To escape her suffocating Boston mob family, Sloan
O'Malley fled to Callaway Rock, Oregon. She's settling down
with a
job in a diner and she's secretly lusting after her
next-door neighbour, rumored to be a brooding writer. Jude
MacNamara is no writer, he's a hitman, and
Sloan moved in the house of his target: Sorcha O'Connor.
Sorcha,
formerly Sheridan, is a member of the family Jude has vowed
to destroy, he has nearly achieved his goal. Sloan has
decided to
live a little, but even if their passion is strong, will
the criminal organisations kill what they feel for each
other? Will they get one of them killed?
What keeps me coming back to The O'Malleys is
not my love for mafia romances, as I have pointed out in
the past, but Katee Robert's exceptional talent for
characterisation, even when it comes to minor players.
This series has a running story arc, and FORBIDDEN
PROMISES does refer to characters and events from the
previous books. Regardless of this, a new reader will
be just as enthralled as I was. Fans of the
series are in for several shocks regarding some
developments. I don't like criminals as heroes, and
definitely not hired killers, but Ms. Robert's
superlative skills make it so that it's not about
what the characters are or do, but how they
are. It's not a matter of liking them or not, it's a
need to know what happens to them, how they will
deal with what affects them in their specific milieu,
which happens to be crime. Jude is not an accidental
hitman, he is a contract killer. Sloan, while
being innocent in some ways, is perfectly conscious of
what is going on with her family and the mob territorial
wars. These people are the real deal, and I think this is
what makes The O'Malleys , and FORBIDDEN PROMISES so
gripping. I found it rather extraordinary that it's never
a matter of judgement, that is the world that Katee
Robert chose to present. It has become real to me because it
is so carefully and realistically crafted. The
characters are so strongly defined and so compelling, I'm
forever scratching my head as to why I can't help being
intrigued, and fictionally-speaking, almost in love with
Dmitri Romanov, of the NYC Russian mob. Keira
O'Malley remains an enigma whose unpredictable and
erratic behaviour could affect the dynamics of the
underworld.
FORBIDDEN PROMISES is the best book in this excellent
series. The plotting is unbelievably even tighter, it's
darker and has more sizzle. As the series progresses, far
from getting stale, the story arc is getting more complex
as alliances are constantly redefined, and there's always
the threat that someone will get killed or double-
crossed. One could expect some repetition or slacking off
from Ms. Robert, but on the contrary, characters that
were featured in earlier books continue to grow and don't
necessarily behave as we expect. No matter how long The O'Malleys series will last, and if there are
spin-offs, I'm in for the duration. This is an
extraordinary series by any standards, and FORBIDDEN
PROMISES slays the competition.
Sloan O'Malley just left her entire world behind-her family,
her wealth, and even her real name. For the first time in
her life, she's free. She can live the "normal" life she's
always wanted. A life without fear. But there's nothing safe
about her intensely sexy next-door neighbor.
Jude MacNamara has no room for innocence in his life. Only
revenge. Still, he's never been able to walk away from the
forbidden, and Sloan-who is every inch of pure,
mouthwatering temptation-has forbidden written all over her.
Only after it's way too late does he discover the real
danger: claiming Sloan as his puts a target on her back. To
protect her, Jude is willing risk everything . . . and to
hell with the consequences.
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