Murphy was just a young child when his parents told him it was time for him to learn about the family business as he would be Head of House for the O'Shea family after his father. He didn't understand why these girls were behind bars and his father bent down in front of him to tell him they were sacrifices to keep the monsters away. They were products needed to keep the women in their family safe and to ensure the wealth to feed all the O'Shea family.
Murphy is on his way to the O'Shea Castle in Ireland with his talent slave Fiona. He has been her secret benefactor for ten years, but now it is time to accept his place as Head of Family as his father has retired. So he is here for the transfer of power and the centuries long tradition of decommissioning his parent's talent slave Esmerelda. He has to hide the sliver of humanity that he still holds onto in order get through this macabre act where each of the immediate family members sink the family dagger into her until she bleeds to death on the tiles below her.
The other members of the Four Families, a secret global conglomerate of human traffickers, the Mikhailvovs, the Vittoris and the Campbells each have their own ways of welcoming new talent. Not all of the four families kill their old talent, but this ritual solidifies their family’s brutality. His family spills blood together...no one's hands remain clean.
Murphy bends down to remove the blade left by his parents. The dagger that is passed to him from his father and those before him. He is now the king of masters and Fiona is the new family talent slave. Each of the Four Families has their own talent slave and each quarter before their meeting the hosting family has a talent reception with each family determined to outshine the other.
Stella owns a tattoo shop in New York and as she and one of her tattoo artists are closing up a drunken man stumbles through the door followed by two men who were luckily sober. When they were told they were here from Ireland for just another day Cora talked her into meeting them next door for dancing and a perfect chance for a one-night stand.
One of the best dark romances I have read! Brynn Ford has delivered an amazing story of passion and depravity. Books 1-3 of the Four Families Series is about Anya and Ezra, but you really need to read these books in order to truly understand Murphy and the life he was born into.
Murphy is the perfect anti-hero. Despite being trained from a very young age to take his place as the O'Shea's Head of House, he was able to keep a sliver of humanity and a sliver is all that Cora needs to get through to this heart. There are traditions to be held as a Head to one of the Four Families including the women of the families picking their wives when they reach forty years of age, but Murphy is determined to have one choice in his life and that is his wife.
This book is action packed from cover to cover and hits all of your emotions. Despite the monster that Murphy has been trained to be I love him. His emotional growth and moral compass alter drastically after one night with Cora. Their passion and love for each other is all consuming and you can feel it through the pages.
Decommissioning slaves is not the only archaic tradition within the O'Shea family and it will blow your mind and take you back to medieval times. There are a wide range of secondary characters and they are so fully developed you feel they are standing next to you. You can feel their evil coming through the pages.
I absolutely loved this series and can't wait to read more by Brynn Ford. She is definitely a master of dark romance and brings these characters to life in all their deviant ways. Highly recommend!
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