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Mafia Romance: Holiday Hostage: A Mafia Romance Christmas (The Cost of Devotion)

Valentina Rusk

Book 1 in the The Cost of Devotion series · Reading order →

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Why we recommend it

A dark mafia Christmas romance where a holiday hostage situation turns into far more consequential than expected. Possessive power plays meet festive-noir tension.

At a glance

Mafia Romance is book 1 in Valentina Rusk’s The Cost of Devotion series. Spice 4/5, darkness 4/5 — mid-range for mafia romance. Among 931 rated mafia romance books, 32% are less dark and 24% less spicy. Tagged tropes include captive / captor, morally grey MC and possessive-obsessive MC. It runs to 353 pages. 1 content warning is listed below, hidden until you tap.

Book details

Pages
353
Published
February 2026

Mafia Romance spice level

Mafia Romance is rated 4/5 for spice on Readark’s scale: explicit and frequent, meaning multiple detailed scenes, with heat central to the story. Its darkness rating is 4/5: heavy, meaning sustained cruelty, trauma or non-consent central to the relationship. How we rate

Mafia Romance content warnings

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  • Kidnapping / Captivity

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