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The Family #5
The Don
Salvatore
Last spring I spent one afternoon claiming Shae's body and giving her my heart in return. After months of dreaming about a woman I could never keep, she walks back into my life, and I never plan to let her go again. Unfortunately, someone is trying to kill me, but someone is always trying to kill me. The only difference this time, is that I can't toy with my would-be murderers for sport. My only mission is to protect Shae and the future we could have together. I have no problem killing everyone standing in my way.
Shae
Soooo... I'm single, pregnant, in Italy, definitely in danger, and I think, maybe, a little bit in love. I could be high on the pregnancy hormones, but after months of stress and worry, Salvatore's single-minded focus on feeding me and making me come feels like heaven. There are a few more guns than I'm used to, but at the end of the day this is the man and the life I deserve!
Content Warnings
Shooting deaths
Kidnapping
Physical violence
Last spring I spent one afternoon claiming Shae's body and giving her my heart in return. After months of dreaming about a woman I could never keep, she walks back into my life, and I never plan to let her go again. Unfortunately, someone is trying to kill me, but someone is always trying to kill me. The only difference this time, is that I can't toy with my would-be murderers for sport. My only mission is to protect Shae and the future we could have together. I have no problem killing everyone standing in my way.
Shae
Soooo... I'm single, pregnant, in Italy, definitely in danger, and I think, maybe, a little bit in love. I could be high on the pregnancy hormones, but after months of stress and worry, Salvatore's single-minded focus on feeding me and making me come feels like heaven. There are a few more guns than I'm used to, but at the end of the day this is the man and the life I deserve!
Content Warnings
Shooting deaths
Kidnapping
Physical violence
231 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 19, 2022
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Katrina Jackson
57 books727 followersKatrina is a seasoned spinster with an active imagination, a love of romcoms and a keenly critical nature. She's a college professor by day who writes romances by...weekend. Right now she also happens to be on summer vacation. She enjoys yogurt, sparkling water and her three cats, who don't appreciate her love.
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March 31, 2022
Finally! After reading Beautiful and Dirty I was breathlessly awaiting Shae and Salvatore's story. The Don continues with their reunion, Shae returns to Italy to find her cousin (The Hitman) and is reunited with Salvo instead. They have both been pining for each other after the afternoon delight they shared months ago. But now Shae is preggo from that encounter and Salvatore is determined to get out of the Mafia and give Shae and their baby the life they deserve.
This was a set your pants on fire steamy but low key violent Mafia romance. Salvo is an older man and is questioning all his life's choices including his marriage to a woman who is scheming to have him killed. When he meets Shae, he sees what he has been missing and when she shows up pregnant he decides to make her his and live his best life outside of the Family. There is lots of banging, some sweet moments around the Mafia shenanigans. I had a good time reading this but several things kept it from being a favorite like The Hitman. Character development was a little lacking in this one. Shae turns into a one dimensional horny woman who only thinks of sleep, sex and food. She's like a teenage boy more than a preggo woman. This is also insta love which is fine but I like to be able to point out the moment when it happened. Here they just progress from banging like bunnies to love. I was also confused sometimes by the writing. Like their reunion scene. It was all from Shae's POV but she passes out so the reader doesn't get to see any of it. I still don't know when Salvo realized she was pregnant. Who told him? No clue. But the feels o' meter doesn't lie and this is a solid one.
Tropes:
Second chance
Age gap
⭐⭐⭐⭐
🔥🔥🔥🔥
This was a set your pants on fire steamy but low key violent Mafia romance. Salvo is an older man and is questioning all his life's choices including his marriage to a woman who is scheming to have him killed. When he meets Shae, he sees what he has been missing and when she shows up pregnant he decides to make her his and live his best life outside of the Family. There is lots of banging, some sweet moments around the Mafia shenanigans. I had a good time reading this but several things kept it from being a favorite like The Hitman. Character development was a little lacking in this one. Shae turns into a one dimensional horny woman who only thinks of sleep, sex and food. She's like a teenage boy more than a preggo woman. This is also insta love which is fine but I like to be able to point out the moment when it happened. Here they just progress from banging like bunnies to love. I was also confused sometimes by the writing. Like their reunion scene. It was all from Shae's POV but she passes out so the reader doesn't get to see any of it. I still don't know when Salvo realized she was pregnant. Who told him? No clue. But the feels o' meter doesn't lie and this is a solid one.
Tropes:
Second chance
Age gap
⭐⭐⭐⭐
🔥🔥🔥🔥
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July 5, 2022
Pregnancy does make you horny. This is true.
Excited for the peek at Dante.
Excited for the peek at Dante.
March 27, 2022
There was a lot going on in this one, but I loved how at the heart of it Shae and Salvatore were able to let each other know that their one afternoon together was not an anomaly. They were so happy to be back together. Sadly real life interrupted in the form of exactly what/who Salvatore was. He had to take moves to make sure that he could keep Shae safe and ensure that they would be able to live a good live basking in each other's love. It was iffy for a bit, but he managed to get it done.
On a side note, I loved how Salvatore dealt with meeting the Council of Aunties, so great!
On a side note, I loved how Salvatore dealt with meeting the Council of Aunties, so great!
March 21, 2022
Four and a Half Stars
Bonkers, bananas, and babies. Honestly such a fun ride.
Bonkers, bananas, and babies. Honestly such a fun ride.
June 6, 2022
I didn't love the short story where we first met Sal and Shae for mostly me reasons—it had both infidelity and surprise pregnancy, the combination of which is the literary equivalent of my death knell. But I absolutely loved The Hitman and The Enforcer. The stories play out concurrently so I was curious about how the larger arc would resolve here. I still don’t care for those elements but I wound up really enjoying this!
Sal is constantly cooking for Shae and tending to her every need (which conveniently involves a whole lot of orgasms.) Katrina Jackson has managed to create a mafia world that shows the ugly side of the business without getting lost in it. This is what these men know how to do. They have their reasons and they’re good at it. Shae didn’t always seem to understand the danger she was in, which could be annoying, but I did get a kick out of how she’d try to remember what she saw in mafia movies and compare it to what was happening in front of her. It’s very extremely instalove so I tried not to think much about the timeline.
Thinking about this series as a whole and my own preferences, it might have been better to package this with Beautiful & Dirty, instead of splitting them up and letting other couples’ stories play out in between. This story assumes you remember everything that happened in the short story but I read it more than two years ago. If I hadn’t gone back to look at my notes for B&D, I would have had no idea that Shae was bi or how old she was. There’s no emotional arc to speak of—this is all orgasms and external conflicts—so it would have helped to at least get some reminders about who these characters are and what they’re about.
Based on the epilogue, I’m real curious about where the series is going to go next. I’m also crossing my fingers for Lorenzo and even Federico to get books.
Characters: Shae is a 25 year old bisexual Black American. Salvatore is a 49 year old white Italian mafia boss and restaurant owner. This is set in Naples and Sicily, Italy.
Content notes: infidelity , unplanned pregnancy (they didn’t use a condom), assassination attempt on MMC, murder (perpetrated by MMC), violence, MMC imprisons wife and murders her (she double crossed and tried to have him killed), kidnapping, minor injuries for MMC, gunshot wound (secondary character, recovers), past murder of MMC’s father and uncles, family planning discussion, vomit (pregnancy), on page sex, public sex, anal play, light spanking, alcohol references, cigarettes (secondary character), plastic surgery shaming, gender essentialism, ableist language, mention of MMC’s father having had two families
Sal is constantly cooking for Shae and tending to her every need (which conveniently involves a whole lot of orgasms.) Katrina Jackson has managed to create a mafia world that shows the ugly side of the business without getting lost in it. This is what these men know how to do. They have their reasons and they’re good at it. Shae didn’t always seem to understand the danger she was in, which could be annoying, but I did get a kick out of how she’d try to remember what she saw in mafia movies and compare it to what was happening in front of her. It’s very extremely instalove so I tried not to think much about the timeline.
Thinking about this series as a whole and my own preferences, it might have been better to package this with Beautiful & Dirty, instead of splitting them up and letting other couples’ stories play out in between. This story assumes you remember everything that happened in the short story but I read it more than two years ago. If I hadn’t gone back to look at my notes for B&D, I would have had no idea that Shae was bi or how old she was. There’s no emotional arc to speak of—this is all orgasms and external conflicts—so it would have helped to at least get some reminders about who these characters are and what they’re about.
Based on the epilogue, I’m real curious about where the series is going to go next. I’m also crossing my fingers for Lorenzo and even Federico to get books.
Characters: Shae is a 25 year old bisexual Black American. Salvatore is a 49 year old white Italian mafia boss and restaurant owner. This is set in Naples and Sicily, Italy.
Content notes: infidelity , unplanned pregnancy (they didn’t use a condom), assassination attempt on MMC, murder (perpetrated by MMC), violence, MMC imprisons wife and murders her (she double crossed and tried to have him killed), kidnapping, minor injuries for MMC, gunshot wound (secondary character, recovers), past murder of MMC’s father and uncles, family planning discussion, vomit (pregnancy), on page sex, public sex, anal play, light spanking, alcohol references, cigarettes (secondary character), plastic surgery shaming, gender essentialism, ableist language, mention of MMC’s father having had two families
March 6, 2022
I want to preface this review by stating I've been waiting for 2 years for this book. Two very long years, so I was salivating for its release. I also did a cover reveal for the author because I kept bugging her about the book.
Besties, this entry gave us the fictional response to how can crime bosses have a normal family. The short answer is they cant in the traditional sense, if power is the primary focus. Salvatore is a man on a mission and a lot of people die along the way and by his hands 😵💫. For anyone interested in reading this book you have to read The Enforcer. The opening scene from this book is where we pick up but the timeline jumps a little faster. My guess is so we get a little recap but not too much to slow down the book but gives enough of a refresher. And these two love birds get straight to making up for loss times aka sex. My man Salvatore gets to a safe location, closes the door, and says take off your clothes he didn't even give Shae a second to orient herself. He knows and we know time is of the essence that and he is horny as hell. 🤭
Also we get glimpses of Shae unraveling from her bum ex so overtime she blossoms and maybe even check Salvatore once or twice. I think one that was interesting is her reuniting with Salvatore but still thinking she would be a single parent. She's 4 months along and carrying the weight of the secret but firm in the decision she will keep the baby regardless.
Now there are a lot of moving pieces for this to be the "end". We learn about the structure of the organization and major players. Salvatore has the respect of the organizations but he still has to play his part. There are rules even for a powerful man. He has enemies within and outside of the organization and the pesky thread that he's still married 😬 Well this all gets resolved in a very bloody way. Jesus I had to take breaks (not really).
Anyways, this entry went in a completely different direction than I thought but we get some connections of how and why certain things happened in The Hitman and The Enforcer. It was semi setup for the epic showdown in the last chapter.
So be prepared to be introduced to more people, lots of sex (lots of sex), eating, and a lot of murder 🤷🏾♀️ It was a satisfying ending even though I want MORE of Salvatore!!!!
I had early access to the book for being a Patreon.
CN: pregnancy (morning sickness on page), murder, lots of gun violence, kidnapping (restraints tied to a chair), slut shaming, cheating, blackmail, physical fights on page, police corruption, transactional sex (father used daughter to get close to another Don)
Besties, this entry gave us the fictional response to how can crime bosses have a normal family. The short answer is they cant in the traditional sense, if power is the primary focus. Salvatore is a man on a mission and a lot of people die along the way and by his hands 😵💫. For anyone interested in reading this book you have to read The Enforcer. The opening scene from this book is where we pick up but the timeline jumps a little faster. My guess is so we get a little recap but not too much to slow down the book but gives enough of a refresher. And these two love birds get straight to making up for loss times aka sex. My man Salvatore gets to a safe location, closes the door, and says take off your clothes he didn't even give Shae a second to orient herself. He knows and we know time is of the essence that and he is horny as hell. 🤭
Also we get glimpses of Shae unraveling from her bum ex so overtime she blossoms and maybe even check Salvatore once or twice. I think one that was interesting is her reuniting with Salvatore but still thinking she would be a single parent. She's 4 months along and carrying the weight of the secret but firm in the decision she will keep the baby regardless.
Now there are a lot of moving pieces for this to be the "end". We learn about the structure of the organization and major players. Salvatore has the respect of the organizations but he still has to play his part. There are rules even for a powerful man. He has enemies within and outside of the organization and the pesky thread that he's still married 😬 Well this all gets resolved in a very bloody way. Jesus I had to take breaks (not really).
Anyways, this entry went in a completely different direction than I thought but we get some connections of how and why certain things happened in The Hitman and The Enforcer. It was semi setup for the epic showdown in the last chapter.
So be prepared to be introduced to more people, lots of sex (lots of sex), eating, and a lot of murder 🤷🏾♀️ It was a satisfying ending even though I want MORE of Salvatore!!!!
I had early access to the book for being a Patreon.
CN: pregnancy (morning sickness on page), murder, lots of gun violence, kidnapping (restraints tied to a chair), slut shaming, cheating, blackmail, physical fights on page, police corruption, transactional sex (father used daughter to get close to another Don)
June 5, 2022
It isn’t new to say Katrina Jackson is one of my absolute favorite authors and I hate that she made me love a mafia romance series, but here we are. The Don has been being set up since Beautiful and Dirty, and what a fantastic conclusion to the series! Now to wait for the spin-offs~
Shae and her cousin are sent to Italy by the Council of Aunties to retrieve her other cousin, but almost immediately she runs into Salvatore - a man she met while on vacation with her then-boyfriend and had a tryst that resulted in her current pregnancy. She immediately gets dragged into his orbit and has no intention of leaving his side now that they’ve reconnected. They quickly have to leave Naples as someone is trying to kill Sal, and they end up in Palermo where Sal has a secret penthouse and grand plans to keep Shae safe. What follows is a super sexy story with many orgasms and enough plot to keep things fun and interesting as Sal tries to set it up that he can leave the Organization and have a quiet, loving life with Shae.
This is such a fun book and a fantastic conclusion to the Family main story. I’m very excited to see what happens next in this world, especially with that epilogue, but this definitely does not disappoint and was a super fun way to spend a weekend. I highly recommend if you want some fun and a bit of bonkers violence in a super sexy and loving book.
Shae and her cousin are sent to Italy by the Council of Aunties to retrieve her other cousin, but almost immediately she runs into Salvatore - a man she met while on vacation with her then-boyfriend and had a tryst that resulted in her current pregnancy. She immediately gets dragged into his orbit and has no intention of leaving his side now that they’ve reconnected. They quickly have to leave Naples as someone is trying to kill Sal, and they end up in Palermo where Sal has a secret penthouse and grand plans to keep Shae safe. What follows is a super sexy story with many orgasms and enough plot to keep things fun and interesting as Sal tries to set it up that he can leave the Organization and have a quiet, loving life with Shae.
This is such a fun book and a fantastic conclusion to the Family main story. I’m very excited to see what happens next in this world, especially with that epilogue, but this definitely does not disappoint and was a super fun way to spend a weekend. I highly recommend if you want some fun and a bit of bonkers violence in a super sexy and loving book.
July 12, 2023
#1 beautiful & dirty ★★★☆☆
#2 the hitman ★★★★★
#3 the enforcer ★★★★☆
#4 dolci ★★★★☆
#5 the don ★★★★☆
find you a man who just wants to give you pasta and orgasms 🍝💦
content/trigger warnings; explicit sexual content, ableism, shooting death, kidnapping, physical violence, pregnancy, emesis, blood,
rep; shae (mc) is black. zahra (mc) is black. zoe (sc) is black, fat, and polyamorous. alfonso (sc) is fat.
this one has the same lovable characters and relationships but it’s slightly heavier on the mafia shit and shae is pregnant, which i have zero interest in 🤷♀️
(also a super weird bit where shae goes on about how unfeminist it is of her to take care of salvatore while he’s injured. have y’all really been brainwashed by men-hating feminists to believe a woman taking care of a man, in any context, is shameful or unfeminist???? yikes)
#2 the hitman ★★★★★
#3 the enforcer ★★★★☆
#4 dolci ★★★★☆
#5 the don ★★★★☆
find you a man who just wants to give you pasta and orgasms 🍝💦
content/trigger warnings; explicit sexual content, ableism, shooting death, kidnapping, physical violence, pregnancy, emesis, blood,
rep; shae (mc) is black. zahra (mc) is black. zoe (sc) is black, fat, and polyamorous. alfonso (sc) is fat.
this one has the same lovable characters and relationships but it’s slightly heavier on the mafia shit and shae is pregnant, which i have zero interest in 🤷♀️
(also a super weird bit where shae goes on about how unfeminist it is of her to take care of salvatore while he’s injured. have y’all really been brainwashed by men-hating feminists to believe a woman taking care of a man, in any context, is shameful or unfeminist???? yikes)
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June 29, 2022We read the first and last books in the series and reviewed them together. This review is also available at
Beautiful & Dirty
, and our full review can be read at The Smut Report.
Heat Factor: There is plenty of time for sex no matter what else is happening
Character Chemistry: A lot of this couple’s chemistry occurs in Beautiful & Dirty, but they’re so happy to be reunited in The Don
Plot: Shae meets Salvatore on a day that she’s about done with her selfish boyfriend, and when her day in Naples ends with a pregnancy, she’s a little lost…until her cousin’s disappearing act takes her right back to Italy and Salvatore’s restaurant
Overall: You kind of have to read the whole series, but if half sex, half mayhem sounds fun to you, I definitely recommend it.
Finally, we get the conclusion to the story. The Don closes the loop on not only what Shae and Salvatore started in Beautiful & Dirty, but also it’s wrapping up all the mafia mess that’s been plaguing Salvatore and his men for the entire series.
That said, the heart wants what it wants, so Shae (and her cousins) come to terms with falling in love with criminals who have gotten them all wrapped up in a mafia fight with an ever-increasing body count. What I appreciated about The Don in particular and the series as a whole is that it doesn’t make excuses for being what it is. It’s not trying to make these guys into good men in a bad position – they’re in the situation they’re in, and they’re making choices, and Hoo Mama are those decisions M-E-S-S-Y. And violent.
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Heat Factor: There is plenty of time for sex no matter what else is happening
Character Chemistry: A lot of this couple’s chemistry occurs in Beautiful & Dirty, but they’re so happy to be reunited in The Don
Plot: Shae meets Salvatore on a day that she’s about done with her selfish boyfriend, and when her day in Naples ends with a pregnancy, she’s a little lost…until her cousin’s disappearing act takes her right back to Italy and Salvatore’s restaurant
Overall: You kind of have to read the whole series, but if half sex, half mayhem sounds fun to you, I definitely recommend it.
Finally, we get the conclusion to the story. The Don closes the loop on not only what Shae and Salvatore started in Beautiful & Dirty, but also it’s wrapping up all the mafia mess that’s been plaguing Salvatore and his men for the entire series.
That said, the heart wants what it wants, so Shae (and her cousins) come to terms with falling in love with criminals who have gotten them all wrapped up in a mafia fight with an ever-increasing body count. What I appreciated about The Don in particular and the series as a whole is that it doesn’t make excuses for being what it is. It’s not trying to make these guys into good men in a bad position – they’re in the situation they’re in, and they’re making choices, and Hoo Mama are those decisions M-E-S-S-Y. And violent.
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June 11, 2023
Book 3 of a mafia series about the boss and his seconds and it was 50% through book 3 (or 5 including novellas) before we saw any mafiaing. The boss, Salvator, sits at a table in his pizzeria all day but I’m expected to believe he runs the criminal activity in a region? Alfonso and Giulio occasionally kill people but we never saw their actual criminal activity. They might be drug lords, or trafficking people, or robbing banks? Honestly no clue.
I was always going to struggle with this book because I already disliked Shae and Salvator’s relationship. In Beautiful and Dirty it was completely insta love, they spent all of a few hours (if that) in each others company and then it was ‘she’s my love my soulmate I’ll never let her go’. *rolls eyes* ALSO! Shae cheated, fell fully in love with Salvator, realised she didn’t like her boyfriend anymore but then she hasn’t broken up with him until the start of this book?!She’s very immature. She’s whining and “crying adorably” (errrm that’s how you’d describe a child)! But when she goes to Naples and reunites with Salvator she immediately says “I’m staying with my baby daddy” completely ignoring the fact he’s married and she doesn’t know any details about that relationship. For all she knows they could be happily married with three kids and she’s completely blowing up his life by demanding to stay with him. So yeah I hated Shae.
Salvator didn’t help either as he thought shit like -
“I didn’t hate knowing these bars existed because I'd begun welding them into place long before Shae was even alive.” (p22)
“He thinks I’m young and beautiful, and I think he’s old and experienced. We’re a perfect match if you ask me.” (p75) COME ON! You want me to root for this relationship!!!
I was always going to struggle with this book because I already disliked Shae and Salvator’s relationship. In Beautiful and Dirty it was completely insta love, they spent all of a few hours (if that) in each others company and then it was ‘she’s my love my soulmate I’ll never let her go’. *rolls eyes* ALSO! Shae cheated, fell fully in love with Salvator, realised she didn’t like her boyfriend anymore but then she hasn’t broken up with him until the start of this book?!She’s very immature. She’s whining and “crying adorably” (errrm that’s how you’d describe a child)! But when she goes to Naples and reunites with Salvator she immediately says “I’m staying with my baby daddy” completely ignoring the fact he’s married and she doesn’t know any details about that relationship. For all she knows they could be happily married with three kids and she’s completely blowing up his life by demanding to stay with him. So yeah I hated Shae.
Salvator didn’t help either as he thought shit like -
“I didn’t hate knowing these bars existed because I'd begun welding them into place long before Shae was even alive.” (p22)
“He thinks I’m young and beautiful, and I think he’s old and experienced. We’re a perfect match if you ask me.” (p75) COME ON! You want me to root for this relationship!!!
February 6, 2025
A near perfect book
4.5 stars
This book has just about everything. The cousins are reunited, their men are trying to figure out who’s trying to kill them and there so much sexy going on!
Book 5 brings us back to Shae and Salvatore. They’ve moved to another town in Italy to lure out the people trying to like Salvatore and Shae refused to leave his side. So we’ bet to witness yet another city in Italy, more shenanigans and the steady seduction of Shea. Salvatore knows he has a second chance with Shae and will do anything to get to.
Shae, for her part, is intent on staying by her man. She’s knows there’s some shady stuff going on but is content with staying in the dark…for now.
I love how black and Italian these characters are. I love how the girls wear Bantu knows, bonnets and braids. How they’re serious about their hair care, skincare and sexual satisfaction. The fact that these Italian men are all about their pleasure, loving their body’s as they are and just want to love them is wonderful to read.
The last chapters were incredibly satisfying and I hope that we one day get a book about Salvatore’s cousin.
4.5 stars
This book has just about everything. The cousins are reunited, their men are trying to figure out who’s trying to kill them and there so much sexy going on!
Book 5 brings us back to Shae and Salvatore. They’ve moved to another town in Italy to lure out the people trying to like Salvatore and Shae refused to leave his side. So we’ bet to witness yet another city in Italy, more shenanigans and the steady seduction of Shea. Salvatore knows he has a second chance with Shae and will do anything to get to.
Shae, for her part, is intent on staying by her man. She’s knows there’s some shady stuff going on but is content with staying in the dark…for now.
I love how black and Italian these characters are. I love how the girls wear Bantu knows, bonnets and braids. How they’re serious about their hair care, skincare and sexual satisfaction. The fact that these Italian men are all about their pleasure, loving their body’s as they are and just want to love them is wonderful to read.
The last chapters were incredibly satisfying and I hope that we one day get a book about Salvatore’s cousin.
March 19, 2022
Disappointing (contains spoilers)
I had high hopes for this book but really struggled to finish it.
Shea was just so childish it was grating. She made no attempts for more than half the book to actually know
who Salvatore was. She just wanted to eat, have sex and sleep. The constant whining and wanting to be attached to him was a lot.
As for Salvatore, I really expected more from a mob boss. All this mushiness was draining. It’s also frustrating to suggest that while Salvatore was trying to extricate himself from the life, he would expose himself by kissing Shea in public etc..
Lastly the idea that Salvatore would leave his home, never to return to go and live close to shae’s family is ridiculous to me. He’s close to Shae’s mother age and given how meddlesome her family is, how is this supposed to work?
I had high hopes for this book but really struggled to finish it.
Shea was just so childish it was grating. She made no attempts for more than half the book to actually know
who Salvatore was. She just wanted to eat, have sex and sleep. The constant whining and wanting to be attached to him was a lot.
As for Salvatore, I really expected more from a mob boss. All this mushiness was draining. It’s also frustrating to suggest that while Salvatore was trying to extricate himself from the life, he would expose himself by kissing Shea in public etc..
Lastly the idea that Salvatore would leave his home, never to return to go and live close to shae’s family is ridiculous to me. He’s close to Shae’s mother age and given how meddlesome her family is, how is this supposed to work?
December 17, 2022
This was a nice conclusion to the series but it has the same tropes as the last two - Jackson is the onyl author that can get me on board with instalove and super horny characters.
I loved Shae and Salvatore in Beautiful & Dirty and just the glimpse into a possible future but it also made you not think very hard about what their future might actually look like. The plot in The Don is fine, the action maybe not as suspenseful as I would like but fun, the characters still feel like themselves. But it never fully won me over.
The aunties in the last chapter are hilarious!
I loved Shae and Salvatore in Beautiful & Dirty and just the glimpse into a possible future but it also made you not think very hard about what their future might actually look like. The plot in The Don is fine, the action maybe not as suspenseful as I would like but fun, the characters still feel like themselves. But it never fully won me over.
The aunties in the last chapter are hilarious!
April 23, 2022
I was really looking forward to this book, but it turned out to be quite the disappointment. Salvatore was still a strong hero and I enjoyed the mafia plot, but Shae was what brought it down for me. It felt like her character was dumbed down to horny, young pregnant woman who is far too naïve to be involved with a mafia man. That dynamic that I loved between them in the first story was completely lacking here and they didn't take any time to get to know each other. I do feel like we got to know Salvatore more, but that I know practically nothing about Shae. Because of that, their relationship felt very much based on lust not love.
January 24, 2024
The couple who started it all in the first novella, Beautiful and Dirty, has returned for their story. Salvatore is the don for the mafia and his marriage of convenience wife has betrayed him. Now someone is trying to kill him, more than usual, and all he can think of is the woman he met for a few hours a few months back. Shae is back in Italy, sent by her aunties with her cousin Zoe to bring her cousin Zahra. Not only is she hopeful she sees the handsome older man she lost herself in on her last visit, but she’s pregnant with his child. Can she handle the mafia life he leads? Can he protect her and himself?
I have adored this entire series, and I strongly suggest you read them in order because they do all build on the ones before. This is a fantastic age gap, instalove/lust book. I absolutely believe these two feel an intense connection that they will follow to the ends of the earth. Shae brings out the soft side of Salvo, and Salvo helps Shae find the woman she is and wants to be. Shae finds strength and a voice she didn’t realize was there. Of course you get to see all the other characters from the previous books, and I have my fingers crossed that there will be more to come! I would recommend this to fans of Katrina Jackson, instalove, mafia romance, and steamy diverse romance.
I have adored this entire series, and I strongly suggest you read them in order because they do all build on the ones before. This is a fantastic age gap, instalove/lust book. I absolutely believe these two feel an intense connection that they will follow to the ends of the earth. Shae brings out the soft side of Salvo, and Salvo helps Shae find the woman she is and wants to be. Shae finds strength and a voice she didn’t realize was there. Of course you get to see all the other characters from the previous books, and I have my fingers crossed that there will be more to come! I would recommend this to fans of Katrina Jackson, instalove, mafia romance, and steamy diverse romance.
March 8, 2022
Whew. I have been waiting for them and they are worth it. First, this is my new favorite series of hers. I love the council of Aunties, the pining Mafia dudes, the food, and that the book goes dark without getting weird. Shae and Sal are adorable and I love that this series isn't done. This book made me want to go back Zoe's book for a re-read.
March 20, 2022
That was..boring, not interesting at all. I read it because I was intrigued enough about MCs story after their novella (though that was not good either).
The heroine has nothing to her character. She is childish and annoying. The book has no convenient plot.
And I now understand that the writing style of this author is not at all what I like.
The heroine has nothing to her character. She is childish and annoying. The book has no convenient plot.
And I now understand that the writing style of this author is not at all what I like.
March 23, 2022
Loved It
Thank you, I have the whole series. I stayed up late to finish this story, saving the very best for last. Glad Zoe, Zariah was also included in her, Shae & Sal thinking about them I still have a silly grin on my face.
This is a wonderful story hope anyone looking for a good read pick this.
Thank you, I have the whole series. I stayed up late to finish this story, saving the very best for last. Glad Zoe, Zariah was also included in her, Shae & Sal thinking about them I still have a silly grin on my face.
This is a wonderful story hope anyone looking for a good read pick this.
April 19, 2022
Nice wrap up. I would have loved to read more avout what Shae would be doing, remembering how young she is. I like her and Salvo's love story, I just wished she had more beside that. Anyway, it was great hearing from the 2 otheer couples too. The Council of Aunties was hilarious. And that epilogue was a bit of a teaser, right? Would love to learn more about that story too.
September 24, 2023
Shae and Salvatore
A great ending for this couple.. Shae started out weak but became stronger her family have their own council of the Aunties and there not to be taking lightly..Salvatore had a score to settle for his family honor there’s some kidnapping,shooting and killings..There’s some steamy scenes.
Good book
A great ending for this couple.. Shae started out weak but became stronger her family have their own council of the Aunties and there not to be taking lightly..Salvatore had a score to settle for his family honor there’s some kidnapping,shooting and killings..There’s some steamy scenes.
Good book
March 24, 2022
Porn!!!
This started out to be a really good story but then the porn scenes started. This book was way past erotica. Just plain porn. Why can't more writers tell a good story and have sexual scenes without so much graphic description????
This started out to be a really good story but then the porn scenes started. This book was way past erotica. Just plain porn. Why can't more writers tell a good story and have sexual scenes without so much graphic description????
April 9, 2022
Shae & Salvatore have been my favorite couple since Beautiful & Dirty and I've been anticipating their full-length book! The way this age-gap couple has me by the goddamned heartstrings!!! The Family is the best mafia romance series I've read.
July 25, 2022
Shae and Salvatore are 10/10. I devoured this book.
Zahra and Guilio are 10/10. Love themmmm
Zoe and Alfonso are cute and I liked their story but Zoe reminds me too much of someone I know which made the sex scenes awk.
But this series in general is very easy to binge and a good time.
Zahra and Guilio are 10/10. Love themmmm
Zoe and Alfonso are cute and I liked their story but Zoe reminds me too much of someone I know which made the sex scenes awk.
But this series in general is very easy to binge and a good time.
February 6, 2023
Sweet End
This book was steamy, action packed and interesting. Sweet ending to the series. The romances were more ‘instant love” than I typically prefer (I am more of a slow burn fan), but I do love a HEA or HFN ending
This book was steamy, action packed and interesting. Sweet ending to the series. The romances were more ‘instant love” than I typically prefer (I am more of a slow burn fan), but I do love a HEA or HFN ending
May 3, 2023
Más de lo mismo. Excesivo sexo, que ya paso de leer, aunque al menos aporta un final a toda la historia y vemos a Salvador enfrentarse a la plana mayor de los capos para obtener su libertad.
Aunque no se sabe quién es “il capo di tutti i capi” ¿no lo hay?
Aunque no se sabe quién es “il capo di tutti i capi” ¿no lo hay?
August 14, 2024
After reading the first book, I was so excited to see where their story will go but I just could not get through with it anymore after chapter 12. I really tried, I did. Probably my first dnf of the year *sighs*
March 22, 2022
So good!
Katrina Jackson does it again. Sexy, loving and dangerous all in one little book. So happy to finally get the conclusion of Shae and Salvatore's story!
Katrina Jackson does it again. Sexy, loving and dangerous all in one little book. So happy to finally get the conclusion of Shae and Salvatore's story!
April 1, 2022
"I'm lost there for the few seconds of that hug, reacquainting myself with the spicy scent of his cologne."
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May 9, 2022I find it quite admirable that Jackson has written a mafia romance series that makes the world of the Italian organized crime feel safe + soft.
June 16, 2022
3.25⭐️
Loved the plot with Sal but Shae just ruins the story for me. Way too much complaining to have any chance of me liking her.
Loved the plot with Sal but Shae just ruins the story for me. Way too much complaining to have any chance of me liking her.
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