Fragile Longing

By: Cora Reilly

Narrated by: Teddy Hamilton, Desiree Ketchum

Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins

Publisher's summary

A new stand-alone age-gap, arranged marriage romance from USA Today best-selling author Cora Reilly!

Sofia knows how it feels to be the consolation prize. Too young. Not blond.

And definitely not an ice princess.

Her sister is—was—all those things. Perfection. Until she wasn’t. Until she ran off to be with the enemy and left her fiancé behind.

Now Sofia is given to Danilo in her sister’s stead, knowing she’ll never be more than second best. Yet, she can’t stop longing for the love of the man she’s been crushing on even when he was still her sister’s.

Danilo is a man who’s used to getting what he wants.

Power.

Respect.

The sought-after ice princess.

Until another man steals his bride-to-be. Danilo knows that for a man in his position, losing his woman can lead to a loss of face.

Wounded pride.

Thirst for revenge.

A dangerous combination—one Danilo can’t leave behind, not even when a girl just as precious takes her sister’s place to placate him. Yet, she’s got one flaw: She’s not her sister.

Unable to forget what he’s lost, Danilo might lose what he’s been given.

©2020 Cora Reilly (P)2022 Cora Reilly

Don’t Listen

Do NOT start listening to this book unless you have time to finish! I was completely hooked from the first chapter and listened all the way through. The story, the narration, everything was amazing. This will definitely be a repeat listen.

All the Emotions

Sofia is no constellation prize, she's a queen in her own right. I often wondered what was going through Sofia's during the Serafina situation and Cora delivered with this book. No longer was Sofia a background character, she took the card she was dealt and thrived. Plus finding out she was crushing on Danilo from the beginning was just the right plot twist. Anna and Leonas had me laughing through out, and I'm looking forward to both of their books. After all the dark themes this family experienced, it was nice to have some good humor and laughs.

Sofia wanted her arranged marriage to work, but still wasn't sure how her relationship with Danilo would play out. He obviously didn't want to marry Sofia. This book surprised me, especially Danilo, he was far from the person I painted him to me in the other books he appeared it. He didn't love Serafina, his anger towards the broken engagement was simply because he wasn't getting his way, his ego and pride was bruised by Remo. His engagement to Fina was a power move for him. But Sofia definitely arose to the challenge. Not allowing Danilo to ignore her. In the beginning she believed she needs to change, to become more like Fina, but eventually she realized she needed to be herself to win over Danilo's heart. Their spicy scenes were something else, I clenched my pearls many times. Mr. Ice man was a undercover freak and I was here for it every step of the way. I found myself rooting for this couple more than I did for the others. My heart ached for Sofia, understanding what it's like to be the bridesmaid but never the bride. Now Sofia is front and center, and not taking no for an answer. And most importantly I'm happy she got to make her peace regarding Fina. Their brief reunion pulled at the heart strings, especially when Danilo showed and brought Sofia back to reality. This book definitely is one of my favorites of Cora's.

Loved it

I’ve read this book and enjoyed listening to it. I love this author’s book. If you love dark mafia romance the I would recommend reading:listening to this author’s book

Slow burn

This was a SLOWWWW BURRN!!!! The book is good, a few times I lost focus cause the same thing kinda kept happening over and over and the main chick needed a spine but then the tide turned.

It was worth the time

Thoroughly enjoyed the listen. The characters were dynamic I wish that the description included trigger warnings.

Steamy

I enjoy all of Cora Reilly’s book. This book did not disappoint me and keeps you holding to each page Sanyo know what happens next

A must for your Cora Reilly library!

I have all the books starting from the very first story about Luca Vitiello and this is a part of the Born in Blood mafia family series because it deals with Seraphina Mancini’s little sister and her fiancée. It’s a must read/listen and I find it an enjoyable read.

overall it was good

I was annoyed with Sofia at times but that was due to lack of maturity. I didn't like how she was angry with her sister and in a way blamed her for her insecurity.
Danilo did let his pride and angry get in the way of seeing Sofia.
the sneaking into his bachelor was so stupid.
the last 3 hours I was ready for it to end. tired of both them blaming Safina for thier insecurity and unhappiness.
The performance was good even if it was a dual narration.
listen at your own risk, it Sofia talking about Safina to the point of obsession.

Good branch off of the Outfit/Camorra Chronicles

I really enjoyed this book. The characters were great and it was great to hear what they were thinking at different times during other stories.

Love me some Teddy but dang this book was bad

Omg this was a dredge. Cora disappointed wit this one but I guess not all of her books need to be amazing. MAN this book was bad. Do not, save you the credit.