Savage Promises by Deborah Garland

2.5 Stars

She’s the wrong bride, but he’ll make her the perfect wife.

She was my secret obsession.

My best friend’s younger sister.

But with our families at each other’s throats,

I turned my back on the only woman I ever cared about.

And I regretted the loss of her fiery spirit

every day of my life.

I learned to live with the pain and emptiness,

vowing never to fall in love or marry another.

But Lennox didn’t disappear.

She was right there.

Gorgeous. Successful. Ice cold.

So close. But out of my reach.

Years later our world is very different.

With so many enemies, Irish blood must stay pure.

Putting chains on my wrists,

to marry my worst enemy’s daughter.

But not Lennox.

Her sister.

Now Lennox hates me all over again.

But underneath, I see profound sadness.

The hidden desire for me that she never let go of.

And I’ll drag hell to my doorstep to marry the woman I want.

Lennox was always mine.

I will not let her slip through my fingers again.

Considering I am not a fan of mafia books in general this one wasn’t bad. I didn’t like it and won’t read another in the series. What I loved was the pining between them. They very much wanted to be together but because of the nature of the families they couldn’t. She had to help him with planning a wedding to her sister. You could see how much this hurt her and there was a lot of emotions there. That was about all I liked. The entire family knew who he wanted to be with instead tried to marry him off to the minor sister. That is a whole other issue. Add in the cheating. Yes it was between the main characters but he was engaged when they got together and that is a hard pass to me.

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