TWISTED WEDDING (Costa Crime Family 2) by BB Hamel-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date October 19, 2023

I think my boss is stalking me.
Right up until the moment he proposes.

Adler Costa owns the Sunrise hotel and casino. He’s filthy rich, connected to some shady organizations, and I’m pretty sure he’s obsessed with me. Which isn’t so bad: Adler’s gorgeous, like a man straight out of my filthiest late-night fantasies. But when my addict brother gets caught stealing from the Costa family, I’m given a choice:

Marry Adler and pledge my life to him, or they’ll throw my brother into the ocean with a concrete block tied to his ankle .I’m not about to let my little brother get killed for one stupid mistake.
So I walk down the aisle and say the vows, which is when I learn there’s one more catch: Adler doesn’t only want a bride. He needs a baby.

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REVIEW: TWISTED WEDDING by BB Hamel is a stand alone, contemporary, adult, dark, Mafia romance story line focusing on thirty-eight year old Atlantic City Sunrise casino owner Adler Costa, and twenty-six year old Black Jack dealer Casey Kiernan.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Casey and Adler) TWISTED WEDDING follows the forced marriage between our story line couple. Casey Kiernan’s brother Shane is an addict, and has stolen money from the Sunrise Casino in Atlantic City, the casino where Shane’s sister Casey is a Black Jack dealer. To pay for her brother’s sin, Casey is forced to marry casino owner Adler Costa, a marriage Adler claims is meant to secure his line of succession but secrets and lies are about to target our story line heroine when she discovers a past connection to our story line hero. What ensues is the building relationship between Adler and Casey, and the potential fall-out as sins of the past take aim at our story line heroine.

The world building focuses on a war between former friends, Atlantic City casino owners, and a family that is struggling with secrets from the past. Casey Kiernan has been caught in a power play-a pawn to be moved as secrets are revealed.

The relationship between Casey and Alder is forced marriage predicated upon the sins of the family but Alder’s secrets reveal a lifetime of guilt and grief, predicated upon a lie, and an obsession with our story line heroine. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and provocative without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

There is a large ensemble cast of secondary and questionable supporting characters. We are introduced to Adler’s mother Vanessa Costa; Casey’s embattled brother Shane: her best friend Roxie; a well as casino owner Tony Vetch; Adler’s brothers Jayson, Erick and youngest brother Conlan; Security Big Dan, Will, Zach, Gerthold and Gianni. Here’s hoping the author has plans for Adler’s brothers.

TWISTED WEDDING is a story of power and control, secrets and lies, betrayal and vengeance, forgiveness and love. The fast paced premise is detailed, dramatic and edgy; the romance is seductive; the characters are struggling, dynamic and determined.

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Reviewed by Sandy