Broken Crown by Rachel Van Dyken is now live!
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken comes the final standalone in the bestselling Mafia Royals Romances…
Unrequited Love.
Arranged Marriage.
A love triangle for the ages.
A contemporary mafia retelling of King Arthur and the Knights of the round table.
I will do anything for my family, and as the heir to the Campisi Mafia throne, I fall on my sword and do what's expected of me—it wasn't an accident that I was given the name King.
I marry the girl I love—who's already in love with someone else, and because I'm a masochist, I make him her personal bodyguard.
After all, who better to protect the woman I love than the man she loves?
I have seven days after our wedding to own her—body and soul.
Seven days to show her everything I feel.
But tragedy strikes, and I'm forced to take the weight of the mafia crown on my head.
Now I need my Queen by my side.
I don't know who's with me or against me, but I will rule them all with an iron fist and make everyone proud.
As our seven days come to an end, I wonder how I will ever be able to let her go.
"Until it ends," I whisper.
A tear slides down her cheek. "Until it ends."
Amen.
Review:
Y'all. Right after I finished this book, I tried to jot down my thoughts but I just couldn't. So, below was my 'initial' review on Goodreads:
I can’t. I just can’t. I can’t even function right now to write a review about this book. I am lost in my feelings about this book and all the books that have come before it in this literary world I have come to adore. I know it’s not over but it’s over for now and I just… 💔ðŸ˜❤️. Formal/more detailed review to come soon after I recover from this fiction fangover!
I just had to include this in my 'official' review because it's still how I feel. I'm still slightly speechless. I'm still heartbroken that the best mafia world I've ever read about is over, at least for a little while. I still feel all the emotions I felt right after completing the book (days ago) regarding the high highs of this story and the heartbreaking lows. Man. This one was a good one. I say that about a lot of books, but not a lot of books bring out my emotions so strongly. Rachel has this innate ability to make you fall in love with any and all characters she writes, but especially those belonging to the Eagle Elite family, at least for me. In this story, we got to see some of our favorites that started it all. We also got to see this new generation of mafia babies becoming exactly who they've been raised to be.
This story was about King, Tex's (or excuse me, the Capo's) son. From the OGs of Eagle Elite, I have to admit Tex wasn't my favorite of the guys. I liked him of course, don't get me wrong there. But Nixon's story is what reeled me in. Chase's story broke my freaking heart. Phoenix though... Phoenix won me over. Of course I love Sergio, Andrei, all of them, but you know you have to have a favorite. Phoenix was it for me. Then Junior, his son, rivaled his spot in my heart. King, though... King just...wrecked me. I loved how Rachel wrote his character. He was so freaking honest with his thoughts and feelings. He had hope for something he might never get. He was the most selfless character I've read about in a while. He laid his heart on his dang sleeve while simultaneously being the freaking BOSS of the mafia. Y'all, King is...legendary. He is aptly and appropriately named. He has lived up to his birth rite and then some.
And his Queen. She took some convincing for me initially. How could she not? How could she not immediately love King like he should be loved? But then I really considered the role she was in and I understood. I also understood that it wouldn't take long for her to see what and who King really is and have her eyes opened wide! I had mixed feelings at the beginning about her but by the end... I'm in. She shows who she is, what she can do, and how perfectly she fits in the role she was born to fill as well.
Anyway, I've gone on and on about my love for this mafia family for a while now, I know. I just have to share with you about this incredible story though in hopes that you'll take the time to read it and fall in love like I have. King is a different character than all the others in this series to me. He is unapologetically him, including his worries, fears, insecurities, hopes, dreams, emotions, etc. He's an incredibly well written character and I have loved following his story. I read every word of this story in less than 24 hours which for me speaks to how much I loved it. Thank you to Rachel Van Dyken and Valentine PR for allowing me the chance to read an ARC of this book in exchange of an honest review- I am so thrilled to provide it!
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Meet Rachel
Rachel Van Dyken is the #1 New York Times Bestselling, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of over 90 books ranging from contemporary romance to paranormal. With over four million copies sold, she's been featured in Forbes, US Weekly, and USA Today. Her books have been translated in more than 15 countries. She was one of the first romance authors to have a Kindle in Motion book through Amazon publishing and continues to strive to be on the cutting edge of the reader experience. She keeps her home in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, adorable sons, naked cat, and two dogs. For more information about her books and upcoming events, visit www.RachelVanDykenauthor.com
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