Savage (adjective):
1) Not domesticated; wild and untamed
2) A brutal or vicious person
3) Malek Antonov
Savage Hearts, the highly-anticipated third standalone in the Queens & Monsters mafia romance series by JT Geissinger is available now!

Savage (adjective):
1) Not domesticated; wild and untamed
2) A brutal or vicious person
3) Malek Antonov
When my older sister calls out of the blue to announce sheās getting married, itās a shock. Sheās
not the settling-down kind, and we havenāt spoken in almost three years.
Even more of a shock? Sloane wants me to visit her and meet her new fiancƩ. Curious, I decide
to take her up on the offer.
I shouldāve known something was wrong when she wouldnāt tell me where Iād be going. I
shouldāve known things were odd when she sent a private jet to pick me up. But thereās no way
in hell I couldāve ever guessed what would happen when I finally meet her fiancĆ©.
Declan OāDonnell.
Head of the Irish Mob.
Target of a savage Bratva assassin who wants revenge for the murder of his brother.
Now, Iām thousands of miles from home, Iām smack in the middle of a mafia war, and Iāve got a
Russian assassin whoās decided he likes the looks of me.
They say revenge is a dish best served cold.
They never met Malek Antonov.
Excerpt
āYeah. Ohācan I ask you a favor? Will you please not hurt him? Kieran, either. Heās the other bodyguard. The bigger one. Theyāre both really nice.ā
Malek stares at me in disbelief.
āSorry. Is that asking too much? Itās just that Iād never get over it if they got hurt because of me. Theyāre only trying to do their jobs.ā
After a moment, he says angrily, āYou know who I am. You know what I do. Correct?ā
āYes. Iāve been filled in on the particulars.ā
āAnd youāre lying there with my hand around your neck asking me not to hurt your bodyguards.ā
He says it like my sanity is in question.
āI know itās maybe a little unorthodox.ā
āNo,ā he says flatly.
āPlease?ā
He growls, āWhat the fuck is wrong with you?ā
āThereās no need to get testy.ā
āTesty?ā
āIām just saying. You donāt have to get all mad about it.ā
Furious again, he glares at me, grinding his jaw and probably calculating how much pressure it will take to snap the brittle bird bones in my neck.
Before he does, I say, āI also want to thank you for the rose you left me. That was really nice. Iāve never had a man bring me flowers before. I know it was only the one, and also you thought I was a captive prostitute at the time, but still. It was thoughtful. So thank you.ā
He stares at me with an expression somewhere between confusion and amazement, with a healthy dose of disgust on the side.
āNow is probably a good time to remind you that Iām still the same person you left the rose for. So if you did kill me, youād be killing her, too. Just a thought.ā
āAre you on drugs?ā
āNot at the moment, no. Why, do you have any?ā
āThereās something wrong with you. Mentally. Right?ā
That makes me laugh. āOh, totally. Iāve got more than a few screws loose. At least thatās what my dad tells me. But heās super uptight, zero imagination, so his opinion doesnāt really count. Not that heās wrong, because he isnāt, but normies shouldnāt judge creatives. They just have no idea how weāre wired. Why are you looking at me like that?ā
āIāve never had a conversation with an insane person before.ā
āVery funny.ā
āIt wasnāt a joke.ā
āOuch.ā
We stare at each other in silence. His hostile, mine hopeful. He still hasnāt murdered me, so things are looking up.
āMalek?ā
āWhat.ā He says it flatly. With dread.
āThank you for not killing me.ā
He says emphatically, āDonāt thank me yet.ā
āYouāre still deciding?ā
āIf only to get you to shut up, yes.ā
āIn that caseā¦ā I make a zipper motion across my lips.
He watches with outrage, astonishment, and absolute disbelief.
āActually, before I shut up, I also want to say that it was really sweet that you tried to save me from being a sex worker. I mean, what a gentleman! A gentleman killer who gives strangers big wads of cash in restrooms. Youāre quite the puzzle, Mr. Ghost. Or is it just Ghost? Iām never sure how the nickname thing works, except between me and my sister, but that doesnāt count because my whole family is a little weird. Iāll just call you Malek, if thatās all right. Or Mal for short, since weāre such buds now, what with you breaking into my various bedrooms for midnight visits and all. Okay, Iām shutting up now. Here I go.ā
I press my lips together and gaze up at him, watching him struggle with dueling urges to cut off my air supply or break something over my head.
Maybe heās right about me being insane, because rather than terrifying, I find his indecision understandable.
Heās not the first man Iāve driven to the brink of murder. Heās just the most capable of actually going through with it.
āOh, one more thingāā
āI know a way to keep that mouth quiet,ā he snaps.
Then he kisses me.

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About J.T. Geissinger
J.T. Geissinger is a #1 internationally bestselling author of twenty-seven novels. Ranging from funny, feisty rom coms to intense, edgy suspense, her books have sold over five million copies and been translated into more than a dozen languages.
She is a three-time nominee in both contemporary and paranormal romance for the RITAĀ® Award, the highest distinction in romance fiction from the Romance Writers of AmericaĀ®. She is also a recipient of the Prism Award for Best First Book and the Golden Quill Award for Best Paranormal/Urban Fantasy.
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š§”Reviewš§”
Malek is a man on a mission as he is determined that to repay the man responsible for his brotherās death in kind and he had the skills from his career as an assassin for the Bratva to back it up. He had it all planned out until he saw Riley, and nothing would ever be the same including himself.
Rileyās sister Sloan is engaged to Declan so even though they havenāt had much contact in years when she is invited to meet Declan and reunite with Sloan, she canāt say no. Meeting her sister and her fiancĆ© was one thing but when Malek comes crashing into her life she finds herself caught between two powerful forces.
Riley is feisty, fiery and enchants Marek at first glance and when it comes to Riley, he proves to be anything but the cold and calculating man he is with everyone else. Hot chemistry, sarcastic banter, surprises you donāt see coming and two people who shouldnāt be a match but prove they are in the best ways possible.