This book makes me wish I was a rebellious teen who had a relationship with someone who my family doesn't want me to be with but we do it anyways. Then just second chance it. Like DANTE!!!!!! I love him.

I'm usually a fan of Sophie Lark but for some reason, this one just wasn't doing it for me. Maybe because the FMC was just newly 18 at the beginning of the book, whereas the MMC was already older, and that dynamic isn't for me.

Thank you Netgalley and Bloom for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange of an honest review.

This series keep getting better and better in my opinion. This book held me captive and I couldn’t stop reading.
This was heartbreaking, heartwarming and heartmelting.

I loved Dante, he’s a big man but soft for those he loves and isn’t scared of saying what he feels.
Simone’s character made me see red in certain scenes but I understand why she did some of the things she did. Together they are a very balanced couple. 4,5⭐️

This was absolute perfection!!! I have been on a mafia romance reading kick lately, and this book definitely checked off all the marks I love reading in those books. The chemistry between the two characters was so palpable that I had to take a minute and step away. The plot entices you so much that you won’t be able to stop turning the pages till the very end! I highly recommend this book to any of you who are in the mood for a dark, steamy, and swoon worthy read!!

BLOODY HEART A Second Chance Mafia Romance (Brutal Birthright Book 4) By Sophie Lark
Sophie Lark has definitely hit another straight up out of the park with this series and this story. Dante is the perfect man, and Simone is perfect for him. This second chance romance takes place over about 10 years. There is intensity, danger, betrayal, deception, twists, turns and hot steam filled chemistry. I was hooked until the very last page. Definitely 5 stars.
I received a free copy of this book via Goodreads and am voluntarily leaving a review.

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I forgot how much I enjoyed this book until my re-read. Dante and Simon had such a beautiful story filled with angst and heartbreak, but also so much love and joy.

Alan Carlson and Josie Kurz were fantastic as their narrators. I used this audiobook to soothe me to sleep multiple times, they're voices were just so calming!

I do wish we would have gotten a little confrontation between Dante and Simone's parents, but they were probably better off without it. Despite her father growing with age, I still hated what he put everyone through and would have loved Dante to give him a piece of his mind...

I loved meeting Raylan and getting a little glimpse into his and Riona's relationship. So much snark and I can't wait to watch it to unfold.

Simone has been raised in a world of wealth and previlege. But she was abducted by Dante, a mafioso who stole the car that she was in. They fell in love but separate for years... ..Can their love survive?

Love all the action, suspense, secrets, angst and drama. Dante and Simone are terrific together. A terrific can't-put-down read!

Thanks to the publisher for the arc.

I could not put this book down. I love mafia romance, I love second chance romance, I love spice. It was just great! Thank you netgalley for the e arc

I received an arc via Netgalley, and am leaving an honest review about the book. I’m thankful to the publisher and the author for giving me this wonderful opportunity!

I liked the book, but honestly, not that much. I think the writing style in this one particularly got to me, which took the fun out of me for it. I did like Simone and Dante’s relationship, though I wish there was more of it we could have had.

If there’s one thing that bothered me, it’s the fact that?? nothing happens with her parents?? They all but ruined her life and traumatized her—but what happened with them at the end? I wish she’d cut them out entirely, like they genuinely deserve for being pieces of shit, because now she has both the Griffins and the Gallos for Henry. But whatever.

I do love Sophie Lark, though <3

Simone Solomon was raised in a gilded cage of wealth, privilege, and above all obedience. One night, she is hiding in the back of a limo crying over her crushed dreams when she is abducted by a mafioso who only intended on stealing a car but ended up with a girl as well. Dante is a beast and is afraid of nothing. When he finally sees Simone, their attraction is irresistible even though they are from separate lifestyles. Simone is willing to give up everything until one disastrous night spilts them apart. Years later, dates give them a chance to reconnect but she has held a huge secret from Dante and he may never forgive her.

I FREAKING loved this books so much. It might be my favorite in this series. There is tons of crazy mafia violence that draws you in and spice that it on point. What really gets me about this book though is the freaking babies!!!! I can’t even have another baby but this book gave me sooo much baby fever. I think the accidental pregnancy troupe might be one of my new favorites cause nothing is as sweet as a rugged, morally grey man going all soft because he’s now a father but still crazy to anyone in the outside world. The illustrated edition of this book makes the baby fever even worse because how can anyone resist a cute little baby with chubby cheeks and beautiful curls. Ughhh it is so unfair.

Bloody Heart is the 4th book in Sophie Lark’s Brutal Birthright mafia series and this one is a second chance romance and boy oh boy did I eat this one up!

“You have my heart in your hands.”

Simone first meets Dante when she’s 18. Her family is in town and attending a big fancy gala. Right before going into the event, Simone gets frustrated with a conversation with her father. Her father expects a lot out of her and doesn’t care about her own plans for her future (to go to Parsons fashion school), he only cares about the plans he has laid out for Simone’s future. Simone ends up staying in the car while her parents go in and next thing she knows she’s sort of being kidnapped when Dante jumps in the car to steal it (he didn’t realize she was inside). 😆 They end up chatting a bit while on the ride and Dante finds himself not being able to forget about Simone after he leaves her. He ends up tracking her down and they start spending all their time together.

We get to see them falling for one another for months, they feel like their soulmates, he meets her parents (it doesn’t go well 😅), and their chemistry is just sooo good! When something comes up and Simone has to share the news with Dante, he gets caught up because of family and mafia things and shows up late. During that time Simone started to freak herself out, just thinking of the realities of their future together and how he will always be wrapped up with violence and the mafia world of his family. So when he arrives, she’s already talked herself out of their future and flees. We then cut to NINE YEARS LATER and omg the angsttttt and tension! 🔥

So much happens in this book and I loved every minute! Lots of action scenes, an assassination, Simone’s sister has cystic fibrosis and I really liked their relationship, I loved when Dante and Simone are back in one another’s lives and like trying to avoid each other, Aida being Aida and pushing them together for a dance lol, when Dante has Simone apologize for breaking his heart 🔥🥵!! Loved all the family time! I do wish Simone stood up to her father/parents with all the expectations they put on her for her life, but I did like how they embrace a certain part of her life as well later on.