Tuesday 8 August 2017

Blog Tour, Review, Excerpt & Giveaway ~ Entangled (Guzzi Duet #2) by Bethany-Kris


ENTANGLED: Guzzi Duet, Part Two

by Bethany-Kris Guzzi Duet #2 
Publication Date: August 7, 2017 
Genres: Adult, Mafia, Romance, Organized Crime


Book Description:

Gian Guzzi has everything a mafia boss could want, but it comes with strings. He shouldn’t be wasting time on a redhead he can’t have, when men like him are not allowed to be affected by silly things like love. A boss’s job is never done, and Gian has far better things to worry about—what with someone wanting him dead, and someone else wanting him in prison for good. Yet, he keeps risking it all for one more taste of Cara Rossi.

A man without love is no man at all.

Cara Rossi is left devastated by the things Gian Guzzi didn’t say. She also can’t forget all the things he did say. She needs to focus on moving on from him, not falling right back into his bed once more. Then again, reality has a way of ruining those plans with far more beautiful, unexpected things. Even if it means Cara is forced to question everything, from her morals to her reputation. All to be one woman to one man.

A woman without respect is a dirty word.

Duty. Legacy. Love. Always in that order. Or … that’s how it should be.

But life is messy, when entangled with love. Rules don’t apply.



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Our Review:

Reviewed by Donna ~ 4.5 stars
***ARC received for an honest review***


“Duty first. Legacy second. And only then, love.”


Entangled starts where Unraveled finished and Bethany-Kris was not finished with toying with our emotions. These mafia characters had already embedded themselves into my heart and head and they only burrowed themselves deeper in Entangled. Gian and Cara found themselves in an untenable situation and it seems things are going to get a lot worse before they get better. Gian is a man on his own, an arranged marriage he never wanted and one that was over the day it begun. A woman he loves with his whole being no longer wanted him, a mafia family that was on the cusp of war…he had never felt more alone.


“His soul was entangled with a woman who no longer wanted him, even if he would still die for her. Gian had no one to blame for that but himself.”


Gian was tied to Cara in every possible way, heart, mind, body and soul and through omission he lost it all. Gian cannot let go and even though they may be apart, Gian still knows everything she does, he may not be able to be with her, but that doesn’t mean he has to cut her off completely, he can’t.


“You broke my heart, Gian.”

“Well, I hope mine is a suitable replacement, Cara. Because you still have mine, and you didn’t bother to give it back.”


The love between these two was palpable, their chemistry seriously off the charts and the intensity between them caught hold of every single synapses. I wanted these two to make it, if any two deserved it they did. These two made each other stronger, supported one and other, complemented each other, they just needed for it to be their time.


“I’m sorry…I hate me too.”


Entangled is a story chock full of suspense, legacy, drama and betrayal, but most importantly a love so strong that even old-fashioned opinions couldn’t prevent it from happening. Sticks and stones and all that, but at the end of the day this is the twenty-first century, divorce happens on a daily basis and how a mafia family that has evolved from the dark ages still has some moral compass with regards to marriage beggars belief, but alas, it is true. As I said…UNTENABLE.


“Homewrecker. Whore. Mistress. Slut. Goomah.”


Bethany-Kris writes some the best mafia romances I have read, I adore her writing style, her characters never fail to infiltrate, her stories are intoxicating and compelling and this duet is one of my favourites. From the very start I have been held hostage by these characters, Gian is one of my favourite characters to ever grace a mafia book and if you love mafia as much as I do, then this duet is a definite must read. I cannot wait to see what comes next from this author.


“A gift I didn’t think I was going to be able to give you.”

Excerpt:

There was nothing more irritating to Gian than seeing a pair of Royal Canadian Mounted Police detectives waiting for him at the front desk of his building. At least, the managers and ladies working the front desk knew better than to allow the RCMP detectives straight up to Gian’s penthouse.
Ever since Corrado died, the police attention on the Guzzi family was … rough. Damn near constant. It didn’t help that following Corrado’s murder, several more deaths followed in the organization, and most done in a public way.
For the most part, the Canadian crime family managed to keep their heads down and their noses clean where police were concerned. They lived under the rule that less attention was better. This, unfortunately, was blowing that all to hell.
“Gian,” the taller of the two detectives—Seeley, Gian thought his surname was—greeted.
The shorter of the two, the one with wide-framed glasses and a suit that always needed pressed, hung back from his partner. He was usually that way whenever the detectives showed up for another round of make-Gian-talk-and-get-shot-down.
“Detective Seeley,” Gian replied dryly. Then, he nodded to the quiet detective. “Shaw.”
Seeley glanced upward at the tall ceilings of the building, and then quickly back to Gian. “Je voudrais—”
“English only, please,” Gian interrupted.
Seeley’s jaw clenched.
Gian made pissing these men off into a game.
“You speak French,” the man said firmly.
“Today I want to speak English,” Gian replied. “Serve me in my language of choice, as you’re supposed to do. I know how the police works in this country. We’re all on a nod and greet basis out there on the streets, aren’t we? Use English.”
“Fine, English it is.”
Gian stuffed his hands in his pockets, and rocked on his heels, pleased as fuck to have once again, annoyed the cops. Maybe if he did it enough, they would leave him the hell alone for a week. He doubted it, but he figured the risk was worth it.
All Royal Canadian Mounted Police were required to speak both official languages of the country. English and French. Gian found the detectives assigned to irritating him preferred French, and because he spoke French fluently, they expected him to converse in that language.
Gian was just as unpleasant in French when it came to cops as he was in his other languages. Cops all held the same distinct stench. Their job was to seem nice to him, to placate his distrust with them, and bring him in closer to their schemes. They put men like him away all the damn time, and Gian refused to be their next foolish sheep.
“I want to discuss some things that came up in your grandfather’s case, and see if you could confirm anything for me,” Seeley said.
Gian passed the man a look. “Corrado has been dead for months; you should leave him that way and let his soul rest in peace.”
“Don’t you want justice for your grandfather?”
How little they knew …
Justice had already been served.
 

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Book Description:

Guzzi Duet, Part One

Cara Rossi’s life has been a mess ever since her identical twin was killed. She blames the mafia, its ways, and the people within the caustic culture for a painful reality that turned her world on its side. In an attempt to momentarily pause her misery, a night out puts her on a path with a man she shouldn’t get involved with simply because of his last name—Gian Guzzi.

He’s the kind of man that makes it hard to say no.

Gian Guzzi’s problems are piling up fast. A murdered grandfather, an unpredictable mafia, and a new boss that threatens both his family’s legacy and his life. As a Cosa Nostra underboss, Gian has a duty. First to la famiglia, and only then to himself. In the midst of the violent uncertainty that has become unrelenting in his days, Cara Rossi should only be a distraction for him to enjoy.

She’s a happiness that he was never allowed to choose before.

His lies. This life. Their love.

It all unravels eventually.



About the Author:


Bethany-Kris is a Canadian author, lover of much, and mother to three young sons, one cat, and two dogs. A small town in Eastern Canada where she was born and raised is where she has always called home. With her boys under her feet, snuggling cat, barking dogs, and a hubby calling over his shoulder, she is nearly always writing something … when she can find the time.

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