The Five Families, Books 1-3

By: Jill Ramsower

Narrated by: Mackenzie Cartwright, Teddy Hamilton, Ava Erickson, Wen Ross, Jo Raylan, Jason Clarke

Length: 21 hrs and 51 mins

Publisher's summary

Now in a convenient audio bundle, here are the first three novels in Jill Ramsower's captivating Five Families Series.

Love and danger are intertwined for the Genovese sisters as they're caught up in a dark web of schemes and violence, and find the ruthless men who will rule their hearts.

Forever Lies

When Alessia gets stuck in an elevator at work, she's trapped with Luca, the hottest man she's ever seen. But she can tell something dark hides beneath his charming facade, especially once he decides he's not letting her go.

Never Truth

Sofia swore she'd never forgive Nico for leaving her in darkness. When Sofia's powerful father hires Nico to protect her, Nico knows he'll never be strong enough to walk away from her a second time...but convincing her won't be easy.

Blood Always

Maria knows her arranged marriage is the best thing for her family, but she didn't count on her husband Matteo's ruthless determination to possess her--or their sizzling chemistry. Will they survive the passion that burns between them?

Author's Note: These are mafia romances intended for mature audiences with some elements that may be inappropriate for sensitive audiences. For those of you who are new to me, I write what I'd call "mafia lite." My heroes are hardened criminals with soft spots for their heroines. There may be violence and cruelty in my books, but never between the main characters. Enjoy!

©2020 Jill Ramsower (P)2020 Jill Ramsower

Critic reviews

"By far my favorite mafia series!" -USA Today bestselling author SE Rose

Amazing

Don’t let the first book run u away the last two was everything especially the last one I love Maria the oldest sister

Books get better as they go by

First book I will give it 3.5. To me, it was very simple, and she always got herself into the same type of trouble. It didn’t have as much depth for me.

The second book had more depth. I like the different point of views, current, and in the past. I feel like it ended almost similar to the first book and that’s why I would only give it a 4.5.

I love the last book because it had the depth that I was looking for. The heroine was strong, even though she came from a life of pain and overcame weakness. Worth it

Loved it!

This series! The high’s the low’s it moved me. I can’t wait to finished the next set! So worth the credit!

third book

it had a better story to it, I like the woman are strong but still have that loving side as well

It’s all about the sisters

I didn’t think I was going to like this. I connected with all the sisters in some shape way or form. I really enjoyed the love story in the mist of all the chaos. It was really sweet.

Great Series!

I loved this series! My favorite part is that all three books build off of each other and are in the same universe. I liked that each character from book to book was read by a different actor to help differentiate between the characters. Maria's actor was a little hard to understand at times when she went sped up. My favorite spicy scenes were in the 3rd book. I was hoping for more in the first two. As the books progressed, the scenes got better and spicier, IMO. Great job all around, though! I can't wait to listen to Ramsower's next series. 😍

Impressed.

It was entertaining. There are some scenes that can be triggering but nothing too graphic and it’s well written. The only narrator I wasn’t fully engaged with was Maria’s voice. The reader’s voice came off harsh all the way through and the character’s emotions change considerably midway through book 3.
Other than that, I enjoyed it!

Suffering and absolution

Being pulled into the trail of the family gave me the inside how much we as human can bare and still looking for the ray of sunshine

Nice Series!

Book 1 was a little slow with no real substance but book 2 and 3 definitely made up for it!

First book is slow and boring

The books progressively get better. I’m glad it was a bundle bcz it wouldn’t be worth the credit if it were just one book. First book is the worst. It’s boring and slow but the second one is decent with the third one being really good.