Archive for the ‘Adult Mafia Romance’ Category

Title: The Time is Now

Series: Beautifully Brutal Series
Author: Emma Luna
Genre: Dark Contemporary Romance/Mafia Romance
Tropes: Best Friends to Enemies to Lovers/Forbidden Romance
Release Date: June 1, 2023 
 

★★★★★ Review from Anna’s Bookshelf – “The Time Is Now is another spectacular novel from one of my all time favorite dark romance authors. Her exceptional storytelling with interesting characters, a unique plot, and fast-paced action & suspense ensnared my attention and kept me on tenterhooks under the very end!”

★★★★★ Goodreads Review – “This was action packed, suspenseful, dramatic, and chemistry filled. A thrilling read with all the right elements. I love this series.”

 
 
 
 
Growing up as the youngest Doughty meant missing out on a normal life.
I didn’t want the life I was dealt, but I also felt I had no choice except to embrace my legacy. My family had targets placed on their backs, simply because of our name and the power we held, so I knew I had to be ready for anything that came my way.
Being sent to boarding school was a way to protect me—and get me away from the very life I didn’t want—but it also brought me something else.
Shane.
My brothers took him in, and I chased away the nightmares that came with his tortured past, ignoring the burning desire I knew was there, because I didn’t want to ruin our fast-found friendship.
Now though? He’s severed the very bond I tried so hard to protect in the most brutal betrayal.
He went from being my best friend to my enemy, and now I want answers.


The Time is Now is part of an Interconnected series (Book 6 of 😎, and it’s advisable that you read the main books in the series in order as they feature connecting plots.
 
Main books reading order:
1. Black Wedding
2. Trust In Me
3. Fighting To Be Free
4. The Time Is Now
 
Please note – Dangerously Deceptive and The Ties We Break are prequels that do not have to be read to follow the main plot. If you want to read them in order, please see series page for more details: https://geni.us/BB-Series
Emma Luna is a USA Today Bestselling dark romance author from the UK. In a previous life she was a Midwife and a Lecturer, but now she listens to the voices in her head and puts pen to paper to bring their stories to life. In her spare time, when she should be sleeping, she also loves to edit, proofread, and format books for other amazing authors.
 
Emma’s books are dark, dangerous, and devilishly sexy. She loves writing about strong, feisty, but underestimated women, and the cocky, dirty-mouthed men they bring to their knees.
 
When Emma isn’t writing, promoting, or editing books she can be found napping, colouring in adult colouring books, and collecting novelty notebooks. She also enjoys coffee and gossiping with her mum, playing or having hugs with her gorgeous nephew, who is the light of her life, stealing her parents dog Hector, and curling up on the sofa to watch a film with Mr Luna. Oh and for those of you that don’t know, Emma is a hardcore Harry Potter fan—Team Ravenclaw!!
 
Thank you for taking a chance on a crazy Brit and the voices inside her head. That makes you a true LUNAtic now too!
 
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Title: The Machiavellian Prince

Author: Bella Di Corte
Genre: Mafia Romance/Romantic Suspense
Release Date: June 16, 2023
Cover Design: Najla Qamber


For as long as I could remember, Saverio Macchiavello had been a part of my life.
He was the son of the Machiavellian King of New York, and I was considered Italian royalty—a princess in the infamous Fausti family. Our families had been friends since before I was born.
A connection existed between us that wasn’t normal. It was the strongest thing I’d ever felt. It tethered me to him whether I wanted it to or not. One of us couldn’t seem to exist without the other. It was the same sort of epic love my parents had.
I was terrified of it. Because being a part of the Fausti famiglia meant danger always lurked in the shadows. And as a top soldier for my family, and my personal bodyguard, Saverio would die to see me safe.
And someone wanted me dead.
 
 
 

 
 
Bella Di Corte writes criminal romance that will steal your heart. She brings to life stories of men who walk the line between irredeemable and savable, and the women who force them to feel. She’s known for her rich world building and strong characters. She’s also an International Bestselling Author.
Apart from writing, Bella loves to spend time with her husband, daughter, family, and four dogs. She also loves to read, listen to music, cook recipes that were passed down to her, and take photographs.
Bella was born and raised in New Orleans, a place she considers a creative playground.
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Title: Brazen
Author: Scarlett Redd
Genre: Mafia Romance
Release Date: July 31, 2023
Cover Model: Phil Bruce
 
Brazen and his right-hand man Molotov (Mo for short) run their chapter of the Texas Mafia. Torres, his enemy from an evil rival gang, has no scruples; anything goes on in this game. Name your price was Torres’s motto, and he will do anything. Brazen and his right-hand man Molotov (Mo for short) run their chapter of the Texas Mafia. Torres, his enemy from an evil rival gang, has no scruples; anything goes on in this game. Name your price was Torres’s motto, and he will do anything. Brazen strikes his compound one night. He dares to take something that belonged to Torres. Nothing matters to Brazen; he must keep the prize he found hidden in Torres’s basement. Torres will stop at nothing to get back what belongs to him. Brazen was on a mission now. Revenge in his heart. Will Brazen win this battle? Will he be able to keep his promise, or will he lose everything that ever mattered to him?
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Title: Bloom (Mafia Rose, #3)
Author: Brooke Harper
Genre: Dark Mafia Romance
Cover Designer: EmCat Designs
Publication Date: May 11th, 2023
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Blurb:

I’ve weathered the storms.

Now, it’s my time to bloom.

 

I came too close to losing Nikolai, and it almost destroyed me.

 

I’m not sure why, but it’s getting harder to hate him every day. Something is blossoming between us—something more than lust—and it scares me. It’s more powerful, more magnetic than I can explain, and that makes it dangerous.

For both of us.

 

To make matters worse, Nikolai’s driven by more than revenge now. He still wants to kill my father and rule over the coast, but with our enemies closing in, he’s just as determined to keep me safe.

 

He says he’ll do whatever it takes, even if that means making me his forever.

To save my life, I may have to let the man who ruined my life into my heart. But how can a rose bloom when surrounded by so much darkness?

 

This series is a dark age gap mafia romance. It contains situations and themes that some readers might find offensive and/or triggering.

Brooke Harper creates dark and sexy worlds for her characters to play. A lover of strong coffee and old tombstones, she spins dark tales of sex and sin, pain and passion, and misery and madness that’ll have you flipping the pages and begging for more.

Dark Contemporary pen name of Harper A. Brooks.

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Title: Wild (Mafia Rose Novella)
Author: Brooke Harper
Genre: Dark Mafia Romance
Cover Designer: EmCat Designs
Publication Date: August 10th, 2023
Hosted by: Lady Amber’s PR

Blurb:

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NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER!

Brooke Harper creates dark and sexy worlds for her characters to play. A lover of strong coffee and old tombstones, she spins dark tales of sex and sin, pain and passion, and misery and madness that’ll have you flipping the pages and begging for more.

Dark Contemporary pen name of Harper A. Brooks.

Author Links:

Amazon | Twitter | Goodreads | Website

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Title: Praying Mantis

Series: The Mayhem Makers Series -MMM World Collaboration
Authors: Jaime Russell & Melissa Filla
Release Date: May 1, 2023
Genre: Mafia/Mayhem/Dark Romance
Science taught us that the female praying mantis bites the head off their male mate after having sex. They say it’s for helping with nutrients during mating season for laying eggs. The female praying mantis is one creature you don’t want to mess with, especially during mating season.
Louisa “Lou” Marshall learned at an early age that her body is both a gift and a curse. Having been groomed to exploit the weakness of men and women. She uses her body and a certain skill-set to fix the wrongs of those who think they deserve some justice of their own. Because of this, she has always followed a strict set of rules and nothing or no one can make her falter from it.
Rule 1: Love is for suckers
Rule 2: Use your body to your advantage
Rule 3: Don’t fall for a mark
Sean Fortin lives a life he made for himself by walking away from the family business. Being born in Ireland and moving to America at a young age, he watched his father build the O’Hannon family business. He followed his own path, making him estranged from his father, but when an accident brings him to a crossroads in his life, he has a decision to make or someone is going to make it for him.
Louisa has never broken her rules before, but she’s never met a man like Sean.
Sean is an FBI agent hunting a serial killer while his family life is exploding and has no time for love or relationships. He can’t lose his focus, especially when things start to go wrong. Can Louisa be the answer to his questions?
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Be a pineapple: Stand up straight, wear a crown, and always be sweet on the inside.
 
Melissa Filla is a rom-com author. She resides in a small town in Illinois with her husband and fur-babies. She is a bonus mom to one amazing son who shares her love of reading. When she’s not writing, Melissa spends her days working, spending time with her mom, sisters, nieces, nephews, and friends, reading and reviewing for her blog 2 Chicks And A Book with her cousin Kat Boffa and their friend, also Melissa’s PA, Jaime Deichmann. She has a fantastic support system and cheering squad, as she sometimes puts it.
 
Melissa has always wanted to write, and when her friend and fellow author, Jaime Russell suggested they co-write together, well the rest is history. Melissa still fan-girls when meeting her favorite authors, and will always believe that authors are her rockstars!
 
Besides family and books, Melissa loves to laugh. If you follow her on social media, you have seen the dad jokes posted that she’s obsessed with. She knew choosing the genre of rom-coms to write was an easy one. She believes if she can make one person laugh at something she writes, she is winning. Although, she secretly hopes she gives readers the feels and maybe a tear or two, lol.

Movies, gaming, and books. Oh My!

Jaime Russell grew up in a small town in Pennsylvania, but she currently lives in a smaller town in Indiana. She lives in the country with her husband, and she is a caregiver to her parents- and mother-in-law. Jaime suffers from some autoimmune diseases, so on her good days, she is active and most likely shopping. But on her bad days, she spends time curled up with her fuzzy blanket, escaping reality with her puppies: Annie, Duke and Duchess.

Jaime is an aunt to two crazy nephews and four nieces, as well as being the oldest child in a family of five, which include their spouses. Life has never been dull for Jaime, and family means everything to her.

She enjoys watching movies, shooting guns, and spending time with family and friends. She is an avid gamer when her internet permits, as she enjoys talking and goofing off with her online family.

Jaime Russell never enjoyed reading growing up. Now she goes nowhere without either a paperback or her Kindle because there is always a new book boyfriend that needs to be found and fought over.

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Title: The Time is Now
Series: Beautifully Brutal Series Book 4
Author: Emma Luna
Genre: Dark Contemporary Romance/Mafia Romance
Tropes: Best Friends to Enemies to Lovers/Forbidden Romance
Release Date: June 1, 2023 
Cover Design: Pretty in Ink Designs
Discreet Cover Design: DAZED Designs
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Growing up as the youngest Doughty meant missing out on a normal life.
 
I didn’t want the life I was dealt, but I also felt I had no choice except to embrace my legacy. My family had targets placed on their backs, simply because of our name and the power we held, so I knew I had to be ready for anything that came my way.
 
Being sent to boarding school was a way to protect me—and get me away from the very life I didn’t want—but it also brought me something else.
 
Shane.
 
My brothers took him in, and I chased away the nightmares that came with his tortured past, ignoring the burning desire I knew was there, because I didn’t want to ruin our fast-found friendship.
 
Now though? He’s severed the very bond I tried so hard to protect in the most brutal betrayal.
 
He went from being my best friend to my enemy, and now I want answers.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Time is Now is part of an Interconnected series (Book 6 of 😎, and it’s advisable that you read the main books in the series in order as they feature connecting plots.
 
Main books reading order:
1. Black Wedding
2. Trust In Me
3. Fighting To Be Free
4. The Time Is Now
 
Please noteDangerously Deceptive and The Ties We Break are prequels that do not have to be read to follow the main plot. If you want to read them in order, please see series page for more details: https://geni.us/BB-Series
 
 
 
Emma Luna is a USA Today Bestselling dark romance author from the UK. In a previous life she was a Midwife and a Lecturer, but now she listens to the voices in her head and puts pen to paper to bring their stories to life. In her spare time, when she should be sleeping, she also loves to edit, proofread, and format books for other amazing authors.
 
Emma’s books are dark, dangerous, and devilishly sexy. She loves writing about strong, feisty, but underestimated women, and the cocky, dirty-mouthed men they bring to their knees.
 
When Emma isn’t writing, promoting, or editing books she can be found napping, colouring in adult colouring books, and collecting novelty notebooks. She also enjoys coffee and gossiping with her mum, playing or having hugs with her gorgeous nephew, who is the light of her life, stealing her parents dog Hector, and curling up on the sofa to watch a film with Mr Luna. Oh and for those of you that don’t know, Emma is a hardcore Harry Potter fan—Team Ravenclaw!!
 
Thank you for taking a chance on a crazy Brit and the voices inside her head. That makes you a true LUNAtic now too!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Title: Brutal Savior: Merciless Few MC: Chicago Illinois

Author: Debbie Hope (D. A. Stein)

Genre: Romance, Italian family, MC

Publisher: Self-Published by Debbie Hope

Release Date: April 24, 2023

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Blurb:

Slayer, president of the Merciless Few motorcycle club Illinois chapter, has rescued Molly Marino from kidnappers.
Now she and her one-year-old daughter are living with him.

It’s not over. A voice from the past threatens her and her daughter. But Slayer isn’t going to let his new family be threatened.

He will release the hounds of hell, his club and allies against anyone that attempts to harm his new family.

Slayer, president of the Merciless Few motorcycle club Illinois chapter, has rescued Molly Marino from kidnappers.

Now she and her one-year-old daughter live with him.

It’s not over. A voice from the past threatens her and her daughter. But Slayer isn’t going to let his new family be threatened.

He will release the hounds of hell, his club and allies against anyone that attempts to harm his new family.

Molly is slowly learning to trust a man again, but she will need Slayer to protect her from a past that will never let her go quietly.

Will Slayer be able to protect Molly and her daughter from the enemy that is trying to destroy them?


This is a slow burn steamy romance with Dub Con and Non-Con instances. If you have triggers this might not be the book for you

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Debbie Hope Bio:

Hi. I’m USA Today Bestselling Author Debbie Hope. I love to write what I read. Romance. All genres of romance. From sweet to steamy. All with passion. Angst. Conflict. 

I live in Southern California, outside of Los Angeles. I’m a dog groomer and the typical crazy, old cat lady. Lol.

If you like to read Zoe Blake, Nicole Fox and Autumn Summers you will want to give my books a try.

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Excerpts from Brutal Savior: Merciless Few MC: Chicago Illinois

Excerpt #1 (19 Words)

I try to convince myself my brother-in-law that killed my husband and raped me is not outside my door.

Excerpt #2 (22 words) 

“It’ll always be me.” Ethan talks to me, taking me into his arms and kisses me with all the passion he has.”

Excerpt #3 (13 words)

She sees me as their savior in her story instead I’m the villain.

Excerpt #4 (44 words)

“Get on your knees.” He says, with a matter-of-fact tone which contradicts the look of maliciousness and evilness on his face.  His hand presses hard on my shoulder, the touch makes me shudder. “Or I will sell your daughter.  Your choice.”

Title: Ambitious Bastard
Series: The Mayhem Makers Series – MMM World Collaboration
Author: Linny Lawless
Genre: Mafia Romance
Release Date: April 13, 2023
Cover Design: Clarise Tan, CT Cover Creations
Cover Model: Dominic Calvani
Photographer: Christopher John
 

New York City – the epicenter of money, power, greed, and violence.
Salvatore Falco, the ruthless bastard son, aims high to become the boss, and to get there, he must prove his loyalty to his uncle, Enrico Andolini. But then there is Bianca, the princess of the Capello family. She’s both enticing and beautiful, but she’s a dangerous distraction. Bianca doesn’t fit into the big picture with Salvatore’s ambitions, and things turn deadly. Even when he pushes Bianca away, he cannot deny how much he craves her. Will Salvatore prove his loyalty to the Andolini empire and rise through the ranks to become the biggest crime boss in New York City, or will the princess be his downfall?
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Linny grew up, lived, and worked in the Northern Virginia area, close to Washington, DC. She’s a bookworm, biker chick, and international best-selling indie author. Linny published her debut novel, “Salvation in Chaos,” in January of 2018, and she’s very passionate about writing suspenseful and action-packed stories. If Linny is not busy traveling, working, and writing, she spends her days at home in Front Royal, Virginia, with her husband, Norman, and 2 Brussel Griffons named Verdy and Simon.
 
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Title: Nicoli
Series: Dark Sovereign Series Book 4
Author: Bella J.
Genre: Dark Romance/Mafia Romance
Release Date: April 12, 2023
Cover Design: Deranged Doctor Designs
 
 

“This book will have you hooked from word one, get ready for one of the hottest reads of the year!” ★★★★★ caffe.and.books

“Just when I thought the Dark Sovereign series couldn’t get any better Bella, you obliterated that notion in spades. Nicoli and Mirabella CONSUMED me with their EXPLOSIVE and ELECTRIFYING story.” ★★★★★ Donna V.

I’ve never had a life.

I’m not talking about the freedom money can buy because I have that in spades.
I’m talking about the freedom a girl gets from growing up with four overprotective Del Rossa men…which is zero.

Zero freedom to have a social life. Zero freedom to date.
No guy dares to glance my way. I’m Dark Sovereign property in this town, and everyone knows you don’t touch what belongs to the Del Rossas.

Fifteen years ago, I was a lost little orphan. The Del Rossa family took me in, cared and raised me like I was their own. But not him.

Not Nicoli.

He’s always treated me differently. Like I don’t belong in their world. Like I’m this temporary thing they shouldn’t get attached to.

Maybe I should be thankful that he ignores me most of the time.
But for some stupid reason…I’m not.

Whenever he looks my way, I can’t seem to breathe right.
When he’s close, I’m a mess on two feet.

But Nicoli has made it crystal clear that the girl he grew up with is a hard limit for him. I’m the one woman he’ll never touch…

…not even if I beg him to.

 
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