Royal Bully (Mafia Royals #1) By: Rachel Van Dyken Published: May 19, 2020 by Van Dyken Enterprises INC 384 pages Genre: New Adult, Romance, Mafia Source: Personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: A mafia romance about best friends turned enemies by Rachel Van Dyken, the number one New York Times bestselling author of the Eagle Elite series. The enemy of my enemy is my friend… I never thought my father would ask this of me, to become the second generation at Eagle Elite University, to rule with an iron fist, and to take care of anyone who gets in our way. But ever since the incident. Ever since Him. There’s been a war in our little clique. After all, a house divided cannot stand. He’s the problem, not me. He used to kiss me like I was his oxygen. Now he looks at me like I’m his poison. But we both drank it, again and again, never believing there would be a day when our love would start a war. And our friendship would shatter into a millio...

Royal Bully (Mafia Royals #0.5) By: Rachel Van Dyken Published: March 31, 2020 91 pages Genre: New Adult, Romance, Mafia, Novella Source: Freebie, personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Something dark this way comes. He's gorgeous, mean, and mine. He catches me dreaming about him, and then just like my dream, he decides to make me his. I should have said no when he asked me to swear fealty to him. The knife clued me in first. The blood second. And third, it was the blessing of the most famous mafia bosses in the known world as they sat around the dinner table and told me that I had no choice but to join. Because they knew my secrets. And running meant I was nothing more than target practice. I said yes because of my bully. And he told me he'd keep me safe. But who keeps me safe from him? The prequel to the much anticipated Mafia Royals series. MY REVIEW: It's no secret that I LOVE the Eagle Elite series by Rachel Van Dyken...

Eulogy (Eagle Elite #9)  By: Rachel Van Dyken Published: February 20, 2018 by Van Dyken Enterprises INC 448 pages Genre: New Adult, Romance Source: Personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: The next book in the internationally bestselling mafia series… All is lost. All. I don't recognize myself in the mirror anymore. My thoughts are filled with hatred and dripping with rage. I've lost my soul. She took it to the depths of Hell with her and haunts me with images of what could have been. Sixty lives are mine to take. Sixty lives stand in the way of my vengeance. Sixty lives plus one more. Mine. When the last drop of blood falls — mine will be spilled. Only one person stands in the way. She doesn't realize I'll kill her too. I don't own a heart. And even if I did — I wouldn't fall prey to its lies again. I am Chase Abandonato. Heir to a legacy of betrayal. And I will kill them all. Even if it means pointing the ...

Enrage (Eagle Elite #8) By: Rachel Van Dyken Published: July 30, 2017 379 pages Genre: New Adult, Romance Source: Personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: The next book in the international bestselling Eagle Elite Series. Complete Stand Alone. Part of a world I loathe. Part of a family who hates me more than I hate myself. Living with a girl who reminds me of my darkness. I'm. In. Hell. Also known as the Cosa Nostra. I wish I would have known--that my life was over the minute I stepped off the plane. Son to a murdered mob boss. Heir to a throne of murder and lies. My name is Dante Nicolasi. And there will be blood. MY REVIEW: First things first. Yes, there is a cover. However, I decided not to include it in my review because I'm trying to be cautious about overly revealing/mature covers on my blog. I haven't always been super sensitive to that, but I am now. Actually it's my least favorite cover of this series anyway. I...

Can't Wait Wednesday is a weekly post hosted by Wishful Endings . Each week bloggers participate to spotlight and discuss a book they have yet to read, generally one that hasn't released yet. Can't Wait Wednesday is based on Waiting on Wednesday, previously hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine . Find out more here . This week I'm waiting on: Enrage (Eagle Elite #8) by Rachel Van Dyken Expected Publication: July 31, 2017 Preorder Buy Link: Not available yet (Will be $.99 on release day only!) Part of a world I loathe. Part of a family who hates me more than I hate myself. Living with a girl who reminds me of my darkness. I'm. In. Hell. Also known as the Cosa Nostra. My life was over the minute I stepped off that plane. Son to a murdered mob boss. Heir to a throne of murder and lies. My name is Dante Nicolasi. And there will be blood. I have long enjoyed the Eagle Elite  series. I just can never get enough of these guys! What are you wa...

Empire (Eagle Elite #7) By: Rachel Van Dyken Published: May 31, 2016 376 pages Source: Personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: I have lost everything.  My purpose.  My love.  My soul.  Death knocks on my door, I want to answer, but every time I reach for the handle--the promise I made her, brings me back.  So I breathe.  I live.  I hate.  And I allow the anger to boil beneath the surface of a perfectly indifferent facade.  I am broken, I dont want to be fixed.  One last trip to New York, one last chance to redeem a lost part of the mafia family. The Empire is crumbling and it's my job to fix it, my job to mend the pieces that were scattered over thirty years ago.  The only issue is, the only way to fix, is to do something I swore I'd never do again.  An arranged marriage.  Only this time.  I won't fall.  Or so help me God, I'll kill her myself.  My name is Se...

Elude (Eagle Elite #6) By: Rachel Van Dyken Published: July 9, 2015 341 pages Source: Personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: 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...

The Masterpiecers (Masterful #1) By: Olivia Wildenstein Published: April 15, 2016 352 pages Source: Netgalley ARC from publisher ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: Nineteen-year-old Ivy Redd’s talent with a needle and thread has earned her a spot on a coveted reality TV art competition set in New York’s Metropolitan Museum. The prize: a significant amount of money and instant acceptance into the Masterpiecers, the school that ensures new artists fame and fortune. Her talent has also thrust her and her twin sister, Aster, into the spotlight.  Not that Aster needed help with becoming a media favorite. She managed that on her own by running over a wanted mobster. She told the police it was self-defense, because she couldn’t tell them the truth—the truth would make her sister look bad. Locked in an Indiana jail to await her trial, Aster watches Ivy on the small TV hanging in the dayroom. It’s the highlight of her day, until she finds out what her sister truly thinks...

Stardust Destiny (Stardust Love Story Book 1) By: Nazarea Andrews Published: February 7, 2016 by A&A Literary 165 pages Source: Personal Kindle Library   ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: The face that launched a thousand ships...   I grew up knowing my destiny. Daddy pounded it in my head, my brother repeated it every day of my life. I was the only daughter of the Orsi crime syndicate, the pretty prize that would bring peace. My one job was to marry Callum Sheehan, the vicious head of the Irish mob in Chicago.  I never questioned my future–until I saw him.  The man who was never meant to love her…   I wasn’t going to the wedding. It’s crap that my brother does, things our father requires of the heir of the Sosa cartel. Not me. I’m the black sheep, the one Mama spoiled, and my father loves, but without the pressure of expectation. But Sheehan is too big a deal for me to blow off.  And then I see her.  The love that started...

Ember (Eagle Elite #5) By: Rachel Van Dyken Published: February 15, 2015 341 pages Source: Personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: This is a dark mafia romance. It can be read as a stand alone but is recommended to read within the Eagle Elite Series. No Cliffhanger  Everybody Loves A Bit of Darkness..Until It Consumes Them...  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, ...

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly post hosted by Breaking the Spine . Each week bloggers participate to share a book they can't wait to get their hands on. This week I'm waiting on: Elude (Eagle Elite #6) by Rachel Van Dyken Expected Publication: July 2015 Preorder Buy Link: Not yet available at time of posting The sixth book in the internationally bestselling Eagle Elite Series.  *Interconnected Stand Alone* 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 my heart, to a dying girl---a girl who by all accounts sh...

Elicit (Eagle Elite #4) By: Rachel Van Dyken Published: August 11, 2014 400 pages Source: Personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: 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...

Entice (Eagle Elite #3) By: Rachel Van Dyken Published: May 13, 2014 325 pages Source: Personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon ) Summary: From #1 New York Times Bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken comes the third book in the bestselling Eagle Elite Series... “As burns this saint, so burns my soul. I enter alive, and I will have to get out dead.” Chase Winter let the love of his life slip through his fingers and into the hands of his best friend and mafia boss of the Abandanato family. Now that he's been given a second chance to right a wrong--he refuses to let his own selfishness stand in the way. The only problem? He's not fully in possession of his heart, so when Mil De Lange, the girl who's innocence he stole, and heir to the worst of the worst mafia families in the US, asks him for a favor. He actually says yes, not realizing that that one yes has the power to destroy them all.  Mil's been in love with Chase as long as she can remember, ...

Elite (Eagle Elite #1) By: Rachel Van Dyken Published: April 14, 2013 322 pages Source: Personal Kindle Library ( Goodreads / Amazon ) *The above Amazon link is an affiliate link.  Affiliate links support giveaways on Words Fueled by Love. Summary: When I won the annual Eagle Elite College Scholarship lottery, I was thrilled. After all, my grandma had just died and I wanted to take care of my aging grandpa -- he couldn't be a farmer in Wyoming forever. And graduating from Eagle Elite meant opportunity. But I wasn't counting on meeting Nixon. Nor was I counting on the rules of the Elect. 1. Do not touch The Elect. 2. Do not look at The Elect. 3. Do not speak to The Elect. And worst of all? Don't discover the secret they hide, because in the end, you may just realize... it's about you. *This is a New Adult Book, blood, violence, cursing, sexual references, and drug use. Not recommended for those under 17.* MY REVIEW: *SQUEAL*  I LOVED this ...