ARRANGED DEVOTION (Whelan Irish Crime Family) by BB Hamel

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date May 24, 2026

The mafia boss caught me spray painting my ex’s car… And helped burn it to the ground instead.

I’m at rock bottom: I just caught my ex-fiance cheating on me… In the bed we shared together.

It feels like my life is over when I meet Liam Lankshear.

Liam is living chaos. He’s everything I can’t stand: wild, impulsive, gorgeous, and a vicious underworld thug.

But my ex steals something dangerous from my family… and starts a war I never wanted. Which is how I end up engaged to my worst nightmare.

Liam wants marriage about as much as I do. He’s my opposite, my shadow, and my ruin. I don’t know how someone so attractive can also be so insanely frustrating.

The war turns ugly and death comes stalking, Now Liam’s done playing games.

He says I’m his bride, no matter what. And he’ll burn the city to keep me.

I just have to survive long enough to decide if I want to be saved.

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REVIEW: ARRANGED DEVOTION by BB Hamel is a contemporary, adult, Irish Mafia romance series set in the Whelan Irish Crime family series. This is Liam Lankshear, and CPA Regan Corrigan’s story line. ARRANGED DEVOTION can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

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

Told from dual first person perspective (Liam and Regan) ARRANGED DEVOTION follows the arranged marriage between our story line couple. Regan Corrigan recently discovered her long term boyfriend was having an affair, and as an act of revenge, decided to damage her boyfriend’s car but Regan found herself with an accomplice in the form of Liam Lankshear, the man with whom Regan would fall in love. A few nights together would end when both would discover they would be forced to marry, a marriage needed to regain power and information from a potential traitor but all was not as it appears to be when the search for the truth reveals a betrayal from within.

The world building follows Regan and Liam in the weeks leading up to, and following their marriage. As Liam and the Whelan Crime Syndicate begin a deep dive searching for the truth, the ultimate betrayal will break the heart of our story line heroine. From the Irish Mafia to the Russian Bratva, no one is immune to the encroaching war.

The relationship between Liam and Regan begins acrimoniously when Regan is discovered in the process of damaging her ex boyfriend’s car but Liam finds himself attracted to the woman that is willing to seek revenge on the people who betray and deceive. Forced to marry for an unwelcome alliance, Regan struggles with her attraction to the man who could break her heart. The $ex scenes are intimate and provocative without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

The secondary and supporting characters are familiar and determined. We are introduced to Regan’s ex Kieren Foley; Regan’s brother Luke, and their parents Noreen and Martin Corrigan, as well as the return of Declan, Finn and Cormac Whelan. The requisite evil has many faces.

ARRANGED DEVOTION is a story of secrets and lies, betrayal and vengeance, power and control, family and relationships, acceptance and love. The character driven premise is dark, gritty and edgy; the romance is seductive; the characters are desperate, charismatic and animated.

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Reviewed by Sandy