Baranov Duet Series by C.B. Alice

Fifteen days. That’s how long he said he’d keep me.I thought my life as a Mafia princess was suffocating, but nothing prepared me for being handed over to Vasily Baranov to pay my brother’s debt. Cold, brutal, and haunted by demons I don’t understand, Vasily is everything I should fear. Instead, he’s the first man to treat me like something more than a bargaining chip.But I know better than to believe in saviors.My only way out is to ruin myself... moreFifteen days. That’s how long he said he’d keep me.I thought my life as a Mafia princess was suffocating, but nothing prepared me for being handed over to Vasily Baranov to pay my brother’s debt. Cold, brutal, and haunted by demons I don’t understand, Vasily is everything I should fear. Instead, he’s the first man to treat me like something more than a bargaining chip.But I know better than to believe in saviors.My only way out is to ruin myself. Destroy my perfect reputation, make myself unfit for marriage, and force my family to let me go. Vasily might help me, or he might break me first.The longer I stay, the more I see the cracks in him. The voices that haunt him. The curse he’s convinced will kill him here in Flagstaff, just like the men before him, even as he refuses to leave. Vasily thinks he’s doomed—but I’m starting to believe we both are.Fifteen days might not be enough to escape the chains binding us to our families. But it might be long enough to decide if we can risk everything and run together—or if staying will destroy us both.***Vasily the Nail is Book 1 of the Baranov Duet, which will conclude with an HEA at the end of Vasily the Hammer. The Baranov Duet includes content and themes that could be considered dark even by Mafia/Bratva Romance standards. Content Warning is included in the beginning of the book, but readers are highly encouraged to visit the author's website for a detailed list.Seriously, this begins with a morally black nightmare. Reader beware. less

His name is Vasily Baranov. He is a king among crime lords. And he says I'm his wife.But I don’t remember him or the life he claims we shared. Nothing of me exists in this world he's dragged me into, no proof that I lived with him as his wife, no proof that I existed at all. I have no idea who I am, and he gives me no answers... moreHis name is Vasily Baranov. He is a king among crime lords. And he says I'm his wife.But I don’t remember him or the life he claims we shared. Nothing of me exists in this world he's dragged me into, no proof that I lived with him as his wife, no proof that I existed at all. I have no idea who I am, and he gives me no answers.Without any memories, without any identification, without a single thing of my own, I don't have any choice but to believe him, but there's something deeper inside me that draws me to him. I trust him when he's done nothing to show he deserves my trust. I crave him when I don't even know if we were truly married.And then—a memory.The truth might be more dangerous than the past I’ve forgotten.Is Vasily my savior, or is he the one who stole everything from me?And where is the son my shattered memory thinks we have? less