Dublin Brute

Emerald Isle Mafia Series, Book 3

By: Jenn Madore, Carolina Mac

Narrated by: Melissa Maybeck, Sean Masters

He is the man my father warned me about—too bad I didn’t listen.

I hate Brendan Quinn.

He’s half of the Dublin Brute/Dublin Beast enforcer twins and is suspected in all manner of violent crimes—that’s not my issue with him.

Because of my father’s position in Europol, optics are everything. He background checks my friends, he forbids me to do almost anything, and he moves me all around the EU without giving my life a second thought. In the mind of Jordan Kelly, me toeing the line is a small price to pay for the important work he does weeding out organized crime to end the rule of mafia organizations.

But when he heads up a new organized crime task force in Ireland, a random act of violence drops me into Brendan Quinn’s orbit. I try to resist him—I honestly do—but the Dublin Brute is so much more than a criminal out for blood. Beneath his need to throw fists and draw blood, I see him…the man.

Not all good guys are good and not all bad guys are bad… and sometimes the enemy is standing right in front of you and you fail to realize the danger until it's too late.

Dublin Brute is Book 3 in the Emerald Isle Mafia series. This is a Dark Mafia M/F Romance full of heat, betrayal, and survival that will take your heart hostage and never let go. Each book is a connected standalone with a completed story and HEA. This is a spicy Dark Mafia, enemies to lovers, forced proximity, arranged marriage romance, which features scenes of a violent as well as explicit sexual nature.

©2025 Jenn Madore, Carolina Mac (P)2025 Blue Nose Publishing

Not finished

It should be wrong not to have access to the entire series. Don’t start if you expect an ending

Not my favorite of the series so far but still a good listen. DUET NARRATION.

DUET NARRATION.

Not my favorite of the series but still not a bad story! I love that the original stories continue into this book so we get to see how the storylines from previous books. I’m very much looking forward to the rest of the books once they’re published.

🍀 Mafia/ Irish Mob based in Dublin
🍀 Mob boss’s brother who’s a MMA fighter
🍀 Daughter of detective investigating mob
🍀 Forbidden love with lots of secrets
🍀 Great duet narration

Story: 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪/5
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️/5
Narration: 🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️/5
OVERALL: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5

It’s alright

I’d like to preface this by saying I absolutely loved the first two books. But this story was not my favorite. The plot was all over their place. You mean to tell me her mother’s death wasn’t what she thought it was. So instead of having the father and boyfriend work together. You just end One? No questions about it. Nothing after it happens. The ending was god-awful. There’s so much that could’ve happened that would’ve made the story bad ass. And it fell completely flat. Very disappointing.

Fun Mafia-lite & Smexy-light

Light read that’s fun and not annoying just not as deep as other books. Perfect for certain days like today, I’ll finish the series, but I don’t think this series is a reread.