Callous Desire: A Dark Mafia Romance

· New York Underworld Book 4 · Charmaine Pauls
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His weapon is seduction, the battlefield between his sheets, and cruel betrayal the blade he plunges deep.

My mother raised me on knights in shining armor and happily-ever-afters. She groomed me to be the perfect mafia princess. It was only natural that I’d believe in fairy tales.

Only, I didn’t fall for the prince.

I fell in love with my father’s enemy.

I’ve never deluded myself about the man Dante is. Powerful. Cold. Ruthless. Brutal. Bad doesn’t come close to describing him. But when he held me in his arms in a rented room, he showed me that he could be good. Just for me. He always chained the monster when I was pinned beneath him, at my most vulnerable and exposed, in the most dangerous place I could be.

The darkness I glimpsed in him is embedded in his soul, coloring his heart and world black. I knew exactly what I was getting into when I lost myself to a callous man. I just couldn’t have imagined in my wildest dreams that his seduction was only part of a cruel strategy and that I was nothing but the pawn he used for his revenge.

Note: Callous Desire is the first book in the Callous Duet and ends on a cliffhanger. Tatiana and Dante's story concludes in Callous Love. The duet is part of the New York Underworld series (Books 4 & 5). You don't have to read the other books in the series to follow this duet.

His weapon is seduction, the battlefield between his sheets, and cruel betrayal the blade he plunges deep. My mother raised me on knights in shining armor and happily-ever-afters. She groomed me to be the perfect mafia princess. It was only natural that I’d believe in fairy tales. Only, I didn’t ...

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11 reviews
nuella dacas
April 21, 2026
Charmaine always leaves you on the precipice ... always on the edge of the last page wanting to see the stroy through! She's done it again lol I will say.. though the overall storyline this time hasn't hypnotised me into a romantic lullaby, the characters are highly interesting! I have a feeling that it will be book 2 that brings this all together and I am here for it! Passion on another hand was not missing! I caught myself blushing from some of the scenes.
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Katie Friend
April 23, 2026
Callous Desire kicks off the Callous Duet with a dark, angsty, completely addictive second chance mafia romance that had me locked in from the very first chapter. This story does not ease you in. It throws you straight into the aftermath of something intense, messy, and broken, and I was immediately hooked trying to piece together what went wrong between Tatiana and Dante. Delicious start to the duet!
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Tori W.
April 22, 2026
Charmine messed me up with that cliffhanger but if I am being honest I saw it coming with a couple statements Dante made. Dante finds Tatiana after years and discovers he has a son and om goodness Noah is adorable. He amd Dante begin to bond she starts to feel the guilt of keeping him from Dante. There are things unsaid between these two, she is hiding things and he is withholding facts as well. She feels betrayed and used and he is angry as well. However, there is still chemistry between them.
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Charmaine loves to write dark and edgy romance that will melt both your e-reader and your heart. She's a mom of two young adults, an adorable dog, and a dominant cat. Her country of birth is South Africa where many of her stories play off. Her French husband kidnapped her to the south of France where she currently lives with her family. When she's not writing, you'll find her in the kitchen baking cakes or in the gym lifting weights (because ... all those cakes!).

Charmaine loves to write dark and edgy romance that will melt both your e-reader and your heart. She's a mom of two young adults, an adorable dog, and a dominant cat. Her country of birth is South Africa where many of her stories play off. Her French husband kidnapped her to the south of France w...

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