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I beg the Kingpin for help… And he offers marriage.

Faced with losing my home and my country, I take the biggest risk of my life. I ask my employer—the Kingpin whose office I clean every morning while he works—to save me.

He’s intimidating. Twice my age, a silver fox in a sharp black suit. But over the last year we’ve talked, the only people in the building as the sun rises, pink over the London skyline.

All I need is a statement of necessary employment from him to stop me being deported. But the Kingpin offers me something else. A marriage of convenience.

A whirlwind wedding, and we promise it’s just for show. No feelings. No love. A fake.

He suggests we share a bedroom, to ensure no one suspects. But I know there’s only one thing to prove this a real marriage. If I can’t have my husband’s love, I want to give him my V-card in one night together, and have a sweet memory afterwards.

His baby.

Kingpin’s Baby is a sweet and spicy age gap instalove romance with a jealous and possessive mafia boss billionaire hero and the innocent girl he's been stalking...

78 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 15, 2024

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Evie Rose

40 books677 followers
If you stop at sane, you miss all the best stuff.

Evie Rose writes gleefully improbable instalove short mafia-lite romances, with heroes who are all-in obsessed for their heroines.

You’ll find all her books packed with age gap, tons of spice, virgin heroines, praise, good girl, breeding kink, forced proximity, pining, possessive and protective alpha kingpin heroes, and swoony romantic bits.

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Profile Image for C * Not Another Reader * C.
412 reviews
August 18, 2024
Perfect novella 👌. Best one from this author, for me at least, and I read quite a few of her books.

It had the perfect formula: mutual pining, obsessive behavior, mine mine mine, breading 🥵🥵.

She needed help, and he definitely saved her. Or better said he saves them both from a lonely life. They really fit together perfectly 🫢🥵🧡.

Their little game they played daily was just perfect for them to spend time together and get to know each other.

Did it annoy me a little bit the fact that it took them a year long for them to finally be pushed together!? It sure did. But I was glad that the cards finally were thrown and all the secret mutual loving (yes, they loved each other at that point) was revealed.

The drama and dangerous situation with that other mafia guy was quite weird and OTT, but whatever, it was what pushed them together, and the H definitely delivered in making him pay. Applause, Applause.

What to expect
- mafia boss / employee
- marriage of convenience - sure, just in their minds, for about 5 minutes 🤭🤣
- OTT stalking and obsessive behavior, but only because he couldn't stand not knowing her safe 🥹❤️
- V h, age gap (about 20 years, I think), unknown past for him but he's definitely hooked up on her from the first moment they met, so I'd say he'd been faithful for that one year he stalked her; I bet my kindle on it 🤣🤣
- heavy on the breading side
- HEA, extra epilogue by mail (don't skip it)
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1,498 reviews2,813 followers
January 7, 2024
5/5 Stolen. Deniable. I love her so damn much. I know I shouldn't, but I crave her.

TROPES:
~mafia
~boss x employee
~marriage of convenience
~age gap
~stalker
~breeding

PLOT: Jasper Booth is a part of the London Mafia Syndicate. Ren is a cleaner who cleans his office daily. They met one year ago and it was love at first sight for both of them. But Jasper doesn't think he's worthy, and Ren doesn't think she's good enough. When she's threatened, he comes to her rescue and offers her a marriage of convenience. It's all of her dreams come true. But will they only last the allotted time frame of six months?

THOUGHTS: Jasper Booth... be still my beating heart. He loves Ren so much. He turned into a bit of a stalker during their year of knowing each other, which I loved. Ren, sweet Ren, isn't convinced the marriage will last in the beginning and she offers him something they both want - a baby. I loved this so much. Evie Rose is such a talented author. Each of her stories is different but they leave you with a warm feeling inside. Especially the extended epilogues she offers! 5 bright, beautiful stars.

SAFETY:
Ages: 22h, older H
Virgin/celibate?: virgin heroine, not a manwhore hero
OM/OW?: no
Cheating/sharing?: no
Triggers: dubcon, death of a side character
Kinks: breeding, cockwarming, dirty talk/"good girl", hand necklaces, rough sex
HEA? yes, of course! a very beautiful one <3
Profile Image for Romantasy Ruined Me  Cherice.
203 reviews162 followers
August 30, 2025
I just finished Kingpin Baby short, sweet, and spicy. It’s got that dark romance vibe: possessive, stalkerish, age-gap, mafia kingpin energy. I listened to it on Audible while making dinner and it was perfect for that.

Verdict: it felt like an appetizer. super enjoyable but left me wanting more. Evie Rose, I see you girl! Loved this short story.
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530 reviews2 followers
February 24, 2026
Quick, Filthy, and Exactly What It Promised

This was a very quick read and very heavy on the breeding kink and possessiveness in the second half. If that’s your thing, you’ll probably have a great time.

The FMC was a bit of a mixed bag for me, but I really liked the MMC. As someone who enjoys a possessive alpha male in a book, he absolutely delivered. Wealthy silver fox MMC with a 20+ year age gap? Check. “Touch her and die” energy? Check. Fully committed to putting a baby in her? Also check.

This is very much instalove, and it leans hard into that fantasy dynamic without apology.

I also did this on audiobook, and the narration was well done, which definitely elevated the experience.

If you’re here for dominant, obsessed, age-gap energy, this will probably work for you.
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2,032 reviews213 followers
January 12, 2024
A 79-page instalove novella is just what I needed to get me out of the slump that I was in—no need for my brain to overthink things. Jasper and Ren got straight to it. Age gap and an OTT/JP mafia boss that immediately falls hard and fast. Ren, a virginia, rolls with it—wedding and everything. Evie Rose has her recipe down for her wealthy silver fox MMC, who must make babies and put this one there.

I received a copy of this book and am leaving this review voluntarily.
Profile Image for Katie Murphy.
1,161 reviews112 followers
January 25, 2024
3.5 ⭐️

A nice quick, insta list, touch her and die romance💅
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485 reviews3 followers
August 9, 2026
3⭐️’s Same author. Different series. New virgins are back! lol ok I must admit these short reads are a guilty pleasure lmao. At this point I’m wondering if all the series she has are virgins? lol Oh well let the corruption of virgins begin!!
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7,990 reviews87 followers
January 12, 2024
Marry the kingpin. Stay alive. Try not to fall in love.

Ren (h22) cleans mafia kingpin Jasper Booth’s (H44) office every morning and tosses him moral hypotheticals disguised as casual conversation. One day, she brings him a dilemma a little too close to real. His answer isn’t donuts or death this time. It’s marriage.

It’s supposed to be fake. Just legal protection. No strings. But sharing space, his bed, and his protection starts to blur everything Ren thought she understood.

What she doesn’t know is that Jasper’s been watching her for a while, and six months was never going to be enough for him. Once things turn physical, there’s no pretending for either of them.

What starts as survival turns into obsession, and then something deeper. Ren wants more than safety. She wants Jasper. Love, intimacy, family, all of it.

He won’t let go. Not after everything. And if Ren wants to hold on, she’ll have to risk everything she is to meet him in the middle.

Ren grows more confident and sure of herself as Jasper unravels piece by piece. Together, they balance fire and softness, control and care, obsession and devotion.

An ultra-hot, mafia-lite age gap romance with protective alpha energy, off-the-charts steam, and just the right amount of danger. Love born from survival, identity shaped by trust, and a found family forged in flame.

Cleo Pope and Bastian Allen deliver a strong duet performance that brings the story to life. Pope captures Ren’s vulnerability and quiet strength with emotional nuance, while Allen’s deep, commanding tone perfectly matches Jasper’s intensity and control. Their chemistry enhances both the tension and tenderness of the story. The British accents add authenticity, and the clean audio quality makes for a smooth, immersive listen.
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75 reviews
August 11, 2025
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Audiobook Review

I absolutely loved the audiobook! Bastien Allen, who narrated Jasper, has such an addictive voice that I found myself wanting to keep listening just for him. Honestly, the only “negative” thing I can say is that there wasn’t enough of him. Please give me more Jasper in that voice!

As for the story, I knew going in that it was a novella, but it still felt too short. I wanted more of Ren and Jasper’s story, more build up, more moments between them. For a kingpin, Jasper didn’t have much time to really show his dangerous, feared side, and I missed that intensity. Instead, we jumped pretty quickly into the baby making (fun, but still 😅), and before I knew it, it was over.

It left me feeling like a bad, selfish hookup fun while it lasted, but I felt used and abandoned when it ended hahaha 🙈 I just wanted more in every way.

I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Profile Image for Angela.
1,209 reviews57 followers
January 9, 2024
I beg the Kingpin for help… He demands marriage in return.

Evie Rose shows us how to write a GOOD novella in Kingin’s Baby!! This is a spicy marriage of convenience, mafia romance heavy in breeding.

Tropes:
age gap, billionaire hero, mafia boss stalker hero, obsessed and possessive hero, breeding, forbidden, marriage of convenience, he calls her princess, boss - employee, spicy, steamy, dubcon for him, face sitting, hand necklace, he plugs her to keep his come inside her, cock warming, touch her and die

Ren (22)/ Jasper (double her age/ exact age unknown)

Jasper Booth is a mafia boss and secretly in love with his housekeeper, 22 year old Ren. Each morning since they met they play a game they call “death or donuts” where she reads him a question from her advice group she’s apart of and they try to figure out the response together. When one day she comes to him with a dire problem that involves her his answer is to marry her to help her and secretly so he can finally have and keep her.

Do not talk to Mr Booth. 
Do not annoy Mr Booth.
Do not vacuum clean in the same room as Mr Booth. 
Do not touch anything on Mr Booth’s desk.
Do not ask what happened to the previous cleaner. 
Those last two? Very important. Mr Harvey emphasised them several times. 


This is a voluntary arc review.
Profile Image for Alison.
1,510 reviews118 followers
August 14, 2025
Obsessed Mafia Boss

Great read. I loved how Jasper was head over heels for Ren. So much so that he stalked her… but just a little bit!

It’s not until Ren gets is threatened and extorted by another mafia family that she goes to Jasper for help. His solution? Why, marry her of course!

Poor Ren and Jasper. They both wanted the marriage to be real but they were both afraid to tell the other.

Just a good quick read that will have you swooning… with a little bit of breeeding thrown in!
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2,875 reviews4 followers
August 4, 2025
loved this stalker kingpin

Ren was hired to clean Jasper Booth’s office and has been doing so for a year. She’s also fallen in love with him but keeps that to herself realizing that the kingpin would never go for her. Until she’s threatened and he offers marriage to protect her. Loved this story, fast and steamy, love their game of donuts or death and love the morally gray hero. Great story.
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258 reviews28 followers
August 25, 2026
This is a quick and dirty one.
Super possessive Mafia boss with a secret crush on his cleaning lady vs cleaning lady with a secret crush on her much older boss who is being threatened to be deported.
Heavy on the breeding trope and because this isn't even 100 pages, everything happens super quickly.
Profile Image for Suzi Vanderham.
135 reviews27 followers
May 18, 2024
Hottest Donuts Available!

I'm really enjoying this hot lil morsels that Evie has ready for nap time snacks! (If you don't catch this joke, then these novellas may be too much for you!)

Just get all her quick reads, and you will be very happy!
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1,943 reviews9 followers
July 26, 2025
1.5 stars rounded up (because I finished it, though it doesn't deserve it)
Dear God, the mafia was surely romanticized in this one! Plus the heavy infantilization of fMC made the relationship kinda gross. It was very short, otherwise I wouldn't have finished it.
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5,961 reviews44 followers
December 9, 2025
Mr Booth

Mr Booth is a local kingpin. And Ren cleans his office and needs his help. But marriage is his answer to her problem of donuts or death.
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616 reviews65 followers
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February 8, 2026
This novella was an easy read but, like many novellas, I missed the character development and background necessary to really enjoy it.
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46 reviews3 followers
July 29, 2026
1,5 stars Would the roles ne reversed we'd have that never-ending "was it rape"-discussion again
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1,425 reviews
September 9, 2026
Ilt was a quick & cute read that is a steamy insta love/ obsession story. I loved the donuts & death game it had me laughing
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5,550 reviews67 followers
January 13, 2024
Ren has been a cleaner for Jasper for a year & each morning they play a game of death or doughnut. However one morning Ren tells her own story & Jasper’s solution is a marriage of convenience. A whirlwind wedding, the vows seem to be sincere but will they part ways after six months?
Another delicious novella Jasper is twice Ren’s age but she steadies him & he’s only too happy to marry her & she’s only too happy to accept as both have been in love with each other for a while. I loved their journey to a HEA & loved the epilogue.
My review is for a special copy I voluntarily read
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1,401 reviews224 followers
January 16, 2024
The way they longed for each other not thinking anything would ever happen 🥹

Ren is a literal sweetheart, she can do no wrong in my eyes. Jasper is a badass kingpin who seems cold and emotionless but secretly has a side to him only Ren sees. SWOON. 😍
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285 reviews5 followers
July 5, 2026
Enjoyed this one too. These mafia men know what they want for sure. This authors writing is very easy to read and enjoyable, not over extensive on information but enough to give the right amount of detail. Overall Wren & Jasper were cute.
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