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Etiquette of the Cruel: A Dark Mafia Romance (The Damned Book 1)

Jane Carmine

Book 1 in the The Damned series · Reading order →

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Why we recommend it

A damned dark mafia romance where etiquette of the cruel is the only rulebook anyone follows. Ruthless power plays meet possessive intensity.

At a glance

Etiquette of the Cruel is a mafia romance by Jane Carmine. It rates 3/5 for spice and 4/5 for darkness, mid-range for mafia romance: of the 931 mafia romance books we rate, 32% score lower for darkness and almost none lower for spice. Tropes: forbidden romance, morally grey MC and possessive-obsessive MC. It runs to 344 pages. 1 content warning is listed below, hidden until you tap.

Book details

Pages
344
Published
July 2026

Etiquette of the Cruel spice level

Etiquette of the Cruel is rated 3/5 for spice on Readark’s scale: open door, meaning explicit scenes written plainly, but not the engine of the book. Its darkness rating is 4/5: heavy, meaning sustained cruelty, trauma or non-consent central to the relationship. How we rate

Etiquette of the Cruel content warnings

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  • Graphic Violence

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