Born into Madness (Devils Will Rise: Melnikov Legacy #7)
Sonja Grey
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· 40 ratings · 435 pages · Published: 31 Oct 2025
CYN
I met him the night three men tried to hurt me.
Sasha Melnikov appeared wearing a skull mask... beautiful, brutal, merciless.
He made sure they never would again.
Then he looked at me.
And every instinct screamed to run.
But instead of killing me, he took me home.
He said I was safe.
He lied.
Because safety doesn’t watch you like you’re something to be consumed.
It doesn’t make you crave the very thing that could destroy you.
He’s danger wrapped in devotion, violence made human, and I can’t seem to stay away.
SASHA
Cyn believes she has a choice.
She’s wrong.
She was never meant to be free of me.
From the moment I saw her, I wanted her name carved into my skin, her scent in my lungs, her blood in my veins.
She’s the only thing that’s ever made the chaos quiet.
The only part of me that’s still human.
And if the world tries to take her from me...
I’ll show them how slowly I can work a knife.
Author’s This is a dark mafia romance featuring mature themes, explicit content, and morally complex characters. It includes intense emotional and physical scenes meant for adult readers only. Reader discretion is advised.
This is the seventh book in the Melnikov Legacy series, but it can be read as a standalone. No cheating, no OW drama, and an HEA is always guaranteed!
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- mafia 10
- virgin heroine 10
- college 9
- curvy heroine 9
- possessive hero 9
- dark romance 8
- m-f romance 8
- height difference 8
- shy heroine 8
- sweet/gentle heroine 8
- alpha male 8
- bad boys 8
- virgin hero 8
- new adult 7
- contemporary 7
- class difference 7
- praise kink 7
- poor heroine 7
- rich hero 7
- insta-love 6
- primal/chase play 6
- cheerful/happy heroine 6
- working class heroine 6
- biker hero 6
- bodyguard/protector hero 6
- forced proximity 5
- found family 5
- neurodivergent mc 5
- suspense 4
- sweet/gentle hero 4
- masc-dom 3
- abduction 3
- breeding 2
- bdsm 1
- pregnancy 1
- independent heroine 1
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- content warnings
- graphic violence 7
- third party sexual assault 7
- torture of side characters 6
- alcoholism 6
- substance abuse 5
- drug abuse 5
- past child neglect 5
- human trafficking 4
- third party abuse 4
- fatphobia 4
- mental trauma 2
- mental illness 1
- geography
- usa 5
- Format
- dual pov 7
- first person pov 7
- male pov 1
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The 'Devils Will Rise: Melnikov Legacy' series
4.23 · 356 ratings
m-f · alpha male · contemporary · mafia · usa · male-pov · bad boys · dual-pov · sweet-hero · dark · graphic-violence · first-person-pov · virgin heroine · possessive hero · height-difference · super rich hero · sweet heroine · abduction · abuse-non-mc · insta-love
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