[arc review]

i’m just–idk, disappointed? but this isn’t a 1⭐️. let me explain.

the plot was good! i could see where this was going. obviously, luciana is a mafia princess who has left home to skate her heart out so this was her plan to break the pattern of succeeding her mother now that she’s old enough to. but the blurb lead me to believe i’d see more of her internal conflict of keeping her real identity a secret from the people she met and i hardly saw that.

rafael, jasper, and niko were just okay. i didn’t find them to be anyone special. luciana is pretty badass, i’ll give her that.

my real issue though, is with the major plot hole involving the gang. luciana wants to push them out of hobbs creek, which is understandable because she left a life of violence and didn’t want to be around that kind of activity any more. but how does she come to the conclusion that they’re the ones leaving her the “gruesome gifts” mentioned in the blurb? where was that thought process? did i somehow miss it? because she keeps reiterating how the gang is made up of a bunch of idiots that don’t know what’s good for them, so by that logic, how would they know luciana is the one trying to push them out of town? and when she really pissed them off, they’re terrorizing the town asking “where is she” because they don’t know it’s luciana and all the information they have is that a woman fucked with their shit. THIS IS THE WHOLE GANG PLOT. i’m actually so confused.

will i read the following book? maybe. we’ll see how intrigued i am when it releases.

Great read.

This was a great start to a new series, great characters and an interesting plot make it unputdownable! Can't wait to see what happens next with Lou and her men.

This was an awesome first book! Luciana is tired of crime life and after finding her skating instructor lifeless she decides to leave home with her bodyguard to Hobbs creek Canada. There she intends to live her dream figure skating and meets niko okabe and jasper st Pierre. Both are renowned figure skaters that she's admired for a long time. Niko is trying to help jasper get back into the swing of things after some unexpected events had him spiraling. After they see her skate both men want to get closer to her and eventually things happen, but she can't exactly tell them about her past can she? Will tensions run high or will her past come back to haunt her?

Heat on the ice

Love all Eva and Harlows collaboration books and this is another good one. The premise is unusual with an ice skating Mafia princess escaping her ruthless Mafia boss mother, sounds a bit implausible but nevertheless the story is an entertaining read.
I wondered what Lou and her bodyguard Rafael were doing for money as it would be easy for her mother to track her this way.
The skirmishes she has with the local gangsters was hilarious to read, love the tricks she played on them.
The relationship between Lou, Niko and Jasper is developing nicely, always thought with such a hands on close contact sport it must lead to some heated moments. The boys are certainly very different in personality and build but both oh so hot, looking forward to some MM action in the next book. I reckon eventually end up with all three guys in her harem
A fun quick read and a good start to a new series.

Shotgun Spin: Book 1 of 2 Blades of Havoc by Eva Chance and Harlow King is an exciting contemporary mafia why-choose romance novel.  Luciana is heir to a ruthless crime boss. She's trained to be brutal to lead in a world run by men. However, Lou has other dreams. When Lou discovers her mother murdered her ice skating coach to make her step up and run more of the family business, it has the opposite effect.  With nothing left to lose, Lou runs, only to find her bodyguard Rafael ready to give up everything to follow and protect her.  They head hours away to a small town across the border with a decent skating rink.  However, her first visit to the rink results in her training with two famous figure skating stars she could have only dreamed of meeting, let alone skating alongside.  When someone starts threatening her fresh start in her new home, will she be able to keep herself and her men safe?

      I loved the characters in this book.  Lou is strong, caring, and an overall beautiful person, but she also has a fire with training to back it up.  I love that her mom's plan backfired and made her run. Now she's free and living her dream. The men in her life are all very different. Jasper is the grump, Niko is the sweet, easygoing guy that is happy most of the time, and Raphael is the intense alpha.  I loved the added story of Jasper and Niko's origin and how Lou pushes them to explore their feelings toward one another. The little battle Lou starts with the local small-time gang adds a layer of excitement to the story.

    I rated Shotgun Spin 4 out of 5 stars. I loved the characters, and the story kept me engaged.  There were a couple of spicy scenes to keep the romance moving forward. I have to admit there were a few scenes that felt unrealistic.  I don't want to spoil anything but the best I can say is that a few small parts didn't feel authentic, but overall the story was beautiful. I've never considered figure skating outside of watching it at the Olympics, but it was an exciting aspect of the story.  If you like slow-burn, mafia romance with some grumpy sunshine characters in a reverse harem romance, this figure skating romance story will steal your heart!

Luciana only wants to be a figure skater. But her mother wants her to be the head of the Mafia. When something finally pushes Luciana she runs ways to a little town in Canada to skate. This is the first book in a series. We have mystery, skating, semxy time and a cliffhanger hanger that leave you wanting more.

When I first read the blurb for this book I knew I had to get my hands on it. For one it has ice skating which I love, why choose with 3 hot guy's and suspense all the thing's I love to read about, so yeh, I had to read it.

Luciana (Lou) Cordova is the heir to one of the deadliest crime family’s in Texas known as the Deadly Rose. Her mom being the crime boss. All this girl has wanted in life is to ice skate, but her mom wants her to give it up and step into the family business, but when something bad happens Lou realizes she's not safe and has to run and ends up taking her bodyguard Rafael with her. They end up in Hobb Creek Canada where she meets Niko and Jasper, and a gang who's set on causing problems for the town and it's people, but she soon realizes that they may not be the one's who's been leaving her gifts that there might be someone who's stalking her.

Niko has flown across the country to coach Jasper to get him back into ice skating and out of the slump he's going through. When they see how good Lou is on the ice Niko has an idea of them doing pairs skating and maybe Lou can drag Jasper out of his head. The more the 3 work together the more they become attracted to her.

From page 1 to that cliffhanger ending this book had me flipping pages to find out what happened next. It does get a lil slow but picks up as thing's start to happen in the book. I cannot wait for the next book in this new series.