Bullied By Her Mafia Man by Sam Crescent
Laura Davis hates Marcus Giovanni. For as long as she’s known him, he has hurt her and gone out of his way to humiliate her. There was no way she was ever going to marry him. But forced down the aisle, she has no choice. The mafia won’t take no for an answer, and any fight she shows is ignored. She is now a Giovanni and at his mercy.
Marcus never wanted to marry Laura. Why would he? She’s nothing like the placid, submissive women of his world. She’s a fighter—and now he has to get her pregnant. To make sure her family’s fortune returns to the mafia’s control, he has to have a son with Laura.
Only, Laura has gotten under his skin, and when he looks at her, he no longer sees a problem but a beautiful woman—and Laura sees there is more to Marcus than the mafia bully she remembers. All this time, he’d pushed her away, and she was right there, in front of him.
When his newfound happiness is threatened, Marcus has no choice but to protect the girl he once bullied and pushed aside. Will he make it in time?
- File Name:bullied-by-her-mafia-man-by-sam-crescent.epub
- Original Title:Bullied by Her Mafia Man
- Creator:Sam Crescent
- Language:en
- Identifier:MOBI-ASIN:B081TCGQPW
- Publisher:Evernight Publishing
- Date:2019-11-19T18:30:00+00:00
- File Size:465.187 KB
Bullied by Her Mafia Man was about Laura Davis and Marcus Giovanni. The story was one that switched between the present and the past in order for the reader to get a glimpse of what the two main characters went through growing up, and what led to their arranged/forced marriage. Marcus, who was told by his father while growing up that he had to protect Laura at all costs, had developed a dislike for her over the years, and he had grown to hate her at one point. Laura had also grown to detest him in return because of all the ways he had bullied her over the years. That didn't change because, even on their wedding day, Marcus bullied/blackmailed her into going through with the wedding neither of them really wanted. What she didn't know was that neither of them had a choice in the matter. Many reviewers had mixed interpretations of what followed the wedding ceremony. Some said the actions were rapes, others said they were acts of dubious consent, while others called them forced seductions. I won't debate that in my review. I'll leave that for the next reviewers to determine for themselves. I can understand the viewpoint of other reviews and why they came to the conclusions they did. There were lines that may or may not have been crossed several times throughout the story, so the actions could easily be interpreted in various ways. The story showed the struggle of two people forced into close proximity called marriage. One knew the reasons for it, and the events/actions taken that made the marriage happen. The other was innocent in every form of the word. One character was raised into a brutal lifestyle, while the other one was protected to the point of being considered sheltered and a spoiled brat. The lengths each of their families went to in order to create who they would become as adults were astounding and eye-opening to a certain degree. Neither of the characters could be considered naive, for they were both aware that Marcus was a member of "the family". Marcus had to grow up at an early age and become a "made man" very fast and, although Laura knew this, she still managed to be kept in the dark about many secrets surrounding her family. Marcus, on the other hand, was made aware of those circumstances and what was expected of him. What he didn't realize until it was almost too late was just how far some would go in order to be in control of everything. It was interesting to read how the relationship between these two characters started out, as well as how it developed after the wedding. It wasn't an easy relationship even in the beginning because Marcus was, indeed, a bully. He wasn't a nice kid, or teenager, and definitely not a nice man. He did and said things that were cruel and even criminal. But the one thing he did not do spoke volumes. He never truly physically harmed Laura. Oh, as kids and teenagers, he would push her around, or drag her from place to place. He would lock her in broom closets and, yes, once he even held a gun to her head. But there was no physical violence done to her. In fact, because of his father's edict, Marcus saw to it that no one else harmed her, growing up, as an adult, or as his wife. In fact, in his own words to another potential bully, she was HIS to bully, and no one else would ever have that privilege. One particular edict he was given that Laura learned about later, was that he had one month to get her pregnant, and that baby HAD to be male. What neither of them knew until it was almost too late was what lengths the person giving those instructions would go to in order to ensure the child WAS male. When Marcus realized it, he also realized he would do anything to protect his wife and child, no matter the costs...and no matter the gender of the baby. Many reviewers didn't like the way this story was written, and they each gave their own reason for that distaste. To some, it was too violent. To others, it was too realistic, and to even more it was just plain disappointing. As for me, despite all the negative reviews I read before deciding to delve into this book, I actually enjoyed it. Reading the push/pull between these two was an emotional rollercoaster ride that had so many twists and turns that I never knew what to expect around the next bend. It was entertaining, it was maddening, and it was even heartbreaking at times. It created a wave of anger deep inside, and it allowed the joy to overflow as well. To experience what the characters were going through was like watching a suspenseful movie that would bring you to the edge of your seat, only to make you drop backward in shock, despair, and even triumph, depending on what was going on. Some reviewers disliked this because of the way the MMC treated the FMC. And yet...these same reviewers may have reviewed FSOG in a different light. But this book was so much better, in so many different ways. I didn't expect to like this book...but I did. I liked how Marcus and Laura worked through their emotions and reached a HEA. I liked how he stepped up and protected her when the need arose, even as kids, teenagers, young adults, and on into the marriage. I liked how she went from disliking him and attempting to run away, to not being able to breathe normally without his presence. Despite all that was going against them, they managed to find common ground and fight for each other. Call me crazy, call me delusional, or misogynistic...but I enjoyed the lengths he went to in order to keep his family intact and safe. In fact, I liked it so much, I not only gave it a five-star rating, but I decided to add it to my Keeper for the Shelves collection.
This is really bad, even for Sam.