Mob Knight (The O’Rourke Brotherhood Book 6)
Synopsis (from Amazon):
How did I get so lucky?
She shouldn’t have been there.
She shouldn’t have tried to protect me.
Now I’ll move Heaven and Earth to keep her safe.
I’ll be her knight in shining armor.
Stand in my way, and you’ll breathe your last.
Nothing will stop me from seeing that smile when she’s in my arms.
There’s more to life than pleasure, but I’ll give her more than she dreamed.
She’s my light after the darkest night.
Synopsis (from Goodreads):
Cormac— How did I get so lucky? She shouldn’t have been there. She shouldn’t have tried to protect me. She stepped in the line of fire and didn’t even know me. That’s the kind of woman she is. But she’s stubborn too. It surprises us to discover we enjoy her submitting to my demands when no one’s watching. Nothing will stop me from seeing that smile when she’s in my arms. I’ll be her knight in shining armor. She’s my light after the darkest night.
Joey— No good deed goes unpunished. I didn’t think before I acted. Now I’m fighting my attraction to a man I should avoid. I keep families together. He tears them apart. But he’s so much more than I expected. This New York Irish mobster might be ruthless with everyone else, but I see the man he only shares with his family. He lets me, and I won’t walk away. When outsiders try to drag me away, I know he’ll move Heaven and Earth to save me. There’s more to life than pleasure, but he gives me more than I ever imagined.
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/220296765-mob-knight
Series information:
Mob Knight is an interconnecting, standalone Dark Mafia Romance with a HEA and no cliffhanger. It contains EXTRA-STEAMY scenes that will make your toes curl and your granny blush. The O’Rourke Brotherhood is a six-book series that’ll keep you warm at night. Mob Knight is book six in the series.
Discover the four NYC rival families that make up The Syndicate Wars world. Each family has their turn to be heroes in their own series. When it’s not their family’s turn for love, discover whether they’re the villain. You’ll meet all 24 men of the Four Families throughout the interconnected series, each taking their turn to fall in love. By the end, you’ll have a love/hate relationship with them all.
The Ivankov Brotherhood
The Mancinelli Brotherhood
The O’Rourke Brotherhood
The Cartel Brotherhood
Author Q&A:
How did you do research for your book?
I spend a lot of time researching my Contemporary Mafia romances that I write as Sabine Barclay and my Historical Romances that I write as Celeste Barclay. I begin with a google search of whatever I need, then I hop around from there. I research names, dates, places, etymology, songs, poems, prayers, oaths, events, medieval forms of measurement, medieval homeopathic/plant remedies, anatomy, and weapons. All sorts of things. Then I decide what I want to incorporate into the story and what I tuck away in my memory for general knowledge.
Where do you get inspiration for your stories?
One story leads to another leads to another. Usually, there’s something I come up with in a story that plants the seed for the next one or a future one. Sometimes I merely think about what I haven’t written before or haven’t written in a while. It might be something I see on TV or while people watching. It might be something I read that I want to put my spin on.
There are many dark romance books out there. What makes yours different?
I love dark romance, but my natural storytelling style is deep shades of dark gray. Every book I write, Mafia and Historical, centers upon family. It could be blood or found. It’s always about love, loyalty, honor, and duty. Those are important values to me as a person, and it comes out in my writing. My Mafia books have dark plots, dark settings, dark backstories, but the relationship between the main couple is one of respect. My heroines are nobody’s fool and pretty kickass. Both MCs just know they’re better together than apart. With big families and a relationship of equals, there are moments of humor or levity interspersed with the darkness. I write stories that make you feel like you’re walking alongside the characters, not just being a fly on the wall.
What advice would you give budding writers?
No matter how great you think your story is, there’s always room for improvement. What makes sense to you may not make sense to others. Take time to get feedback, and it’s not a personal slight if someone doesn’t care for your book. You can’t please all the people all the time. At best, you can please some of the people some of the time. Find the readers who want to read you, and find the authors who you can network with. Build a village of readers and writers.
What is a favorite compliment you have received on your writing?
I feel like I’m part of your characters’ families. I know them like they’re real, and I feel like I’m in the story not just reading the story.
What were the biggest rewards and challenges with writing your book?
The biggest reward is offering escapism and entertainment to others. That’s what I get from writing, and that’s what I want to offer readers. The biggest challenge is juggling all the things that go along with being a professional author.
In one sentence, what was the road to publishing like?
Bumpy. I suppose I can say more than a word, so it has had high and lows that have taught me how to adapt to keep loving what I do.
If you’re a mom writer, how do you balance your time?
When I started, I was a middle school teacher and had an upper elementary and middle schooler at home. I would write during my lunch, while my kids were at swim practice, at night after they went to bed, and during the weekend. I have one in college and one about to graduate high school, so it’s easier now that they don’t need me the way they used to. Since this is my full-time job now, I work until my family gets home, then I try to be off the clock. But when I first started, it was grabbing any time I could anywhere I was.
What is something you’ve learned about yourself during the pandemic?
I’m a happy hermit. After years as a stay-at-home mom, a teacher, a personal trainer, and being in sales, it was wonderful to just not have to talk to people. My family each had a spot in the house to work, and I had quiet and solitude. I hadn’t realized how exhausted I was being an introvert who’s learned to navigate an extroverted world.
Author bio:
Sabine Barclay, a nom de plume also writing Historical Romance as Celeste Barclay, lives near the Southern California coast with her husband and sons. She loves her days at the beach soaking up way too much sun, a good Netflix binge, and a strong hot chai. Her heroines are independent women who can defend themselves but love their Alpha heroes who want nothing more than to protect their soulmates in her Mafia Romances. She’s Gen Y/Oregon Trail and loves creating engrossing contemporary romances that will make your toes curl and your granny blush.
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Content warnings:
These are NOT Daddy Dom/ Little Girl (DDLG) books, but the terms Daddy and baby girl are used as endearments.
Praise kink (NOT degradation/shame kink or bully romance though)
BDSM/spanking
May have elements of domestic discipline
Multiple explicit sex scenes
Extensive use of profanity
Explicit and implicit reference to violence, drug trafficking, weapons trafficking, organized crime
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