Lethal Lover: A Dark Mafia Fake Marriage Enemies To Lovers Romance

By Kristen Luciani

A dark standalone Russian Bratva romance with fake marriage, enemies to lovers, and forced proximity vibes. The enforcer who saved her life at sixteen - and married her before he knew she was the same girl.

When I was sixteen, I was kidnapped from a basketball arena and sold to a sex trafficking ring.

My half-sister Charly died on the mattress next to me. I lived because a stranger broke in, killed the guards, and carried me out in his arms. I never asked his name. I just told him to leave and forget me - because letting him see how weak I was would have destroyed me worse than the men who took us.

I spent the next seven years making sure I'd never need saving again.

Now I'm Valentina Malikov - trained assassin, undercover operative, and the woman who's been hunting Branko Ivanova across three continents for what he did to my family. Every lead gets me closer. Every failed attempt fuels the fire.

There's just one problem.

The next phase of the mission requires me to have a husband. And the groom? A reckless, infuriating, impossibly gorgeous Irish mafia enforcer named Quinn Mulligan who got exiled to Vegas for picking a fight with a drug cartel over a stolen pair of Jordans.

He's impulsive. He's chaotic. He has a fear of heights, an allergy to following orders, and a smile that could melt kevlar.

He's also the boy from the arena.

He doesn't recognize me - different hair, colored contacts, seven years of training the softness out of my bones. But I'd know those blue eyes anywhere. They're the same ones that looked at me like I was worth saving when I didn't believe it myself.

Quinn thinks this marriage is a cover. A way in. A means to an end.

But the man who rode Big Shot at the top of the Stratosphere because I dared him to - white-knuckled, sweating through his Tom Ford, terrified of heights but too stubborn to let me see it - that man isn't pretending.

And the woman who spent seven years turning herself into a weapon so she'd never need a hero? She's starting to realize that wanting one isn't the same as being weak.

He says he's not a fixer. That he only knows how to destroy.

I say he's wrong. And our baby is going to prove it.

TROPES:

Dark Russian bratva / Irish mafia romanceFake marriage / marriage of convenienceEnemies to loversForced proximityHe saved her first (and doesn't know it)Second chance (they just don't know it yet)Reckless hero / disciplined heroineGrumpy sunshineTouch her and dieAssassin heroineFound familySurprise pregnancyGuaranteed HEA

Lethal Lover is book seven of the Vengeful Villains series and can be read as a standalone.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CHLC1XRL
• ISBN13: 9798860879249
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"