Savage Little Games: A Dark Mafia, Enemies to Lovers Romance (Sin City Mafia)

Seriously I am just gobsmacked because this book SAVAGE LITTLE GAMES from Author Lane Hart is just superb. I doubt I can write a review to do a justice to the beauty of it. Can I just say that every dark romance fan has to read this book and leave it at that??? I don’t want to be rehashing the blurb, just that when Italian Mob Boss Dante Salvato has lusted after Vanessa for a long time, and when he sees Vanessa has suffered a beating and betrayal, he handles it – to his advantage of course. For 75 days, she is his by agreement and all she has to do is not fall in love with him. What’s that 365 movie we’ve seen this premise in before??? Well, Ms Lane does it 100000000% so much better!!! OMG I LOVED Vanessa and her completely rebellious independent nature that wound Dante up so bad that I thought he’d explode in frustration. She was no flake in spite of admitting to the intense desire her body felt for him and I thought she was a legend! My favourite quote from him is not sexy or deep in any way, he’s just ...SO FRUSTRATED 🤣 “What the [F] was I thinking? Her mouth…she pushes every one of my g0dd@mn buttons!” Rubbing my temple, I tell him, “No 🐈 is worth the headache she gives me. I don’t even know if I will last seventy-five more days with her!” I laughed so hard at this!!! Dante was everything that a deadly man should be. He used people to benefit his reputation and put those who betrayed him underground in the most painful and torturous way, unless he could use them to benefit his reputation, and even a man such as this character, I found an admiration for. Dante Salvatore was also a man who believed himself to be a bad omen for any woman he remotely cared about to be around. Thus, he stayed isolated and aloof, even from the three daughters he kept under protection, extreme to the max, in their gilded cages. They weren’t controlled just for the sake of it, but rather the circumstances around them were. He controlled the likelihood of danger out of necessity, but bars of protection still make it a prison and they rebelled. Vanessa was such a strong woman who relinquished no quarter when it came to defending and protecting herself and her son, even to the point of breaking her own heart. And that is exactly what I loved about Dante. He was such an alpha-hole, yet was a total helicopter parent. We saw that he loved his daughters and his biggest fears were that they could be taken from him just as their three mothers were. He couldn’t figure out Vanessa’s motivations, why she would sleep with a loaded gun under the mattress, nor the other perfect and minute details that made up her life. Too perfect he thought yet she kept herself and her deets under wraps. Then, just as I had my suspicions, Ms Lane blows even that out of the water! SAVAGE LITTLE GAMES was no little read and it was chocka full of plot twists, surprise moments, chemistry and heat, suspense and so much more. Tropes include Single parents, Father of girls, Mafia, Serendipity, and Forced proximity. I’m sure I’ve missed some and it’s too easy to say that I hella loved it! Again I’ll just say that every dark romance reading fan has to read it!!! Seriously great reading at 5+ Stars and it’s going to be one of my faves for 2024. Hell’s teeth, I can’t wait for the next one due in April this year!!! 💞•❥•♟

This has all the things you want from a Mafia Dark Romance. The hot mobster, the violence associated with that life, and intrigue. Dante Salvato is the head of the Italian Mafia in Nevada. He has an informal arrangement with Lochlan, the head of the Irish Mob, to marry his oldest daughter and a fund with the Russian Mob headed by Yuri Petrov. He is a frequent visitor of the lounge in his casino. Vanessa Br99ks, a 36 year old single mom, works there as a cocktail waitress. Vanessa is the only one of her fellow witnesses who has turned down Dante's advances. Dante notices one day Vanessa has been beaten. He is furious and wants to know who did it. Vanessa admits it was Russians trying to get money out of her boyfriend. Dante brings both the Russians and the boyfriend to his basement of torture. He gives Vanessa a choice - her boyfriend dead or she consents to live him for 76 days, one day for each thousand he has to pay to resolve the debt. Vanessa reluctantly accepts. The book details how Vanessa tortures him by not allowing sexual contact. Her eventually falling for him and beginning to wish it didn't have to end. But then Dante takes her 20 year old son to an event where a bomb goes off, and she moves out to protect her son. There is a gorgeous stipper, intrigue, and a final twist at the end, which will be a big reveL. You will love this book immensely.

"Savage Little Games" by Lane Hart delivers a tantalizing cocktail of romance, suspense, and intrigue in the heart of Sin City's mafia underworld. Vanessa, a 37-year-old cocktail waitress and single mother, finds herself entangled in a seductive dance with Dante Salvator, her boss and the enigmatic figurehead of the casino where she works. The chemistry between them sizzles, fueled by the forbidden allure of a boss-employee relationship and the magnetic pull of close proximity. Hart masterfully crafts a slow burn that ignites the pages, leaving readers breathless with anticipation. With each twist and turn, the plot thickens, weaving a web of secrets and desires that keeps readers on the edge of their seats. "Savage Little Games" is as intoxicating as it is addictive, seamlessly blending steamy romance with gritty mafia drama. Hart's writing effortlessly balances the sexy and the suspenseful, delivering a story that lingers long after the final page. I devoured this book in one sitting and am already counting down the days until the next installment in the Sin City Mafia Series. If you're craving a read that's equal parts thrilling and titillating, look no further than "Savage Little Games."

I love reading mafia books, they are definitely my go to trope of books so was no surprise I loved this book as much as I did. The mafia men are always so damanding , possessive and ruthless when it comes to there woman and Dante was no exception. That man was just perfection. Yeah it was a slow burn in the bedroom department but all the sexual tension and foreplay leading up to that was worth it in the end. Can't wait to read more of this series and this author

Lane is a new author for me and had me captivated from the first page! I want a Dante now. You need to add it to must read list!!!!