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Dangerous Daddies #3
Midnight
He was a predator… and I loved to watch him stalk his prey.
The first time I saw Elijah Kingston was through a computer screen.
Night after night, I watched him shed his counterfeit smiles and falsely perfect persona. Gone was the family man everyone thought him to be and in his place was one of the deadliest assassins the mafia has ever seen.
It was my job to conceal his violence—to frame others for his crimes and ensure he never got caught.
Elijah never required my assistance but I watched him, anyway.
Obsessively.
Endlessly.
I spent hours tracking each of his movements, learning everything there was to know about him. My fixation was manic, and though we were always miles away, I knew the first time his face filled my screen that he belonged to me.
Elijah was my Daddy…
…he just didn’t know it yet.
Midnight is part of the Ruthless Daddies multi-author collab and a complete standalone. Expect to find an assassin Daddy, steamy scenes, virtual stalking, and needless violence. Want more deliciously morally gray Daddies and boys? Grab the whole series!
The first time I saw Elijah Kingston was through a computer screen.
Night after night, I watched him shed his counterfeit smiles and falsely perfect persona. Gone was the family man everyone thought him to be and in his place was one of the deadliest assassins the mafia has ever seen.
It was my job to conceal his violence—to frame others for his crimes and ensure he never got caught.
Elijah never required my assistance but I watched him, anyway.
Obsessively.
Endlessly.
I spent hours tracking each of his movements, learning everything there was to know about him. My fixation was manic, and though we were always miles away, I knew the first time his face filled my screen that he belonged to me.
Elijah was my Daddy…
…he just didn’t know it yet.
Midnight is part of the Ruthless Daddies multi-author collab and a complete standalone. Expect to find an assassin Daddy, steamy scenes, virtual stalking, and needless violence. Want more deliciously morally gray Daddies and boys? Grab the whole series!
221 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 5, 2022
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6 books368 followersApril Jade lives in Central Michigan with her husband, daughter, and their troublemaking cat. She is a self-proclaimed bookaholic and splits her time between reading and writing MM romance novels full of possessive men and the sweet boys that make them melt.
When she’s not writing, she’s probably binge-watching Supernatural, listening to true crime podcasts, or impatiently awaiting the release of the next Marvel movie. She loves pizza, romance, and penning happily ever afters.
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July 30, 2025
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SIX, BECAUSE RULES WERE MEANT TO BE BROKEN FOR PERFECTION.
🌈 Content warnings, Tropes, and safety info are below 🌈.
◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇
Okay, first off—massive shoutout to my girl ♡Belle♡ for dragging me into this wild, amazing series! Honestly, I think it’s the best thing I’ve read all year, hands down. And let me tell you, without our nonstop screaming, freak-outs, and those ridiculous updates, I seriously don’t think I’d have survived—or enjoyed it this much. I’m so glad we went through this emotional rollercoaster together because, honestly, it made everything ten times better (and way more fun)!MY BABBBBY 🥹💖💖💖💖
♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡
This book laughed at me. Mocked me. Looked me dead in the eyes and said, “You think you’ve seen obsession? Bitch, pleaseeeeee.”
There are books you like.🤷🏻♀️
There are books you love.🥹
And then there are books that reach into your chest, rip your heart out, kiss it, crush it, set it on fire, and whisper, “You liked that, didn’t you?”🫦🫦🫦🫦 YES YESSSS YESSSSSSSSSSS.
THIS BOOK IS THAT.
I’m not the same.
ALREADY DEEPLY obsessed after the first two. Sooooooo i thought I knew what was coming.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA . That was cute.
I.WAS.NOT.READY.AT.ALL.
Let’s talk about Silas and Elisa.
No—scratch that. Let me SCREAM UNTIL MY LUNGS GIVE OUT about them.
These two aren’t just obsessed with each other—NO...NO....NO...—they are certifiably unwell. We’re talking psychotic-level love, terminally feral.
Elijah and Silas aren’t just obsessed with each other—they exist in a realm where obsession becomes devotion, madness, and something terrifyingly beautiful. Their connection isn’t romantic in the soft, tender sense. It’s explosive. Violent. All-consuming. As I read their story, I wasn’t just shocked—I was staggered.LET ME HOLD YOUR HAIR WHILE I SAY THIS —
I’ve never seen two characters orbit each other with such reckless gravity. It’s not love, it’s war disguised as longing. It’s the kind of bond that says," I’ll destroy everything just to keep you." AND THEY DID .BOTH OF THEM.
The tension? PALPABLE. The chemistry? DIVINE. Every glance,every touch,every word between them felt like a spark threatening to set the whole story on fire. And the truth is, words fall short. I could talk about them for hours and still MISERABLY fail to capture what makes them so singular. Their love is raw, unfiltered, dangerous—and in comparison, every other couple seems tame, diluted, forgettable.
That’s why this book gripped me so hard. Alicia and Silas aren’t just memorable—they’re unforgettable. They’re HELL wrapped in passion, and I’ll never look at fictional love the same way again.
I was RIGHT THERE with them.
I wasn’t reading this book. I was living it. Eating it. Breathing it. Practically hallucinating from how good it was. I had to pause, multiple times, just to process. Just to whisper to myself, “What the actual fuck.”
One scene in particular( Belle baby if you’re reading this you know what i mean 😭😭😭😭😭😭) made me sit in stunned silence like I just saw GODDDDDDDDDDDD. I LITERALLY FROZE AND COMPLETELY FORGOT HOW TO FUCKING BREATHE AGAIN. MY JAW ????? I COULD NOT FIND WHERE IT EVEN WENT.
♡“If the skull is what you want, the skull is what you’ll get.”♡
I'M TRAUMATIZED I THATS SOOOOO RARE TO HAPPEN .
THE PLOT ???? the plot in this book is a game-changer. It shatters all expectations set by the previous two installments and catapults the series into a whole new dimension because it’s nothing like the other two in the series. This one feels more thrilling, more intense, and honestly, way more addictive. It grabs you from the first chapter and doesn’t let go. You find yourself wondering, Wait, is this really part of the same series? That’s how different it feels — in the best way. It’s bold, action-packed, and so vivid that it plays out like a full-on movie in your head. I don’t even know how to explain it properly — it’s just that different. You’re not just reading words ; you’re LIVING it.
THE SMUT ??????
Okay, beccccccccaaaaaause daaaaaaamn, it’s filthy. Like, soooo filthy it made my stomach do flips and my brain go, “Wait, what just happened?!” I legit had to text my friend mid-read, all caps and emojis, like, WHAT IS THIS DELICIOUS MADNESS? It was raw, it was juicy, and it hit me right where it counts. Honestly, it made me feel things — spicy, naughty things — and I was here for every single steamy second. Who knew a book could make you this... distracted?.... and you know.
❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥SOME QUOTES THAT SIMPLY DESERVE TO BE ETCHED ON MY TOMBSTONE ONE DAY...A PERMANENT REMINDER OF HOW UTTERLY FERAL I WAS:
💀.
He was a paradox, and I knew with every fiber that danced along my spine that he belonged to me…… he just didn’t know it yet.
____________________________________
🥀.
“Kill the right monster, and you’re a fucking hero.”
“I’m nobody’s hero.”
You’re mine.
____________________________________
💀.
That. Voice. It was my new favorite sound—every infliction and hitch of breath. Silas’ voice was soft, and so fucking sweet, I was convinced his lips tasted like sugar.
____________________________________
🥀.
Silas blinked up at me, and a fury of need nearly knocked me off my feet. Mine. Mine. Mine.
____________________________________
💀 .
“Give me a name, sweetheart. Give me a name, and I’ll go tear his skin clean off his bones.”
____________________________________
🥀 .
“I want to bring him back to life just to fucking kill him again. Slower, this time. He doesn’t deserve a headshot.”
____________________________________
💀.
“Well, baby, if I ever figure out how to make him breathe again, you can sit in the front row when I send him straight back to hell.”
____________________________________
🥀.
“Silas, where is your hand right now?”
“My, uhm.”
“Tell me, baby, was it the kill that made your cock throb or was it just me?”
“Not the kill. That’s not… They don’t excite me. I mean…” My chest heaved. “They excite me but not… not sexually. I don’t… I’m not…”
“It’s alright, sweetheart, you don’t have to explain yourself right now.”
“Your cock is hard for me, and that’s all I fucking care about. Now, look at your phone.”
“You’re stunning.” His jaw tightened. “Fuck, baby, look at you quiver for me.”
Him. Always him.
“Mine.”
____________________________________
💀.
His big brown eyes seemed to be the only thing keeping me tethered to the earth, and I couldn’t purge my mind of how heavy they looked last night, weighed down by lust and desire.
____________________________________
🥀.
, if you touch my boy the same way you touched me, I will blow your hands off your arms right before I blow your head off your goddamn neck.”
____________________________________
💀.
“It’s a secret.”
“A secret, huh?”
“Does that secret have something to do with my little genius hacking into cameras so he can spy on his Daddy?”
____________________________________
🥀.
“I have never heard anything sound more perfect, more right, in my life.”
Daddy. Daddy. Daddy.
____________________________________
💀.
“I’m going to kiss you and lick you and claim you so thoroughly and so roughly, the next time you question who I’m coming home to, you’ll run your fingers across the bruises I’m about to put on your lips and know that it’s you. My feral little kitten.”
____________________________________
🥀.
“Your jealousy doesn’t bother me, sweetheart, it makes my cock hard. If somebody touched you, I’d saw their fucking fingers off and gift them to you as a reminder.”
____________________________________
💀.
“I am going to surround you. Claim you. Possess you. Own you. Do you know why?”
I choked on my answer.
“Because that’s exactly what you’ve done to me.”
____________________________________
🥀.
One day, I’ll sit my boy on my lap, and watch as he locates every single one of his father’s friends, and then I’ll let him choose how they die.
____________________________________
💀.
“I am going to leave pieces of myself across every inch of your life, Kitten. Your mind, your heart, your skin, your home—it’s all mine now.”
____________________________________
🥀.
“Silas is mine. He belongs to me. As far as I’m concerned, you need my permission to breathe in his fucking direction.”
___________________________________
💀.
“If you throw my Daddy in the ocean, I will ruin your life with one click of my keyboard.”
____________________________________
🥀.
Do not hurt my baby.
____________________________________
💀.
The obsession I felt for my husband was painful at that moment, squeezing my chest in warning, almost as if to say do not let him go.
____________________________________
🥀.
“I love you, Daddy. I love you in the most insane, unhealthy way.”
“I am so unbelievably, irrevocably, and madly in love with you, sweetheart.”
____________________________________
💀.
“Af… After you told me you loved me, I sort of forged a marriage certificate for us. It wasn’t terribly difficult. I used Thea’s signature for a witness, and I stole yours from your license. You don’t have to call me your husband if you don’t want to, but technically, I am.”
____________________________________
🥀.
“There are only two things I care about. You and us. Nothing else even comes close. You are as necessary as air, inhabiting me in a way you likely don’t even notice, and eighty years from now, when our hearts stop beating and we leave this life, I promise you, Silas, I’ll find you in the next one.”
“you can kiss the bride now, Daddy.”
____________________________________
💀.
“I changed my last name to Kingston.”Fucking. Christ.
The mere thought of him carrying around my name made me feral.
🖤💜TROPES🖤💜:
💜MM Dark romance.
🖤Mafia romance
💜Insta-love
🖤Daddy kink
💜Age gap romance
🖤Stalker romance
💜Hacker ×Assassin
🖤POSSESSIVE af
🔫CWS🔫:
.gun violence
.virtual stalking
.mentions of past childhood trauma
a main character with anxiety and mild blood play
🔥SAFETY INFO🔥:
💀Cheating: No
💀Other person drama: YES.
💀Breakup: No.
💀POV: Duel (1st person)
💀Genre: dark romance
💀Pairing: M/M
💀Strict roles or versatile: strict roles
💀Series or standalone: interconnected standalone.
💀Kindle Unlimited:yes.
💀Happy ending: yes.
🌈 Content warnings, Tropes, and safety info are below 🌈.
◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇◇
Okay, first off—massive shoutout to my girl ♡Belle♡ for dragging me into this wild, amazing series! Honestly, I think it’s the best thing I’ve read all year, hands down. And let me tell you, without our nonstop screaming, freak-outs, and those ridiculous updates, I seriously don’t think I’d have survived—or enjoyed it this much. I’m so glad we went through this emotional rollercoaster together because, honestly, it made everything ten times better (and way more fun)!MY BABBBBY 🥹💖💖💖💖
♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡
This book laughed at me. Mocked me. Looked me dead in the eyes and said, “You think you’ve seen obsession? Bitch, pleaseeeeee.”
There are books you like.🤷🏻♀️
There are books you love.🥹
And then there are books that reach into your chest, rip your heart out, kiss it, crush it, set it on fire, and whisper, “You liked that, didn’t you?”🫦🫦🫦🫦 YES YESSSS YESSSSSSSSSSS.
THIS BOOK IS THAT.
I’m not the same.
ALREADY DEEPLY obsessed after the first two. Sooooooo i thought I knew what was coming.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA . That was cute.
I.WAS.NOT.READY.AT.ALL.
Let’s talk about Silas and Elisa.
No—scratch that. Let me SCREAM UNTIL MY LUNGS GIVE OUT about them.
These two aren’t just obsessed with each other—NO...NO....NO...—they are certifiably unwell. We’re talking psychotic-level love, terminally feral.
Elijah and Silas aren’t just obsessed with each other—they exist in a realm where obsession becomes devotion, madness, and something terrifyingly beautiful. Their connection isn’t romantic in the soft, tender sense. It’s explosive. Violent. All-consuming. As I read their story, I wasn’t just shocked—I was staggered.LET ME HOLD YOUR HAIR WHILE I SAY THIS —
I’ve never seen two characters orbit each other with such reckless gravity. It’s not love, it’s war disguised as longing. It’s the kind of bond that says," I’ll destroy everything just to keep you." AND THEY DID .BOTH OF THEM.
The tension? PALPABLE. The chemistry? DIVINE. Every glance,every touch,every word between them felt like a spark threatening to set the whole story on fire. And the truth is, words fall short. I could talk about them for hours and still MISERABLY fail to capture what makes them so singular. Their love is raw, unfiltered, dangerous—and in comparison, every other couple seems tame, diluted, forgettable.
That’s why this book gripped me so hard. Alicia and Silas aren’t just memorable—they’re unforgettable. They’re HELL wrapped in passion, and I’ll never look at fictional love the same way again.
I was RIGHT THERE with them.
I wasn’t reading this book. I was living it. Eating it. Breathing it. Practically hallucinating from how good it was. I had to pause, multiple times, just to process. Just to whisper to myself, “What the actual fuck.”
One scene in particular( Belle baby if you’re reading this you know what i mean 😭😭😭😭😭😭) made me sit in stunned silence like I just saw GODDDDDDDDDDDD. I LITERALLY FROZE AND COMPLETELY FORGOT HOW TO FUCKING BREATHE AGAIN. MY JAW ????? I COULD NOT FIND WHERE IT EVEN WENT.
♡“If the skull is what you want, the skull is what you’ll get.”♡
I'M TRAUMATIZED I THATS SOOOOO RARE TO HAPPEN .
THE PLOT ???? the plot in this book is a game-changer. It shatters all expectations set by the previous two installments and catapults the series into a whole new dimension because it’s nothing like the other two in the series. This one feels more thrilling, more intense, and honestly, way more addictive. It grabs you from the first chapter and doesn’t let go. You find yourself wondering, Wait, is this really part of the same series? That’s how different it feels — in the best way. It’s bold, action-packed, and so vivid that it plays out like a full-on movie in your head. I don’t even know how to explain it properly — it’s just that different. You’re not just reading words ; you’re LIVING it.
THE SMUT ??????
Okay, beccccccccaaaaaause daaaaaaamn, it’s filthy. Like, soooo filthy it made my stomach do flips and my brain go, “Wait, what just happened?!” I legit had to text my friend mid-read, all caps and emojis, like, WHAT IS THIS DELICIOUS MADNESS? It was raw, it was juicy, and it hit me right where it counts. Honestly, it made me feel things — spicy, naughty things — and I was here for every single steamy second. Who knew a book could make you this... distracted?.... and you know.
❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥SOME QUOTES THAT SIMPLY DESERVE TO BE ETCHED ON MY TOMBSTONE ONE DAY...A PERMANENT REMINDER OF HOW UTTERLY FERAL I WAS:
💀.
He was a paradox, and I knew with every fiber that danced along my spine that he belonged to me…… he just didn’t know it yet.
____________________________________
🥀.
“Kill the right monster, and you’re a fucking hero.”
“I’m nobody’s hero.”
You’re mine.
____________________________________
💀.
That. Voice. It was my new favorite sound—every infliction and hitch of breath. Silas’ voice was soft, and so fucking sweet, I was convinced his lips tasted like sugar.
____________________________________
🥀.
Silas blinked up at me, and a fury of need nearly knocked me off my feet. Mine. Mine. Mine.
____________________________________
💀 .
“Give me a name, sweetheart. Give me a name, and I’ll go tear his skin clean off his bones.”
____________________________________
🥀 .
“I want to bring him back to life just to fucking kill him again. Slower, this time. He doesn’t deserve a headshot.”
____________________________________
💀.
“Well, baby, if I ever figure out how to make him breathe again, you can sit in the front row when I send him straight back to hell.”
____________________________________
🥀.
“Silas, where is your hand right now?”
“My, uhm.”
“Tell me, baby, was it the kill that made your cock throb or was it just me?”
“Not the kill. That’s not… They don’t excite me. I mean…” My chest heaved. “They excite me but not… not sexually. I don’t… I’m not…”
“It’s alright, sweetheart, you don’t have to explain yourself right now.”
“Your cock is hard for me, and that’s all I fucking care about. Now, look at your phone.”
“You’re stunning.” His jaw tightened. “Fuck, baby, look at you quiver for me.”
Him. Always him.
“Mine.”
____________________________________
💀.
His big brown eyes seemed to be the only thing keeping me tethered to the earth, and I couldn’t purge my mind of how heavy they looked last night, weighed down by lust and desire.
____________________________________
🥀.
, if you touch my boy the same way you touched me, I will blow your hands off your arms right before I blow your head off your goddamn neck.”
____________________________________
💀.
“It’s a secret.”
“A secret, huh?”
“Does that secret have something to do with my little genius hacking into cameras so he can spy on his Daddy?”
____________________________________
🥀.
“I have never heard anything sound more perfect, more right, in my life.”
Daddy. Daddy. Daddy.
____________________________________
💀.
“I’m going to kiss you and lick you and claim you so thoroughly and so roughly, the next time you question who I’m coming home to, you’ll run your fingers across the bruises I’m about to put on your lips and know that it’s you. My feral little kitten.”
____________________________________
🥀.
“Your jealousy doesn’t bother me, sweetheart, it makes my cock hard. If somebody touched you, I’d saw their fucking fingers off and gift them to you as a reminder.”
____________________________________
💀.
“I am going to surround you. Claim you. Possess you. Own you. Do you know why?”
I choked on my answer.
“Because that’s exactly what you’ve done to me.”
____________________________________
🥀.
One day, I’ll sit my boy on my lap, and watch as he locates every single one of his father’s friends, and then I’ll let him choose how they die.
____________________________________
💀.
“I am going to leave pieces of myself across every inch of your life, Kitten. Your mind, your heart, your skin, your home—it’s all mine now.”
____________________________________
🥀.
“Silas is mine. He belongs to me. As far as I’m concerned, you need my permission to breathe in his fucking direction.”
___________________________________
💀.
“If you throw my Daddy in the ocean, I will ruin your life with one click of my keyboard.”
____________________________________
🥀.
Do not hurt my baby.
____________________________________
💀.
The obsession I felt for my husband was painful at that moment, squeezing my chest in warning, almost as if to say do not let him go.
____________________________________
🥀.
“I love you, Daddy. I love you in the most insane, unhealthy way.”
“I am so unbelievably, irrevocably, and madly in love with you, sweetheart.”
____________________________________
💀.
“Af… After you told me you loved me, I sort of forged a marriage certificate for us. It wasn’t terribly difficult. I used Thea’s signature for a witness, and I stole yours from your license. You don’t have to call me your husband if you don’t want to, but technically, I am.”
____________________________________
🥀.
“There are only two things I care about. You and us. Nothing else even comes close. You are as necessary as air, inhabiting me in a way you likely don’t even notice, and eighty years from now, when our hearts stop beating and we leave this life, I promise you, Silas, I’ll find you in the next one.”
“you can kiss the bride now, Daddy.”
____________________________________
💀.
“I changed my last name to Kingston.”Fucking. Christ.
The mere thought of him carrying around my name made me feral.
🖤💜TROPES🖤💜:
💜MM Dark romance.
🖤Mafia romance
💜Insta-love
🖤Daddy kink
💜Age gap romance
🖤Stalker romance
💜Hacker ×Assassin
🖤POSSESSIVE af
🔫CWS🔫:
.gun violence
.virtual stalking
.mentions of past childhood trauma
a main character with anxiety and mild blood play
🔥SAFETY INFO🔥:
💀Cheating: No
💀Other person drama: YES.
💀Breakup: No.
💀POV: Duel (1st person)
💀Genre: dark romance
💀Pairing: M/M
💀Strict roles or versatile: strict roles
💀Series or standalone: interconnected standalone.
💀Kindle Unlimited:yes.
💀Happy ending: yes.
July 26, 2025
♾️⭐️ 5/5 — This book is some “ride or die, bury bodies together, fuck on the grave” shit. AND I’M OBSESSED. 💘
🌶 3/5 — The kind of “softly rail you into the mattress then hold you like my whole fucking soul depends on it” spice. ❤️🔥
Special thanks: 🤗💞
Shoutout to ✨️ Emna ✨️ for buddy reading the entire series with me. I enjoyed all 3 books, but the shared joy of reading them with you was beyond anything the books alone could give me. Thank you, my sweet sunshine! 🌞
Now let the ramblings about the book commence 🤓
This book didn’t just break me—it bled me dry, stitched me back up, and carved Elijah and Silas into my goddamn soul. Nothing—and I mean nothing—hits harder than two unhinged souls who are possessive and obsessed with each other. No crumbs, no halfway shit—just full-blown, matching madness. Gimme this dynamic always and forever. 🖤♾️
The Premise 📖
Two morally gray geniuses, both members of a mafia chapter—one’s an ex-sniper turned assassin, the other a hacker with an appetite for watching people die. Both were obsessed with one another. How much more delicious can it get? 😏
The MCs 👱🏻🧑🏻
Elijah — The lone wolf assassin with an eidetic memory who loves to headshot his target between the eyes and he never misses a shot. EVER. Cold-blooded killer? Yes. But also the most gentle, protective Daddy to Silas. 🔫
Silas — My unhinged baby boy. A neurodivergent genius hacker who can find anyone on the planet and reroute US missiles if you give him time. Traumatized by years of abuse, he’s obsessive, possessive, and just… feral in the most beautiful way. 💻
🫦 Elijah’s BDE Moments: 🫦
Quote
“His obsession with me runs parallel to how I feel for him. His fixation is matched by mine.”
🧎🏻♀️ FUCK. That isn’t just a line—that’s my entire oxygen supply. Mutual obsession? That’s the holy grail of romance. 🏆❤️🔥
Quote
“What is my name?”
“El.. Elijah?”
“Wrong answer, baby. Try again.”
“Daddy? You still want to be my daddy?”
“I will never stop being your daddy, Kitten. I’m not upset you were watching me. I’d only wished you’d told me earlier.”
🧎🏻♀️ Excuse me while I ascend. Daddy mode: ACTIVATED (cue Usher’s "Hey Daddy, Daddy's Home" playing in the background). 🎶🎵
Quote
“Your pain is my pain. Your skin is my skin. Do not hurt my baby. Not anymore.”
🧎🏻♀️ That’s not love anymore—that’s ownership, carved into fucking bone. 🖤🦴
☠️ Silas’ Iconic Psychotic Flex: ☠️
📂 The Folder. Two years of intense cyberstalking and thousands of screenshots of Elijah? Next-level obsession kink. And then:
Quote
“My Daddy is very chivalrous, Thea. He let me watch him kill Hugh.” –Silas
☠️ CASUAL. AS. FUCK. And Thea just taps her fork. Like… ma’am?? WHAT KIND OF FAMILY DINNER TABLE CONVERSATION IS THIS?! 😳
🪄✨️ The Triple Repetition Magic Mantra: 🪄✨️
Words like Daddy. Daddy. Daddy. or Mine. Mine. Mine. repeated in the internal monologue? I’m feral. That isn’t just emphasis—it’s craving, panic, need, desperation, and pure possession. It dragged me right into their obsessive spiral, and I never want out.
😭 The Climax and The Scene That Made Me Ugly Cry: 😭
Quotes
“Daddy!” Silas cried, choking. “Daddy, you better not be dead!”
“Baby.” Another breath left me, and I struggled to sound unaffected and calm. “I’m not dead.”
The pain made me dizzy, and I let my head roll, falling heavily against the wall behind it. “Silas, baby.” I cleared my throat. “Ezra’s dead. Do you know what to do now?”
“Yes, Daddy.”
“Good.” My eyelids were weighted, and my tongue felt heavy in my mouth as I struggled to keep speaking. “He shot me… in the thigh. I’ve lost a lot of blood, Kitten, but I’m… I’m not going to die. Not today.”
“I’m sending help, Daddy!”
I felt a smile curve up my cheeks. “I know you are, baby. I’m going to pass out soon, and I… I know you’re scared… but do me a favor, yeah?”
He was sobbing, but I latched on to the broken, beautiful sound. “Anything, Daddy.”
“Don’t hurt my baby.” I whispered…
…and then I passed out. (Elijah)
That last line—“Don’t hurt my baby.” That wasn’t a whisper; it was a goddamn vow. I’m getting that tattooed on my skin asap.
🌶 The Spice 🌶
Let me introduce you to my new favorite word: CUDDLEFUCK.
Not in the official dictionary? Don’t care. It’s staying. 😤
Cuddlefuck (noun/verb)
1. Intense sex that’s equal parts feral and tender—passion and comfort colliding so hard it wrecks you.
2. When two obsessed lovers can’t decide whether to worship or devour each other… so they do both.
Usage:
▪️“Daddy picked me up after the fight and we had the nastiest, sweetest cuddlefuck on the kitchen floor.”
Synonyms: aftercare sex, obsession-fueled fucking, feral tenderness.
P.S. Yes, the cuddlefuck definition, usage example, and synonyms were 100% my chaotic creation—so don't go looking for it in the dictionary just yet. 💀
🏁 The Ending 🏁
This wasn’t just a love story. This was an obsession, a marriage forged in blood, vows whispered between gunshots, and a love so violent it makes forever feel too short. 🤵🏼♂️🤵🏻♂️🖤🩸
Elijah gave Silas a diamond ring for the world and a piece of Ezra’s skull for his heart. If that’s not the most fucked-up, perfect love you’ve ever read, what the hell is? 💍☠️
💭 Final Thoughts 💭
This book started it all for me—my first April Jade read. It made me fall in love with her worlds. Reading it again to close the Dangerous Daddies series? Full-circle moment. And yes, I cried like a baby. 😭
Special shoutout to Ben and Toby because holy hell, seeing Ben from other POVs? Terrifying. Ruthless. Absolutely feral for Toby only—and that contrast made me love him even more. 💘
🏆 Special Awards for the MCs in the Series 🏆
🥇 Ben — The Almighty King Daddy. 👑
He is simply the blueprint for Daddy energy. Ben does. not. give. a. single. fuck. about anyone else on this planet except Toby. The rest of the world could burn to ash, and he wouldn’t even blink—as long as Toby’s safe, healthy, happy, and in his arms. Toby? That angel saw the ruthless, cold-hearted monster everyone feared and said, “Yeah, I’ll love that one.” And he did—completely, fiercely, without hesitation. 🥹💞
🥇 Silas — The Most Unhinged Obsessed Boy. ☠️
No one in these three books holds a candle to Silas when it comes to obsession. He’s the king of unhealthy love, the poster boy for zero boundaries and nonexistent social norms. And the most beautiful part? Elijah didn’t just tolerate it—he fucking adored it. He embraced every unhinged, jagged piece of Silas and said, “Mine.” 😫❤️🔥
How am I doing after finishing this series? 🤔
I need a goddamn SUPPORT GROUP because I am DONE. Cooked. Wrecked. My soul is bleeding love and bullet holes. 🫠🫠🫠
📝 TLDR 📝
🖤 A love story carved in bone, baptized in blood, and sealed with a vow whispered through gunfire.
🖤 Not romance. OBSESSION.
🖤 Not devotion. WORSHIP.
🖤 A Daddy who would burn the world for his boy.
🖤 A boy who would kill God just to keep Daddy breathing.
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“There are only two things I care about. You and us. Nothing else even comes close. You are as necessary as air, inhabiting me in a way you likely don’t even notice, and eighty years from now, when our hearts stop beating and we leave this life, I promise you, Silas, I’ll find you in the next one.” –Elijah
♾️ Forever wasn’t long enough for them—and now forever isn’t enough for me. 😭😭
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Quotes:
“We’re going into this with extreme caution and vigilance. If it’s just me they’re after, fine, but I don’t want Toby caught in the middle. If something happens to my husband, everybody dies. Do I make myself clear?” -Ben
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“Silas?”
“Uhm, sorry. Can you say that again?”
“I was asking about that processor? Would you like me to get it for you?”
“No, uhm. That processor is the size of a compact car. It can’t be stolen.”
“I don’t fucking care if I need to drop a couple of security guards and rent a goddamn semi truck. You want that processor? I’ll get it for you.”
Do.
Not.
Swoon.
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“I think it’s rather unfair, don’t you? That you have all this knowledge of me and I know nothing of you?”
“Do you… uhm, want to know things about me?”
“Sweetheart, I want to know everything.”
-
“A heart is a muscle, Thea, it can’t break.”
“You’re right. A heart is a muscle. But even muscles can only take so much before they tear.”
-
“Tell me what’s wrong, sweetheart, and I’ll fix it.”
-
“You want to watch me kill, sweetheart?”
“Yes, please.”
His quiet desperation and sudden manners sent a punch straight to my cock. I didn’t fucking like seeing him in distress, but the idea that I could calm him with a bullet and some blood?
Fuck. Me.
-
“Silas, where is your hand right now?”
“My, uhm.”
“Tell me, baby, was it the kill that made your cock throb or was it just me?”
“Not the kill. That’s not… They don’t excite me. I mean… They excite me but not… not sexually. I don’t… I’m not…”
“It’s alright, sweetheart, you don’t have to explain yourself right now.”
Ohthankgod.
“Your cock is hard for me, and that’s all I fucking care about.”
-
He belonged to me now, and the only thing I cared about was making sure he fucking knew it—that everybody knew it.
-
“I’m going to kiss you and lick you and claim you so thoroughly and so roughly, the next time you question who I’m coming home to, you’ll run your fingers across the bruises I’m about to put on your lips and know that it’s you. My feral little kitten.”
-
“Your jealousy doesn’t bother me, sweetheart, it makes my cock hard. If somebody touched you, I’d saw their fucking fingers off and gift them to you as a reminder.”
-
“You want to bleed, baby, you can bleed but you do it with my permission and my supervision. You don’t fucking scar yourself during a fit of rage. Clear?”
I nodded.
“Say, ‘yes, Daddy’.”
“Yes, Daddy.”
“Good boy.”
-
“You’re mad cause I hurt myself?”
“You will not, under any fucking circumstances, damage yourself like this again. Do you understand me?”
-
“Make a mess, Kitten. Come all over Daddy’s hand, and I’ll let you lick it off.”
-
“It’s me and you now, Kitten.”
“Promise?”
“Promise.”
-
“Are you mad at me, Elijah?”
Elijah?
Oh, I didn’t fucking like that.
-
“He asked you to shoot a man, Elijah. Don’t you think that’s a little extreme?”
“Not particularly. I’ve killed a man for less, Thea, and I’d do it again.”
For Silas?
I’d do anything.
-
I didn’t want him to think I was mad at him, but fucking hell, I was this close to sewing his skin to mine so I could monitor his every goddamn move.
-
”I am going to leave pieces of myself across every inch of your life, Kitten. Your mind, your heart, your skin, your home—it’s all mine now.”
-
“Where Daddy goes, I go.”
“That’s right, baby.
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“I love the way you look suckling me, Kitten. Open a little wider and take Daddy’s finger too.”
-
“Look at you, baby, all flushed and fucked out on Daddy’s fingers.”
“St.. sticky.”
“I love sticky little boys, Kitten. Are you going to make a mess for me?”
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“If you asked, I would break bone just to reach my fist inside my chest and grab what belongs to you.”
“I’d keep it safe for you. Your heart, I mean. If you ever gave it to me.”
“I’ve already given it to you, sweetheart. If I could rip the fucking thing out and put it in a jar, it’d be yours in an instant.”
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“You love me a lot?”
“More than a lot, sweetheart. I would start a fucking war for you, and if there is a soul on this earth that even dares come between us, I will rip it apart with my bare hands and give you all the pieces.”
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“If I'm ever in a place without cameras and you need to see me, you call me. If you ever see something that makes you want to scar yourself, you call me.”
-
The farther I got from Silas, the more I wanted to turn around. His absence was a harrowing, empty sensation that I felt across every inch of my body—filleting me open with slow, uneven cuts.
I wanted to fucking shoot something.
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“Don't even think about running from me, Kitten. You know I’ll catch you.”
-
“Thea said men get crazy when they have something to lose. That’s me isn’t it, Daddy? I’m your something to lose?”
Not something. Everything.
“Yes, baby.”
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“Silas is mine. He belongs to me. As far as I’m concerned, you need my permission to breathe in his fucking direction.”
-
”My loyalty to Silas does not negate my loyalty to you, but make no fucking mistake, if your threats force me to choose, I will choose him.”
-
“If you throw my Daddy in the ocean, I will ruin your life with one click of my keyboard.”
-
“Please, Mr. Thomas, don’t take my daddy away from me.”
Baby.
It was heady fucking thought—to know each beat of his heart, pulse of his blood, and pump of his lungs was inherently and irrevocably connected to mine.
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“I don’t intend to harm your boy, Kingston, and I’d rather not harm you either, but if you fuck up this assignment and Toby ends up hurt, I will remove your organs from your body and place them on Silas’ doorstep.”
“Take it easy, Kitten.”
“If even one organ shows up on my doorstep, I will burn his legacy to the ground. I’m serious, Daddy. I know exactly what to do.”
-
It wasn’t often Benjamin Thomas felt the ache of dread swell inside his bones. Fear was something he laughed at, and even now I didn’t think dying was the cause of his obvious anxiety. It was the simple, harrowing thought of leaving his husband in this world all alone.
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“Close, Daddy. Close.”
“And I haven’t even touched your cock yet. Is Daddy’s cock enough for you, baby? You don’t need to be stroked, do you? You just need something up your ass.”
-
“We sort of are married.”
“Baby, I think I would’ve remembered marrying you.”
“Af… After you told me you loved me, I sort of forged a marriage certificate for us. It wasn’t terribly difficult. I used Thea’s signature for a witness, and I stole yours from your license. You don’t have to call me your husband if you don’t want to, but technically, I am.”
My jaw fell open.
“We’re married?”
“Legally, yes.Please, don’t be mad, Daddy. I… I just really wanted to be married to you. I know I promised I’d stop doing stalker-like things without your permission, and we can get divorced if you want, but I think I’d probably throw up.”
“Silas—.”
“I love you, Daddy. I love you in the most insane, unhealthy way.”
“I love you too, Kitten. I am so unbelievably, irrevocably, and madly in love with you, sweetheart.”
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“Is there anything you want, Daddy?”
You.
Always you.
Only you.
Forever… you.
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⚠️ Detailed spoiler below ⛔️
RC and MCs:
🔫💻 MM, strict roles
🔫💻 Elijah Kingston 31yo and Silas Gray aka Midnight 23yo
🔫💻 Elijah: Ex-sniper in the army for 8 years, turned to an assassin in Benjamin Thomas' mafia chapter. He has an eidetic memory.
🔫💻 Silas: A genius hacker and anonymous member in Benjamin Thomas' mafia chapter.
🔫💻 Elijah: Top, dom, Daddy, tatted-up, blue eyes, blond shoulder-length hair usually styled in a haphazard bun at the nape of his neck or a ponytail, dimples, tanned skin
🔫💻 Silas: Bottom, sub, boy, black hair, brown eyes, black nail polish, pale skin
Genre and tropes:
🔫💻 MM dark contemporary romance
🔫💻 Mafia background
🔫💻 Daddy/boy dynamic
🔫💻 Age gap (8 years)
🔫💻 Size difference
🔫💻 Hurt/Comfort
🔫💻 Stalker to lovers
🔫💻 Cyberstalking
🔫💻 Insta-obsession (mutual fixation)
🔫💻 J/P obsessive MCs
🔫💻 Morally gray MCs
🔫💻 Caretaker, protective Daddy
🔫💻 Neurodivergent MC
🔫💻 Virgin, needy boy
🔫💻 OTT (The best kind!!!) ❤️🔥✨️
🔫💻 Mine mine mine
🔫💻 Touch him and die (literally)
🔫💻 Extreme jealousy
🔫💻 Only soft for him
🔫💻 Codependency
🔫💻 Separation anxiety
🔫💻 Silas has never been in a relationship before Elijah
🔫💻 "Who hurt you?"
🔫💻 "Tell me what's wrong sweetheart and I'll fix it"
🔫💻 Daddy's lap is the best seat
🔫💻 Elijah carries Silas around a lot
🔫💻 So much praise, Elijah is a praise-giving King 🤴🏼🫠
🔫💻 Pet names: Sweetheart, baby, kitten
Safety info:
🔫💻 Angst: Medium
🔫💻 OW/OM drama: No
🔫💻 Cheating/sharing: No
🔫💻 Third act breakup: No
🔫💻 Ending: HEA
🔫💻 Epilogue: Yes
🔫💻 POV: Dual, 1st person
🔫💻 Series structure: Interconnected standalone (Dangerous Daddies series book 3 and Ruthless Daddies series book 5)
Spice and kinks:
Daddy kink, Daddy/boy dynamics, age regression-like behaviors (Silas), blood play, praise (good boy), virtual mutual jerk-off session (Silas on page, Elijah off page only mentioned), brief virtual voyeurism/exhibitionism, handjob, cum play, marking (hickeys), suckling (nipples), spanking, finger fucking, blowjob, bareback, brief cockwarming, dirty talk
CW/TW:
Obsession, cyberstalking, graphic violence (fights, guns, blood), blood play, graphic self-harm (extreme scratching), mental illness portrayal (neurodivergence, untreated behavioral issues), graphic details of corpses, alcohol consumption, breaking and entering (off-page), child abuse by parent (MC's dad used him as an ashtray)
🌶 3/5 — The kind of “softly rail you into the mattress then hold you like my whole fucking soul depends on it” spice. ❤️🔥
Special thanks: 🤗💞
Shoutout to ✨️ Emna ✨️ for buddy reading the entire series with me. I enjoyed all 3 books, but the shared joy of reading them with you was beyond anything the books alone could give me. Thank you, my sweet sunshine! 🌞
Now let the ramblings about the book commence 🤓
This book didn’t just break me—it bled me dry, stitched me back up, and carved Elijah and Silas into my goddamn soul. Nothing—and I mean nothing—hits harder than two unhinged souls who are possessive and obsessed with each other. No crumbs, no halfway shit—just full-blown, matching madness. Gimme this dynamic always and forever. 🖤♾️
The Premise 📖
Two morally gray geniuses, both members of a mafia chapter—one’s an ex-sniper turned assassin, the other a hacker with an appetite for watching people die. Both were obsessed with one another. How much more delicious can it get? 😏
The MCs 👱🏻🧑🏻
Elijah — The lone wolf assassin with an eidetic memory who loves to headshot his target between the eyes and he never misses a shot. EVER. Cold-blooded killer? Yes. But also the most gentle, protective Daddy to Silas. 🔫
Silas — My unhinged baby boy. A neurodivergent genius hacker who can find anyone on the planet and reroute US missiles if you give him time. Traumatized by years of abuse, he’s obsessive, possessive, and just… feral in the most beautiful way. 💻
🫦 Elijah’s BDE Moments: 🫦
Quote
“His obsession with me runs parallel to how I feel for him. His fixation is matched by mine.”
🧎🏻♀️ FUCK. That isn’t just a line—that’s my entire oxygen supply. Mutual obsession? That’s the holy grail of romance. 🏆❤️🔥
Quote
“What is my name?”
“El.. Elijah?”
“Wrong answer, baby. Try again.”
“Daddy? You still want to be my daddy?”
“I will never stop being your daddy, Kitten. I’m not upset you were watching me. I’d only wished you’d told me earlier.”
🧎🏻♀️ Excuse me while I ascend. Daddy mode: ACTIVATED (cue Usher’s "Hey Daddy, Daddy's Home" playing in the background). 🎶🎵
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“Your pain is my pain. Your skin is my skin. Do not hurt my baby. Not anymore.”
🧎🏻♀️ That’s not love anymore—that’s ownership, carved into fucking bone. 🖤🦴
☠️ Silas’ Iconic Psychotic Flex: ☠️
📂 The Folder. Two years of intense cyberstalking and thousands of screenshots of Elijah? Next-level obsession kink. And then:
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“My Daddy is very chivalrous, Thea. He let me watch him kill Hugh.” –Silas
☠️ CASUAL. AS. FUCK. And Thea just taps her fork. Like… ma’am?? WHAT KIND OF FAMILY DINNER TABLE CONVERSATION IS THIS?! 😳
🪄✨️ The Triple Repetition Magic Mantra: 🪄✨️
Words like Daddy. Daddy. Daddy. or Mine. Mine. Mine. repeated in the internal monologue? I’m feral. That isn’t just emphasis—it’s craving, panic, need, desperation, and pure possession. It dragged me right into their obsessive spiral, and I never want out.
😭 The Climax and The Scene That Made Me Ugly Cry: 😭
Quotes
“Daddy!” Silas cried, choking. “Daddy, you better not be dead!”
“Baby.” Another breath left me, and I struggled to sound unaffected and calm. “I’m not dead.”
The pain made me dizzy, and I let my head roll, falling heavily against the wall behind it. “Silas, baby.” I cleared my throat. “Ezra’s dead. Do you know what to do now?”
“Yes, Daddy.”
“Good.” My eyelids were weighted, and my tongue felt heavy in my mouth as I struggled to keep speaking. “He shot me… in the thigh. I’ve lost a lot of blood, Kitten, but I’m… I’m not going to die. Not today.”
“I’m sending help, Daddy!”
I felt a smile curve up my cheeks. “I know you are, baby. I’m going to pass out soon, and I… I know you’re scared… but do me a favor, yeah?”
He was sobbing, but I latched on to the broken, beautiful sound. “Anything, Daddy.”
“Don’t hurt my baby.” I whispered…
…and then I passed out. (Elijah)
That last line—“Don’t hurt my baby.” That wasn’t a whisper; it was a goddamn vow. I’m getting that tattooed on my skin asap.
🌶 The Spice 🌶
Let me introduce you to my new favorite word: CUDDLEFUCK.
Not in the official dictionary? Don’t care. It’s staying. 😤
Cuddlefuck (noun/verb)
1. Intense sex that’s equal parts feral and tender—passion and comfort colliding so hard it wrecks you.
2. When two obsessed lovers can’t decide whether to worship or devour each other… so they do both.
Usage:
▪️“Daddy picked me up after the fight and we had the nastiest, sweetest cuddlefuck on the kitchen floor.”
Synonyms: aftercare sex, obsession-fueled fucking, feral tenderness.
P.S. Yes, the cuddlefuck definition, usage example, and synonyms were 100% my chaotic creation—so don't go looking for it in the dictionary just yet. 💀
🏁 The Ending 🏁
This wasn’t just a love story. This was an obsession, a marriage forged in blood, vows whispered between gunshots, and a love so violent it makes forever feel too short. 🤵🏼♂️🤵🏻♂️🖤🩸
Elijah gave Silas a diamond ring for the world and a piece of Ezra’s skull for his heart. If that’s not the most fucked-up, perfect love you’ve ever read, what the hell is? 💍☠️
💭 Final Thoughts 💭
This book started it all for me—my first April Jade read. It made me fall in love with her worlds. Reading it again to close the Dangerous Daddies series? Full-circle moment. And yes, I cried like a baby. 😭
Special shoutout to Ben and Toby because holy hell, seeing Ben from other POVs? Terrifying. Ruthless. Absolutely feral for Toby only—and that contrast made me love him even more. 💘
🏆 Special Awards for the MCs in the Series 🏆
🥇 Ben — The Almighty King Daddy. 👑
He is simply the blueprint for Daddy energy. Ben does. not. give. a. single. fuck. about anyone else on this planet except Toby. The rest of the world could burn to ash, and he wouldn’t even blink—as long as Toby’s safe, healthy, happy, and in his arms. Toby? That angel saw the ruthless, cold-hearted monster everyone feared and said, “Yeah, I’ll love that one.” And he did—completely, fiercely, without hesitation. 🥹💞
🥇 Silas — The Most Unhinged Obsessed Boy. ☠️
No one in these three books holds a candle to Silas when it comes to obsession. He’s the king of unhealthy love, the poster boy for zero boundaries and nonexistent social norms. And the most beautiful part? Elijah didn’t just tolerate it—he fucking adored it. He embraced every unhinged, jagged piece of Silas and said, “Mine.” 😫❤️🔥
How am I doing after finishing this series? 🤔
I need a goddamn SUPPORT GROUP because I am DONE. Cooked. Wrecked. My soul is bleeding love and bullet holes. 🫠🫠🫠
📝 TLDR 📝
🖤 A love story carved in bone, baptized in blood, and sealed with a vow whispered through gunfire.
🖤 Not romance. OBSESSION.
🖤 Not devotion. WORSHIP.
🖤 A Daddy who would burn the world for his boy.
🖤 A boy who would kill God just to keep Daddy breathing.
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“There are only two things I care about. You and us. Nothing else even comes close. You are as necessary as air, inhabiting me in a way you likely don’t even notice, and eighty years from now, when our hearts stop beating and we leave this life, I promise you, Silas, I’ll find you in the next one.” –Elijah
♾️ Forever wasn’t long enough for them—and now forever isn’t enough for me. 😭😭
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Quotes:
“We’re going into this with extreme caution and vigilance. If it’s just me they’re after, fine, but I don’t want Toby caught in the middle. If something happens to my husband, everybody dies. Do I make myself clear?” -Ben
-
“Silas?”
“Uhm, sorry. Can you say that again?”
“I was asking about that processor? Would you like me to get it for you?”
“No, uhm. That processor is the size of a compact car. It can’t be stolen.”
“I don’t fucking care if I need to drop a couple of security guards and rent a goddamn semi truck. You want that processor? I’ll get it for you.”
Do.
Not.
Swoon.
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“I think it’s rather unfair, don’t you? That you have all this knowledge of me and I know nothing of you?”
“Do you… uhm, want to know things about me?”
“Sweetheart, I want to know everything.”
-
“A heart is a muscle, Thea, it can’t break.”
“You’re right. A heart is a muscle. But even muscles can only take so much before they tear.”
-
“Tell me what’s wrong, sweetheart, and I’ll fix it.”
-
“You want to watch me kill, sweetheart?”
“Yes, please.”
His quiet desperation and sudden manners sent a punch straight to my cock. I didn’t fucking like seeing him in distress, but the idea that I could calm him with a bullet and some blood?
Fuck. Me.
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“Silas, where is your hand right now?”
“My, uhm.”
“Tell me, baby, was it the kill that made your cock throb or was it just me?”
“Not the kill. That’s not… They don’t excite me. I mean… They excite me but not… not sexually. I don’t… I’m not…”
“It’s alright, sweetheart, you don’t have to explain yourself right now.”
Ohthankgod.
“Your cock is hard for me, and that’s all I fucking care about.”
-
He belonged to me now, and the only thing I cared about was making sure he fucking knew it—that everybody knew it.
-
“I’m going to kiss you and lick you and claim you so thoroughly and so roughly, the next time you question who I’m coming home to, you’ll run your fingers across the bruises I’m about to put on your lips and know that it’s you. My feral little kitten.”
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“Your jealousy doesn’t bother me, sweetheart, it makes my cock hard. If somebody touched you, I’d saw their fucking fingers off and gift them to you as a reminder.”
-
“You want to bleed, baby, you can bleed but you do it with my permission and my supervision. You don’t fucking scar yourself during a fit of rage. Clear?”
I nodded.
“Say, ‘yes, Daddy’.”
“Yes, Daddy.”
“Good boy.”
-
“You’re mad cause I hurt myself?”
“You will not, under any fucking circumstances, damage yourself like this again. Do you understand me?”
-
“Make a mess, Kitten. Come all over Daddy’s hand, and I’ll let you lick it off.”
-
“It’s me and you now, Kitten.”
“Promise?”
“Promise.”
-
“Are you mad at me, Elijah?”
Elijah?
Oh, I didn’t fucking like that.
-
“He asked you to shoot a man, Elijah. Don’t you think that’s a little extreme?”
“Not particularly. I’ve killed a man for less, Thea, and I’d do it again.”
For Silas?
I’d do anything.
-
I didn’t want him to think I was mad at him, but fucking hell, I was this close to sewing his skin to mine so I could monitor his every goddamn move.
-
”I am going to leave pieces of myself across every inch of your life, Kitten. Your mind, your heart, your skin, your home—it’s all mine now.”
-
“Where Daddy goes, I go.”
“That’s right, baby.
-
“I love the way you look suckling me, Kitten. Open a little wider and take Daddy’s finger too.”
-
“Look at you, baby, all flushed and fucked out on Daddy’s fingers.”
“St.. sticky.”
“I love sticky little boys, Kitten. Are you going to make a mess for me?”
-
“If you asked, I would break bone just to reach my fist inside my chest and grab what belongs to you.”
“I’d keep it safe for you. Your heart, I mean. If you ever gave it to me.”
“I’ve already given it to you, sweetheart. If I could rip the fucking thing out and put it in a jar, it’d be yours in an instant.”
-
“You love me a lot?”
“More than a lot, sweetheart. I would start a fucking war for you, and if there is a soul on this earth that even dares come between us, I will rip it apart with my bare hands and give you all the pieces.”
-
“If I'm ever in a place without cameras and you need to see me, you call me. If you ever see something that makes you want to scar yourself, you call me.”
-
The farther I got from Silas, the more I wanted to turn around. His absence was a harrowing, empty sensation that I felt across every inch of my body—filleting me open with slow, uneven cuts.
I wanted to fucking shoot something.
-
“Don't even think about running from me, Kitten. You know I’ll catch you.”
-
“Thea said men get crazy when they have something to lose. That’s me isn’t it, Daddy? I’m your something to lose?”
Not something. Everything.
“Yes, baby.”
-
“Silas is mine. He belongs to me. As far as I’m concerned, you need my permission to breathe in his fucking direction.”
-
”My loyalty to Silas does not negate my loyalty to you, but make no fucking mistake, if your threats force me to choose, I will choose him.”
-
“If you throw my Daddy in the ocean, I will ruin your life with one click of my keyboard.”
-
“Please, Mr. Thomas, don’t take my daddy away from me.”
Baby.
It was heady fucking thought—to know each beat of his heart, pulse of his blood, and pump of his lungs was inherently and irrevocably connected to mine.
-
“I don’t intend to harm your boy, Kingston, and I’d rather not harm you either, but if you fuck up this assignment and Toby ends up hurt, I will remove your organs from your body and place them on Silas’ doorstep.”
“Take it easy, Kitten.”
“If even one organ shows up on my doorstep, I will burn his legacy to the ground. I’m serious, Daddy. I know exactly what to do.”
-
It wasn’t often Benjamin Thomas felt the ache of dread swell inside his bones. Fear was something he laughed at, and even now I didn’t think dying was the cause of his obvious anxiety. It was the simple, harrowing thought of leaving his husband in this world all alone.
-
“Close, Daddy. Close.”
“And I haven’t even touched your cock yet. Is Daddy’s cock enough for you, baby? You don’t need to be stroked, do you? You just need something up your ass.”
-
“We sort of are married.”
“Baby, I think I would’ve remembered marrying you.”
“Af… After you told me you loved me, I sort of forged a marriage certificate for us. It wasn’t terribly difficult. I used Thea’s signature for a witness, and I stole yours from your license. You don’t have to call me your husband if you don’t want to, but technically, I am.”
My jaw fell open.
“We’re married?”
“Legally, yes.Please, don’t be mad, Daddy. I… I just really wanted to be married to you. I know I promised I’d stop doing stalker-like things without your permission, and we can get divorced if you want, but I think I’d probably throw up.”
“Silas—.”
“I love you, Daddy. I love you in the most insane, unhealthy way.”
“I love you too, Kitten. I am so unbelievably, irrevocably, and madly in love with you, sweetheart.”
-
“Is there anything you want, Daddy?”
You.
Always you.
Only you.
Forever… you.
-
⚠️ Detailed spoiler below ⛔️
RC and MCs:
🔫💻 MM, strict roles
🔫💻 Elijah Kingston 31yo and Silas Gray aka Midnight 23yo
🔫💻 Elijah: Ex-sniper in the army for 8 years, turned to an assassin in Benjamin Thomas' mafia chapter. He has an eidetic memory.
🔫💻 Silas: A genius hacker and anonymous member in Benjamin Thomas' mafia chapter.
🔫💻 Elijah: Top, dom, Daddy, tatted-up, blue eyes, blond shoulder-length hair usually styled in a haphazard bun at the nape of his neck or a ponytail, dimples, tanned skin
🔫💻 Silas: Bottom, sub, boy, black hair, brown eyes, black nail polish, pale skin
Genre and tropes:
🔫💻 MM dark contemporary romance
🔫💻 Mafia background
🔫💻 Daddy/boy dynamic
🔫💻 Age gap (8 years)
🔫💻 Size difference
🔫💻 Hurt/Comfort
🔫💻 Stalker to lovers
🔫💻 Cyberstalking
🔫💻 Insta-obsession (mutual fixation)
🔫💻 J/P obsessive MCs
🔫💻 Morally gray MCs
🔫💻 Caretaker, protective Daddy
🔫💻 Neurodivergent MC
🔫💻 Virgin, needy boy
🔫💻 OTT (The best kind!!!) ❤️🔥✨️
🔫💻 Mine mine mine
🔫💻 Touch him and die (literally)
🔫💻 Extreme jealousy
🔫💻 Only soft for him
🔫💻 Codependency
🔫💻 Separation anxiety
🔫💻 Silas has never been in a relationship before Elijah
🔫💻 "Who hurt you?"
🔫💻 "Tell me what's wrong sweetheart and I'll fix it"
🔫💻 Daddy's lap is the best seat
🔫💻 Elijah carries Silas around a lot
🔫💻 So much praise, Elijah is a praise-giving King 🤴🏼🫠
🔫💻 Pet names: Sweetheart, baby, kitten
Safety info:
🔫💻 Angst: Medium
🔫💻 OW/OM drama: No
🔫💻 Cheating/sharing: No
🔫💻 Third act breakup: No
🔫💻 Ending: HEA
🔫💻 Epilogue: Yes
🔫💻 POV: Dual, 1st person
🔫💻 Series structure: Interconnected standalone (Dangerous Daddies series book 3 and Ruthless Daddies series book 5)
Spice and kinks:
Daddy kink, Daddy/boy dynamics, age regression-like behaviors (Silas), blood play, praise (good boy), virtual mutual jerk-off session (Silas on page, Elijah off page only mentioned), brief virtual voyeurism/exhibitionism, handjob, cum play, marking (hickeys), suckling (nipples), spanking, finger fucking, blowjob, bareback, brief cockwarming, dirty talk
CW/TW:
Obsession, cyberstalking, graphic violence (fights, guns, blood), blood play, graphic self-harm (extreme scratching), mental illness portrayal (neurodivergence, untreated behavioral issues), graphic details of corpses, alcohol consumption, breaking and entering (off-page), child abuse by parent (MC's dad used him as an ashtray)
February 11, 2023
violent and bloody, insane and unhealthy 🥰🥰🥰
The story is a bit on the insta love side and the plot is really fast paced. But that works good, I had the feeling I was able to easily empathize with the characters, even if they come across as a bit gruff at first.
Silas is absolutely unhinged and in need of a Daddy who can control him.
His cockiness was a direct contrast to his shyness. Much like his delicate features and innocent brown eyes were a contrast to the fact that he loved to watch people be murdered. 👀
How did I explain that he was mine? That I was his? That I wanted to sew my skin to his skin and live against his chest? 👀
Elijah is a cold-blooded killer but softens as soon as he is near Silas but he stays firm as well.
They are made for each other. Absolutely perfect.
“You want to bleed, baby, you can bleed but you do it with my permission and my supervision. You don’t fucking scar yourself during a fit of rage. Clear?”
I nodded.
“Say, ‘yes, Daddy’.”
“Yes, Daddy.”
“Good boy.“ 🤩
And thereafter, for me, the book could do no wrong ... except maybe be longer and show more such possessive and filthy moments. I was a bit sad when the book ended.
The story is a bit on the insta love side and the plot is really fast paced. But that works good, I had the feeling I was able to easily empathize with the characters, even if they come across as a bit gruff at first.
Silas is absolutely unhinged and in need of a Daddy who can control him.
His cockiness was a direct contrast to his shyness. Much like his delicate features and innocent brown eyes were a contrast to the fact that he loved to watch people be murdered. 👀
How did I explain that he was mine? That I was his? That I wanted to sew my skin to his skin and live against his chest? 👀
Elijah is a cold-blooded killer but softens as soon as he is near Silas but he stays firm as well.
They are made for each other. Absolutely perfect.
“You want to bleed, baby, you can bleed but you do it with my permission and my supervision. You don’t fucking scar yourself during a fit of rage. Clear?”
I nodded.
“Say, ‘yes, Daddy’.”
“Yes, Daddy.”
“Good boy.“ 🤩
And thereafter, for me, the book could do no wrong ... except maybe be longer and show more such possessive and filthy moments. I was a bit sad when the book ended.
September 10, 2025
4.25**** stars
Very cute, very OTT silly, I ate it up.
🫠
*************
Dangerous Daddies Series
Book 1 - Mad Love - 4.25 stars
Book 2 - Wild Heart - 3.5 stars
Book 3 - Midnight - 4.25 stars
Book 4 - Bad Reputation - release 05/26
⇢ previously part of the multi-author series “Ruthless Daddies”
⇢ Sequel Series: The Forgotten
Very cute, very OTT silly, I ate it up.
I knew with every fiber that danced along my spine that he belonged to me…
… he just didn’t know it yet.“I’m sending help, Daddy!”
I felt a smile curve up my cheeks. “I know you are, baby. I’m going to pass out soon, and I… I know you’re scared… but do me a favor, yeah?” He was sobbing, but I latched on to the broken, beautiful sound.
“Anything, Daddy.”
“Don’t hurt my baby.” I whispered…
…and then I passed out.
🫠
*************
Dangerous Daddies Series
Book 1 - Mad Love - 4.25 stars
Book 2 - Wild Heart - 3.5 stars
Book 3 - Midnight - 4.25 stars
Book 4 - Bad Reputation - release 05/26
⇢ previously part of the multi-author series “Ruthless Daddies”
⇢ Sequel Series: The Forgotten
January 10, 2025
Updated review after fourth read.
It’s amazing how much what we like to read and what we notice changes with time, and not even a lot of time. I still enjoyed this book, but the fact that Silas 1) reads like a Little (age regression) when there isn’t any age play, and 2) would likely have been locked up for his own and others’ safety if any responsible medical professional knew anything about him ended up making me feel a bit icked out this time around. Just a smidge. Also note to the author (but not really, please don’t read this), writhe and wither are not the same thing. At least I hope you didn’t mean the poor thing was withering on the couch from horniness.
OG review below from when I loved it more than words.
_________________________________
«He was a paradox, and I knew with every fiber that danced along my spine that he belonged to me… … he just didn’t know it yet.»
«“Thea said so. She said if I tell people what I’m thinking, then they might take me away. She doesn’t want me to go away, so she gave me a book. It’s supposed to teach me how to fake my way through life but it just feels wrong.”»
Gosh, I still really like this book. It’s the third time I’ve read it. I think April Jade just has a direct line to my book-heart. She just hits all of my favorite tropes and character types. Yeah, it’s all a little OTT and the guys are unhinged, but fudge, I live for that shit. Romantic suspense is all the sustenance I need, lol.
«“How about Daddy brings you back a present?” I froze. “Like what?” “A finger? An ear? A vial of blood?” I sat a little taller, and the urge to tear apart my skin weakened. “I want the skull.” Daddy blinked, and his fingers paused in their perusal of my lips.»
Silas is… Well, he’s never diagnosed in the book, but if it wasn’t for his sister helping him channel the crazy, he would definitely be locked up in some capacity, lmao. Luckily he found his Daddy Elijah who appreciates him and can match him on the unhingedness-scale on a good day.
«“Ben called you an asset—a genius, actually.” His chest lifted, and I noted the smile that spread across his face. “I’m the fucking best.” His cockiness was a direct contrast to his shyness. Much like his delicate features and innocent brown eyes were a contrast to the fact that he loved to watch people be murdered.»
There’s just something about morally grey (more like black), men who are absolutely obsessed with each other, that does it for me. Silas has been and basically keeps on stalking Elijah, and Elijah loves it. He’s clingy, possessive, murderously jealous if someone even tries touching his man, and quite literally loses his shit on the regular if he can’t keep tabs on his Daddy. I adore him greatly.
«“I… I can’t help it.” I know. The abuse was a coping mechanism for all the distress he suffered over not understanding the world the same way most humans did. “My scars itch more when I’m upset, and I like to bleed, so I thought I should just bleed there. That makes sense, doesn’t it?” “No, Silas, it doesn’t.”»
I don’t really have any triggers when it comes to traumatic shit and violence, so I might not be the best at judging it, but even though it has some dark subjects and a few triggers, it doesn’t feel heavy or dark at all, really.
«Audacity made people stupid, and that man had too much of it.»
«Arms outstretched, Silas’ hands opened and closed. He made a desperate sound. “Hugs.”»
Sorry, lol. I have so many freaking good quotes highlighted.
⬇️ Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️
⚠️ Tropes & content tags ⚠️
Possessive and protective
Neurodivergent MC
Mental illness rep
Hacker x assassin
Size difference
Daddy kink
Stalking
Mafia assassin
Virgin MC
‘mine’
Blood play
Jealousy
Needy M
Suckling (nipples)
⚠️ Content warning ⚠️
MC cyber-stalking other MC
Daddy kink
Gun violence
Graphic self harm (scratching, on page)
Graphic violence
Explicit sexual content
MC abused by parent as a child (used as ashtray)
Graphic details of corpses
Blood play
On-page killing of bad guys (including sibling)
Alcohol consumption
MC shoving other MC
Spanking
Mentions of child trafficking (past)
⚠️Book safety ⚠️
Cheating: No
Other person drama: No
Breakup: No
POV: 1st person, dual
Genre: Dark ish romance
Pairing: M/M
Strict roles or versatile: Strict roles
Main characters’ age: 31 and not specified
Series: Interconnected standalone
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Pages: 220
Happy ending: Yes
You can find most of my reviews on Instagram as well: https://www.instagram.com/booksafety?...
It’s amazing how much what we like to read and what we notice changes with time, and not even a lot of time. I still enjoyed this book, but the fact that Silas 1) reads like a Little (age regression) when there isn’t any age play, and 2) would likely have been locked up for his own and others’ safety if any responsible medical professional knew anything about him ended up making me feel a bit icked out this time around. Just a smidge. Also note to the author (but not really, please don’t read this), writhe and wither are not the same thing. At least I hope you didn’t mean the poor thing was withering on the couch from horniness.
OG review below from when I loved it more than words.
_________________________________
«He was a paradox, and I knew with every fiber that danced along my spine that he belonged to me… … he just didn’t know it yet.»
«“Thea said so. She said if I tell people what I’m thinking, then they might take me away. She doesn’t want me to go away, so she gave me a book. It’s supposed to teach me how to fake my way through life but it just feels wrong.”»
Gosh, I still really like this book. It’s the third time I’ve read it. I think April Jade just has a direct line to my book-heart. She just hits all of my favorite tropes and character types. Yeah, it’s all a little OTT and the guys are unhinged, but fudge, I live for that shit. Romantic suspense is all the sustenance I need, lol.
«“How about Daddy brings you back a present?” I froze. “Like what?” “A finger? An ear? A vial of blood?” I sat a little taller, and the urge to tear apart my skin weakened. “I want the skull.” Daddy blinked, and his fingers paused in their perusal of my lips.»
Silas is… Well, he’s never diagnosed in the book, but if it wasn’t for his sister helping him channel the crazy, he would definitely be locked up in some capacity, lmao. Luckily he found his Daddy Elijah who appreciates him and can match him on the unhingedness-scale on a good day.
«“Ben called you an asset—a genius, actually.” His chest lifted, and I noted the smile that spread across his face. “I’m the fucking best.” His cockiness was a direct contrast to his shyness. Much like his delicate features and innocent brown eyes were a contrast to the fact that he loved to watch people be murdered.»
There’s just something about morally grey (more like black), men who are absolutely obsessed with each other, that does it for me. Silas has been and basically keeps on stalking Elijah, and Elijah loves it. He’s clingy, possessive, murderously jealous if someone even tries touching his man, and quite literally loses his shit on the regular if he can’t keep tabs on his Daddy. I adore him greatly.
«“I… I can’t help it.” I know. The abuse was a coping mechanism for all the distress he suffered over not understanding the world the same way most humans did. “My scars itch more when I’m upset, and I like to bleed, so I thought I should just bleed there. That makes sense, doesn’t it?” “No, Silas, it doesn’t.”»
I don’t really have any triggers when it comes to traumatic shit and violence, so I might not be the best at judging it, but even though it has some dark subjects and a few triggers, it doesn’t feel heavy or dark at all, really.
«Audacity made people stupid, and that man had too much of it.»
«Arms outstretched, Silas’ hands opened and closed. He made a desperate sound. “Hugs.”»
Sorry, lol. I have so many freaking good quotes highlighted.
⬇️ Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️
⚠️ Tropes & content tags ⚠️
Possessive and protective
Neurodivergent MC
Mental illness rep
Hacker x assassin
Size difference
Daddy kink
Stalking
Mafia assassin
Virgin MC
‘mine’
Blood play
Jealousy
Needy M
Suckling (nipples)
⚠️ Content warning ⚠️
MC cyber-stalking other MC
Daddy kink
Gun violence
Graphic self harm (scratching, on page)
Graphic violence
Explicit sexual content
MC abused by parent as a child (used as ashtray)
Graphic details of corpses
Blood play
On-page killing of bad guys (including sibling)
Alcohol consumption
MC shoving other MC
Spanking
Mentions of child trafficking (past)
⚠️Book safety ⚠️
Cheating: No
Other person drama: No
Breakup: No
POV: 1st person, dual
Genre: Dark ish romance
Pairing: M/M
Strict roles or versatile: Strict roles
Main characters’ age: 31 and not specified
Series: Interconnected standalone
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Pages: 220
Happy ending: Yes
You can find most of my reviews on Instagram as well: https://www.instagram.com/booksafety?...
January 23, 2023
“You want to watch me kill, sweetheart?” “Yes, please.” His quiet desperation and sudden manners sent a punch straight to my cock. I didn’t fucking like seeing him in distress, but the idea that I could calm him with a bullet and some blood? Fuck. Me.
They are made for each other.
I like this better than I’ve expected. It was a weird guilty pleasure I would say. Not as dark as what I have read before but hell, if I enjoy then it’s good. This was overall toxic, dark, violent, kinky, and surprisingly, sweet altogether. And did I mention toxic?
I love characters that are smart but has peculiar personalities. In this case, Silas. His character is interesting to read, especially the way he thinks. Mostly, what kept me going. Even though he thinks himself as a fucked up, I liked him for it. He did appear a little child-like, but there’s something about his past or mental illness (I’m just guessin’) so I’m not judging him for it. It would’ve been better if he was a little. LOL👀👀
I think the insta love was done pretty well. I’m a little stingy with insta, but this was told with great depth that I love seeing they were already head over heels of each other after they met. I love how it had mafia elements, but manage to portray insta love that well. I didn’t think it would have worked. And surprisingly, it also had quite low angst for a mafia book. I liked that it wasn’t predictable and all.
I did enjoy most part of this book, however, this book had some lacking of depth. I understand the focus on the MCs and the obsession and possessiveness, but the connection to the side characters seem a little bland. But seeing mafia themes in books is really not my thing, especially with mafia politics, this worked really well for me. I liked it. It was all well done.
“How about Daddy brings you back a present?” I froze. “Like what?” “A finger? An ear? A vial of blood?”
September 24, 2023
This book can take my 4.25⭐ and keep it. What a difference compared to Mad Love and Wild Heart!
The writing more stable, cleancut and everything I wish Mad Love would've been.
This book should be read after Mad Love, in my opinion, it's also #5 in the Ruthless Daddies series .
🔵 Mafia romance
🟢 Age gap - 20 years
🟡 Daddy/boy dynamic
🟠 Intense pining
🟣 Younger MMC is neurodivergent
🔴 Stalking, obsessing, very possessive younger MMC
🌶️ Spice very good, but not prevalent; t/b
❗ Self harming
The daddy trope is growing on me , I can tell you that much. Reading Mad Love and completely liking Toby, the boy in that book, he broke me in. I am broken in.😄
This book is just the cherry on top of my developing (I'm sure) longterm love and attachment to the Daddy/boy trope.
If there ever was a boy that fit the role in this trope, it's Silas, aka Midnight. Wow, just an amazing, amazing character. He's around 20 years old, neurodivergent - which is not mentioned enough, a hacker; he's a different cookie, like a really, completely different kinda guy. A loner, having only his sister to guide him through the hacks of making it through life, he lives in his abandoned buidling on the top floor, having absolutely no contact to anyone outside of his fort and working for Ben, the mob boss from Mad Love.
This was my Silas.
Silas is literally obsessed with Elijah, Ben's top hitman. Elijah is around 40 years old, ex-military and knows about Midnight, but has never met him. When they have to work together to find Ben's potential killer, they meet and Elijah rocks Silas' world in a way he can't even imagine. He's Silas' secret Daddy, but he doesn't even know it.
"He was a paradox, and I knew with every fiber that danced along my spine that he belonged to me... he just didn't know it yet." 😄
This was my Elijah, aka Daddy.
Since they first met, Silas and Elijah have intense, palpable chemistry and what did it for me was exactly Silas. Silas and his crazy stalkerish pining that was so damn sweet. He's this innocent, oblivious little genius that finally meets his Daddy in person and I felt for him so much, I wanted him to get that amazing love story, I thought finally! Finally Silas is getting his own Person to take care of him and cherish him like the precious sweetheart he is.
I'd known he was coming, I had six hours and a Xanax to prepare, and still each breath felt like a fight. Daddy was here. In. My. House. 😄
He called me sweetheart. Twice.
How did I explain he was mine? That I was his? That I wanted to sew my skin to his skin and live against his chest?
We were going to be invincible together - I just knew it.
Silas has my heart. ❤️
I very much liked how Elijah just went for it. He completely accepted Silas and his uniqueness, him stalking Elijah and having a special folder worth of a few years of material on Elijah's whereabouts. 😄 He knew them falling apart was not going to be an option and he was instantly committed to Silas. He took care of him emotionally on such a gentle level that Elijah is definitely the Daddy I've liked best so far from this author.
My kitten had been on my mind all damn night. No. He'd been on my mind since the moment I fucking met him.
The very moment out eyes met, I knew I'd never be the same. Something inside of me shifted and I didn't recognize it then, but now I know that shift was just him - filling all the cracks inside my soul.
Two years he'd been watching me - two fucking years my baby sat in that chair, longing for his Daddy.
🌶️ The spicy spice. Well, I love the spice. It was really good and considering the mental and emotional state Silas was in, I get they didn't rush it, but Elijah did live with Silas, they were sleeping together, waking up together, cuddling, so I honestly wanted more to be said about that.
When they finally get down to it, it's really good and I was hoping there'd be more. They had such a good dynamic that it was really a shame there wasn't more sex involved, Silas was hungry for it and well, I was too. 😄
"You know how much I love sticky little boys, Kitten."
"I'm sticky, Daddy. So, so sticky."
Yeah, read more about it in the book, as I said, it's really good, so damn, I wanted more!
🔵 The plot is more developed than in the other 2 books I've read so far, but still not where it should be, I think we could definitely know more about Elijah and his past. His brother and mother seemed like interesting characters and for a moment there I thought we were going to get Ezra's book too.
What I honestly didn't like - and this has been ongoing in Mad Love and Wild Heart - is the way the author jumps through timelines . One chapter ends and you don't really know where the MMCs stand and then another begins and it looks like days or even weeks have passed.
That does change in this book though, about halfway through, the storyline finally continues fluidly, so I was happy with that.
I can't rate this book more, precisely because of these two /for me important/ points, but I do recommend this book, very much.
I will be reading the #Ruthless Daddies series though, now I'm on a Daddy roll, so I wanna see what other books are about.
The writing more stable, cleancut and everything I wish Mad Love would've been.
This book should be read after Mad Love, in my opinion, it's also #5 in the Ruthless Daddies series .
🔵 Mafia romance
🟢 Age gap - 20 years
🟡 Daddy/boy dynamic
🟠 Intense pining
🟣 Younger MMC is neurodivergent
🔴 Stalking, obsessing, very possessive younger MMC
🌶️ Spice very good, but not prevalent; t/b
❗ Self harming
The daddy trope is growing on me , I can tell you that much. Reading Mad Love and completely liking Toby, the boy in that book, he broke me in. I am broken in.😄
This book is just the cherry on top of my developing (I'm sure) longterm love and attachment to the Daddy/boy trope.
If there ever was a boy that fit the role in this trope, it's Silas, aka Midnight. Wow, just an amazing, amazing character. He's around 20 years old, neurodivergent - which is not mentioned enough, a hacker; he's a different cookie, like a really, completely different kinda guy. A loner, having only his sister to guide him through the hacks of making it through life, he lives in his abandoned buidling on the top floor, having absolutely no contact to anyone outside of his fort and working for Ben, the mob boss from Mad Love.
This was my Silas.
Silas is literally obsessed with Elijah, Ben's top hitman. Elijah is around 40 years old, ex-military and knows about Midnight, but has never met him. When they have to work together to find Ben's potential killer, they meet and Elijah rocks Silas' world in a way he can't even imagine. He's Silas' secret Daddy, but he doesn't even know it.
"He was a paradox, and I knew with every fiber that danced along my spine that he belonged to me... he just didn't know it yet." 😄
This was my Elijah, aka Daddy.
Since they first met, Silas and Elijah have intense, palpable chemistry and what did it for me was exactly Silas. Silas and his crazy stalkerish pining that was so damn sweet. He's this innocent, oblivious little genius that finally meets his Daddy in person and I felt for him so much, I wanted him to get that amazing love story, I thought finally! Finally Silas is getting his own Person to take care of him and cherish him like the precious sweetheart he is.
I'd known he was coming, I had six hours and a Xanax to prepare, and still each breath felt like a fight. Daddy was here. In. My. House. 😄
He called me sweetheart. Twice.
How did I explain he was mine? That I was his? That I wanted to sew my skin to his skin and live against his chest?
We were going to be invincible together - I just knew it.
Silas has my heart. ❤️
I very much liked how Elijah just went for it. He completely accepted Silas and his uniqueness, him stalking Elijah and having a special folder worth of a few years of material on Elijah's whereabouts. 😄 He knew them falling apart was not going to be an option and he was instantly committed to Silas. He took care of him emotionally on such a gentle level that Elijah is definitely the Daddy I've liked best so far from this author.
My kitten had been on my mind all damn night. No. He'd been on my mind since the moment I fucking met him.
The very moment out eyes met, I knew I'd never be the same. Something inside of me shifted and I didn't recognize it then, but now I know that shift was just him - filling all the cracks inside my soul.
Two years he'd been watching me - two fucking years my baby sat in that chair, longing for his Daddy.
🌶️ The spicy spice. Well, I love the spice. It was really good and considering the mental and emotional state Silas was in, I get they didn't rush it, but Elijah did live with Silas, they were sleeping together, waking up together, cuddling, so I honestly wanted more to be said about that.
When they finally get down to it, it's really good and I was hoping there'd be more. They had such a good dynamic that it was really a shame there wasn't more sex involved, Silas was hungry for it and well, I was too. 😄
"You know how much I love sticky little boys, Kitten."
"I'm sticky, Daddy. So, so sticky."
Yeah, read more about it in the book, as I said, it's really good, so damn, I wanted more!
🔵 The plot is more developed than in the other 2 books I've read so far, but still not where it should be, I think we could definitely know more about Elijah and his past. His brother and mother seemed like interesting characters and for a moment there I thought we were going to get Ezra's book too.
What I honestly didn't like - and this has been ongoing in Mad Love and Wild Heart - is the way the author jumps through timelines . One chapter ends and you don't really know where the MMCs stand and then another begins and it looks like days or even weeks have passed.
That does change in this book though, about halfway through, the storyline finally continues fluidly, so I was happy with that.
I can't rate this book more, precisely because of these two /for me important/ points, but I do recommend this book, very much.
I will be reading the #Ruthless Daddies series though, now I'm on a Daddy roll, so I wanna see what other books are about.
August 6, 2022
perfection.
we all know by now that mafia daddy is my weakness, but damn this delivered.
ott, possessive, crazy, stalkerish, crazy again because i feel like it should be said twice and most importantly, amazing.
this is the best i can do right now because my brain isn’t braining and i just think that i want to read this again.
we all know by now that mafia daddy is my weakness, but damn this delivered.
ott, possessive, crazy, stalkerish, crazy again because i feel like it should be said twice and most importantly, amazing.
this is the best i can do right now because my brain isn’t braining and i just think that i want to read this again.
April 25, 2023
Re-read April 2023
4.25 stars
It has daddy kink, it was obsessive, cute, and sweet. I loved it.
4.25 stars
It has daddy kink, it was obsessive, cute, and sweet. I loved it.
August 20, 2025
Rating: 5
⭐️
Midnight was clearly something else. I’ve not read something this unhinged and buzzy in a while.
I’d like to preface this by saying I never thought I would be interested in the Daddy/Boy trope in a mafia setting, but here I am. There’s something about April Jade’s writing that made me addicted to this universe. She wrote devoted couples very well. I already loved Mad Love very much, so I was very excited to read this installment.
Silas Gray – professional hacker working for Benjamin Thomas – has been watching and stalking Elijah Kingston – Benjamin Thomas’ best hitman – for two years, since the later killed his father. The moment he laid eyes on him, Silas knew Elijah was the one for him.
When Benjamin’s life is threatened, Elijah and Silas are paired up together to find and eliminate the people behind the hit. The plot was actually not that bad, but honestly? I was here for the romance. And on that aspect, I wasn’t at all disappointed. The further I got into the book, the more shocked I became. Sometimes, I couldn’t believe what I was reading because it was wild! Wild is an euphemism because the length those two would go for each other? They were perfectly toxic together. Two men made for each other.
I absolutely adored Elijah and Silas as a couple. The craziness? The possessiveness? The codependency? They were absolutely batshit insane together, and I ate every interactions, every quotes, basically everything about those two. And mind you, they were like that since their very first meeting.
Two days after meeting Silas, Elijah was already obsessed, and said things like that:
I was kind of feral when I read those quotes – well, basically each times Elijah said something – so much that I actually finished the book in a day.
Silas’ character was very interesting. It’s clear that he’s possibly neurodivergent, even though he was never diagnosed as such. I appreciated how his sister, Thea, took care of him. Their relationship was very cute, and she wasn’t overbearing toward Silas, just protective.
I also loved how Elijah saw Silas. His point of view was so swoony with the way he talked about him. Elijah’s acceptance of every quirks and habits of Silas made me appreciate him even more.
Reading about Silas injuring himself [self-harm] was hard, though. I could feel his pain when Silas described what he was doing to himself. Elijah helping him and making him stop was a relief.
For such horny characters, the smut was pretty light honestly. I expected something way dirtier considering Elijah’s mouth and Silas’ neediness. But no, we actually got some adorable and sexy scenes! I loved how Silas demanded hugs after sex.
[If you heard screaming, it was probably me.]
So yeah, this book absolutely deserved its five-stars rating. I’ll think about Elijah and Silas for a while. I’m still not over them. In fact, I wouldn’t mind a bonus scene!
Some scenes I’ll never forget:
> Silas’ crashout when he witnessed a valet touching Elijah and Elijah doing nothing about it ;
> Silas asking Elijah to murder Ezra [Elijah’s brother] for daring to hurt his lover, and Elijah promising to do so and to bring him a piece of Ezra’s skull ;
> Elijah proposing to Silas with a ring and a piece of Ezra’s skull [off-page unfortunately!]
Safety :
I’ll admit, at first, I was a bit scared of the stalker trope. However, the author handled it well. There were no things that bothered me in terms of ‘safety’.
We actually don’t know when was the last time Elijah was with someone ; there’s no information about his past or his ex-lovers. Plus, he didn’t come off as a playboy either, so the lack of details wasn’t bothersome. As for Silas, he has never been intimate with someone before, Elijah was his first.
Anyway, I love them. And I’ll miss them.
“I think it’s rather unfair, don’t you?”With his thumb and his forefinger, Daddy toyed with his bottom lip. “That you have all this knowledge of me and I know nothing of you?”
My throat tightened. “Do you… uhm, want to know things about me?”
His hand shot out, gripping the back of my chair. It squeaked when he turned it.
“Sweetheart.” He bent. In a blink, we were face to face. Blue flames held me captive, and I worried I’d never be able to look away.
“I want to know everything.”
Midnight was clearly something else. I’ve not read something this unhinged and buzzy in a while.
I’d like to preface this by saying I never thought I would be interested in the Daddy/Boy trope in a mafia setting, but here I am. There’s something about April Jade’s writing that made me addicted to this universe. She wrote devoted couples very well. I already loved Mad Love very much, so I was very excited to read this installment.
“His obsession with me runs parallel to how I feel for him. His fixation is matched by mine. The only gravity that needs to be understood is the one pulling us together. ”
Silas Gray – professional hacker working for Benjamin Thomas – has been watching and stalking Elijah Kingston – Benjamin Thomas’ best hitman – for two years, since the later killed his father. The moment he laid eyes on him, Silas knew Elijah was the one for him.
How did I explain that he was mine? That I was his? That I wanted to sew my skin to his skin and live against his chest?
When Benjamin’s life is threatened, Elijah and Silas are paired up together to find and eliminate the people behind the hit. The plot was actually not that bad, but honestly? I was here for the romance. And on that aspect, I wasn’t at all disappointed. The further I got into the book, the more shocked I became. Sometimes, I couldn’t believe what I was reading because it was wild! Wild is an euphemism because the length those two would go for each other? They were perfectly toxic together. Two men made for each other.
"He’d gotten under my skin. I didn’t fucking mind. My kitten could tear me open with his claws and slip beneath my bones if that’s where he felt safest."
I absolutely adored Elijah and Silas as a couple. The craziness? The possessiveness? The codependency? They were absolutely batshit insane together, and I ate every interactions, every quotes, basically everything about those two. And mind you, they were like that since their very first meeting.
The very moment our eyes met, I knew I’d never be the same. Something inside of me shifted, and I didn’t recognize it then, but now I know that shift was just him— filling all the cracks inside my soul. Tearing us apart would be as fatal as carving my heart from my hollow chest.
Two days after meeting Silas, Elijah was already obsessed, and said things like that:
"It was my new favorite sound— every infliction and hitch of breath. Silas’ voice was soft, and so fucking sweet, I was convinced his lips tasted like sugar."
I was kind of feral when I read those quotes – well, basically each times Elijah said something – so much that I actually finished the book in a day.
Silas’ character was very interesting. It’s clear that he’s possibly neurodivergent, even though he was never diagnosed as such. I appreciated how his sister, Thea, took care of him. Their relationship was very cute, and she wasn’t overbearing toward Silas, just protective.
I also loved how Elijah saw Silas. His point of view was so swoony with the way he talked about him. Elijah’s acceptance of every quirks and habits of Silas made me appreciate him even more.
“For as terribly as I wanted to brand myself across his heart, protecting him was more important, and it was with everything I had in me not to slice myself down the middle and tuck him between the two halves of me.”
Reading about Silas injuring himself [self-harm] was hard, though. I could feel his pain when Silas described what he was doing to himself. Elijah helping him and making him stop was a relief.
“Yes.” I grabbed his jaw. “Your pain is my pain, Silas. Your skin is my skin. Do not hurt my baby. Not anymore.”
For such horny characters, the smut was pretty light honestly. I expected something way dirtier considering Elijah’s mouth and Silas’ neediness. But no, we actually got some adorable and sexy scenes! I loved how Silas demanded hugs after sex.
“I’m going to kiss you and lick you and claim you so thoroughly and so roughly, the next time you question who I’m coming home to, you’ll run your fingers across the bruises I’m about to put on your lips and know that it’s you. My feral little kitten.”
“I am going to surround you. Claim you. Possess you. Own you. Do you know why?” I choked on my answer. “Because that’s exactly what you’ve done to me.”
[If you heard screaming, it was probably me.]
So yeah, this book absolutely deserved its five-stars rating. I’ll think about Elijah and Silas for a while. I’m still not over them. In fact, I wouldn’t mind a bonus scene!
Some scenes I’ll never forget:
> Silas’ crashout when he witnessed a valet touching Elijah and Elijah doing nothing about it ;
> Silas asking Elijah to murder Ezra [Elijah’s brother] for daring to hurt his lover, and Elijah promising to do so and to bring him a piece of Ezra’s skull ;
> Elijah proposing to Silas with a ring and a piece of Ezra’s skull [off-page unfortunately!]
Safety :
I’ll admit, at first, I was a bit scared of the stalker trope. However, the author handled it well. There were no things that bothered me in terms of ‘safety’.
We actually don’t know when was the last time Elijah was with someone ; there’s no information about his past or his ex-lovers. Plus, he didn’t come off as a playboy either, so the lack of details wasn’t bothersome. As for Silas, he has never been intimate with someone before, Elijah was his first.
“If you asked, I would break bone just to reach my fist inside my chest and grab what belongs to you.”
“I’d keep it safe for you. Your heart, I mean. If you ever gave it to me.”
“I’ve already given it to you, sweetheart. If I could rip the fucking thing out and put it in a jar, it’d be yours in an instant.”
Anyway, I love them. And I’ll miss them.
“I don’t know if it was the first time I laid eyes on you, the first time I heard your voice, or the short fleeting moments in between, but I have been in love with you since the day I showed up on your doorstep. I could burn down towns with what I feel for you, Silas.”
August 9, 2022
aw 🫶🏽🥰
August 30, 2022
These two are seriously fucked up. That’s it. That’s my review.
March 8, 2024
Actually 3.5 stars.
This started off really good, but it got OTP super fast. I shouldn’t be surprised since all the books I have read by this author are like that, but in my defense, I didn’t realize this was that author at first. But it’s fine.
I am going to complain though that there was only 1 penetrative sex scene, and it wasn’t that good. Big upset face. The rest of the sex scenes weren’t that good either. And there were barely any.
My favorite part of this whole book was after Elijah told Silas he loved him (after a few days of knowing him?), Silas did some hacker stuff and faked a marriage certificate between them and changed his last name to Elijah’s last name. Without him knowing. Dude has major issues, but I was rocking with it.
PS I also want to add that I read the sentence “Yes, sir, Daddy sir!” and I died
This started off really good, but it got OTP super fast. I shouldn’t be surprised since all the books I have read by this author are like that, but in my defense, I didn’t realize this was that author at first. But it’s fine.
I am going to complain though that there was only 1 penetrative sex scene, and it wasn’t that good. Big upset face. The rest of the sex scenes weren’t that good either. And there were barely any.
My favorite part of this whole book was after Elijah told Silas he loved him (after a few days of knowing him?), Silas did some hacker stuff and faked a marriage certificate between them and changed his last name to Elijah’s last name. Without him knowing. Dude has major issues, but I was rocking with it.
PS I also want to add that I read the sentence “Yes, sir, Daddy sir!” and I died
March 23, 2023
The codependency between these two are toxic if I'm being honest here but I liked it because I'm sinister like that.
I just didn't expect it would be so plot heavy on the third act but it works so well, because well sometimes dark romance only focus on the romance part but doing half asses on the plot but I appreciate the effort being put on the action scene the backstory.
I was hoping more from that plotwist because it was so predictable that my reaction to that it's just "That's It?".
I just didn't expect it would be so plot heavy on the third act but it works so well, because well sometimes dark romance only focus on the romance part but doing half asses on the plot but I appreciate the effort being put on the action scene the backstory.
I was hoping more from that plotwist because it was so predictable that my reaction to that it's just "That's It?".
August 8, 2022
I was waffling on the rating for this one. I wanted to give it more stars, I did, but I ultimately felt that I couldn't.
I enjoyed this at times. I liked Silas and Elijah at times, their chemistry was pretty good overall. The Daddy kink was done well in this - although again I wish we had gotten more sex scenes. When the author does do them, they're pretty hot, but I just want more of that. We only get one penetrative sex scene in this whole book, and outside of that, we don't get many other sex scenes on top of that. I just wish this author did more on sex scenes because they are good at writing hot sex scenes.
And having read the last book by this author, their debut novel, which I gave 3.5 stars rounded up, I do have to say I enjoyed that one a little more than this for a few reasons.
Mainly, I think Silas as a character wasn't exactly my cup of tea. I mean, he was properly in the gray area and was properly obsessed with Elijah and he had all the markings of a good "boy" in the Daddy/boy dynamic, but I think his...weird fascination with some fucked up shit kinda didn't land well for me? I don't know why. But just things such as - TW for some gore talk under the cut -
It was just a little too...much for me. Even though Silas himself never did hands on stuff, him wanting to do that or being so fascinated with it just kinda squicked me out.
Also while I love that Elijah became obsessed with Silas in turn - because Silas is already obsessed with him before they meet - at times I didn't get exactly...why. It's like, while Elijah was being possessive AF and overprotective of Silas, that was hot and enjoyable, but when I stopped to think about it, I just don't think this book showed why Elijah got to that place so quick and what exactly he saw in Silas to go that far so quickly.
I mean, Elijah isn't a normal guy either, as he is a ruthless assassin, and he isn't scared by Silas'....tendencies and interesting quirks, which I didn't expect him to be. But why was he so taken in by his weirdness? What was it about Silas that made him obsessed in turn? I didn't really get that sense of why he felt that way.
I guess I just would have liked a little more from this book overall. It was still enjoyable and I still got hot and bothered by some scenes, and this did keep me invested from start to finish, so it gets points for that.
I just don't think I entirely clicked with Silas like I did with Toby - the "boy" from this author's first book - and didn't entirely feel how Elijah came to be obsessed with him like I felt with Ben with Toby in their book. I just needed a little more in that area.
Because they meet once - well, it's the first meeting for Elijah - and it doesn't take much for Elijah to be absolutely gone for him and want to protect him at all costs and hurt anyone who tries to hurt him, etc etc and I just don't think we saw a real reason why he got to that place so quickly.
I think taking just a little more time to establish that connection between these two would have been good. Like getting at least a few more scenes between these two before Elijah was like "oh, okay I feel protective of this guy, and will go to the ends of the earth for him." Not after the first scene, is all.
The plot was okay, but not like crazy good. These two were the ones to keep me invested in this story - and while I had my problems with them, they were still good and enjoyable enough to keep me invested throughout.
So I enjoyed this, I just didn't love it. It could have been quite a bit better. These first two reads for me by this author weren't amazing, but they were good and enjoyable enough that I want to keep reading this author and giving them a chance. They've shown true potential with their first two books, so I hope they improve with time.
So this is definitely worth a read if you're into Daddy kink and don't mind insta-love too much and very morally grey characters, and one with some fairly disturbing fascinations. Just don't expect too much, I guess? Expect an enjoyable read, but not amazing read, ya know? At least, that's my opinion of this book, anyway.
But I'll definitely tune into the romance between Ben's second in command and I think it's Toby's ballet friend, if I remember correctly. I'm very intrigued and excited for that one, for sure. Onto the next!
I enjoyed this at times. I liked Silas and Elijah at times, their chemistry was pretty good overall. The Daddy kink was done well in this - although again I wish we had gotten more sex scenes. When the author does do them, they're pretty hot, but I just want more of that. We only get one penetrative sex scene in this whole book, and outside of that, we don't get many other sex scenes on top of that. I just wish this author did more on sex scenes because they are good at writing hot sex scenes.
And having read the last book by this author, their debut novel, which I gave 3.5 stars rounded up, I do have to say I enjoyed that one a little more than this for a few reasons.
Mainly, I think Silas as a character wasn't exactly my cup of tea. I mean, he was properly in the gray area and was properly obsessed with Elijah and he had all the markings of a good "boy" in the Daddy/boy dynamic, but I think his...weird fascination with some fucked up shit kinda didn't land well for me? I don't know why. But just things such as - TW for some gore talk under the cut -
It was just a little too...much for me. Even though Silas himself never did hands on stuff, him wanting to do that or being so fascinated with it just kinda squicked me out.
Also while I love that Elijah became obsessed with Silas in turn - because Silas is already obsessed with him before they meet - at times I didn't get exactly...why. It's like, while Elijah was being possessive AF and overprotective of Silas, that was hot and enjoyable, but when I stopped to think about it, I just don't think this book showed why Elijah got to that place so quick and what exactly he saw in Silas to go that far so quickly.
I mean, Elijah isn't a normal guy either, as he is a ruthless assassin, and he isn't scared by Silas'....tendencies and interesting quirks, which I didn't expect him to be. But why was he so taken in by his weirdness? What was it about Silas that made him obsessed in turn? I didn't really get that sense of why he felt that way.
I guess I just would have liked a little more from this book overall. It was still enjoyable and I still got hot and bothered by some scenes, and this did keep me invested from start to finish, so it gets points for that.
I just don't think I entirely clicked with Silas like I did with Toby - the "boy" from this author's first book - and didn't entirely feel how Elijah came to be obsessed with him like I felt with Ben with Toby in their book. I just needed a little more in that area.
Because they meet once - well, it's the first meeting for Elijah - and it doesn't take much for Elijah to be absolutely gone for him and want to protect him at all costs and hurt anyone who tries to hurt him, etc etc and I just don't think we saw a real reason why he got to that place so quickly.
I think taking just a little more time to establish that connection between these two would have been good. Like getting at least a few more scenes between these two before Elijah was like "oh, okay I feel protective of this guy, and will go to the ends of the earth for him." Not after the first scene, is all.
The plot was okay, but not like crazy good. These two were the ones to keep me invested in this story - and while I had my problems with them, they were still good and enjoyable enough to keep me invested throughout.
So I enjoyed this, I just didn't love it. It could have been quite a bit better. These first two reads for me by this author weren't amazing, but they were good and enjoyable enough that I want to keep reading this author and giving them a chance. They've shown true potential with their first two books, so I hope they improve with time.
So this is definitely worth a read if you're into Daddy kink and don't mind insta-love too much and very morally grey characters, and one with some fairly disturbing fascinations. Just don't expect too much, I guess? Expect an enjoyable read, but not amazing read, ya know? At least, that's my opinion of this book, anyway.
But I'll definitely tune into the romance between Ben's second in command and I think it's Toby's ballet friend, if I remember correctly. I'm very intrigued and excited for that one, for sure. Onto the next!
August 6, 2022
PSA To my K!nky Dark Romance Readers Out There
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➳ READ THIS BOOK. You know we all love possession and obsession. Well this book rules over all other books. Seriously. This book reaches an insanity level when in comes to ownership. And it goes both ways. Silas and Elijah are addicted to each other and they want everyone else to know it. This book has it all. The mob’s assassin and top level hacker finally meet. And the fire burns hotter than an inferno. I am not kidding. To top off this level os possessiveness, there is a dark net hit out on their boss, a family grudge that runs deep, and daddy k!nk. Did I mention the DADDY K!nk? Y’all, read this book.
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➳ What I LOVED
🔥STALKER ROMANCE
🔥Possession, Ownership, Obsession, Insanity to levels that have yet to be beat.
🔥Voyeurism….but for murdęr…
🔥THE TWISTS.
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➳ HIGHLY recommend reading Mad Love by April Jade before this. It will make this book THAT much better.
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➳ Stay K!nky, Y’all. XOXO.
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Instagram and Tiktok: @LaceandLit
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➳ READ THIS BOOK. You know we all love possession and obsession. Well this book rules over all other books. Seriously. This book reaches an insanity level when in comes to ownership. And it goes both ways. Silas and Elijah are addicted to each other and they want everyone else to know it. This book has it all. The mob’s assassin and top level hacker finally meet. And the fire burns hotter than an inferno. I am not kidding. To top off this level os possessiveness, there is a dark net hit out on their boss, a family grudge that runs deep, and daddy k!nk. Did I mention the DADDY K!nk? Y’all, read this book.
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➳ What I LOVED
🔥STALKER ROMANCE
🔥Possession, Ownership, Obsession, Insanity to levels that have yet to be beat.
🔥Voyeurism….but for murdęr…
🔥THE TWISTS.
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➳ HIGHLY recommend reading Mad Love by April Jade before this. It will make this book THAT much better.
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➳ Stay K!nky, Y’all. XOXO.
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Instagram and Tiktok: @LaceandLit
December 1, 2023
Let's pretend I haven't read this book👩🏼🦯
August 6, 2022
I swear there’s crack in these books. They are totally off the wall and on a new level of obsessive love, and I am personally OBSESSED with April Jade’s books. This was everything I could want in a dark mafia stalker romance.
This book was much darker than Mad Love, and I loved it just as much. It has so many addicting elements to it: stalking, voyeurism for murder, obsession… I really enjoyed the fact that the “boy” in the relationship was the stalker and the first one to be obsessed with his partner and knew he was his daddy before they met instead of the other way around. And Elijah embracing Silas’s dark side was so entertaining.
Just like Mad Love though, it could have used a closer look in editing but I can totally let that slide with how much I enjoyed the plot and the romance. I was highly anticipating this book and it did not disappoint!
This book was much darker than Mad Love, and I loved it just as much. It has so many addicting elements to it: stalking, voyeurism for murder, obsession… I really enjoyed the fact that the “boy” in the relationship was the stalker and the first one to be obsessed with his partner and knew he was his daddy before they met instead of the other way around. And Elijah embracing Silas’s dark side was so entertaining.
Just like Mad Love though, it could have used a closer look in editing but I can totally let that slide with how much I enjoyed the plot and the romance. I was highly anticipating this book and it did not disappoint!
January 7, 2025
these books are so horrible but at the same time so entertaining 😭 my guilty pleasure atp 🙏 (pls stop suckling his nipples I BEG YOU)
February 9, 2024
I’m so sad that I didn’t end up fully enjoying this book. It started off amazing and I was totally into Silas and Elijah and absolutely unhinged they were. Their possessiveness was off the charts and exactly what I wanted. Unfortunately for me I wasn’t a huge fan of the writing. The story itself overall was a great concept but wasn’t executed as well as I could have hoped.
There were many times I felt lost in the story and had to back track to figure out what was going on. Or we were told something happened instead of being shown it and it all just really threw me off the story.
I actually really liked both the characters themselves, not a whole lot happened in the story but it still moved well enough. So, if you can look past that you might still really enjoy the story if you love psychotic, possessive characters, Daddy/boy stories and lots of murder!
There were many times I felt lost in the story and had to back track to figure out what was going on. Or we were told something happened instead of being shown it and it all just really threw me off the story.
I actually really liked both the characters themselves, not a whole lot happened in the story but it still moved well enough. So, if you can look past that you might still really enjoy the story if you love psychotic, possessive characters, Daddy/boy stories and lots of murder!
August 6, 2022
Loved it!
Right from the first chapter I adored Silas - he was so innocent yet so twisted and it made him incredibly interesting.
It took a while to get a better feel of Elijah but I liked him all the same.
This authors style of writing just does it for me, sweet but not in a way where it makes the scary men any less scary, with an interesting plot and beautiful Daddy moments.
My only issues with this book and the reason I haven't given it a 5 star is the pace to begin with was so incredibly fast, like instalove on cr**k
The next is that there was only one penetrative smex scene and it was at about 80% - there were other types of steamy scenes before that but considering how fast the MCs fell in love I was left wanting more of them intimate.
What can I say, I like my smut
In saying that this was a great read and I loved the twist at the end - was so good!
Right from the first chapter I adored Silas - he was so innocent yet so twisted and it made him incredibly interesting.
It took a while to get a better feel of Elijah but I liked him all the same.
This authors style of writing just does it for me, sweet but not in a way where it makes the scary men any less scary, with an interesting plot and beautiful Daddy moments.
My only issues with this book and the reason I haven't given it a 5 star is the pace to begin with was so incredibly fast, like instalove on cr**k
The next is that there was only one penetrative smex scene and it was at about 80% - there were other types of steamy scenes before that but considering how fast the MCs fell in love I was left wanting more of them intimate.
What can I say, I like my smut
In saying that this was a great read and I loved the twist at the end - was so good!
August 6, 2025
If you ever wanted to read a love story between a sniper daddy and a deranged little hacker kitten from hell, this is it.
Elijah is daddy. A sniper. Ex-military. Current assassin for the Mafia. Stone cold, deadly accurate, and absolutely incapable of resisting one violently unhinged little kitten.
Silas, Aka Midnight, is the hacker. He’s also a sweet-faced bloodthirsty kitten who’s been obsessively stalking Elijah for two years. Every move. Every facial twitch. Every move. He’s been watching.
Silas is soft and savage all at once a psychotic little puffball who will burn down a building because someone looked at his man sideways. This boy isn’t just possessive. He’s a hell-cub. A cyber-stalker with a cuddly side. He’ll draw blood and then curl up on Elijah’s lap like a purring knife.
And Elijah? Oh, daddy understood the assignment. He sees this unhinged baby kitten and instantly goes: Mine. He doesn’t even flinch when Silas goes all psycho cute. That’s love, baby.
The obsession is mutual, the steam level is off the charts, and somehow through all the gore, broken bones, and literal murder this book delivers something weirdly soft and sweet. Like a fluffy murder-suede blanket.
Elijah spoils Silas. He gives him what he needs: violence, roughness, protection, and love. And in return, Silas gives him… well, chaos. But make it sexy.
It’s feral. It’s tender. It’s unhinged. It’s sweet.
Story: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✨
Sexy Scene Frequency: 🍑🍑🍑🍑
Sexy Scene Heat Level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Silas: 💙💙💙💙💙
Elijah: 💙💙💙💙💙
Angst Level: 💔
Midnight is a match made not in heaven
but in the deepest pits of a very sexy hell. It’s bloody. It’s dirty. It’s shockingly tender.
If you want a book that makes you squirm, swoon, and consider therapy, this is your new favorite. It’s sweet.
Elijah is daddy. A sniper. Ex-military. Current assassin for the Mafia. Stone cold, deadly accurate, and absolutely incapable of resisting one violently unhinged little kitten.
Silas, Aka Midnight, is the hacker. He’s also a sweet-faced bloodthirsty kitten who’s been obsessively stalking Elijah for two years. Every move. Every facial twitch. Every move. He’s been watching.
Silas is soft and savage all at once a psychotic little puffball who will burn down a building because someone looked at his man sideways. This boy isn’t just possessive. He’s a hell-cub. A cyber-stalker with a cuddly side. He’ll draw blood and then curl up on Elijah’s lap like a purring knife.
And Elijah? Oh, daddy understood the assignment. He sees this unhinged baby kitten and instantly goes: Mine. He doesn’t even flinch when Silas goes all psycho cute. That’s love, baby.
The obsession is mutual, the steam level is off the charts, and somehow through all the gore, broken bones, and literal murder this book delivers something weirdly soft and sweet. Like a fluffy murder-suede blanket.
Elijah spoils Silas. He gives him what he needs: violence, roughness, protection, and love. And in return, Silas gives him… well, chaos. But make it sexy.
It’s feral. It’s tender. It’s unhinged. It’s sweet.
Story: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✨
Sexy Scene Frequency: 🍑🍑🍑🍑
Sexy Scene Heat Level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Silas: 💙💙💙💙💙
Elijah: 💙💙💙💙💙
Angst Level: 💔
Midnight is a match made not in heaven
but in the deepest pits of a very sexy hell. It’s bloody. It’s dirty. It’s shockingly tender.
If you want a book that makes you squirm, swoon, and consider therapy, this is your new favorite. It’s sweet.
February 28, 2025
These are the times when i curse myself for having commitment issues. I mean what else could justify me going through the entirety of this atrocity and not dnfing it?
August 3, 2025
Another fun over the top read.
I like the insta love and the intensity and the bubble world each of these couples create for each other. I get it, the over the top intensity and their feelings lets them express their psychotic darkness. The Dynamics created leaves room for each to be themselves and express their darkest thoughts in a safe space to them. I love that Midnight ( Silas ) is in fact a badass, he is both ultra vulnerable and psychotic and at the top of his game as a danger to everyone through his skills. Silas' petulance is adorable when he demands kills.
Again hard core daddy seemingly having the power is in fact powerless before Silas's wants and needs. The 'I would burn the world for you' is very strong in this book also.
I like the insta love and the intensity and the bubble world each of these couples create for each other. I get it, the over the top intensity and their feelings lets them express their psychotic darkness. The Dynamics created leaves room for each to be themselves and express their darkest thoughts in a safe space to them. I love that Midnight ( Silas ) is in fact a badass, he is both ultra vulnerable and psychotic and at the top of his game as a danger to everyone through his skills. Silas' petulance is adorable when he demands kills.
Again hard core daddy seemingly having the power is in fact powerless before Silas's wants and needs. The 'I would burn the world for you' is very strong in this book also.
August 25, 2024
This might be the cringiest thing I've ever read. I usually don't rate books I haven't finished but there's no way in hell I'm forcing myself to read the second half of this.
August 11, 2022
so that's what unhinged looks like huh. this book just about turned me into a clingy unhinged stalker.
also, they're morally grey characters, they don't have to be vigilantes for us to like them💀. mafia hitmen being vigilantes. ha that'll be the day.
also, they're morally grey characters, they don't have to be vigilantes for us to like them💀. mafia hitmen being vigilantes. ha that'll be the day.
December 14, 2024
Obsession but make it like romantic
*Update*
It's been a while since I've touched this book and while the core of the story is the same a lot has been added. For the better. We get more insight into why Silas is the way he is and why Elijah and his brother don't get along. We get more background on the characters and we get to see their relationship and obsession with each other grow. Things are given time to marinate basically. I also really like the bonus scene.
It's not smutty. In fact I think there's only two smut scenes really but that's okay. It's more about the kink and the obsession than the smut so it works. My review below still stands but things have been added and I'm happy about it.
I've read a lot of dark romances in my day. Many of which involve both parties being a little messed up. This one is far from the darkest but it's definitely up there in terms of obsessive love.
*Original Review*
Silas and Elijah are made for each other in the best unhealthy way possible. They are both willing to go to great illegal lengths to be with each other and ensure that they are the only ones that will ever be with each other. That can get really cheesy and not so romantic really fast, but both characters are really grounded and we're already a little messed up before they met each other. Like, Silas could very easily be the cute innocent boy but he's actually kind of terrifying with what he's capable of. Elijah's always been deadly as well but he does have a bit of a moral compass which is a rare find in these types of books. Additionally, they have people in their lives that they do care about outside of each other so there's a bit of a balance there as well. This is a story that definitely isn't for everyone and is pretty hard to write, but here it's executed beautifully.
This book is well written, has great smut, is heartbreaking at times and absolutely wild at others. It's a great time if obsessive romances are your jam. Five stars because I have no notes and I'm already reading the one other book this author has out. I'm not even kidding, I'm almost done with it.
*Update*
It's been a while since I've touched this book and while the core of the story is the same a lot has been added. For the better. We get more insight into why Silas is the way he is and why Elijah and his brother don't get along. We get more background on the characters and we get to see their relationship and obsession with each other grow. Things are given time to marinate basically. I also really like the bonus scene.
It's not smutty. In fact I think there's only two smut scenes really but that's okay. It's more about the kink and the obsession than the smut so it works. My review below still stands but things have been added and I'm happy about it.
I've read a lot of dark romances in my day. Many of which involve both parties being a little messed up. This one is far from the darkest but it's definitely up there in terms of obsessive love.
*Original Review*
Silas and Elijah are made for each other in the best unhealthy way possible. They are both willing to go to great illegal lengths to be with each other and ensure that they are the only ones that will ever be with each other. That can get really cheesy and not so romantic really fast, but both characters are really grounded and we're already a little messed up before they met each other. Like, Silas could very easily be the cute innocent boy but he's actually kind of terrifying with what he's capable of. Elijah's always been deadly as well but he does have a bit of a moral compass which is a rare find in these types of books. Additionally, they have people in their lives that they do care about outside of each other so there's a bit of a balance there as well. This is a story that definitely isn't for everyone and is pretty hard to write, but here it's executed beautifully.
This book is well written, has great smut, is heartbreaking at times and absolutely wild at others. It's a great time if obsessive romances are your jam. Five stars because I have no notes and I'm already reading the one other book this author has out. I'm not even kidding, I'm almost done with it.
August 9, 2022
This was definitely one of the better entries in this series. Silas was so endearing. He's both innocent and devious, and genuinely doesn't understand why his obsessions aren't socially acceptable. I adored how both Elijah, as his daddy, and Thea, Silas's sister, were so accepting of him. They love Silas exactly how he is, and there are so many moments that are both amusing and sweet. I also liked the way this story connected to Mad Love, the author's other novel. Both Benji and Toby appear in this story, and it was nice to see them again. I wish a little more time was given to the development of the relationship between Silas and Elijah, but the instant obsession was expected. If you can suspend your disbelief, there's a lot to enjoy here.
August 5, 2022
Midnight by April Jade is part of the Ruthless Daddies series by multiple authors. This book is about Elijah and Silas. Elijah Kingston is an assassin for the mafia, Silas is Midnight, a hacker for the same mafia. Silas has been watching Elijah for years and claimed him. Elijah is his Daddy.... he just doesn’t know it yet.
This was my first read by April Jade and it certainly won't be my last. I loved Elijah and Silas. They were perfect together. Their story was sweet, sexy, full of feels, exciting, thrilling and very well written. Can't wait to read Mad Love so I can find out Ben and Toby's story.
This was my first read by April Jade and it certainly won't be my last. I loved Elijah and Silas. They were perfect together. Their story was sweet, sexy, full of feels, exciting, thrilling and very well written. Can't wait to read Mad Love so I can find out Ben and Toby's story.
September 6, 2022
This was a really unique and different daddy/boy story to what I’ve read before as our boy in this story, Silas, is just as crazy and a stalker if his daddy before Elijah has even met him.
I really enjoyed it though. Silas was extremely intense, slightly creepy and obsessive with zero ways of understanding emotion yet he was completely endearing.
Elijah is a cold killer and a super hot daddy. Yummy. He was very possessive of his boy and they have wonderful chemistry. The plot was ok but to be honest it was all mainly about the neediness and intensity of this relationship and was a fun read.
I really enjoyed it though. Silas was extremely intense, slightly creepy and obsessive with zero ways of understanding emotion yet he was completely endearing.
Elijah is a cold killer and a super hot daddy. Yummy. He was very possessive of his boy and they have wonderful chemistry. The plot was ok but to be honest it was all mainly about the neediness and intensity of this relationship and was a fun read.
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