Reviews by the Wicked Reads Review Team

Shannan – ☆☆☆☆
The Good Boss is book #3 in the Mafia Made series. The series should be read in order for the most enjoyment.

Michael Tripp has never wanted to be the leader. He was content being the gun runner, but when Anthony Agrioli finds himself in prison, someone that can be trusted needs to fill in for Anthony. Michael jumps all in. Anthony is the closest thing he has ever had to a father and he will do whatever it takes to prove his innocence.

Being the boss while trying to up revenue and looking through all the evidence the ATF has against Anthony has put the wedding on hold. Terra is not in the right mind to plan the wedding no matter how much she loves Michael.

This series is still on the lighter side of what Mr. Hildreth usually writes but no less exciting. I really like the humor that was placed into this one, it made it more realistic. If you are looking for mafia series with a sexy main character, this is the one for you!

I wanted to just love this book, but I felt it left little to the imagination. It was very predictable and ran on a little. There were things I did really enjoy about this series and that is Cap. He is an underlying character but he made me crack up and he was a straight shooter.
I am an avid reader of Mafia stories and I feel like book 1 The Gun Runner was the closest to a true Mafia story. I love how going to prison had changed Anthony. I loved that he was accepting of his son, revealing his truth. I love the relationship that Anthony and Terra shared.
What didn't work for me was Michael's lack of balls! He was sorta soft and a push over. I know he was longing for a family, but literally that was all he would talk about. I need my Mafia capo, to be a badass, and in the last two book in this series, I feel that was lacking.
Even Terra and Michael's relationship was lack luster.
The Epilogue I did enjoy because it brought you finality to the series wrapping up everyone and their relationships.

The Good Boss is the third book in Scott Hildreth’s Mafia Made Series. I have read the other two (The Gun Runner and The Game Changer) and can say without a doubt that this is one of the best series that I have read. It’s told with great detail in first person, alternating between the hero Michael Tripp and the heroine Terra Agrioli. In order to get the full experience, the books have to be read in succession. Otherwise, you won’t really understand the depth of all of the relationships.

The Good Boss wraps up the world wind romance between Gun Runner Michael Tripp and Mafia Princess Terra Agrioli. It starts off with Michael trying to get Terra’s Mob Boss father out of jail based on charges stemming from what happened in the previous book and then proceeds to lower the curtain with a Mafia Fairytale Happy Ending. There is a great supporting cast that I wish would also get their own books but I’m sure that Scott Hildreth poured so much into these books that it would be hard to top what’s already been done. The Good Boss was packed with a lot of bravado, love, and was a true homage to family. Michael did everything possible to protect his new mafia family and Terra had to learn what it meant to truly support the family. Which was interesting since she grew up in the family while Michael initially wanted nothing to do with any of them. Over the course of three books, it was truly amazing to see how bonds were formed and roles were reversed.

I can’t stress enough how well written and complexed the characters were. It was a compelling take on the mafia and I had to admire how they ran their business separate from their families. Michael was a true hero and he absolutely earned his happily ever after. I just may have to read other books by Scott Hildreth.