Years ago, Hadria Imperioli vanished after her father refused her mafia inheritance in favor of her younger brother. Now, she’s resurfaced as “Hades”—ruthless leader of the Styx Syndicate mercenaries that terrorize Chicago—and she’s hell-bent on finally claiming what’s hers.
When her brother announces his engagement to sheltered beauty Aurora Verderosa, Hadria decides it’s time to take back her mafia crown and everything else that belongs to her…
Including Aurora.
Abducted from her wedding altar, Aurora is thrilled at first to have escaped marriage to the violent heir to the Imperioli Family. But she finds herself a prisoner still, at the mercy of Hadria’s whims and desires.
And soon Aurora begins to crave the intoxicating taste of Hadria’s lips on hers…and the wicked pleasures of a life lived outside the law.
Can Aurora resist giving into the darkness Hadria draws out in her? Or will Hadria corrupt her captive completely, coaxing Aurora to turn her back on innocence for the love of a vicious underworld queen?
Review by Twinsie Tenise
Kidnapping Crime Queen or not, Hadria is hot af with a soft side under her tough exterior. Aurora- her captive- has basically been used as a pawn her entire life. When she’s kidnapped from her arranged marriage, she is grateful until she finds out she is still not free.
This story certainly doesn’t begin as a romance but what starts to build between these 2 women as the book progresses is quite exquisite. It held my rapt attention from the beginning with an addicting storyline as well as super hot sexy scenes. There are some wonderful side characters also that I’ve enjoyed getting to know such as Lyssa and Mrs. Graves. This author is new to me. I’m now addicted to her words! Thank goodness I can dive right into book 2 since I’m late to the game. While I love a good cliffhanger and this ending was written extremely well, I know I would have been freaking waiting for the conclusion to this story.
Persephone Black likes Ice Queens who melt behind closed doors, Underworld Empresses who protect what’s theirs, and Bad Girls who stay bad to the end…but win the love of a good woman.
If that sounds enticing to you too, you should read her books. Villains are (anti)heroines and danger is an aphrodisiac in Persephone Black’s thrilling Sapphic Mafia romance novels.