Illicit Monster
Mafia Wars Ireland, Book 4
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Felicity Cole
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Maggie Cole
About this listen
My father sold me to his enemy.
He stole my innocence—right after he dressed me in white and made me vow to be his for all of eternity.
Now I’m cut off from my family.
Subjected to my husband’s warped rules and laws.
At the mercy of a tyrant who leers at me with green heated eyes until I beg him for things I shouldn’t.
Every day, I promise myself I’ll grow stronger and resist the urge to appease him.
It’s a losing battle I can’t win.
All I want is to love him, but I tell myself not to be foolish.
After all, a monster will never love.
He’ll only go deeper into his sinister ways.
Illicit Monster is book four of Mafia Wars Ireland. It’s an arranged marriage, enemies to lovers, age gap, dark mafia romance.
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Clark Griswold was onto something...at least with his annual holiday meltdown. And since the last three weeks of my life have been riddled with humbug—another breakup, a broken toe, an office promotion I deserved and didn’t get—I’m not at all in the mood to celebrate nor have the happ, happ, happiest Christmas EVER.
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After a snowstorm grounds her flight, Lucy makes a last-ditch effort to get home for Christmas using a rideshare app. She thinks she’ll be taking a road trip with a stranger...but the guy who shows up is someone she knows all too well. He’s the hookup she ghosted a few months ago, and now she’ll be stuck in a car with him for the most awkward road trip of her life.
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After a bad breakup, Nola wants nothing to do with Christmas, especially in her quaint hometown of Bright Harbor, Maine. Infuriatingly charming and cheery, Nola’s surroundings only worsen her sour mood. To make matters worse, Caleb, the boy who broke her heart years ago, is all grown up and still living in town. While doing her best to avoid him, Nola bumps into the local mailman, who gives her a mysterious letter. And when she finds that the writer is a fellow Scrooge, she can’t help but feel her spirit lifting.
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No-sex, “enemies to lovers,” Christmas short story
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After watching my mother succumb to a mysterious illness, I promised myself two things. I'd find the cure for what ravaged her and leave the godforsaken city where she abandoned me. Four years later, I received an acceptance letter from Dracadia University, one of the oldest most prestigious schools in the country. Nestled on a secluded island off the coast of Maine, it's rumored to be haunted by the souls of the mental patients exiled there centuries before, those whose bones are said to make up the island's white sandy shores. And restless ghosts aren't even its most daunting peculiarity.
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- Jocelyne
- 12-10-23
Entertaining!
This is the fourth book in the Mafia Wars Ireland Series, a dark mafia romance. I loved Tynan and Maeve's enemies to lovers romance. Maeve is a beautiful character, smart, and strong. Tynan is enigmatic, and protective. The story is entertaining, filled with suspense, and twists and turns. Aaron Shedlock and Felicity Cole did an excellent job bringing these characters, and this story to life.
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- Maggie
- 11-28-23
I can't believe this series is over 😔
Maggie Cole delivers again a great story full of banter, sexiness, betrayal, emotion and self discovery. I loved Tynan and Maeve even if this girl sometimes was getting on my last nerve 😤 how many times you can take s*it from a parent just because you love them but I'm glad she had Tynan such a protective alpha and we love all heroes in Maggies book because of it. I was hooked from the beginning and Felicity Foster &Aaron Shedlock did an incredible job bringing this story to life. I had no idea Aaron could do an Irish accent but call me impressed. This book is a standalone but the whole series is interconnected so for the best enjoyment I recommend listening in order.
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- Cierra Hickson
- 05-23-24
The determination
The assumed naivete is incrementally frustrating I understand but my goodness I don't understand it's almost forced naivete basically ignorance. that's what I did not like about the book not what I did like is the determination of the MMC of the book OMG he was on point on time and like way better than any fuckboy of his caliber but overall the book was good the series was awesome I cannot wait until the rest come if there is more to come I'm down for it 100%
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- shedevilreads Bookstagram
- 12-05-23
Dark Mafia Romance
Illicit Monster by Maggie Cole is a dark mafia romance that I listened to on audio narrated by Aaron Shedlock and Felicity Cole. This is the fourth book in the Mafia Wars Ireland series.
I really enjoyed the relationship that bloomed between Tynan and Maeve. I loved the push and pull between them. I liked that we got both of their points of views throughout the book. It really brought the story to life.
Aaron and Felicity did an amazing job on the narration. They both really know how to bring a story to life. I look forward to listening to more of their work in the future.
I would recommend this book if you're looking for a dark romance, mafia romance, enemies to lovers romance, age gap romance, or arranged marriage romance.
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- Anders
- 11-28-23
Sheer Perfection- Pleasurable, Fun, Flirty,
These narrators captured the essence of these amazing characters in every sense of the word! Tynan and Maeve’s story is filled with hilarious banter and it is captured perfectly by Aaron Shedlock & Felicity Foster.
Tynan will do anything for Maeve but he doesn't want her to know how much she means to him just yet, so he provides just enough to keep her happy but he's not sure how to love but she's making him thoroughly enjoy making her his wife! Aaron captures the essence of Tynan and his strong sense of protection, passion, and desire for his new bride. Tynan is an easy character to love and he's hilarious. His sense of humor and pride for his family comes through perfectly in this audio book.
Felicity captures everything that makes Maeve such an amazing woman. She is smart, headstrong, and loyal to those around her. She may have never chosen Tynan but she's slowly seeing that she can't live without him. There is so much chemistry between them that it jumps off the page and this duel narration is no different. You will thoroughly enjoy their story and this is a perfect ending to a phenomenal series! Happy Listening!!
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- QuinnReads
- 12-10-23
Panty Thief
Pride. Ego. Stubbornness. Whatever you want to call it, these two have it in spades. Oh, dear Lord, do they! 😂
Maeve Fitzpatrick and Tynan O'Connor have nearly two decades separating them, but they are well matched in many ways. I love how she gets things over on him, and how he takes every minute of it. Their unending game of truth or dare is entertaining, frustrating, and all kinds of wicked. 😉
The scene at the club is insanely hot! That'll be inspiring fantasies for some time, make no mistake. 🔥🍆🍑💦🔥
The moment she begins to truly reconcile the man she wants to believe her da is and the reality of his decisions is heartbreaking. It's a position no child should ever be in.
One da leads to another. I love how Tully shows Maeve fatherly affections without forcing it. All of the O'Connor women are cherished in that way. It's awesome.
Adding audio for this book was a great plan! I'm so glad I did it. The frantic pace at key moments really comes through when there are fewer interruptions as I often have when reading. You know, the benefits of earbuds allowing the story to continue as life activities require addressing.
I received an author's copy of the audio book. The narrators, Aaron Shedlock and Felicity Foster, are exactly as I'd hoped and expected with their Irish accents and overall cadence. Just fantastic! Duet narration is the only thing that could've made the experience better.
Story: 4.5 stars
Narration: 4.5 stars
Listening Speed: 2.0x
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- Bette
- 11-23-23
More Mafia Wars Greatness~Amazing Story & Listen🎧
Maggie Cole pens another fantastic novel set in her “Mafia Wars Ireland” series. I am loving this Mafia world she created, from the original series featuring the Russians and then the Irish, set in Chicago, to the New York mafia families and then to Ireland with the rivalry between the O’Connor and the O’Leary clans. This fourth book is Maeve Fitzpatrick and Tynan O’Connor’s story. We met Maeve in an earlier book and she had gotten herself in trouble because of her loser of a father, though she redeemed herself in the end. Her father continues his bad habits and builds up another gambling debt. When it is time for him to pay his debt, he has nothing to pay them and, as usual, he depends on Maeve to bail him out. And this time, the only thing he could use as payment was her, and she had to go along with it to save her father’s life, and that is how she married a monster. Tynan was the debt collector and since his father wanted him to marry, he thought Maeve would do. It was great to watch these two navigate their new relationship. I thought they were great together and for each other. The chemistry between them was electric, and she gave as good as she got, learning quickly how to play him and get her way. As always, the writing, plot and world building are fantastic, as are the character growth and development. The story has the perfect balance of drama, angst, action, twists and turns, thrilling and suspenseful moments, heartfelt emotions and steamy romance. It was great to see some familiar faces from earlier books too. Maggie Cole, thank you for another amazing story and emotional rollercoaster ride.
🎧📚🎧 And for the amazing narration, Aaron Shedlock and Felicity Cole do a wonderful job bringing these characters to life and the story to life. They had a complete understanding of the characters they were portraying, giving each a voice that was fitting and believable, accents and all. Shedlock and Cole’s voices and performance complimented each other’s. Shedlock nailed it as Tynan, playing the perfect bad arse alpha boss. Cole played Maeve’s role with perfection too, grasping every aspect of her persona. Both were fantastic performing the roles of the secondary characters too. They set the perfect tone for the story, captured all the characters’ emotions and had you feeling every single one. These entertaining storytellers are versatile voice artists and a pleasure to listen to. Thank you for another fabulous listen.
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- Kindle Customer
- 02-08-24
Mafia Wars
I liked this a lot. It was a surprise. Of course the story was great. The performance was really good too. But I did miss the really "bad" guys.
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