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Den of Sins: A Dark Mafia Romance (Chicago Sin Book 1) Kindle Edition
I’m a desperate man. One week out of prison
and trouble found me again. When a mafia hitman comes after me,
I end him with my bare hands. But the beautiful florist witnesses my crime.
Now she’s my prisoner. I can’t let her go.
My soul's unsalvageable, forever living in a den of sin.
But the rest of me knows what it wants.
And I want her.
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateApril 27, 2023
- File size2.9 MB
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"I'm a huge fan girl of both these great authors and they do not disappoint here.." -D (Goodreads review)
"Plenty of intrigue, chaos, danger, surprises, twists and turns..." --GKP (Goodreads review)
"Complex mafia-themed relationship with chemistry that would melt an iceberg." -D (Goodreads review)
"Alta and Renee have outdone themselves!" --B (Goodreads review)
"This book is everything I want in a mafia romance!!" --M (Goodreads review)
"Their instant chemistry is explosive with lots of heat and passion." --CG (Bookbub Review)
"Alta and Renee write these soul-crushing bad boys who are so good at being bad." --KR (Bookbub Review)
"Fear, revenge, and an unknown future are a heady mix that makes this a riveting drama." - M (Goodreads review)
"Only disappointment is waiting till the next book," - H (Goodreads review)
"these two are magnetically charged." -J (Goodreads review)
"This book had me all tingly I swear. Armando is the perfect mafia boyfriend and I cannot wait until the next book comes out. And the spice was just fantastic. I loved every minute of reading this book."
~AshReads, Goodread Reviewer
"I'm invested in this couple and need more now!!! I couldn't put it down."
~Beverly, Goodreads Reviewer
"I loved the chemistry between those two and it was spicy in all the right ways. Definitely recommend!"
~Shelly H, Goodreads Reviewer
From the Back Cover
Then he moves quickly—all efficiency and practice. He locks my door, closes the blinds, and turns the sign to closed. He picks up the gun, then drags the body past the counter toward the back. "Don't move," he tells me as he passes.
Don't move.
I don't know why, but until that moment, I hadn't considered my life might be in danger.
I was an observer, and I was rooting for one side to win.
My pick won the round.
But now it sets in that we're not going to be slapping high fives here. A guy just got killed in my shop, and I witnessed it.
I'm the only witness.
And the killer told me not to move. Which means I should definitely move.
Armando drags the body into my cooler. He's going to come out here and deal with me next.
That's a problem. I grab my purse and quietly, quietly walk past the cooler.
I sense Armando near, but I don't stop. I know if I do, it will be my last mistake. My heart pounds and I can feel the sweat on my palms. I'm almost halfway to freedom when I hear a noise from the back of the shop. I spin to see Armando walking slowly towards me, gun in hand and a menacing look on his face. He's not going to let me go this easily. He takes a few more steps toward me, and I know I'm not going to make it out alive. I turn back towards the door, but it's too late. He's almost at me now, and there's no escape.
"Stop. I said don't f***king move!" That voice. He does command so well, every cell in my body wants to obey.
But that would be stupid, so I break into a run.
"Hannah."
Surprise that he remembered my name makes me falter. The hesitation costs me. He's on me in a flash, grabbing my elbow and whipping me around.
"I said, don't move."
God, he's still devastatingly handsome. Square jaw. Aquiline nose. Hazel eyes with long lashes. He's so close, I smell the scent of Rocco's shaving cream on him. He's in a crisp, expensive blue button-down, open at the throat to reveal a clean white undershirt.
"I'm on your side," I say on exhale.
I'm not sure if it's self-preservation that makes me say the words or if it's the actual truth. I know Armando. I actually always liked the man... maybe a little too much.
I am on his side. I am.
He pivots me to face the wall, tugging one of my hands to pin there.
"I told you not to move." This is the voice of a madman. Of the mafia. A killer. I need to remember that.
"I'm not going to say a thing." The famous last words of people before they are killed.
This is it. I'm dead.
Product details
- ASIN : B0C251ZTVC
- Accessibility : Learn more
- Publication date : April 27, 2023
- Language : English
- File size : 2.9 MB
- Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 274 pages
- Page Flip : Enabled
- Book 1 of 2 : Chicago Sin
- Best Sellers Rank: #214,083 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #2,068 in Multicultural & Interracial Romance (Kindle Store)
- #2,220 in Multicultural & Interracial Romance (Books)
- #2,822 in Mafia Romance eBooks
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About the authors
Alta Hensley is a USA Today bestselling author of dark romance where the villain always gets the happily ever after.
Twisted, clever, and occasionally unhinged, her books deliver morally gray anti-heroes, sharp-tongued heroines, and happily ever afters that taste even sweeter after a little ruin. With a signature blend of grit, wit, and heat, Alta’s stories prove one thing: villains deserve love too.
Alta lives on the foggy coast of Oregon with her husband, two daughters, and a pair of dogs who think they’re in charge. When she’s not writing redemption for the irredeemable, she’s walking the coastline or sipping craft beer in eccentric little bars that feel like they belong in her books.
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USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR RENEE ROSE loves a dominant, dirty-talking alpha hero! She's sold over two million copies of steamy romance with varying levels of kink. Her books have been featured in USA Today's Happily Ever After and Popsugar. Named Eroticon USA's Next Top Erotic Author in 2013, she has also won Spunky and Sassy's Favorite Sci-Fi and Anthology author, The Romance Reviews Best Historical Romance, and has hit the USA Today list fifteen times with her Chicago Bratva, Bad Boy Alpha/Shifter Ops, and Wolf Ranch books, as well as various anthologies.
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"I savor Renee Rose's books as if they were the finest of champagnes" ~USA Today Bestselling Author Sierra Cartwright
"Renee Rose has an ability to write the most captivating, most intriguing, and the hottest books around." ~ USA Today Bestselling Author Alta Hensley
"A sexy tale for modern women that's as steamy as a locker room shower." ~Kirkus Reviews
"I've been completely blown away by this series" ~The Romance Reviews
"Nobody writes a bad boy hero like Renee Rose" ~USA Today Bestselling Author Cara Bristol
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Customers find the book's storyline plausible and entertaining, with steamy sex scenes that they describe as deliciously hot. The writing is well-executed and realistic, and customers appreciate the character development, with one noting the push and pull between them.
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Customers enjoy the storyline of the book, finding it entertaining and suspenseful with a plausible plot.
"...The writing flowed seamlessly, the story plot was plausible and realistic and the steamy scenes were were spicy...." Read more
"...This story really gets you into the making out and the plot thickens as it goes on. I am not one for cliffhanger books but I did like this one...." Read more
"This is a good story. I think the “relationship” happened way too fast but it fits into the storyline...." Read more
"...I will warn you that the story does not end in book 1 so please please please get book 2 so you can continue and don’t be like me and have to wait..." Read more
Customers find the book to be a fantastic read that starts out good, with one customer describing it as "sinfully delicious."
"...surprised to see the author(s) weren’t black and the book is actually good...." Read more
"...of relation to the race she was described as, this was still a really good read...." Read more
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"...I find myself not just thoroughly enjoying the story, but also heavily invested in the Main Characters: damaged, dark, 💯 alpha Armando & sweet, kind..." Read more
Customers enjoy the steamy scenes in the book, describing them as deliciously hot.
"...The focal point is the spice lol not nasty spice or dark spice, just spicy spice. I hope the second book is just as good...." Read more
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"I enjoyed Hanna and Armando. I loved the steam the book had. The push and pull between the characters. Overall a good read" Read more
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"Great storyline & characters Hannah & Mando are so believable. I just want them to have their own happily ever after!" Read more
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- Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2023Format: KindleVerified PurchaseThe brilliant duo ✍s, Alta Hensley & Renee Rose penned a blazing🔥🔥🔥high 🌶🌶🌶 IR mafia romance with soul, suspense & action. I find myself not just thoroughly enjoying the story, but also heavily invested in the Main Characters: damaged, dark, 💯 alpha Armando & sweet, kind, loving, empathetic cinnamon roll Hannah! I just 😍😍😍 these two so much, as they bonded together despite danger & their multiple differences! I am rooting so hard for them 👐and can't wait to read the second book, as this one ended on an edge of your seat cliffhanger that made my heart race😰
- Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2025Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
I loved Armando and Hannah together. I wasn’t going to get the second book but I guess I will now.
I will also say I’ve only seen interracial romances with black MFC written by black authors, so I was pleasantly surprised to see the author(s) weren’t black and the book is actually good. It doesn’t make their races the focal point and there isn’t anything crazy that happens as a result of someone being racist. They’re just two people one Italian one black and their experience together. The focal point is the spice lol not nasty spice or dark spice, just spicy spice. I hope the second book is just as good.
- Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2023Format: KindleVerified PurchaseThis book blew my mind. I am new to the author. but can say that I will definitely be back for more of her books.
Hannah and Armando, are a second chance couple. After being away for years Armando finds himself attracted to Hannah. Hannah however has always had a thing for him. This couple finds a way to ease the woe's of life in each others arms. A dead soul, has found its purpose again and now it doesn't want to be without it.
This story really gets you into the making out and the plot thickens as it goes on. I am not one for cliffhanger books but I did like this one.
I can't wait to see what the author has in store for us in her next installment of this series.
- Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2023Format: KindleVerified PurchaseI really enjoyed this story.
The writing flowed seamlessly, the story plot was plausible and realistic and the steamy scenes were were spicy.
3 stars because my biggest issue with this novel was Hanna. She is described as being a black women but read like a white one. Besides a physical description of her appearance and her mentioning she was black, she had absolutely no characteristics of a black women. Even her name is unbelievable. Her character came across as flat and and one dimensional. While Armando was written with so much vigor and culture. From his thoughts, to using his native language, even his actions. They coincided with his race and made him so raw and realistic. Hanna was so flat in comparison and it was such a disappointment.
As a black women I was just really put off by her lack of African American representation. She should have been written to reflect a while women because she certainly reflected one.
Besides my personal issue with the characters lack of relation to the race she was described as, this was still a really good read. Maybe not worth the hefty $5.99 price but I will consider getting the second book if it goes on sale.
- Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2024Format: KindleVerified PurchaseI just stumbled across this book and I am so glad that I did because it was amazing! Mafia romance is one of my top favorites and this one did not disappoint. Armando, an Italian mobster quite literally stumbles into Hannah's flower shop. They knew each other from before, but this second meet cute is one of my favorites to date. From there, Armando's and Hannah's relationship may or may not involve forced proximity, one bed, and Stockholm syndrome. I appreciated and admired that Hannah is a black and curvy fmc. I do not read many books like that so it added to the intrigue of this story. I love their chemistry and am rooting for their relationship, and now I am on to book 2 because this one does end in a cliffhanger.
- Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2024Format: KindleVerified PurchaseArmando after being released from prison didn’t expect to be in a florist and someone attempt to unalive him. He didn’t need any witnesses, but he didn’t believe in hurting the innocent, but she was a lose end he couldn’t have.
Seeing that Hannah knows that Armando doesn’t seem to know what to do and having her long-term crush in front of her, Hannah takes things into her own hands and kisses him.
Armando doesn’t trust easily, and he can’t trust Hannah but the thing he can’t understand how she is bringing him back to life, feeling things he didn’t think he could feel again.
Armando is almost perfect, but he doesn’t trust her, what can Hannah do to help Armando believe he can trust her.
- Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2024Format: KindleVerified PurchaseFirst time reading these authors. The blurb on Facebook caught my eye and I thought why not. What a rush. Armando is newly out of prison. Readjusting to the real world when someone from the past put a hit on him. While defending himself the battle spills over into the local floral shop, and roses end up not being the only thing to be chilling in the flower fridge. Hannah recently purchased the shop from her old employer and is barely keeping the doors open. After witnessing the accident infront of her…she knows she was in the right place at the wrong time. But when the person involved is her age long crush…all thoughts of self preservation goes out the window. Besides is it really kidnapping if your willing?
- Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2024Format: KindleVerified PurchaseArmando is just out of prison when he is attacked in Hannah’s flower shop. He does what’s needed but now has a witness. And what a witness, because he has her just where he wants her, under him. Thing is, she wants it too. Over and over again!
Top reviews from other countries
- J.GibbonsReviewed in Australia on December 14, 2023
5.0 out of 5 stars Wow! Armando!🤤🫠
Format: KindleVerified PurchaseI loved this! Alta and Renee have made a perfect collaboration with this! 🫠 I've read a lot of Renee's stories but my first of Alta's.
Armando is swoon worthy and heartbreaking at the same time, I loved him. I adore Hannah. She's me...I'm an empath, so I can absolutely relate to her and how she feels and her emotions. She's brave and resilient. Can't wait to read the second book.
- PeggyReviewed in Canada on December 25, 2023
5.0 out of 5 stars Review
Format: KindleVerified PurchaseLoved these characters and their cute meet. Hannah is empathic and she feels Armondo's pain. As they begin their relationship, Hannah is afraid she will fall to fast but Armando is right their with her. The cliff hanger is great and I am so ready for book two.
- SamanthaReviewed in the United Kingdom on December 31, 2023
5.0 out of 5 stars 5*
Format: KindleVerified PurchaseI thoroughly enjoyed this book, It was the first Alta Hensley book i had read, but as i previously loved Renee's books, i tried it out, and was glad.
This book involves a MMC fresh out of prison, trying to adjust to the real world again, coming to grips with freedom and adjusting to being social once again. Throw in a dash of danger and a sweet as pie FMC and some insta love? STEAM explosion!
5*
- Gungun khiyaniReviewed in India on June 8, 2023
4.0 out of 5 stars Omg
Format: KindleVerified Purchase4.5/5 ⭐️
OK where do I start. I DEVOURED THIS BOOK IN ONE SITTING LIKE LITERALLY COULDN'T GET OFF THE COUCH AND DO ANYTHING ELSE...The smut in this book holy hell I swear I would have done the deal right there and god I'm so excited for the part 2 I seriously cannot wait. GENUINELY I LOVED THIS BOOK and please read this book
- BookkravesReviewed in Canada on May 16, 2023
4.0 out of 5 stars she's the calm to his storm
Format: KindleVerified PurchaseHe's in the mafia.... and she's just a girl who owns a flower shop
An unlikely couple with intense passion and chemistry. Hannah and Armando are very different, and I like that she's the calm to his storm.
Armando was just released from prison after serving 54 months and he's having a difficult time adjusting to freedom. He feels dead inside.
Hannah owns a flower shop but is indebted to the mafia, and experiencing financial difficulties. With someone pinning for his head, how can Armando protect Hannah from the life he lives?
This book slowly drew me in. What captivated me was the way the authors got into the mind of an ex-prisoner, describing the emotional numbness, the feelings of being dead, and how hard it is for Armando to feel happy and optimistic even though he is free.
This is the first book in a duet, ending in a cliffhanger. I am looking forward to reading part 2 because I have been enraptured by Armando and Hannah's unexpected kidnapped /captive situation turned relationship. I'm so invested now.