Better than expected.

New author for me.
Need more! ❤ Out of all the mafia books I've devoured, this one seems more steeped in a mafia life whereas others felt more like background scenery. Loved this from start to finish. It's full of danger, action, intrigue, feels, it's hot af, and has its dark moments.
Stephanie's narration took a bit of getting used to at the start but her reading gets more fluid and less William Shatnery.
No sympathy for Mateo 😠
Trigger warning for forced sexual assault.

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Credit Back Pls

Not well write. It’s disjointed and unclear. And sadly the narrators don’t add much else.

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Horrible

Don’t know where to begin. The heroine is a complete and utter idiot. Scenarios were so unbelievable. Waste of a credit.

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Loved this arranged marriage

I’ve enjoyed S Massery’s audiobooks before so when I saw Jacob Morgan was narrating it really was a no brainer and he was such a great Luca! I loved getting to hear Stephanie Rose narrate another of her books too.

Let me tell you I love going into books blind and this book was so perfect for that. I was so ready for this book after reading Wild Fury and I enjoyed every second of it. Amelie and Luca were both not how I expected them to be. Luca had a side of him that was unexpected while Amelie was basically thrown to the wolves by way of an arranged marriage and expected to fit a mold. Amelie had a backbone that made it so she didn’t just comply after being married which I loved. I’m a sucker for a book with a heroine who has a backbone and knows when to show it. I really enjoyed this book but with Luca had to grovel just a little more but it still even with that was a great book.

Great story!

I could listen to the male narrator all day, but the female narrator sounded like sh was trying to seduce with every word she spoke. She could've toned that down some in my opinion.

I couldn’t finish it - narrator, storyline bad combo

First, plot is a 19 yr old girl thrown to the mafia by marriage and she is smarter than them?!
Second, the female narrator reads like the narrator of the tv series Snapped. For the show, that voice delivery works. Not for a book. She sounds like she’s giving shocking revelations in each sentence.
I have never not finished a book. I always have to know what happens at the end. This time, I’d rather count my losses (in audible credit and time) than to listen to it.

Meh...skip it

No emotional connection b/t characters. Meet, sex, no real connection, separation, he treats her like shit, and then they just reconnect and she’s his one true love? No mafia stuff, just in background. And a big plot point is just wrapped up in a couple of paragraphs. Didn’t work for me.

I haven’t finished yet, female protagonist is ANNOYING! 🤬

Ruthless saint

OMG!!!! I can NOT with this book!!! I powered through and there was sooooo much promise there at first but Amelie? Jesus on a cracker! What is wrong with her??


Amelie was a walking contradiction… where she was supposed to be upset she wasn’t, where she needed to listen she acted out 🙄 so dumb? The inner monologues made her appear even more stupid. She tried to appear clever but alas… constantly make stupid choices and people had to pick up for her…Luca helps her then it's its fault? When they were in Italy, he asks her to wait but she runs (insert another eye roll) she gets in trouble, expects the person she was "running away from" to help her...he does and she gets them in more trouble THEN doesn't even take accountability for her actions, does she know what that is?

The whole story is a mess. Also, getting a marriage license doesn’t mean folks are married. I don’t understand how she was married when the “I do’s” didn’t even happen 🙄
I thought step 1. Get the license step 2. get actually married theeeeen step 3. Send that to the city fir the certificate… does marriage license mean automatically married in NYC? (If using real cities can there be at least realistic situations? I mean I know I'm reading about mafia etc. but c'mooooon!)

ok, back to the mess that was this book, For instance, She wasn’t able to run from Mateo but she could run from Luca? 🙄🙄 she doesn’t make sense at all ugh she’s a manipulator… she’s not angry at her parents, wilder, Jamison but Luca is where she finds her...I don't even know what that is, no words. She messed his life in Italy, totally messed it up (but she can’t see that of course) He should have married Lucy or somebody else… these bewitching teen beauty stories are getting to me I suppose it would have made a better story if Wilder had married her, she was more suited to a more conniving man.

Her fake “strength” was just so cringey! She’s annoyingly so so stupid! Every time It's her part I kept skipping, and I've done it quite a bit…This character is dumber than a sack of rocks! I mean the narrator wasn't too helpful either, I did not care for her performance in this book but also it could be the character and that's why I'm giving it 4 stars (more for Jacob Morgan if we are being honest) I bout this book partly because Jacob Morgan embody the characters he reads for but he was hardly in this book! I mean this book is called "Ruthless Saint" but the story seems like it was Amelie's, was she the Ruthless Saint? Really? So, I'm about to finish chapter 27 (don't think I will) and not much about Luca AT ALL! Jacob Morgan could have saved the book reading Luca and we would have heard less of Amelie, sigh., no such luck. Amelie really killed the story for me, I just can't get behind whiny, stupid female protagonist at aaaaall.

NOT worth a credit, I'm going to see if I could return this...UGH what a waste.

Great book and awesome narration

Stephanie Rose and Jacob Morgan did an amazing job narrating this book!! I'm already kinda obsessed with Jacob Morgan's voice he's amazing and him as Luca was 🔥🔥🔥!! This is the first time I've listened to Stephanie Rose and she was also amazing. She sounded just like what I thought Amelie would sound like a 👑!!!

This is an arranged Mafia romance and focuses around Amalie Page and Luca DeSantis. You will be taken on an amazing journey from the first page. We meet Luca in this book and I fell in book boyfriend love with him. He's ruthless and gets what he wants. The journey these two take is amazing and I loved every minute. I was super dad to reach the end of their love story I needed more!!

I love S. Massery's book and constantly reread her Fallen Royals series where we meet the Queen B Amalie.

3.5 stars - the ending really nails this story. Jacob Morgan excels as Luca.

This is the first book I have read / listened to by S. Massery. It has dual narrators, Stephanie Rose and Jacob Morgan.

I picked this book because it was a mafia romance and the blurb was interesting, an arranged marriage. The story started with a bang, but slowed down dramatically. Each chapter in the beginning that started with Amelie was repetitive and seemed stilted. I could not bond with her or the situation situation. At times she was too self engrossed, why me and then seemed to have a second personality that was strong and determined to take responsibility for her life. Luca ‘s storyline seemed to be missing something and I really wanted to like him. He is the quiet brother, always in the background and suddenly thrown to the forefront with his Marta.
Then when the book was almost done I found that thread that made the whole thing worth it. Massery did an awesome job closing the story
There was lots of action, bullets and knives with hot sex on the wall. Everything you expect of a mafia romance.
Jacob Morgan’s narration is five stars. He nailed the personality of Luca. Stephanie is an excellent narrator and not sure if I can separate out my issues with the character and her portrayal sufficiently.