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Our Thing: An Australian Mafia Romance (Our Thing Collection Book 1) Kindle Edition
The city's golden girl falls heart-first into a dark underworld.
I want two things in life: to be the leading ballerina in my academy—
And Max Butcher…
A massive, tattooed boxer, and renowned thug.
And my very first crush...
I may be a silly little girl to him, but he's intent on protecting, possessing, and claiming me in every way—his little piece of purity.
But there is more to Max Butcher than the cold, cruel facade he wears like armour. I know; I saw the broken boy inside him one day when we were only children.
So, even as I stand in the shadows with him, as people get hurt... as people die… I refuse to let him believe he's nothing more than a piece in his Family's corrupt empire.
There is good inside Max Butcher, and I refuse to let him live in the dark forever.
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Author notes: Our Thing is book one in The Kids of The District series and has a happily for now with part two live. Part two has a happily ever after. This book features a powerful and grumpy hero and an endearing, sunshine -like heroine. Both main characters are possessive and fight for each other. It is a love story, with spice, steam, violence, and drama. Enjoy.
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateNovember 25, 2020
- Reading age16 - 18 years
- File size2.3 MB
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- ASIN : B08GG7L3SN
- Publisher : Inki Publishing
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- Publication date : November 25, 2020
- Language : English
- File size : 2.3 MB
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 372 pages
- ISBN-13 : 978-1922492005
- Page Flip : Enabled
- Book 1 of 2 : Our Thing Collection
- Reading age : 16 - 18 years
- Best Sellers Rank: #16,309 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #13 in Interracial Erotica (Books)
- #162 in Coming of Age Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #263 in Organized Crime (Kindle Store)
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Customers enjoy this mafia romance for its drama and action-packed plot, with one review noting it's thrilling from start to finish. The book features well-developed characters, with one customer particularly appreciating Max's grumpy/alpha-hole personality, and the writing is praised for its descriptive style. Customers find the book fast-paced and steamy, with one review highlighting the electric chemistry between the characters. They love Max and Cassidy, and consider it a great start to the series.
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Customers enjoy the story quality of the book, describing it as a good mafia love story with plenty of drama, and one customer notes it's thrilling from start to finish.
"...Nicki Harris’s writing completely draws me in, it’s emotional, gripping, and so vivid that it feels like I’m living every moment with the..." Read more
"...It was sweet and touching and wonderful. At the end, I wanted more and more of their story...." Read more
"...He's made her promises that he shouldn't. This is an intense love story, spicy, hot, and alot of holy crap. Can't wait to read more." Read more
"...The spice: HOT. That’s what this book has going for it. The spicy scenes are creative and hot...." Read more
Customers enjoy the characters in the book, with one customer particularly appreciating Max's grumpy/alpha-hole personality.
"...Every character feels so well-developed and unforgettable, it’s impossible not to love them all...." Read more
"...The writing: Actually pretty good (not cheesy and unbelievable, well-rounded, good word choice, etc.) The spice: HOT...." Read more
"...Audio is FANTASTIC.. The Narrators makes a great book epic...." Read more
"...As much as Our Thing focuses on Cassidy and Max, it also brings a cast of other characters, including Cassidy's siblings, both of whom already knew..." Read more
Customers praise the writing quality of the book, with one customer noting the author's effective use of descriptive words and another highlighting the electric chemistry between characters.
"...Their chemistry is electric, and their bond feels so real and natural. Every twist and turn kept me locked to my Kindle, unable to put it down...." Read more
"The way this book is structured and written brings back those memories of being young and in love with someone that should have been alone...." Read more
"...The dialogue doesn’t flow like a normal conversation would. I thought it was just because I’m American so I bought the audible version and no...." Read more
"...(not cheesy and unbelievable, well-rounded, good word choice, etc.) The spice: HOT...." Read more
Customers enjoy the spice content of the book, with one mentioning particularly spicy scenes.
"...It has the perfect balance of spice, romance, drama, and emotion...." Read more
"...This is an intense love story, spicy, hot, and alot of holy crap. Can't wait to read more." Read more
"...I will cross post my review as it stands for them all. Spicy, Brutal, Honest and just overall next level story telling." Read more
"...Its all so very well done! This book has Sweet, Spice, drama, angst, love, fear, trauma, good girl/bad boy vibes that hook you in and..." Read more
Customers enjoy the steamy content of the book.
"...This is an intense love story, spicy, hot, and alot of holy crap. Can't wait to read more." Read more
"...The spicy scenes are creative and hot. Realistic elements: Let me preface this by saying that I’m from the United States...." Read more
"...The steam in this book is ok. It’s not omg!..." Read more
"I could not put this book down. Gritty, romantic and hot. The character development was great...." Read more
Customers appreciate the pacing of the book, finding it fast-paced, with one customer describing it as a slow burn.
"...Very well written. I like the author, which is very descriptive. Moved quickly. This is not a stand-alone. But not mad about that...." Read more
"...It started innocently and went really fast to higher level. I like what they have and how normal they were despite Max’s “mafia thing”...." Read more
"Amazing! Fast paced and so detailed. A ballerinas dream and a mafia sons worst nightmare! Recommended if you liked ritual" Read more
"I was definitely hooked, read it in one day, and I will definitely be reading it again in the near future because I doubt another book can compare!" Read more
Customers enjoy the romance in the book, particularly loving the characters Max and Cassidy.
"Loving Max and Cassidy so much as well as the unraveling of the secrets from the prologue!..." Read more
"I loved this story. Max and Cassidy are great. I love how sweet Max is with Cassidy. I also love that there's no 3rd act break up." Read more
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"...I want to know more about them all. Max was phenomenal. In the beginning, I didn't really like him but he grew on me...." Read more
Customers like how the book starts the series, with one mentioning it begins innocently.
"...Great start to this series." Read more
"An amazing start to a series that has stolen my heart...." Read more
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"...Excellent writing. Just feel in love with book, a great beginning of the series...." Read more
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- Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2025Format: KindleVerified PurchaseI can confidently say Our Thing by Nicki Harris has become my absolute obsession. I’ve read this book at least once a month for the past year, and somehow, it just keeps getting better every time. Nicki Harris’s writing completely draws me in, it’s emotional, gripping, and so vivid that it feels like I’m living every moment with the characters.
Cassidy and Max have completely stolen my heart. Watching their relationship grow throughout the story is one of the most satisfying experiences I’ve had as a reader. Their chemistry is electric, and their bond feels so real and natural. Every twist and turn kept me locked to my Kindle, unable to put it down. I was constantly surprised by where the story went, and I loved every second of it.
Whenever I need a pick-me-up or a comfort read, I always turn back to this series. It has the perfect balance of spice, romance, drama, and emotion. Every character feels so well-developed and unforgettable, it’s impossible not to love them all.
Our Thing isn’t just a book to me, it’s a full experience. I’m beyond thankful to have found it and I know it’s a story I’ll treasure for a long time.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2024Format: KindleVerified PurchaseThe way this book is structured and written brings back those memories of being young and in love with someone that should have been alone. But, that didn't happen to me and it didn't happen to Cassidy. There were moments in this book that made me weep for Max and others that made me weep because of Max. It was sweet and touching and wonderful. At the end, I wanted more and more of their story. It's based in Australia so there were some things I had to look up to understand the context but I knew that in advance. I only got this entire series because the snippet/preview that snagged me was part of book 4 of 6 and even with standalones I don't like to read them out of publication order. It was the right decision. I needed their story. Highly recommend.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2024Format: KindleVerified PurchaseI love the innocence of Cassidy. But I love, love, love the clash of innocence with the bad boy. Max is the ultimate bad boy, but can hold some softness with his " little one". The life Max lives is so much harsher than Cassidy had ever lived.
Cassidy is a ballerina. It's what she knows. Hard work training and balancing her love for dance with her love for her family, but Max Butcher caught her eye and she's been infatuated with him ever since. But that infatuation will soon show her things she never imagined existed.
Max is hard. He protects himself from the emotional scars and from emotions in general. However Cassidy gets past his walls and he's not prepared. He's made her promises that he shouldn't. This is an intense love story, spicy, hot, and alot of holy crap. Can't wait to read more.
- Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2024Format: KindleVerified PurchaseI found this book because I saw a BookTok for a later book in this series and I always start at the beginning. I’ll give it this - I didn’t bail halfway like I do whenever the writing isn’t good.
The writing: Actually pretty good (not cheesy and unbelievable, well-rounded, good word choice, etc.)
The spice: HOT. That’s what this book has going for it. The spicy scenes are creative and hot.
Realistic elements: Let me preface this by saying that I’m from the United States. I watch plenty of foreign shows/movies, but rarely read foreign literary works. Understand that my perspective on this might be more negative because I’m basing it off of what I know as an American.
1) The sports references throughout the book are weird. Maybe it’s different in Australia, but in the States, I’d you’re a college athlete, you are 1,000% committed. If you aren’t, there’s an unbelievable number of athletes waiting to take your spot. I can’t fathom being at the university level and basically picking and choosing when you want to play for the team. Unless it’s intramural, then that would make sense.
2) This is probably also because I’m an American, but owning/possessing a firearm isn’t such a big deal. Again, maybe it’s because we have the second amendment, but I can’t believe being so afraid of a gun and having so much content about the FMC basically rationalizing how the MMC can be a good person yet carry a gun.
3) One of the biggest problems with the development of the story is that the WHOLE book there is person after person after person who comes up to Cassidy and warn her away from Max. The whole book is spent spinning the notion that “Max is into dangerous stuff,” “Max us so dangerous,” “you don’t understand, this world is HORRIBLE,” etc. However, there never seems to really be proof of it. He carries a gun (which I suppose in Australia makes him a criminal, but that’s actually not a bad thing to carry a gun). He gets randomly called away. His mother is abusive. His dad is kind of cold (again, more talked about than shown). Everyone, including family friends, seem scared of him… but why? He pops off and then apologizes just as quickly. It’s just not really realistic. It’s like how when someone has to tell everyone how “bad” they are, they probably aren’t (exhibit A: JoJo Siwa).
4) The names. Again, maybe it’s an Australian thing, but I’ve never heard “Flicker” and “Blesk”… “Flicker is I guess a nickname (which isn’t even explained, you just find out half way through because someone calls her Felicity). Blesk has zero explanation. Maybe cultural, but it doesn’t translate well.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2024Format: KindleVerified PurchaseI own all these reads/audio and I am in total awe and love with every single one.
Audio is FANTASTIC.. The Narrators makes a great book epic.
I cant believe I did not review them immediately.. Might be since they feel like my family I kept them close to my heart.
Nicci’s inner monologues writing style takes the whole damn cake.. It's magnificent. I am there with all of them all of the time.
I must say I have a special place for Bronson but the Butcher Boys and their Queens are all the greatest. I will happily read on if Nicci is to write more.
so its an easy 6+ starts lols.. It's the best.
I will cross post my review as it stands for them all.
Spicy, Brutal, Honest and just overall next level story telling.
- Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2025Format: KindleVerified PurchaseThis was not what I was expecting and isn’t my favorite. But it was a good fun story and interesting take a on mafia romance
Top reviews from other countries
- Amazon CustomerReviewed in Canada on January 4, 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars Big Grump wins your heart
Format: KindleVerified PurchaseHonestly People! I am surprised at the negative reviews this book has gotten. I love Max and Cassidy, The small sweet girl and the Bad boy Max. She has pinned after max for years and then he finally gives her his attention and Max is in the Mafia life whether he wants be or not. He definitely falls hard for Cassidy and i think that their love is sweet. He is a big ol' grump and she is a ray of sunshine. I love how this book along with the other kids of the district are very family oriented and in Max's case....Some times good people do bad things. There are triggers so read with caution but i think this book is sweet and builds a story of the district for us
- Leyendo ForeverReviewed in Mexico on June 1, 2021
4.0 out of 5 stars Addicting story
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Spanish & English Opinion
ESP ::
Me gustaron muchas cosas. Los gráficos y las fotos que me ayudaban a visualizar perfecto a Max y Cassidy. La historia desarrollada en Australia, la onda de mafia..
Ella es una bailarina que en teoría es naive, pero a veces me desesperaba mucho. Él es un patán. Evoluciona pero en esencia no es encantador. Sin embargo, me gusta mucho su lealtad, su familia, la relación con sus hermanos.
Me intrigó mucho y definitivo, voy al segundo libro.
ENG ::
I enjoyed many things. The drawings for each chapter and the pictures that helped me visualize Max and Cassidy perfectly. I also enjoyed that the story has an original setting (Australia) and the mafia context.
She’s a ballerina. She’s somewhat naive but sometimes she really make me roll my eyes. He’s a jerk. Yes, he likes her, loves her eventually but he’s a jerk. However, he becomes better... but I loved his relationship with his brothers, his sense of loyalty, his family.
Definitely, going into the second part of the duet!
- Ves_Pringle_MelbReviewed in Australia on May 7, 2023
5.0 out of 5 stars Epic love story for the ages: The sweet Ballerina Girl and her Butcher Boy
Format: KindleVerified PurchaseOur Thing & Cosa Nostra Duet is a Grumpy Sunshine Australian Mafia Romance that took my heart on this deliciously suspenseful and steamy journey of the epic love story that is the Sweet Ballerina Girl and her Butcher Boy Menace and hooked me on from beginning to end and I just could not get enough!
Max Butcher and Cassidy Slater’s pulse-pounding and heart racing love story features:
❤️Sweet ballerina heroine
❤️Mafia Heir
❤️Sweet & Spicy
❤️Man of few words
❤️Only has a smile for her
❤️ Disrespect her and die
❤️ He enjoys EVERY part of her
❤️He calls her little one
❤️She's a good girl with the whole world at her feet.
❤️He's a bad boy with his foot on the world.
From the very first Chapter, I absolutely loved Cassidy: her sweet and selfless nature.
I loved her relationship with her sister, and especially her best mate Tony: Oh my giddy Aunt: Tony had the best lines and banter I really loved their friendship.
These 2 are total opposites Cassidy the sweet, petite Ballerina and Max the tough possessive Alpha Mafia Heir. Their worlds are poles apart, but the more they fall for one another, the more Cassidy gets pulled into Max’s world. The more Max tries to protect Cassidy from being pulled deeper in his
world, the more she pushes back.
Oh Max, (in a Cassidy voice), the tough mafia heir, who was born into a life he didn’t choose, growing up in the face of brutality, learning and experiencing first hand, from a very young age the darkness and evil that lurks in humanity.
The playboy, never looking to settle, who met his match in Cassidy: who melted his heart and in doing so, Max melted mine into a puddle…he’s such a swoonfest with her, so possessive and all consuming, which is how I would describe this duet: This story will reach into your chest and rip out your heart, but Nicci will delicately stitch it back together, owning a piece of your heart forever.
Max totally broke me though: in the best way: his all-consuming love for Cassidy: chapter 34 of Cosa Nostra absolutely destroyed me…and like Cassidy: I love Max Butcher: Menace.
Nicci gave us an epic love story full of passion, and super steamy, spicy but not without the angst: it seems like many of my unicorn authors, Nicci likes to torture you, in the best way: she’s given us this gritty Australian Mafia Romance that is so dark and delicious that you never want to leave.
Cassidy and Max’s journey to HEA was full of emotion, steam and spicy and had me reaching for the fan and blushing! Take note tho: this is a gritty dark romance, so check your triggers.
Georgia Hart and Rupert Channing narrate this audiobook and I really enjoyed their performances and were fantastic in bringing the Ballerina and the Butcher Boy to life!
Georgia’s portrayal of Cassidy was kind, pure, driven and determined to get her man and I fell hard for her sweet and gentle disposition.
Rupert really turned up the grumpy and bossy in his performance and really showcased Max’s possessive and protective side so perfectly in this performance. But Georgia’s Cassidy wasn’t having any of that, she portrayed Cassidy’s determination to stand with Max and be part of his world and I couldn’t help but fall hard for her feistiness wrapped in her sunshine persona. Both narrators really turned up the intensity in their performance and Max & Cassidy’s chemistry: oooft!
I loved this duet: If you’re a fan of a Hot Australian Dark Mafia Romance with a Grumpy possessive Mafia heir with a penchant for sweet Sunshine Ballerina’s, then you will love this Duet! This is a deliciously dark and emotional story from an absolute genius author, performed by wonderful voice actors: All the menacing & giddy stars!
- María FernándezReviewed in Spain on December 3, 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars Really good
Format: KindleVerified PurchaseI really loved the banter, especially between Cassidy and her bff and I love Max as well, even though I could have hit him at the beginning
- MetzireadsromanceReviewed in Germany on December 16, 2023
5.0 out of 5 stars Max and Cassidy
Format: KindleVerified PurchaseNew mafia author I adore.
I like an old school feel to my mafia romance and this book delivers on it, while making it new and exciting. Love the Butcher boys!
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