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Ruthless People

By: J. J. McAvoy
Narrated by: Joel Froomkin
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To the outside world, they look like American royalty, giving to charities, feeding the homeless, and rebuilding the city. But behind closed doors is a constant battle for dominance between two bosses, cultures, and hearts. Ruthless People is a romantic crime fiction set in modern day Chicago and follows the life and marriage of Melody Giovanni and Liam Callahan - rivals by blood and leaders through fear. Their marriage was arranged by their fathers in hopes to end years of bloodshed between the Irish and the Italians. Liam believes he's getting a simple-minded wife, one he can control, one who bends to his every need...the complete opposite of Melody. She knows exactly what type of man he is and would rather die than give up the power she has spent her life building. The mafia of the past has evolved, and with rival bosses gunning for them, Melody and Liam will have to learn to work as one to take down those who stand in their way.

Warning: This book contains adult language and subject matter including graphic violence and sex that maybe disturbing or triggers for some listeners. This book is not intended for listeners under the age of 18.

This book is written in the perceptive of mobsters who aren't looking for redemption or possess a heart of gold.

©2014 J.J. McAvoy (P)2015 J.J. McAvoy
Contemporary Romance Crime Thrillers Marriage Mafia Suspense Thriller & Suspense Crime Contemporary Romance Italy
Dark Romance • Compelling Plot • Exceptional Accents • Complex Characters • Strong Female Protagonist • Mafia Intrigue

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Freakin loved it! Story line! Characters! And the narrator were brilliant!! Definitely worth a credit and then some!!

What a ride!!

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I love the series this is just A totally awesome author the story pulls you in the action is incredible the narration is outstanding

Killer Mafia Seies

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I love it when the narrators actually have the accent of the characters. i was a little nervous because it was just a male narrator and i knew that this book was from dual perspectives but Joel Froomkin blew all my expectations out of the water. He acted his tail off with the emotions in his voice and he did every accent to a T. I can say that this narration is one of the greats.

That Voice

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a while I get it that both melody and Liam are damaged. psychologically, the basic fact is they don't have a lot of redeeming qualities for evil people. I understand the attraction of sociopaths, but I didn't find the two of them, especially attractive. The sex scenes are very well written, and the narration is beautiful. The rest of it was just me waiting for some sense of there being a reason to actually care about these characters.

Unlikable protagonists

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What did you like best about Ruthless People? What did you like least?

As the bloody body count mounted it became more and more clear the reader was not expected to take the deaths seriously, which minimizes about 80% of the story, the remainder was x rated harlequin romance/sex. The characters were stereotypical Italian/Irish mafia with nothing of real value added.

Do you think Ruthless People needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

this was obviously a set up for follow up books, no thanks, I'm not sure how you follow a book whose only subject is revenge and random killings and mad wild sex. I know the author wrote this intending that people take it as a lark and just have fun with it, but it really wasn't that fun.

Too sociopathic for me

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