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J. M. Darhower
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Haven Antonelli and Carmine DeMarco grew up under vastly different circumstances. Haven, a second-generation slave, was isolated in the middle of the desert, her days full of hard work and terrifying abuse. Carmine, born into a wealthy Mafia family, lived a life of privilege and excess.
Now a twist of fate has caused their worlds to collide. Entangled in a web of secrets and lies, they learn that while different on the surface, they have more in common than anyone would think.
In a world full of chaos, where money and power rule, Haven and Carmine yearn to break free, but a string of events that began before either of them were born threatens to destroy them instead. Murder and betrayal are a way of life, and nothing comes without a price - especially not freedom. But how much will they have to sacrifice? Can they escape their pasts? And, most of all, what does it mean to be free?
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- By Sandi D. on 06-07-22
By: Auryn Hadley
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Only Work, No Play
- Tough Games Series, Book 1
- By: Cora Reilly
- Narrated by: Tom Kennedy, Emma Wilder
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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After two years of taking care of her heartbroken father, Evie needs a new start. Leaving the States and following her sister to Australia to work as the personal assistant of rugby star Xavier "The Beast" Stevens seems like the right kind of distraction. Tall, muscled, and devilishly handsome, Xavier is the love 'em and leave 'em kind of guy. He never forgets a girl's name because he never bothers to remember it in the first place. Evie soon realizes that being Xavier's assistant is a 24/7 job; the man seems unwilling to even set an alarm for himself.
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LOVED!
- By Jennifer S. on 07-21-19
By: Cora Reilly
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The Perfect Play
- Play-by-Play, Book 1
- By: Jaci Burton
- Narrated by: Lucy Malone
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
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The last thing event planner Tara Lincoln needs is the jet-set lifestyle of a football pro like Mick Riley, even though their steamy and passionate one-night stand proved that Mick is an all-star - both on the field and in the bedroom. Tara played the game of love once and lost big, and she doesn't intend to put herself out there again, especially with a certified heartbreaker. But when Mick sets his mind to win, nothing will stop him. And he has the perfect play in mind to catch this sultry vixen.
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TOUCHDOWN!!!
- By Leesa on 03-27-13
By: Jaci Burton
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Hush, Hush
- By: Lucia Franco
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Hart
- Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
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I knew the rules. Never reveal my true identity. Play the game, give the illusion. Don't get close to the clients. The dark and glamorous lifestyle of the rich and shameless open my eyes to a lavish world of sin and wealth, and a man I can't have. A man I desperately want - James Riviera. We're treading a fine line as we live the ultimate double life until we make a startling discovery that tests both our loyalties. I only had to follow the rules, but rules are meant to be broken.
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Meh
- By Kayloo on 11-02-21
By: Lucia Franco
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The Rise of Saint
- Sins of Saint Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Bella J
- Narrated by: Michael Pierce, Charlotte Claremont
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
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He's a killer. A monster. A thief. He stole me; ripped me from a life I thought was mine, and forced me into his. There was no negotiating. No choice to be made. No way out. He says once I give him what he wants, he'll let me go. But I don't believe him. Taunting me, humiliating me, hunting me...it thrills him. He's addicted to my tears, and amused by my suffering. I know he won't stop until he breaks me. But I won't go down without a fight.
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OH LORD.. HE’S SOOOO DELICIOUSLY BAD 🤭😉😋🤫
- By CAROLYN 🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹 on 05-11-22
By: Bella J
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Sex Material
- By: Victoria Ashley
- Narrated by: CJ Bloom, Aiden Snow
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
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It's what I'm known around town for. A rock-hard body, covered in tattoos with a sizeable bulge that women spend their nights fantasizing about. Women track me down, needing someone that will take them rough without holding back. They find me because they need a distraction from reality. They need something to get their mind off of the boyfriend who screwed them over or the job promotion they got passed over on at work. Sometimes, it's just because they need someone reckless in the bedroom before settling down with the right one.
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A SEXY & COMBUSTIBLE LISTEN
- By CAROLYN 🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹 on 05-24-19
By: Victoria Ashley
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Kneel
- Sins of Seven Series, Book 1
- By: Dani René
- Narrated by: Troy Duran, Elizabeth Hart
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
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She wasn't meant to fall in love with me. And she certainly wasn't meant to see the monster I hide. My emotions were firmly locked away, never to be found, but as much as I control most things in life, I couldn't control my heart. She exposed my darkest desires, and begged for them and I unleashed hell on her body, while I shattered her heart. I made her kneel, but in that moment I broke the only jewel I ever owned. What will she do when she learns the truth I hide?
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Love to kneel.
- By Shiftybugger on 09-28-19
By: Dani René
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Sloth
- Sinful Secrets Series #1
- By: Ella James
- Narrated by: Nelson Hobbs, Shirl Rae
- Length: 16 hrs and 43 mins
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She writes me back. I didn't expect that. She tells me she's a lover of chicken pizza and video games, a hot sorority girl with the nickname Sloth. She wants to know something about me in return. She says I owe her. This is how she saves my life. She doesn't even know it.
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Maybe it's Just Me
- By Shopper1 on 02-17-16
By: Ella James
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Laid Bare
- Brown Family, Book 1
- By: Lauren Dane
- Narrated by: Lucy Rivers
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
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It's been ten years since clean-cut, sexy-as-hell police officer Todd Keenan had a white-hot fling with Erin Brown, the provocative, wild rocker chick next door. Their power exchange in the bedroom got under his skin. But love wasn't in the cards just yet.... Now, life has thrown the pair back together. But picking up where they left off is tough, in light of a painful event from Erin's past. As Todd struggles to earn her trust, their relationship takes an unexpected and exciting turn when Todd's best friend, Ben, ends up in their bed - and all three are quite satisfied in this relationship without a name.
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PHEW - A SIZZLING SENSUAL MÉNAGE LISTEN
- By CAROLYN 🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹 on 03-19-13
By: Lauren Dane
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Monster in His Eyes
- By: J.M. Darhower
- Narrated by: Lynn Barrington
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
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Ignazio Vitale is not a good man. I suspect it the first time I see him, sense the air of danger that surrounds him. He has a way of commanding attention, of taking control, of knowing what I'm thinking before I even do.
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Dark But Sexy, Intriguing and Pure Drama - Great!
- By DK on 10-21-15
By: J.M. Darhower
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Dash
- Blackwings MC, Book 1
- By: Teagan Brooks
- Narrated by: Troy Duran, Mia Madison
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
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They were going to sell me. I couldn't let that happen. I had to escape. My only friend agreed to help me. She helped me get away. She changed my appearance. She sent me to see the president of the Blackwings Motorcycle Club. I needed a new identity so I could start a new life. I walked up to the gate. I was taken inside. And everything changed.
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Good
- By R. SARROCK on 08-21-20
By: Teagan Brooks
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Sin City Outlaws MC Box Set
- By: M. N. Forgy
- Narrated by: Philip Alces, Alexandra Shawnee
- Length: 38 hrs and 15 mins
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Sin City Outlaws MC Box Set includes Reign, Mercy, Retaliate, Illicit, and Bloodlines.
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can't stand the horrible narrator
- By Anna on 08-04-21
By: M. N. Forgy
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Treat Me, Thrill Me
- One Night with Sole Regret Anthology, Book 4
- By: Olivia Cunning
- Narrated by: Justine O. Keef
- Length: 13 hrs and 57 mins
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From the outside, Sole Regret's lead vocalist, Jacob "Shade" Silverton, seems to have it all - fame and fortune, self-confidence, and sex appeal. He also has a sweet young daughter who rules his heart. On the inside he knows something's missing from his perfect life and longs for the right woman to make his broken family whole. His new lover, Amanda, might be the one.
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Sole Regret - Story Dragging On
- By Kimberly Jones on 02-06-19
By: Olivia Cunning
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The Club
- By: A.L. Brooks
- Narrated by: Sophie Hunter Scott
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
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For many of the women who visit The Club, no-strings excitement is exactly what they are looking for and what they get. For others, however, with emotions running high, one night of sex changes their lives in ways they couldn't have imagined.
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If Only
- By Natale M on 03-19-25
By: A.L. Brooks
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The Choice
- Doms of Her Life: Heavenly Rising Series, Book 1
- By: Shayla Black, Jenna Jacob, Isabella LaPearl
- Narrated by: Christian Fox
- Length: 15 hrs and 58 mins
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Heavenly Young doesn't have time for romance. The innocent nursing student is struggling to care for her ailing father, keep a roof over their head, and start a new career. Then fate further complicates her life by dropping two very different men in her lap and forcing her to make a choice that will change her life forever. Dr. Ken Beckman - vascular surgeon by day, sadist by night - has three hard-and-fast rules: Never date where he works, never touch vanillas, and never get tangled up with a virgin. But the moment he meets Heavenly, he aches to toss his scruples aside and claim her.
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Dumbest book heroine ever!!!!
- By nwc on 05-19-18
By: Shayla Black, and others
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- Nichole
- 08-03-16
The Mafia Prince and the slave fall in love.
Haven Antonelli was born into slavery in the California desert. After a failed attempt at escape, she is sold to Dr. Vincent DeMarco. She has only known cruelty and struggles with her new role in the DeMarco household. Slave? Servant? Family member?
Carmine DeMarco is rich, good looking, arrogant and volatile. He's also the Principe of La Famiglia. As soon as he meets Haven, he is drawn to her. She makes him a better person and he gives her the strength to become a person. The Mafia Prince and the slave fall in love.
“But then she happened. The girl who had never been able to call her life her own taught a boy who had the world at his fingertips exactly what it meant to live."
But of course, there are complications. Secrets upon secrets. Neither of them are aware of the things that have been set in motion for years or exactly what connection Haven has to all of it. In the end, they learn the price of her freedom.
“Some things in life only happen once, the memories of them lasting forever. They're moments that alter you, turning you into a person you never thought you'd become, but someone you were always destined to be."
I listened to the audio of this and thought it was very well done. It's a long one though (19hrs and 6 mins). However, I was completely engrossed. Think NA romance meets The Godfather. Different. I really liked it!
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- Bailliedaily
- 12-26-19
I loved it, but it was a LOT.
Ugh, be still my beating heart. Even a week after finishing it, it's still stuck in my head. The love between the two characters may seemingly seem too strong too fast, but both characters have never experienced everything of the sort, so they go all in.
First let me just throw in that I found the narraration perfect throughout the book, I loved the reading style. I also really appreciated the author speaking up on human trafficking, as it is a very real, tangible problem that often gets put aside.
Now onto the book.
Carmine had a great character arc, his rough exterior only covering his softer (not soft, softER) insides as he tried to navigate bringing the love of his life into a world she's never known.
Haven broke my heart and rebuilt it all at the same time. The girl could not catch a break, it seemed, and it's making me struggle to pick up the sequel because I don't want to ache for her again. No one in this book could really catch a break, but Haven especially struggle.
And even though he's not mentioned as a main character, Vincent DeMarco made up a large part of the story for me and my memory. His love for his sons and his wife made me ache for him constantly as I tried to make sense of his actions.
When Haven's secret is finally revealed, I was truly terrified for her and for the DeMarco family. Everything in me wanted everything to just go on as normal, but as Vincent tried to explain throughout the novel--that just was not possible.
Overall, if you want to hear a tragic but beautiful love story, and get your heart stomped on over and over, this book is for you. I don't regret listening, but I don't think I could listen to it again.
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- Gretchen
- 05-10-14
Action, romance, violence, family, secrets, lies
Haven is a child born into captivity by a mother who is a victim of human trafficking and living as a slave to a mafia couple. At seventeen, Haven attempts escape with the encouragement of her mother, who suspects Haven’s parentage puts her in danger of her master’s wife. Haven does not get far before recapture, but a mafia associate buys the girl. Haven is moved in with the associate’s family, where she meets and falls in love with one of the teenage sons. The two learn of deep mafia secrets that threaten their life together.
Abuse, slavery, and other such topics are usually elements I avoid in my escapism listening, but Darhower handles them tactfully, without unnecessary gore. That’s not to say there isn’t plenty of violence; there is, but the author focuses on plot and characterization. The plot keeps the story moving at a satisfactory pace, but isn’t particularly original. The characters are real and complex, demonstrating the author’s strength. She blends action, romance, violence, and family relationships in a way that makes sense and doesn’t feel forced.
The best aspect of this audiobook is its reader. I would not have enjoyed this as much if I had read it. The Italian, voices, pace –everything…, is expertly performed. One of the best I have heard.
Overall, I recommend giving this one a try – I am immediately picking up the next one in the series.
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- Dawn
- 06-13-18
Love this series!
I loved this book. Kept me on my toes! Well written, I didn't feel there were any slow parts to the book. The only poor part about this book is the narrator. She did not do the voices of the characters that well. I struggled through the first few chapters but eventually just got used to it, there was no way I was going to stop listening.
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- Ezinwanyi
- 01-08-14
One of the best narrations of a book
I listened to this book and the narrator was fantastic. This book read like a movie. It was descriptive, concise, and paced evenly. I was apprehensive about the book when I saw the page count as well as the audiobook hours, but it flowed so well that I didn’t even notice the length. It wasn’t just a story about two damaged kids falling in love, but about choices and responsibilities. It was about freedom and redemption too. This wasn’t just Carmine and Haven’s story, this was Vincent & Mara’s story as well as a cautionary tale about “The Life”.
This book was much more than a tale about child slavery. It was a story of people trying to grow and move out of the shadows of their parents.
Haven and her mother grew up as slaves in the house of Michael Antonelli until the day her mother convinced her to run away. Her mother Miranda overheard the lady of the house asking master Michael to get rid of Haven, so Miranda asked Haven to run for help. Her attempt to escape her slavers led her to Dr. Vincent DeMarco.
Dr. Vincent DeMarco was an angry man. He was a physician who had been forced into serving La Costra Nostra, the Chicago Italian Mafia. His wife was murdered and his youngest son Carmine was acting up from grief. He was now a Consigliere, but now the mafia wants son Carmine. Dr. DeMarco is trying everything he can to protect his son Carmine, but had to follow orders as they were all dispensable. The addition of Haven to their lives complicated everything.
From the moment Haven moved into the DeMarco’s household, Carmine was mesmerized by her. Haven, on the hand, did all she could to avoid everyone in the household. She was used to living in the stables or basement, and she did not trust that the DeMarco household would be different from her prior home. Hope was a dangerous thing for slaves like her.
As the story began to unfurl, it became clear that Dr. DeMarco’s taking of Haven was not a coincidence and there was more to Haven’s identity than even she knew. Haven was a pawn in a dangerous mob agenda, but then so was Carmine, the mafia Principe. Now the
Slowly, the DeMarco family thought Haven how to live, and a year later Haven and Carmine were in love. That’s when the past came to catch up with Haven, and the DeMarcos.
The author did a great job with laying the foundation, and keeping the story interesting. I really appreciate the fact that there weren’t these huge emotional swings. Yes, there was sad events, but there was happy events and even funny scenes. The author mixed things up by interjecting characters like Dominic and Nicholas, Dia and even Aunt Celia, so there was a continual break in the serious tone of the novel.
I had a love-hate relationship with Vincent DeMarco, but I came to understand him as the novel went on, and I also came to find compassion for his actions. Carmine’s father was forced into “the life” by love and by his father, but he really loved his wife and sons. I was blown away by how well adjusted Dominic was and it was nice to see him be understanding of Carmine’s plight. Carmine was an impulsive kid that you wanted to smack on the back of his head and give a high-five at the same time. Carmine’s smart mouth was source of many chuckles from me. The narrator did a great job in giving each character very distinct voices, and I loved that about the audiobook.
If you want a New Adult book that isn’t wrought with cliché drama and dialogue, then this book is for you. I want to read the sequel but it isn’t out on audible. I don’t think I can just read it after enjoying this ride on audio, so it is likely that I will wait until the audiobook is offered at audible. But I really enjoyed this book and look forward to sequel.
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- K. Ziegler
- 02-26-14
You won't be disappointed!!!
This book was a fun adventure into the dark side of Mafia and added in human slaves trade. After I type that it sounds crazy, but this a really good book of empowerment and risks people do for love and honor. I was so glad the next was available.
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- Summer Siddiqui
- 11-20-15
A Beautiful Love Story
The best love story I have heard. I don't usually listen to books again, but I definitely am with this one!! Sempre is a truly unforgettable romance I can listen to over and over again!
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- hollynoel06
- 09-27-17
Fantastic!!
Fantastic!!! absolutely loved and adored this book it made me laugh it made me cry it made me wanting more! Can't believe it took me so long to read this book I went into it without knowing anything about it. Is definitely a must read in a page turner.
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- Jeana
- 06-16-15
Oh Haven!!!
What did you love best about Sempre?
I enjoyed everything about Sempre. It brought out a bunch of emotions.
Which character – as performed by Carla Mercer-Meyer – was your favorite?
My favorite was Haven!
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
YES!!! YES!!! YES!!!
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- C
- 10-18-18
Hmmm, not sure of other reviews
This was a tough one to finish. The liberties taken by and allowed to a 17 year old were truly unbelievable, and I caught myself eye rolling a lot. The story would have seemed much more plausible had it been set in their early 20s, or even 18+. There were so many characters it was hard to keep track of who was who. I also found that the story rambles often and I frequently wished the pacing was quicker. Overall, I'd give this book a solid, "eh", and I don't plan on listening to the next one in the series.
The narrator was great, though. I also appreciated the non-cliff hanger ending.
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