Books like 'Empire of Carnage'
Readers who enjoyed Empire of Carnage by Bianca Cole also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
multicultural suspense cruel hero virgin heroine alpha male mafia arranged marriage age difference
-
Born Sinner by Cora Kenborn, Catherine Wiltcher
Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsMy sins will be her penance. A Corrupt Gods prequel. I came to this college for one reason—her. A cartel princess. Mexican royalty. Sworn enemy of the Colombian ranks I’m destined to climb. I’m meant to hate her. Destroy her name and sacrifice her innocence. But Lola Carrera isn’t the delicate flower her family thinks she is. And I just took a match to her ivory tower. Obsession is a loaded gun…... -
Secret Betrayals: Dark MC & Mafia Romance | Second Chance | Romantic Suspense by Tonya Anders
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn Secret Betrayals, loyalty is tested, family is redefined, and love is forged in fire. Some sins can’t be forgiven. Some debts can’t be repaid. And some hearts refuse to be broken more than once. Beneath the roar of engines and the glint of chrome, the Sinners ride the line between loyalty and treachery... -
Sponsored links / Remove ads
-
Faded Gray Lines by Cora Kenborn
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsLove is the deadliest lie. Leighton. I’m jaded. The truth is a bitter pill to swallow. My first taste of love was my first betrayal. Now, all I want is to start over, but they want my life. Everyone says all’s fair in love and war. Except I’m done playing fair. I’m tired of turning my back on his darkness when it’s the light that always burns me. I’ve danced with the devil... -
Blade by Sybil Bartel
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsBattle born. SEAL. Loner. Ringing out of BUD/S was never an option. Third generation Navy SEAL, the Teams were in my blood. I earned my Trident, and a year later my brother earned his. As Tier One operators, the battlefield was our playground. Then I got a cryptic call. Enemy combatants, coordinated attack, no survivors, catastrophic loss—my brother was dead... -
-
Unruly by Bethany-Kris
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe crime boss. The hustling queen. Cross and Catherine Donati have been married five years, but the life they’ve chosen still has things to teach them yet. One can never become too comfortable in their business. Trouble soon follows. The principe and principessa are all grown up …. It’s tough being at the top... -
Lust & Lies: AMBW Amnesia Romance by M'Renee Allen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA seductive thriller with a romance so twisted it blurs the lines between passion and obsession. He says I’m his wife. He says I’m the love of his life. He says his world would fall apart if he ever lost me. But I don’t remember him. I don’t remember our love. I don’t remember this beautiful, elegant life he swears is mine. In fact, I don’t remember anything. Aiden Park is perfect... -
Owned by the Irish Mafia Boss by A.L. Luca, Rosalie Rose
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI was forced to marry the monster I hated. Cade Burns, the most ruthless mafia boss in the city. And my brother's best friend. .. Aria. All I felt for him was hate:. Cade Burns,. The good-for-nothing Irish mob boss. And childhood stain I tried and failed to purge. He was both my brother’s best friend,. And the catalyst for my father’s death. Now, I was being married off to him like I was a pawn... -
Ivan 2 by Roxie Rivera
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter a year filled with drama and danger, Erin and Ivan are ready to focus on the one thing they want the most--starting a family. When she has yet another negative test, Erin worries there's something wrong with her. Ivan urges his wife not to worry because it will happen when it's meant to happen. He hates seeing her stressed out and does whatever he can to make her happy... -
Alpha Wolves Motorcycle Club: The Complete Series by Violet Blaze, C.M. Stunich
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Alpha Wolves Motorcycle Club owns my sleepy coastal hometown. Their inked-up a**hole president owns my heart. But I’m the mayor’s daughter, his righthand in the office. My whole life, all I’ve ever wanted is to succeed in politics... -
Mick Sinatra: Wooing Her Again by Mallory Monroe
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMick Sinatra rules the world with an iron fist. The boss of all bosses has never been anything but vicious. But when his youngest son faces imminent danger, and when his past catches up with him to the point that it could destroy his marriage, his iron fist is not enough. He faces ruin, and not just in his faltering syndicate, but in his faltering private life... -
Dirty Eoin by Harley Diamond
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAN UNHAPPILY EVER AFTER? My life is no fairytale. I’m no Prince Charming. She’s no Disney Princess. She’s the femme fatale in the story. Fuck. Marry. Kill. I chose the former. She chose the latter. My family chose the option neither of us wanted. For thirty-eight years, I waited to marry the right woman, and then I was forced to marry the wrong one... -
Long Way Down by Lauren Gilley
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWhen she was six, a horrific crime against a family member determined the course of Melissa Dixon’s life. It eventually drove her away from her tiny, Mississippi home town, away from her family, and into a career in law enforcement. Living and working in NYC, she keeps the past locked away tight, memory relegated to rare nightmares... -
Releasing The Silent Killer: Davide and India's Story by Sonja B.
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI am Davide Russo, Don of the Russo crime family. Some say I’m cocky, arrogant, and quick-tempered, and I own all that shit. Many don’t like me, but I could care less. In my business, you’re not in it to make friends, just money. You might be lucky to call some friends, maybe even associates. When a business deal goes wrong, I’m left with no choice but to take matters into my own hands... -
Ryder's Claim: A Dark Mafia Romance by Raven Scott, Isabella Starling
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe’s hiding a dirty secret… and I’m going to use it to destroy her. RYDER. Nobody is as off-limits as her - Nicoletta Carlucci, my brother's wife to be. But Nicoletta doesn't want my brother. She wants me. Except she doesn’t know something - I’ve found out about her dirty little secret. Nicoletta isn’t who she says she is. She’s a filthy liar, and I’m going to expose her... -
-
Dario DeLuca (Savage Bloodline) by Sade Rena, M.L. Preston
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe first lesson my father ever taught me was that power is the only currency, loyalty is the law, and always take what you want. When the Mayor of our city begs me to keep his precious daughter safe, I seize my chance to strengthen the DeLuca hold on the town. I’ll keep her safe, but it’ll come at a price. Mia Gordan, the sheltered heiress, must become my wife...Categorized as:
age difference arranged marriage mafia multicultural forced proximity length-medium audiobook -
Bratva Billionaire by Flora Ferrari
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRoman. When I first met her she pretended not to want me, but I could see the truth in her eyes. Soaking wet from the rain, I vowed right there and then to track her down and make her mine. I wasn't expecting her to worm her way into my life through my dogs, the very next day, but Chloe Wilson is nothing but surprising. I should have expected nothing less from the woman of my dreams... -
Brutal Heir by Piper Stone
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe evening started with dinner in Paris. It ended with me as his captive. When I went to an author convention, I didn't expect to find myself enjoying a rooftop meal with the sexiest cover model in the business, let alone screaming his name in bed later that night... -
Nikolai by Sophie Lark
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsEnemies From Birth…. The Markovs and the Lebedevs have been bloody rivals for generations. Nadia Lebedev is the ultimate forbidden fruit: a mafia princess engaged to another man. From the moment I see her, I want her for myself. Every day that passes, I become more obsessed with her. She’s seeking the answer to a mystery, and so am I…... -
Captured by the Mob by C.M. Steele
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNero: As the Underboss and enforcer for the Bianchi Family, I've got my hands full. When dealing with my enemies, I'm quick, efficient, and I never slip up. That's until one beauty accidentally gets in the way, seeing more than she should. I can't let her go, and I can't end her, so I do the only thing I can. .. I take her captive. Mariana: I thought my day couldn't get any worse... -
King of Roses by Bella Di Corte
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThere’s no place like home, and after so many years of dodging trouble and fighting for our lives, there was no place I’d rather be—putting down roots in our small town, living the life I’d always envisioned for us. After my husband decided that he wanted the same, we knew it would be a transition worth making, even if we had to break ties with his powerful family... -
Deceptive by Arianna Fraser
I'm promised to Don Giovanni Toscano to create an alliance between his famiglia and the Morozov Bratva. I'm expected to step into my role as a Mafia bride and give up my dreams of a normal, happy life. I'm having second thoughts. Unfortunately, Giovanni is exactly the man everyone thinks he autocratic, lethal, and he never accepts less than what he thinks he's due. Which in this case, is me. -
Sold to the Russian Bratva Boss by Rosalie Rose, B. Rose
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsMy father sold me to a Russian thug. But I'll never accept him as my husband. Even if my darkest fantasies include his body against mine. .. Olivia. Husband. Now, there’s a word I didn’t expect. But what was I meant to do? Disrespect my dead daddy? Be responsible for the collapse of his “empire”? F'ing Dimitri. The bastard might be my arranged “other half,”. But the role ends there... -
Auctioned to the Kingpin by C.M. Steele
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe rotten piece of work I once called my father was dead, but he didn't go quietly. He found one last way to mess with my life. This time it was going to cost me the family legacy if I didn’t comply. The devil was in the details and in his grave. Marry or my enemy inherits everything. With his final demand came a special Christmas gift with a note. Son,... -
Baja by Sandy Alvarez, Crystal Daniels
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI'm a collector of souls. The Angel of Death's mercenary. Sgt at Arms for the Fallen Ravens MC. I thought my life was live and die for the club. Until Alice. She's the one temptation I couldn't resist, the woman who was my undoing with just one touch. Now, I want more. But Alice carries scars deeper than I can imagine, a past that haunts her and makes trusting her heart to anyone impossible... -
-
The Dragon by Violette Dubrinsky
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBOOK 2. Sequel to The Masseuse. Never tickle a sleeping dragon…. Past events have changed Ramsey Stone. In place of the warm, loving masseuse now stands a ruthless man with one pressing goal: revenge. No matter the cost, Ramsey will have his vengeance. Jezebel Carter has come to the realization that the man she knew and loved doesn’t exist... -
My Retibution: Second Chance Series by S.K. Lessly
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey say people come into your life either for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. I had to agree. I married a wonderful woman. She enriched my life. She showed me the meaning of love and how to love. She became my lifetime, my forever. However, the love of my life was taken from me too soon and we never had a chance to see what life had in store for us. Losing her crushed my soul. I was lost... -
Savage Hunter by Kristen Luciani
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI’m obsessed with the virgin mafia princess I was hired to protect. Lily and I were never supposed to meet. Our fates collided in the wrong place at the wrong time,. And one hot night in Las Vegas bound us for life. I know I need to focus on her safety but I cannot resist the dark impulses that consume me whenever she’s near. My job is to protect her. My desire is to control her. To claim her...Categorized as:
mafia age difference virgin heroine multicultural suspense contemporary length-medium -
Fury Girl by Jill M. Beene
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe adventure continues in Elayna Miller, book two! Elayna Miller kills people for a living, but only when they really deserve it. .. Once one of the CIA’s most talented agents, Elayna Miller struck off on her own for moral reasons. Now surrounded by a like-minded team, she selects her cases carefully and only kills those who really have it coming... -
Enemy Mafia Boss Daddy by Kira Cole
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsOur marriage was supposed to avert a war. But making a husband out of my enemy has turned out to be harder than I thought…. Damien Russo is fifteen years older than me, ten times as broody,. and stubborn to a fault. He also happens to be the new leader of the Russo Mafia and my reluctant husband-to-be. As far as arranged marriages go, this is not a bad deal... -
Terror of Tuscany by Lena Little
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThey say I’m the Terror of Tuscany, and that’s exactly what I’m going to be if anything goes sideways with this shipment that I’m expecting next Tuesday. The name’s Gio, and people call me a lot of things, but unprepared definitely isn’t one of them. But that’s absolutely what I am for the first time in my life when I come face to face with my new stepsister... -
Fight by Kaye Blue
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHER:. I should have kept my mouth closed. Speaking up almost cost me my life. Aggravating a vicious drug lord is bad enough, but falling for the mobster who saved me? Madness. He looks like a movie star in his fancy suit…but there’s so much more to him than that. His dark heat is the most addictive thing I’ve ever felt. If I'm not careful, it'll be my ruin. HIM:... -
Taken by the Bratva: A Dark Mafia Romance by Bianca Cole
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe’s supposed to protect me, but he does the opposite. The morning of my arranged marriage, I’m snatched by my bodyguard. The man who has spent the past year protecting me. The man I’ve secretly craved since he was assigned to me. The man who won’t tell me why he has kidnapped me. There’s a darkness in his eyes I’ve never seen in them before. I fear him as much as I long for him... -
The Ties That Bind by Jessica Ames
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsElena. My life was planned from the moment I was born. I am to marry for my family, to cement old alliances and create new ones. I know I have no say in who will be standing at the end of the aisle, but I didn’t expect my father to sell me to a monster. Kane Fraser is known for his cruelty and his coldness. In a few weeks’ time he will become my husband and will have complete control over my life... -
Love & Betrayal by Sage Young
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHE LOVE SERIES is a four book series that will follow Christos and Aaliyah's journey to find love. Family Above All. Deception and betrayal from your enemies is expected, but when it comes from those you trust, it deadens your heart and darkens your soul. Born into one of the most powerful organized crime families in the country, Christos Laskaris’ loyalty demands his obedience... -
-
Vows and Vendettas by Sade Rena, L.K. Shaw
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Mafia Romance Anthology. Our underworld is filled with bloodshed and malice, and darkness dominates our lives. It’s our world… where limits are built of smoke, and their rules have no power. And when we find the object of our deepest desires, we are ruthless. Nothing, not even their defiance, will stand in our way. We cast our shadows on them, and they give our corruption a purpose... -
From The Ruins by Janine Infante Bosco
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratings"Pipe". In every man’s life there comes a day of reckoning. It’s the day darkness is exposed and sinners are punished for their trespasses. A day when loyalty is destroyed and a man is left in ruins. When he walks away from his club and loses his religion. Whoever said from the ruins they will rise again never walked a mile in my shoes or the pair of red ones I was left holding. "Layla"... -
BIG BURLY GUARD by Erin Havoc
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsAfter those threats, I thought I would never feel safe again. There’s only one place I can be myself:. In the arms of my big, burly, very off-limits bodyguard. Sebastian Cook is huge, just like my dreams. As unreachable as those too. He’s much older, grumpy. Professional to a fault. I should not be crushing on him, but one touch sends my head spinning. He’ll never make a move... -
Beast by Leslie Georgeson
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI’m the only thing standing between her and danger. ----. Beast. That’s what they call me. I can’t blame them. My face half-eaten by a dog, the hideous scars make people gasp and turn away. Except for her. Annika Popov. A sheltered Bratva princess who has never seen me. I’d like to keep it that way. A glorified thug and interrogator, I work for her family. Doing despicable things...Categorized as:
suspense age difference mafia alpha male forced proximity from hate to love length-medium -
Possession of the Italian Mafia Boss by Rosalie Rose
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI thought what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. But when a mafia boss wins a date with me,. I'm bound to the enemy forever. .. I escaped to Vegas to start a new life. Away from my suffocating past. Away from my law enforcement dad's overprotective shadow. But when I stumble into an underground party one night,. my life is changed forever. An auction is on. The prize? A date with me... -
Hostile Bond by Autumn Archer, Hostile Kingdom
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsFull blurb coming soon! Hostile Bond is the final book in André and Sinéad’s Souza Cartel duet by USA Today bestselling author Autumn Archer. -
Blood & Loyalties by Ryan Michele
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFamily meant everything. Good, bad, right, wrong, legal, illegal—none of that mattered when it came to family. Family was and always would be number one. Catarina Lambardoni stayed on the legal side of the family businesses by running Lambardoni Enterprises. Professionally, she was beyond successful... -
Unwillingly Mine by Brook Wilder
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe was my unwilling bride, until I put my baby in her belly. Elia Tarallo was the daughter of my enemy. I was supposed to hate her, and she was supposed to hate me. We were brought together in a marriage that neither of us wanted. Then, everything changed when she became pregnant. She brought me to life. She made me feel. Now, our future is threatened by my dark past:... -
Fighting To Ride: Bantorus Motorcycle Club by Debra Kayn
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsGet ready to roll…. Kurt Ramchett went from Bantorus MC kid to unbeatable underground boxer to president of the Bantorus MC, Federal Charter. Dedicated and badass, Kurt's running guns for the militia and extending the Bantorus territory. He never expected to run into trouble in the form of a beautiful stripper his first night in Federal... -
When Worlds Collide by Jordan Silver
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHe was the son of an old family, a family not only of wealth but a great history going back hundreds of years. As such his future had been mapped out at birth. He knew his duty and had never given it much thought. Until his years in the marines showed him a different world. Still, he was more than happy to follow the status quo, until he met her... -
-
Keep: The Wedding by Kaye Blue
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHER:. He loves me. Every day, every night, he shows me. .. but always, there’s distance between us. He won’t let me in. He says it’s to protect me. But I want more. I want it all. HIM:. I love her. I can prove my love a thousand ways, but she wants the one thing I cannot give. She doesn’t understand. A mobster’s girl is a target... -
Butcher of Belfast by Lena Little
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’m damn good at what I do, but what I do is pretty damn bad. I came to America to build my empire. Watch it flourish. Used the people beneath me as stepping stones to reach my goals. Then Brianna Declan walked into my life, and untangled every scheme I had. She was a hurricane that set the winds of change in motion, and I got swept away in her almighty power. But she’s had a bad hand delt to her... -
Pakhan's Salvation by V.F. Mason
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsRosa. My life changed in the span of twenty-four hours. My family had tried their best to make my world as familiar as possible yet something about their touch and words always felt wrong. Only in my dreams, in the arms of the amber-eyed stranger, I found solace. Until the Pakhan of Bratva showed up, claiming I belonged to him. Pakhan. Rosa Giovani became mine... -
Vengeance Aside (Wanted Men) by Nancy Haviland
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsRevisit Nancy Haviland’s bestselling mafia series with this prequel novel featuring a Russian mobster who is forced to put vengeance aside in order to please the Pakhan he calls father. He sees her. He falls. He proves it by killing for her in a room full of his associates. Now he’ll take her home and try to convince her a love that descends like a hammer is one that can last a lifetime... -
Possessive Puppy by Lena Little
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI’m not used to seeing women, instead spending months alone with my trusty sidekick Molly in the Rocky Mountains, but I do come down and check-in from time to time. I see women then, and they never have an effect on me. All I do is come down to let my ‘bosses’ know I’m alive, collect my paycheck, and let them know how many smugglers and poachers I’ve removed... -
Possessive Undercover Cop by Flora Ferrari
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe minute I see her, I want her. I know she’s destined to be mine. Nick O’Connor lives in the shadows and under an alias. As part of an elite group tackling some of the most vicious criminals in the Russian underworld, he has no time for women. But then he meets Jenna, an intriguing mix of innocence and self-sufficiency. Suddenly he has only one goal in mind. To claim her as his. Heart and soul...
Fantastic book recommendations by romance book lovers for romance book lovers.
Find out more about romance.io.
Find out more about romance.io.
Get recommendations by genres & tropes
Use the romance book finder to mix and match over 100 content keywords to find the books that match your preferences
Or - use our amazing romance book finder to get recommendations based on your favorite content tropes and themes. Mix and match at will.

