Release Blitz & Review...Mafia Queen by Bella J

Title: Mafia Queen

Series: Royal Mafia Series #4

Author: Bella J.

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Release Date: January 22, 2019

There once was a girl who was sold to the devil. The devil ruined her. Destroyed her. Turned her into his pretty, broken girl.

But then her savior came. Her king. He pulled her from hell and cloaked her with his darkness—a darkness that hid her from the devil who wanted his pretty, broken girl back.

By saving her soul and stealing her heart, he managed to put all the broken pieces back together, and she finally found the strength to rise from the ashes.

Brave, fierce, dauntless, ready to slay the devil when he comes for her—and he will come— that girl became a fighter.

She became a queen.

And that girl…is me.

I stepped closer, my reflection in the mirror becoming clearer. The woman I saw earlier was gone. There was no trace of her in the picture before me. Instead, I saw someone else. Someone I had dreamed about for so long. Every night while locked in my cage, waiting to be hurt, waiting for my body to be defiled again and again, I dreamed of this woman. A strong woman. A fierce woman. A woman brave and tough enough to punish those who deserved it. And finally, here she was, in the mirror, staring back at me.

I closed my eyes, and I saw his face. The way blood poured from his body like a fountain of justice. His eyes glazed over, his skin pale, and mouth open while he choked on his own blood. I leaned my head to the side, and I could still hear the gurgling sounds that came from his throat. It was the same sound I heard the night Master V slit the throat of the girl I chose to share my food with. The same night he cut off my ear, mutilating me. And just like the man I killed tonight, her mouth fell open as well while she tried to gasp for air until…her dead body fell to the ground.

The more I thought about that night, the more I started to smile. Because of me, the man whose throat I slit tonight felt that girl’s pain. He experienced the same death as that poor girl. It felt good, thinking about it that way. There wasn’t an ounce of regret anywhere inside me. Only relief…because justice was served.

When the door slammed shut behind me, I opened my eyes and stared straight at Antonio’s reflection in the mirror.

He was standing behind me, his eyes wild and dark. Our gazes remained locked as we watched each other in the mirror in front of me. After what happened tonight, I didn’t once think about the repercussions I would have to face when it came to Antonio. My master. I was too high on the adrenaline, the power…the bloodlust. But now the high was gone, and uncertainty had taken its place.

“Antonio—”

“You killed a man.”

“I know. He wanted—”

“How did it feel?” He took a step closer.

I licked my lips. “I don’t—”

“Speak the truth, Doe. How did it feel?”

I swallowed, watching him as he moved closer, one calculated step at a time. There was no use denying it. The way he kept my gaze, his eyes cold and hard, he already knew the answer to his question. It was written in the stone expression on my face, I was sure.

He stopped right behind me, breathing down my neck. “How. Did. It. Feel?”

I leaned back against his chest and closed my eyes. “It felt…good.”

All the way from Cape Town, South Africa, Bella J lives for the days when she’s able to retreat to her writer’s cave where she can get lost in her little pretend world of romance, love, and insanely hot bad boys.

Bella J is a Hybrid Author with both Self-Published and Traditional Published work. Even though her novels range from drama, to comedy, to suspense, it's the dark, twisted side of romance she loves the most.

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Finally we get Antonio’s queens story! And what a story it is! This book had me hooked. It’s got plenty of drama and suspense, brilliant characters and it had me desperate to know what was going to happen when all the secrets were let out of the bag. 

Doe will break your heart. She is extremely easy to like and witnessing what’s she’s been/going through will pull at your heart strings. She’s a lot stronger than she thinks she is but with Antonio there to show her how much inner strength she has, she slowly becomes more confident in herself. I loved Doe, she’s a great character and the perfect match for Antonio and seeing her go from the scared, timid Doe that she was to the strong, fierce Doe that Antonio helps to bring out was the best thing about this book. 

Antonio has always been my favourite and this book made me fall for him even more. He’s always had a mysterious, aloof air to him and he’s always intrigued me, I really wanted to get to know him better. The way he cares for Doe won me over immediately and I loved his protective side. 

Mafia Queen is another great book in the Royal Mafia series. Antonio and Doe’s story was everything I was hoping it would be.