Bratva Hunter

by L.B. Burns

Roric Bravikov must track down the woman who witnessed his brother's crime. But Rosa Aguilar isn't just any witness. She's on the run from her father's cartel, seeking protection from the very man sent to hunt her down. As they're thrust into forced proximity, passion ignites and a forbidden romance blossoms, but secrets and unexpected twists soon pull them into a dangerous game. With a surprise baby and a relentless pursuit for vengeance, can they find love amid the chaos, or will the shadows of their pasts tear them apart? Dive into the third standalone novella of the Bratva Series, packed with steamy romance, heart-stopping twists, and a guaranteed HEA.

161 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 18, 2025

Reviews

[Library.of.linds · Rating 5 out of 5]

Daaaaaaaaaamn Libby!!! 🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵

This novella starts out spicy right out the shoot and it doesn’t let up either! I absolutely devoured it!!! I’m a sucker for a retelling and hers are my absolute favorite!

Roric has to find the person that they think saw too much but he didn’t count on falling for her. Rosa is on the run but she doesn’t know she’s being hunted. This is a Snow White retelling and I can’t recommend it enough!

[Rebmay · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a hot and spicy action-packed romance. Rosa may look like Snow White, but this is no fairy take. She has long eluded her father’s machinations, his plans to sell her off to gain alliance or more power, but this time he means to see his will done. When her father is murdered, Rosa finds herself on the run, not only from the Bratva that killed her father, but her father’s family too who know she has taken something that could bring trouble to their door. She has no idea that the Bratva has sent their most skilled Hunter after her, or that she knows him, intimately. Roric, or Rory as Rosa knows him, instantly recognizes the woman in the photo, his target. He and Rosa spent a passionate night together in Prague. He hasn’t been able to forget her or that night and wonders if he will do his job and eliminate her or keep her for himself. He will have to find her first, and she is proving to be very elusive.

The chemistry between Rory and Rosa is super-heated and palpable. Everyone is aware of it whenever they see them together. They have a connection that neither would have ever expected, a connection that evolves into love while they try to outrun those who her hunting her on behalf of her father’s cartel family. I love Rosa’s resilience, her fortitude and her perseverance. She isn’t afraid to accept help, but she loathes putting others in danger. She gives and loves with her whole heart, but she can also hold a grudge, stand on her own and fight for what she wants. Rory/ Roric is used to being the hard-hearted hunter, the intimidating killer for his family. Rosa brings out his softer side, shows him he does indeed have a heart, a heart that now belongs to her. He loves her fire, her intellect and the way she stands up to him. For her, he will grovel, apologize and make amends. For her, he will take down anyone who threatens her safety and wellbeing.

This book ends on a cliff hanger, and I can’t wait to see what happens next! I highly recommend this book, but do start by reading the previous two books in this series first.

[Screams & Reviews · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the 2nd one I have read in this series and they are all stand alone! Which I happen to love along with retelling . If you know me, I love retelling!

This one is about Snow White. So you have a man named Roric Bravikov and he is out to look for a woman named Rosa! That saw something she shouldn’t have seen. Btw did I tell you her uncle is after her as well for taking something from his late brother, her father! Also, Roric & Rosa had a one night stand before he knows he would be hunting her! Yes, I said hunting her …. This story is a GREAT MESS!!! You have running away, pregnancy, falling in love, pushed marriage and so much more. The way this author fits all these story in a small book blows my mind, but I love it.

Everything is so well played out and I swear the plot never stops! And get thicker and thicker as you go. Makes you want to eat all the series up in one day! And these men are yummy! I mean just look at the cover.

I really enjoy these author writing style and she throws her retelling in her book just enough to make you want more. Added this series of standalone to my ( series TBR for 2025) I can’t wait to finish this series off by the end of the year.

5/🌟

~Screams & Reviews 💋🖤🕷️📚🔪

[Charlene Alana Henderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

L.B BURNS is always an author that i will jump on, no matter what kind of books she brings out. I've loved every single one I've read by her so far and bratva hunter was a super exciting read that I loved every single minute off.

Once I started I couldn't put it down not once. It's a fast paced quick read that packs a helluva punch. It's roric and rosa's story. A snow white retelling but there's nothing white about this snow white. It's action packed and spicy. It's such a rollercoaster ride with twists and turns.

They can't seem to get each other out of Their heads. One night stand, on the run and mafia families hunting you. She seen and took something she shouldn't have and now one of them will catch her but who or what family.?

Wow just wow Libby never fails to deliver mind blowing reads that will have you on the edge of your seat , heart racing and knickers that will be destroyed. You will be hooked from page one. Her characters , storyline and plots are always wonderfully done. Highly recommend this series !!

[GKP2460 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bratva Hunter is a great, fast-paced, quick read with a Snow White feel. It's the story of Roric Bravikov, the assassin and son of the Pakhan of the Bravikov Bratva and Rosa Aguilar, daughter of the Head of the Cartel and the woman who saw too much. He's meant to take care of the problem but I don't think Rory and the Pakhan has the same thing in mind. Running from her family Rosa finds herself in a very precarious situation. Rosa is a tough cookie and Rory has his hands full in their intense, intriguing, gritty journey and I don't think he'd have it any other way. Bratva Hunter is easily a one sitting read. Couldn't put it down once I started!

"Enemies become lovers, secrets explode, and fate binds them by more than just passion."

[Janet Rhodes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bratva Hunter ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2
LB Burns
Roric and Rosa
If you’re looking for a sort of snow, white retelling, and this is for you. Rosa is on a modeling assignment when she first spots Roric. They have a one night stand and thought that she would never see him again. Rosa’s dad and his family are really bad people and want to sell her. After seeing her father killed she runs away. Roric being the son and second in the mafia family known as the assassin is sent on a mission to kill Rosa only to find out she’s the same one he had a one night stand with and filter needs to connection with. Will this retelling of a fairytale end up in the same way as the classic or will Rosa meet her demise? This was a great story and thank you for sharing. I can’t wait to see what else the author is writing.

[Amanda Reads · Rating 5 out of 5]

Snow White and the not so prince charming!!
Bratva Hunter is book 3 of the Bratva (Bravikov) series and is about Rosa and Roric.
I don't wanna say a lot cause I don't wanna give anything away but if you like retellings of classics with a twist then LB is definitely the author to read.
She made me go from not liking Roric to rooting for him in the end. He's a good but bad guy. He's only bad when he needs to be but he truly does have a heart of gold when it comes to Rosa.
Rosa only knows that most men are bad.. They hurt women and usually only use them to move up in the world. Her own father is the one to teach her this.
Can the morally gray MMC show her that not all men are alike? Will she forgive him when he screws up big time (no cheating)? Read this and find out!!
5⭐
3🌶

[AndreasBookFinds · Rating 5 out of 5]

Roric Bravikov is the family enforcer… he knows no love. Rosa Aguilar is Cartel Royalty only she doesn’t wish to follow her fathers footsteps. When she witnesses something she shouldn’t and takes something the family wants to keep hidden, she’s being hunted by both families. Which fa,ily will find her first and will she find a way to survive?!

This is the next installment of the Bratva series, and like the others it doesn’t disappoint. Characters from the first books make an appearance and I’m happy to report this story has a great happily ever after. Though which characters I will not say so you’ll just have to pick it up and see for yourself!

[Jaime Cantrell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bratva Hunter is book three in the Bravikov Bratva Series of modern retellings by L.B. Burns. This is Roric’s and Rosa’s story. It is a modern-day Snow-White retelling, and I absolutely loved it. After a chance encounter and a one-night stand, Roric and Rosa cannot get each other out of their minds. He ends up having to hunt her. She is on the run from her awful family. Will he catch up with her or will she get away? Grab this book to find out!
I love, love, love L.B.’s books. I will never pass up an opportunity to read one. I cannot wait for the next book in this series!

As always be mindful of trigger warnings, what I like you may not.

Happy Reading!

[Lisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely love reading this author’s books so well written great storyline and the plots are just great
From start to finish this book kept me in grossed with it the sort of Rory & Rosea they have a one night stand but can’t stop thinking about each other then fight brings them together
Rory and assassin for his father‘s Russian family
Rosea is the daughter of the cartel there both keeping that a secret until she has to run for her life she tells him everything but he doesn’t do the same
This is well with a read your enjoy it

[Jordan Fiest · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bratva Hunter is book three of the Bravikov Bratva Series.

This is a bit of a Snow White retelling, which I enjoyed. Rosa is on the run from something she saw happen and Roric is the man on the hunt for her.

The story was fast paced and riveting. There is a lot of deception and secret keeping going on throughout the story, and some of it blows up in Roric's face. I liked the sass which Rosa gave him when she discovered everything about him. She really put him in his place and let him know she wasn't going to be pushed over.

Very good addition to the series.

[Jennifer Denton · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is another great read by L. B. Burns from the Bravikov Bratva Series!!!! I absolutely love how this author uses the old fairytales from our childhood and gives them new life as an enthralling, modern retelling with twists and turns that'll keep you on the edge of your seat! This story has an ultra smooth, badass assassin MMC that hunts the smart, vibrant, headstrong FMC. When they collide, it's pure fire & thirstiness that'll keep you drinking all the tea. Such great writing style and plot lines for every brother in each debauched fairytale. I can't wait for the next one!!!

[Shawna Hiscox · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another book by L.B. Burns I couldn’t put down!
I couldn’t wait to get my hands on this one.
First chapter, hot dang! Did I say hot, ya I mean HOT!
Roric “Rory” is the assassin son of the Bravikov Bratva family and Rosa is the princess daughter of the Cartel. They don’t know that when they first meet and their encounter is off the charts! Roric has met his match with her sassy headstrong attitude but he absolutely loves that about her.
Their journey has several downs but in the end, it’s all worth it! I’m on the edge of my seat waiting for the next book!

[Dusty Shirley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rosa and Roric

A chance encounter at a club leads to a one night stand that neither can forget. Then Rosa is hiding from her not so nice uncles, and Roric is hunting for his little Snow White. He finds her, and they fall right back where they left off while he protects her, but circumstances draw them apart, and he must win her back. LB knows how to draw you in and fall in love with all her characters.

[Jenn M · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another Amazing Read!



These quick mafia reads are perfect and this one may have outdid the rest of them. I wasn’t sure if I would fall for Roric like I did his brothers after what he previously did, but he more than redeemed himself. I loved the tenderness he has towards Rose and their story sucked me in right from the beginning!

Be prepared, once you pick up this book, you won’t be able to put it down until you are at the end. It’s that good!

[Heather Lachelle Fulmer · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fast, steamy Bratva romance packed with danger and emotion. Roric is sent to hunt a witness—but Rosa turns out to be vulnerable, brave, and impossible to resist. Forced proximity, forbidden chemistry, cartel threats, and a surprise baby keep the tension high from start to finish. Twisty, passionate, and addictive, this standalone delivers suspense, obsession, and a hard-won HEA amid total chaos. I absolutely love how spicy and straight forward Rosa is in this book! Great Series. 🔥📖

[Catherine Leigh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a fantastic quick read, I was sad that it was over.
I utterly consumed this book, the storyline was captivating and I just loved Rosa. Love a great mafia /bratva novel that’s full of suspense, blood, death and more.
Rory was a perfect male lead, adored his bedroom dominance and the way he cares.
The journey Rosa has been on was intriguing, definitely reading more of this series.

[Bella Street · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is my first book in this series, but not my first book of hers. She hasn’t let me down yet and this time was no different. It quite literally starts with a bang and the entire book keeps you engaged. I couldn’t put it down because I needed to know how it ends and what happens in between. It’s super quick and entertaining, I ended up reading this in one sitting.

[Jazmyne Janai · Rating 4 out of 5]

L.B Burns retelling stories are always so good and this one of course is just as good as the others! I love that it’s fast paced and gets to the point. Although he may not wanted to admit it at first, Rory was in love with her from the start. The way he just wanted to care for her although it was an ulterior motive. Loved them together tho!!

[Monica Graham · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bravata hunter

Another great book in this interconnected standalone series. I feel like each one just keeps getting better. The spice is hot. I really liked how snow wore was incorporated.

[Kai · Rating 5 out of 5]

To say that I couldn't put this down is an understatement. I was instantly hooked in the very first chapter. Roric and Rosa sunk their claws into me and kept me hanging on every word. This was one of my very first books from this author and I can not wait to see where they decide to take me next.

[Tara · Rating 4 out of 5]

A modern Mafia take on a snow white retelling. Not my favorite out of the series so far but a decent quick read. The main characters chemistry was great and kept you waiting for more through the book