The Savage: A M/M Mafia Dark Romance

The Inferno #2

by Marian Black

I caught him infiltrating my club wearing a disguise and carrying a wire. Stefan Romano—the forgotten son of my enemy, sent on a suicide mission by his own father. I should have killed him. Should have sent him back. Instead, I kept him.

Locked him in a comfortable room and told myself it was strategy. That I'd use him as leverage against the Romanos. That my obsession with him was just about control.

I was lying to myself.

Now the FBI's building a RICO case that could bury us all. Stefan's father is cooperating with federal agents. And the man I'm supposed to hate is the only thing keeping me sane while my world falls apart.

I should let him go. But I won't. He's mine now. And I protect what's mine.



My father sent me to gather intelligence on the Vitales, expecting me to fail. I got caught by their brutal enforcer—a man whose reputation for violence precedes him. Matteo DeLuca should terrify me.

Instead, he gave me something I've never choice.

He unlocked the door and told me I could leave. I stayed. Not because I had nowhere else to go, but because for the first time in my life, someone valued me for more than my appearance.

Now I'm falling for my former captor while cutting ties with my family. While Matteo faces life in prison. While everything we're building could be destroyed by the same trial that should tear us apart.

I'm choosing him anyway. Over my family. Over safety.

Over everything.

A dark M/M romance with forced proximity, enemies to lovers, and intense family and legal drama. High heat. Morally grey characters. Obsessive love. No cheating. HEA.

Book 2 in the Inferno series. Each book features a different couple but follows an interconnected story. Can be read as a standalone.

232 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 30, 2025

About the author

Marian Black creates M/M romance stories with an action-thriller flavor. She has a particular love of vampire and mafia stories.

Reviews

[Anna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Definitely a solid 4.5 stars. Could’ve been easily a 5 but it gets a little repetitive in the sexy times portions! Less really is more. Recommended. Happy reading…

[Mrs C Turner · Rating 3 out of 5]

Disappointing

I really enjoyed book 1 so was excited to read this but it fell a bit flat. It was very repetitive on the "i choose you" part of the story and it felt like too much, I found myself rolling my eyes a fair bit during this book. It was also repetitive on the characters feelings dialogue, the same conversations and language used and at times felt like whole passages had been copy and pasted from book 1. I found myself losing interest and skipping sections. I'm unsure if I'll bother with more from this series or author

[Reva Coomer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Okay...

I liked this one more than the first book. Still some of the same repeat of the story at different parts, but better than the first one.