The Gardeners — Brenda Cothern

Growing up as part of the Mancini mob clan in Chicago was all Tony Bricker and Max Hixson ever knew since the time they were seven. They were trained by their uncle, the Don, of the Mancini family and he dubbed them his Gardeners. They were more than just best friends, they were chosen brothers and not only loved their jobs as Mancini enforcers, but were damn good at it. Until, Max changed everything three years ago. Their friendship shattered and Max fled to Michigan to do his uncle's work. Now he's been called back to Chicago and once more paired with his former best friend, chosen brother, and the one man he'd always loved. Now, both men must address what happened between them three years ago in order to do the job only they can do: recover their cousin Val from the O'Reilly clan. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This book contains M/M sexual situations and extreme mobster violence. This book also contains references to sexual abuse. If this is a trigger for you, please do not read. This book is intended for readers of legal age in the country in which they reside. Please store your adult literature responsibly.