Release Date: December 15
Smoke Carelli lived by his own rules.
He wasn't interested in normal.
He didn't care about things like love and commitment, damn sure not marriage and forever.
But the second Maggie Ramirez parked outside his family’s restaurant, his life became a series of distractions he was learning to love. Maggie and her kid have shaken up his world and dislodged every hard and fast rule he’d ever made.
And when the demons from her past resurface, Smoke and Maggie may have to break more than their own rules to win their freedom.
But will it cost them everything and everyone they love?
The Carelli Family Saga
Book One - Smoke
Book Two - Dario
Book Three - Dante
Book Four - Toni
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What I thought about Smoke
Smoke is the first book in a new Mafia romance series from Eden Butler. If you've been following my reviews, you know I've enjoyed this author's work in the past, and I was so very excited to read this new Carelli Family saga.
Right from the start it's clear that the Carelli family is just that -- a family that looks out for each other and also the members of their community, so when Maggie is in need of help, the Carelli's step up to give it to her. It doesn't always sit right with her because she wants to stand on her own.
Smoke is the oldest of the Carelli sons and he's smitten with Maggie from the start. I highly recommend reading Santa Baby, the prequel to this story. He's a man that believes in family and taking care of people, but he also knows just how dangerous his life and chosen career are, so he tells Maggie that what is between them is just for the moment. Of course, he's lying to himself. I love a man who falls hard especially after he insists that he can't or won't.
I really liked Smoke. He's got a good heart and it was clear that he had deep feelings for Maggie. I did want to know more about Maggie -- she seemed a bit closed off, but that is understandable after her circumstances are revealed. These two are good together and not just in the bedroom.
As for the mafia story, I can't say I'm hooked yet, but I do find the family interesting and intriguing and want to know more, so I'm looking forward to more in this series. Smoke's story was really more romance than Mafia and I did like the romance between these, especially at the end when it really mattered.
Overall, this was a great start to the series, and I'm eager to get my hands on more of this family's saga. Smoke captured my attention quickly and kept me turning the pages until I finished. This was a book I didn't want to put down until I found out what happened to Smoke and Maggie.
A complementary copy was provided. This is my honest review.
And don't forget to pick up Santa Baby,
and find out how Smoke and Maggie met!
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Meet Eden Butler
Eden Butler is an editor and writer of Fantasy, Mystery and Contemporary Romance novels and the nine-times great-granddaughter of an honest-to-God English pirate. This could explain her affinity for rule breaking and rum.
When she’s not writing or wondering about her possibly Jack Sparrowesque ancestor, Eden patiently waits for her Hogwarts letter, edits, reads and spends way too much time watching rugby, Doctor Who and New Orleans Saints football.
She is currently living under teenage rule alongside her husband in southeast Louisiana.
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