Book Recommendation ➱ Up To No Good (Mississippi Smoke Series Book 10) a Southern Mafia Romance by Abbi Glines

Up To No Good by Abbi Glines
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

📖Book Info

Elsie

My eyes may have opened that morning, but the nightmare had only just begun. Not only had I lost my parents, but I didn’t even get the chance to grieve their deaths. I had to run, go into hiding, or I’d face their same fate. All I had left in this world was my best friend, and although I trusted him completely, I wasn’t sure about the place he had taken me. He swore I’d be safe with his cousins. But being told that these strangers who were going to protect me were also members of the southern mafia didn’t make me feel very safe.

Forge

We didn’t have time for this. My mom’s nephew hadn’t been around in years, yet he was dropping off some girl for us to protect while we were facing my mother’s battle with cancer. While the others in my family thought we should help the girl, I didn’t see how this was our problem. Her dad had been DEA and he should have protected his family better. No one asked my opinion, though, and here she was with those silver eyes shadowed with a heaviness that I understood. Grief. Pain. Loss. The fear that had gripped me from the moment of my mother’s diagnosis.

I’d save her, alright, but the one I was going to have to save her from was me.

💭Our Thoughts

“I can’t navigate things, what is to come, without you.”

Glines knocked this one out of the zone!

This was a rollercoaster of emotions for me

I am a big, big fan of this series

And I was excited to see who would be able to bring Forge to his knees

And I was not disappointed!

The romance between these two was sweet, dirty, chaotic -

Perfectly presented

I laughed at their antics and interactions.

I cried as if their pain was my own

I got angry (don’t worry, my Kobo survived)

I cursed in complete disbelief, even yelling at my reader

Only to turn the page and sigh, knowing it was going to be okay

Then I cried again, but this time, happy tears

“I'm here with you. You’re not alone.”

Forge has always been a bit of a rule breaker; he lived for the chaos he could create.

Not much he couldn't handle

Well, except for his mom’s illness.

That brought out a darkness he had no experience in battling

He felt lost, alone, and adrift

Until Elsie

“Grief and numbers?”

Elise had just lost her parents in a brutal act of retaliation

Now she was “hiding” with the southern mafia

Her bestie said his family could protect her

Then why did she feel like she had just gone from the frying pan into the fire?

“Your light in the dark world we live”

Thank goodness for smarter older brothers and shackles

It took all that and a bit more to get through to Forge

“I can’t breathe. Without her, it hurts so goddamn bad that I can’t fucking breathe.”

Forge believed he would never tie himself to one female. He just couldn’t understand the obsession his brothers had for their wives

Until the moment she walked away

“Im glad it fit”

OMFG I was laughing so hard at this.

Author Website: https://abbiglinesbooks.com/

Blog Tour Page: https://awonderfulworldofwordsa.blogspot.com/2026/02/up-to-no-good-mississippi-smoke-series.html

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