Verdict: A fast, spicy paranormal romance: Amara Leone, the deaf daughter of a ruthless mafia boss, is forced into an arranged marriage with Dylan Wood, a cold security chief her father wants her to spy on, who is secretly a vampire. Readers love the deaf representation, the chemistry and the action; a few found the … Read more
Verdict: A fast, funny European caper with a friends-to-lovers heart: Callie Compton ran from her sweet, church-going grandmother, secretly the UK’s top crime boss, at eighteen, and six years later her deaf childhood best friend and crush, Daisy, tracks her down in Sweden. Readers love the humour, the twists and the ending; a few could … Read more
Verdict: A quick, suspenseful sapphic mafia romance: young widow Courtney Flynn flees her late husband’s family to protect her son — and falls for Sienna Caruso, an ice-queen hotelier whose cousin is accused of the murder. Fans call it thrilling and hot; a couple of readers found the clipped sentence style hard to get past. … Read more
Updated on October 8, 2026 Verdict: A Sleeping Beauty/Maleficent sapphic mafia romance with real Domme/submissive chemistry and 5/5 heat, undercut by a thinner plot and a power dynamic reviewers call a rehash of the series’ earlier books. Best for: Readers already invested in Wicked Villains who want an explicit f/f Domme/submissive pairing and a fairy-tale-villain … Read more
Tense, explicit and only half a story — the Ruby Realm Duet keeps its HEA for book two, and the listing does not say so. Here is what the reviews actually say.
Updated on October 7, 2026 Verdict: A Depression-era air-race romance between a Texas pilot and a woman from a Sicilian crime family — a premise with real spark, undercut by the editing problems two of its three written reviews describe; too few reviews for us to score it. Best for: Readers who want a sapphic … Read more
Updated on October 5, 2026 This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, at no extra cost to you. This is my August 2026 sapphic TBR, rebuilt in October with every fact checked again. It is for readers who want a short, honest stack rather than a hundred-title dump: … Read more
Verdict: A fast, twisty dark sapphic mafia romance with a magnetic age-gap dynamic and a genuinely surprising plot. The obsessive devotion delivers — but the heat is lighter than the title suggests. Best for: Readers who want a possessive, protective mafia heiress, an exotic Dubai setting, enemies-to-lovers intensity, and plot-driven twists over wall-to-wall spice. Heat: … Read more
Updated on October 8, 2026 Verdict: A short, very dark sapphic mafia romance with a rare lead — a 51-year-old crime matriarch — and a sharp, funny voice that its fans love, held back by rough editing, a romance that flips from hate to love too fast, and a reader base so heavy with advance … Read more
Updated on October 8, 2026 Verdict: A 150-page, deliberately unhinged sapphic mafia novella — a Russian enforcer, a kidnapped mob wife and a great deal of kink — that its target readers call a wild, funny ride with a surprisingly sweet ending, and that others call smut with very little book around it. Best for: … Read more