This book is the sixth book in the internationally bestselling Eagle Elite Series. It’s an interconnected stand alone novel with no cliffhanger.

Twenty-Four hours before we were to be married–I offered to shoot her.
Ten hours before our wedding–I made a mockery of her dying wish.
Five hours before we were going to say our vows–I promised I’d never love her.
One hour before I said I do–I vowed I’d never shed a tear over her death.
But the minute we were pronounced man and wife–I knew.

I’d only use my gun to protect her.
I’d give my life for hers.
I’d cry.
And I would, most definitely, lose myself, to a dying girl—a girl who by all accounts should have never been mine in the first place.

I always believed the mafia would be my end game–poisoning my heart, while it claimed my soul. I could have never imagined. It would be my redemption.

Or the beginning of something beautiful.

The beginning of her.

The end of us.

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This is the 6^th book in the Eagle Elite series and it is all about Sergio and Andi.  First of all if you are going to read this made sure you have some tissues ready because yeah I did the UGLY cry. Seriously there was blubbering snot sobbing sleeve wiping snot was happening here. There were happy tears and some tears shed in laughter too. I had to wait a bit before I wrote this review to let it all really sink in. Ember was my favorite of the series but Elude is right up there with Ember.

I love Andi she is so full of life and has a great since of humor for all she is going through. She is one tough cookie and loved that she could land Sergio on his ass. Oh and holds her own with the guys too. Andi and Sergio’s banter to the end is hilarious and heartwarming.  I so loved her ‘Italy’ and his ‘Russia’. Andi was cracking me up with the pot and bat…awesome going Andi.

Sergio the mysterious he doesn’t let anyone in or truly see him. He never saw Andi coming nor did he expect her to be the one to make him feel something, feel alive. Sergio stole my heart with Andi’s 2 to 3 twirl dresses and with Andi’s Honeymoon list…I was swooning and there were tears.

I’m telling you this gutted me. This is a story of family, love, best friends, life and death. Absolutely love this love story and even though I thought I was prepared for the ending NOPE not at all. Andi’s letter to Sergio seriously I have no words she is amazing I could see her love for him and even her funny side coming out in it.

Raising my glass of Vodka…Cheers to Andi and Sergio’s love until their end and longer.

“I love you, Italy,”
“I love you, Russia.”
“For as long as we both live…”

Rachel Van Dyken is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author of regency and contemporary romances. When she’s not writing you can find her drinking coffee at Starbucks and plotting her next book while watching The Bachelor.
She keeps her home in Idaho with her Husband, adorable son, and two snoring boxers! She loves to hear from readers!
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I am a Killer. A Rapist. A Monster.
I know only pain and survival.
That is until the Cappo’s sister walked into my life.
And changed everything.
She’s a light who makes my darkness darker, her smile makes my heart turn to ice, and I can’t escape the fear her seductive looks instill–knowing it’s only a matter of time before I fail–again, and take her for myself.
This is the story of my redemption.
But it’s not pretty…I died, and now I’m alive, but not living, breathing but not surviving. I am Phoenix De Lange, son to a murdered mob boss, estranged brother, horrible friend, monster in the making, newest leader to one of the most powerful families in the Cosa Nostra.
And I will have my vengeance.
Or die trying.
I am Phoenix De Lange.
Death is all I know.
Until she offers me a piece of life–I can’t resist taking.

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What the heck. If you asked me when I listed to the past books what I thought of Phoenix I would have said I hate him with every bone in my body there is no hope of him the best thing was him dying. Well Rachel Van Dyken made a liar out of me. This is the best redemption of a character I have ever read. YES, EVER!

Where do I start Phoenix is a cold hearted killer but who isn’t in the Mafia but he is a rapist and has the darkest sole I have seen. Phoenix is assigned to watch over Tex sister, Bee, at Eagle Elite. Yes that is right Phoenix is headed back to one of the places he hates. Let me tell you Bee is giving phoenix a run for his money she truly keeps him on his toes.

My heart Brakes for Bee and for Phoenix when I hear their back stories. Neither was loved by family but was shut out by them. Two lost souls pushed together.

This was my favorite book of the series. If I could give it more than 5 starts I would. Plus I enjoyed listening to the audio I loved that there was more than one narrator. All of them did an excellent job. I am jumping right into Elude. It’s Sergio’s turn and oh boy I feel a huge heart break with tears lots and lots of tears coming to my future.

Rachel Van Dyken is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author of regency and contemporary romances. When she’s not writing you can find her drinking coffee at Starbucks and plotting her next book while watching The Bachelor.
She keeps her home in Idaho with her Husband, adorable son, and two snoring boxers! She loves to hear from readers!
Want to be kept up to date on new releases? Text MAFIA to 66866!

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There’s two sides to every story…
And ours? Isn’t pretty…
Then again, what’s pretty about the mafia?
Trace Rooks, that’s what.
But she only wants one of us, and I’ll kill him before I let him have her.
The only problem?
We’re cousins.
And she may just be our long lost enemy.
Whoever said college was hard, clearly didn’t attend Eagle Elite University.
Welcome to hell also known as the Mafia where blood is thicker than life, and to keep yours? Well, keep your friends close, and your enemies?
Even closer..

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Ever heard there is two sides to every story? Well this is the other side of the story…. they guys side of the story. In book 1 it is Trace POV now is time for For the guys POV. I figured it would be Nixon made Chases POV but no,it was all the guys. I loved that we got a glimpse into all their heads.

I would get so pissed at the guys when they were nice one second and so cruel the next to Trace. This was a great addition that filled in the why the hell did they do that moments.

If I would have known what was going threw the guys head from the start I may not have been so aggravated at them. I am going to,end here because I don’t want to,give anything away. I will say brilliant move Rachel Van Dyken brilliant.

Rachel Van Dyken is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author of regency and contemporary romances. When she’s not writing you can find her drinking coffee at Starbucks and plotting her next book while watching The Bachelor.
She keeps her home in Idaho with her Husband, adorable son, and two snoring boxers! She loves to hear from readers!
Want to be kept up to date on new releases? Text MAFIA to 66866!

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Stand Alone Prequel to the Eagle Elite Series

In the mafia…only the strong survive.
Joyce loves Luca.
Luca loves Joyce.
Frank loves his family and will do anything to protect it, even if it means taking away his brothers reason for existing.
Falling, only takes one step, one movement of the chess piece, and in Joyce’s fall she took more than just one heart with her. Go back to the beginning where the drama of the Elect all starts.
Go back to the first part of the story.
Where true love tried to conquer all.
Where true love…failed.

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What happens when two brothers fall in love with the same woman? A whole lot of drama begins for the two patriarchs of the family. One brother loves the girl and the girl loves him but to the other brother is willing to take the girl to make his brother into the man he needs to be for the family. Which brother will end up with the girl?

This was a Novella that packed a punch and left tears in my eyes. I enjoyed seeing what happened in the beginning and get more back ground on Luca, Frank and Joyce.

Rachel Van Dyken is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author of regency and contemporary romances. When she’s not writing you can find her drinking coffee at Starbucks and plotting her next book while watching The Bachelor.
She keeps her home in Idaho with her Husband, adorable son, and two snoring boxers! She loves to hear from readers!
Want to be kept up to date on new releases? Text MAFIA to 66866!

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He was my best friend.
Until he became my enemy.
All within the span of one night.
Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang.
The rapid fire of gunshots became the soundtrack to my life.
This is the Mafia. Lines are blurred. Choices are never black and white. And the life you thought you knew is… one giant lie.
He was dead.
And I didn’t want his life to be in vain, so I tried to make something of myself. I tried and failed.
Now he’s back. Alive. And he wants something…
Me.
Nobody ever said the mafia played fair.
Welcome to The Family.

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This was narrated by Caitlin Davies and Rock Engle they did a great job. They kept my attention and drew me into the story and didn’t want to press pause.

This is Axton Abandonato and Amy De Lange story. Ax was Amy’s safe haven from her father when she was younger. Her world was turned up side down with a Bang Bang. Amy lost her best friend and safe haven forever. She was dumped into the foster care. She was trying to make ends meet complete college. When she came face to face with a ghost.

Ax has always loved Amy but was pulled away from her lies and deceit kept him from her. He was in hiding like his brother Sergio until his number came up with the bosses. Things were different within the families all being run by new bosses and running cohesively by all. Ax found himself on the way to get his Amy.

We get to see a little more of Nixon, Chase, Tex, Mo, Sergio, and Phoenix in this book. Oh what the bosses do for Amy at the wedding made me tear up. I enjoyed seeing them all again and learning more of Ax and Amy. The chemistry between Ax and Amy was great. There was enough sexual tension to heat up the room. This book is listed as a stand alone but it helps to know and understand who the bosses and Sergio are and why they are like they are. My suggestion is to read at least the first 4 books (Elite, Elect, Entice, ant Elicit) prior to this one.

Rachel Van Dyken is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author of regency and contemporary romances. When she’s not writing you can find her drinking coffee at Starbucks and plotting her next book while watching The Bachelor.
She keeps her home in Idaho with her Husband, adorable son, and two snoring boxers! She loves to hear from readers!
Want to be kept up to date on new releases? Text MAFIA to 66866!

You can connect with her on Facebook www.facebook.com/rachelvandyken or join her fan group Rachel’s New Rockin Readers. Her website is www.rachelvandykenauthor.com.

The epic conclusion to King’s story.

I was chasing pure darkness.
Succumbing to the needs I’d forced to the far edges of my soul.
Running like a madman towards evil.
Then I found her.
She breathed life into me when I hadn’t thought there was any life beyond what I knew.
She gave me hope after I’d forgotten what it was.
She helped quiet the demons raging deep inside me.
Now I will lay myself bare for her.
I will bleed for her.
I will love her madly, deeply, passionately, completely.

This is the conclusion to King’s story. All the ugly and all the beautiful, by the end of this duet you will come to understand the man behind the club.

King’s story is told over two books – King’s Wrath & King’s Reign.

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Omg Nina what have you done to me. I never thought I would love King as much as I do after this.

King is violent, ruthless and fierce when protecting his MC and ones he loves. Yes he has his alpha bad ass side but his overprotective loving side is amazing granted it doesn’t show often. King needs a strong woman who can hold her own and have his back when needed. Let me tell you King has met his match in this woman.  I fell in love with King and his woman. I did get frustrated with King and the whole she is mine, I gave her up she deserves better, and then nope she is mine.  I can understand her trying to keep him at arms lengths. These two had great chemistry when they did get together and to see King when the playful banter between these two came out was amazing.

I was thrilled to see King finally get his one and only. She is a spitfire that King needs but she balances him. Not only does she get him even all his crazy and she is cool with it. She truly gets him in every way and would not change him. I for one love her for that.

I love seeing the characters evolve in each book and fall in love with them a little more each time. I am excited to see what will come next from Nina.

Some of my favorites

“You can lie to me as much as you want, but the truth is plain to see in your eyes. I’m not going anywhere. You will be mine.” He then let me go, stepped away, and with one last look, he walked out of the kitchen and out of the house. He left me in a state of need like no other I’d ever been in. And I knew he would get what he wanted. Because if I stopped lying to myself for even a second, the truth was right there to see and feel. I wanted King just as much as he wanted me.

King didn’t say a lot and he certainly didn’t make apologies, but his actions meant more than words.

She placed her hand on my arm. “We might bitch and grumble at you, but deep down we don’t mean it. You have always been there for us, and the shit you’ve done to help won’t ever be forgotten. That’s family, right? We get each other through the crap, regardless of any bad decisions we might make along the way. God knows you’ve stood by me through all the bad choices I’ve ever made. I love you, big brother.”

My man wasn’t one for a lot of words, but the ones he did give were worth every breath he took to say them.

“My job is to take care of you, and I don’t give a flying fuck how long I’ve known you, you are mine now, and I will go to the fucking ends of the earth for you.”

“I will never be like other men. When I know what I want, I don’t fuck around. I make sure I get it. And while I may have fucked up with you once, that shit won’t happen again. You take whatever time you need to wrap your head around this relationship. I’m not going anywhere.”

She said she loved me more than she hated me, but I didn’t think she did. Love didn’t lead to actions like hers. It was a false love. It was the kind of love rooted in fear and doubt.

The emotions coursing through me were unlike any I had ever experienced. For the first time in my life, I had felt fear. It was a foreign feeling to me, and not one I ever fucking wanted to feel again.

USA Today Bestselling Author Nina Levine is an Aussie author who writes alphas with a side of dirty and sassy women who don’t hand their hearts over easily.

When she isn’t creating with words, she loves to create with paint and paper. Often though, she can be found curled up with a good book and some chocolate.

Cursed, numb, rejected, scorned, wicked, sinister, dark, twisted…my name is Tex Campisi and this is my legacy. I killed my father in cold blood and lost my soul right along with him.
I crave war more than peace, and I’m about to take my place in history as the youngest Capo dei Capi in the Cosa Nostra…that is until someone stops me, saves me from myself.

But the only person able to do that…is my best friends sister, Mo Abandonato, and she just ripped my heart out and asked me to hold it in my hands while she put bullets through it.

Im cursed so I did it.
I’m numb so I held it.
I’m wicked so I liked it.
I used the pain Mo caused as a catalyst to turn into my biggest nightmare–the five families greatest enemy. It’s my turn to take a stand, knowing full well I’m going to lose my mind to the madness that is the American Mafia. I’ve always been told Blood is thicker than life. I wish I would have listened. Because regardless of who you love? You will betray. You will kill.
Blood Always Wins.
The only way out is death…yours.

Welcome to the Dark Side of the Family.

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Happy dance it’s time for Tex and Mo’s book. Tex is the goof that gave us the comic relief that was needed. With this book we get to see a different side of Tex the mafia leader and a very intelligent one at that. I’m not sure who I like the dark alpha mafia Tex or the funny Tex. Maybe I like a little of both and that is why I think Tex and Mo make a great couple Mo helps balance him.
Like any of the Abandonato’s Mo is strong-willed and determined but with the plan Mo has hatched and has Tex help her could be detrimental to his health. When Nixon finds out the may have been some fists and bullets flying. What Tex was put through when agreeing to help Mo just showed the love he has for Mo and what all he would do for her.
Like the other books this one has its own set to twists and turns. I’m telling you Rachel knows how to keep you guessing and stunned when things start to unravel. I’m telling you the “plans”these guys come up with have you hanging on but when others hatch a side plan then the crazy really starts to happen and you wonder who will be standing in the end.

Rachel Van Dyken is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author of regency and contemporary romances. When she’s not writing you can find her drinking coffee at Starbucks and plotting her next book while watching The Bachelor.
She keeps her home in Idaho with her Husband, adorable son, and two snoring boxers! She loves to hear from readers!
Want to be kept up to date on new releases? Text MAFIA to 66866!

You can connect with her on Facebook www.facebook.com/rachelvandyken or join her fan group Rachel’s New Rockin Readers. Her website is www.rachelvandykenauthor.com.