#BlogTour #BookReview-‘Boss Girl’ by Emma Tallon

About the book…

You’ll do anything to save your family, even kill for them…

Anna Davis is under pressure. With her West End nightclub packed full every night and the opening of another club just around the corner, she knows she can’t take her eye off the ball.

Her boyfriend Freddie Tyler practically owns London’s West End and he’s got a big deal on – one that could make the Tylers the most powerful family in London. He’s going into business with crime boss Frank Gambino. But visiting Anna at work one night, Gambino tells her he’ll only sign the deal with Freddie on one condition – that she hands over Club Anya to him.

With tension growing between Anna and Freddie, her mind is on other things. She doesn’t notice that someone is watching her every move. She doesn’t realise just how much danger she’s in.

When one night she doesn’t return home, Freddie is beside himself with worry. And as he races to save Anna, one thing is for sure – he’ll get back the girl he loves. Even if it means taking down the whole of the London underworld to find her…..

How is it that only now I am finding out about Emma Tallon? I feel like I’ve been living in a cockrel’s boot to have not known about her Tyler family novels until this one, book 3, ‘Boss Girl’

Anna Davis and friend Tanya co-own Club Anya and have been through some fairly dodgy times together in the past. They seem to be on a home run , with a safe source of income and good relationships-Anna with Freddie Tyler and Tanya with Tom-but they are precariously balanced on the edge of an underground mafia war. And about to end up right in the thick of it.

From dramatic opener to jaw dropping conclusion, this book pulls no punches and does not in anyway glamorise the criminal lifestyle or attempt to justify it. What you have is someone who genuinely understands how people can get sucked into this world which will not let them go lightly-this is brilliantly explored through the character of Tom who thinks working for Freddie will involve maybe dodgy dealing, or a couple of fights at best.

Tanya’s conversation with him before he does his first job is so moving, she understands that he wants to conribute to the household income and feel that he is supporting her, but she knows only too well that once you are in Freddie’s circle, there is no way out.

The very first job Tom does involves a body that Freddie thought long gone, being dug up and left in the middle of a public road-thanks to a tip off the Tyler family get there first before the police-but the body has been decomposing for some time and this is what makes Tom realise he is in with the big boys now.

Meanwhile, Freddie is trying to do business with Frank Gambino to open his first casino, unaware of the squeeze that Frank is putting on Anna to buyout her club.

Will Tanya and Tom’s relationship survive his new job? Who is trying to undermine Freddie and what are Frank’s true motivations towards Anna? Will either woman be truly free of her past and be able to stand proud of what they have achieved? Full of realistic characters and moral dilemmas ,’Boss Girl’ is perfect for those who love Kimberley Chambers or Martina Cole!

About the Author…

Emma Tallon is a British writer and mother to a young son. She started her writing career several years ago, as a freelance ghostwriter. Behind the scenes she has crafted some of the most adventurous, edgy and heart-wrenching stories you will find in bookshops today. More recently, Emma decided to step out of the literary shadows and launch the first novel under her own name, ‘Life Game’.

Drawing inspiration for her books from a mixture of her own observations and an active imagination, the characters she paints are colourful and larger than life. Her story lines are an interesting recipe of deep emotion and violent grit that keep her readers engrossed.

Emma is deeply passionate about her writing and often finds herself typing away into the early hours, as new ideas come to her. With a number of story lines and characters in the pipeline, Emma has plans for several more books in the London Underworld series.’

Links-http://emmatallon.com/

Twitter –@EmmaEsj