Reviewed by Jen
TITLE: Relentlessly Vengeful Ghost
SERIES: Mafia Bound #5
AUTHOR: K.M. Neuhold
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 241 pages
RELEASE DATE: April 3, 2026
BLURB:
I didn’t know the house I broke into belonged to a mafioso, and now my revenge arc is a lot more complicated.
7 years ago, I died. Nameless, forgotten, left in a ditch after an overdose. I don’t know who saved me or why. God? Satan? A good Samaritan whose name I’ll never know? It doesn’t really matter.
I don’t know who I used to be. My name, my past, they were buried. But somehow, I’m still here.
I’m not the only one the Sleepless Reapers have used and abused, but I will be the last, if I have anything to say about it.
I don’t need the attention of a mafioso. Even if Alessio is fun to play with, and even more fun to make beg. But I don’t have time for his devotion or his pretty, breathless pleas.
I have a score to settle, and I can’t rest until every last Sleepless Reaper is six feet under.
Alessio makes me feel something other than hatred for the first time that I can remember. He makes me hope one day I might be more than a ghost driven by vengeance. He can’t pull me out of the darkness, but maybe we can keep each other company in the shadows until all our demons are exorcized.
REVIEW:
This story comes at us in this world from a slightly different angle this time. We have Ghost, a past “victim” of the Sleepless Reapers gang. He was one of the young guys they lured in and passed around after plying him with drugs, getting him addicted, etc. Their usual MO. When they were finished, he was thrown in their usual ditch to die, which he actually did, but was saved and brought back by an unknown savior. Fortunately and unfortunately for Ghost, he has little recollection of his life prior to his death, but he remembers vividly his time with the Reapers and he is now on a mission to end them, one by one.
Ghost survives by robbing higher priced apartments. This has worked well for him until he picks the wrong one and is caught by Alessio Moretti. We know Alessio from the prior books as part of the inner Moretti circle and although he isn’t actually a Moretti, he is part of the family and has earned their trust. When Ghost starts getting sloppy with his kills, he enters the radar of the Morettis, who are not happy about the potential attention.
The Morettis are not fans of the Sleepless Reapers, but they have co-existed in the same territory up to this point without much interaction. Alessio and Salvatore are put in charge of hunting down the Ghost to cool things down. At this point, Alessio doesn’t know his Ghost and the Ghost are one in the same. Ghost, however, does know who the Morettis are and devises a new plan to seek their help in taking out the Reapers on a bigger scale than he is capable of. But, first, he must figure out if the Morettis are for or against the Reapers. It’s a bit of a cat and mouse game for a while until it all comes to light but through it all, Alessio and Ghost continue their hookups.
As to Alessio and Ghost and their relationship. Just as with the other Morettis, Alessio wants someone he can submit to, and Ghost seems to be the perfect partner. This is really only the case with the physical aspects of their relationship, and it’s one thing I love about all of these guys and this story. I also love seeing them find a way to make it all work in the grand scheme of things.
I have really enjoyed this story so far. This book closes one of the circles with Ghost and another character, and I love how it’s all tying together. On the Fitzpatrick front, Declan now seems to be missing, and it has had a major effect on the Moretti leader. Looks like that all comes crashing in in the next book, and with the build up of how those two have interacted thus far, I’m already looking forward to seeing it all play out.
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