Review: Mine to Keep (NOLA Knights #3)

Mine to Keep (NOLA Knights #3)

by Rhenna Morgan 

Blurb:

She’s in way over her head.

Bonnie Drummond is from the wrong side of the tracks, raised in a family of liars and criminals. No matter how hard she tries to stay on the straight and narrow, she always finds herself sucked back into the family drama, forced to sacrifice everything she’s earned to protect her family.

But this time they’ve gone too far—crossed the wrong people—and to save them she’ll have to put her life on the line.

Roman Kozlov, enforcer for a New Orleans mafiya family, is the poster child for the life Bonnie is struggling to escape. But he’s also as alluring as he is dangerous, and it doesn’t take long for their lives to begin to mesh.

With Roman, Bonnie finds the family she never had.

As their race for answers heats up, so too does the budding romance between them. And with danger nipping at her heels and love threatening her heart, Bonnie must come face-to-face with her past if she wants to have a future.

Themes:  Contemporary

Rating: 4 stars

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Review:

 And so the final brother in the bratva falls under love’s spell.  This author first captured my attention with her Haven Brotherhood series by chance when I found one of the book in a used store, and I have never looked back! Rhenna Morgan has a way of taking the most alpha and sometimes terrifying of men and making them into the best heroes you will ever fall in love with and I have not read a story yet I didn’t enjoy. While I have to say that Roman’s story wasn’t my favorite in the series, it was only because of a personal connection to the second one, not because it was in any way lacking.  Roman and Bonnie are great characters and their story is filled with love, drama, and danger as they find their way in their love and trust in order to have a future together. While I understand this to be the last in the series, I hope for something just as great in the near future from Ms. Morgan.  As for this story, it stands on its own and deserves the honor of being called a great read and I am thrilled to have had the chance to enjoy it. Bonnie is doing all she can to keep her head above water and, though she loves them dearly, her family just keeps dragging her back under.  When she finds herself in a truly dangerous situation and in need of some shady help, she reaches out to her only friendly acquaintance, one with rumored ties to the Russian mob.  She never imagined that her friend would bring Roman into her life and change it forever.  Roman is determined to protect his brother’s wife so when she tries to run to Bonnie’s side, knowing the situation might be dangerous, he goes with her as a compromise.  Bonnie is obviously hiding a lot, but he is attracted to her and knows that he needs to protect her at all costs while he tried to understand why she draws him like a magnet.  Soon they are becoming more and more entwined, despite her fighting every step of the way, and Roman has decided he is keeping her no matter the action he has to take for her safety.  With enemies all around, Roman with do anything to keep her safe, even as she tries to push him away, but he will not give up the one woman meant for him to keep. I liked Roman in previous novels, but seeing him as the star, learning more about him and seeing him in action was beyond amazing.  He is a bit of a hard-ass, but at the same time such a sweetheart to the women in his life, especially Bonnie.  Bonnie has been knocked down so many times as she tried to rise above her past that she honestly doesn’t trust when anything good happens to her.  She pushed so hard against Roman as he tried to help her primarily because she didn’t know how to accept help, but once they got into a relationship you could see her begin to blossom under his love and attention.  She learned that that true measure of a person had nothing to do with their money or station in life, but the way they treat those around them and those that are weaker than them.  The passion between them both was arresting from the very beginning and we could see they were perfectly matched in that regard, but once he got past her guards and found a way into her heart, the love was beyond words.  I am truly sad to see the end of this series, but I know I will return to reread and re-experience these stories often.  Filled with passion, intrigue, and drama, Morgan takes us on a wild adventure through the Big easy you will never forget.  

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