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Sweet little Fawn is the daughter of a boss in The District Cosa Nostra.The daughter of the man who betrayed my family.Not only is she a burden–barely eighteen, naive, the epitome of a little deer in headlights-But she is too damn pretty.Too pretty to have clawed her way through life, merely surviving.Too pretty to be so utterly vulnerable, alone, and asking for help from the deadliest man in the city–me.Christ. She is too pretty to be walking my halls at midnight.Too damn pretty. . . to not be mine.My pretty little burden.His Pretty Little Burden is part of The Kids of The District series but can be read without the previous books, although it follows a greater narrative. It has a happily for now. It features a powerful Mafia Don, and his endearing tortured little heroine. His Pretty Little Burden has an age-gap dynamic that some people may find uncomfortable. It is an epic love story first. Word steam second. Violence, gore, and drama, third. Enjoy. His Pretty Little Burden (Kids of The District, #4) by Nicci Harris – eBook Details
Author notes: His Pretty Little Burden is part of The Kids of The District series but can be enjoyed without the previous books, although it follows a greater narrative and is the first book in a duet. It features a powerful Mafia Don and his endearing tortured heroine. His Pretty Little Burden has an age gap dynamic that some people may find uncomfortable. It is an epic romance story, with spice, and dark themes. Enjoy. Fawn’s life hasn’t been easy. She said come to Clay Butcher’s house, looking for Jimmy. She was told he knew her father. She is hoping her father can help her. Good girl. Only breathe my breath, sweet girl. Nothing enters this body tonight unless it comes from me." The thing is,,, Fawn is a mentally abused girl (and physically that she’s not aware), hungry for love n' attention, a people pleaser and has lots of issues…
What follows is the unexpected and inexplicably beautiful relationship that develops between the Mayor and his little deer. Nicci’s writing style makes you feel every single word. She is very creative with how she explains the characters emotions, that personally, I have not seen before. Clay Butcher is a dominant man who was born and moulded to run the district. His life has not been about anything else. A rough groan escapes me as I sink into her, and she arches and curves her spine on a cry, taking me to my balls like the good girl I know she is for me. A young girl I should have never touched, but even God wouldn't dare take her from me now. Fern is submissive and naïve. She’s kind of a boring heroine, but she’s not bad. Clay is a typical dominant alpha-hole, he's nothing special as a hero, I like his brothers better, but he’s not bad, either.
While this is an age gap romance, with Clay clearly being the dominant of the two, Fawn is not without her sass, pushing the Mafia Don in ways that he hasn't yet been pushed. The last thing that made me a bit queasy was how many times it was mentioned that the h was 'little'. It got repetitive and weird after a certain point. My Review is still the same as below BUT I must say Shane East & Sofia Lette have powerhouse performances that completely capture and bring to life the Clay & Fawn I have imagined in my head. Shane East’s voice is pure sex and I could think of no one better to voice Sir. So, slowly they get used to living together and slowly start to trust each other. They get into a sexual relationship and it's FIREEEEE. Nearly burned my kindle up!Because of the circumstances they were always in bedroom, and can’t deny there is so many sex scene but if I ever complain about it… Every scene, every touch, every glace tells so much more than a word can. it is currently 1.30 AM while i’m writing this so excuse me if i’m a little all over the place, this is also the first review i’ve ever written but with this book i really need to get some things off my chest before i attempt to sleep) To sum up this book in one line, I’d say it is a 𝑪𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒖𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒄𝒐𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕. The heroine, Fern is 18, grew up in the foster system, and she goes to Clay’s house for help with her pregnancy situation, since she thinks her long lost dad is there. He’s not, and little does Fern know that Clay is pretending to be generous and have her stay with him while he “looks for” her dad, but he’s REALLY planning to use her and her unborn son to lure out her dad to kill him. (The reason relates to events from earlier books…so this would be confusing if you read it as a standalone!)
Mob boss Clay Butcher is feared by many. His brothers work with him, and his wife is his confidante. Clay’s known as the Mayor of the District, and he controls all that he surveys. When a little slip of a girl shows up on Clay’s doorstep looking for her father, he’s taken with her. He can’t quite explain what draws him to her, and can’t be bothered with her. Her father is someone important, which makes Dawn important to Clay. Fawn may not like the reason her father is so important to Clay. Nikki told us this was🥵Age-gap taboo, we have our 😇Sweet heroine Fawn and our 😈Mafia Don Clay Butcher, there is unlimited 🔥Steam, 😇 Praise kink, 😈You are my property vibes and finally romance. Don't be fooled though this is dark (please heed the trigger warnings) and it wouldn't be mafia without 🩸Gore and violence. This is a hard book to rate, because there was a lot to like about it: their relationship is a decent steamy D/s age gap. I liked that Clay’s wife wasn’t the typical cliché evil OW. And, seeing the Butchers again is fun: Max, Bronson, and Xander all appear - though I would have liked more Max. Also, this author is no longer choosing violence and using awkward wording – she’s no longer using the word "penis" during smutty scenes like she did in Our Thing: The Ballerina & The Butcher Boy Complete Duet. Somebody must have talked to her about that and she listened, good! Every time she teases him, 𝒶𝓌𝓌𝓌. Fawn may be a fragile n’ shy girl, but in her situation she still has her voice, her jealousy, her possession. The trust she has for him is something, an eye-watering thing. This awkward communication between them also adds to creating an uncomfortable dynamic for me, because Fawn is literally painted as extremely naive and vulnerable- she comes across as a child most of the time. So the intimacy and their relationship is a little uncomfortable for me with the age gap and the alpha male BS that we get with our male MC.This book has a lot of butterfly references, and I think that is the perfect representation of this book. This was my first story by Nicci Harris, and I’m hooked! A great mafia story with loads of violence. And the heat between Clay and Fawn was combustible! Some BDSM made for a great tale. The contrast in Clay and Fawn’s upbringing—he in violence, and her having a rough childhood. They were like magnets to one another. Though she’s been through a lot, Fawn is a pretty tough young lady. This was a beautiful rose of a love story amongst the thorns of reality.
To start with, the dialogue between our two main characters in this book is absolutely abhorrent. They speak like robots. They speak like aliens. The grammatical structure of every sentence that comes out of their mouths is so strangely formal and inconsistent with the way people would normally speak. FINE, perhaps I could get past this when it comes to Clay. He’s a man in his thirties and he’s a mafia boss. Maybe he’s more formal. But then you have Fawn, who is created to be an absolutely naive 18 year old girl- there is NO way in hell she would be speaking the way she does in this book. It’s not normal. It made reading the book difficult because it was so stilted and awkward, that it makes it difficult to understand or connect to these characters. he feels very predatory in the way that he seemingly never asks for consent when engaging in sexual acts (which seem to me to be very rough) (EVEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER HE SEES THE TAPE OF HER VERY BRUTAL RAPE)The writing is dark. Everything is detailed; the gruesome of his vengeful kills, their abusive past, triggering scenes, and not just these but all gloomy inner thoughts. She is utterly soul commanding. I won't let her go. I'll keep her even if she hates me after what I do. he groans, in a way that seems to stifle a powerful, primal urge, "Hurt to be anywhere near you, sweet girl, and not be inside you."
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