Reviewed by True

TITLE: Mad Man

SERIES: Necessary Evils #5

AUTHOR: Onley James

PUBLISHER: Self-Published

LENGTH: 296 pages

RELEASE DATE: April 7, 2022

BLURB:

Avi Mulvaney is many things. Son. Twin. Owner of the fashion label, Gemini. Murderous psychopath. Together, he and his brother, Asa, make one brutally efficient monster, ridding the world of predators who victimize the innocent. History proves Avi and Asa don’t do well apart, but their father has decided to test that theory.

Felix Navarro knows exactly who he is. Baby brother. Fashionista. Vigilante. While he’s not happy that his big brother married a Mulvaney, the union has its perks. Like a paid internship with Gemini. But all good things come with a cost and, for Felix, that’s enduring Avi Mulvaney each day, which inevitably leads to thinking about him every night.

Felix doesn’t like Avi. He’s cocky, condescending, overbearing, and inappropriate. He’s also sexy, brilliant, and twice as lethal as Felix. Still, Felix loathes him. Even if he keeps letting him kiss him. And touch him. Even if he slipped just once. It was still hate sex, and it would never happen again. Ever.

Except, Avi’s being sent to help take down a dangerous crime ring and he’s ordered Felix to come along. Felix has vowed to stay strong. To remember he hates Avi. But they’re trapped together and there’s only one bed, and it’s so hard to hate Avi in the dark when he’s whispering how Felix belongs to him. Felix belongs to no man, but Avi is determined. He has one week to prove to Felix that he’s the exception to his rule. After all, who says no to a Mulvaney?

Mad Man is a scorchingly hot, intense, enemies to lovers, psychopath romance with an HEA and no cliffhangers. It features a dirty talking, brutally vicious killer and a sharp tongued murderous fashionista who are both too stubborn for their own good. As always, there’s gratuitous violence, very dark humor, enough blood to film the final scene in the movie Carrie, and enough heat to melt your panties. This is book five in the Necessary Evils series. Each book follows a different couple.

REVIEW:

Welcome back to the Mulvaney family, this story is about Avi, Asa’s twin. Ava is the owner of Gemini fashion label. Avi is just like all the members of the family a psychopath, a deadly one.
Felix looks down his nose at Avi, as if he owns the place instead of being the intern at Gemini.
He hates Avi and what he stands for, why does he has to be so sexy. Why the hell keeps Felix giving in to being kissed or touched by Avi. Ugh, he hates himself for it.

Fragile like a hand grenade! Yup, that’s Felix. Avi doesn’t know how to handle him. Why is he always mad? If Avi only knew how Felix really felt, possessive, afraid to lose his mind uhh heart over Avi.
Felix wants to keep it from breaking. Avi will soon realize Felix is no good. Avi is getting crazy, how can he convince his kitten they belong together.

There are several hot scenes that I watched in awe, but there’s one… oh my freaking goodness!

Thomas orders Avi to handle a job, he has to leave his brother behind. Avi and Asa aren’t doing well being apart, they are so balanced together. Avi takes Felix with him, it’s a good distraction.
There’s a circle of people who has to be destroyed.

“Hate sex is the best of all the sex, no?”

It’s hard to resist a guy who can’t keep his hands and mouth off you, Avi likes to play with Felix.
Felix is lethal and great with knives, watch him!. You could forget the psychopathic side of Avi, because he’s so sweet, well, until he talks about rather being stabbed or shoot instead of handling emotions.
The difference between Avi’s psychopath mind and Felix’s is awesome to watch. Imagine a killer, ruthless, getting confused by all the emotions coming from Felix, because dang, he’s super emotional.

The family together for the grand act was marvelous, it showed how vicious and efficient they are.
The plot was well thought out. Felix and Avi were great together, maybe a bit less spectacular than Zane and Asa, but still. Felix barking at Avi, Avi accepting everything Felix said or did, worshipped the ground he walked. It was a crazy, fun, humorous, hot, murderous read, clear and strong written.
Again an awesome scorching story, you will sympathize with gossiping psychopaths and their horrible deeds, because you can’t just not.

RATING:

BUY LINKS:

Amazon