Empire of Lust: A Dark Billionaire Romance (Torrio Empire)

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For the past 5 years Callum Torrino is all Bianca has thought about. Fantasized about. What she would do to make him hers. But he is her best friend’s dad and that kind of makes him off limits. Until one night… And oh what a night. Maddie Sullivan’s his daughter’s best friend and she knows exactly how to tempt the man hidden underneath the suit. Makes him want to break all of the rules, with the biggest one being: sleeping with her. When his daughter goes abroad for the summer to explore Europe all of the rules that he has spent years upholding get broken with just one kiss. One taste and he’s trapped, with the need to consume her taking its hold over him. We all know that feeling when one of our favorite series is about to end, we become extremely sad that we are not going to be in this universe but you are also grateful you immersed yourself in this world. These feelings are exactly what I get from this series. Callum Torrio is that possessive Mafia Daddy ok? He is the boss and he lets everyone know it. Bianca is a shy girl that has had a crush on her BFF's dad for a long time and she thought "ok nvm nothing is gonna happen but let me take a sneak peak" well that sneak peek let to a whole lotta stuff ok?

Killer” is the first novel in the “Project” series and was released in 2015. In her eyes, he’d always be the same. Maggie Jacobs, age twenty-four, had lived a life of pain and heartache. After losing the one man that she had loved to an incurable cancer, she went on to take a job working for PGI Corporation in the hopes that she could find a cure in his honor some day. Little did she know that her simply working there could be the difference between life and death. All Jenna knew though was that she wanted him, more than anything else. Problem was, she couldn’t really tell if Rex was exactly like Corey or if his intentions were just as innocent as he was making them to be. This is the story about how the one thing she wanted wound up being the same thing which would hurt the most. What happens when the single thing you least expect to happen actually does? What happens when all of the secrets and the lies come out? Sooooo this was my first "Best friend's dad romance" book and let me tell you it did not disappoint. Jenna slowly started learning that all of this hate and torment was for just one thing. Revenge. That is what Corey truly wanted, but why she did not know. Then Rex Winchester showed up. He was Corey’s cousin and someone that Jenna knew she should not be getting close to. He is an entire six feet of hotness, with a heart of gold and a smile which melted the panties off every girl within a fifty mile radius. He could’ve had anybody that he wanted, so why he chose Corey’s ex, the slutty, bullied girl, was beyond her.

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Callum and Bianca grew a lot in this book. Some truths came to light but while new secrets were made. This book was even better than book 1. I didn't even realize this was the first type of book like this I've read until I was reading a very very smutty pool scene ;). I remember looking away from the book full on blushing and laughing, saying something along the lines of "OMG this is so naughty" and then it hit me. THIS IS A FIRST!!!! Bianca has had a crush on her best friends father Callum, since she was sixteen years old. Finding herself having to move in with her best friend and her father, she catches Callum with a women one night. Does she leave once she catches them or does she stay and watch?

When she’s not writing she can be found sitting with a cup of coffee, in some comfy chair, with a book in hand. She is a mom (of both pups and kids), a wife, and an introvert. I love Josi's writing, and I am beyond sad that this series is over, but I am so happy with how she ended it. Bianca was so strong; she has been through so much with Callum, and finally being able to tell him what she wants and needs without him dictating what she does was something else considering how it started between them. She needed to set healthy boundaries. She loves him with all her heart, but she can't be his little caged bird anymore.Callum noticing Bianca over the years, tempting and taunting him. But reminding himself she’s his daughters best friend and can be nothing more. But after he catches her watching him, things completely change after that night. He is going to possess Bianca, claim her and make her his. And he will do anything and everything in his power to tie her down to him. What a rough ride Bianca and Callum have been on! I feel like my emotions have been on a roller coaster with them. There were moments of extreme rage, deep sorrow, but most of all, hope and love. Everything finally comes to a climax in book3, Callum is desperate to find Bianca and he will do anything to protect his loved ones and tbh the changes we got to see in Callum 🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️ Bianca has had a crush on her best friend's dad forever, but she always knew it was wrong. He does not feel the same way and she would have to keep living in her fantasy. Until she sees him next to the pool one night and everything changes. Will she finally have her fantasy? Or will it turn uot to be a nightmare?

Billionaire, Forbidden, Best Friend's Father, Age Gap, Br3eding Kink, Possessive & Controlling Hero Callum Torrio is the mafia boss. Hundreds of employees answering to him and only him. Living in the mansion with his daughter he trusts only himself. So what does he do when the girl he has been obsessed with finds him in a compromising position? One that they both enjoyed? Because now that he finally has her, he will be damned if he will let her go.Killer was exactly that. A killer. He lived for the times when he got to bring other’s nightmares to life and break some bones. After all, isn’t that exactly what they wanted from him? Genetically altered by the government and stripped of all its own memories, he heads down a dangerous and dark road. The ending? I cried. It’s everything I wanted and I am so happy to have gotten it! THANK GOD this universe is not over… or I’d never get out of this book hangover I have found myself in.

Still addictive reading although it ends on another cliffhanger, which I'm not 100% sure is necessary. I found some elements really (too much of the dad, Tatum and long drawn out musing) could have been omitted altogether and this saga could have been resolved here. these 3books got released in the consecutive 3months and the way i was suffering for each one to come out 🫠 and now it's over 😭 But Callum has his dark secrets. And once Bianca sees the real him will she stay or run as far as she possibly can? The romance was a blazing inferno of lust and everything forbidden. And it doesn’t even matter that Callum is a very bad man with a horrible past and present; Bianca can’t stop the feelings she has for him even if she wanted to. They are both too far gone. I was really looking forward to this book, but it fell short for me. We meet Bianca when she’s graduating from college with her best friend. We find out that she’s had a crush on her best friends dad for years and has never acted on it.Callum and Bianca...they had so many ups and downs throughout the series, im so happy for them they got their HEA..they deserve all the love and we finally get answers surrounding Bianca's mom's death 😮‍💨....but i wanted to know that do they have a boy or girl 🥲 maybe we'll get to know that in dark knight?😶‍🌫️ i didnt quite like TATUM here..she did upset me in this book 🥲😮‍💨 but seriously im so excited for her & ROMERO's book 🥹🥹🩷🩷 Josi did a phenomenal job with this series. I am so sad that this is the end. She knows how to write unhinged possessive alphaholes, and let me tell you, the spice in this series will leave your panties drenched. Ultimately though, we also get a decent plot that turns into quite the 'whodunnit' and keeps the story zipping along. Can Callum be redeemed? Hmmm.... This book is FULL of twists and turns. The spice is 🔥🔥🔥 and I am addicted to these characters and their stories. Again, the CLIFFHANGER at the end of this book has me in shambles. I absolutely need book 3. Also, PLEASE tell me Romero and Tatum get a book because if I don’t see these two brawl out their deeply hidden feelings for each other, I might implode. Okay thank you 💁🏼‍♀️