Dante

Sadie Kincaid's 'Dante' is a dark mafia romance in which former nurse Kat is taken captive as collateral for her brother's $250,000 debt to mob boss Dante Moretti — and their hostile captivity shifts into a complicated bond as he uncovers her traumatic past. Within the dark romance genre, readers praise Kincaid's ability to build tension in a deliberately uncomfortable premise. Content note for Penny readers: this book contains explicit sexual content, graphic violence, kidnapping, and sexual trauma themes. It is written for adult dark romance readers comfortable with those conventions and is not suitable for Penny's faith-friendly, family-safe audience without that clear understanding going in. If that is your genre and those are stakes you read for, the pacing is fast and the emotional arc is compelling.