𝙉𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙡𝙞𝙧𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚
My life implodes when arsonist, Johnny Malone, shows up at my office, flipping a playing card between his fingers like I’m wasting his time.
Me—his court-appointed psychiatrist.
The one tasked with controlling his deadly “urges.”
The one whose questions he evades every visit…
All while undressing me with sinful eyes that drown me in forbidden lust.
I fight to keep things professional, but ethical lines blur, and his charm overshadows his inner demons.
Ones with no family, no friends, and no past…
Just a standing Tuesday appointment.
He’s hiding from something…
And I intend to find out what.
I’ve always had strict rules about men:
No liars. No patients. No criminals.
In one afternoon, I broke all three.
They say you should never flirt with fire…
𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘺.
*𝘛𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪 𝘌𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦: 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳, 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 2, 𝘛𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴, 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘈𝘶𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘵 11, 2025.
Renee’s Five Star Review
This is the first book in the Marchesi Empire Duet. This is a dark forbidden enemies to lover romance. You will want to heed the warnings in the beginning of the books because it will contain some triggers for some readers. I am going to go ahead and warn you too that your kindle might catch fire in your very hands this book is so freaking hot.
Johnny Malone is a man who is supposed to be keeping his head down and his nose clean. But when he has this encounter with Becca Brennan that puts everything that he is trying to do in dangers. Becca is the daughter of a very corrupt man and her past is about to come back with a vengeance to to haunt her. However Johnny is really willing to risk it all to to be Becca to his will. Even if he has to burn the entire world as she knows it around her. I know that doesn’t make much sense to y’all but I’m so afraid to tell you very much about this story for fear of giving a spoiler away. I picked this book up and I didn’t lay it back down until I was done and loved every single second of this book. I loved the banter between Johnny and Becca. It was pure fire and they have some moment that will just melt you. I can not wait to get my hands on the second book!!! I need to know what is going to happen like yesterday!!
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Cora Kenborn is a USA Today Bestselling and Top 50 Amazon Bestselling author of over thirty multi-genre novels, including the Carrera Cartel Trilogy.
While best known for her dark mafia romances, Cora’s work ranges from angsty contemporary romance to edgy suspense to laugh-out-loud rom-coms. She loves exploring themes of love, redemption, and the complexity of human relationships while infusing sharp banter and a shocking blindside into every story she writes. Give her a brooding antihero who falls hard for a feisty heroine who isn’t afraid to stand beside him, and you’ve won her heart.
Although she’s a native North Carolinian, Cora claims the domestic Southern Belle gene skipped a generation, so she spends all her free time convincing her family that microwaved mac and cheese counts as fine dining.
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