Desperation (Dark Mafia/Age Gap Romance)by Crimson Syn-review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date July 22, 2022

***Sometimes it’s the Beast that needs saving.***

GABRIEL

Gabriel Falcon has just been named Boss of the Mexican American Mafia
Nicknamed, El Rey, he is not interested in keeping his new throne.
Fighting to escape, hopelessness slowly starts to seep in,
And in his darkness, his eyes come across the young Sol.
A deep obsession commences,
Sol becomes the love he is so desperate to conquer,
But there is an unexpected evil that is watching his every move.
And if he’s not careful, he may lose it all.

SOL

Sol has been betrayed and sold to the highest bidder.
Wife to the Mexican Cartel’s most vicious drug lords.
She’s succumbed to a life of rejection and abuse,
Surrounded by death, she sees no end in sight.
That is until she meets Gabriel Aguirre.
Dark, brooding, and dangerous,
She is forced to submit to this new brutal life,
But when in hands of a loyal King,
A woman could quickly learn how to become a Queen.

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REVIEW:DESPERATION is the first instalment in Crimson Syn’s contemporary, adult DARK MAFIA ROMANCE series. This is forty-two year old, new head of the Mexican American Mafia Gabriel ‘El Rey’ Falcon Aguirre, and twenty-one year old Sol Dominguez’ story line.

WARNING: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from several first person perspectives (Gabriel, Sol, Ivan, Jeronimo) DESPERATION follows in the aftermath of the assassination of Gabriel Aguirre’s father Ernest Aguirre, the head of LaFamilia Aguirre. As the new leader, Gabriel is expected to continue the ruthless reign of his father but Gabriel has spent most of his life running his legitimate business, and wants nothing to do as his father’s heir until Gabriel comes face to face with another wounded bird, in the guise of twenty-one year old Sol Dominguez, a young woman sold by her family into sexual slavery for a debt owed, then forced to marry a man just as evil as Gabriel’s father but all is not well in La Familia Aguirre, as someone else is pulling the strings behind the scenes, throwing Gabriel into a war with the Mexican and Columbian Cartel. What ensues is the tempestuous, age-gap relationship between Sol and Gabriel, and the fall-out as the dead refuse to die, and Gabriel discovers that that he and Sol have been used as pawns for bigger and more dangerous control.

The relationship between Sol and Gabriel is one of the forbidden. Sol is married to an abusive man but Gabriel wants someone he cannot have. A surprise awaits Gabriel with the arrival of our story line heroine, an arrival predicated up the death and assassination of someone else. The $ex scenes are aggressive and intense.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful, powerful and energetic secondary and supporting characters including Gabriel’s uncle Ivan Aguirre; Sol’s husband Jeronimo Dominguez, as well as several capos, security, and Gabriel’s housekeeper Lupita. The requisite evil has many faces.

DESPERATION is a fast paced, novella length story of power and control, desperation and obsession, murder and vengeance, and dysfunctional family dynamics. The premise is dark, gritty and raw; the romance is provocative; the characters are colorful, dangerous and powerful. DESPERATION ends on a cliff hanger-you have been warned.

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Reviewed by Sandy

My name is Crimson Syn, not really, but what fun is it to use my real name. Instead I’ll use my inner goddess’ name, it’s much more fun that way. I grew up in New York City where I had a wonderful education, loving parents and awesome friends. What more could a girl ask for?

I started writing at the age of sixteen. The first romance I read was Stephanie Laurens’ Devil’s Bride. Since then I have been influenced by dozens of flourishing romance authors and even more dashing and daring rogues. I must say it, but Fifty Shades was not my first erotic romance, nor did it influence me to start writing them. If you’ve never read Mary Balogh, Elizabeth Hoyt, Lisa Kleypas, Bertrice Small or A.N. Roquelaure’s Sleeping Beauty trilogy, then you’re missing out. Those were my sweet introductions to erotic romance, and boy were they hot.

So here I am, after reading so many wonderful stories, I have too many sinful tales of my own not to share. I like my alphas rough and possessive, and I have no shame in saying it or writing it. I had delightfully wicked teachers growing up, their books took me to new worlds and brought me new loves. So, I want to do the same for you. I want to indulge my readers in those steamy reads that will send them into the arms of dangerous alphas and deliciously sexy rogues, without leaving the confines of their nice warm bed. If I am able to entice your inner goddesses, then I have done my job and I am satisfied.

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