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Ari
I thought I wanted stability—security—someone safe. For two years, I convinced myself Asher—my polished, predictable, perfect boyfriend—was enough.
Until the letters started. Cryptic. Obsessive. Meant only for me.
Then, I meet Asher’s twin. Maddox Cross. A name no one speaks. A convicted felon.
Asher warns me to stay away, but Maddox peels me open, piece by piece, like he already knows my secrets.
And when the truth comes out, I won’t have to choose between two brothers.
Because one of them will never let me go.

Maddox
Twenty years in a cage does things to a man. Gives him time. Time to think. Time to remember. Time to obsess.
Asher never deserved Ari. I knew it the second I found out about her.
She doesn’t belong in his perfect world. She belongs in mine—where good girls get ruined, and bad men don’t let go.
Now, I’m here. In her dreams. In her room. In the dark—touching, tasting, waiting.
She was never running. Just waiting for me to catch her.
And now that I have?
She’ll say my name in the dark, shattered and breathless—until she knows she was never meant to belong to anyone else.

Play with the Phantom is a full-length, dark standalone romance with an age gap and stalker themes. It has a HEA. Please check the triggers.]]> 300 Amanda Richardson Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 3
I honestly feel Asher didn’t need to be a part of the storyline. They had nothing in common, and what girl wastes two years of her life on a guy who can’t s3xually please her and puts her last all the time��. This would have also eliminated the cheating, which would have made the story better.

The book focused mainly on Asher and Ari, not enough on Maddox and Ari.
I wanted more st@lking; honestly,
Maddox is completely unhinged and obsessed with her. Give me that story, not some string-along plot with her wasting time on Asher ]]> 4.56
author: Amanda Richardson
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.56
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2025/04/26
date added: 2025/04/27
shelves:
review:
I loved Frankie and Dante’s book, and I was so excited to read Ari and Maddox's story, but after reading it, I’m sad to say this was just an okay read for me.

I honestly feel Asher didn’t need to be a part of the storyline. They had nothing in common, and what girl wastes two years of her life on a guy who can’t s3xually please her and puts her last all the time��. This would have also eliminated the cheating, which would have made the story better.

The book focused mainly on Asher and Ari, not enough on Maddox and Ari.
I wanted more st@lking; honestly,
Maddox is completely unhinged and obsessed with her. Give me that story, not some string-along plot with her wasting time on Asher
]]> 228057316 Loving Isaia Del Rossa is like drowning in darkness.
And with every possessive touch, every whispered command, I sink deeper under his spell.


On this island, there is no outside world. No past. No future. Only him.
His hands, his mouth, his obsession.

He worships me, breaks me, makes me beg for the kind of pleasure I should fear.
And he kills for me like it’s nothing.

Because to Isaia…I’m everything.
But love shouldn’t feel like a cage.

He says it’s for my protection, that the world beyond these shores is too dangerous.
But the longer I’m here, the more I wonder if this island was meant to protect me…or imprison me.

Isaia’s not just keeping me safe.
He’s keeping me his.
]]> 272 Bella J. Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 4.43
author: Bella J.
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.43
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/25
date added: 2025/04/27
shelves: cliffhanger, dark-romance, mafia-romance
review:
I am obsessed with these two. They are my favorite in this series, but I don't think they needed a third book....
]]> 206177053 I’m a monster DNA experiment and my beasts salivate at the thought of her.
In my human life, I was a hardworking blue-collar man.
And now I’m a monster.
My anger is tenfold in this form.
Yet I find a part of me that’s fragile and needs protecting.
Every day, I turn to stone on her property to watch over her.
At night, I let myself into her home.
I find it impossible to stop myself.
These things inside me roar knowing this woman is mine.
I won’t let her be taken from me.
Not when she’s all I have left.
I watch. I stalk.
I feast. I prey.
I devour her when she has no idea.
The invisibility of my new body works to my advantage.
Until I see her scars.
The love I pour into her is nothing compared to the hate I’ll give to him.
She. Is. Mine.
And all my beasts agree.

]]> 285 January Rayne Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 3
Even though this wasn't for me, I will still read Hollyhocks. Female st@lker, umm, hell yes! ]]> 4.05
author: January Rayne
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.05
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2025/04/24
date added: 2025/04/27
shelves: monster-romance, paranormal-romance, dark-romance, stalker, somnophilia, blood-play, hes-obsessed, possessive-and-obsessive, domestic-violence, abuse, broken, sexual-assault, forced-pregnancy, period-play, mental-health, tail-play
review:
I love monster romances, and I wanted to like this one because I enjoyed the first book in this series, Honeysuckles. But when you have him guzzling out of her menstrual cup, rummaging through her bathroom trash can, and devouring her pads and tampons, I'm going to have to pass��

Even though this wasn't for me, I will still read Hollyhocks. Female st@lker, umm, hell yes!
]]> 55855971






You don't know me, but I know you.

I'm the shadow that creeps behind you without notice.

The moment you see me, you're dead.

An assassin. A killer. A nobody.

Until I became somebody.

I'll make everyone who reduced me to a shadow pay.

To do that, I'm willing to risk everything.

Everything except for my reluctant wife.

Rai Sokolov can show me her worst, but this will only end when death does us part.

The road to the throne is paved with loss, betrayal, and blood baths.

To win, we go all in.

Our lives included.




This book is the conclusion of a duet and is not standalone.]]> 344 Rina Kent Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 RTC 4.05 2021
author: Rina Kent
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2024/06/03
date added: 2025/04/27
shelves: mafia-romance, duet, dark-romance, rinakentverse, crime, billionaire, banter, enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity, sexual-assault, bc-tampering, pregnancy, praise-kink, strong-badass-fmc, sassy-fmc, assassin, dirty-talker, alphahole, possessive-and-obsessive, mine, jealous, forced-pregnancy, all-the-feels, revenge, hate-to-love, my-wife, ott, mr-grumpy, peach-play
review:
RTC
]]> 58722688
Riley Kelly didn’t come to New York City with the hope of changing her life. After a vicious assault two years prior left her scarred and deeply traumatized, all the eighteen-year-old really craves is normalcy.

Enter rock star Aiden James, the complete opposite of normal. When he’s not playing sold-out arenas, he’s working on the next hit album and dodging the paparazzi. His happiness, however, has always taken a back seat. The one shred of secrecy left in his life is his dark, tragic past, and his infamous family prefers to keep it that way.

Only, when Riley catches his eye at a fundraiser in the city, he can’t stop himself as obsession takes root. Her blue eyes and peppermint scent are all he can think about, even after their one encounter takes an unfortunate turn.

Suddenly, his dream girl is a malicious ghost.

Now, Aiden’s on a mission to track her down and make her pay for ruining his career. Even if it means abandoning his life to make hers completely miserable.

Soon, he’ll learn that revenge isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be.

*Vipers and Virtuosos is a full-length, standalone dark rock star romance inspired by the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. It is NOT fantasy, historical, or a retelling. If you are not a dark romance reader, this book may not be suitable for you. Reader discretion is advised.]]> 392 Sav R. Miller 1737668130 Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 Lmao 3.91 2021
author: Sav R. Miller
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/22
date added: 2025/04/22
shelves: enemies-to-lovers, dark-romance, humor, bully-romance, rockstar-romance, stalker, dubcon, revenge, fmc-virgin, hes-obsessed, dirty-talker, praise-kink, retelling, secrets, second-chance, audiobook, angsty, billionaire
review:
Lmao
]]> 55921330
Doctor Kal Anderson assumes his heart worked at some point in his life. But at thirty-two years old, the organ in his chest seems to play a mechanical role at best. His cold, emotionless existence gives him an edge as a fixer and in-house physician for the Mafia, while his judgment is impartial and complication-free.

Until Elena Ricci, his boss’s twenty-year-old daughter.

After admiring the heartless doctor from afar most of her life, Elena catches him in a moment of weakness, and the pair shares a night of passion as they attempt to work each other from their systems. Only, the night seems to have the opposite effect. Elena is no longer a simple temptation to Kal, but a necessity.

An obsession.

One he won’t let anyone stand in his way of—even if that means crashing her wedding to another man, forcing her hand in marriage, and stealing her away to the corrupt island he resides on.

Alone with the man of her nightmares for the first time ever, Elena starts to chip away at the layers of ice surrounding his hardened heart. But the warmth and depravity from her new husband may not be worth the secrets unveiled, or the lives that will forever be altered.

Promises and Pomegranates is a standalone dark romance inspired by Hades and Persephone. Though it is not necessary, it is highly recommended to read their short prequel, Sweet Sin, before diving in. Visit the author's website for a detailed content warning list.]]> 382 Sav R. Miller 1737668106 Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 3.51 2021
author: Sav R. Miller
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 3.51
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/21
date added: 2025/04/22
shelves: dark-romance, mafia-romance, age-gap, knife-play, unhinged, psycho, retelling, hes-obsessed, blood-play, dirty-talker, marking, praise-kink, degradation, arranged-marriage, enemies-to-lovers, mr-grumpy, assassin, dubcon, audiobook, he-falls-first
review:

]]> 222476965
Arden, Lincoln, and Kase run the Blacksburg office of Shadow Security. Their instincts won’t allow them to ignore their heavily pregnant new neighbor. After all, protecting people is how they’ve made their living. Well, that and the off-the-books contracts no one will ever know about, but this mission calls for a different kind of finesse.

With her due date only weeks away and still reeling from the loss of her daughter’s father, will Chelsea be able to let her walls down long enough to let anyone in? Or will danger catch up before her neighbors can convince her they won’t let her down?

When She Needs Them Most is a complete standalone with no cliffhanger. Extra info can be found in the Author's Note.]]> 336 Jillian West Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 4.23
author: Jillian West
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.23
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/01/18
date added: 2025/04/21
shelves: why-choose, omegaverse, banter, sweet, burn-the-world-for-her, possessive-and-obsessive, forced-proximity, small-town
review:

]]> 57193221 I had everything I ever wanted, until my life was flipped upside down. Now, I’m suddenly being forced to live in my parent’s hometown, with complete strangers. Like my heart isn’t broken enough. Could I fall any further?
Yes. Yes, I could.
Why might that be?
The Allstars. Xavier Knight, Hunter Asheville, and Tobias Holmes. Asheville High’s prestigious star football players.
They’re my worst nightmare. But damn �� why do they have to be so mouth-wateringly hot? I mean I’m sure there is more to them, I can see it in their eyes, but I won’t be getting any closer to pin-point what it is exactly.
They seem to think I’m breakable, but they obviously don’t know me at all. The Allstars have no idea of what I’m dealing with, and I’m not above biting back.
I’m here out of a promise to my mother, but this damn town screws with you. Knight’s Creek welcomes you in, with its picture perfect neighborhoods, making you think it’s safe, quaint, and wholesome. But in reality, this toxic town seeps into your soul and tears you apart.
Now, I have no choice but to stay and piece myself back together. The second I graduate, I’m getting the hell out of here.
In theory, it sounds simple. Right?
Toxic Creek is Book One in The Allstars Series, which is a contemporary, bully reverse harem. Some scenes may be classed as triggering to some, and with sexual scenes throughout it is recommended for those 17+. F/M/M/M steam, so for clarification there will be NO MM and Eden is everyone’s soul focus; if they get over their egos that is!]]> 472 K.C. Kean Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 4.30 2021
author: K.C. Kean
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2021/05/26
date added: 2025/04/21
shelves: why-choose, dark-romance, cliffhanger, enemies-to-lovers, high-school, bully-romance
review:

]]> 223200162 My fresh start is finally around the corner—but so is the man standing in the middle of the f*cking road.

He could’ve died when I hit him, and his two friends are downright furious. But instead of pressing charges, they offer me a deal: work for them for six months, and they’ll let it go.

Their secluded mountain estate is vast and beautiful. Full of stolen artifacts and dark secrets.

Atticus, Elijah, and Seven might be equally alluring, but they’re also damaged and dangerous—driven by a thirst for revenge they say I can help satisfy.

Only now that they have me, they don’t seem to want to let me go. And it’s not one-sided.

Before long, their vengeance becomes my own, and I begin to understand that even if helping them claims my life, it’s too late to turn back now.

I can’t guard a heart they’ve already stolen.

White Rose Painted Red is a dark romance full of kindle-melting chemistry and possessive, damaged men who will do whatever it takes to get the revenge they crave and keep the girl they never meant to fall for.

*This book contains themes and scenes that may be disturbing to some readers.

Tropes:
Psycho golden retriever
Who hurt you?
Forced proximity
Damaged heroes
Badass FMC
Found family
'F*ck it'

]]> 454 Elena Lawson 1989723519 Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 5
]]> 4.72 2025
author: Elena Lawson
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.72
book published: 2025
rating: 5
read at: 2025/04/19
date added: 2025/04/21
shelves: dark-romance, why-choose, broken-hero, possessive-and-obsessive, unhinged, forced-proximity, pierced-peen, strong-badass-fmc, sassy-fmc, found-family, age-gap, cliffhanger, duet, revenge, abuse, mfmm
review:
OMG!! That ending was f—king wild!!


]]> 223431982
My best friends little sister.
Entirely off limits.
A craving I cannot resist.

Savannah Levine is the one woman I cannot have and the only one I want.
I keep her at arms length, but there's no denying that she is an addiction I'm too weak to ignore.

One taste.
One touch.
I should have known it would never be enough.

Selfishly, I steal touches and kisses in the dark, keeping us a secret from those closest to us.
But in a circle like mine, lies tend to catch up on you and justice is served in the most tragic of ways.

There's no way a man like me gets to keep the girl.

Savannah

My brothers best friend.
A man I have no right wanting.
A broken heart waiting to happen.

Killian Archer has owned my heart from the moment I met him, I thought it would ease with time, that this feeling would end but it only grew. I assumed it was unrequited until one night, one date gone wrong, and a kiss to seal our fates, catapulted us straight into the danger zone.

We are fire.
Burning into embers.
And the more we sneak around, the more I fall.

Until it's all ripped away and I'm left scrambling to find all the missing pieces.
The thing about a love like ours is that it was never built to last.
You can hope and you can pray, but when you're built on a foundation of secrets and lies, cracks begin to show.

And when the walls finally fall, I won't even have the memories to remind me that it was real.

Embers of Us is a full length, brothers best friend romance following Killian and Savannah. This is a dark romance, a full list of TWs is provided at the start of the book.]]> 438 Ria Wilde Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 5 4.19
author: Ria Wilde
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.19
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/04/18
date added: 2025/04/19
shelves: dark-romance, mafia-romance, age-gap, all-the-feels, angsty, assault, ballerina-x-dancer, banter, best-friends-brother, broken-hero, brothers-best-friend, crime, dirty-talker, emotional, favorites, forbidden, grand-gestures, he-falls-first, hes-obsessed, praise-kink, abuse, attempted-assault, protective, mine, sweet, sassy-fmc, possessive-and-obsessive
review:

]]> 62253714
They were the last words my mother heard before she collapsed on the church steps, poison ending her pitifully short life.

When her new husband dies minutes later, all eyes turn to me.

There are whispers. Accusations. The verdict is split.

I murdered them both.

Or I'm the next to die.

To catch a killer, I move myself into my new stepbrother's house in the fancy town of Providence. With its million-dollar mansions and ocean views, it's a far cry from the seedy Saint View underbelly I grew up in.

But my new life delivers more than I ever could have bargained for and three men I never saw coming.

Fang, the biker gang enforcer everyone is terrified of. Everyone, but me. When he finds the bruises I've been hiding, he swears to stand by my side while I have my revenge on the men who hurt me.

Vaughn, my cocky new stepbrother. The way he looks at me is anything but brotherly. With half his dad's fortune left to me, we might both be searching for the murderer, but he's my prime suspect.

And Kian, my new roommate and Vaughn's enemy. The streetfighter is funny and sweet, but violence darkens his eyes when he hears about my past. Hiding secrets of his own, he joins the hunt.

With every lie we uncover, every secret we expose, the danger mounts.

Until there's only one thing we know for sure.

The killer is still out there.

And we're his next targets.

Rebel Revenge is an adult, #whychoose romance, meaning the main character has more than one love interest. This book contains romantic suspense and dark themes that may trigger some readers. It is the first book in an ongoing trilogy.]]> 398 Elle Thorpe 1922760358 Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 4.26 2023
author: Elle Thorpe
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2023/08/13
date added: 2025/04/18
shelves: dark-romance, why-choose, enemies-to-lovers, cliffhanger, mm, forced-proximity, stepbrother, mc-romance, revenge, strong-badass-fmc, possessive-and-obsessive
review:

]]> 228982929 I was married to her sister—a woman who died in the crossfire of my Russian mafia world.
To her, I'm nothing but a monster with blood-stained hands.
She doesn't see they're the same hands keeping her alive.
She's fled from me repeatedly, each escape bringing her closer to the enemies hunting us both.
The hatred burning in her eyes only matches the forbidden heat igniting between us.
The rival bratva won't stop until she's eliminated.
My solution? Make her mine—a marriage placing her untouchably under my protection.
She fights me at every turn, fierce and beautiful in her rage, blaming me for her sister's death and her shattered life.
She can't know the truth, that her sister's death wasn't collateral damage but punishment for betrayal.
As danger closes in, I'm torn between my vow and the desperate hunger that consumes me whenever she's near.
When an ambush leaves her bleeding in my arms, everything changes.
This marriage isn't negotiable anymore.
She'll wear my ring and bear my name.
She'll be mine, even if I have to break her to keep her.]]> 395 Zoe Blake Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 5 4.22
author: Zoe Blake
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.22
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/22
date added: 2025/04/17
shelves: dark-romance, zoe-blake, mafia-romance, possessive-and-obsessive, unhinged, favorites, peach-play, spanking, praise-kink, breeding, hes-obsessed, mine, dubcon, bratva, enemies-to-lovers, hate-to-love, stalker, jealous, forbidden, billionaire, bdsm-elements, sassy-fmc, somnophilia, dirty-talker, arranged-marriage, forced-marriage
review:

]]> 228842097 Louie
My mother taught me one valuable lesson that I’ve used to get to where I am today. And
where am I? Las Vegas.

Who am I? Well, that depends on who you are. To some, I’m the king. The judge, juror, and
executioner. To others, I’m just another rich asshole who owns a few casinos.

But I own more than that. I own the strip and the streets surrounding it. I own this city, and
it’ll have to be wrenched from my cold, dead hands before I hand it over to anyone else.

When I spot her, I don’t sense the desperation that wafts off the usual crowd. No, she has a
loneliness that rivals my own, a sadness that I want to soak in, and a body made to sin with.

What was that lesson my mother taught me? Trust no one. The thing is, Charlotte is taking a
wrecking ball to that lesson because every fiber of my being wants to trust this woman.

Charlotte
When you don’t want to be seen, find a crowded place and blend in.

That’s exactly why I came to Vegas. To not be seen. I figured with all the flashing lights,
alcohol, drugs, people�� no one would notice me.

But he did. And I don’t know how to get him to unsee me. Or if I even want him to.

This city was supposed to be my sanctuary, a place to forget who I am. Or should I say who I
was? A place to let go of the past. A place no one would ever think to look for me.

It was supposed to be just one weekend. But now I think it might be so much more…]]> Kylie Kent 1923137697 Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 5
]]> 4.56
author: Kylie Kent
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.56
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/04/16
date added: 2025/04/16
shelves: dark-romance, mafia-romance, one-night-stand, pierced-peen, possessive-and-obsessive, protective, mine, hes-obsessed, he-falls-first, peach-play, broken-hero, my-wife, banter, humor, favorite-of-the-series, rich-guy, billionaire
review:
Oh, I devoured His Kingdom. I loved Charlotte and Louie's story. I love mafia romance, and this had all the elements that I love, but what I loved the most is how freaking sweet and loving Louie was. Louie and Charlotte had some of the best banter, and her inner monologue and the things she tells him had me cracking up. Kylie always delivers in the spice department, and let me tell you, these two were smokin' hot!


]]> 228142862 Love is deadly. Trust is lethal.

LUCIA

Roman and I are an impossible dream.
Divided by a past we didn't choose,
And promises we can't betray.

The Orlovs have taken Roman's children,
And there's nothing he won't do to get them back.
Even if that means killing my brother.

I love Roman with my entire heart. Nothing can change that. Nothing ever could.
But in a world where nothing is what it seems,
Nobody can be trusted.
Not even me.

ROMAN

I thought I knew my enemy.
But the darkness is worse than I imagined��
And now it's come for those I love.

Saving them means exposing the secrets that hold us all hostage.
Secrets bound by blood.
By death.
And by loyalty and honor.

Secrets that threaten to destroy Lucia and I forever.

I can't allow myself to think about Lucia. If I do, I risk losing everything I promised to guard.
But letting her go is harder than I could ever have imagined.
Her face on every street.
A darkness in my soul that I know will never leave.

A love that I can't forget.

*Lethal Alliance concludes Lucia and Roman's story. No cheating, and a guaranteed HEA.
The rest of the Lethal Legacy Series are standalone books set in an interconnected world.

Primarily a romance story, Lethal Alliance is set in the dangerous, high stakes world of the Russian mafia, amid international locations and a luxury billionaire lifestyle. Featuring a fast paced plot and complex characters, it has enough heat to sear the bedsheets and some violence, but is less dark than many in the genre.

TROPES
Hidden past; secret pregnancy; alpha male; intelligent FMC; found family; family secrets; possessive MMC.]]> Paula Walshe 1922666211 Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 4.56
author: Paula Walshe
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.56
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/15
date added: 2025/04/15
shelves: dark-romance, mafia-romance, cliffhanger, duet, bratva, hidden-identity, pregnancy, possessive-and-obsessive, mine
review:
Wow, what a ride this duet has been! Roman and Darya’s journey has had so many twists and turns, secrets revealed, and yes, some surprises shocked me. I couldn’t think of a better ending for these two.
]]> 223806873 Love is deadly. Trust is lethal.

LUCIA

How can I love what I tried to escape?
For six years I've run from the Orlov bratva.
I don’t need to see the ink under Roman's shirt,
Or touch the gun under his jacket,
To know he has bratva written all over every muscled inch of his body.
.
And now he wants me in his home.
Not to mention in his bed.
On paper, Roman Stevanovsky is a billionaire CEO.
But that doesn’t mean he isn’t a killer in practice.

Which is probably why I can't take my eyes off him.

I might have left behind my real name,
And the Petrovsky fortune;
But it seems that my libido
Remains stubbornly hardwired to Russian bad boy.

I need the kind of power Roman wields.
Hellfire, to regain what was stolen from my family.
But I’m as close to possessing either power or hellfire
As I am to making my crazy fantasies about Roman himself come true.

ROMAN

Lucia is hiding something.
You can’t fake that kind of fear.
The fear of being hunted
By death itself.

I know how it feels to have no choice but run.
To guard secrets that aren’t mine to tell.
To live with a revenge
That I can never take.

I told myself I wouldn't get involved
In whatever storm is chasing Lucia.
I only meant to give her a chance,
The means to outrun it.

But now she's in my home.
Her body in my bed
Her heart stealing mine.
Lucia's life belongs to me, even if her secrets are hers alone.

So if the storm decides to come for her?
Well—I protect what is mine.
And I’m no storm.
I’m the f***ing apocalypse.

*Lethal Legacy is book one in the Lethal Legacy series. Roman and Lucia's story concludes in book two, Lethal Alliance. The duet has no cheating, enough heat to sear the bedsheets, and a guaranteed HEA.

Lethal Legacy is primarily a love story, set in the high stakes, dangerous, and luxurious international world of Russian mafia. It is less dark than some in the genre, but does have some scenes depicting violence.


Forced proximity, alpha male; 'touch her and you die' vibes, runaway heroine, family secrets, found family., saucy contract.]]> 608 Paula Walshe 1922666203 Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 4.10
author: Paula Walshe
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.10
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/14
date added: 2025/04/15
shelves: dark-romance, mafia-romance, forced-proximity, boss-employee, nanny, bratva, alpha-male, secrets, found-family, duet, possessive-and-obsessive, mine, cliffhanger
review:

]]> 152534188 Her
I watched him murder my parents. He thinks I’ve disappeared, but the truth is I’ve been biding my time. Training. Searching. Waiting. Now I finally have a shot at revenge, but one thing keeps me from grabbing onto it. Is it worth it if it costs me everything?

The Kings
We are a unit, a team. Brothers forged in fire. Raised within the Bratva, we’re destined to one day lead. So when we are invited to Mafie University, we aren’t surprised to find our fathers expect us to become the Kings. Everything is on track for us, our lives having been planned out before we were even born. It’s only when we meet her that everything changes. We were told she’s ours. To control. To play with. And there is nothing we love more than breaking things.

This book is a DARK secret society romance. It contains graphic content of abuse, assault, and murder that some readers may be particularly sensitive to. If you have triggers or are even remotely unsure, please heed the note at the beginning of this book. It also contains explicit sexual content that is not intended for readers under the age of 18. This is a why choose/ reverse harem, meaning the main female character will end up with multiple men in the end. It is written in Multiple POV.]]> 541 T.R. Oldin Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 4.33
author: T.R. Oldin
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.33
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2023/07/05
date added: 2025/04/14
shelves: why-choose, dark-romance, mm, mafia-romance, enemies-to-lovers, cliffhanger, secret-society, abuse, assault, forced-proximity, college, alphahole, possessive-and-obsessive, dubcon, pierced-peen, blood-play, knife-play, spanking, praise-kink, marking, mental-health
review:

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A man who loved two women. A mother who sacrificed herself for her daughter. A daughter who will stop at nothing to take down those who killed and threatened the ones she loves. I’ve been told all my life that love was a weakness in our world. That couldn’t be further from the truth, but that’s only half of what I need to finish the job.


Power—it’s the only thing some people understand besides money. I’m not worried, power is one thing I’m not lacking in this fight. That’s what comes with being the sole heir to two criminal empires and making friends in all the right places.


Now that all the pieces are set it’s finally time to shake things up in this criminal world and bring an end to the era of the Five Families. What will come of it after I’ve gotten my pound of flesh? That’s someone else’s problem�� I’m just here for revenge.]]> 411 Elizabeth Knight Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 4.44
author: Elizabeth Knight
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.44
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2023/11/24
date added: 2025/04/14
shelves: why-choose, dark-romance, mafia-romance, found-family, revenge, mm, bdsm-elements, pegging
review:

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It’s the only thing on my mind other than getting Luca out of jail. After getting hit with betrayal, lies, and loss I’ve bloodied my hands and crowned myself the queen of the Caprioni Family. I may sit on the throne, but it doesn't mean matters within the Family have gotten better.

The writing is on the wall and I’m damn tired of being the mouse in this game the founding families are playing. Allies are appearing to help expose the truth of what’s really going on behind the scenes, exposing those who thought they could hide from me.

With the truth in hand, it's time for the first stage of my revenge and clean up the mess on my turf. Once I’m through taking out the trash all that’s left is to let the big boys know there’s a new queen in town.]]> 324 Elizabeth Knight Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 4.46 2023
author: Elizabeth Knight
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.46
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2023/07/30
date added: 2025/04/14
shelves: cliffhanger, dark-romance, why-choose, mm, mafia-romance, mental-health, bdsm-elements
review:

]]> 62057053
What an excellent question, thank you so much for asking.

No seriously, I've been waiting twenty years to be able to answer this. Trust me, being hidden away in another country with a nanny, a groundskeeper, his son (my ex best friend), and the wicked witch of the west aka—my stepmother. I’m dying to spill the tea.

All my life I’ve been told there were big plans for me, that one day I would be called back home where I would take my place next to my father, Calmazio Caprioni—the king of the mafia. For the past twenty years I’ve been trained—more like tortured if you ask me. Educated by the best and kept in the loop of all things having to do with the Caprioni family business.

Now it’s my twenty-fifth birthday and it’s time for mama to come back home. Leaving behind my hobby as a thief of the rich and famous, I’m ready to storm the gates of the family castle, ruffle some feathers, and stab some haters. This boss-ass-beeyach isn’t taking crap from anyone, while looking damn good doing it. The world is changing and I wouldn’t want them to forget that this broad is now in charge, high heels and all.

Don’t like it?

Get a number and step in line, I’m sharpening my knives just for you.]]> 381 Elizabeth Knight Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 4.40 2022
author: Elizabeth Knight
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.40
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2022/11/04
date added: 2025/04/14
shelves: dark-romance, why-choose, mm, mafia-romance, bdsm-elements, sex-toys, voyuerism, cliffhanger
review:

]]> 62963460
Blood has been spilt, my heart has been broken, and there are traitors in our midst. What a great way to start as the new leader of the Caprioni Family.

Just when I thought I’d finally have everything I’d ever dreamed of, it was torn away from me. Only two weeks on the job after being brought home and everything goes to shit. No one expected this tragedy to happen—least of all me. Now rage and heartache fuel me as I lay my father to rest, plotting the demise of those who dared to steal the man I loved most from me.

To say that some are less than thrilled with my rise to power would be an understatement. That’s not surprising in the least. No, the problem was figuring out who those people are. My father warned me not to trust anyone but those he trusted with me. Even then it felt like a risk to me, each step I let them come closer gave me more to lose.

Between a secret letter, a wedding picture, a hidden heritage, a plot to ruin my name, and the police knocking on my door, it’s been one hell of an introduction to being the boss. Adding the crowning cherry of having to turn to the darkness I’d been running from inside myself�� I’m not sure how much more I can take.

Those who are loyal prove they will support me to the grave and back, but it might not be enough. No matter where I turn, there’s another level of secrets and lies to unravel. Will anything I believed be the truth? Or is this just the beginning of the rabbit hole that shows me what's lurking in the shadows, having waited for my return?

Content Warning found on author site: elizabethknightbooks. c o m]]> 313 Elizabeth Knight Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 4.45 2023
author: Elizabeth Knight
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.45
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2023/02/22
date added: 2025/04/14
shelves: dark-romance, why-choose, mm, slow-burn, cliffhanger, mental-health, pegging, bdsm-elements, primal-play, mafia-romance
review:

]]> 56534687 It’s a common story. I’m sure you can guess how it goes.

Girl winds up in the wrong place at the wrong time.
She witnesses four gods of beauty and brutality murder some poor sap, and she’s stupid enough to get caught.

Come on. You know what happens next.

You know they tracked her�� me�� down.
I don’t need to tell you that they claimed me. Ripped me from my safe, perfect world and bound me in chains to their throne.
All of that is obvious.

It’s the part where they corrupted me, dragged me into their world of death and destruction, made me theirs in every way I didn’t know was possible, and I became a soldier in a war that will bring all of Cinco City to its knees��

…that’s when it gets interesting.

Saint is a dark contemporary why choose romance. This is book one in the series and features language, dark themes, and sexual scenes. If you're cool with that, dive in!]]> 290 Ruby Vincent Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 4.17 2021
author: Ruby Vincent
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2021/02/28
date added: 2025/04/14
shelves: dark-romance, why-choose, cliffhanger, enemies-to-lovers, possessive-and-obsessive
review:

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“To convince a man to marry you, you have to be what they envision. Pretty, quiet, caring, and barefoot in the kitchen.��

My mother's expectations have never wavered. I’m determined to be more, even if it is within the confines of Featherstone Academy. I'm tired of being forced into a mold I don't fit in. I want to be me, however that looks. Finding myself, and understanding what matters, is my number one focus over everything else.

Taking inspiration from my reading obsession, I know what I want my life to look like, but getting it is a completely different issue. I'm trying to keep my love life under wraps so nobody can interfere or watch me crash and burn as I try to lose my weak persona. My senses are flooded with the new temptations that surround me. The deepest voice that makes my insides melt, a searing hot touch from the campus playboy, and the stormy gaze of the world's biggest jackass. Along with them comes a deeper exposure into the Featherstone life.

Watching Featherstone close in around my friends, dealing with parental issues, relationship drama, and a stalker, makes me realize I’m drowning in trouble. Let the sambuca shots burn my throat as I get lost in my own journey of shedding my old skin, and becoming Red]]> 664 K.C. Kean Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 5 dark-romance, why-choose 4.65
author: K.C. Kean
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.65
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2021/12/26
date added: 2025/04/14
shelves: dark-romance, why-choose
review:

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I'm a little bird, trapped in a gilded cage. My mother keeps me like a doll, pretty and silent, ensuring I will become a good wife and further my family's legacy. The Fraser name needs to live on, no matter what. My freedom of choice, my ability to marry for love, are stripped from me.

Until him.

Ryan Malone is my brother's bodyguard and the man who I'm falling in love with. If we're found out my brothers will kill him, but when my mother tries to force me down the aisle, I'm sent into hiding with Ryan. It will test both of our resolves to keep away from each other.

Ryan

I shouldn't look twice at Aurelia Fraser. She's a mob princess and she's completely out of my league. Touching her is a one-way ticket to dead, but when I'm charged with her protection I can't keep my hands off her. Beneath the front she puts on I find a damaged, scared woman who I want to protect--even if it's from her own parents.

*This book contains upsetting scenes. Please check the warnings on my website. linked in my biography.]]> 234 Jessica Ames Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 4.53
author: Jessica Ames
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.53
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/10
date added: 2025/04/14
shelves: forbidden, bodyguard, dark-romance, mafia-romance, fmc-virgin
review:

]]> 60551546 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.

Kane

The last thing I want is a wife, but my family needs me to do my duty and I will do anything to protect my siblings. Elena is nothing like I envisaged. She’s brash, loud and able to take care of herself. From the moment I put that ring on her finger, I knew this would be a match made in hell, but this is a situation neither of us can escape.
Until death do us part is just a saying, but when someone targets my wife I have to put our differences aside and protect her life. She is a Fraser and no one touches what’s mine.]]> 214 Jessica Ames Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 4.41
author: Jessica Ames
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.41
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/06
date added: 2025/04/14
shelves: mafia-romance, dark-romance, enemies-to-lovers, banter, abuse, arranged-marriage, favorite-of-the-series
review:

]]> 59127992
4 weeks, 28 days, 672 hours—that’s all I have left until my fate is sealed.

I am promised to a monster. A man twice my age. He plans to keep me like a pretty doll, making me move to whatever whims he has.

Trapped, all my choices are taken away apart from one.

A handsome stranger. He tells me his name is Lucas and for one night I'm able to leave my cursed future behind. The pull to Lucas is unexplainable and undeniable. One thing is certain—I have to find a way out of this arranged marriage. I have to claim my life back. And Lucas might be the key.

Lucas

Sariah has secrets. I can see it in her eyes. There's a sadness that swirls within them, a fear of what we're doing. I want to know who put that look on her face and protect her from it. I will burn the world to ashes to keep her safe.
But when the truth is revealed, and I learn she is being forced to wed a man who has a reputation darker than my own, I realise how much danger Sariah is in. I'm not sure the might of the Fraser crime family will be enough to save her life.

Or mine.

*Warning : Contains adult content, reading age 18 +. Graphic violence and dark emotional scenes that may trigger some readers.]]> 222 Jessica Ames Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 4.15
author: Jessica Ames
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.15
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/02
date added: 2025/04/14
shelves: dark-romance, mafia-romance, kidnapping, one-night-stand, mine, fmc-virgin, abuse, arranged-marriage, sexual-assault, assault
review:

]]> 223458997 He killed my father. Now he’s my husband.

Sean O’Connor is everything I hate.
Twelve years older. My brother’s best friend. The man who stole my chance at revenge.
But in our world, marriage isn’t about love—it’s about power.
And this one ties me to the man I swore to destroy.
I fight him in private, obey him in public, and burn for him in ways I refuse to admit.
He says I belong to him. That I should forget the past.
Then my brother is kidnapped, and Sean is the only one who can help me save him.
But the more I fight him, the more I realize—he’s not just my enemy.
He’s the only man who will ever own me.
And in this war, falling for my husband might be the most dangerous thing of all.

Cruel Vows is a captivating dark enemies-to-lovers mafia romance with an arranged marriage twist that will leave you hooked. It’s the thrilling first installment in the Cruel Command series.]]> 314 Kira Cole Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 Mafia and enemies to lovers, now that's my jam. Cruel Vows had it all: the sexual tension, banter, and digs they threw at one another had me laughing. ]]> 4.42
author: Kira Cole
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.42
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/11
date added: 2025/04/14
shelves: enemies-to-lovers, dark-romance, mafia-romance, arranged-marriage, hate-to-love, age-gap, sassy-fmc, brothers-best-friend
review:

Mafia and enemies to lovers, now that's my jam. Cruel Vows had it all: the sexual tension, banter, and digs they threw at one another had me laughing.
]]> 203447468


This is a dark Omegaverse where the men are twisted, masked, mafia men with forced proximity. Be prepared.]]> 702 Jenn Bullard Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 4.28
author: Jenn Bullard
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.28
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/10
date added: 2025/04/10
shelves: dark-romance, omegaverse, knotting, knife-play, blood-play, kidnapping, sharing-is-caring, why-choose, abuse, forced-proximity, scent-matches, mm, wet-mess, dirty-talker, revenge, hurt-comfort, angsty, mmmfm, found-family, possessive-and-obsessive, enemies-to-lovers, mental-health, nesting, trauma, spanking, dp, cock-warming, voyuerism, non-con, dubcon, captive, drug-use, sexual-assault, all-the-feels
review:

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What if you found out that you were born for one single purpose?
Wed a Russian Bratva boss, hand him your V-card, and give him an heir.
You guessed that’s what happened to me.

A few days ago, I was a normal girl, living a normal life.
Now, I’m crying at the altar, bound to the Devil himself.

It doesn’t matter that he’s six feet tall, built like a rock, and sinfully gorgeous.
Or that the fierce look he gives me makes my insides melt.
The scar on his cheek is a forever reminder of who he really is.

They call Lev Ivanov “The Devil�� for a reason.
With a thirst for blood and a reputation for violence, he’s not exactly husband material.
And now, he says I’m his property.

A few days ago, I was a normal girl, living a normal life.
Now, I am being consumed by the Devil.
And the worst part?
I think I’m starting to like it.


Welcome to Ivanov Bratva!
Scarred Devil is a Russian dark mafia romance and it is the first book in the Ivanov Bratva series. For the best experience, read the books in order.
Enjoy!]]> 143 Lisa Lovell Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 4.09
author: Lisa Lovell
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.09
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2022/12/23
date added: 2025/04/10
shelves: dark-romance, mafia-romance, cliffhanger, bratva
review:

]]> 55957439
I’m Adriana D’Antonio.
Daughter of the don.
Next in line for the throne of the D’Antonio crime family.

Until it all comes crashing down.

The bloodshed had to cease.
The war against the Irish had to stop.
And there is only one way to make that happen:

A sacrifice.

I’ll do what I have to do to save my family.
So now, I’m sworn to sleep with a man who’s vowed to kill me.
Over and over again��

Until I’m pregnant with his baby.

Unless Ciaran kills me first.

CIARAN is a full-length, standalone mafia romance. It contains adult themes that may not be suitable for all readers.]]> 308 Naomi West Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 4.03 2020
author: Naomi West
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2020
rating: 4
read at: 2020/12/19
date added: 2025/04/10
shelves: dark-romance, mafia-romance, enemies-to-lovers, pregnancy
review:

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My ex-fiancé handed me over to one of his buddies.
I’m a prop. A plaything. A fake wife.

I can tell when Damian Oakman looks at me what he wants:
Me, on my knees, begging him for faster, harder, more.
With washboard abs and an icy, piercing stare, part of me wants to give it to him.

And if I want to survive this cruise, I have to do exactly that.
I have to play the part:
Perfect wife. Perfect life.

I wanted to hate it. I wanted to hate him.
But as Damian’s hardened defenses peel away one by one, so do my clothes��
And so does my resistance.
Before long, I’m the one moaning for just one more touch.

It’s all a web of lies.
I don’t know what’s real or what’s fake.
All I know is this:
I belong to the hitman now.
And nothing will ever be the same.]]> 197 Naomi West Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 dark-romance, mafia-romance 4.17 2020
author: Naomi West
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2020
rating: 4
read at: 2020/12/10
date added: 2025/04/10
shelves: dark-romance, mafia-romance
review:

]]> 90588345
In fact, she thinks I hate her. Probably because I've worked hard to make her feel unwelcome.

Wren knows I don't want her in my family. At least not as my son's wife. What she doesn't know is the reason why.

See, I want her for myself. It should be my ring on her finger, not his.

When my son betrays her, I'm there to pick up the pieces.

I can't resist her any longer, but just because she isn't his doesn't mean I can keep her.

After all, two wrongs don't make a right.]]> 368 Kimberly Carrillo Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 3.85
author: Kimberly Carrillo
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 3.85
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2023/04/29
date added: 2025/04/10
shelves: dark-romance, forbidden, enemies-to-lovers, small-town, ex-boyfriends-dad, age-gap, daddy-kink, possessive-and-obsessive, grumpy-sunshine, drama
review:

]]> 30264227
��������������
Don’t look at me like that. So trusting.��
Like you think I’m not a monster.��
Like I won’t wrap your hair in my fist and bend you to my will.��
Like I won’t sacrifice you, piece by piece, to save my brother.
I’m the most dangerous enemy you’ll ever have because every time you look at me, you see somebody good. That friend who died.
And when you look at me like that, I die again.

Mira
I spent years making myself invisible.
A good girl, apart from the noise.
Then you came back, beautiful and deadly in your Armani suit.��
Don’t look at me like you still know me, you say.��
But I remember your smile and those sunny days.
Before they lowered your small casket into the ground.��
Before they told us the prince was dead.]]> 332 Annika Martin 0988313197 Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 3.60 2016
author: Annika Martin
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 3.60
book published: 2016
rating: 4
read at: 2019/06/18
date added: 2025/04/10
shelves: dark-romance, mafia-romance, suspense, friends-to-lovers, dirty-talker
review:

]]> 231171954
Now, he’s been caught by his superior in a compromising position with the tempting girl and his collar is on the line. He’ll have to pass a series of sensual tests, involving Farrah, to prove to the elder clergyman that he’s not going to forsake his faith for the beauty. And if he passes a single one of them, it’ll be a miracle��
]]> 90 Jessa Kane Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 3.91
author: Jessa Kane
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 3.91
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/08
date added: 2025/04/10
shelves: jessa-kane, age-gap, novella, dirty-talker, daddy-kink, praise-kink, ott, mine, forbidden, fmc-virgin
review:
LOL, you are WILD for this one, Jessa.
]]> 228534253
And from the outside looking in, I’m sure it looks that way when it comes to my brother and I.

After all, he’s a priest, and I’m a hitman, our career paths both a product of our childhood in one way or another.

But my twin is every bit as fucked up as I am, and I’m more determined than ever to prove that to the world now she’s in his life.

Waverly is a bright light.

She’s broken in a way that calls to us both, and I was obsessed from the first time I saw her.

Too bad my brother got to her first.

But I’ve never let a thing like that stop me before, and I’m not about to start now.

Content This book contains dark themes and readers discretion should be applied. For a full list of TW's, please see authors website.]]> 330 Montana Fyre 1763580547 Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 RTC 4.15
author: Montana Fyre
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.15
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/07
date added: 2025/04/10
shelves: mfm, dark-romance, unhinged, stalker, bdsm, s3x-club, found-family, sharing-is-caring, wet-mess, angsty, twin-brothers, twisted, aftercare, praise-kink, all-the-feels, sex-toys, peach-play, sexual-assault, non-con, dubcon, degradation, voyuerism, abuse, protective, pregnancy, possessive-and-obsessive
review:
RTC
]]> 231071141 The fame, the crowds, the fans, the spotlight.
I just wanted it all to go away.
I've been on top of the country music charts for twenty years.
And I was ready to give it all up.
I was ready to give up on myself.
Until she walked into my life like a ray of sunshine lighting up my dark world.
Lola Lively.
The hottest new thing in country.
The hottest thing I'd ever seen.
With a voice so full of life it made my dead heart beat again.
I should stay away.
I'm too old, too jaded, and too damn wrecked.
But from the second I laid eyes on her, I knew I didn't have a choice.
I knew I had to have her.
I knew she was already mine.
I may be almost twice her age, but I'll be her first.
Her only.
Her forever.
She saved my life.
Now I'm gonna give her mine.
��
��
Lola has been in love with Cash Edwards since the moment she first heard his deep, raspy voice drawling out of her speakers. But when she meets him in person will she be able to handle this hot, Over-The-Top, possessive alpha?

SAFE age-gap romance, no cheating, and a sweet HEA.]]> 96 Olivia T. Turner Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4
]]> 4.34
author: Olivia T. Turner
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.34
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/06
date added: 2025/04/10
shelves: swoony, sweet, novella, ott, mine, age-gap, fmc-virgin, breeding
review:
If OTT writes it, I’m going to read it.


]]> 62298454
A hot new dark crime romance perfect for lovers of JT Geissinger’s Queens & Monsters series and Sophie Lark’s Underworld Series.

Serial killers, secret identities, an unhinged crime boss with a dirty mouth and one explosive enemies-to-lovers romance.

When Harlow is a witness to her best friend’s murder by the serial killer terrorizing June Harbor, she grows frustrated with the police’s lack of progress and decides to take matters in her own hands.

She soon falls head first into in intricate plot of deception, dark family secrets and one dangerous criminal who is dead set on making her his.

This is a dark, spicy romance, for a detailed list of content please visit author's website.]]> 295 Summer O'Toole Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 3.60
author: Summer O'Toole
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 3.60
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/04
date added: 2025/04/10
shelves: dark-romance, mafia-romance, enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity, humor, dirty-talker, possessive-and-obsessive, unhinged, hes-obsessed, banter, billionaire, curvalicious-queen, daddy-kink, kidnapping, peach-play, sex-toys, found-family, all-the-feels, alpha-male, angsty, bdsm-elements, marking
review:

]]> 217498914 When a mysterious man rescues her from near death, a young woman finds herself in the throes of a dark and dangerous storybook romance, where pleasure reigns but happy endings are no guarantee.

Guinevere

For all my life, Italy has called to me just as strongly as my father forbade me to go. But now I’m making my own way, spending a summer in his homeland before I accept the life my parents have planned for me.

All those plans come to a screeching halt the moment I meet him. Raffaele Romano.

Raffaele

Everyone knows me as the capo dei capi of the Camorra, a notorious mafioso in Northern Italy, but she makes me remember who I used to be before I became this monster. For her, I could be so much more, but she can never know the truth about who I am.

She’s falling in love with me, but if she discovered the truth about what that monster is capable of, about the things I’ve done…she’d never believe in happily-ever-after again.]]> 299 Giana Darling 1662527578 Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 3.99 2025
author: Giana Darling
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2025
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/03
date added: 2025/04/08
shelves: duet, cliffhanger, mafia-romance, dark-romance, slow-burn, age-gap, mine
review:

]]> 213812792 A burden I didn’t want or need.
A tiny thing with fiery hair and a temper that defies her innocence.
She holds strong to a faith I threaten to shatter with ugly truths.
She’s my salvation, but she calls me her devil.
I might not be the one who stole her.
But I’ll be keeping Ruby.

Keeping Ruby is what I consider a medium light Mafia/Bratva romance. There are dark themes. This is a Mafia/Bratva romance, after all, and Kirill isn’t exempt from the Volkov curse. Just like the men before him, he falls hard for his woman—and sometimes the descent comes with some wrongs, hard landings, and a lot of…ahem…love. **Cough, cough…spice.**
]]> 350 Alannah Carbonneau Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 <br /> 4.26
author: Alannah Carbonneau
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.26
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/31
date added: 2025/04/04
shelves: dark-romance, mafia-romance, captive, possessive-and-obsessive, he-falls-first, my-wife, forced-proximity, forced-marriage, unhinged, mine, praise-kink, grand-gestures, fmc-virgin, age-gap, sassy-fmc, pregnancy, peach-play, sex-toys, dirty-talker, billionaire
review:


]]> 221639345
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. And the last thing I need is a cocky football player with an obsessive streak and a dangerous smile trying to claim me like I’m his.

Only Jace doesn’t take no for an answer.

Not when he’s decided I belong to him.

Not when my past comes knocking.

Not even when I try to run.

Because Jace Thatcher plays to win.

And falling for him? Might be the worst play of my life.

*Note: Jace Thatcher is a morally grey antihero who is obsessed with his girl and will do anything to keep her. This is a darker football romance.

The Wrong Play is a football romance standalone from USA Today and International Bestselling Author C.R. Jane.]]> 546 C.R. Jane Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 RTC 4.16
author: C.R. Jane
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.16
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/04/03
date added: 2025/04/04
shelves: sports-romance, he-falls-first, football-romance, found-family, college, dark-romance, sweet, friends-to-lovers, possessive-and-obsessive, protective, stalker, hes-obsessed, insta-love, abuse, secret-society
review:
RTC
]]> 230936700
My dad doesn’t approve.

See, Wyatt’s dad is a country club type.

And my dad?

He’s the consigliere of the Corso crime syndicate.

And there are some things no good man like Wyatt would ever do—not even for love.

“Made Man�� is a short story set in the Underboss Insurrection world. Intended for adult readers. HEA guaranteed.
]]> 53 Cate C. Wells Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 5 4.15
author: Cate C. Wells
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.15
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/04/04
date added: 2025/04/04
shelves: novella, mafia-romance, second-chance, dark-romance
review:
I was just telling Cate I want more mafia from her
]]> 230880374 From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Rina Kent comes a standalone dark MM romance.

More information TBA.

Crave the Villain is a male x male dark romance.]]> Rina Kent Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 0 4.11
author: Rina Kent
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.11
book published:
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/04/04
shelves: to-read, dark-romance, rinakentverse, mm-romance
review:

]]> 59442556 Cruel. Heartless. Ruthless.
A criminal. A monster. A murderer.

Belles and Mobsters were never meant to be together. And I still fell in love with him, only to be torn apart. Lesson learned.

I escaped with nothing but the clothes on my back and my best friend at my side. We hid in plain sight, and started a new life.

Just as life became normal again, we were found. Dragged back into the underworld.

This time the stakes are much higher. Failing is not an option.

If only he wasn't my demise.]]> 318 Eva Winners Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 5 3.71 2021
author: Eva Winners
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2021
rating: 5
read at: 2022/02/18
date added: 2025/04/01
shelves: age-gap, mafia-romance, dark-romance, second-chance, secret-baby, alphahole, captive, suspense, my-wife, possessive-and-obsessive
review:

]]> 227891663 Feral and violent, I've just accidentally abducted this growly alien gladiator!

I'm probably the galaxy's worst bounty hunter, but I swear on my life, my tech told me the unconscious male I found was my mark. Now I have a very, very angry Gryn gladiator in my hold who shouldn't be there and I don't know what to do with him.

Once he's calmed to a mere simmer, Klynn demonstrates his ability to escape from any where he pleases and I have no option but to strike a deal if I don't want to wake up with a Gryn attempting to eat me alive.

Although, as scarred as Klynn might be, he has abs for days, a dangerous handsome face and a way of looking at me which heats my core and chills my blood at the same time. The eating part might end up being entirely voluntary.

But our deal means nothing when we're abducted together by another set of aliens who want him to make a baby with me...or we both die.

This wasn't what I was expecting when I embarked on my new career, and, as it turns out, Klynn has even less experience in the baby making department than I do.

Which means it's down to me to teach him the ropes. Not what I signed on for, but a challenge I'm ready to accept...to save my life and his...

Hooded is the finale in the Gladiators of the Gryn series from USA TODAY Bestselling Author Hattie Jacks. Featuring only one cell, forced proximity, an 'inexperienced' MMC who is keen to learn, and a sassy, smart FMC who is willing to teach him all she knows, Hooded is a rollercoaster ride you're never going to want to get off. So sit down, strap in and get ready to be carried away to the stars!]]> 230 Hattie Jacks Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 <br /> 4.47
author: Hattie Jacks
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.47
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/28
date added: 2025/03/30
shelves: alien-romance, double-peens, forced-proximity, sassy-fmc, breeding, knotting
review:


]]> 218206473
But after Anthony clawed his way to me, I was ready to leave the past that had caught up to me to protect my three men.

I should've stuck to my plan and left. Now I have discovered the truths they were trying to hide.

They’re not the men I thought they were, but they’re not going to let me go so easily.

Asher's hunting a serial killer. Rio and Zane are drowning in missing person's cases. Anthony is determined to find me and will stop at nothing if he gets the chance to take me.

Now, I have a decision to make.

Do I continue believing my life was a happenstance of events, or do I accept Zane, Rio, and Asher’s version of my tainted truths?]]> 218 Ivy King Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 4.56
author: Ivy King
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.56
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/29
date added: 2025/03/30
shelves: dark-romance, mafia-romance, cliffhanger, all-the-feels, forced-proximity, age-gap, peach-play, mm, mmfm, possessive-and-obsessive, dirty-talker, suspense
review:

]]> 61368468 Take a journey with Giovanni and Egypt as they navigate the underworld of illegal gambling, dirty politicians, and forbidden love.
*Author's Cut. Additional scenes added for your reading pleasure!*]]> 152 Kasey Martin Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 4.25
author: Kasey Martin
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.25
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/26
date added: 2025/03/30
shelves: mafia-romance, dark-romance, novella, interracial-romance, strong-badass-fmc, forced-proximity, boss-employee, office-workplace-romance, possessive-and-obsessive, protective, mr-grumpy
review:
I love a grumpy MMC who only shows his soft side to his lady
]]> 209415094
So when their arranged engagement was announced, no one was surprised.

At least, that’s what I thought.

But lately, something felt off. Wherever I went, Matteo was there—lurking in the dark, concealed in the shadows, even in broad daylight, always watching.

I didn’t know what I’d done to capture his attention. I didn’t want it. Yet, I couldn’t stop my heart from trembling, like a bare soul caught in the icy grip of winter, whenever he came near. Nor could I ignore my body’s traitorous response to his voice, low and laced with wicked intent.

I fought to resist him. I truly did. But it was useless.

He knew it. And so did I.

So I ran.

But here’s the thing about the Vitales: they always give chase.]]> 452 Eva Winners Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 5 Oh my god, I love the world Eva has created. This second generation hits differently. Seeing my favorite characters and their children makes my heart so f—king happy. ]]> 4.06 2025
author: Eva Winners
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2025
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/27
date added: 2025/03/28
shelves: mafia-romance, dark-romance, found-family, double-v-rgins, fmc-virgin, virgin-mmc, first-love, he-falls-first, hes-obsessed, possessive-and-obsessive, unhinged, praise-kink, favorites, forbidden, secret-relationship, college, all-the-feels, alpha-male, banter, billionaire, dirty-talker, drama, mine, peach-play, protective, sweet, swoony
review:

Oh my god, I love the world Eva has created. This second generation hits differently. Seeing my favorite characters and their children makes my heart so f—king happy.
]]> 43174956 He craved my loyalty, so I let him feast on my soul.
I wanted a husband, but he gave me a monster.
So, I made it my pet.
The lines between what was real and what wasn’t were blurred.
Our story was a lie.
Until now.]]> 254 Amo Jones Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 5 dark-romance, duet
"He may be a monster, but that monster is my pet."

After that mind f*ck of a cliffhanger, I jumped right into the next book because I had to have answers. This duet is so addicting I couldn't wait to see what happened next.

The second book is just as mind-blowing as the first, and it makes you question so many things.

Isa is a broken soul, and with EVERYTHING she has been through, she just wants answers and to have her life back.

"You can't love the pain out of someone, but you can love them despite it."

This book brings the heat like the first, and I LOVED IT!

I binged this duet in a day; because it's that f*cking good!

Trust me, you will love the Crowned duet, and it will consume you.
I can't wait to read more of Amo Jones; she has me hooked. ]]> 4.02 2017
author: Amo Jones
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2017
rating: 5
read at: 2022/01/01
date added: 2025/03/27
shelves: dark-romance, duet
review:
I devoured this book in one day; I could not put it down! The Crowned duet is f*cking sexy and addicting, and the story will take you on one wild mind f*ck of a rollercoaster.

"He may be a monster, but that monster is my pet."

After that mind f*ck of a cliffhanger, I jumped right into the next book because I had to have answers. This duet is so addicting I couldn't wait to see what happened next.

The second book is just as mind-blowing as the first, and it makes you question so many things.

Isa is a broken soul, and with EVERYTHING she has been through, she just wants answers and to have her life back.

"You can't love the pain out of someone, but you can love them despite it."

This book brings the heat like the first, and I LOVED IT!

I binged this duet in a day; because it's that f*cking good!

Trust me, you will love the Crowned duet, and it will consume you.
I can't wait to read more of Amo Jones; she has me hooked.
]]> 202317839 Eighteen lives. Ended.
Eighteen futures. Stolen.

Harlow Michaels has only ever known her cage, and the nearby screams of dying victims that paint her reality.

Held captive by the sadistic Pastor Michaels, she’s tortured and abused, until fate offers her the chance to escape.

But freedom comes at a heavy cost.

Taken into witness protection by the prestigious Sabre Security, Harlow finds herself caught in the clutches of four broken, complicated men, all while a crazed serial killer hunts her at every turn.

In a world of violence, religious fanatics and brutal murders, Harlow must fight to survive and catch the killer before it’s too late.

Sabre’s men will stop at nothing to keep her safe�� even from herself.]]> 1328 J. Rose Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 5 4.56
author: J. Rose
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.56
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2022/12/27
date added: 2025/03/25
shelves: dark-romance, why-choose, cliffhanger, suspense, mental-health, age-gap, possessive-and-obsessive, sharing-is-caring
review:

]]> 228160608
It was supposed to be a beautiful white lily, but the big grumpy tattoo artist had something else in mind.

Only, he didn’t freaking tell me before he got started.

When it’s time for the big reveal, I don’t see a pretty flower.

I see his name.

Tattooed across the back of my shoulder.

He says I’m his.

That I’m his mate.

My friends tell him to go to hell.

That we’re suing.

But this grouchy beast isn’t shaken.

He doesn’t care one bit.

He keeps saying that he’s marked me, so I belong to him now.

The worst thing is, I think he may be right.

This can’t be happening.

Fate can’t be so cruel as to bind me to a jerk like him.

I can’t be mated to this big grumpy bear shifter, can I?

CAN I???





Welcome to Heat & Ink where hot possessive tattoo artists leave their mark in more ways than one.



The Heat & Ink series mixes Contemporary, Sci Fi Romance, and Paranormal in three standalone stories by best-selling STEAMY authors, Hope Ford, Michele Mills, and Olivia T. Turner.]]> 104 Olivia T. Turner Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 4.31
author: Olivia T. Turner
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.31
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/25
date added: 2025/03/25
shelves: novella, ott, mine, fated-mates, breeding, humor, marking, alpha-male, shifter, paranormal-romance, sweet
review:
I love it when they’re grumpy, and that’s exactly what Julian was before he laid eyes on his fated mate, Lainey.
]]> 59788751 tarnished and ruined by the actions of others.
Some are born plagued by darkness,
but she was doused in it by those she trusted.

Like Lucifer himself,
she fell from the heavens and landed amongst the flames.
Now she wears her crown black,
with diamonds coated in the blood of her enemies.

This isn’t the story of a girl who saved the villain.
This is the story of a girl who became something much worse,
and the man who loved her for it.]]> 254 Kelsey Clayton Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 3.67
author: Kelsey Clayton
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 3.67
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2022/02/19
date added: 2025/03/25
shelves: dark-romance, mafia-romance, duet
review:

]]> 59818984 From USA Today bestselling author Kelsey Clayton comes a dark mafia romance filled with pain, betrayal, devastation, and revenge.

Monsters don’t hide in dark alleys.

They lurk in plain sight, clawing into your soul with cordial smiles.

They wear Armani, they drive Cadillacs, they attend fundraising balls...

And they rule the city with a merciless fist.

The Familia is a mystery to most,

and sitting on its throne is Kage Malvagio.

Vile.

Sadistic.

Painstakingly beautiful.

Some say: Ask for forgiveness, never permission.

Kage asks for neither.

Especially when he gets his hands on me.

I should hate him.

I should run at the first chance I get.

But how could the devil be so bad when he looks at me like that?



Suffer in Silence is book one of the Malvagio Mafia Duet and ends on a cliffhanger. This dark romance deals with topics that may be triggering to some readers. It is not for the faint of heart. Read at your own risk.]]> 292 Kelsey Clayton Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 4.12
author: Kelsey Clayton
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.12
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2022/02/09
date added: 2025/03/25
shelves: dark-romance, mafia-romance, enemies-to-lovers, fmc-virgin, captive, kidnapping, revenge, blood-play, knife-play, breath-play, billionaire
review:

]]> 221425164 From the bestselling author of Blackwood Institute and Sabre Security, J Rose, comes an all-new, dark reverse harem romance featuring a desperate heroine fleeing untold horrors and the complicated, morally grey security team who rescue her.

Book one in a trilogy. Set in the J Rose shared universe. Full blurb to be revealed. ]]> 416 J. Rose 1915987350 Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 5 Oh, my freaking heart 4.49
author: J. Rose
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.49
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/24
date added: 2025/03/24
shelves: suspense, dark-romance, mental-health, why-choose, sharing-is-caring, slow-burn, emotional, angsty, forced-proximity, found-family, forbidden, cliffhanger, abuse, unhinged, possessive-and-obsessive, strong-badass-fmc, brothers-best-friend, disability, hurt-comfort, protective
review:
Oh, my freaking heart
]]> 228704307 It started with the mile high club��
And ended with a forced marriage and two babies in my belly.

I first met Mikhail Ivanov on a plane.
He was the stormy-eyed stranger seated next to me,
Calming me during a bumpy flight��

The silver fox who sucked the air out of my lungs,
And claimed my innocence.

I thought it would end with the mile high club.
I had no idea he was a ruthless Bratva boss,
Or that he was about to become something even more��

My husband.
Daddy to my twins.
And when the vultures start circling...
My savage protector who’ll tear the whole world apart for me and my babies.


MILE HIGH DADDY is a scorching standalone, age gap, forced marriage romance that is guaranteed to make you fall for the ruthless Bratva boss. No cheating, no cliffhangers, ultra-hot HEA guaranteed!]]> 408 Liz Archer Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 He was so kind, patient, protective, and possessive. He did the sweetest things for her, like planning a date, even though he had never gone on a date. He was so swoony.

]]> 4.13
author: Liz Archer
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.13
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/23
date added: 2025/03/23
shelves: mafia-romance, arranged-marriage, forced-pregnancy, forced-proximity, mine, protective, possessive-and-obsessive, bratva, sweet, age-gap, dark-romance, fmc-virgin, pregnancy, billionaire
review:
Oh, Mikhail, he was everything. The moment he saw Lila, he knew she would be his. He would do anything for her and protect her at all costs.
He was so kind, patient, protective, and possessive. He did the sweetest things for her, like planning a date, even though he had never gone on a date. He was so swoony.


]]> 207595330
To ease the stress bearing down on my shoulders, I like to dance. Working as a janitor at a ballet company makes it easy for me to steal thirty minutes at night when the place is empty.

Or so I thought. Just my luck that the dangerously handsome owner catches me red-handed. He thinks I'm a hardworking ballerina, and I don't bother correcting him... because, you know, I'd like to keep my job.

Dario La Rosa has every girl at the company swooning, hoping she'll be the one to end his bachelor status. Me? I just want to keep my secret and try to avoid the man at all costs. But then my mother's sins burst through my dilapidated front door, and my life takes a turn for the worse.

Turns out Dario isn't who I thought he was, and the man has the power to not only change my entire life, but to keep me from losing it.

Even though I'm drawn to the darkness coming off him waves, I'm not sure whether I should run or stay.

What would you do?

STANDALONE: A Mafia Romance full-length novel.
WARNING: 18+ only. Please read responsibly.]]> 369 Michelle Heard Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 3.99
author: Michelle Heard
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 3.99
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2024/06/20
date added: 2025/03/23
shelves: mafia-romance, dark-romance, billionaire, suspense, ballerina-x-dancer, age-gap, abuse, assault, praise-kink, possessive-and-obsessive, forced-proximity, boss-employee, kidnapping, secrets
review:

]]> 194051079 When a debt is owed, sacrifices must be made.

I owed my brother my life. My loyalty.
He’d saved me from pain and lifelong scars more times than I could count, taking the brunt of the demons haunting me.
When the time came to return the favor and settle a debt, I never imagined my sacrifice would
leave me bound in marriage to a woman who would consume my heart.
Amalia Montesinos.
I fell for her fire. Her rage.
The soft pieces of her very few knew.
Loving her was never part of the contract.
My purpose was clear—ensure she inherited her empire, then go our separate ways.
But I had lived at the edge of death for so long that I’d forgotten what it felt like to be alive.
Until her.
My wife.
I’d be damned if I ever let her go.]]> 335 Elle Maldonado Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 3.86
author: Elle Maldonado
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 3.86
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2024/04/24
date added: 2025/03/23
shelves: dark-romance, enemies-to-lovers, mafia-romance, he-falls-first, my-wife, marriage-of-convenience, mine, possessive-and-obsessive, protective, dirty-talker, strong-badass-fmc, found-family, pew-pew-play, suspense, banter, slow-burn
review:

]]> 199330186 not—boyfriend material. I’m a good time for one night, and that’s it.
Figures I manage to get myself into a situation where I have to pretend to be in a relationship.
Ah, well. Not much else to do now than suck it up and get it over with.
I’m in. I’m out. I’m done.
But then...
Quinn says he’s curious.
He says I’m a liar.
He says he wants to see the real me.
Honestly, I can’t run away fast enough after that.
Because he doesn’t know.
Doesn’t know that I’m a landmine.
That he’s trudging so close.
That he’s about to step on me.
And then?
I’ll ruin him.]]> 292 Briar Prescott Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 4.45 2023
author: Briar Prescott
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.45
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/22
date added: 2025/03/23
shelves: mm-romance, mental-health, enemies-to-lovers, billionaire, hurt-comfort, banter, fake-dating, opposites-attract, forced-proximity, slow-burn, angsty, emotional
review:

]]> 223107102
Things look up when she catches the eye of one of the guys at work, but they take a downturn fast when she realizes he has no intention of staying faithful. Luckily, her handsome coworkers are there to help pick up the pieces, but everything compounds as the past catches up at the worst possible time.

Briar doesn't want to run again, but she has big secrets that her overbearing boss and mercenary coworkers know nothing about.

Shadow Security didn't earn its reputation as one of the most ruthless private security companies in the country for nothing, but will that be enough? Will they even want to protect her when they realize how high the stakes are, and who they're truly up against?

Whatever It Takes is a complete standalone with no cliffhanger.]]> 263 Jillian West Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 RTC 4.24
author: Jillian West
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.24
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/21
date added: 2025/03/23
shelves: dark-romance, omegaverse, why-choose, mfmm, age-gap, office-workplace-romance, daddy-kink, breeding, cock-warming, dp, pierced-peen, possessive-and-obsessive, billionaire, boss-employee, cinnamon-roll, sweet, unhinged, protective, forced-proximity, virgin-mmc, fated-mates, knotting, mental-health, abuse, strong-badass-fmc, humor
review:
RTC
]]> 223348662
When she receives a booking from a mysterious couple, her life is about to change in ways she could never have anticipated.

What starts as a professional photoshoot soon blurs the line into something far darker as she becomes the subject of their obsession.

With hidden motives, unexpected danger and a web of intrigue tightening around her, Rayne must navigate the seductive and deadly forces closing in on her.

Soon, Rayne discovers the true danger isn't in front of the camera - it's lurking in the shadows, and they're willing to do whatever it takes to make her theirs.

As the image comes into focus, who's really in control, and who is the prey?

Release date only temporary, will be brought forward ]]> Maree Rose Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 5
FRTC ]]> 4.35
author: Maree Rose
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.35
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/20
date added: 2025/03/23
shelves: mmf, sharing-is-caring, dark-romance, stalker, opposites-attract, why-choose, grumpy-sunshine, protective, hurt-comfort, first-love, curvalicious-queen, abuse, mental-health, assault, possessive-and-obsessive, mm, unhinged
review:
Pose For Me was a filthy, dark, twisted read, and I devoured it! I love Maree’s books, but this one was just special and so f—king good.

FRTC
]]> 221586886
As the enforcer for the Caparelli crime family, it’s my duty and honor to carry out missions to protect sensitive information about the family. Could I have broken in by now and stolen the documents? Maybe. But it would be risky. At least, that’s what I keep telling myself.

When the unthinkable happens and little miss sunshine takes the documents herself, a fierce need to protect her rushes through me, controlling my every move. Even worse, the curvy angel has a new stalker. One much more dangerous than me. I just hope I can get to her in time...

***

What to expect from a Cameron Hart Curvy heroines, protective alphas, lots of heat, and plenty of sweet. No cheating, safe, guaranteed HEA! ]]> 104 Cameron Hart Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 <br /> 4.17
author: Cameron Hart
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.17
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/19
date added: 2025/03/23
shelves: novella, mafia-romance, curvalicious-queen, protective, possessive-and-obsessive, age-gap, insta-love, fmc-virgin, dirty-talker, peach-play, praise-kink, spanking
review:


]]> 33975583 351 Avril Ashton Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 4.04
author: Avril Ashton
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.04
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/19
date added: 2025/03/23
shelves: mm-romance, dark-romance, enemies-to-lovers, hate-to-love, angsty, slow-burn, suspense, anti-hero, emotional, kidnapping, mafia-romance, assassin, unhinged, psycho
review:

]]> 220287670 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.
Deep inside, I have the urge to set the world on fire.
I keep these impulses in check, rarely indulging in mayhem.
Until one night of debauchery backfires, and I'm caught by a villain.
I bury the entire ordeal with the rest of my skeletons.
That is, until that night walks into my classroom in the form of my new professor.
Kayden Lockwood.
A criminal who’s teaching criminal law.
I can't expose what he's done without unmasking my secret life.
What I can do, however, is force him to taste the poison he gave me.
In the clash of titans, Kayden and I break and crumble.
And I'm starting to realize this dangerous game may have no winners.

Kiss the Villain is a dark MM romance. Please check the author's note or visit the website for content warnings before diving in. While this book can be enjoyed as a standalone, diving into the Legacy of Gods series will give you a deeper connection to the characters.]]> 514 Rina Kent Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 5 Oh, my gawd!!! 4.17 2025
author: Rina Kent
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2025
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/18
date added: 2025/03/20
shelves: dark-romance, mm-romance, college, unhinged, possessive-and-obsessive, forbidden, professor-x-student, enemies-to-lovers, hate-to-love, age-gap, bi-awakening, hes-obsessed, favorites, rinakentverse, banter, goodboy, dirty-talker, all-the-feels, humor
review:
Oh, my gawd!!!
]]> 227968437
Vivienne Blackwell was only eighteen when she agreed to an engagement that would benefit her family. She has grown to despise her fiancé but was trapped with no easy way out. Until the night he went too far, and Vivienne finally ran…straight into Raffaele’s willing arms.

Vivienne had no idea who he was, but she trusted the determined gleam in his dark eyes when Raffaele promised not to let anyone hurt her again.

The man threatening to take Vivienne back from Raffaele was about to learn a dangerous lesson—nobody crossed the DeLucas without paying a steep price.]]> 190 Fiona Davenport Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 5
]]> 4.34
author: Fiona Davenport
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.34
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/16
date added: 2025/03/19
shelves: novella, mafia-romance, ott, possessive-and-obsessive, mine, abuse, assault, forced-proximity, protective, spanking, dirty-talker
review:
Poor Vivienne, her fiancé, was a POS and deserved to be junk-punched and more.


]]> 222440163 Silverwood Public: Home to liars, thieves, and worst of all �� the Scorpion Kings.

I was the Queen at my old school.
Born into wealth and power.
Now, thanks to my family’s deceit, I’m a pariah and a target.

I’ve got no friends. No parents. No money. And no fucks left to give.

If the Scorpion Kings want to damage the new outcast of Silverwood, they’ll soon learn that anyone can be a killer if you give them the right incentive.


*This is a Dark Enemies to Lovers WhyChoose Romance*
*Trigger Warning: If you are sensitive to content common in dark romance (content such as SA, graphic depictions of violence, murder, drug and/or alcohol abuse, physical abuse, mental and/or emotional abuse, traumatic events, unhealthy coping mechanisms, dubious consent etc.) then this book may not be for you. Please read responsibly.*]]> 468 Lucy Smoke Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 4.34
author: Lucy Smoke
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.34
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/15
date added: 2025/03/19
shelves: dark-romance, enemies-to-lovers, why-choose, abuse, mental-health, dubcon, cliffhanger, hes-obsessed, slow-burn, bully-romance, college, forced-proximity, hate-to-love, stalker
review:
F—king wild! I love a good why choose enemies-to-lovers book, and this was perfection
]]> 229204567 From the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Rina Kent comes a standalone dark MM mafia rivals romance set in the world of Legacy of Gods.

Vaughn Morozov & Yulian Dimitriev's story.
More information TBA.

Hunt the Villain is a male x male dark college romance.]]> Rina Kent Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 0 to-read, dark-romance 3.76
author: Rina Kent
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 3.76
book published:
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2025/03/19
shelves: to-read, dark-romance
review:

]]> 218616221 My worst nightmare finally stepped out of the mirror.

And the only man who can save me is a ghost.

Prey

I'm trapped in a forgotten nightmare with the monster I most fear.

The key to my freedom lies behind a wall of memories.

Xero's specter invades my mind, whispering both vengeance and salvation.

He insists he's real, yet I can't trust my shattered psyche.

But as my tormentors draw close, I must rely on the phantom I betrayed for protection—and for revenge.

Predator

She’s ensnared by darkness, and only I can set her free.

To save her, I must become the vengeful spirit she fears.

Amethyst’s mind is a maze of terror and confusion.

Freeing her will mean confronting the darkest parts of my past.

Vengeance will be mine, but first, I must earn redemption.

Because if fail to save my little ghost, I will reduce the world to ashes.

I Will Mend You is the second installment to the series with unreliable narrators and disturbing themes. Please check the two pages of trigger warnings.]]> 566 Gigi Styx Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 4.42
author: Gigi Styx
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.42
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/14
date added: 2025/03/19
shelves: dark-romance, duet, sexual-assault, mental-health, abuse, horror
review:

]]> 210081071 My prison pen pal got the electric chair.
So how can he sext me from the grave?

Prey

I see dead people, and not just the men I murdered.

I'm in danger of being committed because I can’t tell what’s real from my hallucinations.

Everyone thinks I’m crazy when the serial killer I jilted starts haunting my house.

He assassinates any man who shows me interest, leaving their body parts under my pillow.

During the day, his gaslighting destroys my peace of mind.

But at night, he invades my nightmares and makes me crave the depravity.

Predator

She ghosted me at the altar. Now, I’m aching for revenge.

I want to break her, piece by delicious piece. Revel in her terror. Bathe in her screams. Make her moan my name.

Someone from her past wants her captured or dead, so it’s up to me to protect her from the shadows.

She belongs to me and no one else—body, mind, and soul.

If I don’t take out her enemies, I’ll lose more than just my beautiful obsession.

I Will Break You is a dark psychological thriller romance with unreliable narrators, and disturbing themes. It ends on a cliffhanger. Please check the two pages of trigger warnings.]]> 584 Gigi Styx Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4
It ends on a cliffhanger, and it’s a mind-f—k of a crazy, wild ride. For how long it was, I think it could have been just one book. But hey, what do I know?
Welp, I'm off to read the next book, I Will Mend You.]]> 4.10
author: Gigi Styx
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.10
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/12
date added: 2025/03/19
shelves: dark-romance, duet, cliffhanger, horror, abuse, mental-health, sexual-assault, stalker, spanking, somnophilia, primal-play, accidental-pregnancy, kidnapping, dirty-talker, masked-men, knife-play, psycho, unhinged
review:
What the unhinged f—k did I just read?

It ends on a cliffhanger, and it’s a mind-f—k of a crazy, wild ride. For how long it was, I think it could have been just one book. But hey, what do I know?
Welp, I'm off to read the next book, I Will Mend You.
]]> 229100174
Enter Caleb. On the surface, he's a strict and stoic marriage counselor, but his methods are somewhat...unconventional. In order to save her marriage to Waylon, Caleb proposes that Ashley spend three days—and nights—with him, so the therapist can study what makes her happy. Emotionally. Physically. At the end of their time together, Caleb will pass on his findings to Waylon, so he can be a better husband. Simple, right?

Wrong.

Caleb has absolutely no intention of returning Ashley to her husband—and he has three days to figure out how to save her family's farm from ruin and keep the woman he loves forever. But is there a method to his madness or is he just...mad?]]> 97 Jessa Kane Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 3.84
author: Jessa Kane
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 3.84
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/13
date added: 2025/03/19
shelves: novella, jessa-kane, age-gap, insta-love, possessive-and-obsessive, mental-health, unhinged, daddy-kink, hes-obsessed, dirty-talker, forbidden, cheating, he-falls-first, praise-kink, fmc-virgin, ott, alpha-male
review:
I need someone to check in on Jessa and see if she fell and hit her head and maybe has a concussion because, girl
]]> 223470248 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.
Now, I’m trapped in a forced marriage to a man who hunts in darkness.
A man who plays games with lies and deception.
A secret predator who wants to feast on my darkest most immoral desires.
And the only thing worse than being chased by a psychopath?
Wanting him to.


Dance of Deception is a standalone dark mafia romance with a smart heroine, and an ultra possessive psycho hero with "look at her and I'll unalive you" energy. Readers are STRONGLY advised to read the TW inside. No cliffhanger; HEA included. ]]> 528 Jagger Cole Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 5 4.11 2025
author: Jagger Cole
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2025
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/13
date added: 2025/03/16
shelves: dark-romance, mafia-romance, suspense, ballerina-x-dancer, unhinged, psycho, possessive-and-obsessive, burn-the-world-for-her, mine, forced-proximity, forced-marriage, secret-society, dubcon, praise-kink, primal-play, protective, biting, blood-play, somnophilia, enemies-to-lovers, fmc-virgin, hes-obsessed, opposites-attract, masked-men, dirty-talker, anti-hero, billionaire, broken, jagger-cole
review:

]]> 204679306 Pleasure.
Provide.

A thousand years of climate change, genetic testing, and war destroyed civilisation as it was.

From the remains came the age of The Trade and The Crown. In return for resources, security, and a meaningful purpose, citizens accepted a life of service to the new world.

The land became The Cradle, and humankind was henceforth known as the Cradled Common.

Young Aster is no different. If selected, she'll be the King's Silk Girl. A common human bred to adore and pleasure him, and to provide The Cradle with healthy babies for the Trade.

That is her meaningful purpose.

But the King is more monster than man. The heir of the genetically enhanced breed, he was designed to survive and rule this new world.

King Rome has a heart as black as his giant pet eagle's wings, and a singular obsession—to reign.

That stands until one day Aster puts her tiny human hand in his...

But "love is not a virtue in The Cradle", because nothing could be more dangerous to the regime than having its merciless King fall in love with a common girl Born For Silk.]]> 446 Nicci Harris Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 5 3.96
author: Nicci Harris
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 3.96
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/12
date added: 2025/03/12
shelves: dark-romance, dark-fantasy, dystopian-romance, possessive-and-obsessive, mine, paranormal-romance, age-gap, attempted-assault, assault, breeding, forced-proximity, fmc-virgin, broken-hero, alpha-male, mr-grumpy, size-difference, sweet-shy-fmc, retelling
review:

]]> 49960772 I was no longer just a cop.
After seeing the innocence shining from her bright blue eyes I became more.
I became her protector, her guardian, her defender, her everything.
But this gorgeous young girl who gets my heart pumping is anything but innocent.
She's driving a stolen car.
She has fifty kilos of cocaine in her trunk.
She has to be punished.
But there's no way I'm sending this angel to prison.
She's mine.
I'll deal with her punishment. My way.
And this obsessed renegade cop knows just how to handle a naughty girl like her...

Officer Hardin is one possessive Over-The-Top alpha cop. He'll have you thrilled to be put in handcuffs and have you begging for a strip search! Come find out just how possessive and protective an OTT police officer can get!

SAFE, no cheating, and a sweet HEA that will have you grinning and blushing!]]> 100 Olivia T. Turner Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 3.91 2019
author: Olivia T. Turner
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/11
date added: 2025/03/11
shelves: novella, age-gap, breeding, possessive-and-obsessive, praise-kink, pregnancy, protective, ott, hes-obsessed, mine, dirty-talker, fmc-virgin
review:
LOL, her boss's name was Shrek
]]> 206666913

He was everything my mom neglected to warn me about, and I was everything he hated about his mother.

I spent one reckless, lust filled night in the back of a man’s SUV in the alley behind my job on a whim. A revenge tryst in retaliation against my husband for his brutal sins against me turned into more as the hours passed between us. Months later, we met again. Only this time, my husband is at my side. Little did I know, through whispered words over the passing months, the best night of my life was with a very powerful and ruthless man known as The Fixer.

Giovanni Moretti is the brutal right-hand man and top caporegime to one of the most dangerous underbosses. He is feared by most but respected by all who have dared to mention his name.

He’s the handsome devil in a suit I gave myself to.
The dangerous man I haven’t stopped thinking about.
And he just walked right back into my dismal life, looking to do what he does best.
Fix it.


AUTHOR NOTE:
One Fateful Night is a dark contemporary romance. Isabelle’s and Giovanni’s story contains verbal and physical violence in a marital setting that one may find disturbing. If you have been the victim of domestic abuse, please think twice before reading their story. Also, this book contains graphic sexual content and language some may find offensive. If you have any concerns with any of these elements, please do not read.]]> 437 Michelle B. Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 <br /> 4.00
author: Michelle B.
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.00
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/10
date added: 2025/03/11
shelves: dark-romance, abuse, domestic-violence, possessive-and-obsessive, cheating, protective, mafia-romance, age-gap, unhinged, broken, all-the-feels, alpha-male
review:


]]> 224007707
It was, until I saw him.

Graham West.

The silver fox fire chief of the Greene Mountains.

So hot he should come with a warning label.

I’m the new rookie cop in town and I immediately catch his eye.

He’s older, wiser, and way out of my league. But that doesn’t stop him from deciding I’m his, right there on the softball field.

He isn’t like the guys I’m used to back home.

He’s possessive, protective, and every inch the alpha mountain man I’ve always dreamed of.

I might strike him out on the softball field, but I don’t think he’s going to strike out with me anywhere else.

Once the game is finished, I might just round all the bases with this hot tempting man.




A smoking hot Age-Gap romance set in the Greene Mountains with a hunky Mountain Man Fire Chief who instantly falls for the new cop in town.

May December insta-love at its finest in a SAFE read with no cheating and a super sweet HEA guaranteed. Can be read as a standalone book. Enjoy!]]> 96 Olivia T. Turner Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 4.21
author: Olivia T. Turner
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.21
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/11
date added: 2025/03/11
shelves: novella, swoony, sweet, breeding, insta-love, possessive-and-obsessive, mine, small-town, mountain-man, age-gap
review:

]]> 59968212
There’s no fancy equipment or high-tech computers, just brute strength with jacked muscles.

A bunch of roughnecks stuck in the ocean for months at a time, working hard physical labor while trying not to kill each other.

So what happens when an innocent angel with mesmerizing curves shows up at the rig in a boat?

Everyone wants her, but she’s mine.

It’s time to show these roughnecks who the true alpha of this oil rig is.

And it’s time to show this beauty that she belongs in my possessive arms.

She washed up on my rig, which means she’s mine.

I’m keeping her.

And we’re in international waters, so there’s no one to stop me��


Shane is a big man with a big drill who’s been locked away on an oil rig for far too long. When a young hottie shows up at his feet, all of that pent-up arousal comes flooding out!

Insta-love at its finest in a SAFE read with no cheating and a super sweet HEA guaranteed. ]]> 81 Olivia T. Turner Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4
]]> 3.86
author: Olivia T. Turner
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 3.86
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/10
date added: 2025/03/10
shelves: age-gap, novella, dirty-talker, billionaire, possessive-and-obsessive, mine, ott, insta-love
review:
Well, hello, Shane. I love it when the MMC is obsessed and possessive.


]]> 60097245
On second thought, there’s a chance those rules aren’t so simple after all��

I’ve worked and bled my whole life to get to where I’m at as a captain in the Scaliami Syndicate. I’ve pulled no punches. I’ve suffered no BS, not from anyone.

Now, I’m supposed to play bodyguard to a gorgeous, innocent, and very much off-limits mafia princess during her trip to the States. Lucia Scaliami is out of bounds, ill-advised; verboten. Not to mention, betrothed to some other mafia don’s a-hole of a son.

Looking at her could cost an eye. Touching her could destroy an empire.

I’m supposed to be keeping her safe. And I’m pretty damn sure I’m not supposed to wind up in bed and in-matrimony with her.

Whoops.

Now, what happens in Vegas isn’t staying there. It’s coming home on her finger, and it might very well put me in the ground.

But I don’t care. I’ve seen what I truly want from this life. And I’ll be damned if I let her get away from me.



Looking for the perfect blend of steamy and sweet? Some heat with your feels? This is just what you need! No cliffhanger, and a perfect happy ever after.

This is a standalone story. The books in the Scaliami Crime Family series can be read in any order.]]> 167 Jagger Cole Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 3.97 2020
author: Jagger Cole
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2020
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/10
date added: 2025/03/10
shelves: jagger-cole, dark-romance, mafia-romance, novella, enemies-to-lovers, age-gap, dirty-talker, fmc-virgin, insta-love, forced-proximity, bodyguard
review:

]]> 60097252
No one, except Vincent Cave.

My bodyguard, my shadow. My gruff, silent, watchful guardian angel. A teddy bear to me, but a savage to anyone who’d seek to harm me.

First he was my innocent crush. Then, it wasn’t so innocent.

Eleven years older, and utterly gorgeous. Eyes that make my knees weak, arms I could get lost in, and lips that mine wanted to taste since I knew lips could do that.

I’m back after three years away at boarding school. I thought that would cure me, but there’s no cure for Vincent Cave. Not when three years have made him hardened, and growlier, and even more irresistible.

When the danger he always shielded me from comes calling, it’s Vincent and me, alone, on the run.

I’ve grown up. He’s noticed.

It was just a crush. Now, it’s just dangerous.


Looking for the perfect blend of steamy and sweet? Some heat with your feels? This is just what you need! No cliffhanger, and a perfect happy ever after.]]> 155 Jagger Cole Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 3.79 2020
author: Jagger Cole
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2020
rating: 4
read at: 2025/03/09
date added: 2025/03/10
shelves: dark-romance, all-the-feels, novella, mafia-romance, friends-to-lovers, possessive-and-obsessive, forced-proximity, age-gap, jagger-cole, bodyguard, dirty-talker, forbidden, fmc-virgin
review:

]]> 221991442 A mafia prince with a killer’s smile and a predator’s gaze.
Takeshi Mori doesn’t ask for anything. He takes it.
Including me.
Our marriage is a weapon forged in blood, meant to stop a war.
But there’s nothing peaceful about my new husband.
He’s ruthless chaos incarnate—a Machiavellian psychopath with a thirst for violence.
He craves control, but I was born to defy.
His darkness terrifies me even as it calls to mine.
His touch consumes me even as it burns me alive.
We aren’t a happy ever after. We’re a collision-course disaster.
And “till death do us part�� isn’t a vow.
It’s a declaration of war.

Emperor of Havoc is a standalone dark mafia romance with a smart, untamable heroine, and an ultra possessive psycho hero with "look at her and I'll unalive you" energy. Readers are STRONGLY advised to read the TW inside. No cliffhanger; HEA included.]]> 412 Jagger Cole Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 5 RTC 4.19 2025
author: Jagger Cole
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2025
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/16
date added: 2025/03/10
shelves: dark-romance, mafia-romance, psycho, unhinged, possessive-and-obsessive, hes-obsessed, anti-hero, disability, forced-proximity, fmc-virgin, dirty-talker, forced-marriage, grumpy-x-grumpy, enemies-to-lovers, masked-men, biting, praise-kink, pierced-peen, spanking, bc-tampering, primal-play, somnophilia, favorites, jagger-cole
review:
RTC
]]> 220386072 I made a huge mistake, and caught the attention of a lethally beautiful villain.
Damian Nikolayev is brutality incarnate. A psychopath wrapped in tattooed muscle and tailored charm.
Heir to a Bratva empire built on blood and control.
And now, I’m his. His fiancée. His plaything. His obsession.
He owns my darkest secret.
And he’ll keep it, for a price:
All of me.
Now, Damian has me bound to him, in more ways than one.
The harder I fight, the tighter his ropes ensnare me.
But his games are getting darker.
The line between lust and darkness is blurring.
And I’m starting to realize, there’s only one thing more dangerous than fake marrying a monster:
Really falling for one.

Emperor of Lust is a standalone dark mafia romance with a smart, untamable heroine, and an ultra possessive psycho hero with "look at her and I'll unalive you" energy. Readers are STRONGLY advised to read the TW inside. No cliffhanger; HEA included.]]> 435 Jagger Cole Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 5 4.10 2024
author: Jagger Cole
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2024/12/05
date added: 2025/03/10
shelves: dark-romance, mafia-romance, enemies-to-lovers, dirty-talker, praise-kink, grumpy-sunshine, unhinged, possessive-and-obsessive, hes-obsessed, blackmail, psycho, favorites, jagger-cole
review:

]]> 218106323 I'm trapped by a beautiful psychopath.
A devil with a soul as black as his heart.
He knows what I did.
Now he won't stop, no matter how fast or how far I run.
They say fairytales are just pretend.
But monsters?
Those are real.
And they never, ever let go...

Emperor of Rage is a standalone dark mafia romance with a smart, untamable heroine, and an ultra possessive psycho hero with "look at her and I'll unalive you" energy. Readers are STRONGLY advised to read the TW inside. No cliffhanger; HEA included.]]> 552 Jagger Cole Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 5 4.21 2024
author: Jagger Cole
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2024/10/23
date added: 2025/03/10
shelves: jagger-cole, dark-romance, mafia-romance, enemies-to-lovers, bdsm-elements, suspense, psycho, unhinged, possessive-and-obsessive, secrets, arranged-marriage, blackmail, dubcon, standalone
review:
FREYA AND MAL!! I’m obsessed with them! These two were broken and into some different shminks, but I was here for it all!
]]> 78806522 He’s my husband. I’m his prisoner.

Adrian Cross is the most ruthless kingpin in London’s criminal underworld.
Dangerous. Powerful. Undeniable. Venom wrapped in Savile Row linen.
He’s also my ex-husband.
Or rather, my not-quite-technically “ex�� husband.
Now someone wants me dead, and the man I ran from might be my only chance of survival.
But his help won’t come for free.
In exchange for his protection, he gets all of me: body and soul.
No limits. No mercy. No catching feelings for the man who hates me for what I did.
I tell myself my heart isn’t part of our sinful pact.
But the deeper we sink into our twisted games, the more impossible that might be.
Because Adrian never gave it back in the first place.

Dark Kingdom is a dark mafia romance. Readers are advised to read the TW inside. This is a STANDALONE novel with a HEA]]> 520 Jagger Cole Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 5 3.87 2023
author: Jagger Cole
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2022/12/23
date added: 2025/03/10
shelves: dark-romance, mafia-romance, standalone, suspense, arranged-marriage, blackmail, second-chance, fmc-virgin, slow-burn, anti-hero, angsty, friends-to-lovers, enemies-to-lovers, dubcon, sexual-assault, assault, jagger-cole
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]]> 58511119
It would be easy to say I have no business even looking at a girl like River Finn. She’s too young. Too innocent. Too much my daughter’s best friend.

That is, until the gorgeous forbidden fruit becomes my business. A rival bratva kingpin wants her. I want his empire. Kidnapping her as leverage should be an easy, simple business arrangement.

Except there’s nothing easy or simply about this. Not when she captures my piercing gaze. Not when she leaves me hungry and wanting. Not when her sassy mouth and dangerous curves make me weak.

But my world is strength and brutality. There’s no place in it for softness like River. There’s no room for the long-forgotten, smoldering feelings she ignites in me.

Touching her could destroy my empire. Keeping her could start a war. And yet, possession is nine-tenths of the law.

River has no business being in my world. But now, I’m making it my business to make sure she never leaves.

She’s mine—finders, keepers.


This scorching hot Bratva captive romance is a standalone story in the Bratva's Claim series. Older H/younger h, twists, turns, and so much heat you'll need a cold drink. Safe, absolutely no cheating, no cliffhanger, and a perfect happy ever after.]]> 263 Jagger Cole Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 4.22 2021
author: Jagger Cole
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2021/08/18
date added: 2025/03/10
shelves: dark-romance, mafia-romance, age-gap, peach-play, spanking, fmc-virgin, possessive-and-obsessive, billionaire, jagger-cole
review:

]]> 59743371
They call him The Wolf—ruthless heir to the most brutal crime family in the world. A tattooed, green-eyed devil. A seductive psychopath who trades in mind-games and leaves a path of destruction in his wake.

Except, I didn’t get that memo. I spit in the dark prince’s face.

Now, he wants to break me.

My plan involves a prestigious university, law school, and a golden future.

Ilya’s involves grinding me under his heel until I bend to his will. The harder I fight him, the deeper his claws sink.

The more I tell myself I hate him, the harder it is to resist him.

There’s a wolf howling at my door; huffing, puffing, and ready to blow my entire world down.

And pretty soon, he might just devour me whole.

This standalone, extra angsty Bratva academy romance is guaranteed to leave your kindle steaming. Step into the viper’s nest of Oxford Hills Academy and meet the Savage Heirs of Bratva kings and oligarchs.

Absolutely no cheating, no cliffhanger, and a happy ever after.]]> 420 Jagger Cole Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 3.86 2021
author: Jagger Cole
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2021/11/27
date added: 2025/03/10
shelves: dark-romance, mafia-romance, fmc-virgin, abuse, enemies-to-lovers, bully-romance, forced-proximity, jagger-cole
review:

]]> 58361992
Taking her was never the plan.
Giving her up isn’t an option.

I’m a man with a certain set of strengths: brutality, precision, and the coldness to do whatever it takes to get the job done. It’s what made me an asset to the SEALS. Now, it’s what makes me an ideal killer for hire with Ruthless Corp.

But my strengths are put to the test when she comes between me and a job. It’s supposed to be easy: kill the scummy old bastard of a target, take his priceless diamond necklace as payment.

Except that’s a little hard to do, when those diamonds are locked without a key around Leah Hartley’s pretty little neck.

She’s young and innocent, with curves so goddamn tempting that my hands ache to claim her. But she’s also something else now: mine. My captive. My prisoner until I can figure this mess out.

There are forces hunting us down. They’re after the jewels and the both of us. But I’ll be damned if I give her up.

There’s a key out there for the prize around her neck. But pretty soon, I don’t give a damn about the diamonds. I already have my prize.

And she just might be the key to my broken, cold heart.


This June meet 22 heroes who are downright dangerous. These alphas do nothing half-way. They may have blood on their hands, but they have love in their hearts. Some romances were written in the stars �� but these hitmen must fight heaven and earth for the women they love.

This sizzling hot quicky is safe, with absolutely no cheating, no cliffhanger, and a perfect happy ever after.]]> 79 Jagger Cole Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 3.93 2021
author: Jagger Cole
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2021/08/03
date added: 2025/03/10
shelves: novella, age-gap, possessive-and-obsessive, fmc-virgin, insta-love, protective, jagger-cole
review:

]]> 137953432 True love lasts a lifetime. Obsession lasts forever.

Mackenzie Shipley has always been mine. She just doesn’t know it.

She doesn’t know me at all, actually. To her, I’m a ghost haunting her dreams. Her shadow. The tingle down her spine in the dark.

Everything I do, I do for her. My job is to watch her. To keep her safe, and keep the wolves from her door. My life is forfeit to keep her safe. She’s my addiction.

My obsession.

They say true love lasts a lifetime. But when it comes to Mackenzie, a lifetime’s not good enough.

I want her always.

I want her for forever.

And nothing is going to stop me.


Stalker of Mine is a standalone dark stalker romance with a borderline psychotic, unhinged, ultra possessive hero with “look at her and I’ll unalive you�� energy. No cliffhanger; HEA included.]]> 174 Jagger Cole Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 3.49 2020
author: Jagger Cole
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 3.49
book published: 2020
rating: 4
read at: 2021/06/15
date added: 2025/03/10
shelves: dark-romance, stalker, psycho, unhinged, novella, possessive-and-obsessive, hes-obsessed, slow-burn, fmc-virgin, abuse, angsty, virgin-mmc, alpha-male, jagger-cole
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]]> 216200429 Charming and seductive. Cold-blooded and merciless. Kenzo Mori, the wrathful king of the Mori Mafia family, is a sinfully beautiful devil with a heart of ice.
He’s an enemy who's had a target on my back for years.
Now, he’s my new husband.
Our marriage of inconvenience is supposed to end the violence between the Bratva and the Yakuza.
Little does he know, the real war has only just begun.
Kenzo thinks I belong to him.
I think he’d better sleep with one eye open.
But while the enemy in my bed might be slowly dominating my nights and darkest fantasies, my heart is a battle he’ll never win.
They say all’s fair in love and war?
Well, ours has just begun.

Emperor of Wrath is a standalone dark mafia romance with a smart, untamable heroine, and an ultra possessive psycho hero with "look at her and I'll unalive you" energy. Readers are STRONGLY advised to read the TW inside. No cliffhanger; HEA included.]]> 444 Jagger Cole Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 5 4.10 2024
author: Jagger Cole
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2024/08/29
date added: 2025/03/10
shelves: dark-romance, unhinged, sassy-fmc, banter, enemies-to-lovers, mafia-romance, praise-kink, protective, peach-play, sex-toys, abuse, forced-proximity, forced-marriage, arranged-marriage, opposites-attract, somnophilia, possessive-and-obsessive, dirty-talker, all-the-feels, bdsm-elements, billionaire, blackmail, biting, crime, humor, jealous, marking, mine, my-wife, ott, spanking, suspense, sexual-assault, breeding, favorites, jagger-cole
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]]> 60097255
I come from Bratva royalty. But this is no fairytale, and I’m no princess. Right now, I’m a bartering chip. I’m being pushed to marry the cold, hardened kingpin boss of the Scaliami crime syndicate to smooth over a wrong I didn’t commit.

He’s known as a savage. A cold and calculating villain. He’s a monster, and yet he’s also captivatingly gorgeous. He’s twice my age. He makes me think forbidden thoughts I’ve never had before. He makes me crave things I shouldn’t.

Years ago, I fell for a hero. But now I’m losing my mind for a villain. One is the fantasy. The other is my future. And the lines between them are blurring by the second.

But there’s more to this than meets the eye. The walls are closing in. My own criminal family wants me to play the double agent. Outside forces want to use me against him.

But he just wants me. He wants me to scream his name. He wants to make me his in every possible way. And God help me, I want him to.


Looking for the perfect blend of steamy and sweet? Some heat with your feels? This is just what you need! No cliffhanger, and a perfect happy ever after.

This is a standalone story. The books in the Scaliami Crime Family series can be read in any order.]]> 173 Jagger Cole Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 4.02 2020
author: Jagger Cole
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2020
rating: 4
read at: 2024/08/09
date added: 2025/03/10
shelves: novella, arranged-marriage, mafia-romance, forced-marriage, age-gap, praise-kink, fmc-virgin, dirty-talker, possessive-and-obsessive, crime, kidnapping, dark-romance, alpha-male, jagger-cole
review:

]]> 213603804
Tall, powerful, and lethally gorgeous, Drazen Krylov is the ruthless boogeyman the Bratva world fears.

He’s also the masked man from the app whom I unknowingly shared my darkest, most depraved urges with.

Now the fantasy has become a nightmare.

Drazen says I did terrible, unforgivable things.

He says I owe a debt, and I’ll pay the price by pretending to be his dead wife.

I look just like her.

The thing is, I might be her��

My past is an amnesia haze of blank memories.

My future is in his hands.

My name is Taylor Crown.

At least, so I’ve been told.

And I may have married a monster.

Now, I need to remember why.


Monstrous Urges is a standalone dark mafia romance with a smart, untamable heroine, and an ultra possessive psycho hero with "look at her and I'll unalive you" energy. Readers are STRONGLY advised to read the TW inside. No cliffhanger; HEA included.]]> 478 Jagger Cole Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 5 4.24 2024
author: Jagger Cole
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2024/07/14
date added: 2025/03/10
shelves: dark-romance, favorites, billionaire, suspense, mafia-romance, enemies-to-lovers, revenge, forced-marriage, forced-proximity, kidnapping, primal-play, praise-kink, dirty-talker, arranged-marriage, blackmail, breeding, daddy-kink, bdsm, captive, dom-sub, possessive-and-obsessive, masked-men, jagger-cole
review:

]]> 198806149 Cold, heartless, and as dangerous as he is beautiful. Deimos Drakos is Greek mafia royalty and my worst nightmare. A chameleon hiding a true monster in plain sight.
No one sees the villain behind those dark, lethally gorgeouseyes.
No one but me.
You see, I know his worst secrets. But he knows my darkest fantasies. And he’ll use them to trap me.
To toy with me.
To own me.
We’re blurring the lines between fantasy and reality. Except true psychopaths like him have no lines.
No limits. No mercy.
Deimos is a devil who once told me to run and never look back.
I should have listened.
Because now he’s going to chase me. He’s going to catch me, and flay open every dark part of me.
But he’ll never capture my heart.

Reckless Hearts is a standalone dark mafia, blisteringly steamy enemies-to-lovers romance with a smart, good-girl heroine, and an ultra possessive, morally gray, dark-hearted hero with “look at her and I’ll unalive you�� energy. Readers are HIGHLY advised to read the TW inside. No cliffhanger; HEA included.]]> 495 Jagger Cole Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 5 4.09 2023
author: Jagger Cole
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2023/11/14
date added: 2025/03/10
shelves: dark-romance, mafia-romance, crime, suspense, enemies-to-lovers, possessive-and-obsessive, billionaire, praise-kink, stalker, forced-proximity, second-chance, dirty-talker, dubcon, abuse, sexual-assault, he-falls-first, jagger-cole
review:

]]> 193530119 But he stole my heart, first.
Neither was ours for the taking.
Both come with a no-return policy.

Stolen Hearts is a standalone dark, best friend’s older brother, age-gap mafia romance with a smart, strong-willed heroine, and an ultra possessive “look at her and I’ll unalive you" hero. Readers are advised to read the TW inside. No cliffhanger; HEA included.]]> 484 Jagger Cole Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 4.04 2023
author: Jagger Cole
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2023/09/24
date added: 2025/03/10
shelves: mafia-romance, dark-romance, crime, age-gap, alpha-male, forbidden, forced-proximity, military, opposites-attract, possessive-and-obsessive, spanking, praise-kink, my-wife, mental-health, fmc-virgin, best-friends-brother, broken-hero, grumpy-sunshine, arranged-marriage, strong-badass-fmc, jagger-cole
review:

]]> 168426690 He saw what I did. Now he owns me.

Brutal, formidably gorgeous, and head of a vicious Bratva organization.
They call Gavan Tsarenko the bastard king. I call him a tyrant.
But now, the man with the gun-metal gray eyes and scarred past has come to conquer me.
You see, I screwed up. I traded my good-girl status for a bad grad-school prank that went horribly wrong.
And now, for six months, I’m �Ҳ�������’s.
My enemy.
My monster.
My dark fantasy.
The savagely beautiful villain holds my debt and my fate in his hands.
And what does the man who can have anything want with me?
Everything.
But he’ll never take my heart.

Twisted Hearts is a standalone dark mafia, blisteringly steamy enemies-to-lovers romance with a smart, good-girl heroine, and an ultra possessive dark-hearted hero with “look at her and I’ll unalive you�� energy. Readers are advised to read the TW inside. No cliffhanger; HEA included.]]> 416 Jagger Cole Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 4.06 2023
author: Jagger Cole
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2023/08/22
date added: 2025/03/10
shelves: dark-romance, mafia-romance, billionaire, enemies-to-lovers, forbidden, praise-kink, secret-relationship, crime, suspense, opposites-attract, possessive-and-obsessive, forced-proximity, fmc-virgin, bdsm, ott, stalker, jagger-cole
review:

]]> 135734088 My first mistake was sleeping with the most dangerous man in New York, without him knowing who I was.
My second was believing he never would...

It was supposed to be easy: one night of sin with a beautiful stranger to forever cut ties with my Bratva past.
But I didn’t pick a stranger. I picked him.
Hades Drakos, the dark prince of the Drakos Mafia family, is a lethally beautiful psychopath with a trail of broken hearts and bloodshed in his wake.
Oh, and he’s my client.
It doesn’t matter that our one night was under darkness, disguised by masks.
He knows my secret sin.
He knows it was my first time.
And now, he’ll use that to trap me as his own personal Persephone.
But even though the God of the Underworld might have my darkest secrets and sinful submission in the palm of his hand, I swear, there’s one thing he’ll never capture.
My heart.

Sinful Hearts is a standalone dark mafia, blisteringly steamy enemies-to-lovers romance with a smart, untamable heroine, and an ultra possessive hero with “look at her and I’ll unalive you�� energy. Readers are advised to read the TW inside. No cliffhanger; HEA included.]]> 480 Jagger Cole Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 4.08 2023
author: Jagger Cole
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2023/06/28
date added: 2025/03/10
shelves: dark-romance, mafia-romance, crime, sassy-fmc, possessive-and-obsessive, enemies-to-lovers, jagger-cole
review:

]]> 124946413 I’ll do anything to save my family. Even if it means marrying the devil himself.

Cillian Kildare is a monster wrapped in charm and sophistication. A gorgeous psychopath with venom in his veins and sadism driving every beat of his cold, black heart.

When I’m sent to kill the vicious Irish mafia boss to settle a debt from my past, it’s supposed to be simple.

It becomes a lot less simple when Cillian catches me, and carves his way into my darkest secrets and most deviant desires.

Now, captured and bound as his prisoner plaything, he has new plans for me: an unholy marriage of inconvenience.

He’ll protect me from my past. And for six months, I’ll give him my body, my soul, and my submission—willing or otherwise.

It’s just physical. A contract and nothing more.

But the devil, as they say, is in the details.

And if I’m not careful, this devil might soon break his way into something else:

My heart.


Vicious Hearts is a standalone dark mafia, arranged marriage, enemies-to-lovers age-gap romance with a smart, untamable heroine, and an ultra possessive literal psychopath of a hero with “look at her and I’ll unalive you�� energy. This is a DARK romance with adult themes. Readers are strongly advised to read the TW inside. No cliffhanger; HEA included..]]> 499 Jagger Cole Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 3.96 2023
author: Jagger Cole
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2023/06/04
date added: 2025/03/10
shelves: dark-romance, mafia-romance, age-gap, bdsm, self-harm, sexual-assault, mental-health, enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity, unhinged, secrets, suspense, fmc-virgin, arranged-marriage, possessive-and-obsessive, jagger-cole
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]]> 117605639 To stop a mafia war, I’m being forced to marry my sworn enemy.

A brutal, domineering, and lethally beautiful monster with a body built for violence. Ares Drakos—new king of the Drakos Mafia family—is every inch the God of War he’s named after.

And now, I belong to him.

Our unholy union is meant to end the bloodshed between Irish and Greek. A rising tide to lift all ships.

A match made in hell. And if we can’t stop from killing each other, “until death do us part�� might happen before we can say “I do��.

It’s not supposed to be real. Until it becomes something else.

Something dark, dangerous, and deliciously deviant.

The God of War might be invading my bed, my dreams, and my every sinful desire.

But there’s one thing he’ll never conquer.

My heart.


𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐦𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐚, 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬-𝐭𝐨-𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭, 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 "𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮" 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬. 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐖 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞. 𝐍𝐨 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫; 𝐇𝐄𝐀 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐝.
]]> 452 Jagger Cole Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 3.84 2023
author: Jagger Cole
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2023/05/02
date added: 2025/03/10
shelves: age-gap, dark-romance, arranged-marriage, enemies-to-lovers, possessive-and-obsessive, protective, forced-proximity, kidnapping, captive, sexual-assault, mafia-romance, suspense, billionaire, praise-kink, jagger-cole
review:

]]> 210521542
I taunted a monster. Now I’m caught in his claws.
He was only supposed to be a faceless fantasy.
A masked man from the app to enact my darkest, most depraved impulses with.
But I played games with the wrong stranger, and caught the attention of a psychopath.
Because Kratos Drakos isn’t just Greek Mafia royalty. He’s not just lethally powerful, physically massive, and dangerously gorgeous.
I’ve seen what lurks beneath his mask: a beast with a primal taste for chasing, catching, and corrupting.
Now, to stop a mafia war, I’m being wed to that very monster.
But the deeper I’m drawn into Kratos�� twisted reality, the more I realize one thing:
The most dangerous game you can play with a psychopath isn’t running away.
It’s falling for one.


Corrupted Heart is astandalone dark mafia, forced marriage romance with a smart, untamable heroine, and an ultra possessive psycho hero with "look at her and I'll unalive you" energy. Readers are STRONGLY advised to read the TW inside. No cliffhanger; HEA included.]]> 465 Jagger Cole Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 5 OMG 4.06 2024
author: Jagger Cole
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2024/05/26
date added: 2025/03/10
shelves: dark-romance, mafia-romance, primal-play, praise-kink, sexual-assault, alpha-male, assassin, forced-proximity, forced-marriage, mine, fmc-virgin, broken, broken-hero, grumpy-sunshine, possessive-and-obsessive, stalker, unhinged, psycho, bdsm, enemies-to-lovers, my-wife, spanking, billionaire, protective, size-difference, dirty-talker, knife-play, blood-play, biting, sweet, favorites, anti-hero, masked-men, ballerina-x-dancer, jagger-cole
review:
OMG
]]> 208877788 A blisteringly steamy, Dark Mafia, Grumpy/Sunshine, Marriage of Convenience standalone romance by bestselling author, Jagger Cole.

To save my father’s life, I’m being forced to marry a monster.
The world sees Gabriel Black as a golden god: successful, gorgeous, charismatic, and untouchable.
The good guy.
But I’ve peeked behind the mask and seen the brutal devil that lurks like poison under the surface.
And he knows it, too.
Now, I need a miracle—and money—to save my father’s life and pay off the crime boss he’s in deep with.
Gabriel needs a wife to further his political career.
It’s a match made in hell, to a secret psychopath who knows my darkest, most depraved fantasies.
And I’m about to learn the only thing more dangerous than being chased by a monster:
Falling for one.

Poisonous Kiss is a standalone dark mafia, grumpy/sunshine, forced marriage romance with a smart, untamable heroine, and an ultra possessive psychopath hero with "look at her and I'll unalive you" energy. Readers are advised to read the TW inside. No cliffhanger; HEA included.]]> 410 Jagger Cole Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 5 4.10 2024
author: Jagger Cole
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2024/04/13
date added: 2025/03/10
shelves: dark-romance, mafia-romance, enemies-to-lovers, grumpy-sunshine, marriage-of-convenience, possessive-and-obsessive, suspense, crime, billionaire, snowballing, praise-kink, primal-play, sexual-assault, bdsm, peach-play, age-gap, breath-play, broken, dom-sub, forbidden, jagger-cole
review:

]]> 200829769 A blisteringly steamy, Dark Mafia, Enemies to Lovers, Marriage of Convenience standalone romance by bestselling author, Jagger Cole.


I tried to outsmart the King of Sin. Now, I’m his.

Brutal, cold, and illegally gorgeous, Dante Sartorre isn’t just mafia royalty. He’s also the tyrant owner of the infamously deviant and members-only Club Venom.

He’s also my new husband.

In my defense, I wasn’t supposed to be the bride. But I sealed my fate when I saved my friend: by signing the Venom Devil’s marriage contract myself.

Now, he owns me. All of me��

But Dante thinks I’ll play the part of the obedient little bride he needs in order to keep his club. And he swears he’ll rip out every dark secret and bring me to my knees if I don’t.

Little does he know, this marriage has an expiration date.

And so do I.

You see, it’s not just the simmering heat between us that’s toxic. It’s not just the way I can’t decide if I want to geld him or lose myself in him.

It’s my blood and the secret sickness inside of me that’s poisonous, too.

So if you choose to know our story, you must know three things:

This is not a fairytale.

Dante is the Anti-Prince Charming.

And my name is Tempest Black, and I die at the end.

Toxic Love is a standalone dark mafia, marriage of convenience, enemies-to-lovers romance with a smart, untamable heroine, and an ultra possessive hero with "look at her and I'll unalive you" energy. This is the explosive start to the Venomous Gods mafia series. Readers are advised to read the TW inside. No cliffhanger; HEA included.]]> 424 Jagger Cole Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 5 OMG 3.97 2024
author: Jagger Cole
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2024/01/27
date added: 2025/03/10
shelves: age-gap, dark-romance, mafia-romance, marriage-of-convenience, enemies-to-lovers, crime, dirty-talker, mine, alphahole, possessive-and-obsessive, alpha-male, forced-proximity, grumpy-sunshine, suspense, secret-society, secrets, spanking, hate-to-love, stalker, blackmail, jealous, mental-health, sexual-assault, fmc-virgin, voyuerism, drug-use, bdsm-elements, jagger-cole, billionaire
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Once he was my enemy. Now, he’s my boss.

Rich, successful, viciously gorgeous, and sinisterly brutal, Alistair Black is every bit his last name.

Morally black. Inky black heart. Devious black soul.

In college, we were enemies. Rivals. Bully vs bully. I almost ruined his life.

Now, ten years later, our paths cross again when I’m forced to work under him.

And he hasn’t at all forgotten or forgiven me for what I did to him back at school.

Now he’s my brooding, emotionally unavailable boss with the body of a god.

And I’m his plaything.

The target of his malice and revenge. The one from whom he wants to hear “yes, sir��, and nothing else.

Years ago, I thought I was done with Alistair Black.

But it turns out, he’s nowhere near done with me��


Devious Vow is a standalone dark mafia, grumpy/sunshine, enemies-to-lovers romance with a smart, untamable heroine, and an ultra possessive hero with "look at her and I'll unalive you" energy. Readers are advised to read the TW inside. No cliffhanger; HEA included.]]> 436 Jagger Cole Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 5 3.96 2024
author: Jagger Cole
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2024/02/29
date added: 2025/03/10
shelves: dark-romance, mafia-romance, enemies-to-lovers, grumpy-sunshine, abuse, forbidden, possessive-and-obsessive, sassy-fmc, crime, office-workplace-romance, second-chance, praise-kink, mine, alpha-male, alphahole, alcoholic, mental-health, bdsm-elements, spanking, arranged-marriage, secrets, boss-employee, forced-proximity, jagger-cole
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For years, I’ve lived in a glass and steel castle high above the streets of New York. A prison where I pace like a caged beast. If I leave, I lose my empire, and the technology I invented falls into the hands of those who would use it for evil.

I believe my fate is sealed, until I lay eyes on my new heart-stoppingly gorgeous neighbor across the street and about forty stories below. She’s beautiful and tempting. She’s young and innocent. She’s an obsession I’ll never taste and a dream I’ll forever replay only in my head.

Until she’s in trouble. Until I can’t stand by and watch her get hurt.

Leaving my penthouse could mean losing everything. But she is my everything. Mia breaks down my walls, and makes me want to shatter every rule I have.

I’ll risk it all for her. I’ll keep her safe. I’ll treasure her, and cherish her, and I’ll never let her go��


This OTT romance is packed with instalove, no cliffhanger, and a perfect happy ever after.]]> 82 Jagger Cole Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 3.87 2020
author: Jagger Cole
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2020
rating: 4
read at: 2022/10/14
date added: 2025/03/10
shelves: age-gap, billionaire, fmc-virgin, insta-love, novella, retelling, sweet, jagger-cole
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]]> 57020117 But she makes us want to break and cross every single one.

She’s scared and on the run. The Cartel wants her dead. So does the corrupt chief of police who pulled the trigger on a hit she witnessed.

We’re just one cop and one retired Marine. But when we catch her breaking and entering, we’re suddenly something else: her protectors.

Neither of us have any business even thinking about her like this. She’s too young for us. She’s too innocent for the darkness in our hearts. She’s a witness to the biggest crime this town has ever seen, for God’s sake.

Nothing’s ever come between us. But then, there’s Cora, caught in the middle. And now she’s the only thing we ever do want between us.

This temptation is almost as dangerous as the killers trying to hunt her down. But once we’ve both had a taste, there’s no turning back.

This Valentine’s Day, and every day, all we want is her. And no one is going to stand in our way.


All of the attention is on her in this mfm romance �� no m/m! Extra hot, VERY over the top (for real, it’s ridiculous), and packed with explosive insta-love. Safe, absolutely no cheating, no cliffhanger, and a perfect happy ever after.]]> 128 Jagger Cole Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 3.86 2021
author: Jagger Cole
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2022/02/13
date added: 2025/03/10
shelves: novella, mfm, insta-love, ott, age-gap, dirty-talker, alpha-male, jagger-cole
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]]> 59342110 I never thought I’d see him again.
Until he kidnapped me.


Russell James was always untouchable.

Too dangerously beautiful. Too old for me. Too much my brother’s best friend.

But he was mine once—just for one night.

Then, he was gone.

Now, four years later, he’s kidnapping me off the street in a case of mistaken identity.

My cousin is married to the most notorious Bratva kingpin in Chicago.

Russell thinks I’m her.

Now, we’re on the run—from the Bratva, from the law, and from whoever wants my cousin—the real Mrs. Komarov—dead.

But Russell doesn’t just want to save me.

He wants to consume me.

He wants to finish what we started four years ago.

And God help me, I might just let him…]]> 94 Jagger Cole Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 4 3.93 2021
author: Jagger Cole
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2021/12/10
date added: 2025/03/10
shelves: age-gap, brothers-best-friend, novella, forbidden, ott, mafia-romance, second-chance, jagger-cole
review:

]]> 59225249 This is not a fairytale.

There’s no glass slipper, only shards. Prince Charming is the villain, and happily ever afters are a myth.

Except now, I need to construct one.

Me, the fake princess, with a make-believe happily never after, to the anti-Prince Charming himself.

Coldly beautiful, brutally ruthless, and heir to a criminal empire. Misha Tsavakov hates me, but he’ll be my fabricated prince, for a price:

All of me.

I belong to him now. No limits. No mercy. And no kiss before midnight to end this curse. No kissing at all, actually.

The deeper we get, the darker and more twisted this maze of thorns becomes. There’s no way out. But the harder I fight, the more it might be that I don’t want a way out.

Real or not, there’s one thing about fairytales that no one ever warns you about:

When you put on glass slippers, you’d better tread carefully.

Or you’ll bleed.

This standalone, extra angsty Bratva academy romance is guaranteed to leave your kindle steaming. Step into the viper’s nest of Oxford Hills Academy and meet the Savage Heirs of Bratva kings and oligarchs.

Absolutely no cheating, no cliffhanger, and a happy ever after.]]> 416 Jagger Cole Brittany (Brit.tea.reads) 5 4.45 2021
author: Jagger Cole
name: Brittany (Brit.tea.reads)
average rating: 4.45
book published: 2021
rating: 5
read at: 2021/10/08
date added: 2025/03/10
shelves: jagger-cole, dark-romance, enemies-to-lovers, mafia-romance, college, possessive-and-obsessive, protective, forced-proximity, secrets, bratva, bully-romance, blackmail, fake-marriage, alphahole, slow-burn, abuse, revenge, opposites-attract, fmc-virgin
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