The Promise (The 'Burg, #5) in Turning Pages At Midnight

Sep 10, 2013 SamJ ★Needs a HEA★ rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: theme-denied-love-lust, read-2014, heroine-traumatic-tortured-sad-past, theme-mystery-suspense-murder-etc, theme-criminal-activity-mob-cartel, book-challenge-2014, heroine-injured-damaged-wounded-ill, reviewed, theme-awful-parents-of-a-mc, genre-contemporary-romance

★Book Basics★

Genre : - Contemporary Romance
Series : - Fifth in the series.
Writing - Third person Dual POV
Main Characters : Benny Bianchi has been nursing his grudge against the woman he thinks led to his brother’s downfall. He does this to bury the feelings he has for Francesca Concetti, his brother’s girl. But when Frankie takes a bullet while on the run with Benny’s cousin’s woman, Benny has to face those feelings.
Francesca Concetti has decided she has paid her debt to the Bianc ...more

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Sep 08, 2012 Jennifer☠Pher☠ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: skulls-old-and-moldy-2016, skulls-m-f-challenge-2016

Re-Read 2021

Do you ever get to the end of a book that you have all these thoughts about, read all the goodness that the epilogue brings and totally forget you had anything you wanted to get off your chest about the rest of the book? Yeah, this just happened.

That epilogue was nothing but pure joy. Jeez.

On my original read/review down there I hadn't been sure if I even wanted this story. This time around the hint of Benny and Frankie in Cal and Vi's book piqued my interest and I was actually look Re-Read 2021

Do you ever get to the end of a book that you have all these thoughts about, read all the goodness that the epilogue brings and totally forget you had anything you wanted to get off your chest about the rest of the book? Yeah, this just happened.

That epilogue was nothing but pure joy. Jeez.

On my original read/review down there I hadn't been sure if I even wanted this story. This time around the hint of Benny and Frankie in Cal and Vi's book piqued my interest and I was actually looking forward to re-reading their story.

That lasted just a short bit unfortunately. I just could not relate to Frankie at all. This isn't so surprising, I rarely find myself in KA's heroines even I sometimes wish I was them, haha, but Frankie was just the most unrelatable to me. All her dresses and heels and no jeans or flats just blew my mind. I mean, there are even parts of the book she gets all dolled up and puts on heels and a skin tight dress to lay on the couch on a Sunday. I do not understand this. Walking a puppy in that getup? Come on!

Anyway, that's a weird thing to go on about, I know, it just bugged the shit out of me. Bennie dug it so I'm just going to let it go. So, all that aside, and not just because of the epilogue, I enjoyed most of the story and I felt bad for Frankie and how she was treated by her family and especially by the Bianchi's, I don't know if I'd be so forgiving. I enjoyed getting some glimpses of the characters from the previous books and I feel that it did a good job of even though it kind of went back in time it never felt like a repetitive retelling. It had what I love about KA's stories it just wasn't a favorite and I feel my original rating is fair.

What it did give me and I will ALWAYS need is Lee Nightingale and Luke Stark. Have I re-read the Rock Chick books? Hmmm...
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I didn't necessarily think I wanted their story to be honest.

Funny thing about KA, she gives it to you anyway and you probably are going to love it.

It rocked. It wasn't my favorite but it had the formula and it totally worked for me.

I don't know why I keep forgetting that. ...more

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Jul 04, 2013 Lindsay rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: romantic-suspense, buddy-read-with-nikki, disappointing

*sigh* Like most people, I was looking forward to Frankie and Benny's book. Cal wasn't my favorite KA hero (or favorite KA book) but I was intrigued by the animosity between Frankie and Benny and their underlying attraction. So when this was released, I couldn't wait to read it.

Unfortunately, it fell a little flat for me. I don't always have the best luck with KA books...more of a love/hate relationship, but that's typically the guys. This book was an oddity because while Benny did have some ir ...more

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Sep 02, 2015 Cyle rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: romance, contemporary, mature, alpha-male, chick-lit

GENRE: Romance
THEME: Suspense, Mystery, Mature
RECEIVED: Bought
BLOG: http://seeingnight.blogspot.com/
3.5 Stars

REVIEW:
With the final Burg novel coming out soon, I wanted to get back into one of my favorite Kristen Ashley series, one that always has a mystery in the mix. I was exited to get to know more about the Bianchi family and Benny who is cousin to Cal from a previous book. I love how Ashley always ties her series together by showing her readers how past characters are doing and also having GENRE: Romance
THEME: Suspense, Mystery, Mature
RECEIVED: Bought
BLOG: http://seeingnight.blogspot.com/
3.5 Stars

REVIEW:
With the final Burg novel coming out soon, I wanted to get back into one of my favorite Kristen Ashley series, one that always has a mystery in the mix. I was exited to get to know more about the Bianchi family and Benny who is cousin to Cal from a previous book. I love how Ashley always ties her series together by showing her readers how past characters are doing and also having them befriend the latest female lead.

The Promise follows Frankie Concetti who is recovering from being shot by a a crazy man who was trying to hurt a family friend. She is now a hero but also she has put the spotlight on her from the family who abandoned her. Frankie dated and fell for Vinnie Bianchi, but when his life spiraled into the mob and he was killed, the one family she adored, became strained. Now that she saved a member of their family, they are determined to make amends, especially her dead boyfriends brother Benny. But nothing is easy with their family and when Frankie’s curiosity in a strange death at work puts her in danger, Benny is determined to keep her save and with him.

Frankie is a tough cookie, she has survived a pretty traumatic event and is determined to move forward on her own. But the Bianchi family is determined to take care of her, Benny Bianchi comes back in her life and isnt going anywhere. I love how this family wants to fix the relationship with Frankie, whom they thought of as a daughter. Benny is someone who Frankie was close to and actually fit more with than his brother Vinne, but Frankie never went there. Years have gone by since Vinne’s death and Frankie is nervous and unsure why Benny wants to take care of her so much. The chemistry between these two is smoking hot and hilarious, they have so much banter and hot moments is adds to their long friendship they already had to a hot romantic one. Frankie has a lot of stubborn moments but in the end she knows this family cares for her deeply, and with her extremely damaged family always disrupting her life, she yearns for some happiness with them and Benny.

Benny is a man who knows what he wants, Frankie is a women that has always has had a special place in his heart. He’s done waiting for her to come around and now that she needs the help, he’s made himself the only caretaker she’s going to get. Benny reminded me a lot of his cousin Cal, he is all alpha and pushy but also extremely loving, even when hes not trying to be. His love for his family will make anyone melt and his protectiveness of Frankie shows how much he has always cared about her. I love how he always had her back against her insane family and how he accepted the mob side of her extended family to a point that made her happy.

Overall this was a bit of a shift from the prior books as the mystery wasn’t a huge focus, but the relationship is so strong and loving that it didn’t bother me. The mystery has to deal with Frankies work, she is a workaholic and enjoys what she does, but she also is known for putting her nose where is doesn’t belong. I did like the mystery but I wished it was more intense like the others have been. In the end I loved seeing the other Burg couples and seeing how their life’s have moved forward. I cant wait to read the final in the series next and I know Ashley will always give me a great HEA.
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Dec 03, 2016 Kristiana rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: re-read, 2016, romance-rc-2016, 2019

First Read: 11-12 October 2016 (4 stars)

“A life that meant I’d have a calendar on my kitchen wall filled in with birthdays and anniversaries and parties and practices and special occasions. All the shit that makes a good life scribbled in the blocks printed on glossy paper hangin’ on a wall.”

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Reuni Callahan family dan Nightingale Men plus Roxie's mom.. Yippieee.. :)

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May 26, 2017 Shan ~A~ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: in-series-or-trilogy, romance, erotic, crime, favorites, mystery

Glad to see Frankie get a happy ending after everything she went through during Vi's ordeal. I knew that I liked her, but I loved her more here.

My only problem was the overuse of the word awesome. If I was a drinker playing a drinking game, I would have been drunk by the end of this book.

Still in Kristen Ashley usual way, she wrote another quirky kickass heroine, with her very hot alpha male. Plus, as usual a wonderful epilogue that leaves this reader happy because I don't feel like anything wa ...more

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