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The Kiss Thief

L.J. Shen

Start date: September 1, 2019

Finish date: September 30, 2019

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Oct 12, 2019 Radd Reader rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: marriage-of-convenience, enemies-to-lovers, age-gap, kindle-unlimited, buddy-group-assigned-challenge

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. 2.5 stars

”Nothing says romance more than your husband packing your breast pump for you.”

The Story:
Wolfe (30, Senator) blackmails Francesca’s father to marry her. Wolfe thinks Francesca (19 year old, virgin, mafia princess) is spoiled, entitled and naive, but he still wants to marry her. Why you might ask? Well....good question. 🤔
”Fortunately for her, my bride-to-be was going to get exactly the kind of cushioned life she’d been designed to lead by her parents. Right after the wedding, I in ...more

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Jan 15, 2019 Aղցela W. rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: m-f, mafia-gangster, alpha-male, 300-400pg, unlimited

This was a really good read. Francesca "Frankie" Rossi has lived a sheltered life she is the daughter of mob boss Arthur Rossi the head of "The Outfit" after being away at school in Switzerland she comes home and its time for her to date. Francesca meets Senator Wolfe Keaton at a gala he is rude and brash and in all around jerk to her. Wolfe is a hot sexy alpha he is also a playboy Senator with one goal in mind to take down the man that ruined his life. Frankie has been in love with her chil ...more

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Sep 19, 2019 Danielle (Danniegurl) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: adult-romance-read, 4-stars, kindle-unlimited-read, emotional, new-adult-read, pov-dual

September 2019 Non PNR Gotta Have Romance with a Kick (Kick) BOTM

4 stars.

This book was incredibly frustrating. I didn’t want to toss my iPad across the room but I couldn’t for the life of me figure out what was going on and why Wolfe was such a jerk. I was so frustrated. But this frustration led to curiosity. Why was he treating her this way? How did he really feel about her? About the situation? His words didn’t match his actions.

The entire story is centered around Wolfe, her family and a secre ...more

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May 26, 2020 Sejal rated it liked it

Shelves: new-adult

The guy in this is an obnoxious tool who basically bullied a 19 year old and ensured that she was forced into marrying him.
But if you can get over these aforementioned cringey parts and the 'ohmygod this guy is not normal why am i still reading this' parts the book is not bad.

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Mar 27, 2019 Angie S H aka Feelin A Little Bookish rated it it was amazing

Arranged marriage novels usually don’t catch my attention however I love anything by LJ Shen. I’m happy I took the plunge and read this novel. It even had me in tears at times...

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