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Buddy read with Stacy and you can find her review here! 😍

In Enzo’s arms, I could fall apart and know that he would take the lead. He’d tell me where to go, how to move, and how to hold my position until all I had to do was rely on him. The thought of having someone to rely on sent butterflies through my stomach. He was there, even when I didn’t want or expect him to be.

I’m thoroughly surprised by how much I loved this. This is an insta love/lust story and I don’t normally like those tropes. But this is about a cop who falls for a mafia man who he is trying to catch. So of course, I was intrigued as hell. Enzo and Tex’s relationship is toxic, obsessive, and all consuming. I didn’t expect to get this whirlwind emotional connection between these two but somehow these two developed a connection that I couldn’t help but fall for (despite it being insta love). Books with insta love/lust I tend not to believe in the characters connection, but this book was not that. There was plenty of soft moments between them that I didn’t expect at all. These two hooked up as soon as they saw each other, but it just worked for them and me. I find hooking up so soon ruins the tension, but it didn’t feel that way here. It made sense for them because they had such an instant animalistic attraction to each other that they couldn’t deny. Even when literally EVERYTHING is at stake if they were to be together.

This had the who hurt you �ٰ��DZ��🧎‍♀️🧎�č♀️��

“What happened?�� he asked, dragging a finger over my bandage. “Who did this to you?��
I froze. “It’s nothing.��
“Tell me,�� he demanded, gripping my arm. “Who hurt you?��

And not just the who hurt you trope, but also I’d kill for you AND touch him and you die 😩😩😩

He looked good enough to eat. I snatched up his wrist and yanked him close. I smoothed my thumb over the scar left on Tex’s cheek.
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“I’d kill for you.��

How can this be in a book and I NOT fall for it? The authors knew what they were doing 😍 It had me in an absolute chokehold.

“From now on, I’m the only one allowed to hurt you or make you cry. Every inch of you belongs to me.�� I bit his lip. “Even your life.��

I loved how possessive they were over each other. Enzo is the dark mafia man who you would expect to be overly possessive which he was, but Tex was equally possessive especially towards the end. The push and pull was amazing and the steam was phenomenal 🔥 I loved how Tex wanted to submit to Enzo and wanted to be taken care of. Tex also understood Enzo in a way no one really had before, and I adored seeing the little moments that made Enzo fall for him.

I wanted to claim Tex in every way possible. I needed him to know mind, body, and soul. He was mine and mine alone.

Enzo being in the mafia has huge responsibilities and can’t have relationships. His loyalties lie with his family, and they have always been his number one. But as the story goes on, you get to see how his loyalties shift towards Tex and that was probably my favorite part of the book. I love when the MC choses the other MC over everything. So while their romance was addicting to read about, the plot had me on the edge of my seat and was so twisty. I never knew what way it was going to go. I can’t wait for Enzo’s brothers�� books. I loved Gin from the beginning, and it took me till the end of the book to warm up to Benito. But they are all so different from each other and I’m interested to see how those two find love 😌

Thanks so much for buddy reading this with me Stacy!💕

'Vitale Brothers' series
book 1 - Take Me Apart - 4 stars
book 2 - Paid in Full - dnf
book 3 - Say I Do - 2 stars
book 4 - Never Say Never - to be released
book 5 - End it All - to be released