Fierce Protector

The Bianchi Chronicles, Book 3

De: Laura Bennett

Narrado por: Chloe Ryan, Aiden Snow

Doctor Katerina Mancini is a force to be reckoned with.

Surgeon by day and mob doctor by night. There's almost nothing she can't handle except maybe the man who's been assigned to deal with her stalker. It was so much easier pretending her dad's best friend wasn't everything she'd ever wanted before he became her permanent shadow.

How dare he swoop in and rescue her!

Stefano Tiero is a man possessed.

He's spent years denying his feelings for Katerina, burying them under the weight of all the reasons he can't have her. Now she's in danger, and he can't keep himself away from her.

She's his. He'll keep her safe whether she likes it or not.

The more time they're forced to spend together, the harder it is to resist the inevitable.

Fierce Protector is book three in The Bianchi Chronicles series. It can be enjoyed as a standalone, but it takes place during the same timeline of events as Broken Princess and Brutal Queen, and will contain minor spoilers.

Contains mature content. A complete list of content warnings can be found on the author's website.

©2025 Laura Bennett (P)2025 Podium Audio

Wonderful

I loved that Doc M and Stefano got their own book. The narrators were perfect. I loved that most of the book took place in the same time frame as book 1 & 2 in series.

Entertaining & dramatic. Exactly the kind of mafia romance I like to binge.

This story is an interconnected standalone to the Broken & Brutal duet.
We already met Katarina and Stefano there, so diving into their story felt extra satisfying.

Katarina is surgeon by day, mob doctor by night, sharp tongued and has the right amount of bad bitch energy. Stefano is the broody, overprotective, utterly obsessed consigliere and also her dad’s best friend.
Perfect combination, hilarious banter and their steamy chemistry was off the charts👌🏻

Tropes
Mafia Age gap (14 years)
Dad’s best friend
Fake Relationship
Grown ass characters (she 32 / he 48)
FMC in danger

Content warnings
Stalker, medical trauma, murder

This story is lighter than the duet. There is some repetitions through the book. And it’s very fast paced.
Some plot twists were easy to guess around the 60% mark, and I am not a huge fan of the daddy kink, but honestly it was entertaining & dramatic.
Exactly the kind of mafia romance I like to binge.