Distance

Beneath the Mask Series, Book 1

By: Luna Mason

Narrated by: Noel Harrison, Zara Hampton-Brown

Keller

From a poor underground street fighter, I rose to fame as the world heavyweight boxing champion. No one knew I was also a monster who hunted in the shadows.

Trapped in the mafia until my debts were paid. A simple deal held my freedom—unify my belts.

It seemed simple until an enchanting British firecracker landed on my lap, knocking me sideways. Wanting her was dangerous for us both, but I took her anyway. Leaving me with the choice, fight for my freedom or hers.

When the truth is unmasked, could she still love me? Would love be enough to battle our demons and come out on top?

Sienna

Newly single and focusing on building my life in New York, I’ve sworn off men for the foreseeable. No one had ever stuck around long enough to let me believe in fairytales anyway.

That was until him.

He tried to hide himself from me, but I couldn’t stay away.

When the mask shattered and the truth was revealed, could I still stay? Even if it meant my life was at stake.

Could we get past our fear of love and fight for our happily ever after?

Distance is book one in the Beneath the Mask series, a series of stand-alone dark mafia romances. Distance is a mafia cross-sports romance, full of spice and suspense.

©2023 Luna Mason (P)2023 Blue Nose Publishing

Mafia Romance!

This is the first book in the Beneath the Mask Series, a mafia romance. Keller and Sienna's story is filled with miscommunication, push and pull, and ups and downs. Keller is enigmatic, alpha, ruthless, possessive, and protective. Sienna is beautiful, naive, strong, and determined. The are opposites attract, and they are perfect together. I liked the instant attraction and the sizzling chemistry. The cast of supporting characters is impressive. Noel Harrison and Zara Hampton-Brown did an excellent job bringing this story to life. I enjoyed it. Looking forward to listening to Detonate, the next book in the series. #BlueNoseAudio

Enjoyable

I love mafia romance and I think this book was done well. It was entertaining. The characters were likable and it was easy to follow. I will listen to it again in the future.

narrators

This would be better in duet. The narrators voices don't cross over well. It has me laughing at parts that shouldn't be funny.

If I had time to sit still, I would read on KU instead.

Why aren't all books done in duet? 🤔

They’re tropes, not people

The way the narrator speaks some of the more ridiculous lines definitely makes it worse - like they’re cartoon idiot tough guys - but even without that, the book would feel disingenuous. The characters are hyper emotional which is fine but their decisions make no sense. For example, he wants her back but when she asks for a kiss he says no and they go back to being tortured and heartbroken even though in both their inner monologues they’ve said they want to be together and understand the other person? It’s just manufactured drama when there could have been real drama. And how is he so full of darkness but he just keeps threatening her ex instead of doing anything to eliminate the threat?

Fantastic Narration and Story!

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𝔹𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕄𝕒𝕤𝕜 | ʙᴏᴏᴋ 1
𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 by Luna Mason
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@authorlunamason writes incredible Mafia Roamnces and this series is going to be a new favorite!

Keller is broody but protective and so swoon worthy! He knows what he wants and goes for it when he meets Sienna at his nightclub.

Sienna is the perfect balance to Keller’s dark side. She is a ray of sunshine! Although she has trust issues, Sienna is a strong, caring FMC - love her!

I couldn’t put this book down and enjoyed every aspect of this book - the character development, the plot and emotions, and the spice 🔥🔥

I can’t wait to continue this series and read Maddie and Grayson’s story next!