Dominic

Benedetti Brothers #2

by Natasha Knight

I turned my back on the Benedetti empire.

Burned every bridge.

I became the monster I was always meant to be.

Until the day I stood over Gia cowering in that rotting cabin, afraid but unbroken.

Until I saw the brand they put on her.

That was the moment that changed everything.

My father once told me keep your friends close, your enemies closer.

Now I understand why.

The men who hurt Gia belong to the world I turned my back on. They hurt her to get to me.

It’s a declaration of war. One I will gladly deliver to their doorstep.

It’s past time I return to the Benedetti world.
Past time to settle old scores.

And to make damn sure to punish every man who ever laid a finger on Gia.

This is a dark romance and should be read after Salvatore: a Dark Mafia Romance.
Tropes include:
Kidnapping
Possessive anti-hero
Protective anti-hero/damaged heroine
Dark Mafia Romance
Forced proximity
Damaged hero
Enemies-to-Lovers

Genres: Dark, Dark Romance, Romance, Mafia Romance, Erotica, Enemies To Lovers, Abuse

330 pages, ebook

First published November 11, 2016

About the author

Natasha Knight is the USA Today Bestselling author of Romantic Suspense and Dark Romance Novels. She has sold over a million books and is translated into six languages. She currently lives in The Netherlands with her husband and two daughters and when she’s not writing, she’s walking in the woods listening to a book, sitting in a corner reading or off exploring the world as often as she can get away.

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Reviews

[Candace · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a tough review for me to write. I find myself a little torn over how to rate this book. I liked it, but I didn't love it.

On the one hand, 'Dominic' had many elements that would usually be an instant hit with me. It featured a morally bankrupt anti-hero that does some terrible things to the heroine. I love dark reads, so the twisted storyline was right up my alley. Also, the author didn't shy away from writing dark, controversial content, which is also a big plus for me.

However, the flip side is that I never really "connected" to Dominic or Gia. Even though this story had all the dark elements that would usually be a formula for success for me, I just didn't feel it. I don't know if this was a result of poor execution, or if it is just a result of reading this book immediately after reading another phenomenal dark story. I think it is the latter. While this book might have been a 4-star/"good" read for me any other time, following a 5-star/"phenomenal" dark read it ended up paling in comparison. So as you read my review, please keep that in mind.

If you've read 'Salvatore', the first book in the 'Benedetti Brothers' series, you might recall that Dominic was Salvatore's [disturbed] brother. This book takes quite some time after 'Salvatore' and Dominic has been out of touch with his "family". While Salvatore has left the Mafia behind to pursue a normal family life, Dominic has only begun to work from the periphery, doing the most despicable work for crime bosses.

Dominic is definitely not a nice guy. He makes no qualms about the fact that he does horrible things. On some level, he acknowledges that what he is doing is wrong and that he is even ashamed of how far down he's let himself fall. Regardless, he isn't bothered enough by his conscience to stop doing what he's doing....and what he's doing is breaking girls and training them for lives as sex slaves.

Gia is given to Dominic to be broken and trained. She immediately piqued his interest because he was told that he could not have sex with her. She also had been branded, which was uncommon.

From the start, Dominic was very aware that Gia wasn't like most of the other girls he was sent to train. It was clear that she wasn't some random girl stolen from the street that wouldn't be missed. She was taken for a specific purpose. Maybe she made a boyfriend angry. Maybe it was revenge. Dominic told himself that he didn't care, until he began to realize that Gia might be tied to his past and the family that he had left behind.

As Gia's identity comes to light, Dominic's conflicting loyalties make for some surprising twists and turns. Gia's past is more intertwined with his than she knows. From captor to savior, she can't seem to escape him.

This story is dark and has plenty of danger. It is a Mafia love story that is full of betrayal and seedy underworld dealings. All of this would usually add up to an instant hit for me.

Unfortunately, 'Dominic' fell flat for me. I found myself feeling disconnected from the story and the characters. I listened to the Audible version and while the narration wasn't necessarily bad, the story failed to hold my attention. I found myself zoning out frequently.

As I mentioned above, this could be because I was still in the midst of a bad book hangover after finishing another fabulous dark story and 'Dominic' just couldn't compare. Regardless of the cause, 'Dominic' ended up just being an "okay" kind of story for me. I didn't hate it or love it, because in the end I just didn't care.

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[Sonya ♕Chatterbooks book blog♕ · Rating 4 out of 5]

☆☆☆☆4 Mafioso Stars☆☆☆☆





Natasha Knight has delivered one hell of a comeback for Dominic Benedetti and love him or hate, the man definitely knew how to get your attention. He was flawed, ruthless, and he made no apologies for who he was and for that alone, I respected the hell out of him. This isn’t just another Mafia Romance, this is this story of how two of the most unlikely people went from being sworn enemies, to having one of the greatest loves in their lives.



Seven years ago Dominic’s world was turn upside down. The family that he believed was his, the bloodline, the knowledge of knowing he was a part of one of the most powerful family was nothing more than a lie. For seven years he’s been living with a self hatred for himself and his sense of worth is no longer a priority for him.

“I was the boy who would never be king.
The monster who could never be loved”.

Being known as heartless and not giving a damn, his new job is now training girls and selling them off for auction to the highest bidder. But there’s one woman who’s about to change the game for him and everything he thought he knew, is about to change.




There are certain things that would shock the human eye and make us question alot of stuff but for Gia Castellano, those certain things became her normal. Being the daughter of a Mafia foot soldier, her knowledge of that life has exposed her to things she wished she could unseen. But when it comes to crossing the wrong family, those little things that she thought was a big deal? Is nothing compared to witnessing a horrific tragedy and being kidnapped.

“My captor.
My jailor.
My keeper.
My tormentor”.

Dominic and Gia’s journey together was filled with blood, deceit, and some very hot passion! What started off as vengeance one both their parts, quickly became so much more. Gia was a one heck of a heroine and I loved that she wasn’t this weak person and could’ve handled herself if necessary.

As for Dominic, he certainly had me sticking my head in the freezer to cool down! Everything about him exhuded power and when he made you a promise, you knew he was going to deliver. Did I agree with everything he did in the beginning? No. But I understood them and I think it made the storyline different and if it wasn’t for those actions, the outcome would have been more detained.

If you’re looking for hot dark Mafia Romance, this one is definitely for you.

[❥ KAT ❥ Kitty Kats Crazy About Books · Rating 5 out of 5]

TITLE: Dominic
SERIES: (Benedetti Brothers #2)
CHAPTERS: 28
AUTHOR: Natasha Knight
GENRE: DARK | MAFIA | ROMANCE
RELEASE DATE: November 11th, 2016




DOMINIC: This is the second book within the Benedetti series, even though it is a standalone it is advised to truly understand the true dynamics of the characters within the series that you read 'Salvatore' before jumping onto this book.

Spoken in 'Dual Perspectives' delves us deeper into the minds of each character, their musings, their next moves allows for a better understanding of the storyline.

In true Natasha fashion straight away you're thrown into the dark, gritty goings on in an isolated remote cabin deep in the woods, where a man donning a skull mask is given one task to train up the bound beautiful scared female as a sex slave later to be sold.

My captor.
My jailor.
My keeper.
My tormentor.



She'd learn fast to do as she was told, or she'd pay. She'd learn fast that life as she knew it was over. She was no longer free. No longer human. She was a piece of f#cking meat. Owned.
Owned by me.



Dominic is a twisted dark soul who will never reign king of his mafia kingdom, a monster that trains up stolen girls to be sold as sex slaves at auctions, Gia is his next job, but something about Gia didn't sit right with him, be it a brand on her hip or the sense that he'd met her previously, add in his attraction to her and it's a clusterfuck of things to come. Gia Castellano is a strong headed daughter of a mafia foot soldier, get these two in the same room together and sparks are going to fly.



This author is the QUEEN of this genre, no one writes better than her when it comes to the MAFIA, each character she writes about is more broken than the last, each book gets a bit darker, twists and turns that you never see coming, the love and in some cases hate that you develop for certain characters that flip the switch on you and have you rooting for them in the end is what always gets me coming back for more from this author.

This dirty, sexy, suspenseful read will captivate you and hold you within it's grasp until that very last page is devoured, highly recommend this series.

[Olga therebelreader · Rating 5 out of 5]

5+ 'You play, you pay' stars

The author outdid herself in this dark suspense romance. I loved loved loved this book. I am a true fan girl of dark erotica. The darker the better. Dominic: a Dark Mafia Romance is beyond dark. I'm still feeling awed and terribly shaken to the core!



Gia comes across as a girl who's really strong, determined as hell and brave. Her life changes as she’s captured and trained for auction by Dominic, a dark, handsome, but cruel and devious man. We know Gia is special and her fate is in the hands of evil. The auction isn’t the only danger. Both Gia and Dominic find themselves between the dangers of the Mafia they have no way out except to find the answers they’re looking for.



In this dirty, heart stopping, emotional and amazing read, a woman finds herself in an unthinkable situation where a remote cabin becomes her prison, and one man will discover that he has finally come up against someone unlike any of those he has destroyed before.

"Gia was my match. My perfect match. I was right when I'd told her she was like me. She hated like me. And I trusted she'd do what she promised. She'd end me once this was finished. I'd help her get her revenge. And then I'd be finished." ~ Dominic



"Because it had been in those darkest moments, that love had crept in and tethered us together, tighter than any chains could. It had been in that darkness that beauty seemed to want to find us most." ~ Gia

The twists and turns throughout this book kept me on the edge of my seat, shouting at characters, and feeling for Gia. I love when a book can do that to me. The sex is hot, heavy, mind blowing!! Gia’s obvious arousal in captivity perverts her conscience and she wonders if she is losing a bit of her soul and dignity, bit by bit, every time she wantonly and willingly succumbs to Dominic.





The book is written in dual POV which allows us to really see what each of them are thinking and feeling. Natasha Knight writes with such a talent, she makes the words flow right off the page and takes you into her characters' world. Gia is so broken in this story from all the stuff she has been forced to endure, but Dominic tries so hard to save her. I loved reading every word of this book and will more than likely read it all over again.

This was a completely captivating read. You should read it. You won’t be able to move away from it till you finish every word.


Hero 5/5 | Heroine 5/5 | Plot (Point, Originality) 5/5 | Writing Style 5/5 | Steam 5/5 | Romance 4/5 | Angst-Suspense 5/5 | Darkness 4/5 | Humor 0/5 | Secondary Characters 4/5 | Drama-Conflict 5/5 | Mystery 0/5 | Twists 4/5 | Pacing Fast | Action 4/5

ARC kindly provided by the author in exchange for an honest review. Thank you.

[Snow · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 "love from darkness" stars

"I was the boy who would never be king.
The monster who could never be loved."

It all started when it ended for Dominic Benedetti/Sapienti, in one night 7 years ago, he lost himself, he lost his name, he lost his family when HE walked away to become the self-hated, self-depraved man. A monster paid to train girls for sale auctions. Heartless, cruel, emotionless shadow of death looming above their lives...until she became his next task.

"I would be the beast who would break her.
The monster who would destroy her."

Gia Castellano was a daughter of a mafia's foot soldier, linked to Benedetti's family that had her and her brother protected until the very deal her brother Matteo had with the Scava family that ended in his brutal death in front of Gia's eyes, and her being sold to be trained and eventually sold as a slave. The first look into her captor's eyes brought the mixed emotions of weird familiarity, fear of unknown situation and the uncertain future...BUT the circumstances suddenly change as her captor finds out who she really is and his own goal and interests change as they are linked towards his own family he was trying to stay away from.

Things alter the course of action for them both as they are driven by hatred from different reason in each other's eyes, the vengeance, the release...will put them on each other's path towards the mutual enemy.

I didn't fool myself into thinking Dominic was good, not by any means, but as long as our goals lined up, Dominic was the lesser of two evils.

As they interact further on, working together towards the ploy and planning the action of vengeance, they both slowly see each other in different light or dark, connected in rage and hatred,

Gia was my match. My perfect match.

Dominic Benedetti may be a monster, but he was a monster with a bleeding heart.
That heart was in no way made of gold.
It was more barbed wire and steel and sharp, deadly edges.

but they are still holding out many truths from one another, even as they are held in a grip by „bad emotions“ they fall into a carnal need, at first...it was a wrong side of a coin, it was the unconventional need that pushed them further into the abyss of a dark emotional warp...

Love wasn't always beautiful. It wasn't always kind or sweet. Lovecould be twisted, ugly bitch. I'd always known this was the kind of love I'd find. The only kind that could touch me. Because some of us, we belonged in the dark, and Dominic and I belonged in the dark.

it looked unhealthy, vile and twisted in a brutally passionate way BUT they both found what they NEEDED in each other...even if it was wrong, twisted and different...but to them, it felt good

We were both fucked up, and somehow, we'd found each other, and together, we became something else, something twisted but not ugly. Dark but deep and full.

The moment she set her burning gaze on me, she saw me. She saw right through me.
All the broken pieces of me.

They both saw in one another what they couldn't find on their own in themselves...

I knew Dominic felt. He felt deeply. He behaved as though he didn't give a shit, but inside, he was like a bubbling volcano of emotion, hypersensitive, and so, so well-schooled in hiding it all.

She also needed to see me for who I was. I was not good. I would never be good.
She needed to have no reservations, no hopes, no illusions...

And while they are both nearing the resolving matter of exposing the betrayal, the secret agendas, the devious ploys of the mafia circle...

I may be harder. I may be darker, but I was stronger.
And I would never be fooled again. I would never be weak again.

Dominic will return to the family throne as the prodigal son...

I was a Benedetti according to my birth certificate. I was raised a Benedetti.

And he would reign again BUT still he would have to make the ultimate acknowledgment and look deep inside himself for final answers...

Gia, a woman i'd hurt, one I'd been paid to break,
had given me a part of her soul and stolen a piece of mine.

As will Gia do the same...

Dominic Benedetti owned me.
And in some strange, sick way, i wanted to be his.
He was my angel of death. But he would slay all my enemies,
and he would protect and love me.

They had so much to work for, to build, to grow and even if their connection started off wrong, it did awaken them from the deep hybernation of hatred that was slowly eating them from the inside

I realized that love itself would bend any ugliness into its own – sometimes strange – sort of beauty. Because it had been in those darkest moments that love had crept in and tethered us together, tighter than any chains could.

I knew this was exactly where I belonged,
where we belonged.

Natasha Knight's writing is multi-layered in a sense she gives deeper insights into the characters, (for me, personally, I LOVED them the most, through out their most twisted, passionate exchanges) into the story as we turn the pages, she does it in descriptive, semy-narrative way like a huge overshadowed intermezzo in a complexed simphony. While you peel these layers, you sink deeper along with the storyline and you discover more than you realize, and when you do realize, it's the end of the road for you, but not for the characters...their story is not even near to being the end...as they still linger with you even after you have finished reading...

And yes, most definitely THIS right here is NO ORDINARY LOVE...

I guess it NEVER is.

Even though this could be read as a standalone, you would better appreciate Dominic's story if you read it after book 1


***ARC generously provided by the author Natasha Knight in exchange for an honest review***

Thank. You. Nat *wink*

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[aNneMarLi - Chatterbooks Book Blog · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.0 "Angel of Death" Stars!

An eye for an eye. A life for a life. Who was I?

OH.MY.GOD.THIS.BOOK! IT'S SICK FUCK CRAZILY GOOD THAT LEAVE ME BREATHLESS AND PANTING! Natasha Knight just delivered the hottest, dirtiest and filthiest Dark Mafia Romance that will definitely make your toe curls and swallow you whole. And seriously, there's nothing more satisfying than this. Me, so lost with Dominic wanting and craving his darkness.

Now, bear with me. I am a Mafia book junkie and to say that I wanted it so dark and dirty is an understatement. Hell I wanted it more and Natasha gave it to me. Dominic is someone I never thought I could love more than Salvatore. Sure he piqued my interest but reading this book, right from the very start HE BLOODY OWNED ME!

He was …beautiful. Beyond beautiful. His face— it belied an innocence that did not belong to him. That I knew in my gut had never belonged to him.

First few pages and my heart was racing. I was so intent on knowing what's happening. It started gritty and dirty but it was deliciously written that I was loving and devouring every lines and words. Call me sick but I am lovin' every dirty and filthy things that happened. I was cringing in pain but I was lusting over Dominic and Gia. Can you blame me? The chemistry of these two is just off the charts EXPLOSIVE. Dominic, "I was the boy who would never be king. The monster who could never be loved." Ruthless. Emotionless. A beast so broken life is lurking in the dark. Gia was no different either. With her bravery and strong persona lies the fact that she's held captive to be auctioned , a daughter of a foot soldier,a sister of a snitch, a nobody, and her life too is surrounded with darkness. Started off as captor, tormentor, jailor and captive relationship who would have thought these two shared more than that? Both have carnal and wanton needs for each other. So wrong yet so damn right like it's the only thing in the world.

Don’t think my eating your pussy means something. It’s just part of the job,”
“I smell you, Gia,” I whispered.
“I smell your sex . And I bet if I slid my hand between your legs, you’d be wet.”

I want you to fight me. I want to make you. I want to hold you down and fuck you until you scream my name. I want to come all over you, so you know who you belong to. So you know who owns you.”

Hot damn! Even in the filthiest ways and even in a woman's weakness, Natasha Knight could pull up a steamy scene where you have no choice but accept the fact you feel like so sick too because you are rooting for them and even cheered on them on the filthiest and dirtiest moment because it was really that good regardless. Fucked up right? But a good fucked up that is so evident with the build up of the story. Exemplary written that made me so captivated and engrossed with every turn of the pages. Yes I enjoyed the book so much. I maybe looking for more action but I really cannot deny the fact that it was so good and the story telling is vivid giving us a clearer picture, appreciating it more. The monster that is Dominic was portrayed well, even her interactions with Gia is brilliant. Their's is not a journey of fairy tales and unicorns instead an ugly journey between two broken souls who suffered so much ugliness in life, hatred, betrayal and deceit but in the end found love destined for them. They may be fucked up, but they found in each other a home.

Dominic Benedetti may be a monster, but he was a monster with a bleeding heart. That heart was in no way made of gold. It was more barbed wire and steel and sharp, deadly edges.

Now go, grab your copies, the Benedetti Bastard is here for you. Get ready and fasten your seat belt because you're in for a journey you'll never forget.

An angel of death. That’s how I’d seen him at the cabin , where he’d been sent to break me. Now I knew it was true . He was my angel of death. But he would slay all my enemies, and he would protect and love me.

[Lillian ☁ Cloud 9 Books ☁ · Rating 4 out of 5]

***** 4 Stars *****

Can be read as a standalone

Dominic can be read as a standalone, but in my opinion, I think it's more enjoyable reading it after Salvatore to get a better sense of the family's history.

Dominic hasn't had an easy life. His past made him run away from his mafia lifestyle to live like a monster. Training girls for auction. When a girl connected to his past becomes his next assignment... everything changes.

Gia had to witness her brother's murder, and she vowed to get vengeance. She's been betrayed and lied to. And now she's being abused by a man to be sold at auction. She feels something familiar with her captor, and together, they end up fighting their past.

I loved these two. They are dark and sexy, and they aren't afraid to get their hands dirty. I also enjoyed seeing characters from the previous book. I can't wait to see what Natasha Knight brings us next!

[Kay's Blushing Book Reviews · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dominic by Natasha Knight

GENRE: Dark Mafia Romance
NARRATION: Dual POV
BOOK DETAILS: Benedetti Brothers Book#2
AUDIO AVAILABLE? Yes

The Brothers are back in the 2nd Book in the Benedetti series but can be read as a standalone.

Natasha Knight is the queen of Dark Mafia men. She is brutal and unapologetic with her storytelling and it’s f#*!-ing brilliant!

Her mafia men are ruthless, their love fierce and possessive, their sex is raw and unabashed. Dominic Benedetti is no exception rule. A conscience is a dangerous thing to have when you’re the right hand man of a Mafia King. It shows weakness and weakness equals death in his world of fight or be killed.

This book is not for amateurs of the dark, it contains strong subject matter, violence, dubious consent, kidnapping and all the stuff that removes any fluff.



I’m not going to lie, I struggled with Dominic for the first half of the book, I couldn’t find anything redeemable in him but Natasha cloaked his kindness and vulnerabilities well. Piece by piece, layer by layer we got to see the man behind the mask. The young man who fought off boys for Gia when she was a child, the man who befriended her brother, the man who fought for acceptance within his own family. The man with a tortured soul and I slowly began to see the broken man through all that madness, one I began to like.

Gia was full of fight and ferocity, she knew Dominic world, she grew up in it, was to be married into it and she suffered the sorrow and pain of being a female in that life. A pawn in a game of power, money and

Intense, suspenseful, heart wrenching and twisted. A Dark Mafia romance you won’t want to miss.

MY RATINGS: (All ratings are out of 5)
HERO RATING: 5
HEROINE RATING: 5
BLUSH RATING: 4.5
ROMANCE RATING: 3
PLOT RATING: 5
OVERALL: 5 Blushing Stars



Narrated by: Michael Pauley
Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins

I loved this book but struggled with the audio version, I really couldn’t get past the monotonous flatness tone of his voice. When he narrated Gia’s parts he made her sound strangled almost it was difficult to appreciate the story with the horrible narration so I abandoned ship and stuck to reading the EBook copy, which I loved by the way, so this audio really disappointed me and unfortunately let the quality of the book down with the over-exaggerated narration.
What a shame ( big frowning face)

NARRATOR’S PERFORMANCE 2/5
NARRATOR’S MATCHED TO CHARACTERS 2/5
OVERALL AUDIO RATING 2/5

Audio copy can be purchased from Audible https://www.audible.com.au/search?key...

[Vicky Sp · Rating 5 out of 5]

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“Le azioni parlano meglio delle parole.”

Ne era convinto Dominic, figlio del re della Mafia, l’ultimo tra i fratelli Benedetti, che da quella famosa sera quando tutte le sue certezze erano crollate, sette anni prima, aveva trovato una nuova occupazione, quella di addestrare ragazze rapite e destinate alla vendita all’asta.

Si era allontanato da quella famiglia che non sentiva più sua, quella sera stessa, e adesso era diventato un mercenario che vendeva le sue prestazioni al miglior offerente.

Il suo nuovo compito era quello di occuparsi di Gia, in realtà Gianna. Doveva spezzarla, umiliandola, per costringerla a rispettare le sue regole assurde e sadiche, facendola vivere nella degradazione.
Avrebbe imparato velocemente a fare quello che le veniva chiesto o avrebbe pagato. Avrebbe imparato in fretta che la vita, per come la conosceva, era finita. Non era più libera, non era più un essere umano.

A differenza dei suoi datori di lavoro, a Dominic non piaceva addestrare le ragazze, o venderle. Era uno dei traffici di suo padre. Negli ultimi sette anni aveva cercato di essere all’altezza della sua eredità e a giudicare dal terrore sulla faccia delle giovani vittime, era sicuro di star facendo un buon lavoro.

Ma non con Gia.

Lei era forte e combattiva, difficile da piegare. Gia lo vedeva in profondità, al di là della maschera. Lo guardava dritto negli occhi e aveva riconosciuto lo sguardo di un uomo che aveva perso molto nella sua vita. Un uomo che aveva imparato cose terribili, che aveva visto le cose peggiori. Un uomo che aveva fatto del male. No. Molto peggio, aveva fatto cose malvagie.
Dominic era ben consapevole dell’oscurità che albergava nella sua anima. Un abisso nero, un buco così profondo e scuro che avrebbe potuto consumarlo.

Voleva assoggettare Gia al suo volere, ad ogni costo.
L’ avrebbe fatta implorare, le avrebbe fatto del male per farla arrendere, così da concedersi a un uomo che avrebbe iniziato a odiare. Avrebbe giocato con lei perché questo era l’addestramento. Gia aveva bisogno di imparare, e il dolore insegnava. Così come il piacere.

Ma le cose non andarono esattamente così.

Forse era solo attrazione fisica quella spinta che sentiva verso di lei, a causa anche di quel marchio sul suo fianco che lo mandava in confusione, fatto sta che Gia gli piaceva.

Per lei era il carceriere crudele che la terrorizzava e attirava come nessun altro. La sua faccia d’angelo era scolpita nella pietra più dura, gli occhi erano d’acciaio e freddi, e provava piacere nel prendersi gioco di lei.
Dominic sapeva di non essere una brava persona e Gia avrebbe dovuto capirlo, a sue spese, per non nutrire riserve, speranze o illusioni su di lui.
Non era come nessuno dei suoi fratelli. Sergio era per natura attaccato al dovere e Salvatore era semplicemente troppo buono per quella vita che, lui invece, voleva.

E Dominic aveva preso l’unica decisione possibile: era tornato indietro per riscuotere quanto sapeva gli spettava di diritto.

Ho amato come l’autrice sia riuscita a far riscattare Dominic, pur rimanendo fedele al romanticismo oscuro tipico di questo Dark romance. Anche il personaggio di Gia è apprezzabile. Una ragazza che, nonostante le dure prove affrontate, le umiliazioni e il degrado che è stata costretta a sopportare, non ha mai abbassato la testa e, fiera, non si è fatta spezzare da niente e nessuno.

[Jade Violet · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dominic brings the saga of the Benedetti family to a close. As the youngest brother who fled from his clan after finding out dark family secrets and a violent clash, Dominic is now on his own and has fallen way way way into the darkness and black. He no longer cares for much of anything and is willing to take the dirtiest work without feeling. At the root of it lies his self hate but the people who suffer are those that fall into his hands. And those people are women who need to be broken and sexually trained for human trafficking.

Enter Gia Castellano, his latest job assignment. Despite Dominic's dark and detached nature, Gia stands tall and firm in her captivity and fights every step of the way. Much to his surprise, Dominic starts to feel things for this girl that he never has with another girl and a slow brewing conflict starts to stir up in him.

But this is only really the beginning of a story that gets much more interesting and suspense filled after revelations are made and the two take off together to each get their vengeance. Therein for me was where the story really lay and became something worthwhile. The first 30% is full with captive and captor and tbh that was the dullest part of the book. But the other 70% where Dominic and Gia are out there in the world dealing with revenge, double crosses, and mob bosses was where the book picked up and became more of a 5 star read.

I think it's also hard at the beginning because coming right off of reading Salvatore, one's mind is already imprinted with what a dick Dominic is without knowing any of his inner dialogue. And the romance between him and Gia is not all warm and fuzzy in the fashion of his brother's book. But Dominic's romance is real and true to his character and in the end I had to admit that Dominic was as loyal and needy of Gia as his brother had been of his love. These two were lovers that lived in the dark side of the world and only were complete once they found each other and let each other in.

Really loved getting to see the all the original characters again and see the story unravel to show the true motivations and loyalties of these people. Definitely loved the suspense. All in all, the last 70% left me with a 4 star rating.

[Rosalie · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.25 stars

As much as I enjoyed this book... I couldn't get over how sorry Dominick felt for himself and half the time I was rolling my eyes thinking "get over yourself".

Dominick meets Gia when he's meant to train her for a slave auction. Immediately, he feels something different for her. This isn't the traditional slave / Captor story as things change quickly when Dominick finds out who she really is and they become more partners in crime which I enjoyed seeing.

What I didn't like?

So for those of you who read the first book, you know Dominick finds out he's not a part of the family, a benedetti. And that folks.... is the stupid reason he becomes super dark and leaves his daughter and brother and doesn't speak to his family for 7 years..... he goes into human trafficking voluntarily just to prove to the world he scum he is?

Dude, you found out your father isn't your real father... cry me a fu***** river! This is a common occurrence which people deal with everyday! He was doing his "poor me" act and justifying his human trafficking because he was lied to about his father... really? What an idiot. I find it very hard to connect to someone who leaves their child for 7 years and doesn't contact her because of this. He had so much self loathing because of the fact he's not his fathers son. It was so dramatic! Like wtf really? There are worse problems in the world.

I really liked Gia. She was stronger than Dominick to me. I liked that she was sassy and strong, kinda dark too.

What I would've liked besides sizzling chemistry (which they had and the sex is great) would've been more romance to make this into a great love story as oppose to lots of sex. I felt a lot more romance in the first of the series.

I liked the ending, how Dominique went after Gia.

It's safe in terms of OW/OM.

[Najat · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5🌟
Ahhhh Dominic Dominic!!! Brutto disgraziato. Mi hai fatto penare, quanto ti ho odiato all'inizio? Tantissimo!!!
Ma poi sei riuscito a conquistarmi e farti amare😍 questo è l'effetto Dominic😂😂
Bello come un angelo, dall'animo dannato e tormentato. Di sicuro è il più oscuro dei fratelli Di Benedetti.
Bello anche il personaggio di Gia forte, combattiva, una guerriera fiera e passionale.
Brava Natasha Knight!! Hai reso unico ogni volume di questa bellissima serie. Hai reso unica ogni storia d'amore dei fratelli Di Benedetti. Ci hai fatto sognare, piangere e tribulare.
Consiglio assolutamente questa bellissima serie mafia romance, dove non mancano scene mozzafiato, colpi di scena, tanta passione e uomini Alfa che ci fanno battere il cuore💓

[Christine B · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dominic the youngest Benedetti brother and the one with the most demons, has learned of a huge family secret in the worst way. Disappearing is what he has done now to try to rid himself of the guilt of what he has done to his family, however all he has done is delve deeper into despair. Dominic believes he is now the monster and he takes jobs training/breaking kidnapped slaves to be brought in an auction. That is until he gets a tenacious slave name Gia. Dominic could tell she was different than the others he has trained immediately. Gia fights back at every step of the way and Dominic is determined to break her and that is when Gia tell him exactly who he is the monster that is full of hate and self loathing. After hearing this Dominic is taken aback and starts to feel a kinship with Gia he wants her and their connection is overpowering. Until he see his family crust branded into her skin. Now Dominic must protect his family legacy and find out who all the players are that are trying to wipe out the Benedetti name. After being gone for 7 years he must reappear and take his rightful place as a Benedetti. Love this brother I thought Salvatore would be my favorite brother but Dominic takes his place hands down.

[✿kawehi.reviews · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dominic, Dominic. He was certainly a multi-flawed and layered character for sure. He's literally the product of what your environment and molding can do to you and how they interject with factors of reality and what is expected out of you.

I liked Dominic and his whole broody, lost, rough around the edges, bad man self. His personality was one to take by a grain of salt and enticing to see it frazzled and unraveled through his meeting of Gia: his latest assignment. She, in a way, brings light to all of his darkness. A sense of clarity, that is.

And Gia. She was feisty enough for a person in her situation. I liked her rapport with Dominic as she did not conform or submit to him even when he tried to break her. I admired that.

All in all, loved this story. Was so glad that Natasha Knight granted our wishes and gave Dominic, our Dark Horse of the series, his own HEA and redemption for once.

[❤SanaReads❤ · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 Dominic stars!

“Beauty knelt at my feet. And I would be the beast who would break her. The monster who would destroy her”






Dominic is the second installment in the Bendetti Brothers series and saying that Salvatore's story was challenging is underestimating the ruthlessness of this book. Dominic is a total heart wreck.

Love wasn’t always beautiful. It wasn’t always kind or sweet. Love could be a twisted, ugly bitch.”

I hated Dominic for how messed up he was, but along the way, I couldn't not love him as I learned that even monsters do have hearts.



“You want me, Gia. As fucked up as it is, you want me.”
“I don’t.”It didn’t even sound convincing to me. He grinned. “It’s okay, though.”He leaned his face toward mine, licking away a tear I hadn’t realized had fallen. “I want you too. I want you to fight me. I want to make you. I want to hold you down and fuck you until you scream my name. I want to come all over you, so you know who you belong to. So you know who owns you.”

If you're hot for a ruthless f*cked up mafioso with a heart of gold then Dominic is your man.

[Melanie A. · Rating 5 out of 5]

August 2025

It's always great when books stand the test of time. 😊 Still 5 stars of dark mafia goodness.

June 2017

Better than its predecessor, Dominic tells the story of a man who's drowning in self-loathing and a woman who's dead-set on getting revenge, and how they become a team and fall in love. On the surface that sounds a bit innocent, but Dominic and Gia's journey was anything but. The author did a good job of keeping events just on the right side of 'they can never come back from that'. In fact, aside from a few instances where I narrowed my eyes at the page when it came to the development of Gia's character, I found the whole story believable and didn't find any major plot holes - something that not a lot of dark reads can claim. Plus, Dominic's character was well-fleshed out and had some good depth to it, and best of all, the writing was really strong. There were some excellent moments near the end that pushed this from a 4 star to a 5 star read for me.

[Nellab1984 · Rating 4 out of 5]

3,5

[Simply Love Book Reviews · Rating 5 out of 5]

Slick's review posted at Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews

I could not wait to find out what happened with Dominic after he fled the scene. Once I started Dominic, I couldn’t stop. He absolutely enthralled me, Gia had my total respect and the story itself had me totally hooked.

Fast moving, intriguing and addictive. That’s the only way to describe Dominic – both the man and the book. Unfortunately, there is no way to describe exactly what happened throughout this story. It’s a dark romance that has everything from kidnapping to murder to mob hits to love. A surprise move by the head of the family that leaves everyone reeling had my eyes bugging out and actually brought a smile to my face … Dominic was finally getting what he wanted, but at what cost?

Gianna was wonderful through the whole story. She was strong, determined and undaunted. She brought the word “remarkable” to another level. She only cowered to Dominic when she needed to. But, even then, she did it defiantly. She stood her ground against those that wanted her dead. She looked death in the face then she looked him in the eyes and saw straight through to his soul. A lost soul but a soul she knew was just as dark as she was. Then she walked away.

Natasha Knight brought me over the edge with Dominic. Don’t get me wrong, I loved Salvatore’s story that introduced us to all the major players. But, there was something about Dominic, about his anger and his frustrations that called to me. He was controlled and controlling; he was dominant but yet, caring; he didn’t wear his heart on his sleeve but loved fiercely. Below all the bluster, he was a lost man just looking for where he fit in. Was he a Benedetti or a Sapienti? In the end, he found out just who he was and what he was made of. But, without Gia, he was nothing and no one so, did it really matter?

Yes, I loved Dominic. I couldn’t put it down. I needed to see this story through to the end. I needed Dominic and Gia to have a happy ending. But, now I’m wondering where we are going now. There were a lot of loose ends that weren’t tied up and it has me wondering just where she is going to take us next. The brothers have their happily-ever-after, Salvatore has the life he always wanted, Dominic is living the life he fought so hard for so, where to next?

Natasha Knight’s style of writing intrigues me. She has a way of pulling you directly into the story. She has no qualms with making you see the good and the bad in her characters. You know, right from the start, that there are not going to be any blurred lines … what you see is what you get. I applaud her for giving us the raw truth and the down-and-dirty and for letting us see the good behind the evil.

ARC provided with no expectation.

[25 Readings Or More · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow Just Wow !!! I'm madly in love with this story... I loved Sergio and Salvatore, really did but Dominic stole my heart!!!
He is ... so much more
He is broken, lonely and hated himself.. and i felt deep in my bones his pain....
A monster with a bleeding heart ♥♥♥♥

[EpicRomanceReviews · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Ruthless. Cold. Merciless. He looked like an angel of death."

WOWZA! What. A. Book! But this is par for the course for this AMAZINGLY talented author.

Fact. Every time I start a Natasha Knight novel, I am flooded with shivery anticipation. My heart quickens, my knees turn to jello, and I feel a rush of quivery excitement course through my veins! Her writing just has such a visceral impact on me, so even before I opened the first page of DOMINIC I knew instinctively she was gonna take me on a darkly entrancing, thrillingly twisted ride.

And let me just say, she did NOT disappoint!

No one writes angry, INTENSE, badass Alphas quite like Natasha Knight, and Dominic is definitely an antihero you FLOOOVE to hate!! He is so dark and predatory, deliciously dirty-talking, and harbors such simmering, bottled up rage you never know what will set him off and unleash the monster within.

And while I am drawn to all of this author's dark romances, in my opinion this is her most sophisticated novel thus far. It is intricately plotted, brilliantly complex, brimming with raw, wrenching emotions, TORRID hot sex, stunningly evocative narrative and oodles of adrenaline-pumping mob drama!

Speaking of mafia mayhem...SALVATORE was a delicious prelude for the escalating mob war that reaches a SHATTERING CRESCENDO in this story. I was actually salivating to get my hands on Dominic's story from the moment I first met him in book one. I became enslaved by his reptilian, smarmy charm, his devilishly dominant demeanor and venom-laced one liners. But as much as I thought I knew about Dominic, the blacksheep Benedetti brother, I came to realize that we'd just begun to scratch the surface of the man behind the scary scull mask.

And as this book opens....OMG...he's sunk to the LOWEST of the LOW! The man who had dreamt of one day being king of the Benedetti empire has been stripped of everything...his name, his dignity, moral code (well, what little he had to begin with).

"Honor was a thing that had never belonged to me. Not then, not when I was Dominic Benedetti, son of a mafia king. So close, so f*king goddamned close to having it all. And it certainly didn’t belong to me now that I knew who I REALLY was. I was Dominic Sapienti. A nobody."

For the past seven years he has been on a tailspin, living up to his reviled heritage, proving he was in fact as evil as his new "Angel of Death" moniker implies.

"I wanted to be someone else. Anyone else. Because the lowest scum of the earth had to be better than the filth that was me. Than the aberration that was me.

I was a monster.

I was the worst kind of monster."

Now as a mercenary for hire...he has literally sold his soul to the devil. His current mission: Breaking helpless young women to ready them for auction to be sold to the highest bidder on the human sex trafficking market. His latest "conquest," Gia, was just supposed to be a job, but there was something about the fragile, dark haired woman with flashing green eyes who sat huddled in the corner of her makeshift prison, bruised and afraid, reeking of filth and burning hatred that penetrated his thick shield of apathy.

"Defiant eyes met mine, the green shining bright in contrast to her dirt-smeared face. Not once in the dozen girls I’d trained had I ever felt anything but emptiness, a space between me and them. She was different, and I wanted to know what it was that made her so."

Gia Castellano, the daughter of a fallen foot soldier, the sister of a slain snitch is no victim. I ADORED this heroine! She was so strong and fiery and bravely defiant despite her harrowing predicament!!! She may be Dominic's new trainee, deprived of hope and dignity, humiliated, debased, but she is biding her time and lives for vengeance. Cold blooded, "eye for an eye" retribution against reviled mobster Victor Scava, the snake who stole everything from her. She has had to endure terrible atrocities in her life so let Dominic try to destroy her because she will NEVER stop fighting.

Brace yourselves...the sparks between them were absolutely MESMERIZING from page one!!! Because, if Dominic relished anything, it's a good fight! His feisty prisoner fires his blood...incites his rage...makes him heady with lust and longing, and brings all his sick, sadistic desires to the fore. He knows he has a job to do and is being paid handsomely for his "troubles" so break her he must. Yet there is something eerily familiar about his defiant, disobedient slave and he hungers to claim her as his Queen.

"And some part of me...longed to have her. Possess her. Break her and own her. It longed for this surrender, for her submission, to be real."

Ahh the DELICIOUS TEMPTATION! Turns out, the sentiment was not unreciprocated. There was just something about her barbaric jailer that stirs traitorous, forbidden emotions in her and left me quivering!! They were more alike then she cares to admit, both fueled by red-hot hate, driven by burning desire, and she saw glimpses of humanity, of tenderness even, beneath the arctic facade.

"This cruel captor who gave and took as he pleased, who both scared the hell out of me and also drew me like no other. His face, an angel’s face, was etched into the hardest stone, his eyes of steel, colder now, the pleasure he took in mocking me no longer glowing like embers of a dying fire. An anger, a hatred replaced it, and that fire was burning bright, ready to consume. To obliterate."

As they both wage a bitter war between rage and lust, love and hate, and shocking revelations come to light that brings their pasts and present on a collision course with danger and destiny, will Gia's ruthless jailer ultimately become her savior?

What a thrillingly complex romance! Dominic is not a warm fuzzy hero by ANY MEANS, but as you peel his hard outer shell away and look beyond the big, imposing brawn and wicked sneer, you see a broken man with a true TORTURED SOUL. He is circling the drain, a man living on borrowed time who is steeped in so much misery he has nothing to live for. Until Gia...his prisoner....his temporary plaything...his slave does unthinkable. She makes him FEEL!

STEAM ALERT!!!! These two are so EXPLOSIVE together you need a fire extinguisher to douse their flames!! There is much palpable tension, and the animosity between them was so heightened throughout that up until the very end we never are quite sure what they are to each other.. Enemies? Lovers?? Pawns in a lethal cat and mouse game? They most definitely prove to be stronger together than apart but does that mean she belongs in Dominic's violent, monstrous world??

"As fierce as she was, inside her, the light of her innocence burned bright. And I had no business dirtying her, no business staining her with my sins."

Could Dominic do the most noble thing in his life and free her from the chains that enslaves her? NOT SAYING! You have to read to find out how everything plays out!!!! But I will say there are some stunning twists along the way that rendered me speechless and the ending of Gia and Dominic's dark, arduous journey was perfectly fitting for these fiery, beautifully damaged characters!

Bottom line? DOMINIC should be an immediate 1-click for dark mafia romance lovers who relish their books with lots of dangerous, FULL-THROTTLE passion, angst, drama and a side of wickedly naughty depravity.


5 DELICIOUSLY TWISTED, "ANGEL OF DEATH" stars!!

[Steffi De Ceuster ♥ · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 Stars

I would've given it 5 if it weren't for the six months.. So I read the blurb and wasn't intrigued not even with the first chapter. When I started to read Salvatore (book 1) I became interested in knowing Dominic better. I'm so glad I gave this a go, the beginning was a bit on the dark side and it was hard liking Dominic. But along the way I began to see a better side of Dominic a softer side a side he kept hidden for a long long time.

Now I know and understand his actions and behavior better to. If you like a somewhat darker read I would suggest this. Off course everyone's opinion of darker is different so for me this was on the darker side, for you maybe not.

Trying to tell a bit more about it without spoiling anything: We meet Gia when she is taken and dumped in a cabin in the woods ( sounds familiar ) and then we get to meet Dominic who is hired to "train" Gia. And that's the beginning of a dark, dangerous and intriguing story! Dominic has had not the most horrible past but not the most colorful either. So I totally get where all those feelings and hatred came from.

This is a fabulous author! Go read it!

[Tzelina · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 🌟 🌟🌟🌟!! This book was ....wow!!! I really loved it ....Dominic's and Gia's love was captivating!! I couldn't put it down !! Excellent read !!

[Annuccia Palmeri · Rating 4 out of 5]

3,5/4 Un parere difficile quello da dare su questa lettura perché non è stata cruenta come avevo intuito, anzi quasi subito Dominic si è dimostrato essere non quel mostro che lui crede di essere. Ho come l'impressione che sia andato tutto troppo bene, tutto troppo tarallucci e vino e nei mafia romance non puoi uscirne vittorioso ogni singola volta da ogni aspetto, i nemici che non si oppongono è molto strano in questo mondo. È comunque una lettura consigliata per concludere il cerchio della famiglia Benedetti, per vedere il riscatto di Dominic e la forza combattiva di Gia.

[Expresso · Rating 5 out of 5]

The feels this story evokes are crazy! I'm talking a serious emotional ride!

Dominic is in such pain he can hardly stand his own company. After learning devastating news he disappears. In his new line of work he meets his soul and life mate, Gia.

I absolutely LOVE Knight's writing! It's dark, its dirty, it's gritty, it's perfect! Dominic is portrayed as a severely wounded broken soul and his emotions only enhance his masculinity not take away from it. Not many authors can boast that feat. The scenes are realistic and tie beautifully together. The Mafia angle is immaculate. Huge kudos to Knight for making Dominic and Gia "work" for their relationship! Anything easy is not worth having and trust these two deserve each other! Little Effie literally stole my heart! I really hope she will find her way to her dad soon!

Five amazing stars!!

[Debra · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed the hell out of this book. I fell for Dominic he was the perfect anti hero, he was broken but by the end you could tell that her had healed and became a strong man. The background story was well written and kept me intrested...How Gia ended up in that cabin, who was behind it all was exciting reading. I would recommened this book for dark, mafia,HEA romance readers:))
UPDATE 2019
I listened to this on audio book..a whole new experience, the way he said "Gia" oh yea:))

[Elvereth Ahn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Non lo credevo possibile, ma Dominic mi ha letteralmente rubato il cuore.
L'inizio della storia mi aveva preoccupato. Avevo davvero paura che lui non riuscisse ad accettare la sua umanità, non riuscisse a vedere oltre.
Invece alla fine mi ha sorpreso, e solo in positivo. È riuscito ad andare oltre, è riuscito ad accettare i suoi sentimenti e a proteggere e a fare di tutto per la donna che non ha mai avuto davvero paura di lui. Perché ha letto la sua anima fin dall'inizio.
Un mafia romance davvero molto bello, con un uomo oscuro che, proprio come piace a me, cade in ginocchio grazie all'amore.

[shereads.pang · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ugh. The feels!!! It was definitely a dark romance, but the family dynamic in this one was EVERYTHING. My heart hurts so many times for Dominic.

[Floor tussendeboeken · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was story dark indeed, but I didn't feel the romance. The plot was great, but I felt a bit underwhelmed by the romance part

[Sara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ho amato Salvatore, ho amato e pianto come una fontana per Sergio ed è inutile dire che ho amato anche Dominic...
Natasha non ne sbaglia uno, I suoi romanzi sono un capolavoro dopo l'altro.
Dominic ha dentro di sé una luce oscura, pericolosa e si è trovato smarrito dopo aver scoperto che ciò in cui ha creduto per tutta la sua vita in realtà fosse una menzogna.
L' autrice all'inizio del libro ha scritto: “Non penserete a lui come a un eroe, non per molto tempo, forse mai, ma spero di aver scritto la sua storia in modo appropriato.” posso dire con certezza che Natasha ha scritto la storia nel modo migliore possibile, forse Dominic non è un eroe ma per me è molto di più lui è un combattente e sinceramente io al solito eroe preferisco uno come Dominic...

[Alessandra Magagnato · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5, ma solo perché lo rapporto a Sergio e alle emozioni fortissime che quel libro mi ha dato, e facendo parte della stessa serie, devo penalizzare questo di mezza stella.