Chased (A Cambridge Men of Honour Novel Book One): A Dark Mafia Bad Boy Romance (Cambridge Men of Honour—Dark Mafia Romances 1) by Felicity Brandon – Review by Alexandria Richard

Chased by Felicity Brandon
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This was my first introduction to Felicity Brandon’s writing and I was well entertained. I enjoyed the Covid Pandemic angle of this. You’re cooped up and social distancing, why would you have reason to meet someone new? The way Allegra and Chase came to interact was a clever twist I was not expecting.
I enjoyed Allegra’s passion and strength. Who doesn’t like a strong female fighting for justice and to empower others? I also enjoyed having a FMC of mixed race, and reading how that impacted what she wanted to do in life.
Chase is a pompous arse, but I enjoyed seeing his transition from seemingly one dimensional arrogant playboy and crime lord who couldn’t care less about anyone outside of his social circle, to love interest; even if he is still the domineering type.
The spanking and Dom/sub trope was not one I was expecting but I felt it was introduced in a way that also introduced us readers to it. In Chased, the reader gets to see the FMC explore the power dynamic of this relationship, and the push and pull of being introduced to the Dom/sub life.
While I enjoyed the story, I didn’t fall for the insta-love that occurred for Allegra. She’s known the guy about 2 weeks, having actually gone out with him just once after their meeting, and she’s falling in love? Sure there was texting and such in the meantime, but it just wasn’t believable to me.
I do want to go find the story of Alice and Oscar and find out more about how that relationship evolved as it is mentioned numerous times.

Trigger warning for aspects and talk of human trafficking.

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