Love Him Like Water (Lombardi Family #1)
Jessica Gadziala
Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars
3.68
· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 56 ratings · 295 pages · Published: 23 May 2024
Renzo Lombardi, the notoriously ruthless leader of an organized crime family, sees the chance to end the feud with his rivals, the Costa family, demanding a ceasefire in the form of a marriage contract.
Lore Costa, the shy, sweet princess of the Costa family, goes against her family’s wishes, and finds herself thrust into a new world when she agrees to marry Renzo, her secret infatuation.
It isn’t long before Lore discovers that the fairytale romance she’d dreamed of is anything but, as Renzo becomes consumed with the demands of his legacy, becoming a ghost haunting the shadows of Lore’s life, and leaving her adrift in a sea of loneliness.
By the time Renzo realizes his mistakes and tries to win back the heart of the woman he never knew he needed, whispers of greed and betrayal threaten to tear apart everything they have begun to hold dear, testing their fragile bonds amidst the treacherous currents of power and deception…
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Tagged as:
- mafia 14
- sweet/gentle heroine 12
- virgin heroine 12
- shy heroine 11
- grumpy/cold hero 10
- m-f romance 10
- contemporary 9
- suspense 7
- grumpy & sunshine 7
- dark romance 7
- age gap 7
- hurt/comfort 7
- bad boys 7
- abduction 6
- possessive hero 6
- rich hero 6
- marriage of convenience 5
- alpha male 5
- arranged/forced marriage 5
- angst 3
- sweet/gentle hero 2
- new adult 2
- rich heroine 2
- caretaking 1
- found family 1
- tortured hero 1
- insta-love 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- graphic violence 5
- past child abuse 4
- third party abuse 2
- third party sexual assault 1
- geography
- new york state 5
- north america 4
- usa 4
- Format
- Audiobook
- dual pov 8
- first person pov 5
romance tags
The 'Lombardi Family' series
3.89 · 105 ratings
usa · north-america · dual-pov · first-person-pov · new-york-state · graphic-violence · mafia · m-f · alpha male · audiobook · contemporary · bad boys · length-medium · caretaking · explicit-open-door · rape-non-mc · new adult · found-family · competent heroine · suspense
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