Twisted Loyalties

sempre achei que o fabiano seria um grande gostoso e recebi isso... chatissimo, botando a culpa nas irmãs por tudo que o pai dele fez. leona outra chata, fiquei com muita preguiça dela. tava amando born in blood e comecei a ler camorra na maior expectativa do mundo pra receber esse balde de água fria.

well ate it lmao, pretty much thats it. also liked leona a lot BUT I DEFINITELY cant wait for nino, remo and adamo books - “Good thing you aren't scared of girls in flipflops." "No, I'm not scared of anything." - "Don't waste your time. She's already taken." "By whom?" "Me," - “She put her palm in mine, and I closed my fingers around her hand. That Leona trusted me despite what she knew about me, made me want to be good to her, which was surprising. I rarely wanted to be good to anyone.” - "Nobody will ever call you white trash again, you listen? And if they do, you will tell me and I will rip their throats out, how about that?" "You can't change my past. You can't change who I am." "No,""But you can. I can only force people to treat you as you want to be treated." - “I had to have her. Every little inch of her. Every hair. Every freckle. Every fucking shy smile. For myself. And I had to protect her from all the wolves she reckoned were sheep.” - "I told you I would protect you, and that's what I'm doing. I don't want you to walk around at night alone." - "I will fight your battles for you now, Leona. I told you I'd protect you." - "Then why do I feel safe when I'm with you?" "Because you don't know what's good for you, and because you only see what you want to see." "You are kind to me." "I'm not kind, Leona. Have never been. To no one." "To me you are," - "You don't even realize what I'm risking for you. You made me go against everything I ever cared about." - "Then stop this. Whatever it is between us, stop it. Now," "Don't you think I would if I could?" "But I can't. I won't. You are mine and I will protect you no matter the price." "Protect me?" "And who will protect me from you?" "You don't need protection from me. Today should have proven that." - “I almost called out to her, but what could I have said? I'm sorry. The idea of you leaving me is the worst torture I can imagine. Be the woman Aria gave me that bracelet for. Stay, even if I'm not worth it.” - "You killed him." "I promised I'd protect you and I will honor my promise no matter the price." - "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry too," "You are?" "For making you think you had no choice but to do something that foolish, for making you think you couldn't come to me to ask for help. Not for killing your father. I would do it again if it meant protecting you." - "I betrayed for you, I killed for you," "I'll bleed and I'll die for you." - “Last night, Fabiano, above me, in me, I'd felt like things had fallen into place. I'd never had a place to call home, but with him I felt anchored. Things were complicated between us, they couldn't be anything else, given our pasts and lives, but I knew no matter what he was, nobody would ever make me feel more cared for than he did. We were twisted and broken and fucked up. Both of us.” -"I don't mind dying for you." "Don't,""Don't say that. You won't die." "Love only gets you killed. That's what my father said. I suppose he got that one thing right." - "Leona must be safe. She must be mine. I want her at my side, want to spend my life with her." "If that's what you want." "She's seen me at my worst, and she's still here.” - "Can we be together now? I mean for real?" "We can and we will. I want you to move in with me. I want to bind you to me, want to stop you from getting away ever again." - "You almost died today for me," "Nobody has ever done something like that for me. People can keep telling me to stay away from you if they want, but it won't make me love you any less." - “The idea of a death match with Remo hadn't scared me, death and pain didn't, but Leona's love and my love for her: scared me shitless. But it was something I'd just have to deal with because Leona wasn't going anywhere, and I wouldn't stop loving her.” -"You were worth it, you know?" "What exactly?" "The pain, the wait, Remo's wrath. Everything." - "I don't want to leave Las Vegas. Because Las Vegas is your home, and you are mine." He pulled me into a painful embrace and I sunk into him. My protector.”

I didn't like Remo or any of the members. Remo seemed to be even worse than some of them regarding women which makes it hard coming to terms with the fact that he got a book. Maybe I'm just used to mafia men respecting women but this whole thing disgusted me. His sister and her husband seemed to be way better people which makes me wonder why the hell she chose to make these guys sexist disgusting assholes. At least he himself was okay. Not perfect by any means but he was less sexist than the rest which sadly doesn't mean much at all💀 (I'm glad he killed the one who raped the women tho)

Predecible, pero..... adictivo as hell jajaja. Lo disfruté bastante pese a que la trama no muestra nada nuevo respecto al tema de la mafia. Siempre he dicho que Cora tiene una pluma bastante atrayente.

I wasn't so convinced by reading a book of Fabiano, but it was quite good.

I think it was because we got to know him when he was pretty little, a young boy who wanted his father's attention, but in return, he got just hate. And that's so messed up.

Now his a grown man, working for his father's nemesis, the Camorra. Over the years, he has proven himself worthy of everything his father didn't believe he could be.

Now that he has power and is actively seeking revenge, nothing can stop him. But some pretty and eyes came around to change a few things.

Leona has nothing. She arrives in Las Vegas looking for some kind of stability, but the reality is very far from it. I love how hardworking she is, her way to see the world, and how she just wants to be able to live a normal life.

Although I felt it was a bit a Stockholm Syndrome, even if she wasn't captured in any form, she was kinda stuck with him since the first moment.

4/5

This is my all time favorite book from the mafia series written by Cora. I don’t understand why people don’t like it or rate it poorly. Fabiano is so underrated and he’s the best even after everything he went through. I love the romantic trope as well ( rich guy/ poor girl ).

3.5

This is my first time reading something from Cora Reilly, I mean I’ve read many of her review and all but never attempted to try one of her books. But now regret wash over me when I start to read one of hers yesterday and It was mind fucking blowing. The storyline is perfect, I could read this again. 4/5 ✌️

I’m OBSESSED

no pensé que este libro me fuera a gustar, pero así fue. me encantaron leona y fabiano 💘 qué no me encantó? remo comportándose como un tarado

book 1 already better than the entirety of bibmc. fabileona outshone them all 🫶🏼 AND FABIANO my sweet boy i adore him ☹️

I finally got around to finishing this and I did! I loved everything about this book! the way Fabiano cares for Leona and would do anything for her, ugh yess!! I love these two characters so freaking much, they really do have my heart. I absolutely loved Leona’s character. I loved how we got to learn more about Fabiano’s life. Everything about this book I love! The storyline, the characters, EVERYTHING! Definitely 5/5! Highly recommend!

successfully made me reconsider all my previous 1 star books this is possibly the worst thing i have ever had the displeasure of reading i felt genuine sickness so much cora reilly should do us all a service and stop writing all together

what can i say? cora never seems to disappoint me. fabiano and leona made me soft all over.

idk what to feel 😵‍💫 all of them were terrifying especially remo soto and fabi wtf. kept reminding myself im reading a mafia romance book, oh well. anyway leona was kinda sweet. and i would like to see her as the mob's lawyer lol 2.5 ☆

Okay!!! Fabiano is not a kid anymore!! I was so curious to see more of him as I was reading the previous series and I was not disappointed with how this turned out to be. (view spoiler)[Bearing in mind that I knew the Camorra was a very different mafia gang from the other ones but I really liked how the whole plot was shown. And if there's something I truly liked was how they simply accept women that are not from the mob. Leona was a little annoying but I don't blame her considering her life. The more I read of this series, the more I want to know about Remo but Nico's description in this book was really wow. I'm curious about all of them! (hide spoiler)]

“His eyes sought mine and for a split second he looked at peace" #1: Twisted Loyalties ★★★★☆

3'5/5⭐ ⬇️ Qué bonito final tiene la historia de Leona y Fabiano. Y qué bien que Fabiano tenga un final feliz al igual que sus hermanas. En esta historia nos encontramos a Leona y Fabiano. Dos personas distintas, de mundos diferentes que se cruzan un día y todo cambia para ellos. Leona me ha gustado mucho. Me ha parecido un personaje dulce, emotiva, luchadora y llena de deseos y sueños por cumplir. Fabiano es el ejecutor de la camorra. Un chico con una vida difícil, que tuvo que empezar de cero lejos de su familia y tuvo que seguir adelante. Es un chico serio, distante, pero todo cambiará cuando conoce a Leona. Sus mundos chocan de manera imprevisible y desde ese momento todo cambiará. Juntos descubrirán que son más de lo que son ahora, descubrirán sentimientos que no se imaginaban que tenían. Ha ido bonito ver la evolución de los personajes, sobretodo de Fabiano. En líneas generales ha sido una novela que he disfrutado. Es cierto que tiene sus cositas y hay algunas cosas que no me han gustado, pero en general ha sido una lectura guay. También es cierto que desde mitad de novela hasta un poco antes del final, se me ha hecho algo más pesada de leer porque sentía que se repetían cosas. Aún así el final ha sido increíble y me ha gustado mucho. Ha sido un final perfecto para Leona y Fabiano. 'Twisted loyalties' es una historia entretenida, muy ágil de leer y amena. Es una historia que te atrapa desde el primer momento. Una historia de superación, valentía y lucha por lo que realmente deseas. Es un libro perfecto para desconectar y disfrutar de un buen rato de lectura.

faith in cora riley is restored

3.5

Loved Fabiano's character, it shows what he had to go through during this series. Leona was a bit too naive for me but overall I enjoyed it.

the way i loved every second of this oof fabiano taking care of leona because he knows what it was like to be left behind and neglected by your own family? i felt that. this book made me emo for fabiano so many times that i'm willing to forgive leona making dumbass decisions after dumbass decisions. these books never seem to have a major plotline but do i care? no because i'm only here for the characters, and in the case of this series, i'm only here for remo falcone, i cannot wait for that man to become pussywhipped.