Crowned Criminals Series by Kennedy Slope

What comes first: love or duty? Marcos Blanchi has always been the muscle. He's the enforcer of the Blanchi family. A role he revels in the brutality of it.Ivy Hope is just trying to get by. On a good day, her family barely has enough to eat, and now, that her brother is ill, they don't even have that. That's how Ivy finds herself begging to dance at Crowned, a high-end club in Manhattan... moreWhat comes first: love or duty? Marcos Blanchi has always been the muscle. He's the enforcer of the Blanchi family. A role he revels in the brutality of it.Ivy Hope is just trying to get by. On a good day, her family barely has enough to eat, and now, that her brother is ill, they don't even have that. That's how Ivy finds herself begging to dance at Crowned, a high-end club in Manhattan. Ivy thinks dancing is her chance to finally get her family out of debt, but before she can take the stage she finds herself in the wrong place at the worst time and becomes the only witness to a murder that could put Marco Blanchi in prison for good.Now, Marco must figure out a way to keep Ivy from talking, and she must keep herself alive long enough to figure out what her silence is worth to this mafia prince.Mafia Prince is the second book in the Crowned Criminals series. While it is not necessary to read, Mafia Princess first, situations and characters will be referenced in this story. less