With This Ring (Opposites Attract Book 1) by RS McKenzie


Two mafia families and two heirs that hate each other, but an arranged marriage to fend off an unknown enemy brings them closer than expected. Carter and Kai may start out disliking each other, but working together starts a fall into a once in a lifetime kind of love.


From the blurb:

Carter Whitlock


Family means everything to me. I’ll do everything I can to keep them safe. That includes marrying my enemy.

Kaison St. Clair has been a thorn in my side for years. When we see each other, we either trade insults or blows. I hate everything about him. If it were up to me, I’d stay far away from him and the entire St. Clair family.

But someone is after both our families. The only way to keep everyone alive is an arranged marriage with my enemy to combine the might of the St. Clair’s and the Whitlock’s.

Life with Kai is supposed to be about winning the war we found ourselves in, not love and emotions. But somewhere down the line, he gets under my skin.

And I’ll do whatever it takes to make him mine in more than name.

With This Ring is an arranged marriage, enemies to lovers MM romance with two men who are forced together but find that after a while, they don’t mind.


SNik's review:

First in series (Opposites Attract). Enemies to lovers. Arranged marriage. Close proximity. Light BDSM. Dual POV. Heed content warnings. 

Their families might have a truce but Carter and Kaison have been fighting for years, until they are forced into uniting their families through marriage. Carter and Kai have no reason to like each other and their fights often turn physical, but when they have to work together there is an abrupt turn to physical intimacy and they both start to see the other in a new light over time. 

This was an entertaining story as there is no doubt Carter and Kai dislike each other, but also that there are qualities to both of them that attract them and begin to slide into respect and possessive affection. I really enjoyed their dynamic, both men are intelligent, strong, brutal and yet able to fall deeply for their special person. They work together to fight a common enemy but also have no hesitation standing up for each other, they are super steamy together, and the dates Carter plans for Kai are just the right amount of romance for a mafia killer that likes a little sweetness as well. Looking forward to more from this series.


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