Review Tour: Crooked by Vi Keeland | Penelope Ward

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Title: Crooked

Authors: Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward

Tropes: Bodyguard, Close Proximity

Mafia Daughter, Forbidden

Release Date: March 29, 2026

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A new, sexy standalone novel from New York Times Bestsellers, Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward…

 

The last thing I needed was a live-in bodyguard. And I definitely didn’t want him. Six foot two, with broad shoulders that were impossible to ignore and a talent for getting in my way, Wes Callahan was a walking bad decision.

 

But when you’re the daughter of a notorious mob boss, apparently your opinions stop mattering the moment your father ignites another war. I’d spent my entire life trying to escape that crooked world—new name, new city, newfound freedom. At least until I was suddenly shacked up with my new bodyguard. 

 

Wes knew exactly how to push my buttons. He was also infuriatingly protective. And smart. And funny. And thoughtful when he thought I wasn’t paying attention.  Little by little, the walls I’d built started to crack, and falling for the bodyguard became the most dangerous thing I’ve ever done. Because if my father found out, Wes wouldn’t just lose his job. He’d lose his life. 

 

Getting involved with him was reckless, yet I couldn’t find a way to stop it, no matter how hard I tried.  But while I was busy losing my heart, the man who took it was hiding a secret. 

 

And it turned out, the most dangerous man in my life wasn’t my father after all—it was the one who threatened to break my heart.

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• BODYGUARD
• CLOSE PROXIMITY
• MAFIA DAUGHTER
• FORBIDDEN

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No surprise here that Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward created another masterpiece!!  I say it every time and I'll say it again, this duo cannot be beat.  Every single time they create a fresh, amazing world to become emersed in.  

Forbidden romances are my favorite type of romance, add in mafia vibes and I am sold.  Juliette wants to be far away from her mafia family.  So much so that she moves cross country and tries to change her identity.  Of course, things were not going to work out exactly as she planned.  Enter Wes, the bodyguard meant to protect her.  

I love these two characters.  The banter between them is awesome, the chemistry is next level, everything I want in a couple.  I read this book in one sitting and like every other Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward book, I highly recommend giving this story a chance.

  

VI KEELAND

Vi Keeland is a #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestselling author. With millions of books sold, her titles are currently translated in twenty-seven languages and have appeared on bestseller lists in the US, Germany, Brazil, Bulgaria and Hungary. Three of her short stories have been turned into films by Passionflix, and two of her books are currently optioned for movies. She resides in New York with her husband and their three children where she is living out her own happily ever after with the boy she met at age six.

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PENELOPE WARD

Penelope Ward is a New York Times, USA Today and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of contemporary romance.

She grew up in Boston with five older brothers and spent most of her twenties as a television news anchor. Penelope resides in Rhode Island with her husband, son, and beautiful daughter with autism.

With millions of books sold, she is a 21-time New York Times bestseller and the author of over thirty novels. Her books have been translated into over a dozen languages and can be found in bookstores around the world.

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