The Pharaoh's Concubine

De: Z. A. Maxfield

Narrado por: Noah Michael Levine

As mob boss Yvgeny Mosko s open secret, Dylan Anderson is happy enough with a passionate, if loveless, arrangement that affords him a life of luxury. But at 36, he wonders how committed Mosko will be to an aging lover.

He finds out when a rival gang kidnaps him in a turf war everyone s sure to lose. Mosko unleashes deadly force, leaving no one alive except for a young man whose dark eyes tug at Dylan s heart and the conscience he thought he'd excised long ago.

Though he tried to stop the kidnapping, William Memo Escobar knows Mosko will use what s left of him to send a powerful message to his rivals. When Mosko's pampered pretty boy risks everything to help him escape, he can't believe his luck.

William figures he's better suited to life off the grid, but as the days go by he begins to realize Dylan's beauty is more than skin deep. And as Dylan coaxes more and more beguiling smiles from William, he yearns for things like family ties he'd thought were best forgotten.

Yet behind their newfound happiness lurks the certain knowledge that no matter how careful they are, Mosko will come for what s his.

Warning: This book contains a mob boss, a kept man, and a reluctant kidnapper who will never have to hear the words, "Size doesn't matter."

©2011 Z.A. Maxfield (P)2017 Audible, Inc.

Ethical Issues

There are issues when you try to imagine the aftermath of a separation from a mafia boss.
As far as romances go, this one fights some good fights: its main character grows up emotionally, women aren’t totally stupid, one of the mains is not white, the book tries to show the difficulty of growing up gay and of being gay from Utah to Nevada, from rural America to the international mafia environment. There are slips, heavy accents (the reader hasn‘t been yet exposed to Spanish and his pronunciation is hilarious), the evil ex boyfriends are either craven or extremely generous, the denouement is not a consequence of the actions of the main characters, but it is bestowed upon them by the generous ex boyfriend and mafia boss. Pampam.

An all time favorite

Z.A. has created a wonderful story with many creative twists. it might even bring a tear to your eye. this is by far my favorite Z.A. Maxfield story

Phantastic!

It’s been about 7yrs since I read this book and the stor is still just as amazing!! One of my fave ZAM stories.

The Narration: 3.5 Pants Off


It could have been better. It was passable at best and didn’t inspire the same feelings as reading it did. The voice for William just didn’t work for me, accent and all which is a bummer because I love William as a character.

Overall, nothing to rave about when it comes to the narration but still enjoyable enough.

Definitely don't let the title deter you.

Glad I read and listened to reviews. I too kept bypassing because of the title and "mobster" reference in book preview. Couldn't stop listening.

Ignore title & cover art

The title & cover art misled me into thinking this was fantasy and / or historical, but it is not. I would have listened long ago had I known it was a contemporary story set among gangsters and Mormons.