Menace: Scarlet Scars Book One
Menace is the first book in the Scarlet Scars series, written by J.M. Darhower. If I had to sum it up in a sentence, I'd say it's part mafia, part romance, and a whole lot of messed up as it follows the two main characters, Lorenzo and Morgan. Lorenzo Gambini, often referred to as Scar because of the scar on his face (yeah, so clever), is a scary dude. He's a complicated character in that he's definitely got psychopathic tendencies and won't hesitate to kill someone, but there's this really human side to him as well. He's a cunning mob boss, but he also raised his younger brother and made sure he didn't go down the same path as him. His inner dialogue and witticisms were the best of the story for me. As a reader, I love up close and personal glimpses of characters because it makes me relate to them, which of course makes them feel like real people. "You shoot one scumbag in front of a pretty little blonde and suddenly you go from being James Dea...