DARK HEART (The Dark Heart Duet #1)
by Ella James
Release Date: September 23rd

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DARK HEART, volume one in an emotional, star-crossed mafia duet by USA Today Bestselling author Ella James is NOW LIVE!!

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Blurb

I thought he was the white knight. Looking back, it makes sense. I was young and needed saving. Luca was my strength. He could take on anything—the world, for me. They say first love cuts the deepest. Ours became a blade that bled me out. It turns out I didn’t know a villain when he held my heart in his hands. Now it’s darker—more like his.

Elise was my whole world—until my world burned, and I destroyed her with me. Some betrayals, you can’t undo, no matter how much you wish you could. I can’t help who I am now, and why would I want to? I run this city. No one’s going to take me down—not even the Manhattan District Attorney’s office. I heard they’ve got a file eight inches thick on Don Galante. But dodging bullets is my business. They play dirty, but there’s no one dirtier than me.

The DA learns the hard way who’s in charge; he’s out. It should be time for celebration. There’s just one problem: his heir. Or should I say heiress? Elise O’Hara wears a crown of lies, a gown of red, and a fat diamond on her left hand. Now it’s me and her. Or her and me. Only one of us will be left standing when the story’s over.

This is how you write a tragedy.

Caroline's Review

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Fantastic read!

"He makes me feel like...like some part of me is falling open, and I can't even help it. It's a heavy secret feeling - an unfurling."

The first time Luca Galante and Elise O'Hara talk, it's in the most unexpected way and pretty much incognito. However, they'd noticed each other way before then and only connect the dots after Luca comes to Elise's rescue at school. They're from opposite ends of the social spectrum but there's a real connection between them, and their lives are far more entwined than either realise.

I thoroughly enjoyed the beginning of Luca and Elise's story. They were sweet, passionate and pretty innocent together, but the burdens they bore, especially Luca, were pure adult. I enjoyed all the background mystery that needs to be unravelled in the concluding part, and I'm so excited for the rest of their story! I adored their devotion to each other and their tumble into a fierce love, and my heart broke at the avalanche of tragedy that struck them both and left the reader on a cliffhanger. Seriously can't wait for the second book, presumably they will be all grown up if the blurb is anything to go by, so I'm really looking forward to some fireworks!

About the Author:

Ella James is the USA Today and Amazon Top 10 bestselling author of twenty teen and adult love stories. She’s an angst-a-holic who loves exploring difficult situations and the emotions of the people caught up in them. Also, smut. But always, always romance. Ella is an Alabama native who makes her home near Boulder, Colorado, with her writer husband, three young children, and hyperactive dog. When she’s not writing, she can be found hiking the foothills, taking nature photos for her Instagram account, and swilling vanilla cream soda.