Officers outside “just started blasting away.” “It was like pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop,” Colomey recalled. “What the f- did you just say?” Colomey asked Lopez, just before the barrage of gunfire erupted.

Tim Colomey, a crisis negotiator standing next to Lopez in the command center, was stunned - interpreting the remark, as he knew other officers would, as a kill order. Ruben Lopez radioed to the surrounding SWAT team that the mentally ill man they’d just flushed from a nearby home remained a threat and must not be allowed to leave. It made this read utterly compelling! Viktor’s duplicity isn’t done and I need to see him complete his assignment as the winner.Anthony Soderberg was wounded, no longer armed and positioned precariously on a steep embankment when Los Angeles Police Lt. This story was so good with the suspense and bombshells dropped here and there. They certainly bring the heat with scorching hot encounters, but also a lot of heartbreak with their forbidden romance with a hopeless future.Īs it was the case with the earlier novels, some of the chapters of this book are written in other characters’ point of view which I absolutely adored! It made me fall in love with the whole Ivanshov family even more and I truly loved their whole dynamic. Anyway, I eventually rooted for their happily ever after. Maybe because I felt their relationship started too strong and too rapidly, without enough interactions prior. I will admit that I didn’t connect right away with this couple though. Her disability added a poignant twist to the storyline. She’s not that broken! Meeting Viktor brings her a little light in her dark and silent world.

Despite these brutal treatments, she’s still strong and hopeful. As Valentin Solonik’s captive wife, she’s been enduring atrocious abuses for years.

His little 'myshka' brought a protective and softer side of him so alluring. Watching him develop a certain fascination for Valerie was beautiful. It’s clear that he’s more vulnerable than what he shows under his mafioso front. His unrequited feelings for Ayla at the beginning had me in tears. He lives for his family, so it’s cruel to see him struggle playing a game for this highly important mission. I enjoyed discovering what made his heart and soul bleed. In the previous trilogy, he was always the jokester, cracking me up with his crude yet comic repartees but now he faces a hard challenge that unveils new facets of him. This time around, Viktor is the hero of the story and I just loved the guy. Holy shit! The Mafia and his Obsession Part 1 started on a bang! I wasn’t prepared for this shocker right at the beginning and seriously didn’t know what to think! Needless to say that this intense start only kept getting more electrifying and this book was another page turner! Lylah James continued her consuming mafia series with a new main couple, but got all of the Ivanshovs invested in this fascinating journey.

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