Apr 04, 2026ARC/ Mafia Don’s Virgin Bride by Vira Black

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My twin sister drugged me and left me to marry the mafia Don in her place—and he knew the moment he lifted my veil.

I expect Cesare Monti to stop the wedding and expose the switch. Instead, he threatens to kill everyone I love if I don't play the perfect bride.

So I say "I do" to a man who terrifies me.

He gives me a week to consummate our marriage—to claim what I've never given anyone. 

But those first two days, he surprised me. Gives me space when I'm breaking. 

Ask what I want instead of taking. Touches me with a gentleness I never expected.

I fold on day two. Willingly.

Then everything shifts. He defends me to his family when they call me the imposter. Listen when I speak. 

The forced marriage becomes everything I want.

Now I'm in love with the killer who forced me down that aisle and pregnant with his baby.

And someone inside his inner circle sold us out.

Every weakness. Every secret. Including me.

If he doesn't reach me in time, our daughter will never take her first breath.Cesare Monti

If Cesare can't find the traitor in time— The empire falls. And everything we built together dies with it.

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My 5 Star Review TILED:  It's Quite the Set-Up

 

Paola is an art curator, and artist who teaches kids to paint.  She also has a identical twin Bianca. Bianca has stayed in their father's organization while Paola stayed as far away as possible. She's on a different, innocent path until she isn't ! She's terrified when she's drugged and forced to say I do! All because the twin she trusted ran and couldn't be found ! Was their evil father, Giovanni Lombardo complicit in the switch? He didn't care really which daughter filled the bill. But he would do anything to save his Golden Daughter (to him) from harm or shame. It's a really emotional, scary time for Paola.  She now under the power/married to a scary man who treated her at the altar.  

 Cesare Monti saw the difference at the altar but had to accept her so it wouldn't make him appear weak or start a war.  The marriage alliance was meant to avoid war to begin with.   Giulio is both his friend and bodyguard 100 percent of the way ! Cesare surprised me as time went by and I found that I liked him and how he was willing to give Paola choices. Especially,  giving her a time limit about consummating their marriage. She's still staggering from all the shocks and trying to come out of the drugged state and exhaustion. 

I gotta say the more I read, the more I thought that someone out to take out that viper, Viktor ! Permanently !!! And I was on the fence about her father too !

Great romance, suspense, some sadness, a wily enemy and a wonderful smile worthy ending! I wanted to read this story because of the unique book information and I wasn't disappointed !

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Booksprout/ Mafia Don's Scarlet Vows by Piper Raven

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 Book 16 of The Mafia Don Series

I agree to pick up a bag at the airport because my best friend says it’ll clear her mafia debt.

She says it’s easy.
She says no one will notice.

By the time I’m dragged into a stranger’s mansion and the bag is unzipped on a marble floor, I realize the job was never simple.

Because the woman inside is my mother.

The one who disappeared when I was a child.
The one the mafia claims murdered a king.

Roman Caruso is ten years older. Cold. Controlled. Dangerous.
An alpha man whose silence makes an entire room hold its breath.

Now I’m trapped in his world—his estate, his rules, his watchful gaze that lingers just a little too long.

I was meant to deliver a package. Not become his wife.

But the longer I stay, the harder it is to ignore the tension between us… or the secrets closing in.

Then my body changes everything. I’m pregnant with Roman Caruso’s child.

And now the most dangerous man in Miami—the one I can’t trust, the one I can’t seem to resist—is the only one who can keep me alive.

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An Age Gap Arranged Marriage Mafia Romance that is bound to steam up your reading glasses. A real page-turner which will get the adrenaline pumping of even the most avid reader. Read discreation is advised! Note: Your copy may contain unedited sections!

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 My 5 Star    Review TITLED: The House of Secrets

Mila Silva is a silly girl at first at least. She's going to have to wise up..fast. She often is one who who ignores her gut instincts and trusts her best friend, Zoe.  She's grown up in foster homes and when Zoe asks her to pick up a bag at the Miami airport she reluctantly goes.  Zoe was there for her when she aged out of the system so agrees although she thinks it just might be a bad idea. And boy, was it ever. And she ends up married and finding out just what was in that bag. Ouch ! She has more Ouch s coming.

She's angry, defiant and oh so attracted to Roman. With them having quite a few detailed hot moments. 

Roman Caruso against his better judgement feels that strong attachment too and acts early on it until she finds out why she should hate him !! Roman is hiding so much from her, trying to protect her AND unravel some very dangerous secrets ! He's trying to catch some really sketchy people and address some years old LIES ! He's suspicious of his brother Antonio who is super charming when it wants to be, relaxed and smiling while he charms. He's also VERY ambitious ! I think that he wants to oust Roman and take over, everything ! He's a long range planner for sure ! Roman does some of his trusted people keeping a very close eye on things. Including Mila's crime dad,  and his new wife. Both of them don't care a bit about Mila. Roman has several trusted men with Matteo and Luca at the top of the list !

This is an emotional,  has some humor, well played story with twists and turns that I adored. Many I didn't see coming until they did !  Mila and Roman are going to have to "play well" together to survive this Mafia story ! Suspense until the end. 

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bkfunnel/ Ruthless Bratva Pakhan by Alessia Reid

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• ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0GHC6N6XR
• 292  pages
• Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 18, 2026

 

He was supposed to be my patient. Now I'm forced to marry him, and my belly is growing with his baby... 

I spent twelve years hiding from my past—building a new identity as a psychologist, pretending the daughter of an Irish mob boss never existed. Then he walked into my office. 

I didn’t know he’s the Bratva king, my family’s worst enemy. Until he draws his gun and kills for me. 

Apparently, my lovely family wants to drag me back to their world to sell me off as an arranged bride. And the Bratva king offers me the only way out: marry him instead. 

A marriage of convenience. That's all it was supposed to be. 

But there's nothing convenient about the way he touches me. Nothing safe about the way he looks at me—like he’ll make me scream his name if I give in. 

And I give in. 

Now there's a baby growing inside me, and he’s got me trapped in his bed.

Will he ever let me go?

---My 5 Star Review TITLED: There's MORE to their stories 

 Rodion Rysev gives a false last name when he first goes to see Dr. Keira Walsh. He comes in as Mr. Zelenov; a 32 year old "businessman" who can't sleep.  Lies, all lies but Keira see something more in him as they progress. Well, she's been keeping some dangerous secrets herself and she knows the signs.  After all, her father was a very dangerous man who she was hiding and running from all these years. When he is killed, the danger doesn't stop. Her uncle Cormac O'Shea wants to find her and arranged her marriage to a very brutal man for an alliance to benefit him. Keira has only one friend that she has let in her life years ago but she can't help.

Rodion is a VERY charming man but Keira has seen through charm before and isn't sure about him for a long time.  Even Rodion's siblings don't really trust Keir wondering if she's a plant for information on them. Demyvan is actually the head of the family (Older brother) and he was fiery and kind of uncontrollable until he mellowed somewhat when he married. Krill is the cold brother with pale eyes who  says little but notices EVERYTHING !  Nina is that sister that fills the helper role in their dysfunctional family !

Kolya is a pretty stable man who stays by Rodion's side even when he wonders about the decisions that Rodion is making.  There are a few others that actively helping them too.

I liked that was a slow burn of trust and love between the main characters and how most of the dangers have been "erased". But the Italians are still coming but they are safe for now !

Apr 02, 2026-bksprt/ Indebted to the Mafia Don Gia Hartley

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Enemies to lovers. Arranged marriage. One dangerous debt.
A ruthless mafia don forces his childhood enemy into marriage to settle a debt—but the woman he claimed to control might be the only one capable of bringing him to his knees.

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____My 5 star Review TITLED:   This woman comes armed with Lists !

 

I loved Gianna Cortese the woman who fights with a battle plan of lists and research.  She owns Caffe Milano and inherited a huge debt. Everyone wants her place and are working against her to get it.  She's not  only fighting to keep it but to also protect her 17 year old sister, Mia !  And she wasn't as defenseless as everyone seems to think that she is !!!

It made me smile when Damiano D'Angelo swaggers in with HIS smile thinking he already has the wining hand.  Ouch for him ! She's already at least 3 steps ahead of him and he doesn't like it ! He's known her for years and could never figure out how she always beat him at chess when they were younger. It still stings but he's always wondered about that. I guess he always though HE was the smartest one in the room.  I loved how marriage to Gianna was going to be on Her Terms only !!

I couldn't help it but it didn't take long for me to like Damiano as I watched him get out maneuver by Gianna.  And later, their first real negation gets really HOT !

Mia is sadly had to be wiser than her years but Gianna has practically raised her for YEARS. I really liked Mia too!

 Damiano's cousin, Luca Caruso is going to be a big thorn for them but it gets really interesting when he tries his hardest to win. 

 Turns out Gianna and Damiano make for a great team !

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Mar 31/Bksprt/ Boss: An Arranged Marriage Mafia Romance (King of the Mafia Book Three) by Ivy Davis

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He was my family’s enemy.

I had to sign my life over to him.

 

For the sake of peace, I have no choice but to marry Enzo Bianchi.

An Italian Mafia man when I grew up with Bratva family members.

I hate him with every fiber of my being.

It doesn’t help that he’s distractingly handsome and is good at getting under my skin.

It’s hard to reconcile with the fact that Enzo was once my enemy and now he’s my husband.

How am I going to survive him when I don’t even understand how I feel for him?

Enzo likes that I’m a challenge.

So I say: challenge accepted. 

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 My 4 Star Review TITLED:   Enzo said he likes pissing people off

  

  Enzo said he likes pissing people off, well then Kira Petrov just might be his perfect match, lol ! She loves to party, get drunk and enjoy what freedom that she can. She ends up slipping out her house to party and when Enzo approaches her she calls him an Old Guy to his face. Then tells him to move on, she's not interested !She doesn't know who he really is, the host of the party and Enzo ! Hilarious.  She finds out that her father Gregor  and her brother, Maxsim have planned her future...with him !! She's not afraid to get up in Enzo's face even if he the older Bravta boss.  Gotta admit, that silly spoiled girl made me roll my eyes more than once!

 

One of my favorite lines is - Let’s not kill each other before then (before the wedding that is). I was actually concerned one of them WAS going to get hurt. But Enzo was way more patient with her than she deserved, most of the time.  Enzo wasnt even sure he wanted to marry her but HIS boss, Nikolai Volkoc, head of the Bratva, needs this marriage for peace. That's gonna be dicey ! Another man, Marco Amato acts like he should be making decisions not Enzo. He's waiting in the wings.

I hated Enzo's Aunt Francesca and  how she treated Kira. She was  one nasty woman. His sister Gianna lives with the aunt and has turned that girl into a shadow. 

 I heard read that  Gianna gets her own story with  someone named Will and it's called, "Hitman". I can hardly wait for that one !

  
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Mar 30, 2026bksprt/ "Sworn to the Mafia Don" Book 3 of Mafia Dons of New York by Sienna Blacke

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I stalk the witness.
Lock her up and fall first like a goddamn amateur.

I watch Emilia Russo on my feed stop an abduction, and my gut knots.
Soft hands, sharp mouth, and a hero complex that'll get her killed.

She’s off-limits because she’s unspoiled.
And because the Bratva now has her scent.

So I take her before they do.
Private estate, guns, cameras: my eyes everywhere, her exits nowhere.

She should hate me.
Instead, she stares down my darkness and reaches for the man under it.

Every touch is a battle. Every kiss tastes like sin.
Sleeps in my bed like she isn’t afraid of what I’ll do to her.

That’s the second I stop pretending I’m in control.
I’m not guarding a witness anymore—I’m guarding the woman who’s already ruined me.

Now my enemies know she’s the one thing I can’t lose.
So the war begins.

If they take her, they won’t watch me kneel.
They’ll watch me burn New York to bedrock… and pile the bodies high enough for her to see me coming.

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My 5 Star Review TITLED: The Monsters are circling

I loved Emilia Russo , the "civilian", a protector of the woman's shelter.  She's worked her fingers to the bone to  help them after they have been abused. Women who are terrified and feel alone. Emilia rescuing Anya starts the whole arena of danger for Emilia, and the center and it's volunteers. Emilia may be small but she's getting tougher and so does her small staff. Mia isn't quite as street smart, she's still a bit soft but Emilia's friend and co-worker Marisol is a different story. She's not easily fooled.  I liked her a lot too. 

Stefano Bellini  has some trusted men which include first of all Luca, then Matteo and Domenico.  His Capo Vitale comes up a question mark, more than once.  Stefan's mother shows up in the story a couple of times and I liked her too. She's honest with Emilia about how life with her son would be like. Not cruel, just honest. 

There are several other "sharks" circling and they are helping or are behind the Bratva selling and trafficking women.  And they have been circling the shelter for quite a while. They even have hooks into one seemingly charming police officer.  Things get pretty intense, especially towards the end ! Very well done as is the ending with all exposed and taken care of and Emilia refusing to be invisible.  I liked how Stefano and Emilia's romance wasn't hot right away but they edge their way to love and intimacy. 

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mar 31- bkfunnel/ Vension Vendetta by Elsie Grey

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When a stranger slips Lily Good a desperate note inside her restaurant, she knows trouble has followed him into Pine Grove.

“I’m being hunted in three days. Find me first… or I die.”

Before Lily can stop him, the man disappears into the night—leaving behind more questions than answers. With time running out, Lily and Detective Lance Phillips race to uncover who is behind the threat.

Their search leads them into the shadowy world of private hunting lands, powerful secrets, and a vendetta someone is willing to kill for.

As the deadline approaches, Lily must rely on the instincts she once used as a homicide detective—before the hunt begins and someone becomes the next target.

Set along the rugged Oregon coast, Venison Vendetta is another deliciously suspenseful installment in The Good Chef Mysteries, where every case comes with a side of danger.

My 4 Star review notes :  TITLED: Lily and Detective Lance Phillips make a great team

 I liked how the story started out with "the man"slipping that note and how she noticed later how he made sure that she got a deliberate, clear view of his face. He seemed to just know that she had surveillance in her restaurant. What a great start. Turns out it was another good story.  

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