what to read after runaway by bazookah
this book?
yes.
i am also still thinking about it. and yes, i am also trying to chase that high.
trust me.
runaway has absolutely no right being an unpublished wattpad book. i mean… come on.
nico rosso blaine? the plot??? josie??
the fact that somehow a book this long never once had me wanting it to hurry up? criminal. i genuinely finished it and had the immediate problem of… okay.
what the fuck am i supposed to read now?
so here are the books that might satisfy whatever it is we are all probably trying to chase. and i say might because this list is short on purpose. we both know i’m not putting books on here just to make the number look better.
if i’m sending you there after runaway, i mean it.
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now let’s get into the stuff to try to remedy this hangover.
keyword: try
start here: quick picks
4 books like runaway
1. phantom mine by khai hara
if phantom mine is not my number one mafia romance… it is tied.
although i did just read something that is currently competing for that spot.
the society finds out first.
obviously.
but back to matteo.
if nico had you completely gone because of the way he becomes consumed by josie, phantom mine gives you that same one woman and no one else exists anymore feeling in a completely different way.
matteo is more yearning. way more. he falls basically at first sight, which is usually a trope i side-eye… and somehow this book made me believe every second of it.
he waits for her.
he wants her.
he is completely, painfully gone for her.
and it is so fucking good.
this is one of my six-star reads for a reason. it’s book two in the london underworld series, but you can read it as a standalone.
Phantom Mine
✓ on kindle unlimited
she walked into his club looking for a killer. he's been waiting for her since the night she never showed up.
2. the annihilator by runyx
there is one problem with this recommendation.
the annihilator is book five.
and no.
you cannot skip to it. i know. i’m sorry. but you need to start with the predator and read the dark verse in order because the payoff is literally what makes this book hit the way it does. even runyx says the series is connected and should be read in order.
but once you get to shadow man and lyla?
worth it.
nico is dark. shadow man is something else entirely.
The Annihilator
✓ on kindle unlimited
a ruthless man who rules the shadows becomes obsessed with the one girl who lives in them… and decides she’s his.
the dark verse series
3. twisted pawn by l.j. shen
achilles?
you’re kidding me.
this man is unhinged. toxic. still completely obsessed with the woman who ran from him (but in such an unhealthy way.) and instead of doing the healthy thing and moving on…
he hunts her. as one does.
twisted pawn gives you that chase i think runaway readers are going to eat up.
she left.
he never got over it.
there is years of history and anger and wanting each other buried underneath all the reasons they absolutely should stay away. and achilles does not know how to do anything halfway. including loving her. or hating her. or apparently stalking her.
it is book two in the society of villains series. you technically can read it as a standalone, but i’d read bad bishop first because the world hits better that way.
Twisted Pawn
✓ on kindle unlimited
she betrayed him twice… now the man she once loved is hunting her, and this time he plans to finish it
society of villains series
4. handsome devil by l.j. shen
we are leaving traditional mafia for a second. but hear me out.
billionaire. emotionally unavailable. morally black enough for me. and a man who has spent most of his life acting like feelings are a personal weakness.
sound fun?
tatum blackthorn is not nico. at all.
but if part of what got you in runaway was watching a man who is absolutely not built for softness slowly become completely undone by one woman… this delivers. because watching that wall come down?
ughhhhhh.
so good.
gia gets under his skin little by little until this cold, unfeeling billionaire is suddenly doing things the man at the beginning of the book would have laughed at.
handsome devil is book three in the forbidden love series, but it works as a standalone.
Handsome Devil
✓ on kindle unlimited
a billionaire ceo traps his long-time assistant in a deal she can't refuse... and accidentally falls harder than anyone saw coming.
which book should you read next?
- if you want the yearning: phantom mine
- if you want the obsession darker: the annihilator
- if you want toxic + unhinged + chase me: twisted pawn
- if you want to watch an emotionally unavailable man completely fold: handsome devil
and if you’re looking at this list thinking…
that’s it?
yes.
that’s it.
i could give you ten mafia romances. i could probably give you twenty. but if the question is what would i actually hand you after runaway?
these four.
i’m not going to pretend something belongs here just because it has a mafia man and a gun on the cover.
if nico was your real problem…
like me, nico is the reason we’re all sitting here trying to find another book that hits the same way.
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