Wicked Liar (Dark Syndicate 3) by Faith Summers-Review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 31 2021

Maybe it’s the angel who tempts the devil, not the other way around…
Two years ago, the angel was mine.

She didn’t belong with a mafia devil like me.

All it took was one night for me to break her wings.

She nearly died from my mistakes.

So I left.

I planned to stay away, but then my old enemies resurfaced.

Forced to go home, I had to face her

One look and obsession made me want her.

One forbidden kiss and I wanted her to be mine again.

One night with her and I wanted redemption.

She can fight me all she wants, but I’ll fight back to own her.

I’m the selfish devil who will do anything to get his girl back.

So when I see her in an auction, I bid.

Fifteen million dollars makes her mine for thirty days.

And that’s where our story truly begins.

When the past and present collide, I find out she has dark secrets.

As the secrets spill, nightmares come to life.

We find out who the monsters and demons truly are.

And they make me look like a saint…

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REVIEW:WICKED LIAR is the third instalment in Faith Summers’ contemporary adult DARK SYNDICATE erotic, Mafia romance series focusing on the D’Agostino brothers-Massimo, Tristan and Dominic. This is thirty year old, Dominic D’Agostino and twenty-eight year old, PA Candace Ricci’s story line. WICKED LIAR can be read as a stand alone but for back story and cohesion I recommend reading the series in order.

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

SOME BACKSTORY: In the criminal underworld there are two secretive but warring factions on the verge of rekindling their power and control: The Syndicate of the Brotherhood, an organization Massimo D’Agostino is hoping to revive, and the Circle of Shadows, a group whose affiliation with human trafficking has long been associated with assassins and killers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Candace and Dominic) WICKED LIAR focuses on Dominic’s return to the family following two years in rehab and isolation, in an effort to clean up and protect the people he loves but Dominic has come into some important information, information that may reveal the leadership and people behind the Circle of Shadows. Hoping to rekindle his broken relationship with Candace Ricci, Dominic sets about to seduce our heroine but Candace refuses to fall for the man that nearly destroyed her life. As Dominic and his brothers, along with Aiden Romanov continue to search the dark web for clues as to the identity of the members of the Circle of Shadows, a prior betrayal by one of their own, sets into motion an even deeper search into the encrypted world of the people involved. What ensues is the rebuilding relationship between Candace and Dominic; the search and take down of the Circle of Shadows, and the potential fall-out as Candace becomes a pawn in a world that took everyone she loved.

Candace Ricci was the daughter of the D’Agostino help, and in this she was raised alongside the brothers she calls family and friends but Candace had fallen in love with Dominic D’Agostino never expecting our hero to abandon her when she needed him the most. Desperate to uncover the truth behind the murders of her parents, Candace sets a plan into motion that may destroy them all. Two years would pass before Dominic returned home, wherein our hero would discover some of the secrets of the Circle of Shadows, but betrayal from within is a bitter pill to swallow, and in this, the brothers continue their hunt for the people involved.

The relationship between Candace and Dominic is a former best friends, second chance romance between two people torn apart by secrets and addiction. Candace lost her entire family to corruption, power, and the criminal underworld, and refuses to lose her heart (once again) to a man who may or may not be around for the long haul. Dominic D’Agostino has never stopped loving our story line hero, but with his return come the memories of what happened two years before, and the secrets Candace has kept from the D’Agostino siblings most of her life. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense, without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

The ensemble cast of colorful and charismatic secondary and supporting characters include Dominic’s brothers and their wives: Massimo and Emilia (Ruthless Prince 1); Tristan and Isabella (Dark Captor 2); Aiden Romanov; French billionaire investor Jacques Belmont. The requisite evil has many face. Aiden’s story line is next.

WICKED LIAR is a story of power and control; abuse and addiction; family, relationships, betrayal, vengeance and love. The premise is dark, edgy and heart breaking; the characters are broken, healing, and determined; the romance is spicy, sensitive and moving. WICKED LIAR ends on a bit of a cliff hanger-you have been warned.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Ruthless Prince
Dark Captor

Copy supplied for review

Reviewed by Sandy

Faith Summers is the Dark Contemporary Romance pen name of USA Today Bestselling Author, Khardine Gray.

Warning !! Expect wild romance stories of the scorching hot variety and deliciously dark romance with the kind of alpha male bad boys best reserved for your fantasies.

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