Sie werden mich retten, sie werden mich brechen, aber nicht, wenn ich zuerst ankomme.
Rockwell-Akademie Ein Ort, an dem die Dämonen kreisen und das Schicksal Leben verändert. Ich wurde zu meinem Zwilling geschickt. Meine Ausbildung abschließen, bevor mir das Schicksal Grenzen aufbietet. Freiheit ist etwas, wonach ich mich sehne, aber ich werde sie nie haben, solange ich von meinem Vater kontrolliert werde. Ich habe nicht viel Zeit – wir haben nicht viel Zeit, denn ich bin nicht allein in diesem Wahnsinn.
Fünf Männer gehen neben mir
Söhne der mächtigsten Mafiafamilien der Welt. Der Boss – Mein Zwilling, der mein Glück ist, gekleidet als Ritter der Hölle, und Gott helfe mir, wenn sich das wie Trost anfühlt. Der Dämon – Der Mann mit dem verdorbenen und verkorksten Verstand und den dunklen, seelenlosen Augen, die die Geheimnisse von Satan selbst bergen. Der Engel – Eine chaotische Schönheit, der einen Heiligen und Sünder in sich vereint. Groß, breit und umwerfend gutaussehend. Seine Haarfarbe ist das einzig Helle an ihm und der Wahnsinn in seinen Augen würde jeden vor Angst zusammenzucken lassen. Der Wilde – Brutal gutaussehend auf eine abgefahrene Art, rau, tüchtig und eine Maschine mit wogenden Muskeln und kurzgeschorenem Haar. Der Traum der meisten Frauen und der Albtraum eines jeden Mannes. Der starke, stille Typ. Und dann ist da noch die Bestie – Stark, besitzergreifend, dominant. Liebevoll, dunkel und köstlich. Anspruchsvoll, süß und beschützend. Der eine Mann, den ich will, aber nie haben kann.
Ein Kuss wird die Geschichte verändern und ein Kuss würde genügen, um mich für immer zu ruinieren.
Ich will nur eine Nacht in seinen Armen verbringen. Sie wird uns alle zerstören.
Wenn du mit dem Teufel gehst, verdirbt er deine Seele und wenn du Pech hast, zerstört er sie.
Dies ist die Vorgeschichte zu Club Mafia. Eine dunkle und gefährliche Geschichte über gestohlene Liebe. Die Rockwell Academy ist der Schauplatz, der die Leser auf eine dunkle und zerstörerische Reise der verdrehten Art entführt. Sperrt eure Töchter ein. Die Mafia sucht nach einem Engel, der geopfert werden soll – das könntest du sein.
Große Hitze und Szenen, die nichts für schwache Nerven sind. Wenn Sie einen düsteren Mafia-Roman lieben, sind Sie hier genau richtig.
DNF @ 36% - this book is crazy confusing. Are they in high school? College? There are lockers, cheerleaders running around, bullies around every corner, the school is an “academy”, but also there are professors, sororities, etc…. The book is centered around twins. The male twin was already at school when the female twin shows up… they are twins… meaning they are the same age… but someone walks up to them and asks why he’s hanging with a freshman?? 👀 🤔 (Which also points to college again 🙄) They act like high schoolers… but talk like 60 year old philosophy professors. Super introspective with flowery pompous language about the destiny of their souls and whatnot. People don’t talk like that. Particularly teenagers. The main male twin is portrayed as a cynical unhinged monster…. With a heart of gold. 🤡 The female twin shows up and doesn’t want anyone to know who she is… but then when it’s revealed, she’s all cocky that people know to be scared of her due to her family name… AGAIN… this points to high school, because you’d be more anonymous in college. WHERE THE HELL ARE THEY??? 😩😩🤣🤣🤷🏼♀️
There are several other main characters that are all more insufferable than the last. All deep soul searchers. 🤣🤣🤣
And the h’s best friend, who she’s known for a day, but would lay down her life to protect… well she’s over weight and acne ridden- described in the most unattractive terms possible… but one of the hot main characters (all mafia men of different nationalities) inexplicably has his eye on her??? What??
In other words? This book is a hot effing mess.
I can’t do it.
I tried.
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It’s a pity the limit is Five stars I could put many more, very easily. Stella is in top form yet again, This is a prequel to Club Mafia and tracks the story of the Clubs creation at college.
The members meet there and also meet Winter, the twin of Angelo their leader, that’s when things get really interesting. If you want to know more you need to buy the book, something I highly recommend you do otherwise you’ll miss out on possibly the series of the year.
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It scares me that this is rated so highly. Flowery language ' I shivered with expectation..' wtf, this is supposed to be big mafia man in the making!? Angelo's friends are so bad and notorious, yet we see them do nothing but have dark gazes and glares... oh and cut two girl's hair. This book must be for kids.
The repetition got on my last nerve. I get it, poor mafia men will have to take over their family businesses on their return from college. It was mentioned in every single chapter multiple times alongside Winter's predicament of facing an arrange marriage after leaving college. Repeating something a million times doesn't increase the excitement.. in fact it does the exact opposite. Needless to say I skim read this, pleading it to get better. Sadly it did not. The ending was weird, but I was past caring what happened by then in general and to Winter.
Selecting random characters to be an accomplice or the villain with zero explanation or logic is just plain lazy.
I can't even say this is not for me.. This is just not.
I would like to start with a thank you to Stella for writing the book and thank you also, for an opportunity to read it before official release. Five plus ⭐️.
This is the introduction to Club Mafia, in this book we meet Winter, the twin sister of Angelo, aka The Boss. Winter was sent to Rockwell Academy where her brother and his 4/5 friends ruled the roost. She wasn’t meant to be there, her Mafia father sent her there, months before graduation. After graduation she was to fall into line and marry someone who her father picked for her, to strengthen the family.
Winter didn’t want to go into an arranged marriage, without ever knowing ‘true love’ and asked ‘someone’ for her first kiss and then after biting from the Apple, she wanted more. But did she get it? Honestly, read it and you won’t be disappointed.
Her brother and his friends did everything they could to keep Winter safe and untouched! To make sure she graduated and returned home to her future.
Her brother and his friends all come from Mafia or Bratva and one day will take over from there fathers. The fathers don’t intend for them all to become good friends, but they form a bond at Rockwell that is written in blood and can’t be broken.
I am trying desperately not to give anything away and spoil it, but all I can really say is “it is fabulous and shouldn’t be missed”. If you haven’t read Baron, you should and it will add to the enjoyment you got from reading that. I may even read that again now, as I wait for first book of Club Mafia to be released.
This book has a bit of everything and is so good, once you pick it up it’s difficult to put it down.
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This new series is AMAZING! A real page turner you simply can’t let go. Stella is one of my favourite authors. Her writing is enthralling, addictive and empowering in so many ways. This new series Club Mafia is powerful, the members are broken men with incredible strength both in mind and body. They are a mix of good and evil, love and hate, honour and betrayal and so much more but in the end you’ll still be madly in love with all of them; The Boss, The Demon, The Angel, The Savage and finally The Beast; all Strong, Possessive, Dominant, loving, dark and delicious protective Alphas. You’ll also be reunited with Baron a member of the 5 Kings series. You can’t miss this a Definite Read! 10 stars ⭐️ All the way!
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This story really whetted my appetite, and I can't wait to see where this series goes. The characters are intriguing, and I connected with quite a few. There are layers yet to be unfolded and I really want to see how the twins get through their dilemmas!
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Part evil, part revenge, unfeeling, the group joins together, then their most precious thing is taken and the Club is united in a blood oath to take it all
The most intense book I have read so far by stella andrews and really enjoyed it..their code they stand by and very protective of each other and who they love ...I can wait for book 2 and what will winter do ...
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Well, there are a few interconnecting threads in this book. First the comradery of five young men whose lives are destined for the mafia in different parts of the U.S., Russia, Italy, Dubai. Angelo, Malik, Alessandro, Flynn, Ivan and much later unexpectedly Baron.
Angelo has a twin, Winter. Their father transferred her to Angelo's school. Each of the five men swore to look after Winter. She was not enamored by this but she knew Angelo had her best interests at heart. Winter wanted as normal a life as she could live until she was bargained in marriage by her mafioso father. Angelo was formulating a plan with his blood brothers to free each of them. But especially Winter.
Winter and Alessandro were destined for each other until they were torn apart. However, their one night had consequences far beyond anything anyone could imagine.
Then there was Miss English the history teacher. She seduces her male students and has a racy pay per view web site. However, her deviousness is not apparent. She has an innocent sexy vixen vibe going on so no one suspects she works for a powerful malicious wealthy man trafficking young men to his door. She invites Winter for a ride only to deliver her to the man her father promised her to. He locks her up until she agrees to marry him.
Angelo does not know what has happened to Winter. She disappears. Miss English comes crying with a b.s. story of what happened to Winter. None of the men believe her.
The ending of the book is unpredictable and surprising. But it is just the beginning of the journey of Winter, Angelo and his brothers. On to the next book.
Reasons I enjoyed this book: Informative Original Page-turner Realistic Tragic Twisted Unpredictable Wonderful characters
As a mafia princess Winter has always known the future that lays ahead for her. Less than a year to go until graduation she is moved from her all-girls college to Rockwell Academy by her father. Hoping that she can make the most of her last months of animal life she attempts to keep her distance from her twin brother Angelo and his friendship circle. Partnering up with her roommate Emma she is happy to keep her head down but finds herself drawn into trouble.
As a mafia princess Winter has always known the future that lays ahead for her. Less than a year to go until graduation she is moved from her all-girls college to Rockwell Academy by her father. Hoping that she can make the most of her last months of animal life she attempts to keep her distance from her twin brother Angelo and his friendship circle. Partnering up with her roommate Emma she is happy to keep her head down but finds herself drawn into trouble.
A prequel to the Club Mafia series highlighting personalities, the desire to change their futures and the reasons why they unite together despite being rivals in the outside world.
I loved this book, it's a fantastic introduction to the series and sets the scene for our main characters: Angelo, his twin Winter, Flynn, Malik, Alessandro and Ivan. They are all mafia /bratva heirs who are meant to hate each other but at school form a loyal brotherhood who rule the college. We meet them all of them at Rockwell Academy where the men make a blood pact to always be there for each other and take the power from their parents. All have cruel mafia parents who they all hate for their cruelty to them as children. All the blood brothers protect and look out for Winter, scaring all of the college boys away from her. She is secretly in love with Alessandro but knows her father will never let them be together Winter is abducted from school and married off in a business deal to a cruel older man. The boys vow to rescue her, especially her twin and secret lover Alessandro. A fantastic new start to the series.
4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I’m intrigued to keep reading the series but I don’t know if I will, the prequel gave me curiosity forsure towards the character development and Winter…. whew girl my heart breaks for you and I kind of want to keep reading to see what happens to you girl. I did struggle a bit because it was a little confusing but also, are they in college or high school ?! some parts of the book with the characters really made me feel like I was reading high schoolers and definitely not mafia badasses lol. I also would like to know where is Emma 😂 and also, what the f*ck is up with the ending …
***** ‼️ spoiler alert ‼️ ‼️ ***** why are we acting like we’re touching little boys… like i’m sorry sir whom kidnapped Winter, you are making it sound like you’re touching ✨underaged✨ BOYS ✨& now that you’re a grown man whose choosing to enjoy sexual activities with grown men & that was an ick for me 🫠
This was really great. Violent and raw at times, with lots of action and dark drama. Winter is taken and controlled her whole life by her father. She has been by her side, men of the Mafia but is married off with no say in her life The drama and intensity takes over in this book almost in an unpleasant way. Full of suspense and intrigue, it grabs on and doesn't let go setting a great breaking pace. Very well written, I'm not sure this book was really for me but in the end it was. Great story and I highly recommend it if you like dark Mafia books especially.
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The Contract. I mean simply amazing. It reads like a movie and I can't wait for the next book. In this book you meet all the characters for the upcoming series. At times you forget how young they are cause of their power but they are in fact in school. But they have do much power. Winter comes to her brother's school and meets the crew. And while she just wants to be a regular girl in school her name and family doesn't allow it. So now and some seriously bad people, a secret, betrayal and doomsday coming fast. This book is angsty as hell, dramatic on level 10, gut wrenching twisty and holy hell WTF. Fanfreakingtasic read that absolutely needs to be a movie.
I enjoyed the first book of this series and it's more like 3.5 stars. THe storyline kept me turning the page, I liked Alessandro and Flynn the best. Winter didn't give me "Mafia Princess" because she was a bit naive. I did enjoy the protective brother aspect until the end. I felt it was rushed and didn't play out the way it should by guys who are overprotective with a killer instinct. I wanted more rage from Angelo and Alessandro. To be bad boys they believed the story given too easily and didn't even investigate. The epilogue was good and prepared the reader for the continuation of the story which i quickly downloaded.
Es passiert nichts und dann Plottwist mit Zeitsprung.
Alessandro und Winter? Was war das. Die beiden haben wirklich kaum miteinander gesprochen.
Wie kann man bitte die eigenen Freundin in den Gedanken immer abwerten. Also Emma wird beschrieben wie ein Waldschrat ohne Zugang zu frischem Wasser. An einem Punkt wird beschrieben, wie Emmas Haare glitzern, weil sie gewaschen sind?! Ok. Top.
Warum musste der zweite Point-of-view von Angelo sein? Beide Hauptfiguren hatten keine Persönlichkeit.
Hab jeden gehasst. Hab die Story gehasst. Das Ende war dumm ohne Ende.
Winter wird entführt, dann chillt die da zwei Jahre. Sie war schwanger von Alessandro. Ok. Dumm.
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A perfect start to this series it whetted my appetite and had no difficulty hooking me in and holding my attention, It’s a bit dark in places and quite intense and introduces us to the Beast, Savage, Angel, Demon, and The Boss who are all members of The Club. None of these guys wants to do what their families have planned, will they comply or will they follow their own plans? Unfortunately, I have to wait to read the next instalment - I hope the wait isn't too long!
Fans of all things intense, dark, and twisted should definitely make a point to download this one.
The boys made their sacrifice to get where it by one they will achieve them. The biggest price was Winter's. She had to sacrifice her freedom, the love of her life, her brother and her baby. She was promised to a much older man at birth. she can't get out of the arranged marriage since she was kidnapped from school. She is living in a gilded cage a prison of sorts. She can't leave, have friends or see her brother. She will prevail and her outcome will be great.
Superb book, well done stella!! This book is a devilishly good read, I couldn't leave it and hid myself away until I'd finished reading it. The characters in this book are so very good, described so well and each one very different. There's so much going on and such a lot of Alpha holeing. Their plan is now signed in their own blood and their off to save willow and undermine their evil fathers from the inside and destroy them all, but can they save Willow from her very own terrifying hell?? We will have to see. This book is perfection. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
It started slow but was interesting. I honestly could not figure out why there was so much of Angelo’s POV. But I finally gave up at about 66% and skipped to the end. It was absurd.
I was horrified at the treatment of Claudia by Angelo. It honestly made me feel dirty and not in a good way. I expected what happened with Sammy but Claudia was just creepy. And when I made it to the end, I’m not sure I will be able to continue to read the series. She made it so weird.
The h bro will be boss. H is one of her bros bff. They are trying to figure out a plan to get away from their families and prevent h from arranged marriage. Ends with h being kidnapped and making her bro believe she is happy with the old man. The old man holds her and H son over her head. Nobody knows that she has H child.
Some of it is confusing because at first you can’t figure out age/grade. I think they are seniors in college. Either way an entertaining read and I will continue series.
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This is my first time reading this author. The book ends and leads into the next in the series. We join the story where there are Angelo (brother) and Winter, (sister) twins. These two now darkness from their ruthless father. Most of this behavior is off page. Then we catch up to the twins at college in there last year before Winter is married off per the antiquated arranged marriage and Angelo must take up a role in the Mafia. We meet Angelo’s clique and get a glimpse into their lives. Read On!
This was a boring book to wade through but having said that it is a necessary read as it sets the scene and introduces the characters as young people going through school and gives a hint of what the future holds for all of them. There are five young men and one woman who are born into Mafiosa families those families have plans for each of them which none wants a pact is made by each man and each will in time carry out their vengeance. The young woman is the first to fall and her fate is bad how she will survive has yet to be seen.
This was an incredible read! A new series Club Mafia, we meet The Boss, Demon, Angel, Savage and Beast. And we get a little bit of Baron thrown in there too. Also, in this story we learn about Winter the Mafia Princess. All these characters into one book and you are hooked and can’t put it down. I can’t wait for the next book in this series, and I’m hoping we learn more about Winter and hoping she gets her revenge.
Wow, this book is so intense, I loved it. This book grabs you from the beginning and throws so much at you, that you won’t be able to put it down. Angelo and his friends are so dark and rule the campus. I loved how protective of Winter they were. There is such a huge surprise, I sure hope Winter gets everything she wants.
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Great story, intense! Now getting book 2. Just wish there was only 2 book series on all books. It gets alittle expensive for some of us. I’m 77 on SS and love to read. Thank you. But I’m totally hooked on this, Beckett! I’m alittle nervous reading next book hoping Caius won’t be killed. Not sure if I spelled his name right. Lol. Thank you. Please do not put out for others to read this is just my thoughts.
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