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Catlin is a shy and religiously oppressed soon-to-be twenty year old, who is moving back home to stay with her uncle for the next six months. Finnegan is a hedonistic playboy and shameless flirt who co-owns a sex club and is a part of the Irish mafia. When paths cross after confessional, Finn is left needing to know more, and Catlin is left wondering if her whole world is about to change.



This is the first book I've read by this author, despite this being the third of the series. Knowing I'd be missing some back story, I went in blind and with neutral expectations. I didn't anticipate being absolutely hooked. The pacing on this book was addictive and fast, and I ended up binging the entire thing in just over 2 hours!

Catlin is an innocent Catholic girl who's always done what she's told, even to her detriment. She's spent her formative years living with a devout Catholic grandmother while being raised in an Irish all girls school. She's had zero self exploration and has stayed chaste and naive to all forms of intimacy aside from kissing.

Finnegan is the opposite of everything she is. He's a shameless flirt and playboy, who's known for women falling into his lap, and never saying no to a good lay - or two - at a time. He's a pot stirrer who obscenely flirts with his brothers wives to drive their spouses crazy and is always laying on the charm to the opposite sex - including at his club.

When they cross paths, Finn throws his entire perceptions into the wind about what he wants, as does Catlin. Her priest uncle warns her off, but she's able to see through the darkness to his grey, and we get to watch Finn be persistent, devoted, and obsessed right out of the gates. He protects her, goes at her pace, and encourages her to have a mind of her own, without shame for what she desires.

I only wish we got more of their relationship development on the page. We're told it grows as weeks pass on and on, but we get shorter actual scenes, which made it feel very rushed. The spice was absolutely fantastic, though. Seeing Finn explore his newfound corruption kink along with his primal kink was incredibly hot. Bearing witness to Catlin discovering her voice, and that she's allowed to push back and be bratty in a space where that's welcomed and encouraged, instead of shut down, was so genuine.

If we had more of that relationship growth on page and the main mafia conflict not appearing and resolving rapidly, I'd have given this 5 stars. Either way, it sits at a very solid 4, and that's without any context as to the previous novels in the series - which sound just as amazing.

If you're looking for a bad boy MMC who falls hard for a sweet FMC, along with a lot of hot spice, this one's for you!



Thank you, J.L. Quick and The Author Agency for the digital ARC. All thoughts and opinions are my own.