The Best Mafia Romance Novels Ever

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Here are the best mafia romance books, ranked by readers everywhere. Featuring new mafia romance novels of 2020 and best-selling classics, this list of the most popular mafia romance books includes fan-favorites from authors, like Stasia Black, Belle Aurora, and Renee Rose. 

Mafia romance books typically feature mafia families, mob ties, and romance mixed with crime. Despite using common tropes, the top mafia romance bestsellers offer something for everyone, so you'll be flipping through the pages in no time. Vote up the must-read mafia romance novels.

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  • Bound By Honor
    1
    Cora Reilly
    748 votes

    Born into one of the leading Mob families in Chicago, Aria Scuderi struggles to find her own path in a world where no choices are given. 

  • Bound By Duty
    2
    Cora Reilly
    483 votes

    Valentina is tired of being ignored. She’s determined to get Dante’s attention and desire, even if she can’t get his heart that still belongs to his dead wife.

  • American Savages
    3
    J.J. McAvoy
    201 votes

    Betrayed. Melody is nowhere to be found, Liam is in jail, and the Callahan family is cracking, just as Avian Doers, the FBI Director and puppet master behind their downfall, planned. But just because they’re down doesn't mean they’re out.

  • Ruthless People
    4
    J.J. McAvoy
    367 votes

    A romantic crime fiction set in modern day Chicago, Ruthless People follows the life and marriage of Melody Nicci Giovanni and Liam Callahan - rivals by blood and leaders through fear. 

  • The Untouchables
    5
    J.J. McAvoy
    212 votes

    With a new target on their back and the media now focused on their family as the Presidential election approaches, Liam and Melody must fight on two battlefronts. Melody is torn between being in love with Liam and wanting to kill him for lying to her. 

  • Carter Reed
    6
    136 votes

    Carter Reed. He’s a weapon for the rivaling mafia family, but he’s also Emma’s secret. Not only was he best friends with her brother, but she’s the reason he became that weapon in the first place.

  • Lucca
    7
    Sarah Brianne
    142 votes

    Chloe was scarred by her past, learning too young that nightmares are real. Lucca has waited long enough to claim her soul, but he must take it from the devil first.

  • Torture To Her Soul
    8
    J.M. Darhower
    144 votes

    Karissa. She thinks I'm a monster, and maybe I am. The world is full of monsters, and I'm not the most dangerous one out there. Not even close... God help me, I love her. I do. And God help anyone who tries to take her from me.

  • Monster In His Eyes
    9
    J.M. Darhower
    149 votes

    Ignazio Vitale is not a good man. It doesn't take him long to draw me into his web, charming me into his bed and trapping me in his life, a life I know nothing about until it's too late. He has secrets, secrets I can't fathom, secrets that make it so I can't walk away...

  • Nero
    10
    Sarah Brianne
    149 votes

    Nero is the king of Legacy Prep, living a life of power. Elle is the school’s punching bag, living a life of fear. The only good girls Nero knows jump in his bed when he tells them to. The closest Elle has come to a bad boy like him is in the cafeteria line.

  • Target On Our Backs
    11
    J.M. Darhower
    76 votes

    It should've been over, we should've been happy, but people are making it hard for me to live in peace. I've got so much blood on my hands they'll never be clean, and somebody out there seems to want me to pay for it.

  • Menace
    12
    J.M. Darhower
    85 votes

    With a Scarlet Letter inked on her wrist and secrets buried deep in her soul, Morgan Myers is running from something... or maybe somebody. Lorenzo Gambini isn't quite sure.

  • The Professional
    13
    Kresley Cole
    92 votes

    To remove Natalie from an enemy’s reach, Sevastyan spirits her into hiding. From an opulent palace in Russia to the decadent playgrounds of the mega-wealthy in Paris, the two lovers will discover that even their darkest fantasies can come true...

  • Dante
    14
    Bethany-Kris
    58 votes

    Dante isn’t looking for love and Catrina doesn’t need attachments. In the end, life has a way of breaking down walls when you least expect it to, and once love gets in, there’s no bleeding it out. 

  • Raze
    15
    Tillie Cole
    56 votes

    While working for her church, Kisa stumbles across a tattooed, scarred, but stunningly beautiful homeless man on the streets. Something about him stirs feelings deep within her; familiar yet impossibly forbidden desires...

  • Legacy
    16
    Bethany-Kris
    25 votes

    Stepping into her mother's shoes is the very last thing on Catherine Marcello's mind, but it's already too late and she's got her own games to play. 

  • Perfect Chemistry
    17
    Simone Elkeles
    43 votes

    When he makes a bet with his friends to lure Brittany into his life, bad boy Alex thinks nothing of it. But soon Alex realizes Brittany is a real person with real problems, and suddenly the bet he made in arrogance turns into something much more.

  • Raw
    18
    Belle Aurora
    48 votes

    I feel his eyes on me. I see him hiding in plain sight. He watches me. He makes me feel. It’s unconventional. But it’s real. I’m sure you’re wondering how a person falls in love with their stalker. So am I.

  • Nikolai
    19
    Roxie Rivera
    16 votes

    After Vivian is ripped from his arms in a brazen blitz attack, Nikolai will stop at nothing to get her back - but rescuing her and keeping her safe in his arms isn't enough. Nikolai's only chance to keep her safe is to do the one thing he vowed never to do...

  • Sempre 
    20
    J.M. Darhower
    92 votes

    Haven, a second-generation slave, was isolated in the middle of the desert, her days full of hard work and terrifying abuse. Carmine, born into a wealthy Mafia family, lived a life of privilege and excess. Now, a twist of fate causes their worlds to collide. 

  • Knight
    21
    Kristen Ashley
    28 votes

    Knight has a dark past, and just as he desires Anya for exactly who she is, he fears when she finds out exactly the man he has become and always intends to be, she’ll leave him for good, normal and clean.

  • Innocence
    22
    Lee Savino, Stasia Black
    73 votes

    I’m king of the criminal underworld. I always get what I want. And she’s my obsession. Cora is new to the city of sin. Her innocent blue eyes beg for me to claim her. But I’m not the billionaire she thinks I am. There’s a darkness within me. And Cora is a shining light.

  • Elite
    23
    Rachel Van Dyken
    37 votes

    The Elect are always around Tracey Rooks, and it isn't long until she finds out the reason why they keep their friends close and their enemies even closer. She just didn't realize she was the enemy - until it was too late. 

  • Awakening
    24
    Lee Savino, Stasia Black
    17 votes

    The naive Cora can't get enough of the brooding Marcus. But when a rival mob tries to take Marcus' empire away from him, Marcus realizes that he is the danger Cora is trying to escape.

  • Jack Of Spades
    25
    Renee Rose
    24 votes

    Sorry, bella. You got dealt the losing hand. Witness to a crime, you’re my prisoner now. Even if I did trust you, now that I’ve had a taste, I’m not sure I’d let you go...

  • Killing Sarai
    26
    J.A. Redmerski
    28 votes

    As Victor and Sarai slowly build a trust, the differences between them seem to lessen, and an unlikely attraction intensifies. But Victor’s brutal skills and experience may not be enough in the end to save her...

  • Spin
    27
    C.D. Reiss
    23 votes

    Mafia capo, Antonio Spinelli blew through my orderly life like a cyclone. Gorgeous and passionate, with a breathtaking brutality, he put me under his spell the moment he touched me, drawing me into his underworld of risk, violence and betrayal.

  • King Of Diamonds
    28
    Renee Rose
    20 votes

    I told you not to set foot in my casino again. I told you to stay away. I’m king of the Vegas underground and I take what I want.

  • Ace Of Hearts
    29
    Renee Rose
    21 votes

    I didn’t count on her barging in my office and tempting me, begging for a taste of my authority. I didn’t count on her getting under my skin. And the last thing I want is to see her debt paid. Because then I’d have to set her free...

  • Crow's Row
    30
    Julie Hockley
    46 votes

    Held captive in rural Vermont, Emily Sheppard tries to make sense of her situation and what it means. While uncovering secrets about her brother and his untimely death, Emily falls in love with her very rich and very dangerous captor, Cameron.