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Toxic
- Mafia Wars New York, Book 1
- Narrated by: Aaron Shedlock, Ava Lucas
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
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Summary
He started a war to save me. But I refuse to give him a second chance.
Dante Marino’s the definition of beautiful destruction.
Everything he touched, he destroyed...including me.
We were friends. Then we weren't.
He used me.
Played me.
Took every ounce of my affection and threw it away.
He became my enemy, then risked everything to save me.
Now, he wants me back, claiming he's changed - determined to make me his.
Each vow, every possessive kiss, feels like he’s mine.
But I can't forget that underneath his rock-hard body, seductive grin, and wicked promises, one thing will always remain true - he's my undoing.
Toxic is book one in Mafia Wars New York. It's a first-love, second-chance dark mafia romance, an interconnecting stand-alone, and guaranteed to have an HEA. Please note this contains scenes and topics on sexual abuse that may be uncomfortable for some listeners.
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- Kindle Customer
- 05-03-23
What a rollercoaster ride
I read this book a while ago but had not listened to the audiobook. Wish I’d listened earlier it was a much more immersive experience.
Dante was so much more relatable in the audio version
Excellent listen
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- Ande-n
- 15-04-22
5 stars
I wish I could give this book more than 5 stars it was great. I loved the Irish mafia wars and look forward to listening to the other New York mafia wars.
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- Jocelyne
- 27-04-22
Grippingly Captivating!
This is the first book in the Mafia Wars NY series, a Mafia Romance. Wow! I loved it! Dante and Bridget's story is intense, intricate, and grippingly captivating. Dante is handsome, powerful, and protective. Bridget is beautiful, smart, and strong. My heart broke for her. They are both fantastic characters, very determined. The storyline is filled with danger, secrets, action, suspense, and twists and turns. Aaron Shedlock and Ava Lucas did an outstanding job with the narration. I enjoyed it. Looking forward to listening to Immoral, the next book in the series. If you like Mafia Romance, this one is definitely for you. I HIGHLY recommend it.
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- RB
- 17-04-22
As usual - Riveting!
Question? When is the next book in this series, which I presume is Giani and Cara’s tale given the cliff hanger ending.
Problem - I stayed up all night with this new Maggie Cole mafia audio book.
Loved Brigitte and Dante’s tale. Dante is such a beautiful male character.
Narration was excellent.
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- cavylady68
- 27-04-22
WOW! Amazing start to the new Mafia Wars series
I totally loved the Mafia Wars series and have been eagerly awaiting the release of the first book in the Mafia Wars, New York series. OMG, this book did not disappoint. I didn't think Maggie Cole's writing could improve but she somehow managed to pour everything and more into this book. I think it was also the voices of Aaron Shedlock and Ava Lucas that made the story come alive with so much passion, Aaron making Dante strong, protective and warm/caring whilst Ava successfully portrayed Bridget's angst as a mum, widow and victim, trying to find some kind of strength to survive. I was lost in audio heaven for 10 hours.
We were previously introduced to the Marino family in Killian and Finn's books and there were lots of hints of some kind of unknown relationship between Bridget and Dante. What we didn't know was how long that had known each other for and what their back story was. This is very much a second chance relationship between Bridget and Dante, who went to school with each other and spent Christmas celebrations with each others families. Bridget had a major crush on Dante but he broke her heart as a teenager, and thus was a contributing factor to moving to Chicago to live with the O'Malley's where she fell deeply in love with Sean. I love how the author managed to not take anything away from the love between Bridget and Sean that had been referred to in previous books, and the reasons why Bridget left and returned to New York had me in tears...actually I was close to tears throughout this book, again I think it was the amazing connection between the book and the narrators, that made it such an emotional journey.
This audio book was a thrill from start to finish as I was taken on a ride full of drama, distrust, lies, suspense and of course some very hot passion as Dante did everything he could to convince Bridget that he was worthy of a second chance, but does he get it and can Bridget find true love for a second time?
This book totally deserves its 5 stars, a highly recommended audio book. I cannot wait for Dante's twin brother, Gianni's story, especially after the major tease right at the end!
I received an ARC of this audio book from the author and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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Absolutely fantastic
I absolutely love how these families coincide with each other. With lots of past trauma that comes back to haunt them. With a storyline that will keep you gripped throughout. It’s got excellent well written characters and a traumatic storyline it’s a lethal combination. Fantastic performance from both Ava and Aaron.
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- Traceyb
- 21-05-22
Spin off series
This is the first book in mafia wars New York and follows on from mafia wars ,you probably could read this one without reading mafia wars but it is such a good series I would recommend giving it a go.
Toxic is the story of Bridget and Dante, Bridget has been running and hiding secrets for a long time. I loved both characters and I liked that they loved each other before when they were at school. There were moments when I got frustrated and want to shout at Bridget just to tell everyone what happened but I did get why she was too afraid.
I thought the story was really good and I have been sucked in to these characters from the very first book I read by Maggie cole. I've come to realise it's also quite satisfying when you get really good revenge for the injured party.
Cannot wait to read the rest of this series and will definitely be rereading the entire mafia wars series in the future.
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- Babs
- 15-07-22
Good story
I enjoyed this book, looking forward to the next story. The narrators did a good job and were easy to listen to.
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- shedevilreads Bookstagram
- 18-04-22
Second Chance Mafia Romance
Toxic by Maggie Cole is a dark mafia romance that I listened to on audio narrated by Aaron Shedlock and Ava Lucas. This is the first book in the Mafia Wars New York series.
I absolutely love Maggie's books! She does an amazing job pulling me into the story. I loved the relationship that bloomed between Dante and Bridget. I really enjoyed getting both of their points of view throughout the book. It really brought the story to life.
I can't wait for the next book in the series Immoral to be released on May 15, 2022 so I can get Gianni and Cara's story.
Aaron and Ava did an amazing job on the narration. They both really know how to bring a story to life. I look forward to listening to more of their work in the future.
I would recommend this book if you like dark romances, mafia romances, first love romances, second chance romances, or romantic suspense.
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- Loves 2 Listen
- 17-04-22
excellent performance
this is book one in the NY mafia wars series and thoroughly enjoyable, I loved hearing Bridgets story. I'll be ordering the rest in the series as they come up on pre order, just as i've done with all the other books. although it's not necessary to read the rest of the Mafia wars series, I would highly recommend you start with ruthless stranger and follow the series throughout or you're missing out. the performance from both of these narrator's was excellent with fabulous differentiation for the various characters each of them portrayed
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