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Safonov Bratva #2

Nueve Meses para Amar (La Bratva Safonov nº 2)

Todo empezó con un vaso de plástico.
Sencillo. Clínico. Totalmente inocente.
Ya no es tan inocente.


Porque me casé con el jefe de la mafia.
Me dejó embarazada.
Ahora, su pasado viene a matarnos a los dos.

Creí que ya habíamos superado lo más difícil.
Stefan es mío y yo soy suya en todos los sentidos que importan.
Nuestro bebé va a tener la familia feliz que nosotros nunca tuvimos.

...o eso pensé.

Pero ¿la madre que Stefan creyó haber matado?
Resulta que está muy viva.

¿Y los secretos que él creía haber enterrado?
Están muy presentes.

¿Y el “felices para siempre” que creíamos tan cerca de alcanzar?
Nunca se ha sentido tan lejos.

Todo nos lleva a preguntarnos...
¿Hasta qué punto conozco realmente al padre de mi hijo?
Y, una vez que sepa la verdad... ¿podré quedarme?

NUEVE MESES PARA AMAR es el segundo libro del dúo de la Bratva Safonov. La historia de Stefan y Olivia comienza en el primer libro, NUEVE MESES DE ESPERA.

554 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 21, 2026

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Nicole Fox

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Nicole Fox writes smart, sexy mafia romance novels. She is a crazy cat lady in her late 30s with a coffee addiction, an overactive imagination, and a husband who somehow puts up with her impulsive need to keep buying new plants for their house.

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115 reviews
November 8, 2025
DNF

2.5 at best. Don’t get me wrong it’s a good plot: intriguing, spicy, emotional. But the mistakes are ridiculous. It’s not the grammatical errors that are the problem. It’s the whole story line. One minute people died in a cabin. The next they’re in a car. In the car was someone’s sister who was identified by the police. But then Wait a minute, the sister was buried as someone’s mother who was the actual killer. Nonsense! I saw some of this in the first book. I read that book till the end. But I just can’t finish this one, and it’s a shame. Good potential, failure as is.
14 reviews
November 14, 2025
Who even wrote this???

Maaaaan, this sucks. The first book was great. The story was fleshed out. The plot was plotting. I was excited to read the second book and then I did. And I constantly thought about DNF'ing it multiple times. It doesn't even feel like the same author wrote it. Or maybe she did. But she was drunk. And high. And on medication. And half asleep. And rushed. Soooo many inconsistencies and mixed up story lines and grammatical errors. For instance, the FMC has her phone taken away at one point, then a few pages later, she's holding her phone and then another few pages she's upset that her phone was taken away. Or my "favorite" is where the main characters have dinner at the FMC's parents house at like 3 in the morning. Huh????
I'm just flabbergasted at how terrible this was compared to how good book 1 is.
158 reviews3 followers
November 8, 2025
Good plot but so many things that don’t add up or timelines/things that happen are described differently in the next chapter. Ie - Olivia asks Stefan if he bugged her phone while waving the phone at him, in the next chapter, Natalia still has her phone so he has to get Olivia a new one. Will have to read more of the Authors books to see if this is a reoccurrence or a once off.
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2,362 reviews1,599 followers
November 13, 2025
Fantastic conclusion!

Story: ⭐⭐⭐⭐1\2
Trope: deception
Angst: 😱😱😱😱
Smexy: 🔥🔥🔥

Really enjoyed the conclusion overall. My one complaint was that the really smart FMC started doing really stupid things by the end of the book, lol. But it was still a fantastic read that was fast-paced and super entertaining.
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35 reviews
November 16, 2025
This book had so much potential. There was just too many plot holes. MFC was naive beyond belief. First off - how did she know the journal was authentic? The mother faked her death, do you really think she could have the journal faked. How do you just believe someone who has kidnapped you?? You don’t question their motives. The mother has been gone for yrs and all of the sudden she comes out the woodwork and you think something is wrong. Why didn’t the MFC confirm stuff info with the grandmother? How did the MFC go from standing at the front gate with NO shoes on - arrive at her parents house and no one questioned where her shoes are? You go from people in a house to car. You have clinic - on the brink of bankruptcy but you’re never at work. Even once you have investors you still aren’t at work? How the head of the Bravta just let witness live? I get people change - but these are potential witnesses who can go the FBI. Lots of story holes - part 1 was better than. Part 2
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210 reviews1 follower
November 12, 2025
Book one is engaging, has drama, a bit of action, an easy to follow story.

Book two is written by three rats jumping around on a keyboard.
WTF is going on here?

Plot holes, confusing timelines (chicken dinner at 5am?), confusing side stories (how exactly did his mom supposedly die?)
I'm so confused.
This isn't the first time I get amped in book one and then feel like a crazy person in book two.
Like it's a professor who writes book one and leaves book two to the students as an assignment or something, with no story/development editing. Just published it as is.
385 reviews4 followers
November 14, 2025
ugh, I had to force myself to finish this many times. the conversations were excruciating, the extensive inner monologues were excruciating. it was just so boring and drawn out. this did not feel like a typical nicole Fox book. there were so many errors, and the storyline was confusing. Natalia was supposedly killed in a fire but then it said it was a car accident. also the fact that both brothers dads committed suicide, that's just confusing. this was book was just an all around painful read
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1 review1 follower
November 14, 2025
Utterly Disappointing

I am not one to leave written reviews but this one calls for it. Idea behind the storyline is great. Tons of potential. Tons of drama. Unfortunately, the author could not keep her story straight. None of it made sense. One minute the sister died in the house fire the next minute she died in a car accident. One minute the FMC is having a conversation with the mother about the baby. The next minute she’s acting like she just found out the mother knows she’s pregnant. And about 100 other instances. There had to have been like zero proofreading/editing of this book.
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21k reviews265 followers
November 2, 2025
This is the second book and the conclusion of this amazing duet.
Olivia is married to bratva Pakhan Stefan and is pregnant. When Stefan’s past come back to haunt him, and deception and lies are revealed, who can be trusted?
This is a well written easy to read, action packed story, with family dynamics, friendships, emotions, lies, betrayal, insecurities, danger, suspense, intrigue, angst, drama, retribution, secrets, tension, trust issues, revelations, romance, combustible chemistry, and love, which leads to an entertaining, twisted, unpredictable, and thrilling addictive page turner.
I look forward to reading more from this talented author whose work I highly recommend.
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172 reviews8 followers
November 28, 2025
That was one of the worst books I have read in a long time. There was barely any actual mafia work being done. There is nothing romantic about this book or with this couple.

For a medical Doctor, Olivia has to be one of the dumbest b****** alive. This was not an adult woman with a functioning mature brain. Every chance Olivia got, she WILLINGLY threw herself into danger.

Stefan told Olivia he killed Natalia, and you would think any NORMAL person would want to stay away from someone who evokes that kind of hatred in their child. But no, Olivia knows better, Ms Big Brains over here!!! She believes Natalia’s version of the story (that’s plausible to believe, as a woman myself) and instead of communicating and talking to her boyfriend about this situation and the journal. She never owns up to her part in anything. She lies the journal, she’s in contact with Natalia, she basically aided in the assault of Babushka. Never once does she deign to take accountability!!! All she had to do was blurt it out!! As an adult, we have to have hard conversations in relationships.

For example, when they were on the yacht, she had every opportunity to get everything out in the open and get answers to all the secrets he is hiding. She is beyond dangerous, not just to herself but to the detriment of Stefan and her unborn child.

I was frustrated with Olivia, from the beginning till the end.
I’m genuinely annoyed that I wasted hours reading this series and specifically THIS book!!! 0/5 - Do not recommend.
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527 reviews15 followers
November 29, 2025
3.5 ⭐️Joint Review: Nine Months to Bear & Nine Months to Love
I read these back to back, so in my brain it’s basically one long, chaotic, emotional ride—and honestly? It works.

I really enjoyed this duology. Both MCs are complicated in their own ways, and their messiness feels intentional.

Olivia is a fertility doctor, while Stefan is the head of a Brava just trying to secure an heir without the baggage of a relationship, arranged or otherwise.
Naturally, Olivia ends up being Stefan’s donor and surrogate… and naturally, the feelings start creeping in until the contract might as well be confetti.

Olivia is desperately trying to keep her “normal” life afloat while Brava chaos is happening all around her, mostly tied to Stefan’s mom. Meanwhile, Stefan is jaded as hell, he fully believes love clouded his father’s judgment and got him killed, so he is NOT here for romance… except he absolutely is.

There’s a lot happening (like… a LOT), with secrets, danger, and both of them trying to “protect” each other by not communicating—aka everyone’s favorite relationship landmine. Predictably, that lack of communication spins everything into wild chaos.

Olivia’s parents are also doctors, and her mom is manipulative and controlling, which adds another layer of stress on our girl. I struggled with Olivia at times, I wanted her to be a little stronger, a little more decisive, but overall she’s fine.

We do get a happily ever after, and technically there’s no third-act breakup, just a quick little less than 24-hours confusion before they get it together.

Overall? A solid, dramatic, emotional duology with plenty of tension, chaos, and heart.
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706 reviews4 followers
December 18, 2025
I'm officially annoyed with the FMC Olivia. for someone whos supposed to be an intelligent doctor, shes extremely naive and not so intelligent. She gets easily manipulated, doesn't understand Bravta is not some type of none violence environment, betrays Stefan's trust one million and one times because "she wants to force him to forgive and have a relationship with his evil mother"? comeon! this is extremely frustrating. what's next a tea party with everyone who means harm to them because she thinks everyone is redeemable without them trying to be? If I was Stefan I wouldn't have pursued a relationship with her because she would literally put the child in jeopardy with this type of mentality.
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437 reviews6 followers
January 4, 2026
Really?! Here’s your typical back & forth “mafia” romance w/ both characters have so much past trauma that they take it out on each other & it’s annoying.

Also, wtf Olivia?! Everything Stefan said to her when he lashes out on her for the 8th time is all true!! She’s stupid & weak! She lets her mom walk alllll over her! Doesn’t stand up for herself, nothing! Blahhhh! I hate weak FMC’s.

Lastly, the extended epilogue was NOT about Stefan & Olivia so that was weird…
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36 reviews3 followers
November 1, 2025
I really liked the book and I'm glad I had the opportunity to read it first.I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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1,151 reviews108 followers
November 7, 2025
A great conclusion to Stefan and Olivia’s duet. My head was absolutely spinning throughout this book- there was so many twists and turns and I found myself exactly in Olivia’s position as I didn’t know which was the truth and which was the lie.

We see an even more softer side of Stefan in this book when it came to Olivia and his baby and I loved every moment of it🥹

Overall I enjoyed this duet - it is definitely a favourite of mine.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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428 reviews34 followers
December 5, 2025
The way I wanted to bash the FMC's head against the wall...UGHH MY BLOOD WAS BOILING . I WANTED TO SLAP THE SHIT OUTTA THE TOO PIOUS TOO SOFT SWEET CARING FMC. Motherfucker was just bloody dumb and stupidly .
Okay calm down Anushka 🧘‍♀️
The story was good, The spicey scenes were otherworldly, NICOLE FOX SURE KNOWS WHAT SHE IS DOING.
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323 reviews
November 16, 2025
I really was hoping for this to turn around. Olivia was very disappointing for me. She had a clinic and then all of sudden it’s not top priority. And she was weak, and Stefan said some harsh thing several times and she kept taking his ass back. And the story line had some inconsistencies that made no sense.
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5 reviews
November 9, 2025
HUH??…

Stefan is not wrong about her.. stupid and naive.. how can this girl be a DOCTOR and have such limited critical thinking skills???????? I get it - It’s fiction but so much of this was outlandish and nonsense. And why is it that the time he says the worst things he could to her, she makes up with him the fastest of all the fights they get into???? So much of this book could have been cut. Like .. what??? By the 3rd “he’s been lying to me this whole time” fight blow up, I was rolling my eyes and skipping pages. The first one was great! This was such a let down and really terribly written. I love her other books so much so I really have no idea what happened here….
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199 reviews3 followers
July 28, 2026
Ive read several of these duets by this author and the first one in this series was by far my favorite. WTH happened to this one? I had to DNF because there were WAY too many editing and continuity errors. The tipping point was when the FMC did something so hypocritical I just couldn’t continue any longer. I may revisit if this is ever edited and rereleased but for now I’ll just have to let it go.
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69 reviews1 follower
February 2, 2026
Me ha fascinado esta segunda parte. Ha estado muy bien estructurada (como viene siendo costumbre en la autora) y, al final, se ha aclarado todo y se le ha dado un porqué a la guerra. Me ha gustado mucho, es uno de las sagas que más me ha gustado de Nicole Fox. Gran autora.
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1,009 reviews4 followers
January 14, 2026
Ugh such a let down from the previous book. Olivia (FMC) was truly insufferable in this and it drug on so long.
A lot of the same arguments were had over and over and there were several that didn’t even make sense in the context of the story (like about FMC trapping the MMC with a baby that he literally paid her to carry??)
So many inconsistencies throughout that made the story hard to follow and I’m realizing I’ve had this same critique about other books by this author so I know it isn’t a one off.. 😬


"There will be no sex. Under any circumstances."
"So even if you beg, I have to say no?"


"You feel perfect. Like you were made for me."
"I was." … "Every broken piece of me was shaped to fit your broken pieces."
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Author 19 books18 followers
November 16, 2025
A little disappointed with this one. Olivia stopped being the strong independent woman from the first one and despite Stefan continually lying and treating her poorly she kept returning with no apologies or anything. I dont like weak willed women.
also there were some serious editing issues with this book that didn't seem present in the first. many spelling errors etc, lots of discrepancies with facts from the past, and some from the present... all finished off with a glaring mistake where names were concerned near the end! I'd go as far as saying that this wasn't edited at all from a first draft!
All that said. I did like the way this all played out.
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1,202 reviews
April 20, 2026
stressed me out!

So far this stressed me out the most in all the books I’ve read so far by NF. Never seen a couple with such bad communication, and if I’m honest the FMC doesn’t care about her baby because she never eats and always putting her self in death situations but then goes on to have an inner monologue of the baby having a life to live whilst running towards a gun fight…..make it make sense. The MMC keeping the FMC always in the dark on the basis of protection was such a cop out, he had soooo many opportunities to explain situations for her protection but refused to do.
As I said STRESSED!
2,431 reviews6 followers
November 15, 2025
1 star
DNF. Skimmed a few chapters after Natalia rose from the dead and kidnapped Olivia.
This was painful. Olivia is supposed to be a brilliant doctor. Here, she’s like a young teenager.
The story just goes on and on and on.
I couldn’t finish it.
Even just skimming the epilogue, I couldn’t actually read it.
Complete tripe.
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39 reviews
November 16, 2025
Awful, I struggled through this book and skipped so many pages. The incessant lengthy internal monologues. The author turned Olivia into an idiot. Throughout the book people told her she was naiive and dumb. Couldn’t even read the epilogue. The first book was good, not sure why this one turned into this.
2,810 reviews6 followers
November 19, 2025
Stefan and Olivia are trying to make their marriage work. They want to give their child love from both parents. His past coming back to bring trouble. Olivia is kidnapped by the last person expected. Will Stefan and Olivia get their happy ending?.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
1 review
January 19, 2026
very confusing- so many inconsistencies with plots as mentioned by other reviewers which made it frustrating to read and I lost interest. book needed major editing - not what I expected from the author whose books I generally enjoy. the FMC became insufferable throughout the second book. I got the impression this was just rushed out to meet a publishing deadline.
58 reviews
November 14, 2025
I’m really struggling with this book due to the inconsistency in the storyline right from the beginning. Such a shame as I loved the first book. I have to keep going back to work out what happened and have now given up. Sorry as I really want to know how the story ends but I’ve lost interest.
7 reviews
December 4, 2025
DNF’d. This book is full of so many plot inconsistencies and errors that it’s a pain to read. Not to mention the FMC has the backbone consistent with a wet noodle! Such a disappointment to try to get through compared to the first book which still had plot holes.
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