Empire of Lust: A Dark Mafia Romance (Torrio Empire Book 1)

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I understand that everyone has their own kinks, but this story really crossed several lines into outright abuse. Now that I have read (and absolutely loved) Empire of Lies, I am in desperate need of Empire of Pain like it’s my next breath. He has her followed, puts a tracker on her phone, and engages in forceful sex acts without clearly establishing consent or boundaries. So far this series is crazy good that I can't seem to get enough but with the conclusion dangling beyond my needing it NOW reach has me screaming eff-bombs.

Empire of Lust: A Dark Billionaire Romance (Torrio Empire)

What we expected to happen happened, thank you Jesus If you are not a fan of pregnancy tropes then stay away from Mafia romances in general. Beck has once again written a story that will have readers on the edge of their seat for the suspense moments, needing a fan for the spicy ones, and have them screaming and yelling when they finish. Where do you hide when the pain becomes suffocating and the man you thought you knew turns out to be the villain? The do resolve their riff and agree to go get dinner, but before they can even leave they get kidnapped.

I found some elements really (too much of the dad, Tatum and long drawn out musing) could have been omitted altogether and this saga could have been resolved here.

Empire of Lust by J.L. Beck - Z-Library Empire of Lust by J.L. Beck - Z-Library

Open Library is an initiative of the Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form.Ultimately though, we also get a decent plot that turns into quite the 'whodunnit' and keeps the story zipping along.

J.L. Beck (Author of The Bet) - Goodreads Books by J.L. Beck (Author of The Bet) - Goodreads

Also, PLEASE tell me Romero and Tatum get a book because if I don’t see these two brawl out their deeply hidden feelings for each other, I might implode. The idea of "love" between the two characters makes absolutely zero sense, as they have nothing in common. This one felt a little slow to me in the beginning but did pick up enough towards the halfway mark to pull me in. Still addictive reading although it ends on another cliffhanger, which I'm not 100% sure is necessary. I love that we get to continue Empire of Lies by starting off from the cliffhanger in the first book.Overall, the story is addictive, although it ends on another cliffhanger, which I'm not entirely sure was necessary but was well done.