Verdict: A hotter, higher-stakes second act in a dark sapphic mafia trilogy — the ice queen thaws, the tension tightens, and the cliffhanger will send you straight to book three. Best for: Readers who loved book one and want more of Eva and Robin, plus fans of morally-gray ice-queen heroines, forbidden desire, and dark mafia … Read more
Verdict: A deliciously dark sapphic mafia romance with ice-queen-meets-innocent chemistry, a captive/auction hook, and Beauty-and-the-Beast vibes — addictive, steamy, and built to binge. Best for: Readers who love morally-gray ice-queen heroines, forbidden captor/captive tension, dark mafia power, and a slow thaw between two very different women. Heat: 🌶🌶🌶🌶 (4/5) — explicit and intense Rating: ★★★★½ … Read more
Updated on October 8, 2026 Verdict: A short, steamy sapphic mafia romance with a great opening — a crime queen steals her brother’s bride from the altar — that most readers binge happily, held back by an age-gap backstory some readers cannot get past, prose that reminds many of Wattpad, and a cliffhanger that forces … Read more
Verdict: A beautifully written Hades/Persephone retelling that means every word of its content warnings — a real romance arc built on kidnapping, captivity and on-page rape, undercut by a sagging middle and a heroine who spends too long being acted upon. Best for: Readers who actively seek non-con dark romance, who can tell the difference … Read more
Updated on October 9, 2026 Verdict: A glossy, steamy rival-publicists rom-com with sharp banter and a commanding older love interest, held back by a celebrity subplot that takes over the book, a premise that reads to many as real-person fan fiction about a famous pop star and her football-player boyfriend, and a third-act breakup some … Read more
Updated on October 9, 2026 Verdict: A tender, funny neighbours-to-lovers slow burn between an exhausted ER doctor and the older, guarded former concert pianist on the other side of her wall, with banter readers love and a happy ending, held back only by a middle that some find predictable. Best for: Readers who want a … Read more
Updated on October 5, 2026 Verdict: A short, good-humoured sapphic mafia romance with a genuinely fun premise — a baker whose shop becomes neutral ground for a crime queen — held back by an evidence base so thin that almost nothing about it has been tested by readers in writing. Best for: Readers who want … Read more
Updated on October 6, 2026 Verdict: A steamy, angst-heavy duet finale that hands the story to the ice queen herself and rewards readers who finished book one, held back by a plot that only works if you already care about this marriage and by a reader conversation that lives almost entirely on Goodreads and Audible. … Read more
Updated on October 6, 2026 Verdict: A fast, steamy arranged-marriage mafia romance with an ice queen readers enjoy watching thaw, undercut by a rushed enemies-to-lovers turn, a heroine many readers find inconsistent and an ending that stops on a cliffhanger. Best for: Readers who want a short, high-heat sapphic mafia read with a commanding heroine … Read more
Updated on October 9, 2026 Verdict: A warm, funny fake-engagement romance between a controlled couples therapist and the impulsive actress she hires to play her fiancée, with a well-judged slow burn and no third-act breakup, held back by a familiar ice-queen formula and a middle that some readers find long. Best for: Readers who love … Read more