Cruel Obsession

A Dark Mafia Arranged Marriage Romance

By: Bianca Cole

Narrated by: Conner Goff, Addison Barnes

Cruelty is his middle name, and I'm at his mercy.

My father has kept me locked away in an ivory tower.

I thought he wanted to protect me, but he only wanted to protect his asset.

An untouched, sheltered mob princess is worth a lot of money to the right buyer.

My father's greed means Sicily is no longer big enough for him.

I'm shipped across the Atlantic to Boston to marry a man I've never met, whose reputation for cruelty reaches as far as the shores of Sicily.

Milo Mazzeo is as dark as they come.

He's a ruthless don with no morals, and he's about to become my husband.

It's clear from the moment we meet that we have nothing in common.

Once we say I do, he tells me that I'm his possession.

I must do whatever he says.

I'm nothing more than a slave to tend to his every whim and need.

If he thinks I'm going to accept my fate without a fight, he is mistaken.

I always expected to marry for love, but all I feel is hate toward this beautiful beast.

They say there is a fine line between love and hate.

Could the fire of hatred really twist into something more?

©2021 Bianca Cole (P)2024 Bianca Cole

narration is Key

the MMC is not well suited to the character. he mispronounced so many words, his inflection was terrible, and sounded like an announcer. The female narrator was gold stars all around. Amazing. the story concept was good, the articulation wasn't good. it felt like the author never got past the basic outline of the book. very disappointed.

Title

Love the mafia romance keeps you on your toes the whole time listening to this story.

Milo's voice🥵🥵🥵🥵

I love that they used their voices in coordination with the book... Great voices on these characters

where do I start

the make narrator was awful, he ruined the book. monotone and he kept pronouncing "capo" wrong. it was annoying.
His capo spoke more like a PA.

The FMC narrator was excellent! She was the best part of the audiobook.

it is a duet narration which was a bonus.

read the book instead.

addictive

It's a great short story. I couldn't put it down. The build up could've been longer, but great for what it was.

Female narrator

Milo starts out as a harda$$, a real SOB, it took the woman from Sicily with a sexy accent to bring him back to life. I enjoyed the story.

it's not bad

it's a short mafia story. a lot of smut. it does have a little plot. it's not bad. It does have a HEA.

Ehhhh

It was okay it was definitely definitely very non consenty- but not in the like good mutual way… plus savage bidder (the sequel) was WAYYY better. That one actually had a plot. I would say a three is more than fair. It took a lot to get through it was boring as hell… Sooo my suggestion would be don’t get it. Get savage bidder instead (thumbs up)

Consent much???

The female narrator was wonderful. The male character clearly doesn’t understand consent. I’ve read forced marriage books that were far less cruel than this. It makes me want to ask the male character “ummm who hurt you?”

Cruel Obsession

My first 🎧book by this author and I’m a bit disappointed. The storyline had potential but the narration was a fail. I’m not sure what the process is in selecting the narrator’s but this duo was a not good. In order for the listeners to really enjoy the audiobook the narrator’s have to sell you the magic written in the pages and make you feel like you’re a part of the experience and this didn’t happen here! The MMC kept mispronouncing CAPO that was so distracting but mostly annoying , ugh. The one good thing is that the main characters get their HEA. Is it worth a credit? I would say it’s a no for me but if you’re not swayed from mediocre narration then give it a go & good luck.🍀