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Medvedev Bratva #1
Devil from Moscow
I never expected to fall for a devil.
Nina:
You know the story where the hero comes in and saves the day, rescuing the heroine right in the nick of time?
This isn’t that story.
Instead of a knight in shining armor, he’s a sexy, tatted-up Bratva boss with a reputation for being brutal and fierce.
Vasily finds me after I’ve already been brought to my lowest—broken by cruel men until I barely recognize myself.
He doesn’t offer me salvation.
He offers me protection and revenge.
And I gladly take it.
Because I don’t need a knight in shining armor.
I need a villain who doesn’t mind getting his hands dirty, a man who will make those bastards pay for what they did to me.
I never expected to fall for the devil with blood on his hands.
I never expected to crave the comfort of his powerful body.
But our arrangement quickly turns into something more as he teaches me what real pleasure feels like, and soon I’m addicted.
Vasily:
When I first saw her, she was broken, alone, scared.
I couldn’t leave her, so I did the only thing I could do.
I claimed her as my own and gave her the protection of my name.
She knows who I am, knows my reputation and the bloody stories they tell about me.
But she’s not the one who needs to fear me.
It’s all the men that hurt her who need to be scared.
Because I’m coming for them.
One by one I’m going to take down every single person who dared to hurt what’s mine.
Because Nina is mine.
She was mine the second she wrapped her arms around me and begged me for help, and I’m never letting her go.
WARNING: This is a very steamy dark Bratva romance, and it does contain triggering content. Please see warning at beginning of novel and read responsibly.
This is the first book in the Medvedev Bratva series, an interconnected series that can be read as standalones, but it’s more enjoyable if you read them in order. No cliffhangers, no cheating, and an HEA is always guaranteed!
Nina:
You know the story where the hero comes in and saves the day, rescuing the heroine right in the nick of time?
This isn’t that story.
Instead of a knight in shining armor, he’s a sexy, tatted-up Bratva boss with a reputation for being brutal and fierce.
Vasily finds me after I’ve already been brought to my lowest—broken by cruel men until I barely recognize myself.
He doesn’t offer me salvation.
He offers me protection and revenge.
And I gladly take it.
Because I don’t need a knight in shining armor.
I need a villain who doesn’t mind getting his hands dirty, a man who will make those bastards pay for what they did to me.
I never expected to fall for the devil with blood on his hands.
I never expected to crave the comfort of his powerful body.
But our arrangement quickly turns into something more as he teaches me what real pleasure feels like, and soon I’m addicted.
Vasily:
When I first saw her, she was broken, alone, scared.
I couldn’t leave her, so I did the only thing I could do.
I claimed her as my own and gave her the protection of my name.
She knows who I am, knows my reputation and the bloody stories they tell about me.
But she’s not the one who needs to fear me.
It’s all the men that hurt her who need to be scared.
Because I’m coming for them.
One by one I’m going to take down every single person who dared to hurt what’s mine.
Because Nina is mine.
She was mine the second she wrapped her arms around me and begged me for help, and I’m never letting her go.
WARNING: This is a very steamy dark Bratva romance, and it does contain triggering content. Please see warning at beginning of novel and read responsibly.
This is the first book in the Medvedev Bratva series, an interconnected series that can be read as standalones, but it’s more enjoyable if you read them in order. No cliffhangers, no cheating, and an HEA is always guaranteed!
256 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 21, 2023
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June 27, 2023
⭐️⭐️.75-⭐️⭐️⭐️
''I'm perfectly content to just have you''
Safety warnings:
- H 32 / h 22
- No cheating
- No OW/OM drama
- Descriptive r*pe/s*xual assault
- Violence/torture/d*ath
- Human trafficking
- Trauma
- HEA
SPOILERS BELOW ⬇️
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I struggled with this, I think it's because of how he was made to be the devil and dark but all we got from him was the completely opposite? I wanted to be unhinged and cold despite the kindness he showed her when he saved her. Idk. I also could not stand behind her decision to let her parents live knowing what they did and how seriously they did not care.
NOW I will say Vasily was perfect in his kindness and understanding. It just got too repetitive after a while.
Nina is SOLD BY HER PARENTS to pay for her father’s huge debt, she is sold into human trafficking where she is raped repeatably for over 10 days. She violently loses her virginity to a mystery man with a ski mask and is locked away by the owner Ruby. Ruby also informs her that her Nina's dad frequents the place and uses the women too which is where one of his debts comes in.
I am absolutely disgusted by the fact her mother and father KNEW what they were selling her to and were never distraught over it and even when she is saved, they want her to go back. They should have died and not left to their own devices.
Vasily shows up at Ruby to look for a man who owes him money and runs into Nina who was just brutally raped and in order to save her he quickly announces she is to be his wife and tells Ruby to fuck off and takes her out of there. Vasily is the leader of the Bratva and places Nina under his protection by marrying her that night.
Of course, Nina is experiencing intense trauma over everything that happened to her but Vasily being patient and kind lets her deal with everything while standing by her side. He lets her view images of men who frequented the place and creates a list of the ones who raped her and goes off to kill them one by one.
The mysterious ski mask guy who bought her virginity and raped her constantly? Well, he is Colin the Irish mob boss who Vasily knew. Was I shocked? Nope. Who else was there in this story to be the mystery asshole? I knew it was him very early on.
I skimmed a lot of this book and I wish it had been easier to get through especially since it's less than 300 pages which normally takes me a day to finish.
''I'm perfectly content to just have you''
Safety warnings:
- H 32 / h 22
- No cheating
- No OW/OM drama
- Descriptive r*pe/s*xual assault
- Violence/torture/d*ath
- Human trafficking
- Trauma
- HEA
SPOILERS BELOW ⬇️
SPOILERS BELOW ⬇️
SPOILERS BELOW ⬇️
SPOILERS BELOW ⬇️
I struggled with this, I think it's because of how he was made to be the devil and dark but all we got from him was the completely opposite? I wanted to be unhinged and cold despite the kindness he showed her when he saved her. Idk. I also could not stand behind her decision to let her parents live knowing what they did and how seriously they did not care.
NOW I will say Vasily was perfect in his kindness and understanding. It just got too repetitive after a while.
Nina is SOLD BY HER PARENTS to pay for her father’s huge debt, she is sold into human trafficking where she is raped repeatably for over 10 days. She violently loses her virginity to a mystery man with a ski mask and is locked away by the owner Ruby. Ruby also informs her that her Nina's dad frequents the place and uses the women too which is where one of his debts comes in.
I am absolutely disgusted by the fact her mother and father KNEW what they were selling her to and were never distraught over it and even when she is saved, they want her to go back. They should have died and not left to their own devices.
Vasily shows up at Ruby to look for a man who owes him money and runs into Nina who was just brutally raped and in order to save her he quickly announces she is to be his wife and tells Ruby to fuck off and takes her out of there. Vasily is the leader of the Bratva and places Nina under his protection by marrying her that night.
Of course, Nina is experiencing intense trauma over everything that happened to her but Vasily being patient and kind lets her deal with everything while standing by her side. He lets her view images of men who frequented the place and creates a list of the ones who raped her and goes off to kill them one by one.
The mysterious ski mask guy who bought her virginity and raped her constantly? Well, he is Colin the Irish mob boss who Vasily knew. Was I shocked? Nope. Who else was there in this story to be the mystery asshole? I knew it was him very early on.
I skimmed a lot of this book and I wish it had been easier to get through especially since it's less than 300 pages which normally takes me a day to finish.
May 3, 2026
⭐️ 5/5 — Vasily Medvedev can ruin my life, call me zolotse, and I’d thank him on my knees 🖤💍🧎🏻♀️
🌶 3.5/5 — Possessive finger-licking, filthy club teasing, and multiple-O magic… but girl, my clit filed a complaint for unrealistic expectations 😒 👁👄👁
💭 MY RAMBLINGS 💭
Okay babes, I just closed Devil from Moscow and I’m a changed woman 😭💖 Lemme tell youuuu…
NGL, I skimmed the absolute hell out of the first few chapters where Nina got sold to a brothel by her own garbage parents (fuck you two forever, hope you rot in hell 🖕🏻🖕🏻🤬💩☠️). The SA scenes were way too heavy for my soft little heart—I was legit gagging and wanted to yeet my e-reader across the room. Major trigger warning, besties!! If that’s not your vibe, proceed with caution or skip ahead like I did.
BUT THE SECOND VASILY ENTERED THE CHAT?! GAME. FUCKING. OVER. I was hooked like a diamond-encrusted Bratva chain 😩💎🔗❤️🔥 The rest of this book? Chef’s kiss, no notes, 10/10 would let him claim me as his wife again. Unrealistic? Hell yes. OTT delulu deliciousness? Abso-fucking-lutely. And that’s exactly why it’s my kinda book!! It swept me off my feet faster than Vasily can say “you’re mine now, zolotse” 😮💨💍
Vasily is not a man—he’s a 6’4” walking wet dream with dark hair, piercing blue eyes, tattoos for days, and the moral compass of a loaded gun 😍😍😍. This king will slaughter your enemies one by one without losing sleep, tattoo his claim on you, shield you with his body, and then whisper sweet nothings while being the softest hopeless romantic… but ONLY for her!! 🤭💘💞
Knight in shining armor? Hard pass 🙅🏻♀️🙂↔️. I want my villain who’ll burn the whole world down to keep his wife safe 🔥🖤 I’m ruined for life 😭. Expecting any real man to match Vasya standards is setting myself up for eternal disappointment. Le sighhh… 😮💨😮💨😮💨
Nina? Surprisingly not annoying at all (rare W in MF romance 👏🏻). I’m a huge Damsel in Distress girly when it’s done right, and this book fits me like a custom diamond choker 💎. She’s sweet, healing, and still grabs her man’s hand to show him exactly how she wants it? Love that energy!! 🥰
My only tiny, petty complaint 🤏🏻 (because I’m a professional hater 💀) is the back-to-back multiple orgasms hitting Nina like it’s her Olympic sport 🙄🫠 As a real woman who has to negotiate with her body like it’s on strike, I was rolling my eyes into another dimension 🙄🪐🌌🌍. Can we get some realism or at least call it “PARANORMAL MAGIC CLIT”? 🪄🤣 That’s my usual MF pet peeve—meanwhile I’ll believe in anything in MM or fantasy, no questions asked 🙂↔️😂
Overall, this book healed my fictional trauma, gave me unrealistic expectations, and left me screaming for more Vasily content. I’m in a weird “do I dive into the series or let Vasya live rent-free in my head forever?” headspace right now 😵💫😬😶🌫️. Vladimir/Volodya and Valeri have MASSIVE shoes to fill—if they even come close to topping my husband Vasya, please spam me with spoilers or hype because I’m terrified of disappointment 🫣🤓💔
If you love dark Bratva romance with touch-her-and-die vibes, revenge-obsessed MMCs, and a traumatized queen who gets worshipped… run, don’t walk!! 🏃🏻♀️💨💨💨 5 stars, no regrets (except for my future dating standards). 🫠😅🥲
Who else is completely obsessed with Vasily?? Drop your favorite “Vasya moment” below—I need to relive the spice and the slaughter 😩🐻❤️🔥🔪
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⚠️ Detailed spoilers below ⛔️
RC and MCs:
🐻✨️ MF
🐻✨️ Vasily Medvedev aka Vasya 32yo and Nina Carrington 22yo
🐻✨️ Vasily: Russian bratva. Pakhan of the Medvedev family.
🐻✨️ Nina: University student
🐻✨️ Vasily: Blue eyes, jet black hair, muscular, tatted-up, 6ft4/193cm
🐻✨️ Nina: Dark brown almost black eyes, black hair, 5ft2/157cm
Genre, tropes, and microtropes:
🐻✨️ MF dark bratva/mafia contemporary romance
🐻✨️ Damsel in distress
🐻✨️ Marriage for protection
🐻✨️ Age gap (10 years)
🐻✨️ Revenge / vengeance arc
🐻✨️ Hurt/comfort
🐻✨️ Found family
🐻✨️ Insta-love
🐻✨️ He falls first and harder
🐻✨️ Size difference
🐻✨️ Morally grey / anti-hero MMC
🐻✨️ Touch her and die (literally)
🐻✨️ Protective, caretaker MMC
🐻✨️ Only soft for her
🐻✨️ Possessive MMC
🐻✨️ SA trauma survivor FMC
🐻✨️ Shy, sweet FMC
🐻✨️ Sexual awakening
🐻✨️ Mine
🐻✨️ They have each other’s name tattooed on the inside of their forearms.
🐻✨️ Consent king MMC
🐻✨️ Vasily almost always puts Nina to sit on his lap whether there are other people around or not
🐻✨️ Vasily carries Nina everywhere so often, including when she's pregnant
🐻✨️ Pet names: Zolotse (Little gold / golden one. It's used to express deep fondness, translating to darling, precious, or treasure. It signifies that a person is as good as gold and valuable.), baby, sweetheart
Safety info:
🐻✨️ Angst: Medium-high
🐻✨️ OPD: No
🐻✨️ Cheating/sharing: No
🐻✨️ Third act breakup: No
🐻✨️ Ending: HEA
🐻✨️ Epilogue: Yes
🐻✨️ POV: Dual, 1st person
🐻✨️ Series structure: Interconnected standalone
Spice and kinks:
Clit-focused fingering, multiple orgasms, semi public sex (in the sunroom library with the door open), wall sex (standing from-behind position), fingerfucking (clothes on), grinding (on his hand), erotic cleanup (finger sucking), taste play/self-tasting kiss (on his tounge), handjob, dirty talk, cum play, marking (tattoos, cum), shower sex, blowjob (one scene while Vasya is on a phone call), cunnilingus (tongue fucking, clit sucking and licking), face riding and grinding, mild somnophilia (briefly, off-page), dry grinding to completion (in the house living room and nightclub's dance floor), no condom, creampie, aftercare, semi-public play (in a nightclub, no audience), lap sitting, panty-covered clit fingering, praise kink (good girl), hair gripping/hair fisting, hand necklace, outdoor sex (on the bedroom's balcony, no audience)
CW/TW:
Explicit sexual content, rape/sexual assault (graphic, on-page), prostitution/trafficking, violence, torture, murder, drugs/drugging, abusive/toxic family, forced tattoo, and trauma
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Quotes: ⚠️ Spoilers ⛔️
“It’s okay,” I whisper in Russian before kissing her forehead. “You’re safe now, Nina.”
-
“In Anna Karenina, she doesn’t get a happy ending, does she?”
Her dark eyes look so sad, and I hate to add to it, but I’m not going to lie to her. “No, she doesn’t, but you will, zolotse.”
She nods, but I can tell she doesn’t believe me.
-
He gives a slow nod of his head. “I see. So you’d be fine with me fucking other women? Bringing them here to our house so you can hear and see them?”
Just the idea of it has me clutching the mug so tightly I’m surprised I don’t break it. “No,” I finally whisper, unable to lie to him. “I wouldn’t like that at all.”
“Good, because it would really piss me off if you’d be fine with that. You deserve more than that, Nina.”
-
“You don’t need to thank me for treating you how you deserve to be treated.”
-
“You’re my wife, and I only want to kiss you. Whether you believe it or not, it doesn’t change the truth of it. I don’t fear monogamy like some men. I’m perfectly content to just have you.”
-
“This one looks newer than the others. What does it say?”
“This one is very special to me,” I tell her.
She traces the Cyrillic letters. “Is this an H?”
“No, it’s an N in Russian.”
When she realizes there are two Ns with a letter she doesn’t know between them and an A at the end, she widens her eyes and looks up at me. I smile and say, “It’s my wife’s name.”
“When did you have it done?”
“I asked Nikolai to do it after he’d finished with yours.”
“But you barely knew me then.”
“I knew enough, zolotse.”
-
When I hear him sucking on his finger, I lift my head to watch him. His eyes are closed and he lets out a deep groan as he savors the taste of me, slowly sucking his fingers clean. Watching my gorgeous husband lick my juices from his skin is the most erotic thing I’ve ever seen.
-
Right before I let go, I lift her shirt so I can come on her stomach, needing to claim some part of her as mine. She swallows my groans as my cock pulses in our hands and I shoot my seed onto her exposed skin. Her kiss turns harder when she feels the wet heat of my cum hit her stomach.
-
She smiles and looks down at her coated stomach. Dragging a finger through my seed, she brings it to her mouth, watching me as she runs her tongue up her finger.
“Goddamn, baby,” I mutter, watching her taste me for the first time.
She brings her hand back down, smearing my cum over her skin, the sight of it triggering every overprotective, possessive gene I have and magnifying it by a thousand. Before I can think better of it, I tell her exactly what I’m thinking.
“You’re mine now, and I’m never letting you go.” I drag my thumb along her cheek and lean in closer to flick my tongue along her upper lip. “I married you to protect you, and I told myself that later I’d let you go if that’s what you wanted, but I can’t do that, zolotse. I want you all to myself. I’ve fallen completely in love with you.”
-
“I’m sorry I couldn’t be the good guy coming in to save you,” I say, knowing she deserves so much better than me.
“Only a devil could’ve rescued me from that hell. You’re exactly who I need, Vasya. I don’t need or want a man who’s afraid to get his hands bloody. I can sleep at night because of you. I know that one by one you’re making damn sure those men will never get their hands on me again.”
“They never will,” I promise her. “I don’t care if I have to kill every single man in this goddamn city. No one but me will ever touch you, zolotse.”
-
Holding up his bloody tongue, I look at the remaining four Irishmen who are standing there with their fucking mouths hanging open. “Anyone else want to say something about my wife?”
-
As soon as I’m close enough, Vasily wraps one of his large hands around my hip and pulls me onto his lap. He grins at the shocked look I give him and kisses me, not giving the slightest fuck that he’s in the middle of some kind of meeting.
“I didn’t mean to interrupt,” I whisper. “I can go back inside and let you finish.”
“No,” he says, tightening his grip on me, making it clear I’m right where he wants me. “You’re never an interruption, zolotse. You’re my wife.”
-
His blue eyes turn serious when he says, “I would wait a lifetime for you, zolotse. I would wait forever for just one time with you.”
-
“I’m a selfish man when it comes to you, sweetheart. I want all your orgasms. I want all your pleasure. You’re not some lonely housewife who needs to fuck herself alone in the shower. Understand?”
-
“I love you so much, Vasya,” she whispers. “So much it scares me.”
“I love you too, zolotse. I’m not used to having a weakness, but I have one now. Losing you is not an option, not one I could survive anyway, and that scares the hell out of me. A part of me wants to lock you in this house and never let you leave so that you’ll always be safe.”
She gives a soft laugh because she thinks I’m joking. “Stop worrying about me.”
“Never.”
She smiles and kisses me. “I’m not planning on going anywhere alone until all this is settled, so you can at least not worry quite as much. You have enough to worry about without me adding to it. I don’t ever want to be a burden to you.”
“You’ve never been and you could never be a burden to me. I love you, Nina, and I would do anything for you.”
-
“No way in hell am I going to sit by and let my men see you with your nipples straining against the tiny bikini top you’re wearing, zolotse. That’s for my eyes only.”
-
“Open wide, baby,” he groans, watching me wrap my wet lips around him. “Good girl. Just relax and let me take control.”
-
He sits up and cups my face. “That’s not how this works. Someone hurt you, and that someone will pay for it with their life. I won’t stop until he’s dead, zolotse. I can’t.”
-
He grabs my hand and gives me a wink. “And you’re super rich, too, by the way. What’s mine is yours, baby.”
-
I sit down in one of the chairs and pull Nina into my lap. She relaxes against me, not the slightest bit annoyed that I can’t seem to ever sit her in the chair next to me. I want her in my lap. I like the feel of her body against mine, no matter the situation.
-
I’m a firm believer that no one is looking down and in charge of this shit show we call life.
-
“I love you, baby,” he whispers against my lips. “So goddamn much. I’ve never been so scared in my life.”
“I love you, too,” I tell him, running a finger along his jawline. “I heard my phone ringing while he was here. I knew you were on your way. That meant everything to me. I knew you’d walk through hell to get to me.”
“I’d do a hell of lot more than that, zolotse. You’re my life now, baby. I would do anything for you.”
-
I grab the bouquet of roses and orchids I’d picked up for her earlier. I know she loves pink, and this thing has every shade of pink imaginable.
-
“I still want to do this right.” I open the box, relieved when I see her eyes light up at the sight of the large pink diamond I’d picked out for her. It’s surrounded by smaller diamonds and set on a delicate platinum band. As soon as I’d seen it, I’d known it was the one. Her eyes turn glassy as I grab her hand and kiss it.
“I love you more than I ever thought possible, zolotse. You’ve quickly become my entire life. I can barely remember what it even felt like to not have you with me, and I can’t tell you how much I love that, because I never want to experience life without you. You are everything to me, baby, and I know we’re already married, but I want to propose anyway. You married me so I could keep you safe, but now I want you to agree to stay married to me because you love me and want to be with me. I will always keep you safe no matter what, and even if you decide you’d rather be free of me now that it’s safe for you to do so, I will never stop loving you or wishing I could be with you. You’re it for me, sweetheart. There could never be anyone else.”
-
The man hasn’t been able to keep his hands off me. The bigger I get, the hornier he gets. Seeing me grow with his baby has caused some sort of caveman gene to take over.
-
We sit and watch our son start to fall asleep, memorizing every detail of his perfect little body. Dmitri Medvedev, a son I never thought I’d have, but one who’s so quickly filled my heart with unconditional love for him. With my wife and son in my arms, I have everything I could ever need. This may not be the life I thought I’d have, but it’s so much better than anything I could’ve imagined. I hug Nina tighter against me, more than ready to step into the role of daddy. My wife and son are everything to me, and I’m going to make damn sure that they’re always protected and loved.
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🌶 3.5/5 — Possessive finger-licking, filthy club teasing, and multiple-O magic… but girl, my clit filed a complaint for unrealistic expectations 😒 👁👄👁
💭 MY RAMBLINGS 💭
Okay babes, I just closed Devil from Moscow and I’m a changed woman 😭💖 Lemme tell youuuu…
NGL, I skimmed the absolute hell out of the first few chapters where Nina got sold to a brothel by her own garbage parents (fuck you two forever, hope you rot in hell 🖕🏻🖕🏻🤬💩☠️). The SA scenes were way too heavy for my soft little heart—I was legit gagging and wanted to yeet my e-reader across the room. Major trigger warning, besties!! If that’s not your vibe, proceed with caution or skip ahead like I did.
BUT THE SECOND VASILY ENTERED THE CHAT?! GAME. FUCKING. OVER. I was hooked like a diamond-encrusted Bratva chain 😩💎🔗❤️🔥 The rest of this book? Chef’s kiss, no notes, 10/10 would let him claim me as his wife again. Unrealistic? Hell yes. OTT delulu deliciousness? Abso-fucking-lutely. And that’s exactly why it’s my kinda book!! It swept me off my feet faster than Vasily can say “you’re mine now, zolotse” 😮💨💍
Vasily is not a man—he’s a 6’4” walking wet dream with dark hair, piercing blue eyes, tattoos for days, and the moral compass of a loaded gun 😍😍😍. This king will slaughter your enemies one by one without losing sleep, tattoo his claim on you, shield you with his body, and then whisper sweet nothings while being the softest hopeless romantic… but ONLY for her!! 🤭💘💞
Knight in shining armor? Hard pass 🙅🏻♀️🙂↔️. I want my villain who’ll burn the whole world down to keep his wife safe 🔥🖤 I’m ruined for life 😭. Expecting any real man to match Vasya standards is setting myself up for eternal disappointment. Le sighhh… 😮💨😮💨😮💨
Nina? Surprisingly not annoying at all (rare W in MF romance 👏🏻). I’m a huge Damsel in Distress girly when it’s done right, and this book fits me like a custom diamond choker 💎. She’s sweet, healing, and still grabs her man’s hand to show him exactly how she wants it? Love that energy!! 🥰
My only tiny, petty complaint 🤏🏻 (because I’m a professional hater 💀) is the back-to-back multiple orgasms hitting Nina like it’s her Olympic sport 🙄🫠 As a real woman who has to negotiate with her body like it’s on strike, I was rolling my eyes into another dimension 🙄🪐🌌🌍. Can we get some realism or at least call it “PARANORMAL MAGIC CLIT”? 🪄🤣 That’s my usual MF pet peeve—meanwhile I’ll believe in anything in MM or fantasy, no questions asked 🙂↔️😂
Overall, this book healed my fictional trauma, gave me unrealistic expectations, and left me screaming for more Vasily content. I’m in a weird “do I dive into the series or let Vasya live rent-free in my head forever?” headspace right now 😵💫😬😶🌫️. Vladimir/Volodya and Valeri have MASSIVE shoes to fill—if they even come close to topping my husband Vasya, please spam me with spoilers or hype because I’m terrified of disappointment 🫣🤓💔
If you love dark Bratva romance with touch-her-and-die vibes, revenge-obsessed MMCs, and a traumatized queen who gets worshipped… run, don’t walk!! 🏃🏻♀️💨💨💨 5 stars, no regrets (except for my future dating standards). 🫠😅🥲
Who else is completely obsessed with Vasily?? Drop your favorite “Vasya moment” below—I need to relive the spice and the slaughter 😩🐻❤️🔥🔪
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⚠️ Detailed spoilers below ⛔️
RC and MCs:
🐻✨️ MF
🐻✨️ Vasily Medvedev aka Vasya 32yo and Nina Carrington 22yo
🐻✨️ Vasily: Russian bratva. Pakhan of the Medvedev family.
🐻✨️ Nina: University student
🐻✨️ Vasily: Blue eyes, jet black hair, muscular, tatted-up, 6ft4/193cm
🐻✨️ Nina: Dark brown almost black eyes, black hair, 5ft2/157cm
Genre, tropes, and microtropes:
🐻✨️ MF dark bratva/mafia contemporary romance
🐻✨️ Damsel in distress
🐻✨️ Marriage for protection
🐻✨️ Age gap (10 years)
🐻✨️ Revenge / vengeance arc
🐻✨️ Hurt/comfort
🐻✨️ Found family
🐻✨️ Insta-love
🐻✨️ He falls first and harder
🐻✨️ Size difference
🐻✨️ Morally grey / anti-hero MMC
🐻✨️ Touch her and die (literally)
🐻✨️ Protective, caretaker MMC
🐻✨️ Only soft for her
🐻✨️ Possessive MMC
🐻✨️ SA trauma survivor FMC
🐻✨️ Shy, sweet FMC
🐻✨️ Sexual awakening
🐻✨️ Mine
🐻✨️ They have each other’s name tattooed on the inside of their forearms.
🐻✨️ Consent king MMC
🐻✨️ Vasily almost always puts Nina to sit on his lap whether there are other people around or not
🐻✨️ Vasily carries Nina everywhere so often, including when she's pregnant
🐻✨️ Pet names: Zolotse (Little gold / golden one. It's used to express deep fondness, translating to darling, precious, or treasure. It signifies that a person is as good as gold and valuable.), baby, sweetheart
Safety info:
🐻✨️ Angst: Medium-high
🐻✨️ OPD: No
🐻✨️ Cheating/sharing: No
🐻✨️ Third act breakup: No
🐻✨️ Ending: HEA
🐻✨️ Epilogue: Yes
🐻✨️ POV: Dual, 1st person
🐻✨️ Series structure: Interconnected standalone
Spice and kinks:
Clit-focused fingering, multiple orgasms, semi public sex (in the sunroom library with the door open), wall sex (standing from-behind position), fingerfucking (clothes on), grinding (on his hand), erotic cleanup (finger sucking), taste play/self-tasting kiss (on his tounge), handjob, dirty talk, cum play, marking (tattoos, cum), shower sex, blowjob (one scene while Vasya is on a phone call), cunnilingus (tongue fucking, clit sucking and licking), face riding and grinding, mild somnophilia (briefly, off-page), dry grinding to completion (in the house living room and nightclub's dance floor), no condom, creampie, aftercare, semi-public play (in a nightclub, no audience), lap sitting, panty-covered clit fingering, praise kink (good girl), hair gripping/hair fisting, hand necklace, outdoor sex (on the bedroom's balcony, no audience)
CW/TW:
Explicit sexual content, rape/sexual assault (graphic, on-page), prostitution/trafficking, violence, torture, murder, drugs/drugging, abusive/toxic family, forced tattoo, and trauma
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Quotes: ⚠️ Spoilers ⛔️
“It’s okay,” I whisper in Russian before kissing her forehead. “You’re safe now, Nina.”
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“In Anna Karenina, she doesn’t get a happy ending, does she?”
Her dark eyes look so sad, and I hate to add to it, but I’m not going to lie to her. “No, she doesn’t, but you will, zolotse.”
She nods, but I can tell she doesn’t believe me.
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He gives a slow nod of his head. “I see. So you’d be fine with me fucking other women? Bringing them here to our house so you can hear and see them?”
Just the idea of it has me clutching the mug so tightly I’m surprised I don’t break it. “No,” I finally whisper, unable to lie to him. “I wouldn’t like that at all.”
“Good, because it would really piss me off if you’d be fine with that. You deserve more than that, Nina.”
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“You don’t need to thank me for treating you how you deserve to be treated.”
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“You’re my wife, and I only want to kiss you. Whether you believe it or not, it doesn’t change the truth of it. I don’t fear monogamy like some men. I’m perfectly content to just have you.”
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“This one looks newer than the others. What does it say?”
“This one is very special to me,” I tell her.
She traces the Cyrillic letters. “Is this an H?”
“No, it’s an N in Russian.”
When she realizes there are two Ns with a letter she doesn’t know between them and an A at the end, she widens her eyes and looks up at me. I smile and say, “It’s my wife’s name.”
“When did you have it done?”
“I asked Nikolai to do it after he’d finished with yours.”
“But you barely knew me then.”
“I knew enough, zolotse.”
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When I hear him sucking on his finger, I lift my head to watch him. His eyes are closed and he lets out a deep groan as he savors the taste of me, slowly sucking his fingers clean. Watching my gorgeous husband lick my juices from his skin is the most erotic thing I’ve ever seen.
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Right before I let go, I lift her shirt so I can come on her stomach, needing to claim some part of her as mine. She swallows my groans as my cock pulses in our hands and I shoot my seed onto her exposed skin. Her kiss turns harder when she feels the wet heat of my cum hit her stomach.
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She smiles and looks down at her coated stomach. Dragging a finger through my seed, she brings it to her mouth, watching me as she runs her tongue up her finger.
“Goddamn, baby,” I mutter, watching her taste me for the first time.
She brings her hand back down, smearing my cum over her skin, the sight of it triggering every overprotective, possessive gene I have and magnifying it by a thousand. Before I can think better of it, I tell her exactly what I’m thinking.
“You’re mine now, and I’m never letting you go.” I drag my thumb along her cheek and lean in closer to flick my tongue along her upper lip. “I married you to protect you, and I told myself that later I’d let you go if that’s what you wanted, but I can’t do that, zolotse. I want you all to myself. I’ve fallen completely in love with you.”
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“I’m sorry I couldn’t be the good guy coming in to save you,” I say, knowing she deserves so much better than me.
“Only a devil could’ve rescued me from that hell. You’re exactly who I need, Vasya. I don’t need or want a man who’s afraid to get his hands bloody. I can sleep at night because of you. I know that one by one you’re making damn sure those men will never get their hands on me again.”
“They never will,” I promise her. “I don’t care if I have to kill every single man in this goddamn city. No one but me will ever touch you, zolotse.”
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Holding up his bloody tongue, I look at the remaining four Irishmen who are standing there with their fucking mouths hanging open. “Anyone else want to say something about my wife?”
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As soon as I’m close enough, Vasily wraps one of his large hands around my hip and pulls me onto his lap. He grins at the shocked look I give him and kisses me, not giving the slightest fuck that he’s in the middle of some kind of meeting.
“I didn’t mean to interrupt,” I whisper. “I can go back inside and let you finish.”
“No,” he says, tightening his grip on me, making it clear I’m right where he wants me. “You’re never an interruption, zolotse. You’re my wife.”
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His blue eyes turn serious when he says, “I would wait a lifetime for you, zolotse. I would wait forever for just one time with you.”
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“I’m a selfish man when it comes to you, sweetheart. I want all your orgasms. I want all your pleasure. You’re not some lonely housewife who needs to fuck herself alone in the shower. Understand?”
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“I love you so much, Vasya,” she whispers. “So much it scares me.”
“I love you too, zolotse. I’m not used to having a weakness, but I have one now. Losing you is not an option, not one I could survive anyway, and that scares the hell out of me. A part of me wants to lock you in this house and never let you leave so that you’ll always be safe.”
She gives a soft laugh because she thinks I’m joking. “Stop worrying about me.”
“Never.”
She smiles and kisses me. “I’m not planning on going anywhere alone until all this is settled, so you can at least not worry quite as much. You have enough to worry about without me adding to it. I don’t ever want to be a burden to you.”
“You’ve never been and you could never be a burden to me. I love you, Nina, and I would do anything for you.”
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“No way in hell am I going to sit by and let my men see you with your nipples straining against the tiny bikini top you’re wearing, zolotse. That’s for my eyes only.”
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“Open wide, baby,” he groans, watching me wrap my wet lips around him. “Good girl. Just relax and let me take control.”
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He sits up and cups my face. “That’s not how this works. Someone hurt you, and that someone will pay for it with their life. I won’t stop until he’s dead, zolotse. I can’t.”
-
He grabs my hand and gives me a wink. “And you’re super rich, too, by the way. What’s mine is yours, baby.”
-
I sit down in one of the chairs and pull Nina into my lap. She relaxes against me, not the slightest bit annoyed that I can’t seem to ever sit her in the chair next to me. I want her in my lap. I like the feel of her body against mine, no matter the situation.
-
I’m a firm believer that no one is looking down and in charge of this shit show we call life.
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“I love you, baby,” he whispers against my lips. “So goddamn much. I’ve never been so scared in my life.”
“I love you, too,” I tell him, running a finger along his jawline. “I heard my phone ringing while he was here. I knew you were on your way. That meant everything to me. I knew you’d walk through hell to get to me.”
“I’d do a hell of lot more than that, zolotse. You’re my life now, baby. I would do anything for you.”
-
I grab the bouquet of roses and orchids I’d picked up for her earlier. I know she loves pink, and this thing has every shade of pink imaginable.
-
“I still want to do this right.” I open the box, relieved when I see her eyes light up at the sight of the large pink diamond I’d picked out for her. It’s surrounded by smaller diamonds and set on a delicate platinum band. As soon as I’d seen it, I’d known it was the one. Her eyes turn glassy as I grab her hand and kiss it.
“I love you more than I ever thought possible, zolotse. You’ve quickly become my entire life. I can barely remember what it even felt like to not have you with me, and I can’t tell you how much I love that, because I never want to experience life without you. You are everything to me, baby, and I know we’re already married, but I want to propose anyway. You married me so I could keep you safe, but now I want you to agree to stay married to me because you love me and want to be with me. I will always keep you safe no matter what, and even if you decide you’d rather be free of me now that it’s safe for you to do so, I will never stop loving you or wishing I could be with you. You’re it for me, sweetheart. There could never be anyone else.”
-
The man hasn’t been able to keep his hands off me. The bigger I get, the hornier he gets. Seeing me grow with his baby has caused some sort of caveman gene to take over.
-
We sit and watch our son start to fall asleep, memorizing every detail of his perfect little body. Dmitri Medvedev, a son I never thought I’d have, but one who’s so quickly filled my heart with unconditional love for him. With my wife and son in my arms, I have everything I could ever need. This may not be the life I thought I’d have, but it’s so much better than anything I could’ve imagined. I hug Nina tighter against me, more than ready to step into the role of daddy. My wife and son are everything to me, and I’m going to make damn sure that they’re always protected and loved.
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December 8, 2023
How can this be dark and sickeningly sweet at the same time? Please check the trigger warnings in this book.
Nina (22) was sent as collateral by her father to pay for his debts. Her parents knew what would happen to her, yet those sick fucks lied and still sent her to that horrible place. She was a v-card holder and was auctioned to the highest bidder. She was brutally assaulted on page and every day for 10 days in that club.
Then one day, Vasily (32) was looking for a man in that club, and he saw Nina. She begged him to help her, and he did. He dragged her out of that place and told the manager that he's going to marry her, which means she's under his protection. Of course, the witch manager threw a hissy fit because Nina's a great asset, but she couldn't do anything.
Vasily married Nina that same night, but it was only to protect her at the beginning. But as days passed and Nina saw that Vasily really cared for her, she slowly let her guard down and accepted his protective and sweet side.
This has dark themes, obviously, and most of the story focuses on finding and killing all those men who raped Nina. She pointed them out, and Vasily listed their names, ticking off each one as soon as he killed them. It was satisfying for me; they deserve it, and I'm not even sorry for those men. And the last man on the list is someone I guessed correctly. I enjoyed reading how he died in a very slow and painful way. 😈
Despite being a dark romance, this is also a freaking cheesefest. They dropped the love bomb at around 51%, and their lines, gooosh, they're cringey at times for being disgustingly sweet, yet I'm here for all of it. There are a lot of "I love yous" thrown in this one, and I actually enjoyed it. Vasily is ruthless and merciless, hence the nickname "Devil from Moscow" but he was a golden retriever/cinnamon roll when it comes to Nina. The attention, care, and love of this guy for his wife made me swoon over him. Vasily's patience with helping Nina move on from what happened to her was so adorable. He never once pushed her, and he always puts her first over his needs. Maaaan, I swear this guy is out of this world.
However, I still feel that this story could still be better. The exchanging of love bombs got repetitive along the way, and it felt so flat at some point. Maybe I needed him to be more ruthless towards those fuckers who hurt Nina, not that he isn't. But I hoped for more brutal ways to end their miserable lives because I couldn't get past what happened to her. I'm angry for what she went through. I wanted those men to suffer so much, and her parents didn't suffer at all!!! Nina's way too good of a person because she only cut them off from her life after what they did to her. Vasily offered to kill her father, but she stopped him from doing so. I hate it that they got away from what they put her through so quickly and easily; it isn't fair!
Anyway, this is still a good read, and I enjoyed it.
Nina (22) was sent as collateral by her father to pay for his debts. Her parents knew what would happen to her, yet those sick fucks lied and still sent her to that horrible place. She was a v-card holder and was auctioned to the highest bidder. She was brutally assaulted on page and every day for 10 days in that club.
Then one day, Vasily (32) was looking for a man in that club, and he saw Nina. She begged him to help her, and he did. He dragged her out of that place and told the manager that he's going to marry her, which means she's under his protection. Of course, the witch manager threw a hissy fit because Nina's a great asset, but she couldn't do anything.
Vasily married Nina that same night, but it was only to protect her at the beginning. But as days passed and Nina saw that Vasily really cared for her, she slowly let her guard down and accepted his protective and sweet side.
This has dark themes, obviously, and most of the story focuses on finding and killing all those men who raped Nina. She pointed them out, and Vasily listed their names, ticking off each one as soon as he killed them. It was satisfying for me; they deserve it, and I'm not even sorry for those men. And the last man on the list is someone I guessed correctly. I enjoyed reading how he died in a very slow and painful way. 😈
Despite being a dark romance, this is also a freaking cheesefest. They dropped the love bomb at around 51%, and their lines, gooosh, they're cringey at times for being disgustingly sweet, yet I'm here for all of it. There are a lot of "I love yous" thrown in this one, and I actually enjoyed it. Vasily is ruthless and merciless, hence the nickname "Devil from Moscow" but he was a golden retriever/cinnamon roll when it comes to Nina. The attention, care, and love of this guy for his wife made me swoon over him. Vasily's patience with helping Nina move on from what happened to her was so adorable. He never once pushed her, and he always puts her first over his needs. Maaaan, I swear this guy is out of this world.
However, I still feel that this story could still be better. The exchanging of love bombs got repetitive along the way, and it felt so flat at some point. Maybe I needed him to be more ruthless towards those fuckers who hurt Nina, not that he isn't. But I hoped for more brutal ways to end their miserable lives because I couldn't get past what happened to her. I'm angry for what she went through. I wanted those men to suffer so much, and her parents didn't suffer at all!!! Nina's way too good of a person because she only cut them off from her life after what they did to her. Vasily offered to kill her father, but she stopped him from doing so. I hate it that they got away from what they put her through so quickly and easily; it isn't fair!
Anyway, this is still a good read, and I enjoyed it.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Did Not Finish
March 6, 2026Woof this is way darker than I was expecting and I’m not in the mood to listen to that on my 8am commute 😅 not bad per say, just too dark for me right now
November 13, 2024
Meh, I DNF at 38%
July 2, 2023
Story: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Trope: heroine in peril
Angst: 😱😱
Smexy: 🔥🔥
Cute story. The hero is a bit too sweet and understanding with the heroine for me, but was a quick, enjoyable read.
Trope: heroine in peril
Angst: 😱😱
Smexy: 🔥🔥
Cute story. The hero is a bit too sweet and understanding with the heroine for me, but was a quick, enjoyable read.
dnf-too-early-to-mark-it-read
December 19, 2025It was the combination of the parents being so cruel, what they did to her and what happened to her.
There's a line for me, apparently, and this one crossed it.
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May 2, 2025
Read for the Mafia Romance Readathon 2025
4 Stars
4 on the spice scale
4 Stars
4 on the spice scale
July 24, 2023
Oh lord, this was bad. The virginal heroine gets sold into the sex trade to work off her father's debt. After ten days of rape, she's saved by a Russian mobster boss by marriage. Through marriage to him, she gets protection and he destroys all of the men who raped her. She's (obviously) traumatised from the abuse but it doesn't take long for her to have the moves of a porn actress virgin. Around 50% (the book has about 250 pages) there are declarations of love and it's beyond cringe-worthy and cheesy. And that's from someone who LOVES kitschy romances (occasionally). The hero is supposed this badass bratva boss but he behaves more like someone on a visit to an English tea party. Just because he likes cutting out someone's tongue doesn't mean he is this dark brooding hero. In regards to the heroine, he's worse than a beta hero. At least in my book. Also, this whole plot surrounding the guy who took the heroine's virginity while wearing a ski mask. It was the head of the Irish mob who rules the other part of the city, has three children and a mistress. I found it really really, really hard to believe that he - who willingly shares the city with the Russians!!!, who is the head of the Irish mafia, behaves so stupidly to be caught so easily and doesn't have protection in place for his family.
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This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 21, 2023
Vasily Medvedev is a powerful, dangerous, and lethal bratva boss with the nickname of being the devil. He’s cruel and violent. Definitely a villain anti-hero and not a white knight. Nina is young, sheltered, inexperienced, and intelligent paying for the sins of her father. She’s being held captive in a brothel where she suffers through significant trauma after multiple assaults. Her spirit has been utterly broken and it will take a very special villain to piece her back together again.
My heart broke for Nina. I had to take a couple of breaks at the beginning of the book because I was raging about what she had to endure. I sighed with such relief when Vasily showed up and didn’t turn his back on the helpless broken girl standing before him. He may be a bad man, but he’s 100% the kind of man I would want to rescue me from the same fate. He is so gentle, patient, and understanding with Nina. He gives her his protection and treats her like a queen. He knows she’s fragile and is absolutely swoon-worthy with Nina. I loved that the reader got to experience healing right along with Nina and nothing was rushed. Their connection felt so genuine and I was definitely rooting for them to connect on a deeper level. Vasily is perfection and he gives Nina everything she could ever want or need. I’m definitely a sucker for the most ruthless and cruel man being a total softy with his girl. One of my favorite tropes!
As always, this author has done a stellar job and I’m so excited for this series! I have read all of her other books and they are all 5 star reads!
Tropes: Mafia romance, dark romance, anti-hero, villain gets the girl, virgin heroine, revenge, happily-ever-after
Heat: 3/5
TW: This book is a darker read than this author typically publishes. Please check content warnings. There is SA, violence, gore, death, trauma, trafficking, etc.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
My heart broke for Nina. I had to take a couple of breaks at the beginning of the book because I was raging about what she had to endure. I sighed with such relief when Vasily showed up and didn’t turn his back on the helpless broken girl standing before him. He may be a bad man, but he’s 100% the kind of man I would want to rescue me from the same fate. He is so gentle, patient, and understanding with Nina. He gives her his protection and treats her like a queen. He knows she’s fragile and is absolutely swoon-worthy with Nina. I loved that the reader got to experience healing right along with Nina and nothing was rushed. Their connection felt so genuine and I was definitely rooting for them to connect on a deeper level. Vasily is perfection and he gives Nina everything she could ever want or need. I’m definitely a sucker for the most ruthless and cruel man being a total softy with his girl. One of my favorite tropes!
As always, this author has done a stellar job and I’m so excited for this series! I have read all of her other books and they are all 5 star reads!
Tropes: Mafia romance, dark romance, anti-hero, villain gets the girl, virgin heroine, revenge, happily-ever-after
Heat: 3/5
TW: This book is a darker read than this author typically publishes. Please check content warnings. There is SA, violence, gore, death, trauma, trafficking, etc.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
July 14, 2025
Gayet güzeldi. Ruslan yerim seni yün yumağı.
June 15, 2023
I actually really enjoyed this book!! I’m not sure if I’ve read this author before but I liked both the writing and the story.
I absolutely loved Vasily. He was not what I was expecting. He’s an absolute marshmallow to Nina and only Nina. He was soo damn sweet with her and took such good care of her. He was patient and understanding of how badly she was hurt. There wasn’t OW drama because he would not allow there to be OW drama. He simply wouldn’t tolerate anyone disrespecting Nina or letting Nina think any other woman had a chance. They tried to cause drama but he put a stop to it real quick. And the way he went on a killing spree for his wife??!! Ahh I loved him!!
Nina was very sweet. I actually really liked her character. I felt for her and what she went through. I like that she wasn’t annoying and needed to know what he was doing when he was working. She understood she wouldn’t be able to know everything. She absolutely needed someone like Vasily to come into their life. I feel like they were good together.
I loved the secondary characters as well!! The only thing was I was getting tired of Ilya bringing women home. It got old after the 3rd one.
If I’m being honest the lost star was for the amount of sex scenes. You would think since she was so brutally abused there wouldn’t be as much sex in a book but you’d be wrong. As soon as they were intimate that first time it was BAM..sex fest! The last like 40% of the book is where all the sex scenes are so it’s like one every chapter and so I skimmed those after the third one. (After going through my reviews I noticed I had read another book by this author and I also commented on the number of sex scenes as well lol but I did give it 5 stars so..)
Other than that this was a good one! I’m definitely reading the rest of the series.
Also check the trigger warnings because poor Nina!
I absolutely loved Vasily. He was not what I was expecting. He’s an absolute marshmallow to Nina and only Nina. He was soo damn sweet with her and took such good care of her. He was patient and understanding of how badly she was hurt. There wasn’t OW drama because he would not allow there to be OW drama. He simply wouldn’t tolerate anyone disrespecting Nina or letting Nina think any other woman had a chance. They tried to cause drama but he put a stop to it real quick. And the way he went on a killing spree for his wife??!! Ahh I loved him!!
Nina was very sweet. I actually really liked her character. I felt for her and what she went through. I like that she wasn’t annoying and needed to know what he was doing when he was working. She understood she wouldn’t be able to know everything. She absolutely needed someone like Vasily to come into their life. I feel like they were good together.
I loved the secondary characters as well!! The only thing was I was getting tired of Ilya bringing women home. It got old after the 3rd one.
If I’m being honest the lost star was for the amount of sex scenes. You would think since she was so brutally abused there wouldn’t be as much sex in a book but you’d be wrong. As soon as they were intimate that first time it was BAM..sex fest! The last like 40% of the book is where all the sex scenes are so it’s like one every chapter and so I skimmed those after the third one. (After going through my reviews I noticed I had read another book by this author and I also commented on the number of sex scenes as well lol but I did give it 5 stars so..)
Other than that this was a good one! I’m definitely reading the rest of the series.
Also check the trigger warnings because poor Nina!
March 24, 2023
Omg!!! Please the trigger warning before reading!! The third chapter is a hard read but trust me this book is so worth reading!! Omg Vasily and Nina story was sooo good! Can’t wait to continue this series!!
July 14, 2025
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5 yıldız veresim vardı ama elim gitmedi
yildiz konusunda cimriyim sanırım .
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Kitabın basinda biraz üzüldüm ama güzel yazılmıştı. Yazar duyguyu bize iyi vermişti bence.
Vasili/ Nina
32/22
konusu şöyle adam kızımızı kötü bir yerden kurtarıyor ve onunla evleniyor konusu bu spoilera girer mi bilmiyorum
Adam bratva başı olmasına rağmen çok tatlı ve minnoştu bence çok sevdim kitaptaki yan karakterler de çok iyiydi.
Beni sinir edecek hiçbir şey yoktu her şey yerli yerindeydi. 3.perde de bir ayrılık yok.
kitap sonuna kadar bir gizem var o çözülüyor orada bir korktum ama sorun bitti şükür ben tahmin etmiştim ama belki sizi şaşırtabilir.
Ve ruslan allahim benim bebeğim aşkım minnoşum. Kendisi çok büyük bir köpek ama mükemmel bir şey.
kitap güzeldi ilişkileri de güzeldi.
Hemen birlikte olmamalarini sevdim yavaş yavaş yazılmış.
Seriye devam edicem karakterleri merak ediyorum. Yazarın kalemini sevdim umarım diğer kitapları da iyidir.
5 yıldız veresim vardı ama elim gitmedi
yildiz konusunda cimriyim sanırım .
Uzun zaman sonra çok çok beğendiğim bir kitap oldu çok severek okudum.
Kitabın basinda biraz üzüldüm ama güzel yazılmıştı. Yazar duyguyu bize iyi vermişti bence.
Vasili/ Nina
32/22
konusu şöyle adam kızımızı kötü bir yerden kurtarıyor ve onunla evleniyor konusu bu spoilera girer mi bilmiyorum
Adam bratva başı olmasına rağmen çok tatlı ve minnoştu bence çok sevdim kitaptaki yan karakterler de çok iyiydi.
Beni sinir edecek hiçbir şey yoktu her şey yerli yerindeydi. 3.perde de bir ayrılık yok.
kitap sonuna kadar bir gizem var o çözülüyor orada bir korktum ama sorun bitti şükür ben tahmin etmiştim ama belki sizi şaşırtabilir.
Ve ruslan allahim benim bebeğim aşkım minnoşum. Kendisi çok büyük bir köpek ama mükemmel bir şey.
kitap güzeldi ilişkileri de güzeldi.
Hemen birlikte olmamalarini sevdim yavaş yavaş yazılmış.
Seriye devam edicem karakterleri merak ediyorum. Yazarın kalemini sevdim umarım diğer kitapları da iyidir.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 12, 2026
3.5⭐️
This was my first dark mafia romance, so I don't have anything to compare it to in it's subgenre, but i fancy this is pretty run-of-the-mill as far as these go... Marriage of convenience, big touch-her-and-die energy, MMC is dangerous and ruthless but treats the FMC like she is the most precious thing in the world (complete with preferring to carry her around everywhere and rather having her sit on his lap than on her own chair). Veritable mountains of spice. I didn't hate it 🤷♀️
(P.S. check content warnings- the FMC is rescued from a very bad situation at the start of the story)
This was my first dark mafia romance, so I don't have anything to compare it to in it's subgenre, but i fancy this is pretty run-of-the-mill as far as these go... Marriage of convenience, big touch-her-and-die energy, MMC is dangerous and ruthless but treats the FMC like she is the most precious thing in the world (complete with preferring to carry her around everywhere and rather having her sit on his lap than on her own chair). Veritable mountains of spice. I didn't hate it 🤷♀️
(P.S. check content warnings- the FMC is rescued from a very bad situation at the start of the story)
August 31, 2025
Василий/Вася Медведев (32) и Нина Карингтън (22)
📣🚨🛑РЕВЮ СЪДЪРЖАЩО СПОЙЛЕРИ🛑🚨📣
Родителите на Нина я взимат от университета отвеждайки я в едно заведение, където трябва да работи като сервитьорка, за да изплати дълговете на баща си. Нина не желае да го прави, но не й е оставен никакъв избор, а скоро научава, че не е там, за да бъде сервитьорка, а за да проституира. Девствеността й е продадена на търг на мъж носещ маска и в продължение на седмица всяка нощ бива изнасилвана от клиенти на заведението. И тогава, след една от най-ужасните вечери в живота й, след като маскираният мъж отново я изнасилва брутално, на път към стаята си пред нея се появява огромен татуиран мъж. Виждайки състоянието й, той я пита дали е там по свое желание, и Нина го моли за помощ, без да подозира, че това ще промени целият й живот.
Василий, познат като Дяволът от Москва простига в Америка и се установява там, изпълвайки една от мечтите на починалия си баща. Сега едната част от града е негова, на Медведев Братва, а другата е под властта на Колин, който е глава на Ирландската мафия. В търсене на мъж откраднал пари от него, Василий се оказва в неутралната част на града, която не е нито на неговата Братва, нито на Ирландската мафия, там в един таен публичен дом той среща жестоката собственица на заведението и младо момиче, което изглежда ужасено и наранено.
Момичето казва, че не е там по свое желание и моли за помощта му. Единственият начин обаче да не започне война с Итландците и да измъкне момичето е, като се ожени за него . Василий никога не е мислил да се жени, но имайки сега своя съпруга, той смята да я задържи и да убие всеки, който я е докоснал против волята й в публичния дом.
Аууу вече не съм фен само на Мелников братва, вече обичам и Медведев братва. Соня Грей определено не ме разочарова и книгата беше страхотна. Обичам толкова много неща в нея. Започва доста тежко със съдбата на Нина в публичния дом, където се моли да бъде пощадена и спасена, но никой не й се притичва на помощ. И тогава идва Вася. Грамаден татуиран бос на Братва, който мрази трафика на жени и който се жени за нея, за да я спаси от публичния дом. Обожавам колко нежен, грижовен и разбран беше той към нея.
Беше много яко, че я татуира с мечката на неговата Братва... нещо, което се е зарекъл да не прави за никоя жена🤭 и после татуира на себеси името й 🥰 Беше много яко как направи списък с имената на всички мъже, които я бяха изнасилили и един по един ги накълца на парчецна, разправи се с родителите й и на края с маскирания мъж. Не знам защо, още в самото начало успях да разгадая кой е маскирания мъж, беше просто логично да е този, който беше. Беше супер интересно колко бърз е Вася с ножа и храс, някой губеше я език, я нещо друго. Той беше страхотен герой, който не се колебаеше да действа. Както Нина сама бе казала, когато той я намери, на мястото на което беше и в състоянието в което се намираше, рицар на бял кон нямаше, да може да я спаси, тя имаше нужда от дявол, който да отмъсти за нея, и получи своя Дявол от Москва.😍
Особено като знам, че Вася и Нина са родителите на Талия, която ще е с Макс в следващата книга от 2ра генерация Мелников, много се вълнувах да се запозная с братята Медведев. Още от сега обожавам вечно сериозния и намусен Володия и закачливия и забавен Валери. Започвам книгата на Володия.
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🔢 Част от поредица ли е?
Първа книга от поредицата "Медведев Братва".
📚 Колко завладяваща е историята?
Грабва те от самото начало и не те пуска до краят. Интересна, вълнуваща, има тъжни, забавни и сладки моменти.
💪 Главният герой:Василий
Глава на Медведев Братва. Грамаден. Татуиран. Доминантен. Нежен. Грижовен. "Докосни я и ще умреш". Влиятелен. Милиардер. Готов е на всичко за любимата жена. Отмъщава заради злото сторено на съпругата му.
🎀 Главната героиня:Нина
Студентка. Сладка. Невинна. Предадена от родители си. Преживяла поробване и трафик на хора. Нежна. Ранима. Предана. Съпругът й е целият й свят.
🫣 Има ли проблем с друг мъж или жена?
Има мъж обсебен от Нина, но Василий ще се погрижи за него.
🤬 Има ли изневяра?
Не.
😏 Колко опит имат героите?
Василий не е имал сериозни връзки, само мимолетни увлечения. Нина е девствена преди да бъде продадена в публичен дом.
😔/😁 Настроение по време на книгата?
😬🤕🤮💔🥺🤗🐕😍🥰🫠❤️🔥💖
🥵 Колко горещи са секси сцените?
🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶 Много горещи. + 👅 Орално 🍑👋 Пляскане.
💔 Разделят ли се героите за определен период от време?
Не, от мига в който се събират повече не се разделят.
😍 Има ли щастлив край?
Да, много щастлив край 🥰
⚠️ Списък с предупреждения:
😡 Описателно изнасилване на главната героиня.
☠️ Убийство на трети лица
💀 Осакатяване на трети лица
🔪 Измъчване на трети лица
😢 Нападение над главната героиня
🚫Трафик на жени
🐕 Нападение от куче (срещу трето лице.)
🖤 Споменаване за смърт на родител.
🤰Бременност
➡️ Следваща книга? ➡️
"Bratva Devil".
📣🚨🛑РЕВЮ СЪДЪРЖАЩО СПОЙЛЕРИ🛑🚨📣
Родителите на Нина я взимат от университета отвеждайки я в едно заведение, където трябва да работи като сервитьорка, за да изплати дълговете на баща си. Нина не желае да го прави, но не й е оставен никакъв избор, а скоро научава, че не е там, за да бъде сервитьорка, а за да проституира. Девствеността й е продадена на търг на мъж носещ маска и в продължение на седмица всяка нощ бива изнасилвана от клиенти на заведението. И тогава, след една от най-ужасните вечери в живота й, след като маскираният мъж отново я изнасилва брутално, на път към стаята си пред нея се появява огромен татуиран мъж. Виждайки състоянието й, той я пита дали е там по свое желание, и Нина го моли за помощ, без да подозира, че това ще промени целият й живот.
Василий, познат като Дяволът от Москва простига в Америка и се установява там, изпълвайки една от мечтите на починалия си баща. Сега едната част от града е негова, на Медведев Братва, а другата е под властта на Колин, който е глава на Ирландската мафия. В търсене на мъж откраднал пари от него, Василий се оказва в неутралната част на града, която не е нито на неговата Братва, нито на Ирландската мафия, там в един таен публичен дом той среща жестоката собственица на заведението и младо момиче, което изглежда ужасено и наранено.
Момичето казва, че не е там по свое желание и моли за помощта му. Единственият начин обаче да не започне война с Итландците и да измъкне момичето е, като се ожени за него . Василий никога не е мислил да се жени, но имайки сега своя съпруга, той смята да я задържи и да убие всеки, който я е докоснал против волята й в публичния дом.
Аууу вече не съм фен само на Мелников братва, вече обичам и Медведев братва. Соня Грей определено не ме разочарова и книгата беше страхотна. Обичам толкова много неща в нея. Започва доста тежко със съдбата на Нина в публичния дом, където се моли да бъде пощадена и спасена, но никой не й се притичва на помощ. И тогава идва Вася. Грамаден татуиран бос на Братва, който мрази трафика на жени и който се жени за нея, за да я спаси от публичния дом. Обожавам колко нежен, грижовен и разбран беше той към нея.
Беше много яко, че я татуира с мечката на неговата Братва... нещо, което се е зарекъл да не прави за никоя жена🤭 и после татуира на себеси името й 🥰 Беше много яко как направи списък с имената на всички мъже, които я бяха изнасилили и един по един ги накълца на парчецна, разправи се с родителите й и на края с маскирания мъж. Не знам защо, още в самото начало успях да разгадая кой е маскирания мъж, беше просто логично да е този, който беше. Беше супер интересно колко бърз е Вася с ножа и храс, някой губеше я език, я нещо друго. Той беше страхотен герой, който не се колебаеше да действа. Както Нина сама бе казала, когато той я намери, на мястото на което беше и в състоянието в което се намираше, рицар на бял кон нямаше, да може да я спаси, тя имаше нужда от дявол, който да отмъсти за нея, и получи своя Дявол от Москва.😍
Особено като знам, че Вася и Нина са родителите на Талия, която ще е с Макс в следващата книга от 2ра генерация Мелников, много се вълнувах да се запозная с братята Медведев. Още от сега обожавам вечно сериозния и намусен Володия и закачливия и забавен Валери. Започвам книгата на Володия.
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💫Обобщение: 💫
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🔢 Част от поредица ли е?
Първа книга от поредицата "Медведев Братва".
📚 Колко завладяваща е историята?
Грабва те от самото начало и не те пуска до краят. Интересна, вълнуваща, има тъжни, забавни и сладки моменти.
💪 Главният герой:Василий
Глава на Медведев Братва. Грамаден. Татуиран. Доминантен. Нежен. Грижовен. "Докосни я и ще умреш". Влиятелен. Милиардер. Готов е на всичко за любимата жена. Отмъщава заради злото сторено на съпругата му.
🎀 Главната героиня:Нина
Студентка. Сладка. Невинна. Предадена от родители си. Преживяла поробване и трафик на хора. Нежна. Ранима. Предана. Съпругът й е целият й свят.
🫣 Има ли проблем с друг мъж или жена?
Има мъж обсебен от Нина, но Василий ще се погрижи за него.
🤬 Има ли изневяра?
Не.
😏 Колко опит имат героите?
Василий не е имал сериозни връзки, само мимолетни увлечения. Нина е девствена преди да бъде продадена в публичен дом.
😔/😁 Настроение по време на книгата?
😬🤕🤮💔🥺🤗🐕😍🥰🫠❤️🔥💖
🥵 Колко горещи са секси сцените?
🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶 Много горещи. + 👅 Орално 🍑👋 Пляскане.
💔 Разделят ли се героите за определен период от време?
Не, от мига в който се събират повече не се разделят.
😍 Има ли щастлив край?
Да, много щастлив край 🥰
⚠️ Списък с предупреждения:
😡 Описателно изнасилване на главната героиня.
☠️ Убийство на трети лица
💀 Осакатяване на трети лица
🔪 Измъчване на трети лица
😢 Нападение над главната героиня
🚫Трафик на жени
🐕 Нападение от куче (срещу трето лице.)
🖤 Споменаване за смърт на родител.
🤰Бременност
➡️ Следваща книга? ➡️
"Bratva Devil".
May 10, 2026
This story is definitely a mix of emotions, firstly u have Nina who is pulled out of college/university by her parents and told she will be working as a waitress to pay off her father's gambling debt but turns out she's actually being placed in a brothel that her father frequents regularly and is raped repeatedly after the boss bitch sells her "V" card for a million dollars.
Then u have Vasily who is the head of the Bratva and is looking for a man who owes him money having followed him into the brothel he meets Nina and takes her out of it after seeing the state of her and marries her in order to protect her.
Vasily is known as the devil from Moscow yet he shows Nina a sweet and patient side, while he works through a list of all the men who raped her when she was in prisoned at the brothel, making them met their end and starts to fall in love with her and by 51% they're already declaring their love for each other and it does get repetitive them saying I love u pretty much every other sentence.
Then u have Vasily who is the head of the Bratva and is looking for a man who owes him money having followed him into the brothel he meets Nina and takes her out of it after seeing the state of her and marries her in order to protect her.
Vasily is known as the devil from Moscow yet he shows Nina a sweet and patient side, while he works through a list of all the men who raped her when she was in prisoned at the brothel, making them met their end and starts to fall in love with her and by 51% they're already declaring their love for each other and it does get repetitive them saying I love u pretty much every other sentence.
August 12, 2023
Sweet hero. Really loved his girl.
Lots of TW scenes with SA of h before meeting H.
No OW drama.
Lots of TW scenes with SA of h before meeting H.
No OW drama.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 26, 2025
3.5* Yes there are a lot of mistakes, yes there’s loads of sex, but I still loved it.
If you’ve seen my other reviews of this author, you’ll know that I get slightly annoyed with her. As her books are all the same. Woman who is younger than man by about ten years. ☑️ Woman who has no friends. ☑️ Woman who has no hobbies. ☑️ Lots and lots of sex ☑️ This one started off brilliantly, went off the boil halfway through and then got good again.
When Nina’s dad has gambling debts with the mafia, he sells his daughter to a brothel to pay them off. Nina endures hell as she’s a virgin who has never really done anything, and is really innocent. Vasya is at the brothel looking for someone. When he sees Nina and she begs him for help, he can’t refuse her. The only way that he can protect her fully, (For some bizarre reason.) is Nina to be his wife. Vasya is so incredibly sweet with Nina. As the head of the bratva he has a nickname of the ‘devil from Moscow’. As he’s known for being brutal, yet with Nina he’s the complete opposite.
I loved how Vasya is willing to let Nina dictate the speed of their sex life. At first she can’t even bear to kiss him. I really wish that he had got Nina a counsellor though. As she went through something so brutal that she needs help to cope with it. Also Nina would have had nightmares, and other issues from her time at the brothel. She wouldn’t just ‘get over it’ as she did.
I did love this book but, it’s got a huge amount of mistakes. Spelling mistakes, missing speech marks, so it’s hard to figure out if they’re speaking. One of his brothers has got two names and the author flitted between the two, which was really confusing. Then there’s the endless sex scenes. Wow this author must really really love writing them.
The reason I get slightly annoyed, is because the books could be brilliant, and should be brilliant.
If you’ve seen my other reviews of this author, you’ll know that I get slightly annoyed with her. As her books are all the same. Woman who is younger than man by about ten years. ☑️ Woman who has no friends. ☑️ Woman who has no hobbies. ☑️ Lots and lots of sex ☑️ This one started off brilliantly, went off the boil halfway through and then got good again.
When Nina’s dad has gambling debts with the mafia, he sells his daughter to a brothel to pay them off. Nina endures hell as she’s a virgin who has never really done anything, and is really innocent. Vasya is at the brothel looking for someone. When he sees Nina and she begs him for help, he can’t refuse her. The only way that he can protect her fully, (For some bizarre reason.) is Nina to be his wife. Vasya is so incredibly sweet with Nina. As the head of the bratva he has a nickname of the ‘devil from Moscow’. As he’s known for being brutal, yet with Nina he’s the complete opposite.
I loved how Vasya is willing to let Nina dictate the speed of their sex life. At first she can’t even bear to kiss him. I really wish that he had got Nina a counsellor though. As she went through something so brutal that she needs help to cope with it. Also Nina would have had nightmares, and other issues from her time at the brothel. She wouldn’t just ‘get over it’ as she did.
I did love this book but, it’s got a huge amount of mistakes. Spelling mistakes, missing speech marks, so it’s hard to figure out if they’re speaking. One of his brothers has got two names and the author flitted between the two, which was really confusing. Then there’s the endless sex scenes. Wow this author must really really love writing them.
The reason I get slightly annoyed, is because the books could be brilliant, and should be brilliant.
October 4, 2024
DNF @71%
I honestly just had to quit after Nina compared herself to Vasily’s past women for the MILLIONTH TIME!!! Omg that was literally so annoying and just cringey since he has told her about a billion plus times that he is in love with her and no one can compare. Also I feel like there is definitely a trauma bond that formed between them and not so much a real relationship. Idk I just feel like a lot of what happened in this book was fully surrounded around her having sec with him and one they finally did it was smut like every single chapter. Don’t get me wrong I love me some good spicy scenes, but when their relationship isn’t really even fully developed and they are already taking the next step and telling eachother they love them it’s a problem. I feel like she went through a terribly traumatic experience and was so focused on pleasing him that she ended up having sec with him like maybe a couple weeks after she was rescued. Idk that just doesn’t sit well with me and I was honestly just so annoyed how she kept bringing up his past hookups when he never mentioned them once. This book was just cringey and I wish I would have stopped sooner.
I honestly just had to quit after Nina compared herself to Vasily’s past women for the MILLIONTH TIME!!! Omg that was literally so annoying and just cringey since he has told her about a billion plus times that he is in love with her and no one can compare. Also I feel like there is definitely a trauma bond that formed between them and not so much a real relationship. Idk I just feel like a lot of what happened in this book was fully surrounded around her having sec with him and one they finally did it was smut like every single chapter. Don’t get me wrong I love me some good spicy scenes, but when their relationship isn’t really even fully developed and they are already taking the next step and telling eachother they love them it’s a problem. I feel like she went through a terribly traumatic experience and was so focused on pleasing him that she ended up having sec with him like maybe a couple weeks after she was rescued. Idk that just doesn’t sit well with me and I was honestly just so annoyed how she kept bringing up his past hookups when he never mentioned them once. This book was just cringey and I wish I would have stopped sooner.
December 20, 2023
This was cute! I’m in my mafia villain era and this checked off all the marks. First of all heed the trigger warnings, the first few chapters are rough, but necessary for the story. Lots of violence and assault on page. Second of all, Ruslan is my boy forever. Vasya is this cold, calculating, walking menace to society who doesn’t seem to see that in a few seconds Nina is going to run into his very meticulous plan and throw it right out the window. A girl needs a hero when the game is rigged and she can’t save herself. Vasya is the evil villain needed for the job, knight in shiny armor need not apply. But we love a morally gray character that will burn the world for us, and burn does Vasya do, much like Santa he has a list and is checking it twice! So really this is a Christmas story! Happy reading!!!
August 26, 2025
KESİNLİKLE 3.5 benim için..
3.5’dan 4’e yerleşti 3’ün az olacağını düşündüm ama kesinlikle tam 4’te değil..
Vasily ve Nina’nın aralarında ki ilişki gelişimi güzeldi.
Ama bu kitap ya 2 kitap olmalıydı ya da biraz daha uzun bir kitap. Tek kitapta hop travmalar aşıldı birbirlerini sevdiler çoluk çocuğa karıştılar bu bana hiç geçmedi.
Nina’nın yaşadıkları korkunçtu onu kurtarmaya gelen de beyaz atlı bir prens değildi. Vasya’nın onun yanında harika bir adama dönüşmesi güzeldi.
Favori karakterim Ruslan🫶🏻 Nina’yı kabullenmesi falan kalbimi ısıttı.
Kar maskeli adamı da çok erken tahmin ettim hiç sürpriz değildi her şeyiyle çok ortalama bir kitap bence.
Va aşırı smut vardı travmalar yerini çok çabuk hoppalaya bıraktı bana geçmedi👎🏻
Konusu: Babası tarafından borçaları karşılığında genel eve verilen Nina’yı kurtaran Moskova’nın şeytan lideri Vasily ile birbirlerine aşık olması.
3.5’dan 4’e yerleşti 3’ün az olacağını düşündüm ama kesinlikle tam 4’te değil..
Vasily ve Nina’nın aralarında ki ilişki gelişimi güzeldi.
Ama bu kitap ya 2 kitap olmalıydı ya da biraz daha uzun bir kitap. Tek kitapta hop travmalar aşıldı birbirlerini sevdiler çoluk çocuğa karıştılar bu bana hiç geçmedi.
Nina’nın yaşadıkları korkunçtu onu kurtarmaya gelen de beyaz atlı bir prens değildi. Vasya’nın onun yanında harika bir adama dönüşmesi güzeldi.
Favori karakterim Ruslan🫶🏻 Nina’yı kabullenmesi falan kalbimi ısıttı.
Kar maskeli adamı da çok erken tahmin ettim hiç sürpriz değildi her şeyiyle çok ortalama bir kitap bence.
Va aşırı smut vardı travmalar yerini çok çabuk hoppalaya bıraktı bana geçmedi👎🏻
Konusu: Babası tarafından borçaları karşılığında genel eve verilen Nina’yı kurtaran Moskova’nın şeytan lideri Vasily ile birbirlerine aşık olması.
February 27, 2026
4 spice stars. Lots of focus on their sex life.
4 narrator stars (audiobook)
5 cover stars (damn that man is hot!)
5 stars for violence. I loved the brutal revenge, plus he didn’t spare the woman, nor should he. Women equality and all.
This one is dark. There is rape and it’s on page. My favorite part is when h first sees the H.
4 star rating
4 narrator stars (audiobook)
5 cover stars (damn that man is hot!)
5 stars for violence. I loved the brutal revenge, plus he didn’t spare the woman, nor should he. Women equality and all.
This one is dark. There is rape and it’s on page. My favorite part is when h first sees the H.
4 star rating
January 31, 2025
Los papás de Nina la venden a un burdel ya que su padre debe mucho dinero allí. Ellos le dicen a ella que solo tendrá que servir bebidas y cosas así, pero cuando Nina llega, la realidad es otra. La vendieron fue para prostituirla.
Cuando Nina estaba durmiendo en una de las habitaciones de este lugar, un ginecólogo le hizo un análisis sin su permiso y descubre que Nina era virgen, por lo que van a subastar su virginidad (Nina se había estado conservando esperando al indicado, 22 years).
Subastan su virginidad por un millón de dólares y el hombre que la compró tenía máscara, por lo que abusa de Nina fuertemente esa noche y en los siguientes 10 días ella vive en ese infierno con varios hombres, de los cuáles este de la primera noche volvió también con máscara. A pesar de que Nina a todos le decía que pararan, ninguno lo hacía.
El día 10 después de que el de la primera vez abusara de ella, siendo un día realmente difícil para Nina, llega Vasili al burdel. Él no fue en busca de una mujer, sino porque acaba de reclamar la zona norte de la ciudad (y hay otra zona de la ciudad que es de los irlandeses) y pues dizque andaba buscando a alguien que le debía $.
Cuando Vasili ve a Nina caminando al lado de Ruby la dueña del lugar, inmediatamente se preocupa por ella y le dice a Ruby que no dejará que se la lleve, ahí Vasili se entera que Nina y otras más no estaban ahí con consentimiento, pero él no podía hacer nada porque el burdel está en zona neutral. Aún así, le dice a Ruby que se va a llevar a Nina, y que la hará su esposa, así no tendrá repercusiones de qué él interfiera en el negocio ese de zona neutral. Ruby termina aceptando a regañadientes porque Vasili no anda en gente. Nina le pide a Vasili que se lleven a su amiga de la cocina, que tiene 17 años, y que cuando cumpla 18 la van a prostituir, pero Vasili le aclara que en esa ocasión solo puede sacarla a ella y le explica lo de la zona neutral.... se la lleva y le explica que se tienen que casar y se casan esa misma noche.
En casa de Vasili él la respeta, no la toca, pero siempre está ahí para lo que ella necesite.
Con el tiempo comienzan a pasar tiempo juntos, y cada vez más Nina se está soltando y tratando de ser quien era antes del trauma.
Entre sus conversaciones, surge la de lo de Nina en el burdel y Vasili hace con Nina una lista de los hombres que la abusaron esos 10 días para matarlos... en la lista ponen al papá de Nina porque él la vendió, inclusive en una lo visitan y todo y pues Vasili le dio lo suyo' al papá de ella. Su mamá también sabía y no hizo nada al respecto.
También entre esos hombres estaba un hombre de Vasili y él lo mató!
Cada vez que Vasili iba acabando con los que abusaron a Nina + que pasaba tiempo con ella (y su perro que era un perro de esos gigantes, que Vasili salvó ya que lo usaban para pelear), Nina se fue soltando más y confiando en él.
Comienzan a darse par de besitos... y cositas así, hasta que Nina está preparada para tener sexo.
Vasili mata a todos los de la lista menos al enmascarado porque no sabe quién es, así que decide llamar a sus hermanos para que lo ayuden a buscarlo. Comienzan yendo para donde Ruby's a acabarle con su negocio, importándole una M que esté en tierra neutral y así le sacaban a Ruby quien era el que ganó la subasta de la virgnidad de Nina. Pues cuando ella dice quién es, pues resulta ser el jefe de la mafia irlandesa, con quién Vasili hablaba a veces para hacer negocios! Vasili mata a Ruby y comienza a llamar a Nina, pero ella no toma el teléfono. Pues resulta que el irlandés se dio cuenta que Vasili no estaba en casa y fue en busca de Nina.
Nina lo reconoce inmediatamente por la voz, y ahí pasa susto, etc... pero gracias a Dios no la pudo abusar de nuevo, porque el perro gigante de Vasili (al que Nina siempre le daba comida y rascaba' y cosas así) llega como lo swat' y se le tira a matar al hombre.
Llega Vasili y pues nada, ahí viene un doctor, verifica que Nina esté bien, etc... ahí le dicen que hay posibilidad de que esté embarazada.
Resulta que si lo estaba, y Vasili feliz haha. 9 meses después pues nace el niño, se llama Dimitri, y mi amor, el perro hace guardia 24/7 al niño, lo ama.
El libro me gustó, es bien lindo leer como Nina va sanando y como se construye su relación con Vasili.
Cuando Nina estaba durmiendo en una de las habitaciones de este lugar, un ginecólogo le hizo un análisis sin su permiso y descubre que Nina era virgen, por lo que van a subastar su virginidad (Nina se había estado conservando esperando al indicado, 22 years).
Subastan su virginidad por un millón de dólares y el hombre que la compró tenía máscara, por lo que abusa de Nina fuertemente esa noche y en los siguientes 10 días ella vive en ese infierno con varios hombres, de los cuáles este de la primera noche volvió también con máscara. A pesar de que Nina a todos le decía que pararan, ninguno lo hacía.
El día 10 después de que el de la primera vez abusara de ella, siendo un día realmente difícil para Nina, llega Vasili al burdel. Él no fue en busca de una mujer, sino porque acaba de reclamar la zona norte de la ciudad (y hay otra zona de la ciudad que es de los irlandeses) y pues dizque andaba buscando a alguien que le debía $.
Cuando Vasili ve a Nina caminando al lado de Ruby la dueña del lugar, inmediatamente se preocupa por ella y le dice a Ruby que no dejará que se la lleve, ahí Vasili se entera que Nina y otras más no estaban ahí con consentimiento, pero él no podía hacer nada porque el burdel está en zona neutral. Aún así, le dice a Ruby que se va a llevar a Nina, y que la hará su esposa, así no tendrá repercusiones de qué él interfiera en el negocio ese de zona neutral. Ruby termina aceptando a regañadientes porque Vasili no anda en gente. Nina le pide a Vasili que se lleven a su amiga de la cocina, que tiene 17 años, y que cuando cumpla 18 la van a prostituir, pero Vasili le aclara que en esa ocasión solo puede sacarla a ella y le explica lo de la zona neutral.... se la lleva y le explica que se tienen que casar y se casan esa misma noche.
En casa de Vasili él la respeta, no la toca, pero siempre está ahí para lo que ella necesite.
Con el tiempo comienzan a pasar tiempo juntos, y cada vez más Nina se está soltando y tratando de ser quien era antes del trauma.
Entre sus conversaciones, surge la de lo de Nina en el burdel y Vasili hace con Nina una lista de los hombres que la abusaron esos 10 días para matarlos... en la lista ponen al papá de Nina porque él la vendió, inclusive en una lo visitan y todo y pues Vasili le dio lo suyo' al papá de ella. Su mamá también sabía y no hizo nada al respecto.
También entre esos hombres estaba un hombre de Vasili y él lo mató!
Cada vez que Vasili iba acabando con los que abusaron a Nina + que pasaba tiempo con ella (y su perro que era un perro de esos gigantes, que Vasili salvó ya que lo usaban para pelear), Nina se fue soltando más y confiando en él.
Comienzan a darse par de besitos... y cositas así, hasta que Nina está preparada para tener sexo.
Vasili mata a todos los de la lista menos al enmascarado porque no sabe quién es, así que decide llamar a sus hermanos para que lo ayuden a buscarlo. Comienzan yendo para donde Ruby's a acabarle con su negocio, importándole una M que esté en tierra neutral y así le sacaban a Ruby quien era el que ganó la subasta de la virgnidad de Nina. Pues cuando ella dice quién es, pues resulta ser el jefe de la mafia irlandesa, con quién Vasili hablaba a veces para hacer negocios! Vasili mata a Ruby y comienza a llamar a Nina, pero ella no toma el teléfono. Pues resulta que el irlandés se dio cuenta que Vasili no estaba en casa y fue en busca de Nina.
Nina lo reconoce inmediatamente por la voz, y ahí pasa susto, etc... pero gracias a Dios no la pudo abusar de nuevo, porque el perro gigante de Vasili (al que Nina siempre le daba comida y rascaba' y cosas así) llega como lo swat' y se le tira a matar al hombre.
Llega Vasili y pues nada, ahí viene un doctor, verifica que Nina esté bien, etc... ahí le dicen que hay posibilidad de que esté embarazada.
Resulta que si lo estaba, y Vasili feliz haha. 9 meses después pues nace el niño, se llama Dimitri, y mi amor, el perro hace guardia 24/7 al niño, lo ama.
El libro me gustó, es bien lindo leer como Nina va sanando y como se construye su relación con Vasili.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 16, 2023
Nina ha sido engañada por su padre. Se supone que va a trabajar en un bar sirviendo copas para pagar una deuda que él se creó por su problema de juego, pero lo que realmente sucede es algo horrible y la peor pesadilla de Nina. Cuando una persona tras otra ignora sus súplicas de ayuda, ella cree que no va a salir nunca de allí, hasta que aparece el diablo en persona. Con solo una palabra Nina está siendo rescatada y casándose en la misma noche porque el pakhan de la Bratva nunca hace las cosas a medias.
Bueno primero que nada quiero aclarar una cosa: ESTO NO ES DARK de ninguna manera. A ver me explico. Las primeras páginas y lo que le sucede a Nina? Por supuesto es horrible y te juro que se me partía el alma pero es lo más horrible de todo el libro. Lo demás? Muy light. Es decir, si, hay asesinatos y algo de tortura por parte de Vasily pero eso es lo más dark que vas a ver porque la relación de Nina y Vasily es una pastelada pero DE LAS GRANDES. No es una queja eh, simplemente aclaro por si alguien se piensa que el romance es dark, porque para nada. Vasily puede ser muy duro y todo eso como pakhan pero con Nina es un blandengue oso de peluche que si la chica le dice salta él le dice como de alto. De hecho se enamoran super rápido e incluso los problemas de Nina los ayuda a superar muy rápido y por eso le bajé la nota. Pero que conste que me ha gustado muchísimo igual, todo en general me ha encantado y sin duda sí quiero las historias de sus hermanos.
Así que sí, lo recomiendo si buscas un romance pasteloso pero con situaciones un poco difíciles de leer. Pero si buscas algo muy dark, aunque no venden así, aquí no es.
Bueno primero que nada quiero aclarar una cosa: ESTO NO ES DARK de ninguna manera. A ver me explico. Las primeras páginas y lo que le sucede a Nina? Por supuesto es horrible y te juro que se me partía el alma pero es lo más horrible de todo el libro. Lo demás? Muy light. Es decir, si, hay asesinatos y algo de tortura por parte de Vasily pero eso es lo más dark que vas a ver porque la relación de Nina y Vasily es una pastelada pero DE LAS GRANDES. No es una queja eh, simplemente aclaro por si alguien se piensa que el romance es dark, porque para nada. Vasily puede ser muy duro y todo eso como pakhan pero con Nina es un blandengue oso de peluche que si la chica le dice salta él le dice como de alto. De hecho se enamoran super rápido e incluso los problemas de Nina los ayuda a superar muy rápido y por eso le bajé la nota. Pero que conste que me ha gustado muchísimo igual, todo en general me ha encantado y sin duda sí quiero las historias de sus hermanos.
Así que sí, lo recomiendo si buscas un romance pasteloso pero con situaciones un poco difíciles de leer. Pero si buscas algo muy dark, aunque no venden así, aquí no es.
June 20, 2023
Devil of Moscow
Sonja Grey
Stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
✅Bratva romance
✅Heroine in trouble (check tw)
✅Tattoos her with his name
✅Traumatized heroine
✅He likes to carry her everywhere
✅He’s 6’4” She’s 5’2”
✅Touch her and 🔪🩸 vibes
✅Jealous heroine
✅Praise
✅10 year age gap 32/22
✅Hero always wants to be touching the heroine
✅Family dynamic with his brothers and his 2 right hand men and 2 employees
❌Ow drama- maybe a random woman looking at him but otherwise none . When they looked at him she got jealous.
❌Cheating
❌Sharing
I saw the villain twist coming long before it happened but I still enjoyed watching the bad guy get ☠️.
The hero is scary to others. He does things like take people’s tongues if they insult his woman. But he is sugary sweet and a huge gooey cinnamon roll for the heroine. Their love is epic and all consuming. There is no resistance or either of them pushing the other away.
She’s traumatized and he treats her like she’s precious and fragile and tbh there were times he’s was so sweet my teeth hurt. But only to her. It was a nice refreshing change of pace. There was tons do spice once they got past her trauma.
I really liked their makeshift family. His brothers , his two closest men, and two employees that cooked and cleaned in the house made the family dynamic. It gave the heroine the family she needed to overcome her trauma.
This was a new author to me so thank you for reccing her! I can’t wait to read the brother’s stories.
Sonja Grey
Stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
✅Bratva romance
✅Heroine in trouble (check tw)
✅Tattoos her with his name
✅Traumatized heroine
✅He likes to carry her everywhere
✅He’s 6’4” She’s 5’2”
✅Touch her and 🔪🩸 vibes
✅Jealous heroine
✅Praise
✅10 year age gap 32/22
✅Hero always wants to be touching the heroine
✅Family dynamic with his brothers and his 2 right hand men and 2 employees
❌Ow drama- maybe a random woman looking at him but otherwise none . When they looked at him she got jealous.
❌Cheating
❌Sharing
I saw the villain twist coming long before it happened but I still enjoyed watching the bad guy get ☠️.
The hero is scary to others. He does things like take people’s tongues if they insult his woman. But he is sugary sweet and a huge gooey cinnamon roll for the heroine. Their love is epic and all consuming. There is no resistance or either of them pushing the other away.
She’s traumatized and he treats her like she’s precious and fragile and tbh there were times he’s was so sweet my teeth hurt. But only to her. It was a nice refreshing change of pace. There was tons do spice once they got past her trauma.
I really liked their makeshift family. His brothers , his two closest men, and two employees that cooked and cleaned in the house made the family dynamic. It gave the heroine the family she needed to overcome her trauma.
This was a new author to me so thank you for reccing her! I can’t wait to read the brother’s stories.
July 8, 2023
2-2.5 ⭐️
Honestly this book had alot of potential…it jus lacked in so many ways. I DNF at 30% bc it was a little too insta-love for me. The heroine was very doormat and i couldnt see her getting any character development and farther on in the book. The male main character had a little character traits that i loved…jus not enough to finish the story. It was so insta-love that the male main character like literally fell head over heels when he heard her giggle…on page 193…in a 635 page story. I kinda gagged but its wtv. Honestly if ur into insta-love then this is ur cup of tea. But unfortunately it wasnt mine, the female main character lacked alot of feisty-ness that i expected from her, and automatically liked the male main character after knowing him for 2 days… Might be just because i like when their is a love/hate relationship between the chracters that i jus didnt like this book.
Honestly this book had alot of potential…it jus lacked in so many ways. I DNF at 30% bc it was a little too insta-love for me. The heroine was very doormat and i couldnt see her getting any character development and farther on in the book. The male main character had a little character traits that i loved…jus not enough to finish the story. It was so insta-love that the male main character like literally fell head over heels when he heard her giggle…on page 193…in a 635 page story. I kinda gagged but its wtv. Honestly if ur into insta-love then this is ur cup of tea. But unfortunately it wasnt mine, the female main character lacked alot of feisty-ness that i expected from her, and automatically liked the male main character after knowing him for 2 days… Might be just because i like when their is a love/hate relationship between the chracters that i jus didnt like this book.
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May 1, 2025I went into this one blindly & listened to it with one of my subscriptions and I did not like it - there were many aspects that were not working for me or they rubbed me the wrong way.
The way this started and the emphasis on FMC s virginal status made me believe she will be auctioned and purchased by MMC - alas no… what actually happens is she is purchased by a cruel masked man who SA and after multiple grape scenes she endures from OM and this villain ( whose identity I figured out quite early is what soured the story for me… plus she also has a horrible family both parents willingly and without any remorse decide to force/sell her into prostitution … so this was not a mafia plot that suited my mood… MMC was very patient and I liked him when he revenged her but the story just didn’t work for me …
The way this started and the emphasis on FMC s virginal status made me believe she will be auctioned and purchased by MMC - alas no… what actually happens is she is purchased by a cruel masked man who SA and after multiple grape scenes she endures from OM and this villain ( whose identity I figured out quite early is what soured the story for me… plus she also has a horrible family both parents willingly and without any remorse decide to force/sell her into prostitution … so this was not a mafia plot that suited my mood… MMC was very patient and I liked him when he revenged her but the story just didn’t work for me …
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 13, 2023
Having a kill list of all your wife’s r*pists is girlboss shit 💅
January 5, 2025
not only was it bad, it was just so boring..which is arguably even worse
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