Bound by Duty

Born in Blood Mafia Chronicles, Book 2

By: Cora Reilly

Narrated by: Ava Lucas

Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins

Publisher's summary

Dante Cavallaro’s wife died four years ago but her memory still haunts him. On the verge of becoming the youngest head in the history of the Chicago Outfit, Dante needs to remarry or risk appearing weak.

Valentina is chosen for the role.

She, too, lost her husband, but her first marriage has always been for show. Even after her husband’s death, Valentina carries the weight of his secrets with her - to protect the honor of a dead man and herself.

With her wedding to Dante, her castle of lies threatens to crash.

Valentina fears the wedding night might reveal her secret, but her worries prove unfounded when Dante ignores her. Soon, her fear turns to confusion and anger.

Valentina is tired of being ignored. She’s determined to get Dante’s attention and desire, even if she can’t get his heart that still belongs to his dead wife.

©2015 Cora Reilly (P)2020 Cora Reilly

Outstanding!!! Ava Lucas slayed!

This is a perfect example of when the storytelling and the casting do each other justice and the end result is engaging and very satisfying. I loved the pace of the story, how Cora Reilly made smart decisions on the plotting and storyline. The writing is well developed and with the narration of Ava Lucas it gets elevated even more. A solid listen if you are into mafia romance and enjoy interconnected stories.

Loved it

Loved this book. Narrator was great. Enjoyed listening to it. Looking forward to next book.

Another phenomenal mafia series

I love how this author ties all the characters into each series it's so different from the others put there and is so beautiful yet hard to handle at times .

the alpha male characters and the way they love.

My favorite book series. I love everything about these books. Cora is a very talented writer and her stories always pull me in from the first page.

Duty

Bound by Duty by Cora Reilly pulled me in from the very beginning. Mafia romance is my favorite genre and the author has created a family of characters that are intense and compelling. Each book is a standalone listen and has character cameo appearances from other books. I love how they are interwined. Ava Lucas performs this book so well. She brings them to life.

Great narrater

I really enjoyed the voice in this book. It made it very easy to become engaged quickly. The story line is awesome too.

Amazing

What can I say? I love this authors book. If you dark mafia romance the it’s a must read/listen to

Good series so far

I almost skipped this book for Mateo’s story, which is after this book. I decided the author did it this way for a reason and I’m glad I didn’t skip it. Good story and I’m sure I will love the next one because I love the male narrator. I wish good authors would really consider their narrator or narrators very carefully. I know I spend a lot of money with audible and I hate to keep calling to return books because of the narrator. By the way some authors get good narrators and the story is not so great. Good thing we can return them😎

This book is very good. I have read this author

This book is very good. I have read this author before. If you are looking for mafia romances, she is one of my go to authors But I strongly encourage you to check your trigger warnings before reading this book.

Valentina and Dante Forever 🩷

I originally skipped this book on my first read through of the series, since it was listed as a standalone. And boy do I regret that decision. From the chapter one Dante and Valentina quickly became one of my favorite couples, and dare I say Bound my Duty is my favorite book in the series. There is a presence of a maturity between the couple, that's not necessarily present in the other books. Valentina didn't take the cards delt to her laying down. She fought for everything she wanted in this story. And watching Dante's character development through out was beautiful. The sex scene were more sensual than steamy, but perfect for this couple. Multiple plot twists allowed the story to get more interesting with each page. And despite being listed as standalone, it definitely added more insight and other perspectives for events in Bound by Honor and the following Bound by Hatred. As well as new information not found in either of the books. However similar to Bound by Honor, it lacked the male lead's pov, which I think would have added just a little more to the story and what was going through his mind. Of course the pov "issues" are corrected in all of Cora's following books. Overall great read, I can't wait to reread it again in the future and watch Dante and Valentina fall in love all over again.