is varied and interesting, but never outshine the MC pairing.

That said, I'm really interested in the other characters!