Dante: A Dark Mafia, Enemies to Lovers Romance (Chicago Ruthless Book 1)

4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars | 33,044 ratings

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Last update: 11-22-2024


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I hate Dante Moretti. He is cold, calculating and vicious. It’s no secret that he wiped out his former fiancée and her entire family on the eve of their wedding. He’s the kind of evil that makes even devils cry.

But that’s not why I hate him.

I hate him because he has taken the only thing I have left in this miserable world – my freedom. He has chained me to him because of a debt that I don’t owe. I just have the misfortune to share the bloodline of the man who does.

And now I’m trapped in his gilded cage and the only thing I have left to do is run. And I try. I really do. But he is everywhere.

Suffocating. All consuming. Intoxicating.

He is a paradox. A man with a heart as cold as ice, whose passion rages like an inferno.

Why does he see into my soul in a way that nobody else ever has? Why does the slightest brush of his skin make my pulse race?

My mom always warned me never to play with matches. But if Dante Moretti is fire, then I want to burn.

Dante is the first book in the Chicago Ruthless series, featuring the Moretti siblings. Each book is a standalone with a HEA. This is a spicy Dark Mafia, enemies to lovers, forced proximity romance, which features scenes of a violent nature as well as those of an explicit sexual nature.


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Kelly
5.0 out of 5 stars HOT & dark mafia romance
Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2024
Please read the Trigger Warnings! This is a DARK mafia romance that covers many sensitive topics but it's so well done!

He kidnaps her as payment for what her brother has taken. You get the Stockholm syndrome (falling for captor) but it's done so well. I could FEEL the conflict emotions and choices. I felt like I was the FMC and that is an auto win for any book.

This book has enemies to lovers, kidnapping, mafia, emotional trauma, pregnancy and more. It was so well done!

Wow. Wow. Wow. I don't even know what to say!

This book was dark, delicious and sooo captivating. I devoured it!
Sharon Chubb
4.0 out of 5 stars good book
Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2024
It was a good read had a well thought out plot but the ending kinda just happened. Theres wasn’t an equal ratio of plot to resolution.
Kim Bradley
5.0 out of 5 stars Wow
Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2024
What a book, amazing. I loved the story line and I hope we get all the traffickers in the next few books. I can’t wait to stay the next one.
Katie
3.0 out of 5 stars Didn't love it, but couldn't stop reading
Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2023
I picked this book up because it sounded interesting and once I got started, I couldn't put it down. I'm not sad I read it because I did like it....I just didn't like all of it.

Likes: The plot was interesting enough. I enjoyed the "bad guy with a secret heart of gold" sort of thing Dante had going on. Kat was feisty and strong, at least half of the time (trauma and hormones can be a real witch and no one can be strong and feisty 100%, not realistic).

Dislikes: there were A LOT of sex scenes. I like spice, but they sort of felt repetitive and while some of them were set to help Kat heal and what not...I don't know. They just fell flat for me. Kat definitely didn't have a backbone most of the time when it came to Dante (she says as much) and it just seemed like such a 180 from when we first met her. I definitely think they have love for each other over time, but it was definitely more of a list thing and I didn't feel that connection between them like I have in other books.

Overall, a decent read and a page turner. I think I'm likely to check out some more of her books.
JoHanna Lopez
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely must read
Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2024
This book was so good! It was great insight on both characters and their past and future! I read it in a matter hours after receiving it!! Dante is just spicy!
Catherine
4.0 out of 5 stars beauty and the beast vibes but mafia
Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2024
Sadie Kincaid’s story lines are some of the best mafia books I’ve read in a while. The amount of twists and turns that you don’t always expect are so enjoyable when reading. I also love the duo pov we get in her books. I always want to know what the other is thinking and I think the structure works perfectly. A lot of sensitive subject matter but I loved the HEA
Lauren Moon
5.0 out of 5 stars Nothing is better
Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2024
This was a deliciously hot way to start a series. Dante is DADDY and I will never change my mind about that. The spice was spicing. The romance was hot. The details and story telling was amazing. I can't wait to read more of this series, and listen. Because the audiobook was JUST as amazing
Mickey
5.0 out of 5 stars I think the tropes are wrong for this stellar story
Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2024
Is this an Enemies to Lovers romance? Only for the first chapter. And really most of it was Kat and Maximo instead of Kat and Dante.
Is this "Dark Mafia" romance? Dante is ruthless. He, Maximo, and Lorenzo swiftly and brutally dish out the punishments. Kat's attack (written as flashback) is trigger warning worthy. But, I consider Dark Romance to mean the MMC(s) stalk, kidnap, threaten, bullies, or dubcon the FMC. That isn't this book. The dark parts of Dante's and Kat's relationship isn't as dark as other stories. Even though he's a mafia boss who has left "a trail of bodies in our wake that would rival the bubonic plague", you still see his humanity.

That being said. I read this story in KU, bought the book, bought and read Lorenzo's book, then read Dante two more times. I've preordered Keres. That's how much I love this book.

The big reason I love this book so much is chapter 38... It's written in Dante's POV and it deals with Kat's attack. It's triggering, it's raw, and it's heartbreaking. "If I'm asking her to bare her soul to me, I at least owe her the courtesy of looking her in the eye while I do it." Dante was stellar. He helped her talk through it. He helped her find her strength by showing his vulnerability. He helped her face her demons. I not only cried for Kat but I cried for myself.

That being said - Chap 38 was no surprise. He does start their relationship off by threatening to give her to his men if she wasn't useful. (Given what you suspect of Kat at this point of the story, it's cruel). But, once he realized what happened, he backs off saying it again. When there were issues with their first sexual encounter, he adjusted without question or comment. Their conversation afterwards was gentle and inciteful. He asks her if he could help work out her demons. When they do work on her demons, he thinks through what she needs, gives it to her, and makes sure that she knows and consents to what they are doing.

I loved Dante's progression from fascination to love.

Beware - Chapter 39. It's about "giving the criminal the same punishment as the crime". It pushes boundaries.

Kat - The story is centered around her attack (which isn't as simple as it seems). Her life does a 180 after the attack and that's where we find her. She's just existing. Her spunk does come out in her first meeting with Dante and Maximo. She keeps showing spunk and comes out of her shell the longer she sticks around. I wished they that there were more scenes of her being "doc". They were good scenes and it helped her bond with the crew. Overall though, I loved her progression from existing to surviving and thriving.

Minor points that detracted from the story:
I wished Dante would have offered up therapy to help Kat. He saw what she was going through. It would have been a nice touch.
I never understood why Dante wanted to wait to tell Kat about Nicci. I didn't understand his reasoning on that. The longer he waited, the worse the situation got.

What trope would I use? The "brilliantly written mafia romance" trope. :)

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