Protected by the Bratva King: BWWM Bratva Forced Proximity Dark Romance

By Dara Hunt and Jasmine Hartley

Dead men don't file quarterlies.

Three years after her fianc stole $4.2 million through her credentials and vanished, forensic accountant Zora Ellison finds one of his shell companies moving money again. Someone has resurrected the fraud that destroyed her career-and noticed her looking.

Chicago Bratva king Nikolai Sokolov has been watching Zora for three years. When his rival puts a capture order on her, he offers the only shield his enemies respect: his name, his guarded home, and a ninety-day marriage.

Zora accepts on her terms. But forced proximity turns their paper bargain combustible, and the closer she gets to her dangerous husband, the more his devotion feels like evidence.

Nikolai knows exactly what happened to the fianc who framed her. If Zora audits his darkest secret, he could lose the only woman he has ever protected without permission.

Dark BWWM Mafia Romance - Marriage of Convenience - Forced Proximity - Protection Marriage - Secret Benefactor - He Falls First - Open Door

Heat: Scorching / Open Door, on-page explicit

Tone: Dark, emotional, possessive

Series: Standalone

Ending: HEA, no cliffhanger

Content notes: Mafia organized crime; on-page violence; attempted abduction and capture threat; surveillance/stalking; racism. No on-page harm to children.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HH4HX4HS
• ISBN13: 9798170503070
• Release Date: September 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.6" x 5.0"