A Captive Situation

Kings of New York

De: Tijan

Narrado por: Amelia Hugh, Jeffrey Kafer

New York Times bestselling author Tijan delivers a bold romance about two people wrestling with emotional trauma, thrown into a deadly—and heated—power dynamic when the mafia comes after them both.

Every bride dreams of her wedding day.

Today was supposed to be that day for me, except it’s not me marrying my college sweetheart.

My best friend is doing that. Or, well, my ex-best friend.

Instead, I’m over a thousand miles away, riding the subway in a city where lost people come to dream.

Me—I’m just hoping to distract myself from my heartbreak.

That is, until I met Jake Worthing.

Grumpy.

Hot.

A total jerk.

Did I mention hot?

Also, extremely presumptuous.

Just because I look like I’m a thought away from a total meltdown does not mean I need an ambulance.

He had the audacity to ask if I needed medical treatment.

Well, good riddance to him.

I don’t ever have to see him again.

Except, well, I do when I’m taken to the police station for a total misunderstanding.

He walks in and…gah. He’s the same that I remember from our first meeting.

Brooding. Still gorgeous. (The universe is not fair sometimes.)

He’s stirring up emotions that I didn’t know were still inside of me.

Then someone tries to shoot him and I’m a witness, and…er, how is it that I’m the one being kidnapped?

And by Jake?

Now I’m heated for a whole different reason.

If I get myself out of this captive situation, I’m going to reign down my own destruction starting with Jake Worthing.

I just have to survive first and, also, not get my heart broken. Again.

©2025 by Tijan Meyer. (P)2025 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

A Good Read

This was book 1 in the "Kings of New York" series. This was a really good read that I loved. Sawyer leaves her small town and goes to New York to visit her cousin after her boyfriend of 20 years marries her best friend who he has been having an affair with and is having a baby with. Sawyer needed some space, when she runs into Jake twice the second time somebody is trying to kill him and he takes her for her safety because now they after both of them. This was a pretty good read Jake who is a cop comes from a mafia family. His family wants him to take over the family business when his cousin dies. The chemistry between these two was hot and I liked the banter that they had going. This book had everything I look for in reading a mafia book action and suspense. This book was well written with no errors in grammar or spelling. I also liked the narration of this book.

captive situation

gotta say I love every book tigan has written but not this one. I liked Jake the the other books in this series but not in this one. didn't like the female character. it was a struggle getting into the book. really disappointed

Overall 4 stars!

A mafia story you haven’t heard before. So many broken hearts and misunderstandings until you get to the HEA.

FMC is annoying

The story line was good, The FMC is just whiney and weak. She’s 36 but acts like she’s a child, Zero backbone and just plain irritating,

Hang on tight!

This 3rd book in the series is a fast pace one! The action and suspense starts from the very first chapters and keeps going throughout the book. Jake is the cop turned bad cop from the mafia family in Maine trying to help the New York mafia all the while protecting his own secret family and not fall in love with Sawyer.

Because Sawyer witnesses a shooting, she now becomes part of the contract that is out in Jake’s life. Jake is determined to keep her safe even if that means kidnapping her SEVERAL times. Some of their banter during the kidnappings is hilarious.

Sawyer is in New York because she is running away from her life in Montana - where she found out her boyfriend/fiancée of 18years not only cheated on her for several years with her best friend but they are now expecting their first child - all within weeks of Sawyer walking down the aisle.

Sawyer’s mother & her sisters get involved in the mafia dealings and they provide so much needed levity at the right time.

Don’t sleep on this book - it is fun, fast paced, and a little spicy!

The narrators did a great job bringing this story to life!!

Action, adventure and great characters

Mafia romance
Morally gray MMC
Enemies to lovers
Close proximity
Grumpy/sunshine
Jealous/possessive
Suspense
On the run
Touch her and die


Main characters
Jake
Sawyer

This is a wild ride with plenty of action and amazing characters. After a bad ending to a relationship that spanned close to two decades, Sawyer heads to NY for a change of scenery. She is trying to meet her estranged family and mend fences. She gets so much more. She finds herself on the run and in the middle of a mafia war. We get to see her character grow strong and confident as she goes through her NY adventures.

The story was fast paced and so much fun. The danger and excitement was blended with laughter. Jake was the serious, broody, morally grey ex police officer with mafia ties. His story is tragic. He does what he had to go to survive and keep Sawyer alive. Some of the things he did were not exactly the best but they kept her alive. He is loyal and will burn down the world for her.

Sawyer and the aunt brigade added a lighter side filled with laughter and love. This family could be more dangerous than the actual bad guys.

The epilogue gives us a glimpse of their HEA.