Whispered Surrender (Sinful Duets Book 1) by Via Mari – Review by M Policicchio

Whispered Surrender by Via Mari
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This steamy mafia/protector duo is on fire. It starts with Sasha. She is a ballerina that has bad taste in men. Or rather, is searching for forever in men looking for right now. Through one of her Mr. Right Now’s, she gets on the radar of Jay, personal security guru. When things go south with one of Sasha’s stunts to get the attention of the former Mr. Right Now, Jay is right there caring for Sasha and laying claim to her.

As Jay grows closer to Sasha, Sasha is trying to run away and break free from all of her bad habits when it comes to men. Sasha has ties to the Chicago mafia and Russian Bratva that she is hiding from the world. These ties put her in danger and the need for Jay more than ever. Jay’s ties to the Italian mafia adds a layer of complexity. As Jay uses all the connections needs to to find out who is hunting Sasha and how to get it to stop, even if that means stopping it himself.

When Sasha runs away one last time, Jay comes face to face with Sasha’s twin sister who is now dating his best friend and business partner. It is a strange realization for both Jay and his bestie, Matt. Matt realizes that the same problems that Sasha is facing also haunt his girlfriend. There is more than family relations that is haunting Marenah, Sasha’s twin. Matt just has to figure out what it is.

The second story focuses on Marenah and Matt. The level of difficulty for this couple multiplies 10x by throwing in Marenah’s secret. Marenah is trying to find out the people responsible for an international human trafficking ring and stop the next ‘shipment’ from leaving Chicago. Marenah believes that someone within her organization is helping the traffickers.

Marenah knows that she can’t tell Matt who she actually works for because once she does, she knows they can’t be together. Matt’s ties to criminal families won’t have him dating a cop. When Marenah lets Matt in a little, he helps her stop the traffickers but her family connections cause additional complications.

Woooha. Nonstop action and steam, twists and a few turns, new players and old alliances. Wow. From start to finish, there is so much going on. I enjoyed that even the books have overlapping scenes, they are told from different perspectives and you get a different view, more information. I can’t wait to see where things lead.

View all my reviews