New dark romance and mafia books
Last updated: August 18, 2025
Featuring new releases by Nyla K., Willow Dixon, L.J. Shen, Michelle Heard, Sonja Grey, Neva Altaj, Jagger Cole, Clarissa Wild, S. Massery, Nicole Fox among others.
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Shadowman by Nyla K.
For three years, I’ve resided in Alabaster Penitentiary. Surrounded by the same faces day in and day out, the deranged souls I now call my friends. We eat our meals together, shower together… Hell, we even fool around on occasion. Still, after all that, not one of them truly knows me. It’s my fault. I’m a withdrawn hoarder of secrets... -
Hide and Seek by Willow Dixon
JaxIt was supposed to be an easy keep an eye on Myles until I’m sure he’s not a threat to us, then forget he exists and go back to living my life.But there’s something different about him. Something that speaks to my dark side and turns an easy job into an obsession. I want things from him I’ve never wanted before, and the more I watch him, the more I’m sure he wants them too... -
Handsome Devil by L.J. Shen
I made a deal with the devil to save my mother…But is it really hell if I love the way it burns?GiaThe monster from my nightmares crawled into my reality, masquerading as my boss.Tatum Blackthorn is Lucifer, personified.When he discovers my weakness, he makes me an offer I cannot refuse, and I become his wife... -
The Empress by Michelle Heard
From USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author Michelle Heard comes a new STANDALONE, full-length MAFIA ROMANCE novel.While visiting family in Italy with my mother, I come face-to-face with Leo Toscano. The head of the Italian mafia, and my worst nightmare.Let’s get one thing straight... -
Born into Mayhem by Sonja Grey
One bed. One lie. One time was never going to be enough.Dario Alessi is twice my age and lethal in all the ways that drive me crazy.Now that I’m eighteen, the tension between us is impossible to ignore.When his Italian famiglia needs my help, I jump on the plane without hesitation,more than ready to prove my worth and finally earn my place in my family’s Bratva... -
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Precious Hazard by Neva Altaj
TARAMy life is perfect just the way it is now,Without Arturo DeVille in it.And now, I'm ordered to marry that arrogant, self-centred snob.He expects me to be a sophisticated, docile wife,Who will smile and nod at his every demand.But it's the last thing I plan to do.Our marriage vows may say I will cherish and obey my husband,But the only vow I'm promising is to make his life a living hell... -
Dance of Devils by Jagger Cole
First he saved my life. Then he claimed my soul.They say he has the heart of the Devil and the body of a god.Kir Nikolayev, the brutal, dark king of New York’s underworld, is infinitely dangerous. Impossibly beautiful.Twenty years older than me.I’m the girl with nothing but a gift for ballet and the secrets I keep.Like that I’m living out of my car.That I take my clothes off for money... -
Boys Who Taint by Clarissa Wild
Hating them has never felt so sinful … My half sister died at the hands of a friend, and I vowed to make him pay. In the midst of a brewing war between two rival families, the mysterious and friendly Grey Westbrook sweeps me off my feet when I need it the most. However, my childhood friend Levi Torres—now an obsessive, vicious boy—has made it his mission to erase him from my life... -
Warrior by S. Massery
Everything that could go wrong—did. Kade’s loyalties are tangled in something far more treacherous than any of us realized. Reese seems desperate to make amends, and I hate to say, he’s growing on me. And Artemis…. Well, she won’t wake up. According to Gabriel, she might not ever. There has to be a cure—but only if I keep a level head... -
Wicked Proposal by Nicole Fox
Would you sleep with a villain to give your son a good life?I'm a single mama.And since the day my son was born, I've made one Never, ever miss a bedtime.Then the devil offered me a million dollars to change my mind.I said no.Actually, I said hell no.But then I started thinking about the holes in my son's shoes... the growl in his empty belly on the nights I couldn't even afford ramen..... -
Wicked Refusal by Nicole Fox
What's the man who doesn't love you anymore, or the man who never did?Three months ago, I made a deal.One night with a Russian mobster for a million dollars.It was supposed to solve everything. It did not.Now, I'm trapped in a nightmare with my abusive ex.My son thinks I'm a liar.And I'm pregnant with a baby whose father wants nothing to do with me... -
Terror at the Gates by Scarlett St. Clair
The first in a seductive new romantasy series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Scarlett St. Clair. Banished and betrayed, Lilith rises from the shadows of her past to claim forbidden power—and a destiny written in blood and desire.She is the beginning and the end.She is peace and chaos.She is terror knocking at the gates... -
Death by Michelle Heard
From USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author Michelle Heard comes a new STANDALONE, full-length MAFIA ROMANCE novel.I walked out of my home and away from my loving sister to protect her. Either I left with him, the man who’s watched me from the shadows for months, or he would kill Grace.It’s been nine months of living in pure agony and hell.Nine months since I last saw Grace... -
A Touch of Fate by Cora Reilly
When Emma Mancini finds out the news of her impending arranged marriage to Samuel Mione, the future Underboss and one of the Outfit’s most sought-after bachelors, she is hopeful for their future despite their age difference. However, the never ending gossip surrounding their union and Samuel’s cold attitude extinguishes that hope... -
Caught Up by Navessa Allen
Book Two in the #1 New York Times and instant USA TODAY bestselling trilogy!From the viral TikTok author of the stalker romcom, Lights Out, comes Navessa Allen’s second book in bestselling The Into Darkness Trilogy, upping the ante with voyeurism and play club kink.“I wanted this woman, and I was a man who always got what he wanted.”Nico “Junior” Trocci knows Lauren Marchetti is off limits... -
Dance of Madness by Jagger Cole
A brand new scorchingly spicy dark mafia, enemies-to-lovers, grumpy/sunshine standalone romance by bestselling author, Jagger Cole.He’s the wolf who wants to swallow the whole world. I’m the girl who bites back.Nero De Luca is carnage in a tailored suit.A vicious killer.An obsessive hunter.A beautiful villain with blood on his hands and ice in his veins.I was supposed to be a distraction.A game... -
Filthy Lies by Nicole Fox
I married my boss.Got pregnant by my boss.… Things have gotten complicated.Vince and I, we've always done things slightly... unconventionally.Most meet-cutes don't involve walking in on your boss while he's getting frisky.Then getting pregnant by said boss...... when he's supposed to be marrying someone else.Turns out, that was just the warm-up.Because marriage to the mob boss has changed things... -
Beautiful Venom by Rina Kent
From New York Times & USA Today bestselling author Rina Kent comes a sizzling dark hockey romance set in a new glamorous secret world.In a den of vipers, revenge is the deadliest venom.They shattered my world; now, I’ll bring down theirs.The problem? I have virtually no way to trace the puppet master.My only lead: The Vipers... -
Heart of a Devil by Sadie Kincaid
Heart of a Devil is a standalone dark Mafia, best friend's dad, age gap romance with very dark themes, please check your triggers before reading. You can’t outrun your past—or so they tell me. It doesn’t stop me from trying though, and that’s how I end up here in London, a far cry from the Los Angeles sunshine and the weight of my family’s name... -
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Be With Me by Gabrielle Sands
She’s the mayor-to-be’s perfect daughter. He’s the ruthless villain set to ruin her.I’ve spent my life putting others first. So when my father runs for New York City mayor—on a promise to take down the city’s most notorious crime family—I do what I always do: push my own dreams aside to help him win.Until I wind up at the wrong party... -
King of Envy by Ana Huang
He had everything he could’ve wanted…except her.Dangerous. Powerful. Reclusive.Vuk Markovic is notorious for shunning human interactions. The scarred billionaire rarely talks, and he has no interest in relationships outside his small but trusted circle.His only exception? Her. The beauty to his beast, the object of his obsession.He saw her first. He wanted her first... -
Born into Darkness by Sonja Grey
She’s my light in the darkness. Maxim:Kidnapped, tortured, and chained to a wall…It’s not at all how I imagined meeting the love of my life.Music has always been my passion,but as soon as I see Talia Medvedev, I know things have changed.I become obsessed, and instead of the familiar black-and-white keys, it’s her body I want to play—her moans, the beautiful music I want to hear... -
His Juliet by Emilia Rossi
RomeoThe Mafia is my family—the only thing I’ve ever known and all I’ve ever needed.Until her.Our worlds aren’t meant to collide. My life is darkness and she is light. I don’t deserve her, but I’m no longer confident I can stay away.His Juliet, book two in the Empire of Royals universe, is coming Spring 2025 (the current release date is just a placeholder)... -
Dance of Ruin by Jagger Cole
He’s my villain, my ruin, my sweetest damnation.I've always been a good girl.The brilliant ballerina. The perfect politician’s daughter.That is, until my father declares war on the Barone Mafia family, and I become the price to pay.Now, the devil himself has his claws in me.Nico Barone is a beautiful nightmare wrapped in leather and ink... -
The High Priestess by Michelle Heard
From USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author Michelle Heard comes a new STANDALONE, full-length MAFIA ROMANCE novel.As the eldest daughter of Ilias Dimitrou, I’m next in line to become the head of the Greek mafia. I’m getting good at putting on an act while I learn everything I need to know about the organization, but behind closed doors, I’m terrified... -
Possession by Rina Saint
I’m a beast pacing around my cage waiting for the next fight. It’s all I have, those brief moments of rage and destruction. It’s a sort of freedom. Then I go back into the cold, dark emptiness.That’s why I don’t speak anymore. What’s the point? I stopped being human a long time ago. I’ve given up on anything but that cycle of violence and isolation—until they throw him into my cage... -
The Wrong Play by C.R. Jane
I knew Jace Thatcher was the wrong play the second he set his sights on me.He’s the school’s star wide receiver. The campus golden boy. The kind of man who takes what he wants and never lets go.And what he wants…is me.But I’m not a game to be won.I have secrets. Scars. A past that’s still chasing me... -
Kiss the Villain by Rina Kent
From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Rina Kent comes a scorching standalone professor/student dark MM romance set in the world of Legacy of Gods. My darkness meets a darker soul. I’m a golden boy. A genius law student, the heir to the Carson empire, and the dutiful son. Or, at least, that's what it looks like from the outside... -
Dance of Deception by Jagger Cole
A scorching hot new mafia series from bestselling author Jagger Cole. He knows what I saw. Now he owns me. Carmine Barone is a monster no one sees but me. A beautiful villain with a cold, black heart and a body honed for violence. But when I stumble into a world I was never meant to see, the ruthless mafia heir becomes something else, too: My husband... -
Brutal Legacy by Mila Kane
She's not my wife... She's my hostage.Fourteen years ago, Georgia Bellisario ripped my heart out and left me for dead.I should have died that day. Maybe I did.The man I was—the one who loved, who felt—was buried in the dirt.What remained was a body, a machine built for war and violence.I was reforged in blood, remade into something ruthless...