Danger's Heir (Masters' Admiralty #9)

Mari Carr, Lila Dubois

Blurb:

She fell in love, got married…and it was all a lie.

They expected a mafia princess, but when Rodrigo meets the woman his father is forcing him to marry, he realizes Giada is much more than she seems. Smart and dangerous, she’s the kind of woman he could love…too bad everything he’s about to tell her is a lie.

Casson knows Rodrigo is in too deep. Rodrigo’s undercover mission as the heir to a powerful Camorra don should have ended long ago, but now he’s engaged to the daughter of another dangerous man, and it’s Casson’s job to pull him out.

There’s just one problem. Giada.

She’s nothing either man expected, and everything they want. The last thing they expect is for Giada to invite both of them to her bed.

As the wedding day looms closer, and enemies close in, the line between what’s real and what’s a lie becomes blurred, and Rodrigo and Casson have to decide if love is enough. And if they should tell her the truth.

Unfortunately, there’s someone else waiting in the wings to make sure they never say “I do.”

Themes: Ménage, Erotica

Rating: 4.75 stars

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Review:

To be honest I am going to have a really hard time doing one of my standard reviews on this book without giving away a lot of the plot and the twists… so I will just share my thoughts on the book and hope it persuades you to read it too!

This is the latest story in the Masters' Admiralty spin-off series which began with the Trinity Master’s series a long time ago and I have loved every single story in both series, even as they broke my heart and had my in tears again and again as the lover had to go through serious trauma before finding their HEAs. This newest story between Rodrigo, Giada, and Casson is no less heart wrenching and I almost lost hope that they were going to have their happy ending to be perfectly honest. Rodrigo is trying his best to bring down the bastard he has discovered is his biological father, a mafia don of the worst level, when he is forced into an engagement with the daughter of another mafia don. Little does he know that Giada is way more than she seems and is about to totally rock his world and change his perspective on everything in his life. Then Casson crashes into both their lives and together the three of them are forced into a dangerous and deadly game with the mafic leaders and find themselves quickly falling into a relationship that is more than simple lust. I loved Giada’s character, she was so complex, brave, strong, and sassy and definitely the perfect match for her men; her intelligence and unwillingness to ever let anyone truly treat her as less showed that she was never meant to be just a piece of arm candy like most “mafia princess” stereotypes. Rodrigo is definitely the quintessential tortured prodigal son, but instead of returning home to join the fold, he’s returning to bring down the dirty bastard that just happens to be his sperm-donor. He is determined to do everything in his power to right the worst of the evil perpetrated by his father, even if is means going rogue. I loved seeing him finally finding solace and peace when he started to trust Giada and Casson. When they were apart seeing the other side of his personality was a true revelation and I loved all the facets of his character and seeing how deep and loving he was with his lovers. Casson was an enigma for sure, leaving us guessing a bit here and there if his “feelings” for his lovers were just part of his cover, being such a professional in maintain his character undercover, but we slowly begin to see that Giada and Rodrigo were more than he ever expected and pulled out the true Casson, leaving him floundering in his task more than once. The ending of this story was very unexpected but I loved that they finally had a chance to enjoy their much deserved love and HEA. Fair warning to long time readers, there are a few moment between our favorite Fleet and Vice admiral that are going to tear your heart out and the epilogue of this one if definitely going to leave us screaming and salivating for the next book in the joint Trinity Masters/Master’s Admiralty series. Once again our evil Queens are leaving us in terribly painful suspense!