I am her enemy.And I’m going to make her mine.She might never forgive me, but I don’t care.
Saving the daughter of an enemy was not my intention but, now that I have her, I’m going to keep her. Nothing will stop me from using this mafia heiress as I see fit, not even her personal vendetta that pits her family against the Bratva. Kidnapping the beautiful Italian princess is in my best interests …
Kidnapping the beautiful Italian princess is in my best interests even if it’s not good for her. Because I have wicked secrets of my own, which I intend to play out on her luscious body.
She will be my prized possession come hell, high water, or a vicious new war.
The Russian Savage is Arkady’s story and is book two in the Krasnov Brothers series. No cliffhangers. No cheating. Includes vivid, steamy scenes. Can be read as a standalone.
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He’s a Russian Savage and she’s the Enemy
Arkady is the next Krasnov brother to find himself embroiled with a female. Unlike his brother though, he’s taking in the Italians – now that they have a truce with the Irish Lucia is fuming mad because the Russians killed her only brother and her father hasn’t retaliated……so she decides to take matters into her own hands but finds herself in Arkady’s instead
A good story with heaps of action, violence and a good steamy dash of something more I’m looking forward to see who’s up nextI received an advanced copy via Booksprout and I voluntarily leave my honest review
This is the second book in the Krasnov Brothers series. While the characters and story is a tiny bit interconnected, you can read this as a standalone. Arkady is the oldest brother-he rescues a woman, not realising her identity and from there it is all on! There is danger, and death, and family dramas. Lucia is saved, in so many ways, by Arkady. Their connection really was palpable, even when they knew they weren’t in love. This book was a perfect balance of Mafia & romance for me.
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Finding heaven and hell in one place – An erotically riveting dark romance
—>>> Sicilian mafia princess Lucia Leone’s plan to avenge her brother’s death in the hands of one Krasnov brother lands her in the hands of another, and there will be no mercy there once this Zolotov underboss realizes her plan to hurt the Bratva.
In the blink of an eye, Lucia’s savior from the dark alley turns into her captor. Arkady takes her as collateral to prevent retaliation from her father’s family. However, her darkest secret comes to light, and Arkaday take full rein to be “deliciously dominant and sexually commanding,” to show her that he has the power to free her from her fears and pain, in a way which will not jeopardize her safety or health. Submitting to the enemy allows Lucia to find heaven and hell, all in one place. With her lush and willing body as his kinkiest canvas, Arkady unleashes all his darkest desires and finds the other half of himself he never knew he needed.
“Never had I f@#%&d a woman like her, one who needed my specific brand of power to relieve the deep hidden pain inside. One who submitted—not easily—to my control and care then gave me everything in return. A woman of such highborn class. A female worthy of me.” ~ Arkady Krasnov
On the edge of my seat to read the last story of these brutal Bratva brothers, as the buildup has been a background thread in the first two installments. This was an erotically riveting dark romance!
The Russian Savage is book 2 in the Krasnov Brothers series and has the perfect blend of passion and danger throughout that will keep you guessing what will happen next.
For Arkady and Lucia what started off as sworn enemies quickly turns into a steamy love story filled with danger and intrigue as the rival families fight for survival and control.
I am enjoying both the characters and the series and can’t wait to see what is coming next!
Loved this story from start to finish. It starts off with a kidnapping, Lucia is taken by Arkady after confessing that she’s looking for his brother who killed her sibling. She ends up at his house, and boy does this story then start to really get going! There is a shady side to Arkady which Lucia enjoys! Lucia also has ghosts in her closet which are explored and corrected by him. I loved the interplay between the characters and this book carries on well from where the previous book left off.
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Lucia Leone was on her way to get her revenge for her brothers murder by Krill, onlynto find her self a target of street thugs and rescued by Arkady Krasnov, Krills older brother. Arkady didnt plan on bringing Lucia back to his place but seeing the state she was in with blood and feared clothing he needed to clean her up and find out who else was after his brother. Though it soon becomes aparrent desire flares between them. And when Arkady learns the truth about Lucia’s destined path to be married off by her father he has a choice to make. Hand her off to be married to a man old enough to be her grandfather or start another war this time with the Italians. Well written with steamy hot scenes! Action packed, with humour, desire and more!
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Always on the lookout for new authors who write dark mafia romances.
This enemy to lovers storyline with Russian Arkady and Italian Lucia was dark and intense.
Arkady’s sadistic tendencies fell right in line with Lucia’s harmful way of dealing with her out of control life by cutting.
I liked the way Arkady was able to break her of her obsession to cut by imposing his own form of pain and punishment. Dark, graphic scenes, but Arkady was always conscious of Lucia’s welfare and pleasure.
Lots of drama with Lucia’s evil father along with powerful men who want Lucia for their own.
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The Russian Savage by Rie Warren is book 2 in the Krasnov Brothers series and OMG! There that’s my review. These brothers are something else. Big, strong, and deadly Russian mafia, what more is there to say. Oh, how about sexy and they know it! Arkady is a naughty Russian with some incredible kink and the money that affords him the toys to play how he wants to. I absolutely love this series. I can not wait to read about little brother Krasnov because I just know he is going to be entertaining. 5-paddles, ahem, stars for The Russian Savage by Rie Warren
Arkady Krasnov is the underboss for the Zolotov Bratva. He loves his family and the Bratva and will do anything it takes to protect them. Arkady stumbles across his enemy’s daughter and an opportunity like none other presents itself. Arkady will take the beautiful Italian mafia princess and he will use her and make her his whether she wants to be or not. The price to be paid will be high, the only question is who will pay it the Russians or the Italians?
Loved this one! This is a great series. Ready for the next one! Good read and romance. Love how the ladies in this series are not your typical damsels in distress
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Rie Warren had me addicted to her brand of mafia romance after reading Book 1, so I was more than eager to dive back into the world of the Russian Bratva!
This book is just as compelling as the first one, but is even darker and sexier.
Arkady is the second in command, the underboss of the Russian Bratva. He’s dominant, dangerous and deadly. Lucia, wanting to avenge her brother’s murder, has no idea what she’s getting herself into until it’s too late. Rescuer to captor to saviour, Arkady is no knight in shining armour. Their hate for each other was more than apparent, however there’s a lot of layers to their relationship, but each include an intense and steamy hot lust. Enemies from different mafia families, they were meant to hate each other, but Lucia became Arkady’s liability, inciting a war…putting a woman above all else was a mistake, but he couldn’t help himself.
Battling demons of more than one kind connects them…”Everything bound us together —sex and love, pain and desperate passion.” When dark desires are awakened, there’s no turning back.
If you love dark, violent and erotic, you need this unputdownable story in the must read Krasnov Brothers series…definitely impatiently waiting for the next one!
The Russian Savage is the second book in the Krasnov Brothers series by Rie Warren. Well developed world and characters, intriguingand entertaining… the story delivers suspense, action, surprises,, darkness, intensity, and extreme steam. Definitely had me wanting more of the series.
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3.75 stars–THE RUSSIAN SAVAGE: Enemy of the Bratva is the second instalment in Rie Warren’s contemporary, adult KRASNOV BROTHERS erotic, Russian Bratva, romance series. This is thirty-three year old, Zolotov underboss Arkady Krasnov, and twenty-seven year old, Italian mafia princess Lucia Leone’s story line. THE RUSSIAN SAVAGE can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous instalment is revealed where necessary.
WARNING: THE RUSSIAN SAVAGE contains scenes of BDSM, graphic violence, and talk of sexual assault and rape, and may not be suitable for more sensitive readers.
SOME BACKGROUND: As young children, Arkady Krasnov and his brothers Maksim and Kirill found themselves abandoned on the streets of Mother Russia. Fighting to stay alive, the brothers, led by eldest Arkady became a gang unto themselves until they tried to shake down a member of the Russian Bratva, a man who once ruled the notorious gulag. Seeing something in the boys, and without any male heirs of his own, Yury Zolotov adopted the young boys, and raised them as his own, preparing their way to rule the criminal underworld.
Told from dual first person perspectives (Arkady and Lucia) THE RUSSIAN SAVAGE follows the building but forbidden romance and relationship between thirty-three year old, Zolotov underboss Arkady Krasnov, and twenty-seven year old, Italian mafia princess Lucia Leone. Lucia Leone was on a mission to destroy Kirill Krasnov but found herself under the protection of his older brother Arkady when a street gang thought to claim her as their prize. Discovering Lucia’s ill-conceived plan to take down his brother Kirill, Arkady imprisoned Lucia, in an attempt to secure her protection from the Russian Bratva but what Arkady never expected was to discover that Lucia had been tapped as a pawn to secure a stronger position for the Cosa Nostra. What ensues is the quick building romance and relationship between Arkady and Lucia, and the potential fall-out as the Italian mob make good on their plans to sell Lucia to the highest bidder.
Lucia Leone is a woman who struggles to find a place in the family but whose future has been unknowingly planned for quite awhile. Desperate to avenge her brother Bastiano’s murder, Lucia set out to kill Kirill Krasnov, only to discover her would-be rescuer is the man with whom she would fall in love.
Like the first instalment (The Russian Thug), THE RUSSIAN SAVAGE follows a forbidden relationship between members of warring crime families, and a female used and abused by the men who should have loved and protected. Women are nothing more than fodder to make or break a deal for power, and in this the ramifications manifest in different ways-TRIGGER WARNING for readers with issues of emotional and psychological self-harm.
The relationship between Arkady and Lucia begins as prisoner and jailer yet quickly turns into something more when Arkady discovers a secret that Lucia hopes to keep to herself. A man whose kinky side is hidden from the family he loves, Arkady’s needs will be equally met by the needs of the woman he had never planned to love. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and intense but, once again, I struggled with the use of a certain four-letter word, and in this particular storyline it is used as a term of endearment and possession.
Again, there is a large ensemble cast of colorful, energetic and charismatic secondary and supporting characters including Arkady’s brothers: Maxsim, Kirill and his wife Joanna (the Russian Thug #1), and their sister Sasha, their ‘grandmother’ Svetlana, as well as the head of the Bratva and ‘father figure’ Yury Zolotov, and Joanna’s brothers Lucky, Kelly and Dex O’Sullivan. The requisite evil has many faces including Lucia’s father Don Marco Leone, Don Sabato Rossi, and his heir Roberto.
THE RUSSIAN SAVAGE is a story of family, power, betrayal and control. The premise is raw and dark; the romance is provocative and energetic; the characters are flawed, dominant and impassioned. I will add that the similarities in the premise between books one and two are unapologetically numerous and profuse-a virtual duplicate of plot line and forbidden romance.
This book hooked me from the get go I just couldn’t put it down I fell in love with these characters and omg what a story just a perfect read.
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I loved this story! The twist and turns and unexpected outcomes keep you lost in the pages. Their love story is unconventional but seeing a mafia boss fall in love with a mafia princess and how throughout their time together the little ways he shows he has a soft spot for her is endearing. You try to hate him but in the end you can’t I am excited to read the other stories in the series.
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As always, Rie Warren has given us an entertaining read filled with terrific characters. This was a great addition to the series. I look forward to the next one.
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Falling into a situation beyond Lucia control she finds herself with someone close that she planned to get revenge on his family. But Unexpected feelings get in the way. You’ll read about murder, hot chemistry, exciting characters, rivalry mafia and crazy fathers! But you’ll love this book!
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This is the second book in the series and it was just as good as the first. I personally was more drawn to the characters in the first book but that is just because I relate with a tomboy and smartass more. The characters are strong even when vulnerable. The men can be the biggest jerks but seem to clue in eventually. The protective nature is amazing. And I totally love Yuri, Sasha, and the gramma. Looking forward to the next book.
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