MY REVIEW
Captive Vows by Eve Cross is a stand alone novel in the Ravencroft Vow and Vendettas series. Even though it is the second book in the series, Eve Cross fills us in on what leads to Mara’s capture and Dante’s decision to go find her. Enemies to lovers, it delivers a happy ever after, but it is a rough road that Mara and Dante will travel before they get there.
Captive Vows by Eve Cross is a familiar storyline for me. I love the dark and dangerous and Mafia stories give me an expectation that Captive Vows didn’t quite delived and I didn’t connect with the characters. I got what I expected, and finished the book, but it fell flat for me.
That doesn’t mean it won’t work for you.
GOODREADS BLURB
The man holding me captive is twice my age—and the enemy I’m beginning to trust.
I leave blood and silver behind because Dante Vale is the ruthless hunter who can read my trail. He follows every clue north—then accepts custody of me instead of taking me home.
I hate him for every locked door. Then he refuses to punish me, honors every no, and leaves an escape open without chasing me through it.
I return because Veyr’s cage is bigger than either of us, and Dante alone sees the strategy beneath my surrender. One forbidden kiss becomes unlocked quarters and a night I choose with every breath.
I’ve fallen for the enemy I trusted to find me. Then I discover his blood debt is tangled around the one thing neither man has the right to claim: my choice.
My desire is real, but so is his betrayal.
To escape, I must destroy Veyr’s experiment before my choice to love him becomes proof that I was trained to want my cage.
CAPTIVE VOWS delivers Mara and Dante’s complete standalone romance with a hard-won HEA. The wider conflict unfolds across Ravencroft: Vows and Vendettas, an interconnected series of standalone romances. Each book follows a different couple and may be read in any order.
- Genre: Dark Romance, Fiction, Mafia, Organized Crime, Romance
- 269 pages, Kindle Edition
- Published September 28, 2026 by EVE CROSS SYNDICATE LLC
- Series: Vows and and Vendettas, Book II
ABOUT EVE CROSS
EVE CROSS writes steamy dark mafia romance where ruthless men meet sovereign women—and every surrender is earned.
Her stories unfold in Ravencroft, where rival bloodlines and criminal syndicates turn vows into weapons. Power may command obedience. Desire, trust, and surrender must be chosen.
FORCED VOWS opens Ravencroft: Vows & Vendettas, an interconnected series of complete standalone romances. Each book follows a different couple through danger, obsession, and the consequences of choosing love without surrendering power.
Ruthless men. Sovereign women. Every surrender earned.
Discover Ravencroft at https://www.evecrossauthor.com
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