Bound By Duty (Born in Blood Mafia Chronicles)

Bound By Duty (Born in Blood Mafia Chronicles)

Paperback
3.676

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Dante Cavallaro’s wife died four years ago but her memory still haunts him. On the verge of becoming the youngest head in the history of the Chicago Outfit, Dante needs to remarry or risk appearing weak. Valentina is chosen for the role. She, too, lost her husband, but her first marriage has always been for show. Even after her husband’s death, Valentina carries the weight of his secrets with her— to protect the honor of a dead man and herself. With her wedding to Dante, her castle of lies threatens to crash. Valentina fears the wedding night might reveal her secret, but her worries prove unfounded when Dante ignores her. Soon, her fear turns to confusion and anger. Valentina is tired of being ignored. She’s determined to get Dante’s attention and desire, even if she can’t get his heart that still belongs to his dead wife.

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Tropes – mafia romance – arranged marriage – age gap – second marriage – pregnancy

Valentina is the best part of the book. I enjoyed how much she grows throughout the book character–wise. She is a woman in a men‘s world, and she does an exceptional job holding herself upright and being a strong woman in the Mafia. I can‘t say often enough how much I hate the <i>pregnancy</i> trope (“surprise pregnancy“ in particular, but you can cross the “surprise“ off and I still hate it) There are exceptions to that rule, but I‘m afraid <i>Bound by Duty</i> isn‘t one of them. I‘m kind of unsure what to think of Dante. I feel like I barely know him, though he had good scenes that made me like him. But his story revolves a lot around his deceased wife, and in my opinion I didn‘t get to know him and his personality as good in the process. He is rather passive, while Val fights so very hard for him – that doesn‘t sit right with me. Although it makes me like Val even more. 3/5⭐️ 3/5🌶️

2

De nuevo me faltó historia, y demasiada, tenía una buena trama ahí. Ex esposo gay que regresa por un lugar en la mafia, esposo que no supera a su ex esposa fallecida y un asesinato. Pero como el primer libro, se quedó como un idea nada más, le faltó muchísimo desarrollo.

4

This whole book I’ve felt so incredibly sorry for val but also for Dante. I don’t approve of the way he treated her. In fact I hated it but I do kinda understand why he did treat her like that. But what I hate most is that he never once told her that he loves her. And that he came to his senses in the last 10% of the book.😭😭

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