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Ruthless Reign

Bratva Kings, Book 1

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Ruthless Reign

By: Monica Kayne
Narrated by: Stephen Dexter, Nikki Grey
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She's the last woman I should want and the only one I can't resist.

I’m the right hand to the most powerful mob boss in Russia—everything I desire, I get.

Except for her.

Liza Ivanova is pure temptation... and strictly off-limits as my business partner’s fiancée. She looks like an angel with a body made for sin, but nothing about Liza is as it seems.

I vow to stay away, but that becomes impossible when I’m required to act as her bodyguard on a trip to London.

When she sneaks out in the middle of the night, I follow her to an exclusive club and find her on stage, auctioning her innocence to the highest bidder.

As if I’d let another man touch her.

If Liza craves the forbidden, I’ll be the one to indulge her every dark fantasy.

But one taste will never be enough, and this dangerous game threatens to ruin us both.

Ruthless Reign is a forbidden love mafia romance. It has no cheating, no cliffhangers, and a guaranteed happily ever after. Can be listened to as a complete standalone.

©2024 Monica Kayne (P)2024 Monica Kayne
Action & Adventure Contemporary Romantic Suspense Mafia Boss

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I bought this book cause I read on Kindle Shattered Crown: A Dark Mafia Age Gap Romance (Kozlov Empire Book 4) Maxim's story was written beautifully. The story was well thought out and we meet Roman and Liza. Unfortunately, this book is nowhere near as good. Liza gets on my nerves. She is surrounded by money and true friendships and yet she chooses to marry a deadbeat to pay one million pounds worth of debt that her family have run up. She doesn't want to ask her friends for help but would sell her soul instead. That's pocket change to these crime families. The story isn't believable. Her behaviour with Roman gets taxing and with each chapter, I'm just fed up of her. Even the spice doesn't interest me. This book could have been amazing, but it's like someone else wrote it. Something is missing, it's like the dots don't connect in this story. It does have a happy ending.

Not impressed 3 ⭐

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Edit; Audio Review:
Narrated by Stephen Dexter and Nikki Grey.
I was so excited to hear audio coming out. Stephen had the perfect rough gravelly voice that matches Roman's character. Nikki was well matched too.
Even though I've read the story, listening to it felt new and I was excited all over again. I loved how well the narrators gave feelings to the words and really brought the characters alive. Also it helped as I was getting some of the Russian words wrong haha.
I thought the book was steamy but with Stephens voice, woah *swoon *melting and you will need new panties 😉.
I've been a Monica Fan since her first book in the Kozlov Series. So when her book comes out I jump in fully, abandoning the real world and into dark and delicious fantasy world.
Have been so excited for this new series. We still get a bit of connection from first series, as Roman is Maxim's right hand man. He is just as ruthless, grumpy, fearless, rough and strong.
Liza seems weak but she is actually very strong character. To do what she is doing and enduring for her sister takes a lot of strength. I loved her sassy and witty character. She is stuck to an forced arrange engagement. Her parents are awful money hunger leeches. Being Kira's best friend, she meets Roman a lot. Both give the vibe of dislike but we can see it being tension. Rest of the story you will have to read and find out but woah. The heated forbidden scenes were scorching hot. The way they make things happen, well Roman makes happen is genius and just too hot to handle.
When their life is in danger they both need to go in hiding but Liza has a plan that needs addressing to get out of marriage (So she thinks 🙈).
With the wedding looming, their life in danger and their alone time playing games with their heart, can either of them survive all this? It will leave you panting one minute then on the edge next scared for their lives.
So all in all this was fast paced high intensity, action packed, dramatic, love, hate, emotion very dark themes, entertaining and as I said so hot.
I wonder who will be next in series. I am intrigued by Nikolai. I see a fantastic age gap story there.

"Deny it all you want, but you belong to me... you were always meant to be mine."

Fantastic dark romance

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Roman has been drawn to Liza since he was her best friend Kiras bodyguard and now Liza is forced to marry Anthony to save her sister against their families debts, only now Roman is her bodyguard on a trip to London, and a secret visit to a auction club, sends them into a spiral together, but Roman doesn't plan on letting her go. Well written engaging steamy desires ,sizzling hot scenes and more! A great spin off series from shattered Crown.
Audio review- the narrators bring the story to life, there chemestry as the characters is inviting and easy to listen too.

great easy listen

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This is my first book by this author, and I can’t believe it’s taken me so long to read one of her books. Her Kozlov Empire series (of which this series is a spin-off) has been on my TBR for ages. This is a forbidden love, age gap, mafia romance, where he falls first and hard. While it can be read without reading that series first. I think I would have enjoyed it even more, though, if I had read Shattered Crown, the last book in the Kozlov Empire series, before this because of the connection between the main characters in that book and this one. Also, there are mini spoilers for that book in this one.

There’s so much exciting stuff that happens in this book.

The chemistry between Liza and Roman is electric. Liza is a strong, selfless 25-year-old who puts her family’s comfort and happiness above her own. She’s very protective of her little sister and she’s smarter and more resourceful than she appears. Roman, who is 13 years older than her, is loyal to those he considers family, and sweet and caring towards Liza. She brings out a vulnerability in him that’s touching to see.

I enjoyed the narration of this book. Nikki Grey is new to me and I really enjoyed her portrayal of the strong, intelligent, loyal Liza. Stephen Dexter played the obsessed, protective, dominant Roman to a tee. His deep, gravelly voice was perfect for the steamy scenes and his portrayal of Roman in his vulnerable moments was very moving. I also enjoyed his portrayal of the villain Anatoly.

So much action and suspense

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