Title: Nanny and the BRATVA BOSS
Author: SC Daiko
Genre: Billionaire Mafia Romance/Romantic Suspense
Release Date: February 22, 2019
He's a Russian mafia kingpin.
Deep, dark and dangerous.
Good and evil at war within him.
I’m caught in the cross-fire,
but I want to be here.
A cold-hearted man, or is he?
I’m about to find out.
She’s breezed into my life
like a latter-day Mary Poppins
A sassy girl from England
with the voice of an angel,
and the body of a goddess.
I need her in my life like a bullet in the brain.
Everything about her tempts me.
But she’s an itch I won’t be scratching.
Except, the best-laid plans have a habit of going wrong.
Soon I’ll find out what really matters,
and that the worst lies
are the lies you tell to yourself.
From international bestselling author SC Daiko comes a gripping new standalone romance with all the feels...
Deep, dark and dangerous.
Good and evil at war within him.
I’m caught in the cross-fire,
but I want to be here.
A cold-hearted man, or is he?
I’m about to find out.
She’s breezed into my life
like a latter-day Mary Poppins
A sassy girl from England
with the voice of an angel,
and the body of a goddess.
I need her in my life like a bullet in the brain.
Everything about her tempts me.
But she’s an itch I won’t be scratching.
Except, the best-laid plans have a habit of going wrong.
Soon I’ll find out what really matters,
and that the worst lies
are the lies you tell to yourself.
From international bestselling author SC Daiko comes a gripping new standalone romance with all the feels...
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This is my first read by this author. I enjoy mafia books so I grabbed this one. Zoe is hired by the Russian mafia boss, Taras to nanny his 11 year old daughter, Emma. Zoe is young, and quirky and strong willed. She adores Emma from the start and sets out to help Emma and her stand offish father re-connect.
Zoe is drawn to Taras at first because I think he was a mystery she wanted to unravel. From there it jumps to lust and then quickly they are getting hot and heavy in his room. The whole book moved way to quick, I felt. Other than physical attraction, I was not feeling a connection between these two until the events at the end of the book. And even then, I was feeling more guilt from Taras than love.
I dropped my rating to 3.5 based on the unrealistic outcome for Zoe. I am all about suspension of disbelief--that is why I read, but given the nature of the event and the statistics of recovery, I just felt it was too good to be true. A different tension point could have been more realistic.
Loved Emma to pieces. She really was the glue for the family. I liked how Taras came to realize what he was missing by distancing himself from her.
Fast read. Just ok for me.
*Complimentary copy provided for an honest review.
Playlist
I Dreamed A Dream (Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables)
Hallelujah – Sheku Kanneh-Mason - Leonard Cohen: Hallelujah, arr. Tom
Hodge
Hodge
With or Without You – (U2) – 2
Cellos
Cellos
Something Just Like This – (The
Chainsmokers & Coldplay) – Cello Cover
Chainsmokers & Coldplay) – Cello Cover
Baby Can I Hold You – Tracy Chapman
The First Time Ever I Saw
Your Face – Roberta Flack
Your Face – Roberta Flack
A Thousand Years – Christina
Perri
Perri
Make You Feel My Love – Adele
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Excerpt
Tonight, Zoe wasn’t wearing the halter-neck dress. She appeared in figure-hugging jeans and a blue cotton blouse that set off the topaz in her beautiful irises. After declining a glass of wine, she sat next to me, shooting me a look from under her dark lashes.
Mrs K arrived with our starter course, a fresh vegetable salad made with cucumbers, tomatoes and onions. She served us and returned to the kitchen.
I swirled the wine in my glass. “I’m sorry if I was a little abrupt when we said goodnight yesterday.”
“Abrupt? You were more than abrupt.” Her eyes flashed. “You were downright rude.”
“I’m not a nice man. I don’t do ‘nice’. I can’t.”
“Why?”
Ever forthright.
“If I show any weakness, I’ll be finished.” I lifted my fork and speared a tomato.
She took a sip of water. “Being nice isn’t the same as being weak, I don’t think.”
“You are right, rybka. It isn’t.” I shook my head. “I guess I’ve just gotten out of the habit.”
She chewed some salad and swallowed. “Were you horrible to your wife? Is that why you got divorced?”
“None of your concern,” I snapped, slamming my hand down on the table. Dishes rattled and the water in Zoe’s glass sloshed over the edge.
She shot me a withering look. “There you go again, being a prick. I’m only trying to understand you, Taras.”
SC Daiko, aka Siobhan, is an award-winning British author of fast-paced international bestselling contemporary romance and romantic suspense. Siobhan loves to swim in the sea, travel around Europe, sample different food and enjoy local wine. She has worked in the City of London and taught languages in a Welsh high school before moving to Italy, where she now lives with her husband and two cats. Nothing makes her happier than connecting with readers and fellow authors.
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