Adair (Book 3): Patrizzio Family Mafia, #3

By Darren Park

This is book 3 and the finale of the Patrizzio Family Mafia romance series! 

The don's daughter is strictly off-limits.

So if stripping her bare could get me fired…

Then knocking her up could get me killed.

As a hired killer for the Patrizzio mafia, I live my life with the strictest control.

I keep my emotions locked away.

Or at least, I used to…

Until Alessia.

The mob boss's daughter is as wild as they come.

But as long as she's under my protection, she'll do as I say.

No blind dates.

No drunken parties.

The little brat thinks I've gone too far.

She says she won't obey my rules.

But if she wants to get wild, she'd better guess again.

There's only one place where she'll be safe when she's naked and bared:

In my bed.

Taking her means breaking every rule in the book.

But some temptations are too powerful to resist – even for a man like me.

And when I finally lay my hands on the forbidden girl…

Everything else I've been hiding will come bursting into the light.

• Language: English
• Publisher: MBK Hanson Inc.
• Release date: Nov 26, 2019
• ISBN: 9781393560609

Book preview

Adair: A Mafia Romance (Patrizzio Mafia Book 3)

By Nicole Fox

THE DON’S DAUGHTER is strictly off-limits.

So if stripping her bare could get me fired...

Then knocking her up could get me killed.

As a hired killer for the Patrizzio mafia, I live my life with the strictest control.

I keep my emotions locked away.

Or at least, I used to...

Until Alessia.

The mob boss’s daughter is as wild as they come.

But as long as she’s under my protection, she’ll do as I say.

No blind dates.

No drunken parties.

The little brat thinks I’ve gone too far.

She says she won’t obey my rules.

But if she wants to get wild, she’d better guess again.

There’s only one place where she’ll be safe when she’s naked and bared:

In my bed.

Taking her means breaking every rule in the book.

But some temptations are too powerful to resist – even for a man like me.

And when I finally lay my hands on the forbidden girl...

Everything else I’ve been hiding will come bursting into the light.

Chapter 1

Alessia

Irace out of the reach of the surf but I get tugged back immediately into Dare’s chest. We are walking along the rocky shore, the midafternoon wind biting at my cheeks.

Isn’t the Loch Ness monster Scottish? I ask him, staring out at the steely gray plain of the ocean.

He chuffs out a laugh. Yeah, but she doesn’t live in the ocean.

Where does she live?

In a lake. In the center of Scotland. He pauses and squeezes around my chest. I’ll take you there someday.

The ‘someday’ weighs heavy between us. I know what he’s telling me. He’s telling me that he wants me to be permanent in his life. He’s telling me he loves me, and those words are rolling around in my head, echoing and warming me.

I didn’t say it back. I wanted to. After we had sex, we were lying in bed, staring at one another, breathing hard, the sun streaming in over his hair, making him look so young and I almost said it. The words pushed up in my mouth but then Rett’s face flashed through my mind and I remembered how fucked up my life was right now.

We start walking down the beach, heading back toward his mother’s house when his phone starts buzzing in his pocket. He pulls it out and frowns at the number he sees flash across the screen.

Guinne, he snaps into the phone. His brow draws immediately at the voice on the other side. He turns and stares into my eyes and my stomach drops into the ground.

What is it? I whisper, gripping at his shirt. He says nothing but just holds the phone out to me.

I take the phone and press it to my ear. Hello?

Baby, my dad says to me, his voice tinny from across the ocean.

Dad, I say, and I can barely catch my breath.

I can’t talk for long, baby, but you have to listen to me.

Okay.

You have to do what Guinne says. He’s a good man. He’s gonna keep you safe. And Greco is coming for you, Alessia. It’s all my fault, and there’s nothing I can do about it, but Guinne will protect you.

My father is calling me from jail and I can think of absolutely nothing to say to him. I assume he can hear the ocean crashing behind me and I hope that’s enough for him to know I haven’t hung up on him.

I’m going down for this, Alessia. I won’t be there. I won’t walk you down the aisle. I won’t meet my grandkids unless you bring them to the prison. And I have to live with that. I’m sorry, baby. I’m so sorry. Tell your brothers that I’m sorry.

I will, Dad, I whisper into the phone.

And trust Guinne. Promise me that you’ll let him take care of you.

He already does.

There was a healthy pause on the other end of the line as he took in the tone of my voice.

Is that right? he eventually asks. My eyes dart up to Dare’s and I let myself get tugged into his gaze.

That’s right, I say, for a few months now.

My father gives a little chuckle on the other end of the line. Well.

Well, I repeat back to him.

Hand me back to Guinne, he says, I have a few things to tell him about Greco.

I reach the phone back out to Dare but on impulse I press it back to my ear. I love you, Dad, I say and toss the phone to Dare, turning away from him and heading back down the beach toward his parents’ house. I can feel his eyes on my back but I don’t turn. I just keep walking. I don’t want to hear what he and my father have to say to one another. A few minutes pass before he catches up to me.

Immediately he pulls me into his side, tilting my head up for a kiss. I shiver against the feeling and against the wind whipping across the water.

You’re leaving, I say. I know what’s coming. I heard the tone in my father’s voice. I know what it means to protect me from Greco. I know that hiding isn’t an option. Greco finds people. He ends people. My mind flashes back to the picture of my friend that my father showed me so many months ago. It feels like years.

I have to, Dare says, his eyes searching mine. My hair slips loosely through his fingers. I can’t stay here and wait for him to attack. He’s going to take us by surprise. I have to go back. I have to confront him.

Why? My voice is almost lost on the wind.

Because I love you. And I won’t live in a world where you’re in constant danger. I’m going to end that danger.

I shove away from him and the wind whips my hair across my face. I don’t want you to be in danger either!

He reaches out for me but I dance away and keep going. I’m supposed to just wait behind and let you sprint into an encounter with one of the most dangerous men in the western hemisphere? No!

For some reason his eyes are soft when he reaches out for me again. He pushes the hair back from my face

Reviews for Adair (Book 3)

[Stephanie Chase · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This was actually a pretty good bada$$ monster romance. Page turner too