The Heir

Kingmakers

By: Sophie Lark

Narrated by: Chloe Ryan, Michael Gallagher, Gregory Salinas

Number one best seller

I’d go anywhere for her....

Even to Kingmakers, the most brutal college in the world. Where mafia heirs are trained to control, dominate, infiltrate, and kill.

I followed Anna because she’s my best friend. I’ve always been right by her side.

She needs me to protect her. Especially from Dean Yenin, a Bratva heir with a lethal grudge.

He plans to take everything from me. Starting with Anna....

The Heir is the first book in the epic dark mafia Kingmakers series. It’s a forbidden friends-to-lovers romance filled with mystery, suspense, and sizzling-hot bedroom scenes that take place everywhere but the bedroom.

©2021 Sophie Lark (P)2024 Sophie Lark

Love this!

Love love loved this book. Sophie Lark is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors. She knows how to write a steamy romance, that you can’t put down.

A great start to the Kingmakers series! Friends to lovers, mafia romance!

The Heir is the first book in Sophie Lark’s Kingmakers series and I was so excited to get to this series after binging her Brutal Birthright series. Kingmakers is a spin-off/2nd gen series from the couples of Brutal Birthright. Kingmakers Academy is a private college for children of mafia families from around the globe. It’s situated on an isolated island in the Adriatic Sea and once there the students are categorized into 4 houses so to speak: heirs, accountants, spies, and enforcers.

That was really all I knew jumping into this series so I was super surprised to find out we get 3 POVs in the story! It totally threw me off, but also intrigued me. We follow Leo Gallo (son of Yelena & Sebastian), Dean Yenin (Adrian’s son—Adrian’s twin sister is Yelena/massive beef between these 2 since Yelena’s book), and Anna Wilk (daughter of Miko and Nessa). The story starts with Leo being accepted into Kingmakers Academy and granted automatic admission to the Heirs division (since he’s the undisputed heir to the Gallo empire). Dean, also an heir who has been raised to hate Leo and his family, and Anna are all set to attend as well and things get interesting from there!

Dean and Leo get into a fight right away, like on the boat ride to the school, and there is definitely a rivalry between them from the start! Poor Dean, he makes bad choices for sure but it’s all he’s ever known and he’s young and just wants love. He’s jealous and envious of how easy Leo’s life is and all the things he gets, including Anna. So Dean sets out to take Anna for his own, since Leo has overlooked her for years as just his best friend.

I loved that this was a childhood friends to lovers romance, that added history between the characters made it so good! We learn so much about the school and the other students there. I always love a 2nd gen story because I love seeing the couples of previous books become parents (seeing Seb, Yelena, Miko and Nessa as parents was so fun…especially Miko 😆)! I loved Anna’s relationship with her parents, she loves her mother but is definitely more her father’s daughter and is not afraid of violence, she’s ready for whatever it takes to be a boss like her dad. While spending time with Dean at first (because who isn’t going to turn down someone so into them right from the start), Anna starts to realize Dean’s intense energy for revenge, obsession with one-upping Leo, and the way he pushes/pressures her just isn’t it. Her and Leo spend less time together during this time and they both feel lonely and lost without one another. I loved seeing Leo and Anna both start to realize there is something more between them and give into that. Can’t wait to continue the series!

Could not put it down

Absolutely addicting! Brutal birthright and Kingmakers proves again and again that I don’t need sleep, I need answers! Lol

Glad I didn't give up.

The beginning was a struggle, such much lead just to get to the actual story. so glad I didn't give up. Really enjoyed it once the story began and the ending. Turned out great. Narration was good.

Love it!

Oh I love this book! I can’t wait to listen to more of this series. Chloe, Michael and Gregory did an amazing job at narrating