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𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿: Shandi Boyes  ✍🏻𝗣𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁: 594 📖

THE QUICK AND DIRTY

𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘀:⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗲:🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

𝗔𝗴𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝗽: 27 MFC | 35 MMC
𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁: Standalone
𝗘𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗲: HAE
𝗡𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲: Dual POV

“𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙜𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙗𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙥𝙨 𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙨 𝙢𝙮 𝙛𝙖𝙩𝙚. 𝙕𝙤𝙮𝙖 𝙂𝙖𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙪𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙚.”

TROPES

💍Age Gap
🖤Billionaire Romance
💍Insta-Lust
🖤Family Drama (Seriously)
💍Touch Her and 💀 (Also, If You Ever Touched Her You 💀)
🖤Firecracker MFC
💍Lies and Deception
🖤Obsessed MMC

Holy fucking shit on a cracker—this was One. Wild. Ride.

This is the second book of Shandi’s I’ve read (yes, I’m reading the series out of order, fight me 🤷🏻‍♀️), and while Vengeful Vows also sucked me in, this one? ✨ unputdownable✨. Shandi, thank you for my first 2am bedtime in over a decade 😅

When I say this is a page-turner, I mean it with my whole chaotic, book-obsessed heart. Yes, the spice is five-alarm-fire hot, but what kept me glued to my Kindle at the end of every chapter was 100% the plot. I had to know what happened next. Needed it like oxygen.

Shandi absolutely crushed it with the tension and pacing—I was desperate to see every twist unravel. Also, shoutout to my inner drama goblin who was feral waiting for Zoya to find out who Andrik’s “wife” really was. Does that make me an instigator? Possibly. Proudly.

If you love billionaire/mafia-adjacent romance with a side of chaos and betrayal, this one’s got you covered:

• Unhinged MMC? ✅
• Spice that could ignite a fountain? ✅
• Cinnamon roll-ish friend to balance the madness? ✅
• Plot twists that give you emotional whiplash? ✅
• Who-dun-it suspense that keeps you guessing? ✅
• MFC who punches/slaps first and debriefs later? ✅✅

Now yes, it clocks in at just under 600 pages. Some readers might argue it could’ve been trimmed by a couple hundred—but honestly? It never felt like filler to me. The story earned its length.

It’s twisty, it’s turny, and okay fine, I did have to backtrack a few times to keep up—but if that’s not part of the ride, what is?

Final verdict: Add it to your TBR, and maybe clear your calendar. You will lose sleep over this one.