Reviewed by Becca
TITLE: All This Could Be Yours
AUTHOR: J.V. Speyer
PUBLISHER: MLR Press
LENGTH: 1506 kb
RELEASE DATE: August 11, 2019
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Can a straightlaced FBI agent fake a relationship with a mob rat long enough to close the case?
There’s only one way out of this family, but Tanner thinks he’s found another one. He’s going to fake a relationship with a straightlaced undercover FBI agent and help him take the organization down from within. That is, if the two of them don’t strangle each other first.
Maddox hates the Mob. He doesn’t have a lot of respect for mob rats either. He knows why he was stuck with this case, and he’s not thrilled about it. He wants the win, but having to play nice with gorgeous criminal Tanner might be more than he can take.
When secrets come out, Tanner and Maddox will have to trust each other with everything they have. They may be opposites, but they’re exactly what each other will need to get through this job with their bodies and souls together.
REVIEW:
You know, I really enjoyed this book so much, and I think I enjoyed it more, because it wasn’t played up like the movies do, where the bad mafia boy is the poster boy for being hot and the bad boy and everyone loves him and yada, yada. I will warn you, there are some parts in here that are a tad graphic, but I love that the author showed what like is mostly really like in the mafia/mob. Your own parents will turn on you and kill you rather than let you go. And it’s not pretty. The author packed a big punch in a shorter story and it’s unfortunately, too often, the way that world runs.
Tanner’s icing on the cake of being done with his father’s ‘family’, was when he was forced to kill his brother and best friend. Since then, he’s been biding his time, trying to find a way out. And he’s finally found one. With an agent acting as his date for his other brother’s wedding as they weed out the info needed. But Maddox doesn’t like Tanner and doesn’t think this mob boss’s kid should get off for what he’s done. No matter if he is turning into a rat. Needless to say, this is going to be an interesting two weeks between them because neither can seem to stand the other and they have to make it look very obvious they’re in love. But some secrets are popping up and it’s going to be a contest on whether they make it out. And alive.
You know, you look at movies like Scarface or Goodfellas. Even The Godfather series. TV shows like the Sopranos. Hollywood glams it up so everyone loves the bad boys, no matter what they’ve done, but what people often don’t seem to understand, it’s somewhat based on real life stuff. Sure they may add a little here and there to make it more likeable, but it’s a nasty business. Bloody, gory, greedy, dirty, corrupt and so forth. It’s a hard life, and for those born in it, I truly feel for. They’re lives are often in danger just from being related to the family, not to mention having a sadistic father or brother like Tanner did. So I felt for Tanner so bad and honestly wanted to smack the snot out of Maddox at first. True, Tanner had a choice in every decision he made. He could have chose to die himself. But how could he save others or help others even if it meant ending their pain, if he was dead himself? Of course, he has survivor’s guilt. Because every one he feels the weight of.
I can’t get anymore into it without giving it away. I hope I haven’t given too much already. It’s a good book, though. It’s got a twist you don’t expect and it’s just a good story. But it’s the mob, so be careful if gory is a bit much for you.
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