Think twice if…
- Content warnings: Violence, Graphic violence, Kidnapping, Captivity, Dubious consent, Emotional abuse, Substance abuse, Drug use, Drugging, Stalking, Trauma, Manipulation, Sexual content
Ryan Rule
by Sadie Kincaid
Book 1 in New York Ruthless
If you want a why-choose mafia romance that hits the gas and never lets up, with a fearless FMC who holds her own against four possessive alpha brothers, this delivers the goods.
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Length270 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 6 books
Spice4/5 · Dark / taboo style
PacingFast
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Enemies to lovers
- Why Choose / Reverse Harem
- Instant attraction
- High
- Dark / taboo style
- Addictive read
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- Possessive alpha
- Love/hate tension
- Dominant / submissive
- Feral brain activated
- Morally gray
- Possessive love interest
- Intense / passionate
- Adrenaline rush
- Dark/tortured soul
- Obsessive love interest
- Possessive / claiming style
- Tension finally satisfied
- Protector
- Power imbalance
- Rough / aggressive style
- Captor/captive
- Power dynamic
- Feral devotion
- Desperate / urgent
- Kink-heavy / BDSM focus
- Rough but consensual
- Pinning hands above head
- Possessive/protective
- Mine declarations
- Control in bedroom only
- Marking hickeys
- Power exchange
- Dominance
- Rough/aggressive intimacy
- Possessive
- Claiming
- Bondage/restraint
- Degradation (light)
- BDSM elements
Fantasy promise
- Dark romance
- Big city / metropolis
- Contemporary
- Humans only
- Mafia romance
- Reverse harem / why choose
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- Captive romance
- Forced proximity
- Forbidden love
- Found family
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Fast
- Dark
- Edgy
- Heavy
- Medium
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- General badass
- Intense
- Fast-paced
- Hacker/tech genius
- Dangerous
- Banter-heavy
- Survivor
- Steamy
- Suspenseful
- Feral
- Raw
- Forbidden desire
- Page turner
- Power play
- Guilty pleasure
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Book details
- Length
- 270 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book