Say I Do: Vitale Brothers, Book 3

I absolutely LOVED this book. It and book 4 are my favs of the entire series. But I highly recommend the whole series because they are all good! As always, read the trigger warnings! This book follows Benito who was intending to take a bride for a truce between the family and his enemies. However, the bride turned into being a husband who is a crazy knife weilding one. Harlow was always a pawn who never has anyone love or care for him. Until he met Benito who sparks fly off the charts with. They challenge each other every step of the way even when they hate each other. Benito is the mob boss of the Italian mafia, and he’s shocked by his attraction to Harlow. He’s been burned before with love, so he’s not ready for love. Together they both can’t get the other out of their system. They are both able to be their true selves with each other and they are each others person. They both meet their match in each other. Mafia, enemies to lovers, force’s marriage. This book is amazing. 5/5

Definitely the most unhinged couple I've ever read. Neither of them is happy with the marriage imposed on them, and the bloody fight is their only form of communication. Benito, whose patience was tested in the first two books, now has to deal with a husband who manages to drive him crazy. Harlow is completely insane and his solution to everything is to stab people left and right, but little by little he will discover that he can feel more emotions than deep hatred. Believe it or not, they make a super nice and funny couple to read about. The last 25% of the book had me with a smile on my face. Although the books are quite long, they are thoroughly enjoyable with a plot that deserves its length and never gets boring. The Vitales have won my heart. Don't be afraid of red flags and go read them!

I love all kinds of love stories. Fluffy ones, spicy ones, paranormal ones, and everything in between. But I also love the toxic red flag kind of love that Benito and Harlow have. They may be violent with each other and volatile at times but damn do they love fierce and hard and with their whole being. This is the life they live. One in the mafia and one a part of the yakuza. It may not be other people's cup of tea but they're both true to themselves and the lives they lead and how they grew up and it can't be changed. But I absolutely loved how Benito, the big bad mob boss of the Italian mafia, met his match in the chaotic knife-wielding, panty-wearing Harlow. They challenged each other every step of the way even when they hated each other but were willing to be married to each other to strengthen their families even though their parents have much to be desired and aren't the best to their children. Benito has the world on his shoulders trying to make his family seem clean and also running the illegal side of their buisness all the while with reporters and the world breathing down his neck and watching his every step. So when he's offered to marry a docile, quiet housewife and unite two strong families and produce an heir he does so because family comes first even when the docile wife he's promised is switched out for a man who is anything but what he was expecting. Harlow is seen as the black sheep of the family. He's treated like a chess piece meant to be moved around and…

💍 Arranged Marriage 😮‍💨Forced Proximity 🖤 Obsessive Love 🔥 Power Imbalance This book is a pressure cooker from start to finish. Forced proximity turns every moment into a confrontation — with desire, with fear, with the parts of themselves they’ve been trying to outrun. The MMC’s obsession becomes more pronounced, shifting from protective to consuming, and the authors handle that descent with precision. The emotional tension is suffocating in the best way. Every scene feels like it could tip into violence or confession, and the line between the two gets thinner as the story progresses. The romance is messy, raw, and deeply psychological. One of the strongest entries in the series because it embraces the darkness without apology.

No lie, I was almost scared away at the beginning. These two men were NOT giving me the confidence they'd find their way to each other. They were too similar - stubborn, violent, focused, self-centered, and a little crazy. At the start of the story, Benito was about to enter into an arranged marriage to solidify some alliances between his family and another. This was fine with Benito - the woman he was going to marry seemed docile enough that he could deal with it. Unfortunately for him, as he showed up for his nuptials, the other family made a switch and presented Harlow instead. Being presented with a man to wed was not ideal, but Benito would do what he needed for his family. As these two begin their "life" together, neither one wants to be there. Harlow has been mistreated and thrown by the wayside his whole life and Benito has no desire to entertain someone, especially a man. This leads to conflict between them, schemes to escape, and several other concerning choices. It was through these schemes that we started to see there could be more to their relationship than previously thought. Overall an interesting story.