Definitely one of the most provocative of Cora's books. And it quickly became one of my favorites, I finished it in a day! It's safe to say Anna is one of my favorite female character in Cora's books. She always found a way to make me laugh whenever she showed up. But Santino and Anna together is a force to be reckon with. From the beginning of the book I liked them together. I loved how this book took place in France for the most part. It was nice to have a change scenery, plus I think France was very befitting for this couple. I wished that Anna would have pushed more to allow her parent to let her a chance at marrying for love. Their love grew over time and they actually "dated", which wasn't something we saw in other books. I think this book was lighter than the others. Like Gossip Girl meets the Mob, however not in a bad way. When Santino admits he had feelings for Anna and enjoyed her games early on in the book, I knew we were in for a ride. When they kissed for the first time, then their first time together, shoot all their sex scenes literally had me throwing my kindle and fangirl screaming 🥵. The time skips did make it seem like we missed things, and I would have liked to see more of Anna's college life, since it was the reason for going to Paris. Poor Dante stays on the struggle bus though, the women in his life keep him stressed 😅.
Val encouraging and supporting Anna to have fun but be safe was a breath of fresh air. Overall this was a fun book. However Anna did take things too far sometimes, or just didn't know when to give up, which did get a few eye rolls from me. But similar to her mother she never took no for an answer when it came to what she wanted. And if it was anyone another than Anna it would have been a turn off.
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The best thing about this book is Val did not allow Anna to go through with the wedding to Clifford. Once Anna hinted that she was in love with Santino, Val jumped into action. I only wished he didn't have to get left at the alter. I actually felt sorry for Clifford, I felt like he came to terms with marrying Anna and even in the end maybe wanted to marry her. Especially when he told her in the hospital she was the only one to ask if he was okay, and at the wedding when he told her she was another person that seemingly didn't want him. Also similar to Luca when it came to Romero, I think Santino got off easy. I can't imagine Dante wouldn't punish him a little bit. Especially for lying and saying he wasn't interested in Anna. Though I suppose Santino 's affair with Mrs. Clark paid off in the end.
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If someone asks me about my favourite mafia related romance author, there would be only one answer - Cora Reilly. I LOVE her writing so much, so when I got an opportunity to read an ARC of Cora's recent release - By Virtue I Fall (Sin of the Fathers series) I was over the moon. 😍😍😍BVIF is story of Anna Cavallaro and Santino Bianchi. Anna as a daughter of Chicago Outfit Capo is designed to marry the politician's son. She is aware of her responsibilities toward her family and the Outfit. But she also wants to live once. So when she gets an opportunity to study fashion design in Paris she will do everything to make it. Even blackmailing her grumpy, totally hot bodyguard Santino to move with her to France.I love Anna so much. She is an example of a perfect heroine - she's smart as her parents, sassy, bossy and even a little bit manipulative. She plays on Santino's nerves from the first minute they meet. Firstly she was only an annoying teen with an obvious crush on him. But children always grow up. So that's Anna.I love the dynamic between those two. How Anna always teases Santino. It was so good. I also enjoyed the scenes with Clifford - he is a totally different character then men from the mafia.And if you wonder if BVIF is a Bound by Temptation 2.0 I need to say that both Anna and Santino are totally different characters than Romero and Lily, so their story is also different.In BVIF we also found chapters from Dante and Valentina's pov. They are perfect parents and it was pleasure to meet them again, even I always prefer The Famiglia and The Camorra more than The Outfit. But now I'm so obsessed with Anna and Santino's story. And I can't wait for further books - Leonas, Rocco Jr and I hope Ricardo.IMO this book deserved 5☆. It was so good 😍😍😍
