This was a fun and easy read. This is described as a cozy dark romance, and I can agree with that. It is def on the lighter spectrum of dark romance because while there are dark themes it didn't feel like a dark and heavy book. I will say I read some pretty dark stuff at times so please keep that in mind because what could be the lighter end of dark for me might be dark for others. I will also say that sometimes I forgot this was a dark romance but then Adam would do something and I would be like oh yea and it was usually those moments that were my favorite because Adam would been this super sweet guy who was just so obsessed with Eliza who just wants to take care of her and be there for her and her son but to do that he sometimes did some crazy and unhinged things which again I loved. Trying not to give clues away. Now he is supposed to be the head of a Mafia, and the trope does say secret mafia, but I sometimes forgot there was he was in the Mafia so if you're looking for a mafia book this might not be the book for you. 
Now with Eliza, I really liked her. She was a survivor who is doing everything she can to take care of herself and her child and I loved that about her. I will say she did her best to stay firm and say no to Adam and in some ways, she did win but in others Adam did have a way of convincing her to let him help out where he could regardless of if she said no. So, her strength is a little softer but at the end you do see she has some bite to her as well. 
I will say for me the plot in the middle did dip for me a little and felt a little long and maybe could have been cut down just a smidge but overall, I enjoyed the plot and characters. It is definitely an easy page turner and might be a good starter for those wanting to dip their toes into dark romance.
 
This book is about Eliza who after drugging her abusive husband ran away under a hidden identity to get her and her baby to safety. Thankfully with her best friends help she is able to land on her feet. She is surviving but it's a struggle and as a single mom she can't afford any distractions especially when she fears that somehow her husband will find her and who knows what would happen then. So, when her son in the middle of a grocery store tugs on a handsome man's sleeve, she knows that she needs to resist him no matter how charming he is. But as he charming as she finds him, he seems just as taken by her and her son that he persists in being there wanting to get to know them and take care of them that she starts to let him into their lives. But as the she starts to feel hope again; she starts to wonder if this is too good to be true and if when the other shoe is going to drop and take a turn for the worse. Unfortunately, she is correct because her hidden past comes for her with a vengeance that everything starts to fall apart. But the thing is she wasn't the only one in the relationship with a dark secret and Adam is not going to let anyone take his light from him no matter how bloody it gets. 

I received an ARC Copy in exchange for an honest review.