He’ll do whatever it takes to protect her.
Make Me, the steamy and addictive second installment of the Manhattan Mafia trilogy from New York Times bestselling author C.D. Reiss is out now!
I stole her and kept her under my command, forced her to obey me, and bent her will over my knee.
She’s been my weapon, my captive, and my toy.
The first time I broke her, I did it for revenge.
The second time . . . for pleasure.
This time, she’s breaking because I’m a liar.
I showed her that her life is a lie, but she’s showing me that I haven’t been living in a truth either.
Now we’re being hunted like animals, and she’s the only one who understands the forces aligned against us.
I thought she was a foolish, weak little sheep, but she’s as shrewd as a fox.
She’s not a pawn to be pushed around the board, but a wartime queen.
I will do whatever it takes to protect her, even if she starts a war to get away from me.
CD Reiss is killing me…. I need book 3 IMMEDIATELY!
We ended Take Me on a cliffy and boy was antsy to know what happened next. So here we are, Dario hasn’t been fully truthful. And what was done for the sake of convenience no longer holds true. And Sarah Colonia… she makes Dario forget his original purpose. She makes him feel, and he wasn’t prepared for that. While he is still fighting his going through with his original plan (bring down the Colonia), perhaps he’s enacting it a tad bit differently.
I am rooting so hard for these two – I just love them together. They have become unstoppable… well almost. Be prepared, this also ends on a major cliffhanger. I can’t wait to see what happens with Dario and Sarah.
So, just as I was really getting into Take Me, on the edge of my seat, biting my nails, bouncing my knee, CD Reiss smacks me upside the head and says, "Not yet!"
Okay. I hear ya. So, I awaited book 2, Make Me. I was soooo looking forward to finding out the whys and the whens and what next... and we get some of that. We find out about Dario's "wife" and how they came to be. We find out the next phase of Sarah's and Dario's relationship, or do we? Well, just as we are getting into the fight, and the decisions of where to take this next phase of revenge, we are, yet again, told, "Not yet". The way this author pulls you in and hogties you so that you are left begging for more is remarkable. And I really NEED book 3 like last week!
I so want Sarah and Dario to pull through and make it for the long-haul, but the way CD Reiss left us dangling at the end of this one, I am not sure if they will get their HEA.
These two - Dario and Sarah - complement one another perfectly. They are a force to be reckoned with, IF they live.
This one ends on a cliffhanger, so be warned. BUT, this story is so gripping and filled with angst and action and moments that take your breath away that you can forgive the author for keeping you waiting.
I can't wait to see how this one continues.
Start the series with Take Me!
Keep reading for a look inside MAKE ME!
“You’re really talking about a truce?”
“Call it what you want.”
“Fucking hell.” He laughs to himself. “You aren’t the same guy since you took my sister.”
I’m not. The Dario Lucari who lived the hour before he took Sarah had sold his soul to destroy the Colonia. This is my last chance to buy it back for her.
“I’m offering an end to all of this.”
“You started this war, and now you’re offering to stop it? Like it’s a bargain? And my sister? Remember her? She’s part of the deal.”
I expected him to try this trade, but it still pisses me off. “We’ll disappear. We’ll leave New York. That’s all you get out of me.”
“Why would we do that?” He looks into the tunnel. The light is dim yellow and the air curls unpredictably, catching wrappers and plastic bags in looping whirlwinds—only to casually drop them on the tracks. “For what? We don’t want peace. That’s not some prize. We want you strung up like a side of beef, and we want Sarah back.”
“She’s better off with me and you know it.” I wasn’t sure if he knew that until I see his reaction. He knows. He just doesn’t care. “You want to fight for her, you’re going to have a fight. But then what? Drag her home? To do what with her? Turn her out like a whore? Or slice her up and sell her?”
His flinch is slight and as fast as a blink, but it tells me there are things the Colonia do that he doesn’t like thinking about. He was born human and raised to be an animal. Now he’s trying hard to die an animal. But the real him—the human—keeps slipping out. He’s a soft touch, a reformer, and too much of a coward to change anything before his father is out of the picture.
“We can’t let you live.” His voice is partially drowned out by a warm wind from behind him. A nearly empty train arrives on the opposite platform. “Your deal is bullshit, and it sucks.”
We say nothing for a moment, while the doors open. He hides his anxiety. I hide my regrets.
Say you want peace, Massimo. All you have to do is want it.
Mr. Post doesn’t get on the train.
Revenge is exhausting. It takes up too much mental real estate. Too much time. Too much love. I need all of it for something else.
The conductor’s voice gurgles, and with a double beep, the doors slap closed.
We’re just two men talking.
Wind gusts from behind me. Train on our side.
“I’m not coming to you with another deal.” I shrug, offering to clean up a mess I made.
Massimo’s sneer tells me the discount on salvation won’t result in a sale. “Without Sarah, there’s no deal.”
“You can’t have her. Ever. She’s mine.”
Add MAKE ME to Goodreads: https://bit.ly/3uTWxYv
CD Reiss is a New York Times bestseller. She still has to chop wood and carry water, which was buried in the fine print. Her lawyer is working it out with God but in the meantime, if you call and she doesn't pick up she's at the well hauling buckets.
Born in New York City, she moved to Hollywood, California to get her master's degree in screenwriting from USC. In case you want to know, that went nowhere but it did give her a big enough ego to write novels.
She's frequently referred to as the Shakespeare of Smut which is flattering but hasn't ever gotten her out of chopping that cord of wood.
If you meet her in person, you should call her Christine.
