Caligula may the last remaining heir of the Clemenza family, and he's being hunted. Needing money to disappear, Cal auctions himself off, and the highest bidder is the Giuliano family enforcer. Damiano has been plotting revenge for years, but now he has the Clemenza he has to keep him safe while trying to break him.
From the blurb:
Someone is systematically eliminating my Family bloodline, and I'm the last heir standing.
No money.
No allies.
No way out…except one.
An underground auction where the wealthy and the wicked bid on desperate, untouched men like me.
I expect to be sold to a stranger. Used and discarded.
Instead, I'm bought by a man with a two-decades-long vendetta against my dead father. A beast who drops ten million dollars to own me, then drags me home to a prison he built just for me.
He wants vengeance. He wants to break me. But I'm not as easy to break as he expects.
And when danger follows me into his territory, he becomes something I never expected.
A protector.
A possessor.
He keeps me safe, even while he keeps me caged.
I’m starting to think the most dangerous thing isn’t being owned by him.
It’s wanting him to keep me...
The Beast Who Bought Me is is book 1 of an ongoing-couple trilogy and ends on a cliffhanger. Expect dark dealings, obsession, possessiveness, toxic dynamics, and all the red flags. These antiheroes will earn their happily ever after, but they'll fight hard to get there.
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SNik's review:
First in series (Clemenza Family). Captor/captive. Forced proximity. Dub-con. Size difference. Age gap. Dual POV. Cliffhanger. Heed content warnings.
Caligula is on the run and has been marked for death, his last hope is to auction himself off in order to gain enough money to disappear. Damiano is an enforcer that wants revenge, and buying the Clemenza heir is a triumph, but keeping Caligula safe while plotting his torture becomes a hard task to juggle.
A fantastic start to a darker trilogy, where revenge and family loyalty are paramount. The power imbalance is acute, but Cal is a fiery, highly intelligent man, so their interactions are definitely push and pull. Both Cal and Dami want to manipulate and use the other, and outside forces come to bear on their interactions which disrupt Dami’s revenge plan as they try and find out who is out to kill Cal. The sexual tension is high, the peeks into Cal and Dami’s backgrounds are important, and the trust is thin. Knowing this is a relationship that will struggle was compelling, the characters interesting, the chemistry steamy, and seeing they actually work well outside of the bedroom was fully entertaining.
Angel's review:
The Beast Who Bought Me starts off this dark and twisted, psychological, mafia-esque, romance series. It'll make you question the characters, it's going to make you yearn for answers, and with the cliffhanger at the end of this book, it'll leave you yelling at the characters too.
I'm not super familiar with Leighton Greene's writing, but considering I haven't read a super dark book in a while, I figured I'd give this a go. And wow, this book did not skimp on the dark, gritty, and twisted parts. I don't want to talk about too much because a lot of it will be spoilers but I will say that the MC's relationship is.. unconventional. There is definitely a power play and power imbalance happening as well as dub-con, so if those might be triggering, or not something you'd enjoy, please proceed with caution.
Both of these men are alike in a lot of ways, both know the business they are in, both men are street smart, and they both are stubborn and grumpy. The angst in this book was through the roof! I liked that these two were sussing each other out, trying to find each other's blind spots, not to necessarily wound them but to have that information in case they needed it. I thought their banter was really entertaining to read about, especially when Cal kept taunting Dami.
The BDSM aspect of it all wasn't MY personal favorite, especially the heavy focus on spicy times, but I get why that was important to the story, and the characters themselves. I really enjoyed reading about the overarching plotline, all the twists and turns that slowly got revealed was very interesting and has just made me more excited to continue reading the series. I really want to know what's going to happen to Cal now. Especially because he's in BIG trouble with Dami...
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