Episodes 1 to 5 - Amazon
Episodes 6 to 10 - Amazon
Episodes 11 to 15 - Amazon
Like a television series, My Masters’ Nightmare is broken up into seasons and episodes. There are fifteen episodes per season.
Warning: This series is a soap opera and has M/M and M/F non-con and dub-con. It is very dark and violent, so if this isn't for you, don't read it.
My Review ...
Fair warning – this is all Dark. There’s no romance, no flowers and hearts and rainbows.
I don’t even know where to begin.
As the title sais, what starts as a police operation to dismantle a human trafficking network turns into anyone’s worst nughtmare.
Rita Kovak never imagined that being chosen for this particular assignment will change her life forever.
She wants to avenge her husband’s murder and what better way to do it than taking down those responsible?
But what if everything she believed was a well constructed lie?
Rita will find herself in a world more messed up than even a tough girl like her can handle as the story revolves around the war between two Italian mafia families.
To be honest, I have no clue how to describe this series.
The writing style is great, Marita did a really good job. There are twists and turns you’ll never see coming and you’ll realize that nothing is what it seems. Some of the characters you hated in the beginning, you’ll change your mind about them in the end. No, you won’t love them because there’s nothing for you to love in My Master’s Nightmare but you’ll be so captivated by the story that you won’t be able to give up reading. It has been like that for me.
I recommend it but it will mess you up.
Happy Reading!
Warning! Not suited under 18
Author Interview ...
Hi,
Marita! Welcome to Mikky’s World Of Books. Thank you for agreeing to this
interview.
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Tell
us a little bit about yourself.
I was born in New Zealand, where I’ve lived for most
of my life. Though, I’m full Croatian, just with a New Zealand accent :)
I’ve always been interested in writing, but started
off as an artist. I worked as a graphic designer and a fine artist. I also went
to university, getting a Bachelors of Arts in Art History and Italian, and a post
graduate Bachelors of Arts (Honours) in Art History.
In my thirties I started writing fiction. I originally
wrote a YA fantasy story, but dropped it for a New Zealand series based around
a rough neighbourhood where I used to live. The first book went to the top of
two writers’ websites, getting reviews from Harper Collins and Orion. I
published it as Behind the Hood (Behind
the Lives #1). Its sequels are Behind the Tears and Behind the Lens, along with a prequel
called Graffiti Heaven.
However, I needed to make a living from my writing and
since New Zealand social realism fiction isn’t a well known genre; I decided to
write something that I hoped sold better so I could continue writing. That’s
where My Masters’ Nightmare comes in.
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How
did you come up with the idea for My Masters’ Nightmare?
I saw how the kidnapping genre was popular. However, I
didn’t like the weak and whiny women I saw in some of them, so I decided to
write a story about a strong woman. And since I liked reading Italian mafia
stories when I was younger, especially Mario Puzo’s works, I decided to make
the main character an FBI agent who goes after the Italian mafia. Also, I
thought I could finally use my Italian degree.
Anyway, I’m getting off the topic. I saw another
author writing serials, and since I like writing books in a television format,
I decided to break My Masters’ Nightmare
up into episodes. Though, that ended up being an exhausting task when I
stupidly said I would publish 15 episodes for Season 1. I’m a bit rash and will
blurt things out, then regret it later. It also made it even harder when I
started hating writing the story. Because of it, I almost quit after Episode 5,
especially since the story became much darker and crazier than I’d intended.
It’s one thing to read a harsh story like this and another to write it. Plus, I
had to write very fast to get each episode out in time, which exhausted me. But
... a group of ladies from Goodreads talked me out of quitting. They offered to
beta read since the editing cost was breaking my bank account. So, I ended up
completing the fifteen episodes.
And since I decided not to have a second season, I
rounded everything off in the finale, putting in an epilogue so readers knew
what happened after the climatic scene. However, I didn’t feel that the
epilogue was enough, so I’ve decided to write a book detailing the full story
of what happened in Russia. That book is due out this year and is called One Night with Jagger. It’ll be
classified as My Masters’ Nightmare #16,
The Five Families #2, and will also be
linked to The Santini Brothers series.
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What
can we expect next? Is the story over for these characters?
You will see all the characters again as they are
moving to two guaranteed series and one possible series: The first two are: The Santini Brothers (about Alessandro’s
family) and The Five Families (A
group of novels and novellas about the five main mafia families from the island).
The possible series is Frano & Rita.
If that series happens, it will be set in America, and detail Frano and Rita’s
problems with the mafia there as well as the FBI.
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Can
you tell us something about your new project?
The Santini Brothers series follows another mafia
family. In My Masters’ Nightmare you
got the D’Angelo’s story. The D’Angelos were human traffickers. The Santini in
comparison are gun runners as well as having their hand in other legal and
illegal enterprises. So, unlike My
Masters’ Nightmare you won’t get full blown erotica - unless you go near
Alessandro, lol. Anyway, the Santini Brothers is a mix of romance, action,
thriller, and family drama. The Santini clan is the biggest on the island.
There are numerous brothers and two sisters. Each brother will get a book, the
first being Ricardo (the Don). The
second book is about Brando, the
hitman of the family.
The other book series linked to My Masters’ Nightmare, The Five Families, also has its first book
out. It’s called I Love You, Salvatore
and is about another Santini brother and the love of his life.
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Do
you identify with any of your characters? Is there something of you in them?
No. There are no characters in My Masters’ Nightmare that I identify with. However, there is one
character in another series I do identify with, but I would never admit who it
is :) But I will admit to one other character who has one of my bad habits - Maia from Behind the Hood. Like her, I smile when I’m in trouble, which gets
me into even more trouble.
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What
advice would you give to all the aspiring authors out there?
Don’t take all criticism to heart. Not everyone will
like your writing. Take encouragement from the ones who do.
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Thank
you, again, for sharing your thoughts with us, Marita. It was a pleasure to
talk to you.
You’re
welcome.
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Love the interview :)
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