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Title: Thorns of Silence Series: Thorns of Omertà #4 Author: Eva Winners Genre: Dark Mafia Romance Tropes: Secret Baby/Second Chance/ Enemies to Lovers Release Date: October 19, 2023 BL URB He told me he loved me, then abandoned me. My sister was his first choice. Too bad for him, I refused to be his second. Dante Leone was bad news with a gorgeous exterior and a dangerous mind. Emotionally unavailable and slightly unhinged, he was a heartbreak waiting to happen. Again. I ran. He gave chase and my fate was sealed. Roaming the world, I searched for a vital part of me. There’d be no new beginning until I found my answers. My taste of freedom was sweet, yet lonely. And oh, so fleeting. I should have known he would catch up to me. After all, he thrived on the chase. I’d learned that the hard way. But guess what? I was no longer the woman he seduced all those years ago. I no longer believed the pretty lies that passed his lips nor the false promises in his deceitful eyes. My name is P...

Title: Manic Mayhem A Royal Bastards MC Series Crossover Author: Nikki Landis Genre: MC Romantic Suspense Tropes: Mobster/Age Gap/ Forced Proximity Release Date: April 27, 2023 BLURB A protection assignment gone horribly wrong. Manic: When a vicious threat is made against mob boss Alaric Huber's granddaughter, my club is assigned the task of keeping Bianca alive. Specifically, me. There's just one tiny problem with that—actually, two. Bianca doesn't believe she's in trouble and doesn't want my big, scary ass following her around, especially when she's attending a romance book signing. I can't think of a worse assignment than chasing her across several states, keeping the hitmen after her from collecting the massive price on her head. She's a spoiled, determined, icy princess who's used to getting her way. Life's about to teach her a hard lesson. When she's almost killed, I go off-grid, forcing her to follow my orders. All I hav...

Title: The Devil's Den Series: De Kysa Mafia #1 Author: Penny Dee Genre: Mafia Romance Trope: Enemies to Lovers Release Date: April 26, 2023 BLURB Nico De Kysa. Cold. Detached. Ruthless. And my new husband. I didn’t want to marry the despicable mafia don. But my father made a deal with the devil and lucky me, I’m the currency. If I leave… He’ll destroy my father’s fortune. But if I stay… He’ll obliterate my heart. Because in this union, the lines between love and hate are blurred. So blurred. He’s a cold-blooded monster with ice in his veins and frost in his heart. But in bed, Nico De Kysa burns like wildfire. And in the heat of the night, I begin to forget why I hate the mobster. I’m trapped in a world I despise. With a man too wicked to fall for. Yet, I can’t leave. Maybe if I knew what was coming it would be easier to run. The Devil’s Den is book 1 in the De Kysa Mafia series. A scorching hot enemies-to-lovers romance with tension-filled banter and sizzling chemistry....

Title: Nocticadia Author: Keri Lake Genre: Dark Academia Gothic Romance Release Date: April 25, 2023 BLURB Mortui vivos docent. The dead teach the living. After watching my mother succumb to a mysterious illness, I promised myself two things. I’d find the cure for what ravaged her. And leave the godforsaken city where she abandoned me. Four years later, I receive an acceptance letter from Dracadia University, one of the oldest, most prestigious schools in the country. Nestled on a secluded island off the coast of Maine, it’s rumored to be haunted by the souls of the mental patients exiled there centuries before. Those whose bones are said to make up the island’s white sandy shores. And restless ghosts aren’t even its most daunting peculiarity. Devryck Bramwell, known on campus as Doctor Death, is a brilliant pathologist in charge of the midnight lab. He’s also my devastatingly handsome professor, who seems to loathe tenacious first-years, like me. Except, his dark and enigmat...

Title:  Devious Kingpin Series: Kingpins of the Syndicate #2 Author: Eva Winners Genre: Mafia Romance Trope: Enemies to Lovers Release Date: April 12, 2023 BL URB Dante DiLustro. Persistent. Stubborn. Deadly. The devil. Juliette Brennan. Tenacious. Beautiful. Formidable. The minx. She never expected his persistence, nor the way her body warmed each time the devil came around, which only made her fight the attraction that much harder. She had vengeance to deliver and now there was blood on her hands. She had her secrets and she intended to keep them. Let the world think she was crazy, out of control. It made her real sins easy to hide. One visit to Las Vegas sent it all spiraling to hell. There was a reason Dante was considered the Devious Kingpin. But one thing was certain. This Juliette didn’t need a Romeo and she certainly wasn’t a damsel in distress. ADD TO GOODREADS PURCHASE LINKS AMAZON  US  /  UK  /  CA  /  AU Free in Kin...

Title: Filthy Disciple The Disciples and Five Points' Mob Collection Crossover Authors: Cassandra Robbins & Serena Akeroyd Genre: Dark Mafia Romance Release Date: February 21, 2023 BLURB She was an assignment. A selfish brat who'd run away from home and who’d found refuge in an MC. A spoiled pain in my ass that I had to bring back to Daddy. Only, Isabelle is nothing like the picture my initial research painted. Yes, she's a brat. Yes, she's insecure. And yes, she's a Disciple…sort of. But she's so much more than that. So broken, yet so hopeful. So lost, yet so eager to be found. I found her. But that means her father has too. Taking her home was supposed to repay a favor owed. I just didn't realize that home was the most dangerous place in the world for her... ADD TO GOODREADS PURCHASE LINKS AMAZON  US  /  UK  /  CA  /  AU B&N / KOBO / APPLE BOOKS AUDIBLE My Review Filthy Disciple by Cassandra Robbins My rating: 5 ...