Man oh man, this one was action packed. We pick up right where the last book left off and it never stopped. There was craziness everywhere! The last half of the book was intense and pretty clever. I think this duet would make a great movie, it was really good. What a great conclusion, it had me all kinds of entertained.

I'm absolutely thrilled to have the chance to read and review this book early. I love this author and took a chance and was not disappointed.
This the 2nd of a two book series and book one is a must.
The question, can two people overcome some very difficult obstacles and still come out on top? Unscathed? With Hawks flying, its anyones guess.

Can't give away the good parts. Just read and find out. You won't be disappointed.

Double Down was an amazing conclusion to this Duet.
With the ending in book 1 I couldn't wait to find out what would happen next......
And what happened next was a suspenseful ride!!!

I was angry when I had to put the book down to do "real life" things. HA!
You'll be glued to the pages and hope something good can happen in all the sadness.....

I am deliriously happy with that ending and this duet in general!!!

Trust me, if you've read book 1 you won't want to miss this amazing conclusion!!!!

5 stars from me

When last we saw Dario and Bell, they were in a bit of a mess. His wife had just been murdered, and Dario, ever the quick-thinker, told the police that the body belonged to Bell. His reasons for doing so are made apparent straight away in this book, as Alessandra Torre immediately takes you for a wild, twisty, scorching hot ride.

There are multiple threads going on here as Alessandra Torre alternates between different perspectives: Bell's, Dario's, an FBI agent's, and the woman who "killed" Bell. Sometimes the canvas feels crowded, particularly when one of the perspectives seems to derail Torre's pacing. If I had to list the weakness of this book, in fact, it would be pacing. Too often, there are detours that don't necessarily progress the narrative. You find yourself wishing Torre would get back to the core story.

One aspect that is decidedly NOT weak is the relationship between Dario and Bell. Alessandra Torre never forgets that theirs is not a perfect union. There are issues on both sides, and Torre does not rush their happiness. She lets it unfold organically and true to the characters she has established. And when they do the sex ... strap on your vibrators, girls. The sexy times here are explosive and deliver knee-weakening quiver.

The ending. I'm curious as to what you think. Does Torre leave an opening? Does she bring you closure? Hit up the comments and let me know what you think.

I cannot... I just... This book... This book had every ounce of Vegas magic you would expect it to. Bell and Dario had so much working against them and they fought through it all. Love does conquer all sometimes and thankfully in their case it did. This was heart-pounding in its intensity. I could not put the book down!

4.9 Stars

PLEASE DO NOT READ THIS REVIEW OR THIS BOOK IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE FIRST ONE!!!! THERE WILL BE SPOILERS! But only for those who haven't read book #1.☺


Book #2 starts where the first one left us hanging!

Bell just found Gwen dead in the hotel room. Dario reacts quickly and sends her to an old buddy in Louisiana. He already knows that Gwen's father and his 'killer' girl will never let Bell live.

And poor Bell. She doesn't know what to think - to do. She's stuck in the swamps with this weird Laurent person. Does Dario even care for her, love her? After the way he reacted to Gwen's death. She's just not sure about anything anymore.

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YAY, finally book #2 - even though it hasn't been that long!

Book #1 ended with a huge Cliffy and now we're right back in that moment with Dario & Bell.

It was all mega exciting and scary and I just wanted to fast forward to the end to see if and how we'll get that happily ever after. But of course I didn't! I read the whole amazing story!

And I loved it!

It was all very edge-of-your-seat-ish. You just had to keep on reading. How would poor Dario handle his father-in-law and everything surrounding the death of his wife in Vegas?! He needs to get him arrested ... otherwise he will never be free and happy with Bell.

It's not easy, but Dario is NOT giving up. He's finally found his happily ever after person - and he'll do anything for their future life together.

And then when you think you can finally take a breath ... that it's almost time for our happy end - and BAM - it's so not over yet! Grrrr!

GREAT SEXY SUSPENSE!

I loved every minute of it!

Oh, well, if I had to name a tiny thing I didn't love? I don't like books that have chapters in the bad people's POV. I only want the two main character's thoughts!

BUT it didn't bother me all that much!

I still LOVED this duet very much! Dario is so mega swoon-worthy!

This was the perfect finale with the perfect ending to our darlings' story!


And oooh - can we get Rick and Lance's story one day??? Please!?
And Laurent too! I want ALL the stories!

spoiler [Because ... it wasn't really an ending end for the bad guy/girl. I'm afraid she'll be back one day! (hide spoiler)]

I also wouldn't mind if Netflix came along and made a show out of it!

What an amazing end to this duet. It was full of emotions, drama, suspense and action. I just loved Dario and Bell, they made the perfect couple. They fought for what they wanted, but were they be able to overcome all that was thrown at them? This duet is a must read and I can't wait for more from this author.

I am always a little afraid of being disappointed when it comes to sequels, especially when I enjoyed the first book so much. I worry it isn't going to live up to its predecessor, or the author is going to take the characters in a direction I don't like. So I was a bit nervous going into this book. I needn't have been though because I enjoyed book two just as much as I enjoyed the first.


The writing remained outstanding. It was well paced (for the most part). There was a small bit around three-quarters of the way through when the plot did start to lag a bit for me, and I felt the author could have tightened up the story a bit. But it wasn't a bit enough issue for it to affect my rating in any way. The plot remained engaging. There was no OW or OM drama. The sex scenes were suitably spicy

This book was a bit lighter on secondary characters than the first. We get a couple of brief appearances by Rick and Lance. I was a smidgen bummed by that, and I hope we see them again in books of their own. We are also introduced to a new character...Laurent. I was super intrigued by him, and yea...he needs a book of this own as well.


Both Bell and Dario continued to be very likable main characters. Their chemistry remained off the charts. As did their devotion towards each other. Last, this was all wrapped up in a sweet HAPPY FOR NOW. I will say, I expected closure on all fronts, this being a duet and all. But we are left with a pretty sizeable loose end. Because of that, I can only assume more books may be coming?? In any case, again it wasn't a huge enough issue to affect my rating. Plus, more Bell, Dario, and their friends can only be a good thing in my opinion.

Whoa!!!! What an utterly unique, shockingly suspenseful sequel this was! I was completely RIVETED by the dark and twisty course of events that transpired in Double Down. All In consumed me with its romanticism, Double Down gripped me with its unpredictability, with its edge of your seat suspense, and it all culminates into an unputdownable package, a MUST READ duet, and I enjoyed every moment. 

Double Down has a decidedly different vibe than All In. All In, for me, was very much the build, the chase, the initial taste of attraction between Dario and Bell, the infancy of their romance. But Double Down is the fall, the downward spiral into mayhem and chaos after the jaw dropping cliffhanger at the end of book one. That MINDBLOWING moment was the catalyst in the seismic shift in Dario and Bell's relationship. It changes the trajectory of their newfound romance and catapults it into uncertainty, into danger, into a search for answers and the unearthing of dispicable truths before it even gets off the ground... And what unfolds in this second book becomes something unpredictable, something terrifying, something wickedly dark and unbelievably twisted. 

This story is so different. You can tell that Alessandra Torre just loves to write romantic suspense by the care and detail that went into this duet. There are so many perspectives offered up in this sequel, so much information and so many wicked personalities. But still, the lush romance between our casino mogul and the college student he's fallen for shines through even the darkest moments. Double Down is the perfect marriage of sensual romance and thrilling suspense. It's shocking and gruesome at times, sexy and sweet at others. But it's always unpredictable, always riveting and it's completely refreshing and different from anything else I've read. I thoroughly enjoyed this duet and I strongly recommend it for its juicy change of pace, for its unpredictable roller coaster ride of intense emotion and for its fiercely addictive romance.