Dirty Legacy (Dark Mafia Romance) by BB Hamel-review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date August 16, 2026

I sent filthy selfies to my boss by mistake.
Now he’s calling me into his office.

I’m about as close to rock bottoms as it gets. I pay my mother’s rent, work a dead-end job, and my boyfriend of two years just dumped me by text.

So when the CEO of my company Connor Maguire replies to my email with come to my office, I know you’re still here, I assume I’m about to get fired.

Instead, he says he has an hour free in his schedule, and asks if I’d like to recreate one of my filthy poses for him.

Connor Maguire is viciously handsome with green eyes, ink up to his throat, and the body of a god. He’s cocky, powerful, and unhinged enough to make my toes numb.

Good girls say no. Good girls walk out.

I stay and make the best mistake of my life.

Until six weeks later I’m holding four positive pregnancy tests.

And two hours after that, Connor is standing in my mother’s living room with a priest, a wedding suit, and a diamond ring that was very obviously bought for somebody else.

Because it turns out, he runs the Maguire crime family, and he was supposed to marry another woman this afternoon.

And now her family is coming for us.

I’m trapped between a mafia war and a controlling, obsessive demon, and I don’t know which will break me first.

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REVIEW: DIRTY LEGACY by BB Hamel is a contemporary, adult dark, Irish Crime family, erotic, romance stand alone . This is Connor Maguire and Angelina Bellandi’s story line.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Angie and Connor) DIRTY LEGACY follows the building romance and forced marriage between our story line couple. Angelina Bellandi accidentally sent her boss Connor Maguire a computer file containing several personal images and nude selfies. One night together would result in an unexpected pregnancy but Connor has been betrothed to Sinead Gallagher, a betrothal meant to strength and align two powerful Irish Crime families. Angie’s pregnancy announcement finds Connor demanding they marry but the marriage is about to cause a war between families. Keeping his family safe forces Connor to take steps in a war he doesn’t want but the Gallagher family was humiliated when Connor married someone else, a humiliation that is about to place everyone in the direct line of fire.

The world building follows Connor as he finds himself on the outside looking in having defied the man at the top. As The Gallagher family take aim, Connor must circle the proverbial wagons as he struggles to protect the people he loves.

The relationship between Connor and Angie begins as boss and employee that turns into a one afternoon together resulting in an unexpected pregnancy. Angie is willing to raise the child on her own but Connor is determined to claim Angie as his wife, betraying the people at the top. Connor has a secret, a need for Angie she knew nothing about but a need that reveals an obsessive love predicated on events from the past, The $ex scenes are provocative and intense.

The secondary and supporting characters are engaging and interesting. We are introduced to Connor’s father Cathal, his wife Danielle, and Connor’s Half-sister Rowan; Connor’s men including his cousin Deck, Marcus, and Colm, as well as Declan,Fergus and Sinead Gallagher, and Angie’s mother Dawn Bellandi, a woman who was more of a clown and a distraction.

DIRTY LEGACY is a story of betrayal and vengeance, power and control, secrets and obsession, family and relationships, acceptance and love. The character driven premise is entertaining, dramatic and edgy but there is a different feel to the author’s style of writing, a change that did not feel cohesive or serious. The characters are determined and desperate yet often immature; the romance is seductive and needy. I am a big fan of BB Hamel’s stories and series but I struggled with this latest release.

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Reviewed by Sandy