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Pleasure has never been so deadly.

Rose Cassidy doesn't truly live; she just exists. Numbing herself to fear and pain is the only way she can survive in this cruel world. So when she's taken as collateral by the notorious Danny Black in a deadly game of power, she's thrown by the deep fear she feels rising within her. And, worse than fear, a profound desire. She's heard tales of The Brit. He's callous. Coldblooded. But no one ever said he was wickedly beautiful and darkly captivating. He sees past her mask, giving her a cruel sense of hope. But she must fight their twisted attraction or risk losing the one thing she survives for.

When Danny Black took an enemy's beautiful lover as security, he never anticipated the repercussions. Or the warped attraction they would share. Rose Cassidy pushes Danny to the brink of madness with her impenetrable façade and savage allure. He has to remind himself that she's bait. A solution to a problem. Yet she evokes powerful feelings in Danny, and feelings are risky when you're wanted dead by endless enemies.

The most dangerous game is about to be played.

But can either of them win?

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Jodi Ellen Malpas Ltd (March 16, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 412 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1736057200
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1736057209
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.9 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 1.02 x 8 inches
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#1 New York Times & Sunday Times Bestselling Author Jodi Ellen Malpas was born and raised in  England, where she lives with her husband, her boys, and Theo the Doberman. She is a self-professed daydreamer and has a terrible weak spot for alpha males.

Writing powerful love stories with fierce, memorable characters is her passion - a passion that has taken her on an amazing journey into the limelight of romantic fiction. Her work is now published in more than twenty-five languages across the world.

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An underrated book for the win!! I haven't seen any reviews on this book and it's genuinely SO GOOD. I was hooked from the beginning and binged the first 200 pages in one sitting and had to force myself to stop so I could sleep. 😒 But I finished the rest in another sitting and devoured it. This book kept me invested all the way until the end and I didn't want it to end!This book follows Danny and Rose, two people living extremely different lives but have similar traumas and the same type of darkness in them. After Danny's father dies, everything is left to him. Danny's world is massive and dangerous and Danny is cruel and violent. Rose is living in fear and is working to keep someone she loves alive. Everything she does, none of it is her choice. That all changes when she finds Danny or when Danny finds her. Their story doesn't start off great by any means. The man literally takes her against her will and is only keeping her for a ransom. But Rose isn't your typical woman and Danny soon learns that.Rose is a badass and Danny is her perfect match that I don't think she ever thought she'd find. Their love story is dark, toxic and extremely f'd up. I loved the tension and the angst in this book and Danny and Rose are deffs new fav characters of mine.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2021
    STOP whatever you’re doing! One-Click now!! The Brit is amazing!!!

    I’m truly at a loss of words starting this review, but I do know this The Brit was totally engaging!! From the start to the conclusion it was hard to put it down. The Brit is unlike anything that Jodi has ever written, and I absolutely freakin’ LOVED it. It’s a mafia book, it’s dark, it’s twisted, it’s violent – yes, it made me cringe, but beneath it all it is a love story. Two damaged souls, Danny and Rose, which are thrown together after a losing hand of poker.

    Danny was abandoned by his mom at the age of eight and left living with his stepdad who abused him. He spent most of his time on the street grabbing whatever he could find to eat trying to avoid his stepdad. It was on the streets that Carlo Black met Danny after an altercation with another boy who had cut him, but Carlo also noticed bruises on the boy’s body that came from his stepdad. The empathy he felt for Danny had him giving the boy two fifty-dollar bills. It was later when Danny’s stepdad had roughed Danny up and taken the money from him that Carlo took care of his stepdad. This was the day that everything changed for Danny, he was adopted and raised by Carlos Black from that point on.

    Carlos Black was a big-time mafia boss and ran the area they lived in with an iron fist. Danny learned the ways of his dad and his take no prisoner ways of settling things at the end of a gun. Upon Carlos’s death years later, Danny took over his dad’s men. Now, as the top boss of the mafia world he is feared by many and dares anyone to cross him. If they do it is met with him being judge, jury, executioner at the end of a gun. He lived by always remembering the words of his dad:
    “Never trust anyone.”
    “Don’t hesitate to kill.”
    “No second chances.”

    Rose was trafficked into the underground world of child prostitution. At the age of fifteen she gave birth to a son that was immediately taken from her and sold on the black market. She was left unable to have children after that, so she was given away to a man who black mailed her into doing the same thing she always has. His threats keep her at his command and that lead to her being the lover of Perry Adams.

    Danny confronts Perry Adams, the person he has funded his mayoral campaign for, in exchange for his help to purchase a marina as well as turning an eye to other things. It’s now Danny learns that Perry has not obtained the deal for the marina and furthermore has none of the funds Danny has given him. It’s now he decides to take Rose as collateral for the deal to be completed.

    Let’s just say that Rose and Danny are like oil and water. They immediately hate each other and no matter what Danny tells Rose she has to do, she does it without any reaction. But there is something about Rose that intrigues him too. This woman who puts wall in place to keep her safe, who shows no emotions, who is feisty and unrelenting. Who is also secretly a plant, sending info to her boss about what Danny’s plans are. Info that puts them both in danger, but Rose knows what is expected from her and her fear is what drives her.

    Even so there is also an undeniable attraction to each and the molten hot chemistry smoldering. One they will work their darnedest to fight against too. With restraint so thin… the inevitable finally happens. Realizing they are stronger working together, all secrets come to an end.

    There are still many more twist and turns to come. Just when you thought you might know what happens next you are quickly reminded that Jodi wrote this book. Hang onto your seat as you are in for one hell of and ending!!
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  • Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2021
    Wow! This started out full of suspense and intrigue with a heartthrob hero and a beautiful heroine. I was flipping the pages to see what this killer mafia boss would do next. loved Danny in the first half of the story. He was so fierce with his take no prisoners attitude as the mafia boss hurting after his father’s death. It didn’t slow him down though. He’s all about protecting his legacy until he takes the lovely Rose to pay a debt. She’s nothing like any woman he’s encountered before. I loved Rose and she stood strong against Danny’s harsh treatment. There was an unusual push/pull with tons of sexual tension between the two that was fabulous. When things finally pop between the two the story took a turn. There was a plot element that I didn’t buy that left Danny and his team vulnerable. There’s no way that a mafia crew like Danny’s wouldn’t have all the bases covered when it came to security. There were a few twists that weren’t a surprise and the villain at the end was obvious. Speaking of the ending…I didn’t really like it but everything was wrapped up nicely. I felt like Danny’s lifelong crew was left hanging though. The story was a little long and the sex scenes kind of fizzled for me. Ultimately, this was a thrilling suspense and hot romance set in the mafia world. Good action, danger and intrigue.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2023
    The Brit by Jodi....
    It's a roller coaster of emotions and with twists. I have no idea why it took me so long to pick up this book, considering I've read and loved all of Jodi's books!
    Danny and Rose didn't have the best upbringing, each doing what they can to survive. Their story will grip you from the beginning and engulf you into their dark, brutal, and lethal world!
    Danny and Rose's chemistry was instant and fire from their first meeting.

    - I didn’t earn the name Angel-faced Assassin because I give good f*&*×ng hugs. And if they don’t know that, they’ve got no idea what’s coming. -

    - No one has ever protected me before. I don’t want to like it. Liking something makes it more painful when you no longer have it, and protection isn’t something I can keep. -

    This mafia story is well written, descriptive and such a page turner!
    It is a dark story, with violent themes, steamy times, a million stars for originality, and with some crazy twists that are so unpredictable.

    On to Book 2....
  • Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2023
    This is a good story here. When an author can quickly draw you into her story and make you root for the criminal, you know she’s done her job pretty dang well. The first three chapters are individual backstories of Danny and Rose and their very sad childhoods. If you can stay with it you’ll be rewarded, because it’s just revving up and getting started. JEM brings their two worlds together and the moment they meet is serious electric danger. Danny doesn’t need or want the distraction of a woman in his life. Nevertheless, he begins falling for Rose without realizing it. However, Rose’s life doesn’t belong to her. Her actions and decisions aren’t hers to make. She lives on the edge, dreading every cruel, abusive moment of her existence. She lives constantly in fear. She’s blackmailed, manipulated, and traded for sexual favors. This suspenseful, romantic drama of organized crime is intense, edgy and loaded with blackmail, organized murder, secrets and lies. There’s plenty of steam but it’s not overplayed or tedious. JEM slowly tightens the hold she has on you and ramps it up into overdrive for the finale. It’ll definitely keep you glued to your seat.

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  • Ash
    5.0 out of 5 stars I loved it
    Reviewed in Canada on January 16, 2025
    I expected the cliche type of story at some point but it was different. Spoiler alert: when she still wouldn’t tell the truth and Danny had to find out on his own I thought there would be a cliche of her leaving and him being angry and not wanting anything to do with her.

    The turn of events was very satisfying. Very good book. I would recommend it for sure.
  • Avidreadersbc
    5.0 out of 5 stars Danny Black is my new favourite book boyfriend! 🌹
    Reviewed in India on April 25, 2023
    I have read each and every book by Jodi except this series. Idk why I kept putting this off for so long. Mainly because I don't usually read a lot of mafia but omg I loved this book so much. This book made me feel a plethora of emotions from horror, pain, hopelessness to lust and so much love. Can't wait to read the next one in this series.
  • Cliente de Kindle
    5.0 out of 5 stars Loved It!!!
    Reviewed in Spain on March 23, 2021
    This has been the best story I have read in a while!!!! I highly recommend It!!
    Thank you JEM, you did it again.
  • Booksobsessive18
    5.0 out of 5 stars Dark dangerous and exciting! 🇬🇧
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 22, 2021
    So not only did she surprise drop her newest release on us , Jodi gave us a new genre from her! Talk about the best surprise ever! I love it when she drops these bombshells, and again she gives us another masterpiece!

    I’ve loved it previously, when JEM has given us stories that were slightly darker, like One Night with the underworld of gangsters and escorts, then Theo who was dark and dangerous and the underground fight club. I think Jodi is at her best when she creates these worlds which brings me to The Brit, where she delves even deeper and gives us her first mafia story and boy is it something else! She doesn’t just do a good job with the genre, in true Malpas style she smashes it and proves whenever she puts pen to paper she phenomenally creates stories that will blow it out the park whatever the genre!

    The Brit brings us Alpha No.11, Danny Black. What can I say? He’s smoking hot, intense, oozes power and control, feared and respected and he wouldn’t be part of the mafia if he wasn’t fierce and dangerous. Danny Black says jump, you say how high but what you really want to do is submit on your knees ;)

    It may be different from her usual stories but, one thing for sure it’s a JEM book is the connection and powerful chemistry between Danny and Rose. Its constant sparks of electricity you feel off the pages, they are intense and deep.
    Rose might just be the best leading lady yet, I love a fierce heroine, and she is one strong yet broken woman, her story will break your heart and leave you with nothing but awe, I loved her! And together they are explosive and a match made in heaven!

    The story is intense, raw and nail-biting, and will have you hanging by a thread until the very end, I was literally reading on the edge of my seat whilst looking at what percentage of the book was left, with absolutely no clue where this would go. And lets not forget the tears, it wouldn’t be a JEM read if it didn’t shatter your heart at one point!

    Don’t hesitate, its Jodi at her best, grab the tissues, get comfy and settle down for the ride, it’s the best book of 2021!

    Ready and waiting for Alpha No.12.... what other incredibles are you sat on ? 😍
  • Ruhla1
    5.0 out of 5 stars Mind blowingly twisted and beautiful
    Reviewed in Germany on March 21, 2021
    JEM wrote another masterpiece and this book seriously gave me all the feels! It Abso-freaking-lutely blew my mind & my heart to pieces! A page-turner! Chapeau lady!

    Everyone needs this #angelfacedassassin & his strong fierce Rose in their life’s!

    Danny and Rose experienced evil at a young age and their emotional walls are up and seem unbreakable! They are flawed and scarred which made Danny a stone cold, no second chances assassin and Rose an emotionless but strong minded asset to some powerful people.

    In a turn of events Danny takes Rose as collateral and to also blackmail her current lover! Little did he know that she stirs something within him he didn’t expect and oh boy do they drive each other up the wall.

    Their sexual tension gave me whiplash with their twisted and kinda messed up push n pull that had my heart on edge but then there are also moments that made me smirk and grin and fall in love with them!

    I can only highly recommend this book, it messed me up emotionally but in a good way! I love JEMs books, she makes you fall in love, then hits you were it hurts, right in that angsty heart but somehow puts it back