Steady and Strong is the seventh book in the series and the first one that I have listened to. Yes, it is a standalone. I was able to listen to it and not feel lost in the cast of characters or storyline.
About Steady and Strong
Luca is a Moretti. Conor is a Russo. There has been a family feud for as long as time. But their generation is trying to mend the relationship between the families. Conor has gone into business with Harper, a former fashion model. They are building a restaurant where Harper will be the chef, and half owner, Conor is the experience and other half owner, and Luca is the contractor building their dream.
But when accidents start happening on the restaurant jobsite, the three of them start going through who they’re enemies could be. Who it actually turns out to be is a surprise to all of them.
When the three of them start meeting for dinner, they all start having feelings for each other. Well, Conor had feelings for Luca back in high school, but now they’re more pronounced. They all start talking about their lives and opening up to each other. All except Conor. He has always been the silent one in his family and it continues to this day with everyone around him. He is reserved. In his mind he’s afraid to open up and fall for anyone. He’s worried about his future.
When his brothers find him hidden away in his home after battling a migraine, he has no choice. He has to talk to someone and they’re not letting him get away with not telling them what is going on. They’re shocked at what he has to say, and yet they’re not. They start piecing things together from the last ten plus years and now his behavior makes sense.
The brothers insist Conor move in to the family offices where someone is always around to help him when he gets a migraine or needs to talk to someone. They insist he start counseling. And they insist he tell Harper and Luca everything.
How will Luca and Harper react when Conor tells them everything? Will the three of them make a go of this relationship or will it be too much for either Harper or Luca? And will the perpetrator sabotaging the restaurant serve time for his crimes?
Narration
Theo Sinclair, Oliver Highpoint and Marina Barrett are all new narrators to me. I truly enjoyed listening to all three of them. They played well together and individually. Their voices are smooth and quite easy to listen to.
Availability
Steady and Strong is available in all formats on Amazon.
Series Listing
- Down and Dirty (Italian Stallions Book 1)
- Hard and Fast (Italian Stallions Book 2)
- Rough and Ready (Italian Stallions Book 3)
- Wild and Wicked (Italian Stallions Book 4)
- Hot and Heavy (Italian Stallions Book 5)
- Tempted and Taken (Italian Stallions Book 6)
- Steady and Strong (Italian Stallions Book 7)
- Kiss and Tell (Italian Stallions Book 8)
About Mari Carr
Virginia native Mari Carr is a New York Times and USA TODAY bestseller of contemporary sexy romance and romantic suspense novels. With over two million copies of her books sold, Mari was the winner of the Romance Writers of America’s Passionate Plume award for her novella, Erotic Research. She has over a hundred published works, including her popular Wild Irish and Compass books, along with the Trinity Masters series she writes with Lila Dubois.
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