Katee Robert's third installment in "The O'Malleys" series did not disappoint! This book had so much raw emotion, angst and of course, with it being a mafia romance, drama. I'll be on the lookout for the 4th book in the series!

I love this series! Katee Robert writes spice in a thrilling and passionate way that is absolutely captivating!

If you are a fan of Katee Robert, you’ll like this one, too! Though I didn’t realize there were books before this one in the series, so I feel like I’m missing a lot of context. However! This had Robert’s classic sizzling steam and interesting characters. I’m always a fan of a good mafia romance, and when there is a “no strings attached” arrangement, I’m even more in! I would’ve enjoyed a bit more plot and a bit less internal monologuing, but it’s still enjoyable and spicy!! I’ll have to go back and read the other books in the series. Read this and get to know Cillian and Olivia and their story in finding each other the way they needed.

It was very confusing that this was re-released under a different title. I'm not sure why they did this with the new title, honestly.

I love the amount of chemistry Katee is able to write between her characters, and this book is no exception. Olivia and Cillian have that great “want but shouldn’t have” type of vibe and I love it. I love how Katee is able to take supporting characters from her other books and flesh them out and make you love them just as much as the first. A great escape of a spicy little read!

I am hooked into this series!

We’ve met Cillian O’Malley a few times throughout the first two books of the series, and now the focus is on him. He has been struggling since the death of his brother, and notices that his siblings are also not coping well. But instead of drowning himself in alcohol and partying, Cillian has stopped drinking and focuses on his new role as the money man of the family.

Olivia is the half-sister of the man who runs a mafia family in New York. But she has escaped to Boston with her daughter to try and give her a better life. She meets Cillian at the bar that she got a job at, and the attraction was instant.

Sure, this one maybe gives a little of insta love vibes, but I loved Cillian and Olivia. He treats her how a woman should be treated, which always surprises her (I mean, her ex is yikes). And she doesn’t make things easy for him, but he doesn’t care.

This series is full of the dangers that come with mafia families, rival gangs, romance, spice, and violence. But I truly can’t get enough.

This was my first Katee Robert and I really enjoyed it. Sparks fly when Olivia, the daughter of a Russian mobster, meets Cillian, new head of an Irish mob family. They need to figure out how to be together without starting a gang war.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed as in this review are completely my own.

Katee Robert can do no wrong! I love that this series is being republished with new names and covers. It feels like mafia/dark romance lite and I'm here for it!

The re-brand of this series is so good! I only read this book 3, but now want to go back and read books 1 and 2. The main characters are sexy and this is probably my favorite mafia romance I’ve read so far. Thanks for the arc of this - can’t wait to go back and read the others.

This was a good book. I like most things Katie Robert writes but I had to knock it down to three stars because there is a ton of repetition in the book and not a lot of resolution. Colin’s is constantly reliving and commenting in his internal dialogue about his brother’s death but it’s all the same, he never grows, learns from or works through his grief. Major missed opportunity! W just get him one day going I’m over it which is not the way grief works. We also have Olivia constantly repeating the same internal monologue about Sergei. If it had been one character fine but having both of them repeating things got annoying. I really wish we had more than two real scenes with Hadley and Cillian. At the end they’re professing their love for one another and to be honest I don’t see why. We spent so much time on their personal hang ups that we didn’t get to fully see their relationship grow.

On to the next book but this one, even though I really wanted it to, just didn’t work for me.

A great addition to this series, but not its best. I enjoyed the characters, but found them both a bit annoying as they circle each other and their feelings for one another. Overall though I was rooting for them every step of the way, even as a face palmed my way through some of their missteps.

Ooh this was HOT from chapter 1 and I was so here for this. If you love, hate you but need you now let’s bang in the alley immediately, this is for you. ⁣
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This is book 3, in this Irish mobster romance. Cillian is one of the brothers, still grieving the loss of his brother. He was the care free, fun loving, woman loving brother until this happened, now he’s miserable, feels guilty and is getting into fights.⁣
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When he meets Olivia he’s drawn to her instantly and can’t get enough of her. Olivia is kind of running from her past, she has a daughter whose dad is in the mob as well. ⁣
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Cillian and Olivia’s relationship seems pretty surface level but it was still hot and sweet. We also had the other siblings from the other books still woven through this story line. ⁣
I liked it! ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨

Welcome back to the O'Malley's a family that desperately needs a tropical mindless vacation. In this book we pick up right after James and Carrigan's story but following Olivia and Cillian. Cillian has been troubled since the passing of his brother and Olivia is the first thing that has held his attention. Olivia has a past and has no interest in Cillian because of his family. But when her troubled past comes knocking and she has no else to turn to - will she let Cillian be her hero??

Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for providing me with an arc for an honest review!

Twisted Secrets by Katee Robert
Previously published as Indecent Proposal Book 3 of The O'Malleys Series.

Not only was this my first Mafia Romance it was also my first Katee Robert book. I was not disappointed.

This book was easy to follow even though I have not read the first two but I do think it could be beneficial. The spicy scenes were not overly done and almost fit perfectly into the plot. The characters are well thought out and you dive right into the large family dynamic. Cillian was a brooding sweetheart and you just want to cheer him on to find his HEA. The immediate chemistry with Olivia was hot.


Thank you Grand Central Publishing and Net Galley for a chance to read this with the stunning new cover!

This was another great and sexy read from Katee, however, I felt like compared to some of the other books , this one fell a bit short. Both the main characters were eh, Cillian was a bit too whiney and guilt-ridden and Olivia's trust issues were also getting a bit annoying. The villain was a bit of a caricature villain. The two main characters' development felt fleshed out, but a bit at the expense of the plot. Unlike the other books in the series, it felt like less plot development in the larger world besides some random POV changes to Sloane to highlight bigger things happening in the world. Fun read if you just want the smut, but otherwise pretty subpar.

Cillian is still recovering from his brother's murder, which he blames himself for. Olivia is trying to start her life over while protecting her daughter. They're both trying to change their life, be "good", yet they can't stay away and the book starts with that passion igniting. From there, the couple needs to figure out where they go, and finally get to know each other's secrets.

I really loved how Cillian interacted with Hadley, Olivia's daughter, and respected and cared for them both. He was protective of them both and fought for them. He was the first person to put her first and come to her when in need (truly, Olivia family sucks and still concerned about Sergei's age).

I liked how Katee set up the next book with Sloan's POVs and am intrigued by what it will entail since it seems like it will be very different from the previous books in the serious.

feat: starts with a bang, single mom, protective hero, mafia familes (with history)

3.5 stars
2.5 spice

I really enjoyed the twisty plot of this book. It was very captivating and I had a hard time putting it down. This is from years ago but definitely a good read!

I absolutely LOVE anything by Katee Robert. Love her writing so much that I own almost every book she’s come out with. This doesn’t disappoint just as anticipated. Love the series and how they are all interconnected even though each book follows a different couple

I requested this one because I had also gotten the chance to read its predecessor through NetGalley, and because I've really enjoyed (most of) Katee Robert's "Dark Olympus" series. Unfortunately, this one fell a little flat for me in comparison to both "Heated Rivals" and the Dark Olympus books, because I just didn't vibe with the characters or the pairing. This really isn't through any fault of Robert's, because all of the hallmarks of what I enjoy about her writing are generally present; I just felt like the plot was flimsy, and came to too quick a conclusion in too short a timeframe. (And yes, I understand that most people don't read these books for the plot, but Robert is usually so good about including a strong plot with the spice that I found myself missing it, here.) Cillian was a much more interesting character in "Heated Rivals" as a supporting role, and I found myself missing feisty, hard-to-get Olivia. Maybe it just wasn't the right book at the right time, but I'm not positive I'll keep going with the O'Malleys series after this one; I'll stick to Dark Olympus.

Twisted Secrets is about forbidden love between members of two rival crime families, the Russian and the Irish mafias. This is the third book in a series, not a standalone. A single mother from a mafia family gets caught back up in mob drama when she falls for a man in a rival gang. Katee Roberts excels at writing steamy romances and this is good but I preferred her paranormal/fantasy writing.