Darkest Craving

Ruthless Dominion, Book 1

Victoria Romanov is going to be my wife.

Even if she doesn't know it yet.

Her father betrayed me. So I'll use her as the stepping stone to my throne. She's so untouched, so naive… It's almost a shame I have to ruin her.

At first, she fights me. Claws at the cage I've locked her in. I do everything to break my enemy's daughter. But I can see the way she loves it…

Under her feisty demeanor, her innate submission calls out to the darkness in me, begging to be taken, used, and stripped of control. And soon enough, I begin to crave her.

My wife was always meant to be just a pawn in this game. But I'm starting to realize she's becoming queen… And she might just be my downfall.

Darkest Craving is an enemies-to-lovers, arranged marriage mafia romance with a possessive, over-the-top MMC. This is a standalone with a guaranteed HEA.

Contains mature content. A complete list of content warnings can be found on the author's website.

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it's ok...

I'm only 8 chapters in the story is good so far, but the voices is not it for me. the male character sounds like he's pushing 60, and the female is sounds like she's in her mid 30s. It kinda gives me the creeps. I might buy the actual book and read it instead. That way I could enjoy it better.

A Mafia Arranged Marriage with a side of revenge and a big scoop of naughtiness

I enjoyed this story. The voice actors did a great job. If you like arranged mafia tropes, this will be up your alley. The spicy scenes were dirty in the best way. This is my first book from this author but won't be my last.

The story didn’t click for me

I liked the voices, but it’s disturbing when the female voice makes a male character’s voice in her chapter and vice versa. It doesn’t help with being immersed in the story.
And the story is just a horny dude with a stockholm syndrome girl. He does not have qualities to make her like him first. He’s not forceful, at least, but what else is there? This is for fans of smut that don’t care about a good story. I don’t mind smut if at least makes sense in the storyline. The story lacks depth and I wanted to go until the end to not throw my credits to the trash but I don’t think I can go further. Each chapter just makes me roll my eyes more and more. I stopped on chapter 21.