Title: His Vicious Desire
Author: Fiona Murphy
Genre: Dark Mafia Romance
Tropes: Brother’s Best Friends/Plus-size Woman
Release Date: May 30, 2025
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“You’re many things, princess. Worth dying for isn’t one of them.” It’s something Gaetano has said often. Because if he ever touched me, my brother would kill him, best friend or not. He promised our mother, as she lay dying, that I would never be involved with anyone from the mafia. I would never know more of the world that she blamed for ruining her life.
So, falling in love with Gaetano was the worst thing I could have done for both of us. On the night of my eighteenth birthday party, I crashed into him, and nothing feels like it will be the same again—including me.
Three years of longing exploded in a moment neither one of us thought would happen. The lie wasn’t planned. When he realized he didn’t have birth control, I told him that he didn’t need it, terrified he’d find another excuse once the heat of the moment passed. The thing about growing up with the Outfit is that you learn things, like how to get what you want through manipulation to avoid bloodshed. So I keep lying because my brother won’t kill the father of my baby, member of the Outfit or not. But will Gaetano forgive me when he finds out I lied and got pregnant on purpose?
While this book features Sandro and Carina from His Vicious Vow, you need not have read it to enjoy this. This is a standalone romance featuring a plus-size woman and a jealous, possessive mafia man with no third-act break-up and rough scenes some may find offensive.
Renee’s Five Star Review
I received a copy of this book from the publisher/author to review for Stephanie’s Book Reports.
This is the fifth book in the Vicious Vegas series. This is the story of Gaetano and Bianca story. This is an age gap forbidden romance. He is the second in command to Sandro Leonetti. Sandro’s sister just happens to be Bianca which makes her very much off limits to Gaetano. However, that doesn’t stop the attraction that he has to her. He is trying his best to fight this attraction. These two come and go out of each other’s lives for three years. Bianca though has other plans and is willing to fight for what she wants. She will do whatever it takes to seduce the man who has stolen her heart. However, Gaetano has been burned in the past and just isn’t willing to be burned again. This story is a lot of back and forth between these two characters. Never mind that the attraction could get him killed since she is off limits. I really did feel sorry for Bianca. The girl struggles to make friends and get along with family. This left her feeling like an outsider a lot of the time. This also lends to her being naive and trust the wrong people. She finds herself in some situation she never should have been in. However don’t think her weak because she isn’t. This was a good book. I really enjoyed reading it.
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Due to commitment issues I have lived in many different cities and my favorite is Chicago but I have managed to settle into Austin and perhaps my commitment issues are behind me.
I have enjoyed reading from a very young age and it wasn’t long before the children books bored me and I read the books my mother enjoyed Stephen King and Dean Koontz and I didn’t sleep without the light on until I was about ten.
I came across my first Harlequin by accident and it was love at first read, no one died and happy endings? It was a whole new world and I loved it.
I wrote my first story at eight and everyone died, of course. Since then I would like to think I’ve gotten better and now I’m writing the happily ever afters I first fell in love with, with some hot sex thrown in along the way.
As a plus size woman myself, I have started writing the stories I always wanted to see myself in but never did. And now I’m ecstatic to give BBWs the happily ever afters with hot Alphas I want to read.
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About Renee Henson
Renee Henson has an obsession with reading and reviewing. Especially anything that is a dark romance, fairy tale retelling, MC, and is trying her best to love the PNR worlds. Nothing is quiet as exciting to her as reading a good book and then talking about it or making comments while reading with her friends that have read the book too. She is always happiest with her kindle in her hand and her nose is a book. She has been reviewing for Stephanie's Book Reports for over ten years.
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