5 Smooches
Synopsis
There’s two sides to every story…
And ours?
Isn’t pretty… Then again,
what’s pretty about the mafia?
Trace Rooks, that’s what.
But she only wants one of us, and I’ll kill him before I let him have her.
The only problem ?
We’re cousins .
And she may just be our long lost enemy.
Whoever said college was hard, clearly didn’t attend Eagle Elite University.
Welcome to hell also known as the Mafia where blood is thicker than life, and to keep
yours?
Well, keep your friends close, and your enemies?
Even closer…
Review
“But every possible outcome ended with either her death or her in danger. Weirdly, I didn’t want someone like her at Eagle Elite. She didn’t belong in my world. She deserved a picket fence. A husband.”
HOLY HIS POV GREATNESS!!!! I have to admit to normally cringing at his POV books for many reasons. Often I feel like I am reading the same story with a few extra scenes and I prefer that if I am going to get both POVs it is at the same time within a dual POV book! But damn listening to Nixon as well as Chase, Phoenix and Tex tell me their side of this complicated and entrancing story really did it for me this time. I might have even liked it better than the original (I dunno it’s close!)
“I wanted to claim her, possess her, make her scream – not with fear but utter ecstasy. I had no idea who she was, but she made me want. And that was the problem.”
Now I will say this will be much more enjoyable if you have read Elite but I do believe you could read this as a standalone. While you do get scenes from all 4 main Elite men, Enforce mostly revolves around Nixon with a heavy dosing of Chase. If you have read Elite then you know that the two of them are involved in a love triangle of sorts with Trace the new scholarship student at Eagle Elite Academy. I say of sorts because Nixon is not what one would say is nice to Trace, fiercely protective, YES, Nice? Not so much! But damn if he doesn’t have his own reasons.
“You have no idea . . . how much I want you.”
Knowing what a life with him would entail, Nixon pushes past his urges and instincts to CLAIM HER and trust her at his second in command and best friend/cousin, Chase. Oh have I mentioned that this is a amazing Mafia series (for those unaware) based in a college with a sexy sexy sexy man at the realm of the family. Damn so much going on and yet I constantly crave more!
“Nixon! You have to promise me that if we live through this – and that’s a giant if, considering we’re literally trapped between two death machines – you have to take my virginity. Take it!”
The amazing thing about Rachel’s writing is that she knows how to inject just the right amount of sexiness even without sex into a story to get you worked up and how much humor she can put in without distracting from the seriousness of the situations that are going on. To do all that so effortlessly is an skill few authors have.
“Things were calm. Too calm. And in my line of work, calm could only mean one thing. A storm was coming . . . fast.”
Oh the angst . . . Oh the drama! I never knew I could get so wrapped up in the lives of the up and coming mafia bosses. As much as this is a love story it is a drama too! Was is brewing and blood is shed. You will never want to put the book down because at Eagle Elite Academy there is always something happening and it is almost never a good thing!
“Damn it, Trace, I’m the one that doesn’t deserve you. The messed up part is I know it, but I want you anyway.”
I cannot recommend this series to both NA and Crime Drama lovers enough. If you haven’t started it yet please give it a shot I don’t think you will be let down!
~Miranda
