What do you think?
Rate this book
The Kingmaker: A M/M Mafia Dark Romance
They assigned me an idealistic attorney who thinks I belong behind bars. Emilio Rossi walked into my courtroom wearing righteousness like armor and a fading wedding ring tan line that tells me everything I need to know. He's vulnerable. Brilliant. Completely wrong for defending a man like me.
I should've requested different counsel.
Instead, I'm finding excuses to keep him close. Watching him fight for me in court with a fire that makes me want to see what that passion looks like when I strip away all his principles. He thinks he can maintain professional boundaries. He thinks his integrity will protect him from men like me.
He's wrong.
I'm going to corrupt him. Claim him. Make him mine in every way that matters. And when he finally surrenders—and he will surrender—he'll realize that loving a monster means becoming one too.
The only question is whether he'll hate me for it or thank me.
I took the Vitale case to save my career. Now I'm not sure I'll survive it with my soul intact.
Alessandro "Sandro" Vitale is everything I've spent my legal career fighting against. He's dangerous, calculating, and guilty of crimes I can't prove. Defending him should feel like selling out. Instead, it feels like falling.
Every courtroom battle pulls me deeper into his world. Every conversation makes me question the lines I swore I'd never cross. He looks at me like I'm something he wants to own, and God help me, part of me wants to let him.
I know what he is. I know what choosing him will cost. My reputation. My principles. Everything I've worked for.
But when he touches me, none of that matters.
He's breaking down every wall I've built, every rule I've followed, every certainty I've clung to. And the worst part? I'm starting to think that's exactly where I want to be. Broken open. Completely his.
Even if it destroys us both.
A dark M/M romance where a ruthless mob strategist claims the attorney assigned to defend him. High heat. Morally grey characters. Obsessive love. No cheating. HEA.
Book 1 in the Inferno series. Each book features a different couple but follows an interconnected story. Can be read as a standalone.
315 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 29, 2025
96 people are currently reading
5 people want to read
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 reviews
January 15, 2026
Wouldn’t call it dark
This book is definitely not dark but worth the read. I’ve read about three of Marian’s books lately and they’re enjoyable but I have a few peeves. One is the repetition in writing. They’re all about a supposed bad guy who goes soft when falling in love. She repeats herself a lot in every story. The line “Well do it together” is a constant verse used multiple times in every book, almost like a staple. Trust me you won’t miss or forget it. There’s a lot of things like this in the writing. Repeat repeat. Then there’s the sex scenes, there’s plenty of it in this book which I happen to enjoy but every single one is the same with maybe one or two different words spoken in them to make them sound different but they’re exactly the same from start to cleanups. It feels like they’re copy and pasted in each chapter. A little too vanilla for me. Other than that the stories are enjoyable enough to read through. The characters are good, the storyline is good, the editing is good. It’s a one time read book only in my opinion.
This book is definitely not dark but worth the read. I’ve read about three of Marian’s books lately and they’re enjoyable but I have a few peeves. One is the repetition in writing. They’re all about a supposed bad guy who goes soft when falling in love. She repeats herself a lot in every story. The line “Well do it together” is a constant verse used multiple times in every book, almost like a staple. Trust me you won’t miss or forget it. There’s a lot of things like this in the writing. Repeat repeat. Then there’s the sex scenes, there’s plenty of it in this book which I happen to enjoy but every single one is the same with maybe one or two different words spoken in them to make them sound different but they’re exactly the same from start to cleanups. It feels like they’re copy and pasted in each chapter. A little too vanilla for me. Other than that the stories are enjoyable enough to read through. The characters are good, the storyline is good, the editing is good. It’s a one time read book only in my opinion.
January 19, 2026
Repetitive
This book is very repetitive. MMCs repeat themselves multiple times throughout their chapter long internal monolog. There isn't anything left to the imagination, hidden agendas are plainly laid out on the table with no room for foreshadowing. I have no clue how the spice is written because I couldn't make it that far. It was somewhat condescending to my intelligence the way this was written.
This book is very repetitive. MMCs repeat themselves multiple times throughout their chapter long internal monolog. There isn't anything left to the imagination, hidden agendas are plainly laid out on the table with no room for foreshadowing. I have no clue how the spice is written because I couldn't make it that far. It was somewhat condescending to my intelligence the way this was written.
January 5, 2026
omg brilliant read I loved it fantastic characters
I love the law part and the slow romance
now the next book
thanks
I love the law part and the slow romance
now the next book
thanks
January 26, 2026
Liked the characters but the author was very repetitive in the writing.
February 1, 2026
This is ”written” by AI author.
Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 reviews