Title: Prince of Hearts
Series: Verona Legacy #1
Author: L.A. Cotton
Genre: New Adult Romance
Release Date: June 2, 2020
Blurb
Arianna Capizola is her father’s daughter.
Humble. Hardworking. Honest.
She’d rather spend her days helping at the local shelter than brushing shoulders with her vain and entitled classmates.
Niccolò Marchetti is his father’s son.
Dark. Dangerous. Deceitful.
He’d rather spend his days getting bloody in the ring than attending class and keeping up pretences.
When their paths cross at Montague University neither of them are willing to drop the walls they’ve spent so long building. But he can’t resist the girl with stars in her eyes, and she can’t forget the guy who saved her that night.
There’s only one catch.
Nicco isn’t Arianne’s knight-in-shining armor, he’s the son of her father’s greatest enemy.
He is the enemy.
And their families are at war.
**Prince of Hearts is the first book in Nicco and Ari’s duet. Due to mature content that some readers may find distressing, this book is recommended for readers 18+
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Review
Disclaimer: I received an Advance Reader Copy at no cost from the publisher/author. All opinions in my review are my own.
I am so far gone that my head is in the stars right now. This story of star-crossed lovers has upended my orbit.
At this point, I think it's safe to say that I L.A. Cotton can write anything and make it a masterpiece. The very first time I read one of her books I completely fell in love with her easy writing style. I love how immediate yet smooth the narration is in her stories. I am always transported right into the story with her marvelous world-building. When it comes to plot, Cotton knows what she is doing. I am always mesmerized by her stories. I am always kept on my toes and I am never disappointed.
Ari and Nicco are two characters that really won my heart over. I was immediately drawn to them and felt an instant connection. Cotton does an amazing job of developing their characters. They are both so relatable and likable that you can't help but adore them. I really loved Ari's strength in the book. I think that it only grew as the story progressed. I loved that even though Nicco was a big bag mafia guy, he also had some morals and there were lines that he wouldn't cross. There were some really great secondary characters in this book. In all honesty, I would be jazzed to read books about those characters as well.
The romance in this one is a bit hard for me to pinpoint my feelings on. Since this is a Romeo and Juliet retelling there is a bit of instalove. Instalove is the one trope that I can usually never get on board with so let me explain further. When they first see each other or meet, there isn't lovey-dovey eyes and rainbows. Ari is literally running from a traumatic situation and bumps into Nicco and his cousin. Then Nicco helps her. There was definitely a connection between the two of them during all of this but it wasn't blatantly an instalove situation. Not in my eyes anyway. Instalove or something like it. Who the heck knows? Bottom line, I am a person that hates instalove and I disliked nothing about this romance. There was intense chemistry between Ari and Nicco and they just felt right together. Like they were truly meant to be and their love was truly written in the stars.
Overall, this mafia-style Romeo and Juliet retelling really delivered everything that I love in a L.A. Cotton book. A riveting plotline, captivating characters, and a romance that makes your heart want to beat out of your chest. I am waiting with bated breath for the conclusion to Ari and Nicco's love story.
Excerpt
“It’s a beautiful night,” I said from the shadows.
“Nicco?”
She glanced around, searching for me. When her eyes landed on me standing by the corner of the building, she stood up. “What do you want?”
She glanced around, searching for me. When her eyes landed on me standing by the corner of the building, she stood up. “What do you want?”
“Ahh, Bambolina.” I let out a weary sigh. “That is a loaded question.”
“Humor me.”
Lina took a step closer. The moonlight danced off the soft features of her face.
Lina took a step closer. The moonlight danced off the soft features of her face.
Jesus, she was so fucking beautiful.
“I want to kiss you.” I inched toward her, unable to resist the magnetic pull I felt whenever I was around her. “I want to finish what we started earlier. I want to feel you beneath me, hear you cry my name.”
I want to make you mine.
“You couldn’t get away from me fast enough earlier.” Her confused gaze cut me like a thousand tiny blades over my skin.
“It’s not what you think,” I said, moving closer still. Lina mirrored my movements until we were standing in front of each other.
Until she was close enough to touch.
“What’s happening to us, Nicco?” she whispered. “Why do I feel like this?”
“What do you feel like?” I brushed the hair off her neck. She had a thick hoodie pulled over her body, but I was still able to stroke the skin beneath her ear. Lina’s eyes drifted closed as she inhaled a shaky breath.
“I look for you when you’re not there. I feel you when you’re close. I can’t get you out of my head.” Her eyes opened again, fixing on mine. She smiled and it was like a bolt of lightning to my heart.
This girl.
This innocent sweet girl was ruining me.
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Author Bio
Author of over thirty mature young adult and new adult novels, L A is happiest writing the kind of books she loves to read: addictive stories full of teenage angst, tension, twists and turns.
Home is a small town in the middle of England where she currently juggles being a full-time writer with being a mother/referee to two little people. In her spare time (and when she’s not camped out in front of the laptop) you’ll most likely find L A immersed in a book, escaping the chaos that is life.
Home is a small town in the middle of England where she currently juggles being a full-time writer with being a mother/referee to two little people. In her spare time (and when she’s not camped out in front of the laptop) you’ll most likely find L A immersed in a book, escaping the chaos that is life.
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