Blog tour: Ruthless Princess by Rachel Van Dyken

I'm going to say this not once, but many times. Everyone should read this book. RVD wrote one of the most epic mafia romance's I have ever read. She came in swinging to remind everyone why she's the queen of mafia. Amo Jones, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author.

Ruthless Princess: A Mafia Royals Romance about best friends turned enemies, by Rachel Van Dyken, the number one New York Times bestselling author of the Eagle Elite series is LIVE.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend…

I never thought my father would ask this of me, to become the second generation at Eagle Elite University, to rule with an iron fist, and to take care of anyone who gets in our way.

But ever since the incident.

Ever since Him.

There’s been a war in our little clique.

After all, a house divided cannot stand.

He’s the problem, not me.

He used to kiss me like I was his oxygen.

Now he looks at me like I’m his poison.

But we both drank it, again and again, never believing there would be a day when our love would start a war.

And our friendship would shatter into a million pieces.

Then again, the worst thing you could do in the mafia is hang on to hope that your life will be normal.

The second worst thing?

Fall in love with your best friend.

Enemy.

And heir to the Nicolasi throne.

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Excerpt: 

He licked his lips and repeated what he always did when we had to perform, when we had to do our jobs. “I won’t be gentle with you.”

Our foreheads touched, my chest heaved with exertion like it was hard to breathe when he was so near, but really it was the promise that killed me, a promise that he wouldn’t enjoy touching me ever again, that I was more curse than cure, and yet, I knew it was all we would ever get, these fleeting moments where we did our job too well. “Then make it hurt, baby.” My voice cracked. “Make it hurt.”

His lips parted in a groan as he spun me into his arms and crushed his mouth to mine. It was part pain, part pleasure as he pulled my hair then slid a hand up my shirt like nobody was watching when everyone was.

We broke apart, mouths swollen, my lower lip was bleeding.

A reminder for both of us—this was no cease-fire, this wasn’t real, it was all a carefully constructed show.

“Mmmmm…” I smirked. “Looks like Junior’s not playing around tonight, ladies.”

Screams went up as Junior grabbed my ass and squeezed so hard, I knew I would bruise later. He roughly pulled me against his chest and nipped at my neck.

I told my body it didn’t feel good.

I told my heart we were safe.

And I forced myself to believe the lie every single time we touched.

Because to do otherwise—would destroy me.

Review:

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Ruthless Princess is the first book in a brand new series called Mafia Royals by Rachel Van Dyken. Mafia Royals is actually a spin-off of the Eagle Elite series and it will focus on the kids of the main characters from the other series. There is a short book called Royal Bully, which I would recommend reading before picking up this one because it's free and it would give you a better understanding of some of the secondary characters. I wouldn't recommend not reading it in order even though both of them are stand-alone and feature a different couple.

I am writing this review about a week after I finished the book, not because I didn't have time to do it earlier, but because I needed to digest everything that happened and sort my feelings. Well,  I still haven't done so, but the time for the review has come. I got over the fact that Selena slept with someone after her break up with Junior, which is one of my pet peeves. At least she was the one to do it and not Junior which is different from most of the other books. That made the book gain and lose some points at the same time. '

I don't know how to feel about a certain death that happened and that's what nagging me the most. I am still torn about it and I want to see how RVD will twist it and make me feel in the end like it wasn't so bad. This death also made me wonder if the author is recycling some of her twists or not. I will have to read more in this series to come to a proper conclusion.

Just like Selena's parents' book, this one have me mixed feelings. Both Selena and Junior acted their age and that brought some immaturity that felt out of place considering that this is a mafia novel. On the bright side, we have Selena, a woman, as the leader this time, and things are bound to be interesting. Towards the end, we got teased about the feature couple and I have to say that it was a good tease and I will definitely pick book two!

About Rachel: 

Rachel Van Dyken is the number one New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author of regency and contemporary romances. When she's not writing you can find her drinking coffee at Starbucks and plotting her next book while watching The Bachelor. 

She keeps her home in Idaho with her husband, adorable son, and two snoring boxers! She loves to hear from readers!

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