Whew!!!!! This was a veryyyyyyyyyyyyyy intense story but love always prevails!!!!
Before I start my review one of the things I really appreciated was the trigger warning before you even started to read the story and also the phone number and text number for women wanting to escape Domestic Violence.
Nisha Jackson is a hairstylist and part owner of Allure Hair Salon with Holly (Kostya: A Mafia Cleaner) and Savannah (She doesn't have a story of her own yet but I suspect it will be coming), is a survivor of not only deadly domestic violence but also groomed by a predator (it is the same person).
Fast forward to Anton "Ten" Vasiliev is the bodyguard to Vivian and her son Levi (Nikolai's wife and baby boy). After getting out of prison for protecting the Bratva, Nikolai hires him to protect his family. Secretly Ten has been in love with Nisha since first laying eyes on her 2 years prior when he accompanies Vivian to get her hair done and whenever he goes he can't help that his eyes follow her everywhere.
Nisha Jackson lives with her grumpy cat Wilford, has great friends, and lives a quiet life. She only dates men who are safe, she isn't interested in another relationship or sex, especially after the hell she has been through in her life. But there is something about Ten that makes her sneak glances at him when he comes to the salon and dare I say dream of what a real, safe, and secure love feels like.
But all of that is interrupted when her serial killer ex-husband who is on death row escapes prison and comes after her. Ten springs into action because he will not allow any harm to come to Nisha especially since he knows in his heart that she is the one for him.
Anyone who tries to come against the Family and those whom they love will not have any idea of the earth they will scorch as others try to come against their own.
Now please understand that this is a very heavy book, The scenes of violence had my mind reeling but again I do appreciate the trigger warnings that were stated at the beginning of the book. In Ivan 2 there were dark and heavy scenes as well, so be prepared.
Now with each book that author Roxie Rivera writes, there appears someone that you want to know more about and for me, that would be Ilya because I was like who is he and where did he come from LOL!!!
Well Until My Next Review...Ciao!