Title: The Wedding Debt
An Underworld Kings Series Novel
Author: Clarissa Wild
Genre: Dark Mafia Romance
Release Date: November 1, 2021
BLURB
The mafia prince wants her,
But she only wants his brother.
Some boys are popular.
Some boys are heartthrobs.
But Luca and Liam De Vos?
They have what no other boys in my school have…
Power.
They’re heirs to one of the biggest mafia empires in the Netherlands.
And now our parents are doing business together.
They’re dangerous boys that get everything they need with one snap of the finger.
But boys like them always want what they can’t have.
The younger brother, Luca, can’t stop teasing me.
And it makes me hate him.
So I fight back by going after his brother instead.
But when boys like Luca don’t get their way …
They will find one.
We’re like fire and gasoline.
All he had to do … was light the match.
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EXCERPT
Once upon a time, there was a girl with a crown too heavy for her head and a prince who was ready to steal it all for himself.
“No, give that back!” I scream as Luca runs past me and snatches the crown right off my delicate head.
He laughs out loud and spins around on the grass a few feet away from me, dangling the crown between his index finger and thumb while wearing a disgusting smirk on his face. He blows aside a strand of his brown hair, his dark eyes taunting me. “C’mon then. I dare you to get it back.”
My eye twitches, and my hand curls into a fist. “Give. It. Back,” I say through gritted teeth.
When I approach him, he keeps backing up, making it impossible to retrieve.
“Stop,” I hiss.
“No,” he replies, grinning so broadly I want to take off these pretty new heels I got from Mom and jab them in his face.
Instead, I dig my heels in and sprint toward him, trying to catch him off guard. He twirls the crown around right as I catch up, giggling hard as he sidesteps to avoid me. “Missed,” he muses.
I growl in frustration. “Luca!”
“Jill!” He imitates my voice with a high-pitched tone, and the sound makes my blood boil.
“C’mon, Luca …” My sister, Jasmine, sighs as she follows us around the garden in her pink dress.
“What, Jasmine?” he scoffs.
“It’s not funny!” I jump to snatch the crown from his hand, but he keeps throwing it up and down, out of my reach, backtracking like he enjoys seeing me struggle.
So I stop and put my hands against my side. “Why do you do this? Huh?”
He raises a brow and shrugs. “Because you look stupid.”
My jaw drops, and a gasp escapes my mouth. “I do not!”
“Only queens and princesses wear crowns,” he retorts. “And you’re neither.”
I’m fuming so much it feels like steam might exit from my ears. “I am a queen!”
He waggles a finger. “Queens are only queens if they’re married to a king.” He plops the crown onto his own head. “Maybe I’ll be one now.”
Jasmine begins to giggle, but when I look at her, she slaps her hand in front of her mouth like she’s trying to hide it.
“C’mon then, Jill. You wanted to be a queen,” Luca jests, and he waves his hand and dips into a bow.
I frown. “What? You want me to be your queen?” I snort out loud.
He cocks his head. “A queen isn’t a queen if she isn’t married.”
I revolt at that thought.
Me marrying Luca? No way.
AUTHOR BIO
Clarissa Wild is a New York Times & USA Today Bestselling author of Dark Romance and Contemporary Romance novels. She is an avid reader and writer of swoony stories about dangerous men and feisty women. Her other loves include her hilarious husband, her two crazy but cute dogs, and her ninja cat that sometimes thinks he's a dog too. In her free time she enjoys watching all sorts of movies, playing video games, reading tons of books, and cooking her favorite meals.
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My Review
5 Stars
The Wedding Debt by Clarissa Wild is part of the Underworld Kings Series. This starts the story of Jill Bass and Luca De Vos. The Bass and De Vos family are mafia friends and partners who have of course interacted with each other with their children. Which is how the story starts with Jill and Luca being young and grows to them in their present day adults. Jill is the youngest daughter of her family and the one least happy with how their family works. Liam is the oldest of his family and bound to take over but he too isn't liking how his family does things. Luca who is the youngest is totally different and gets excitement from what the family does but since he is the youngest he is overlooked at lot which is the case with Jill who he is infatuated with. So he usually torments her because he is eat up with jealousy about his brother and her feelings toward him.
This book does end with a cliffhanger so its not a standalone book.
5 Stars
The Wedding Debt by Clarissa Wild is part of the Underworld Kings Series. This starts the story of Jill Bass and Luca De Vos. The Bass and De Vos family are mafia friends and partners who have of course interacted with each other with their children. Which is how the story starts with Jill and Luca being young and grows to them in their present day adults. Jill is the youngest daughter of her family and the one least happy with how their family works. Liam is the oldest of his family and bound to take over but he too isn't liking how his family does things. Luca who is the youngest is totally different and gets excitement from what the family does but since he is the youngest he is overlooked at lot which is the case with Jill who he is infatuated with. So he usually torments her because he is eat up with jealousy about his brother and her feelings toward him.
This book does end with a cliffhanger so its not a standalone book.
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