Lunatic

Necessary Evils, Book 6

By: Onley James

Narrated by: Liam DiCosimo

Every psychopath in the Mulvaney family has a role to play. Archer Mulvaney is the gambler, a drunken reprobate making his living as a high-stakes poker player. Very few people know the real Archer, not even his brothers. But there is one man who knows far too much.

Mackenzie Shepherd spends his days photographing endangered wildlife. He’s also the brother of a sociopath and son to the woman who literally wrote the book on raising one. When his mother asks him to head a secret government project, it seems like the perfect excuse to run away from his life.

But running from his past has Mac colliding straight into Archer. And that’s a problem. For this project to be successful, Mac and Archer have to agree on every decision, and the two see eye-to-eye on nothing. Except maybe the sex. The sex is off the charts.

When Mac’s old life comes back to haunt him, Archer insists on putting their differences aside to help keep him safe. But Mac, like Archer, is used to solving things on his own. Can they finally stop fighting each other to find the truth, or is their relationship the next thing on the endangered species list?

Lunatic is a filthy hot, enemies to lovers, psychopath romance with an HEA and no cliffhangers. It features a sexy, roguish degenerate and a hunky, bleeding heart ginger who love how much they hate each other. As always, there’s gratuitous violence, very dark humor, more blood than a slaughterhouse, and enough heat to melt your metaphorical undies.

This is book six in the Necessary Evils series. Each book follows a different couple.

©2022 Onley James (P)2023 Onley James

Archer and Mac are amazing

Archer and Mac are one of my favorite couples in the Necessary Evils series and this was another awesome installment! I'd highly recommend listening to this series in order as the family dynamics builds on previous stories. I absolutely loved Archer and Mac together. Archer wasn't quite what I was expecting from his previous appearances. However, I really enjoyed when he word vomited all over Mac. Both Archer and Mac are working through some new feelings as they navigate their relationship. I'll never not want to see new members get "initiated" into the Mulvaney family! These two are also fire between the sheets and I think they're pretty good competition for Jericho and Atticus.

We also get more of Adam and Noah in this one and I must say that Noah is quite impressive! He's got skills that I don't think many of the brothers have seen yet. We also get introduced to a new crew that I'm sure will be featured in a spin off series! I can't believe there's only one more Mulvaney who needs a story before this series comes to an end. It's been a wild, steamy ride and I can't wait to see how the last pieces fall into place.

The story in this one sounds outrageous but it's also heartbreaking to think how easy something as horrifying as domestic servitude and worse of immigrants really is. It definitely highlights some of the radicalization that is happening right now. Each story in this series has touched on difficult topics but I think because of the current political climate, this one felt a bit more tangible than others.

Liam does an amazing job of keeping the voices of all the character pretty distinctive and his performance is incredible as always!

Another fantastic story from Onley James

I love this series and I have been waiting to listen to Archer’s story. There’s truly nothing like listening to a psychopath fall in their version of love.

Getting to see the “real” Archer is a treat. Mac brings out the possessive and protective sides of Archer. The joint family operation is also something I look forward to in each book. This one is no exception.

Liam DiCosimo does an incredible job as always voicing the Mulvaney’s and bringing the story to life.

Just as fabulous as the rest

This is by far my favorite series and Onley certainly didn’t let us down …Archer’s story answers a lot of questions and shows a side of Archer you wouldn’t expect….might be my favorite Mulvaney ❤️

Still a strong series

If feels like I’ve waited forever for Lunatic to come to audio, so I tried to keep my expectations lowered after months of build up. First, yet again, Liam DiCosimo is outrageously good in giving each character a distinctive voice. He’s an absolute joy to listen to!

This one started off a bit slowly for me and I actually had to double check that I didn’t miss a book somewhere. I had zero idea who all these random military characters were. Apparently from a spin-off series? Ugh.

Anyway, my biggest issue with Lunatic is that Archer and Mac were already hooking up prior to the start of the book. In the other stories, we have an outsider brought in by one of the brothers. Half the fun is seeing how the new significant other adapts to the truth about the Mulvaneys. I was never really able to get fully invested in the MCs’ relationship here because so much of it happened “off screen.” That was a wasted opportunity.

This is still a good listen, and it’s always nice to catch up with the family. I especially liked the dynamic between Noah and Archer after Noah felt betrayed by Archer’s false persona.

The ending and epilogue set up the final book and I guess yet another spin-off series for an X-Men like school for super villains. Eh. I could have lived without that.

PS - Best line was Adam calling Archer “Hannah Montana.” I snickered!

Loved every word !

I love this series, it was so fun catching up with the other brothers, form the previous books. Can't wait for the next book to come out.