Darkly Ever After: An Organized Crime Anthology Paperback – May 10, 2022

I'm still working through the last few stories in this anthology.Overall I'm giving this collection 5 stars.Shattering Justice by Silla Webb 5/5 stars. Justice has been working as an informant against her abusive husband. Even engaging in a dangerous affair with the FBI agent who approached her. But when Harlan discovers a secret she kept hidden for years, she knows her only choice is to run.I need the follow-up to this!Finding Sin by Gwyn McNamee 4/5 stars. Rea and Konstandin. Her father is handing her over to a monster. Someone she has to marry. But when things start to go sideways Konstandin steps in and helps her get away from his brother.Reap by Abbi Cook: 4/5 stars. Sienna and Alaric. She's the daughter of an enemy who Alaric is sent to kill. Instead Sienna falls into his hands and he decides to use her as a bargaining chip.Devil's Den by Aidee Jaimes: Sarah and Alejandro 5/5 stars. She's traveling with a friend and her family to Mexico. They get ambushed and she later finds out from A that the people she eas traveling with are human traffickers with plans to steal her baby. Since the death of his wife and unborn son A has made it his mission to take out traffickers. Falling for Sarah was never part of his plan.Twisted prince by Beck Knight 3.5/5 stars. Edith and Nickolaj. This was very, very, short but it really pulled me in. I was left wanting more.Depraved souls by Christy Anderson 3.5/5 stars. Knox and Little Bird. There's a lot more going on in this one and I feel like I didn't get enough information to really enjoy it.Illicit Act by Cora Kenborn 3.5/5 stars. Mikhail and Zasha He's hired to kill Zasha. Hasn't seen her in years and they end up sleeping together when he realizes who she is.Mogul by Cole Denton 4/5 stars. Michael and Aria. She's at his mountain resort with a man who owes him a lot of money. The plan is to take her from him. But that plan is fast-forwarded when he finds her stumbling out of the elevator and she's been hurt.Snatch by Indie Hayes 5/5 stars. Eden trades herself in order to protect her father. She's taken to an island to be trained and eventually sold to the highest bidder. The next book Split comes out 10/18/2022, need to read it!Dangerous Reign by Jagger Cole 5/5 stars. Adrian and Celeste. She's the only woman he's ever loved but following the death of his father, they part ways. Her father tells Adrian to stay away from her because she's marrying someone else. Her father feeds her lies about Adrian to make sure she stays away from him. Three years later she seeks him out to ask for help as she believes someone is out to kill her after the deaths of her husband and father-in-law leaving a huge empire in her hands.Counterplay by Jennifer Rebecca 5/5 stars. Marco and Delilah. She's tracked the Perez men learning everything she can about them. Because Marco's father turned her world upside down many years ago and she has plans to get her revenge.Tainted Beginnings by Khardine Gray and Faith Summers 5/5 stars. Nick and Tenessee. It was only supposed to be one night. But when the man Nick has been looking for threatens the woman he suddenly has feelings for, he has no choice but to find her and protect her.Taken by the Mafia by Lee Savino & KT. Strange 5/5 stars. Leah and Royal. He's watched over her for quite some time. He's known for over a year that she's the one for him and it's finally time to make her his.

Anthologies give us a opportunity to not only enjoy stories from authors we are familiar with but they are a great chance to discover new authors to enjoy and Darkly Ever After is definitely that for me! This is a collection of teasers that leave us wanting more. So get ready to be introduced to some interesting series and stories that you will want to check out.Finding Sun is the first story by by Gwyn McNamee that I have read and even though this is just a teaser for what she has to offer, I am hooked. This story is riddled with dark dangerous moments combined with characters that understand the mafia life but that doesn’t make it any less dangerous for them. I am definitely going to grab the Wrath Trilogy because I need to know what happens with Rea and Konstandin.Illicit Acts by Cora Kenborn is dark, edgy and filled with danger as Zasha Gaheris, daughter of one of the FBI’s most wanted assassins and queen of Miami’s Russian underground seduces her fathers best friend Mikhail. Being in the life of the Russian mafia, Mikhail knows the danger, but is still drawn to Zasha and now they have crossed a line that has sealed their fate. I am so excited to see how the rest of their story plays out.Mogul is the first book by Cole Denton that I have read and I am definitely going to be checking out his Black Diamond series because there is more to Michael and Aria’s story to enjoy.Michael Alatorre is the owner of the Black Diamond Resorts at Cooper Mountain. It may look like any resort but there are many extracurricular activities there that are off the books and on the illegal side of the law. He, however, along with his best friend and right hand man, Sawyer, run a tight ship and they are ruthless when someone crosses them. His protective mode is up when he sees Aria Sorenson in his resort. They have a connection and he will do anything to keep her safe.This story was definitely more on the hot and heavy side than the dark and dangerous side that some of the other stories in this anthology.Snatch by Indie Hayes grabbed my attention right from the beginning. It is a dark mafia story filled with danger especially for Eden who gives up everything for her father and his debts. Now she is owned by the organization and they will sell her off to the highest bidder, but their are two men who have her attention and she has theirs but there is another who will be on the hunt for her. The excitement is just starting for Eden, Raze and Gabriel and I can’t wait to read the rest of their story.Heiress Mastered by Sienna Snow is full of surprises as Briana and Eric challenge each other and at the same time have a fiery connection that keeps their story exciting.Briana Amici is running from her upcoming wedding that will merge two syndicate families. She is also living a secret life as the director, working undercover for a secret organization, Solon. It turns out that the man she is hunting is her fiancé Eric Donovan and he is her Interpol contact and knows all her secrets.