Fractured Vows /Fierce Vows (Desecrated Love 2 & 3: Gallo Mafia Empire) by Jade Marshall & Sofia Aves-reviews

FRACTURED VOWS
(Desecrated Love Trilogy 2: Gallo Mafia Empire)
by Jade Marshall & Sofia Aves
Genre: adult, contemporary, dark, erotic, Mafia, romance

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date April 19, 2024

How do you protect your loved ones when you’re the one putting them in danger? Simple, you leave.

I thought when I walked away I would be able to keep everyone out of harm’s way, but my plans are falling to pieces and soon enough everyone is in more danger than before. Now I have to swallow my pride and ask for help from the one person I swore I wouldn’t—my husband.

He will not let me go. I am his obsession, his toy. But I don’t want to play.

So much has happened, wrongs committed by both of us. Lies have been told, secrets brought to light, and irrevocable pains caused. Can we trust each other again or will this be the end of something that neither of us wanted to start with?

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REVIEW: FRACTURED VOWS is the second instalment in the contemporary, adult DESECRATED LOVE erotic dark, Mafia romance trilogy set in the Gallo Mafia Empire, co-authored by Jade Marshall and Sofia Aves. This is the continuing story of eighteen year old Mafia princess Willow Hernandez, and twenty-eight year old, Mafia Don Raphael ‘Rafe’ Gallo. FRACTURED VOWS should not be read as a stand alone as it picks up after the events of book one SPLINTERED VOWS.

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise including graphic violence, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers. FRACTURED VOWS contains scenes of spanking, MFM, and MFF sexual situations.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Rafe and Willow) FRACTURED VOWS picks up after the events of book one . Willow is now married to Don Raphael ‘Rafe’ Gallo but our heroine is, herself, at the helm of her late father’s crime family, a position that should be ascended by her younger brother Roman. A series of betrayals, secrets, vengeance and murder threaten the tepid relationship between our story line couple, betrayals faced by several heads of the ruling crime families. With secrets of her own, Willow struggles with Rafe’s need to control, forcing our heroine to walk, leaving everything behind. What ensues is the ongoing and building relationship between Rafe and Willow, and the potential fall-out when the truth is revealed, and vengeance is taken out in blood and lives.

The world building continues to focus on the secrets that lay between our story line couple. Neither Rafe nor Willow is willing to reveal everything including the darkest corners that threaten their future or happily ever after, and in this , our couple find themselves in the direct line of fire. Betrayal comes from within, and Rafe is determined to protect the woman he loves.

The relationship between Rafe and Willow is a forced marriage in which our couple have fallen in love with one another but Rafe struggles to trust the woman he loves, a woman whose secrets are dark and disarming. The $ex scenes are erotic, and provocative including threesomes, and same sex scenarios (FF).

The secondary and supporting characters including Rafe’s sister Regina; his right hand man Dominic, and healer Thalia; security specialist Lady Sonja; Willow’s brother Roman, as well as the return of the head of the Irish mob Konnor Hennie, and his younger brother Devon. The requisite evil has many faces.

FRACTURED VOWS is a story of secrets and lies, betrayal, murder and vengeance, power and control, fractured family dynamic, acceptance and love. The character driven premise is dark, dramatic and raw; the characters are powerful, charismatic and somewhat questionable; the romance is seductive and fated.

Click HERE for Sandy’s review of book one SPLINTERED VOWS

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FIERCE VOWS
(Desecrated Love 3)
by Jade Marshall & Sofia Aves
Genre: adult, contemporary, dark, erotic, Mafia, romance

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date June 13, 2025

My father is dead. I am the head of the Gallo Empire. Now I must return to the place where I met the woman who became my wife.

Cyprus hasn’t been my home in over a decade. Standing on this unhallowed ground feels foreign. As do the capos who eye me with mistrust and disdain. But with Willow by my side we will conquer this place as we have our home territories. With her by my side, I can do anything.

Until the women who mean the most are stolen from me. From my house.

Willow has always been the one person who can calm me. Stop me before I go too far. Without her, my fury reigns.

My enemies will know no peace. Their houses will burn as they have shattered mine.

I am Raphael Gallo. They will kneel before me.

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REVIEW: FIERCE VOWS is the third instalment in the contemporary, adult DESECRATED LOVE erotic dark, Mafia romance trilogy set in the Gallo Mafia Empire, co-authored by Jade Marshall and Sofia Aves. This is the continuing story of eighteen year old Mafia princess Willow Hernandez, and twenty-eight year old, Mafia Don Raphael ‘Rafe’ Gallo. FIERCE VOWS should not be read as a stand alone as it picks up after the events of book two FRACTURED VOWS

NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise including graphic violence, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers. FRACTURED VOWS contains scenes of BDSM, Dom/sub and knife play.

SOME BACKGROUND: Months earlier, Hernandez heiress Willow Hernandez went on a European spree but upon her return discovers her uncle has sold her to the Gallo crime family, where she will be married to Don Raphael ‘Rafe’ Gallo.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Rafe and Willow) FIERCE VOWS picks up immediately after the events of book two FRACTURED VOWS in which our couple find themselves on the brink of war, and with the aid of his wife, Rafe Gallo, takes aim at everyone who continues to honor his dead father’s ways but someone else is determined to destroy our story line hero, and targeting the woman he loves, pushes Rafe to side with an unknown foe.

The world building focuses on Rafe’s fight for control in the wake of his father’s death. Betrayal comes at a cost; anyone refusing to accept the change in power, is swiftly dealt a fatal blow.

The relationship between Rafe and Willow is now one of love and obsession. Willow is both Rafe’s wife and submissive, and not without some power and information of her own. Along with Rafe’s chef and friend Luca, the trio will find themselves on the precipice of love and sexual happiness. The $ex scenes are erotic and provocative.

The energetic secondary and supporting characters include Rafe’s sister Regina; his right hand man Dominic, and healer Thalia; Willow’s brother Roman, as well as the return of the head of the Irish mob Konnor Hennie, and Bratva Pakhan Bogdan Inavoff.

FIERCE VOWS is a story of power and control, betrayal and vengeance, murder and madness, family and love. The character driven premise is dramatic, edgy and gritty; the romance is provocative; the characters are determined and dynamic. FIERCE VOWS ends on a happily ever after -for now.

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Reviews by Sandy

Fractured Vows (Fraser Crime Syndicate 1) by Jessica Ames-Review Tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date January 20, 2022

Sariah

4 weeks, 28 days, 672 hours—that’s all I have left until my fate is sealed.

I am promised to a monster. A man twice my age. He plans to keep me like a pretty doll, making me move to whatever whims he has.

Trapped, all my choices are taken away apart from one.

A handsome stranger. He tells me his name is Lucas and for one night I’m able to leave my cursed future behind. The pull to Lucas is unexplainable and undeniable. One thing is certain—I have to find a way out of this arranged marriage. I have to claim my life back. And Lucas might be the key.

Lucas

Sariah has secrets. I can see it in her eyes. There’s a sadness that swirls within them, a fear of what we’re doing. I want to know who put that look on her face and protect her from it. I will burn the world to ashes to keep her safe.

But when the truth is revealed, and I learn she is being forced to wed a man who has a reputation darker than my own, I realize how much danger Sariah is in. I’m not sure the might of the Fraser crime family will be enough to save her life.

Or mine.

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REVIEW:FRACTURED VOWS is the first instalment in Jessica Ames’ contemporary, adult FRASER CRIME SYNDICATE dark, erotic, criminal underworld series, a spin off from the author’s UNTAMED SONS MC series. This is twenty-two year old Lucas Fraser, and eighteen year old Sariah ‘Alice’ Easton’s story line.

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

Told from dual first person perspectives (Sariah and Lucas) FRACTURED VOWS follows the forbidden romance and relationship between twenty-two year old Lucas Fraser, and eighteen year old Sariah ‘Alice’ Easton. Sariah Easton’s father Declan has sold his daughter to the highest bidder in a effort to merge two of the most powerful families but the intended groom is almost three times her age and is determined to take total control of Sariah body and soul. Hoping to experience a little bit of life and love before heading down the aisle, Sariah, calling herself Alice, spends a couple of nights with a man she meets at a local bar, a man who stirs something deep within our story line heroine but our couple are completely unaware of one another’s true identities, something that may have forewarned of trouble to come. Enter Lucas Fraser, heir to the Fraser Crime Syndicate, and the man with whom Sariah will fall in love. Forced by his mother to stop the arranged marriage of Declan’s daughter Sariah, and thusly the merger of two powerful families, Lucas quickly discovers that the woman he abducts is the woman who has starred in his fantasies and dreams. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Lucas and Sariah, and the potential fall-out as Sariah’s abduction is about to start a war in the criminal underworld.

There is a fight for power between the various MCs, and the three main crime families of London (Frasers, Eastons, and Adams), and in this, the marriage of Sariah Easton to Jeremiah Adams is about to solidify her father’s place at the top but all is not well in Sariah’s relationship with Declan Easton, and our heroine is constantly aware that she is nothing more than a pawn in her father’s quest for control. Lucas Fraser is only twenty-two and never had plans to settle down but trying to avoid another family from taking control, Lucas is ‘forced’ to kidnap and marry the daughter of a rival, the woman with whom he will fall in love.

The relationship between Lucas and Sariah is one of immediate attraction but is predicated upon secrets and lies. Neither one is aware of the other’s true identity, and thusly their connections to the world in which they both belong.Never expecting to fall in love, Sariah wants one final tryst before her life spirals out of control. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and seductive but I dislike the use of a certain four-letter word used liberally (21 times) throughout the story line premise. . I am not a prude, and I expect the word in both MC and Mafia type story lines but I felt it was overused in this particular story.

The secondary and supporting characters are colorful and energetic, destructive and strong. We are introduced to Lucas’s brothers Kane, and Zeke (Bailey/Untamed Sons MC 7), as well as their sister Aurelia, and their parents Anthony and Charlotte Fraser; Sariah’s father Declan Easton; Jeremiah Adams, as well as several security and personal body guards.

FRACTURED VOWS is a story of dysfunctional family relationships, brotherhood and blood; a fight for power and control; betrayal, vengeance, acceptance and love. The premise is dark, edgy and dramatic; the romance is seductive and provocative; the characters are broken, desperate, and energetic.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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