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Underboss

By: Kristen Proby
Narrated by: Kelsey Navarro, Tor Thom
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From New York Times best-selling author Kristen Proby comes an all-new family in her With Me in Seattle world! Hold on to your seat as we introduce you to Kristen’s new Mafia family!

As the eldest son of Seattle’s current mob boss, Carmine Martinelli’s life has never really been his own. But he doesn’t mind because his family means more to him than his life. Which is why he's determined to make those responsible for the death of his aunt and uncle pay - in inventive and gruesome ways. And what better way to do that than to infiltrate the Russian Mafia from the inside? It’s a good thing the bratva’s princess is stunning and seemingly willing to do whatever he asks. This vengeance could be the perfect mix of business and pleasure.

Nadia Tarenkov has several things stacked against her: She’s a woman, and she’s not the eldest child in her family. But it doesn’t matter. She has her sights set on ruling the syndicate, and she always gets what she wants. When the heir to one of the States’ most powerful crime families comes knocking, Nadia sees it for the gift it is. He thinks he has her fooled, but she’s smarter, more cunning, and always two steps ahead. She’ll beat the gorgeous mobster at his own game, and secure her place in the fold.

What neither of them takes into consideration, however, is that they aren’t the only ones with deadly plans in motion. To survive, they’ll have to come clean and work together - and acknowledge that the growing love they’ve been pretending isn’t there...is very real.

©2021 Kristen Proby (P)2021 Kristen Proby

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The perfect blend of suspense, intrigue, deceit, c

The perfect blend of suspense, intrigue, deceit, chaos and love. Kristen Proby gave us an excellent story and the audiobook made it even better. This was the first book in her With Me in Seattle Mafia series and I am hooked.

I was interested in Carmine’s story after meeting him in You Belong With Me. I love a sexy, confident man who has the capacity to love and kill for his love ones! Yeaaah he was definitely the full package.

Nadia was everything!!!! I loved this strong female. She has a lot of obstacles to face but the determination she wields when facing trouble at every turn made me fall completely in love with her.

Carmine and Nadia are probably one of my favorite Kristen Proby couples. The way they worked together, getting things done while still finding time for love with beautiful!

Kelsey Navarro and Tor Thom were both new narrators for me, but they worked well together making the story flow better!

I can’t wait for the next book, we got to meet some new characters so of course I need to see how their love lives play out.

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Short mob romance with some violence

A bit too short a story with not enough epilogue. A really predictable, brutal killer and some cavalier attitude from the “heroine” about being attracted and beaten and about retribution. The mob princess deserved the rival family heir and he deserved her. Would have liked to have seen more interactions from them as kids and teens since clearly they were being thrown together. Interesting hobbies for them and looking forward to seeing more of them as a couple in the series. Narration was good.

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Yesssss

What a great story. I loved everything...the storyline which is a little different from Kristen's norm. The chemistry between Nadia and Carmine just jumped off the pages. The narration was fantastic. I can't wait for the next book in this series.

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The best mafia!!

I have been reading Kristen Proby for almost 8 years now. Each story I think “how could she top this?” Ummm well the answer is MAFIA!!! Mafia is how she can top anything she has done before!

I was completely taken away with this story!! I feel we got a small taste with You Belong with Me when we were introduced to the Martenelli family, but Carmine is something to write home about!! You are seriously taken away in this story. Nadia, man she is a strong fierce female! Absolutely loved her!

I can’t write too much without giving away the story, and I hate spoilers. I will just say, Grab this now!If you like Mafia, grab this now!!! The narrators did a fantastic job bringing Carmine and Nadia to life!
If you liked You Belong with Me, Grab this!!! If you are a fan of Kristen Proby, Grab THIS!!!

This ranks in my all time top 5 from Kristen’s books!!

Well done, if I could give more than 5 stars, I totally would!

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Nice Mafia Romance

I've come to like Kristen Proby novels. This one was very nice for a mafia romance. Something new in my genre of contemporary romances and I enjoyed the listening. I thought the performance was excellent by new narrators to this listener. Thor Thom and Kelsey Navarro did an excellent job with the narration. Enjoyable listen and will read more in this series. .

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KP's style of mafia romance!

I want to say that I’ve read a decent range of mafia romance and they toe the line of being quite dark, so it’s a welcomed surprise when you have one that’s on the softer side? Not sure if that’s the best way to explain it. Anyways, I definitely enjoyed Kristen Proby’s take on mafia romance in Underboss. I’ve dubbed this as KP’s style of mafia romance and I’m here for it.

Well everyone knows that I loved a badass heroine and that’s what Nadia is. And it’s even better when you bring in the hero, Carmine, that sees her as his equal.

Bring these two in for an enemies to lovers and that they’re from opposing mafia families, ohhhhh the tension and off the pages chemistry!

This was definitely a quick read and a great start to this series. And I know that KP’s fans will absolutely love this series. Definitely looking forward to the next one.

It was a first time listen for these two narrators and I'm quite the fan. They'll keep you hooked into the story from beginning to end.

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Engaging Story

With Underboss, Kristen Proby is branching out her With Me In Seattle series into the mafia genre. Nadia and Carmine come from two opposing families but are thrown together to work out a problem that is affecting them both.

The storyline is engaging and there is great chemistry and steam between Nadia and Carmine. As always in a Kristen Proby read, there is a strong girl squad for Nadia, and I look forward to getting further into the series to learn more about the side characters. Carmine’s brothers are intriguing as well, and the sense of family is strong.

There are some violent moments included, but I consider this to be more mafia lite as it’s not heavy on murder and mayhem and focuses more on the relationship between Nadia and Carmine.

The narrators were good but not great for me, however that's a personal preference for me rather than skill on their part. I had no trouble knowing which character was speaking at any given time and both narrators kept the pace and storyline flowing, I just didn't care for their voices.

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🔥🔥🔥🔥

I absolutely loved this book! everything about it was phenomenal. I can't wait for the next one!!! the narration in the audio version was exactly how I read it in my head and the performance was fantastic.

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Enemies to Lovers

I found this to be a sexy and suspenseful story. This a mafia romance, but it's not as dark as some are. It has some grit but not overly dark. Nadia does get roughed up several times. There was just enough suspense to keep you wondering what is up. Both of them come from opposing families and understand what their job is in their families. I love how Carmine figured out he loved Nadia before she did. I enjoyed the narrations for this book also.



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New series

Apparently, Kristen Proby is able to write any genre and I'll love it. She's started a new Mafia series with this book and it's wonderful. The twist at the end was totally unexpected. Carmine and Nadia were terrific together. I can't wait for the next book.

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