He’s the ringleader. I’ve seen how the others defer to him. I’ve seen how he stares at Anna most of all. This is book two of the Brutal Birthright series by Sophie Lark, and it’s Mike and Nessa’s story. This was a true Beauty and the Beast retelling with bit of a twist. It’s a mafia story I didn’t expect to be as sweet as it was. I wanted to like this a lot more than I actually did. It wasn't a bad book and I think if I hadn't read so many other mafia books I would have maybe enjoyed it a lot more but there just felt like there was something missing with their relationship and only towards the end are we told about their connection but I never really saw it when she was living with him. They have a few scenes but it was more physical than emotional. Even the house with its historically ambiguous decor and old books musty smells of fairytales, not to mention the enchanted garden. In fact, I could see this being one of those series that I return to, re-read, and end up up-rating.

Stolen Heir: Illustrated Edition (2) (Brutal Birthright)

Bent on revenge, Mikolaj abducts Nessa, holding her captive in his mouldering gothic mansion. As he plots the destruction of everything she holds dear, he finds himself fixated on his little ballerina's newest dance. They think they can have whatever they want—expensive watches, gold chains, phones that cost more than I make in a month. Apparently, they decided that they wanted my sister. Anna and I will have a proper house with a garden, and nobody above or below us, banging and shouting at all hours of the night.This girl has no idea how easy she is to read. She’s never learned to put up walls, to protect herself. She’s as vulnerable as a bed of tulips. I intend to stomp through her garden, ripping the blossoms from the ground one by one."

Stolen Heir: Brutal Birthright, Book 2: An Enemies to Lovers

Ohhh Mikolaj… my secret book boyfriend. He’s dark and moody and he lives in a haunted mansion. I had some real gothic Beauty and the Beast vibes writing this one. Nessa is my little ballerina Belle — smart and creative and kind. The only person who could melt Miko’s frozen heart. – Sophie Oh and I really like klara and marcel (not sure abt the names tho) they were adorable lol I wish we got more of them together Jakub leads me over to a chest of drawers. He pulls open the top drawer, revealing a small selection of handguns.

Loved Miko and his gothic vibes that was so hot! Blond men are growing on me lately. Nessa our good girl (this could have been a flop but thank god it was a bop) loved her soft vibes.

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I mean... I enjoyed this one more than the first one, probably knowing beforehand that it wasn’t going to be heavy on the mafia and darkness made me like it more. I loved Nessa, and I didn’t like her much to begin with because I hadn’t connected with her in the first book, but she was sweet and strong at the same time, I loved her and how well she connected with tormented Miko, whom I also loved in a weird, I know you’re damaged, way. An atmospheric, slow burn mafia romance with definite Beauty and the Beast vibes in Stolen Heir as head of the Polish Braterstvo, Mikolaj kidnaps Nessa Griffin as the first stage of his revenge against her family and the Gallos for the murder of his father in Brutal Prince, the previous book in the series. The kidnapping trope wasn’t done well. The only kidnapping stories I have read were on wattpad so idk if I have any say in this but the kidnapping trope was just not it??? Yk what I mean?? When it comes to dark romance story’s like kidnapping the story has to be written in a specific kind of way to make it enjoyable and not make you feel creeped out or like ���what. Is. Going. On.” Dark romance is after all a side of romance that can go wrong very easily if it’s not written well. Nessa Griffin leads a lonely life. Compassionate and gentle, she fills no role in her family's mafia empire. She struggles to prove herself at home and at her highly-competitive ballet corps.Anyways pls tell me why I end almost every review with anyways I’m probably going to continue the rest of the series but I don’t really recommend this Nessa Griffin leads a lonely life. Compassionate and gentle, she fills no role in her family’s mafia empire. She struggles to prove herself at home and at her highly-competitive ballet corps. Love is the one thing you can’t steal. You can’t create it, either. It either exists or it doesn’t. And if it exists, you can’t take it by force” Anna is sitting down in the shower, still wearing her school clothes. Her blouse is almost torn off her body. The thin material only clings to her arms and waist. But what she doesn’t expect is to become the target of one of her families enemies. It makes sense... take the baby... the most beautiful and most irreplaceable possession they own.

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Of all the evil things I’ve done in my life, and they are legion, I’ve never forced myself on a woman. It’s the one thing I won’t do.” For the revenge of the death of their leader they kidnap nessa who is the youngest and most innocent of the irish/Italian alliance but her goodness has a different effect on miko . And he rediscovers love again .Nessa is sweet and innocent. She doesn’t deserve any of this. But that’s how our world works - the wolves eat the lambs, no matter how gentle they may be. This definitely is a book I got completely lost into and I loved it. I definitely enjoyed this more than Brutal Prince because I love a ‘calm’ romance, if that makes any sense lol.