Noemi was always worried about what Conner would think of her whenever she got too emotional or freaked out.

No hay nada mejor que un libro de mafia con un matrimonio arreglado es de mis combinaciones favoritas. These two were a bit angsty but there was not much tension beyond the fact he wanted to know why she faked losing her voice and why she was afraid of her father. I was really disappointed in this book because I've read Jill's other works and they're beautiful but I don't know where things went wrong in this one. I hated everything and everyone in this novel.Both Conner and Noemi would emotionally leap during this story. One minute they're just attracted to each other, but then the next, they randomly decide they want every part of them - their mind, body, and soul. I didn't understand where these deep feelings came from. Seems to me it was done to push the romance forward and give the characters a deeper connection than they really had. At one point, Conner even thinks, "How had I gone from begrudgingly agreeing to marry a woman to obsessing over her thoughts and feelings?". I'm here wondering the exact same thing!

It’s also the theme of the book. Both characters have lost family members; they also have siblings–or not–and close cousins they consider as siblings; terrible family secrets threaten to break those tight bonds. There’s love and jealousy, hate and fear, feelings of inadequacy and otherness. I thought all those relationships were nicely done. This 1st book was a good start to this series. So I do have plans to return for book 2, Keir, Conner's cousin. Was very intrigued with his intro here.. Hopefully his story will be a bona-fide 5 🌟 read for me?🤞 Nothing i love more when I find a new author that writes books that I really love😍😍😍 It’s like love at first sight😍 I love reading this book so much! It made me already obsessed with the author and follow😁 What the author writes is a safe romance with a hero that is over the top possessive protective mafia alpha male, just what I like 😉

THE HERO ALWAYS SAY TO THE HEROINE AND TO HIMSELF AND TO MANY PEOPLE THAT THE HEROINE IS HIS WIFE AND MINE. MINE. I was very pleased with that outcome regarding her crazy a&& father as well as her sweet but in the dark brother. But something tells me that Sante, her brother, has alot more to show us in later books. 🧐

the part that made me read this book is the “she don’t talk.and then he hear her voice and becomes obsessed with it” Silent Vows is the first book in The Byrne Brothers series by Jill Ramsower. It can be read as a standalone. Silent Vows is told in first person, from dual perspective.Jill is a Texan, born and raised. She manages the hectic social calendars for her three active children and occasionally spends an evening with her dashing husband. Aside from being an author and a mom, she's a travel junkie and loves to read when she is not lost in her own stories. I am always trash for a Mafia Arranged Marriage. It usually has built in Enemies to Lovers and great smexy chemistry. Silent Vows had all of that in spades and add in a sprinkle of Age Gap and some "Who Hurt You?" vibes and I am SOLD.