Because I Need You by Claire Contreras Series: Because #2
Genres: Organized Crime, Romance
Published by Self Published Publication Date: June 8, 2022
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From New York Times best-seller Claire Contreras comes a new, sexy stand-alone mafia romance novel . . .
Isabel Bonetti –
One minute I’m mourning the sudden death of my father, and the next, I’m getting calls from a lawyer saying they needed to read me my father’s will.As far as I know, my father didn’t have much to leave. He was a blue-collar worker, through and through.
Or so I thought.
Everything topples down at once, the inheritance I’m left with and the truth about what my father did, but the biggest shock of all was finding out he’d married me off to a complete stranger without my consent.
By the time I show up at my supposed husband’s nightclub, I’m determined to leave with divorce papers signed, but nothing can prepare me for the man that awaits me on the other side of those doors.
Giovanni Masseria –
My father has done a lot of messed up stuff, but marrying me off to Charles Bonetti’s daughter, a complete stranger, may take the cake. I didn’t even know old Bonetti had a daughter and I want nothing to do with her or this marriage, until I’m told what staying married to her would mean for the empire I’m slowly trying to build. There’s no harm in staying married a little longer if it means I’ll cash out on those promises. I decide that I’ll cut ties with her as soon as that’s done.
That is, until barges into my office demanding a divorce.
I wasn’t sure what I’d expected her to be like, but it certainly wasn’t . . . this.
A week ago, I didn’t know of her existence, and now, I can’t seem to escape her presence anywhere I go.
She doesn’t belong in this world and I know this won’t end well for either of us, but I can’t seem to stop reminding her who I am.
Her husband.
Claire Contreras takes us on a bit of a ride with Gio and Isabel’s story. It has been a while since I read Lorenzo and Cat’s story so I had to acclimate to the world, which took me a minute. But once I did it I was ready to go.
Back into the world of organized crime, we follow outsider, Isabel, find herself pulled into the world after discovering her beloved father married her off to another boss’s son…Gio. She wants a divorce and he wants to know exactly what Charles was up to when this arrangement was made with his father. Mafia shenanigans ensue.
I liked Gio and Isabel together. They were determined to stay away from each other, but best-laid plains always seem to go out the window in a romance novel. Their pull to each other was magnetic and neither could stay far away from the other.
While I loved the chemistry between our hero and heroine, I was left with a lot of questions when it came to the plot.
- Why did Charles marry Isabel off to Gio?
- How did the two of them not realize what they were signing way back when?
- What, exactly, was in the briefcase?
- In the end, seats were given…just like that?
- What was the deal between Gio and William? Why did they hate each other?
- After the events with Isabel’s grandmother, her mother never showed up back in town?
With this many questions, the ending of the book left me wanting more. Not from the characters but to these plot points that kept us hanging. I’m not sure if there is more in this series and that’s why it was left this way, but it took away from an otherwise great book.
Despite my issues, it was a very enjoyable read that I devoured on day 2 of my vacation. If you enjoy the author’s romantic suspense books, this is definitely one to pick up.
Shannon
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