Twenty years ago, Vadim Volktov gave up his lineage, power, and homeland to make a new life with Grace Poplar and their daughter, Eden, in America. The love and light they brought into his life transformed him from the dark, ruthless Bratva Pakhan he was raised to be, to a caring and devoted man determined to make the world as bright as them. He devoted the rest of his life to purging the Volktov Bratva from its dark, illegal activities and transforming it into a lucrative, law-abiding empire.
Unfortunately, his life was cut short by the disease that kills millions a year, and he was unable to see his dream come to fruition.
Now it’s up to the loved ones he left behind – the current rulers of the Volktov Bratva – to make the world a better place in his honor.
Book 1: Mine
*Dark Romance
Eden:
I’ve loved and lost the two most important men in my life: one to cancer and the other because he didn’t love me in return. After both devastating losses, I think I finally have everything I’ve ever wanted: an engineering degree, a great job, an apartment, a mother who runs all of my deceased father’s charities, and two indispensable friends. I buried my feelings for Alek when I buried my father and forged ahead to get my life back.
Then one night, while partying in Las Vegas with my girls, we are almost abducted by Cartel members. As I lay, stabbed and bleeding on the floor of my cousin Victor’s casino, I am rescued by the man who took my virginity and then told me I meant nothing to him. Now, five years after he ruined me, I’m stuck cleaning contamination at his gypsum mine – while my mind tries to keep him away, and my traitorous heart and body secretly begs him to love me the same way that I still love him.
Aleksander:
While I entered the world with little to my name, the climb to the top has been successful but pure hell. After my parents were murdered, I was adopted by the Pahkin of the Volktov Bratva. He gave me the opportunity to guard his daughter and equipped me with the life tools to excel in the Russian military. I’ve done evil things to get to the top, but my only regret is falling in love with my successor’s daughter then shattering her heart with a lie I was forced to tell. Now, five years later, as Pahkin of my adopted father’s empire, she’s being hunted by a rival Cartel. Eden’s only chance at survival is me, but only if she can survive the truth about her late father’s true identity and family legacy. Because I wasn’t the only man she loved that lied to her.
Book 2: Release
*Dark Romance
Sergei:
When my cousin and best friend died of Cancer two years ago, I vowed to protect his family and the Volktov Bratva with my life. My job has always been to guard my family from threats – even at the expense of my happiness and well-being. Now, I need to guard his widow, Grace, even more closely because of the threats from her enemies. The only problem is that I’m completely in love with her, but my past is so murky only I can wade through it alone – subjecting her to the bodies I’ve buried will taint her forever.
Grace:
I still miss him every day, even though it’s been two years since he passed. Vadim was my everything, and watching him die of Cancer nearly destroyed me. I live for our daughter, my best friend, Galina, and the head of the Volktov Bratva now because they are my family. The only problem is that the man who was my friend and Vadim’s bodyguard is slowly turning into the one man who gives me the same feelings I had for Vadim – and that’s terrifying because I can’t fall in love again because the loss is unbearable.
Book 3: Fire
*Dark Romance
*Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault
Alison:
If someone had told me a year ago that I’d be living in my best friend’s parents’ house, recovering from an assault, I would’ve punched them in the face. And yet—here I am. I still have my job. I still have my friends. But everything shifted the moment I learned the truth: the house I’m living in is the headquarters of the Volktov Bratva’s—and the man I’ve wanted far more than friendship with is the second in command.
The Bratva is responsible for what happened to me, which means staying makes no sense. Neither does leaving. Because this place is the closest thing I have to family. And the only man who makes me feel safe—who makes me feel anything—will never want someone as broken as I am.
Kirill:
The problem with being human is the relentless urge to want more. I was a poor boy who became a killer when I joined the military to escape poverty. I survived by proving my worth—first on the battlefield, then by earning the trust of the Pakhan of the Volktov Bratva. He gave me a job I respect, an apartment, and more money than I ever imagined as a child.
But now the only woman I ever wanted beyond a one-night or casual fling was assaulted on my watch. I shouldn’t want more. She’s already been dragged into the hidden war she never asked for. And yet, I need her. All I can do now is to keep my promise to protect her—because I’ll never be content until she knows the truth: she’s the fire I need to survive.