ARC: Hitman's Baby - Holly Hart

Published Date: July 11, 2016

Genre: Romance

Synopsis: "I didn't tell Roman he had a son. I didn't know."

Roman

This town was going to sh*t long before I got here. Alexandria's the kind of place that attracts the scum of the earth - people like me. It's a real mob city. The only person doing a damn thing to turn it round was Ellie. But I barely met her before her abusive ex stole her away - and left her in a coma.

I'll remember the night we shared until my dying day. Fate snatched her away from me once, but this time I'm not giving him a say. Ellie's been hurt more in her life than anyone I've ever met. So when Victor Antonov put a hit out on her, I knew I had to stop it. I had to save her. Victor's about to find out what happens when you threaten the woman I love. 

I'm going to make him pay.

Ellie

I don't remember what happiness feels like.

Four years with Rick saw to that. When the police locked him away, Roman showed me how to feel again, how to hope - and how a man should treat his lady. And then Rick broke out of jail. Seeing him in that dark alleyway was the last thing I remember. And I forgot. I forgot everything: love, and hope - and even Roman himself.

Now my life's in the balance, and every gangster in Alexandria is hunting for me. There's only one man on my side, a killer called Roman. He stirs something inside me, and every time I see him, my body aches. It's trying to tell me something, trying to reveal a secret...

I just don't know what.

Hitman's Baby is a standalone secret baby romance, the second in the Mob City universe - but don't worry, you can read it on its own! Holly doesn't do cliffhangers, and she guarantees an HEA every time. 

Hitman's Baby trails off of the first volume: Brawler's Baby. 

I am sure that this book will hit home for a lot of people. No not the mob side of it -- Though it could be... But just the words and actions of an abusee. The thoughts made me cry because there are moments of PTSD that kick in and the whole process of the inner workings of it all. You just have to question yourself and the life that you live because what if you were in their shoes. Would you be able to stop this? 

To write a review for this wouldn't do it justice. I found myself falling in love with the character as each second passed. But I was confused because there were multiple character perspectives and had to flip back pages to find out whose perspective that I was reading. Other than that, I loved how Holly Hart tied in the first novel to the second. 

So with a 4 out of 5 stars, read from the beginning of Mob City's books. 

Brawler's Baby - Holly Hart

Published Date: May 25, 2016

Genre: Romance

Synopsis: I broke his heart. Then he came to rescue me.

Conor
I'm going to make her scream my name, and tease her until she begs me to fill her up, inch by filthy inch. Mikhail Antonov stole his daughter from me once, but fate's given me a second chance and this time he doesn't get a say. 
Her dad's a fucking bully. The rest of this crooked town might be terrified of him, but not me. Not now I've found Maya. Mikhail doesn't know it yet, but if he lays a hand on my woman, he's dead. I'm going to make her mine again, and he's not going to stop me – even if he does run the Russian mob.
If he stands in my way, I'll burn his town to the ground.
Maya
Conor Regan saved me twice before he even said hello. He made me happy for the first time I could remember. But then my mobster dad took it all away. When I saw Conor fighting in that cage four years later, it was everything I’d always wanted…and everything I’d ever feared.
Now we're balanced on a knife edge, with danger lurking on either side. Conor's like a drug to me, but every time I let him inside me, I'm risking everything I hold dear. I want him more than life itself, but I've got a secret that might ruin everything…
He's a dad.

No words to explain this book. I wouldn't necessarily call it an awful book but it was truly bad. I finished because of my tendency to torture myself to finish bad books. 
Whether to rate this a 2 or a 3 was a constant battle with myself. I felt that this book delivered on all levels for an alpha male. So I downgraded to a 2.9. 

Conor is someone you will have to meet if and when you decide to read this book. Sadly, I didn't like the main girl, Maya.. She honestly sickened me because she left this man to raise the child on her own. Whether it was her choice or not, I sure as hell would have fought back if it wasn't my choice to get back to him if they were in love as described. Conor is a drug, rather hilarious as he continues on throughout the book. 

However, I couldn't rate this any higher because it included many stereotypes. I raised my arms up to the skies, asking why. Why does it do that. Add onto the fact about Maya. 

She says that he saved her life but she is too defenseless to say things for herself. Then again, I don't blame her especially with the family she grew up in. I also didn't like the ending. It was rather rushed and annoying but I am no writer. Conor is what kept this average up for my stars. 

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