Heart of a Monster

New Reign Mafia Duet, Book 1

By: Shain Rose

Narrated by: Marcio Catalano, Joy Beharie

Rome Armanelli is supposed to be a monster—an enforcer for the strongest family in the Italian Mafia.

Yet, when I saw him take a man’s life, he did it to save mine. Since then, Rome doesn't want me anywhere near him. Sparks may fly when we're in the same room, but his famiglia is all he cares about.

He tells me to leave, but he, of all people, should know—the Mafia doesn't let anyone go. Blood, ties, and partnerships sink their claws in. And when we find out exactly why his family kept me around, there's no turning back.

I have to trust someone to survive now. So, I choose him, the man with a stare as cold as ice but a touch that sets me on fire.

I'm about to hand my heart to a monster. Let’s see if he’ll rip it apart.

©2021 Greene Ink Publishing, LLC (P)2023 Podium Audio

Amazing

I truly love the heroine in this one. She starts off as being the underdog, but completely commands everyone!

will read on

narration isn't very good especially the female but im not crazy about her pov to begin with. the writer is good she gets to the point without all the fluff and over written discrimination of everything. really like that so I'm going on to read the next book

Could have been so much more

The story was good and could have been amazing if only the author didn’t insist on injecting woke social justice feminist self righteousness into a mafia story line 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ pours cold water on the whole thing, if The View wrote a smut romance book

Pretty Good

This was a good start in a duet that featired characters from Shain Rose's other books. Although I enjoyed Rome and Catalina's journey so far, I'm not sure it's good enough to go on to the 2nd book in this duet. Marcio Catalano and Joy Beharie had stellar performances but I wish it had been done in duet style.

3 Starz - I won't listen again

Quit halfway through

I listened to the preview. It sounded amazing until you actually start listening to the book itself. I couldn’t keep up with what was happening with Catalina in the beginning. It kept going here there and everywhere I kept having to go back and relisten because I feel like it skipped so much. I’m not a fan of the female narrator. I’ve listened to books that have her in it and have stopped listening to those books as well. So as I don’t think that it is the writer, I think it’s more the narrator issue.