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Tainted Blood

A Dark Mafia Romance (Corrupt Gods World, Book 2)

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Tainted Blood

By: Catherine Wiltcher, Cora Kenborn
Narrated by: Aaron Shedlock, Vivienne LaRue
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TOP 100 INTERNATIONAL AMAZON BESTSELLER

From USA Today Bestselling Authors Cora Kenborn and Catherine Wiltcher comes Corrupt Gods, a brand new arranged marriage mafia duet.

A Carrera is a master of deception.
A Santiago never forgets.

Santi Carrera is the war I never saw coming.
A beautiful liar.
Ruthless.
Captivating…
The architect of my own undoing.

He twisted my loyalty into an ultimatum.
He chained me to his side with a vow of deceit.
I should despise him for all he’s done to me...
But behind those dark eyes, I see his pain.
I recognize his conflict because it’s ours to share.

Now, I’m a pawn in a new war.
Stolen by a stranger, I’ve been taken to a foreign land.
My fate rests in the fragile truce between our families.
They will tear this world apart to find me.
But he's the only man who can save me.

*This is book 2 of a new dark romance duet. Bad Blood, book 1, is live.
**Tainted Blood is set in the Santiago and Carrera worlds, but it is NOT necessary to have read either trilogy beforehand."

©2021 Cora Kenborn, Catherine Wiltcher (P)2022 Pink Flamingo Productions
Romance Romantic Suspense Suspense War

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Tainted Blood is a dark, suspenseful, and gritty mafia romance set in the Santiago and Carrera world. A masterfully written tale of deception, love, vengeance, and loyalty by two incredibly talented authors, Catherine Wiltcher and Cora Kenbore. Wiltcher and Kenbore each complement the story with their distinctive style, making Santi Carrera and Thalia Santiago's passionate journey utterly captivating. Santi and Thalia are born into two rival Cartel families at war for over two decades, making the bad blood between the families beyond tainted.

Tainted Blood literally picked up right after the stunning cliffhanger at the end of Bad Blood. Right from the get-go, I was at the very edge of my seat with excitement, not knowing what direction the story would take. The storyline is riveting, raw, action-packed, thrilling, exciting, and wholly unpredictable, packed with shocking revelations and twists. Santi is one of my favourite characters; he is a hot-blooded, ruthless, dominating, and totally swoon-worthy man. When it comes to Thalia, he is fiercely protective and would go to the ends of the earth to find her. The dark and intense scenes were balanced, with Santi and Thalia, passion, growth, and fiery chemistry. This was a terrific listen, gripping and unforgettable.

Aaron Shedlock and Vivienne LaRue performed flawlessly. They did a phenomenal job capturing the intensity of the scenes and the raw emotions that reverberated from the characters. Tainted Blood is a mind-blowing dark Mafia romance with outstanding narration, one I highly recommend and thoroughly enjoyed.

🎧 TheFlock, PinkFlamingo 🎧

Mind-blowing!!

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I’ve wanted to get to this duet for so long!!!
You can call me Hannah or the one who goes nuts whenever it comes to Mafia books - especially if they're written by Cora and Catherine!😂

Talia Santiago is the daughter of Dante Santiago - the head of the Mexican mafia. And just like most mafia princesses she just wants to live a normal life.
She rents an apartment with her sister, Ella, and they go to school as they always dreamed, like completely normal women.
So far seems normal huh? Yes... spoiler alert - it doesn't last 😂 because these two princesses attract trouble to them like magnets.

Talia is being blackmailed and must earn a huge pile of money to protect her sister's honor, she decides to get it on her own without involving her father in order not to start another cartel war.
She's a natural winner, she sweeps victory after victory in the casino clubs, except that she enters Santi Carrera's casino without knowing that she is entering the lion's den.

Santi Carrera, the son and successor of Valentin Carrera (the head of the Colombian cartel) perceives the situation - a mafia princess is served to him on a golden tray of chips.
And he asks himself what is the best way to throw a big F&#k you to the enemy? He weaves the perfect plan with a devilish smile on his lips.

Everything I love and more, immersive writing, an insanely strong heroine, crazy as hell twists, a grumpy hero (just like his father🥺😂), difficult triggers, once of a lifetime love and much more❤️

So I'll conclude by saying that I laughed a lot at the exchange of fire between Talia and Santi, I almost tore out all my hair from stress, I was on edge so many times because of all the tension and twists that the authors wrote (I may or may not screamed at them through the phone screen) a roller coaster of emotions and it's worth every moment!

This recommendation is dedicated with love to all mafia lovers - your sister always makes hot recommendations for you ❤️‍🔥

5🌟

I'm in love with C&K writing 😍❤️‍🔥

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Second part of the Corrupt Gods duet, I LOVED this book. Listened to it in one sitting.

Santi and Talia's story continues with him rallying the troops to track where their enemy has taken his new wife. Vivienne LaRue definitely stole the show with her narration and Aaron Shedlock was great too as mafia boss Santi Carrera.

This book has everything you could possibly want from a Mafia/Cartel listen. I definitely want to check out Lola & Sam's book next but now I'm pulled in a few directions lol Ella's story and RJ's romance with the New Jersey Mafia Princess Rosalia are teased at in this book, I will absolutely be checking those out as well.

A great listen!

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Loved the dual narration of Aaron Shedlock and Vivienne LaRue

This book has everything you could possibly want from a Mafia listen We have suspense, revenge, love, hate, deceit to name. The action and drama kept me on the edge of my seat waiting to see what would happen next!

loved

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This is book 2 of Santi and Thalia's story. This is their conclusion, and if you thought book 1 was good then you are in for a treat. The details and drama in this book were amazing. It was gut wrenching and heart warming all at the same of time. I loved it, even the pain and turmoil. Thalia and Santi are meant to be, there is no question about that. I loved every bit of this book.

Aaron Shedlock and Vivienne LaRue did amazing, the accents, the drama... they brought this story to life and it was perfect.

The best ending,

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