Dark Obsession

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Christine and Niccolo are stepdaughter/stepfather, as well a student/teacher. Initially their relationship is hot stolen moments with great chemistry and spicy scenes. However it's not long before they find themselves in love and Nic changes from an obsessed domineering stepfather to more of a devoted lover. This change came quite quickly, I would have liked a bit more of the taboo dynamic before the change in tone.

Both Christine and Nic come from mafia families but have limited involvement, until they couple up and Christine's family decide this is not a suitable match. Her uncle pledges her to marry a violent mafia man in order to gain favour for their family. After a violent incident involving this man and Christine and another realised threat to Nic's family, the story takes a turn with Nic joining his mafia family to go full “who did this to you” mode to seek revenge and extract Christine from this forced marriage. The latter half of the book focuses more on the mafia family dynamics and I enjoyed learning about Nic's brothers more.

Overall this was a great story with mildly dark romance elements and I look forward to reading more from this series. Note: I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.