The Vetrov name comes with expectation.My role in this world is simple: do as Father asks and live my life how he planned it.My future is already written: run the empire.Old Values. Old Rule. Old Money.Until her.Everything I do lacks purpose.Everything I do is empty.Women. Money. Power. It meant nothing.Until her.When the Volkov rose showed up at my home a disgraced package, hand-delivered by a … my home a disgraced package, hand-delivered by a Vasiliev prince, I began paving my own path.
I vowed to make her bloom once more.
She consumed me.
Her. Her. Her.
But you can’t love a rose and expect not to be damaged by her thorns.
She cut me too deep.
And I bled out.
My soul fled.
All that’s left is a cold, calculating monster.
I am Veniamin.
Volcanic. Victorious. Valiant. Vetrov.
When you enter my world to play games, prepare to lose.
In the end, I always find the thorn in my side, and I pluck it right out.
This is book two in The V Games series. Book one, Vlad, must be read in order to understand this story.
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The continuation of the V Games series…
Darker and twistier…that’s the only way to describe this next book in the V Games series!
This is the story of Ven and Diana. We met them briefly in the first book, but now we get to dive in these two more closely.
Diana is a queen, she is so incredibly strong! She is a true rose, with the thorns to cut you with! She has been hurt so much, but she takes the quote “What doesn’t kill you, only makes you stronger” to a whole new level! Bow down to her greatness!
Ven is cunning, he is dark, but he is also a man and has his weakness. Diana is both his weakness and his strength. But does he find this out too late?
This second book is even more twisted than the first! It’s more gruesome and dark and a perfect blend of both K. and Ker! These two know how to embrace the darkness and lead us readers down the rabbit hole!
This is just another fabulous, grab you by the throat and don’t let go story! Be sure to read it slowly, enjoy the sin. You will see hints to the next book in this series, I cannot wait for it!
Well done ladies! You continue to amaze me with your talent!
Ven is the second book in The V Games series, and centers around Veniamin Vetrov and Diana Volkov.
It took me longer than expected to get through this book, not because it wasn’t engaging and well-written, but because the hero does some, ahem, questionable things. A warning beforehand- this book is not for everyone. Heck, if you like dark romance, this book still might not be for you.
That being said, I HATED VEN. He was a douche and in some cases I JUST WANTED HIM TO DIE. And then I wanted Diana to bathe in his blood. Too much? Well, read the book and then talk to me.
Both the authors stepped up the depravity in this one. While we glimpsed what the characters were capable of in the first one, Vlad was decidedly vanilla compared to this one. I hated Vlad too, seeing him through Diana’s eyes. Basically most of the male characters pissed me off.
What kept me reading was Diana. I was always rooting for that girl. I was rooting for her to kill those motherfuckers. I was rooting for her to come back with a vengeance. She did so much to protect her little sister, only to have her snatched up by Vlad. She did so much for love only to have it taken away cruelly. She was a victim of conditions, which is something the male protagonists don’t fucking understand, or care about. But it was when Diana became the aggressor that she really shone. She was strong as any man, and she didn’t need Ven.
We actually get to see what happens in the V Games in this one. But as much as the killing and raping is hard to read, it was harder to read about the people sitting outside the V Games. The people who so casually name a price on someone’s head, and have then murdered while they watch and clutch their fat wallets. K. Webster and Ker Dukey really are the best in the business of portraying characters which make you question your sanity. They make you uncomfortable, but you keep on reading because you JUST. CAN’T. STOP.
I am so scared to read the next one.
Whenever Ker Dukey and K. Webster join forces it should be expected to read a crazy, dark, chaotic, and emotionally draining book. This definitely delivered on all of that and more.
The character development was intense. Whether it was Ven or Diana, these authors went the extra steps. Ker Dukey and K. Webster have that true ability to make a leading female fierce. They also made sure to give that same detailed attention to secondary characters as well, making sure all characters were complex and realistic. The world building was amazing. I felt like I was right there in a world I never want to step into.
The storyline itself is the type I wanted to hate with its level of darkness but it is overwhelmingly perfect with its cruelty and depravity. My heart didn’t know how to handle the book, leaving me emotionally drained. No matter how often I wished I could put it down, I was completely engrossed in their words. It’s not often I finish a dark book and need to find something lighter but these authors accomplished it!
5 Stars for an intense, dark and captivating read! Highly recommend!
5 Thorny Stars
Review by Amy W.
Late Night Reviewer
Up All Night w/ Books Blog
Sometimes, it’s okay to be the broken princess in a tower waiting for her prince. Especially when her prince is a dark one.
Ker Dukey and K. Webster deserve an award for their imaginative, bloody and violent storytelling. far exceeded my expectations. If you loved Vlad you are in for a treat with this book. My review is not going to include any plot whatsoever, I really feel you need to read the first book to understand the full depth of the events that happen.
I am Diana Volkov.
My vines are thorny and tangled and never-ending.
I’ll suffocate them all. Watch them bleed in my grip.
A beautiful, delicate rose on the surface, but a vicious monster underneath.
Not killable.
Ruthless.
I’ll spread like a disease and infect them all.
The game has just begun.
I am in love with Diana. She gives me a lady boner, something I never thought that I would say ever. Her strength, her viciousness and her cunning are something to rival that of all the men in the First Families. I struggle to remember a heroine that was as strong as Diana. She is simply amazing and as much as I want Ven in all his tattooed glory, I may want Diana more.
I’m Veniamin Vetrov.
First winner of warriors in The V Games.
I’m cunning and ruthless and fucking scary.
Ven is the only Vetrov that I liked, and even he had his bastard moments. As much as you could feel his love for Diana, his hatred for those who would cross him was like a dark force of its own. He is after vengeance for the plights against him and the First Families and when he takes it, it is bloody as fucking hell. He is a gloriously dangerous demon that I would definitely want by my side, second only to Diana of course 😉
The blood. The violence. The drugs. The sexually charged moments. I lose control.
This quote is one that channels how I felt reading this book. And in case you weren’t aware yet, I absolutely loved it. I LOVE Diana. I love Ven. I love the Madmen of Moscow, Rodion and Zahkar. I even fell a little for Vika. I cannot wait for the next book, that little twist at the end-OMG!!! What!!! Write faster K & K, I NEED more!
This book was fabulous. I loved ven and diana so much
“We are not made of those who have broken us, but of those who rebuilt us when we crumbled.”
Blood and thriller is the new game. Money and power is the new score. Enemies are formed and crushed. Absolute wealth is the end game. The V Games is the ultimate battleground of sex and sin. Devastatingly brilliant. Perfectly enrapturing. Ven is the second book in The V Games and it definitely came out to play. Ven was illuminating. Ven was dangerous. Ven was blistering with violence. I was decimated till I was left with nothing. I was captured. I was paralyzed. I was mummified to a fiery and raging beast with the power to keep me hungry and a prisoner. Ker Dukey and K. Webster are powerful duo. They are a match made in book heaven. Ven was a freak of nature. Ven was a gust of a powerful wind that swept me away.
Vlad was an amazing book but Ven just brought a hunger. It brought suspense. It brought indulgence in the dark and decadent malice. Equally intriguing. I was punished by a dynamic and foreboding dark romance. Ven was majestic. Ven was a chess board game ruled by Russian’s mafia elite. Only the strongest can survive. Dark Phenomena. Alluring. Hypnotizing. Mystique. Ven was a possessing and vicious romance that savaged my heart. My heart pumped. My skin was aflame. My soul was drenched in black and red hot passion. Ker Dukey and K. Webster wrote a magnificent beast. They wrote a raging monster that feasted on my soul. I love their writing. I am spellbound bu their words, I am addicted to their clever writing, I an obsessed to their dark poetry. Ven is a story about vengeance. Ven is a story of strength. Ven is a story of fighting against all odds. It is not for the weak. It is not for the fainthearted. Ven will lead you to a calculating, energized and blinding path.
Ven and Diana are perfect together. I felt their power. I felt their love. I felt the magic of their chemistry. It was strong. It was inviting. It was delicious to read. It was nail biting perfection. I loved Ven and Diana. This union utterly slayed. Slayed my dreams. Ven made me swoon. Oh gosh, I felt his dominance. He was violent. He was sexy AF. He was dirty and sinister to my soul and I enjoyed it. Oh yes, I did. Diana surprised me a lot. I expect her to cower to the shadows but nah, this woman is a fire breather. She went through a lot and came out as a badass fighter warrior. She is Diana and she came with guns blazing.
Ven truly gave the series so much depth. Lots of secrets came to light and I got a dose of the V Games that I wanted. I am so excited for Vas next book. With the ending, things are going to heat and I am going to be incinerated. I am looking forward to it.
“She is beauty and grace wrapped in vines of chaos. She is my rose.
My Diana.”
Both authors in their own right, know how to pull a reader in and captivate their mind and heart. Together is no different they have come together again to take us back into the brutal world of the V Games and the families that rule!!
In a raw and brutal world of secrets, lies, seduction and destruction. Ven and Diana have to fight for there places to become Victorious in their happiness.
“I am Veniamin.
Volcanic. Victorious. Valiant. Vetrov.
When you enter my world to play games, prepare to lose.
In the end, I always find the thorn in my side, and I pluck it right out.”
Ven was everything i could have asked for and more. At times he was as brutal as his father who he despised but i couldn’t deny his pull.
But Diana WOW she blew me away, her mind, her strength, her love. I just didn’t expect so much from her as a character.
This second book for me is definitely more twisted than the first! It was unexpected and unpredictable, more gruesome and dark it was a perfect blend of both K. Webster and Ker Dukey.
Final words Gripping Read!!!
MAN WAS THIS BOOK EVERYTHING!! what a great rush. it was like a gangster movie inside my head!!
These two together are pure magic. the stories they come up with, just blows me away! they truly know to create drama and action to its finest! I felt so much emotions. I was all over the place. but its totally a bad ass read. gangster story to perfection!
I enjoyed Book 1, Vlad story, but Ven and Diana is just way to good! Man, them together they are truly the meaning of King & Queen! It’s action packed, super HOT and when I say HOT, I recommend you read in a spot alone. that’s how HOT some parts were!!!!
Diana’s secret is out, and now she has to fight and show everyone she’s not broken and still is the determined, strong women she’s always been! Among all the wolfs she must face, she finds her savior. Ven! He’s doesn’t see her weak. doesn’t judge her. he helps her come back to life and his all powerful alpha he cant hide what he’s always felt for her. Together they will take over and rule just like they were always fated too!
I enjoyed Book 1, Vlad story, but Ven and Diana was just way to good! Man, them together they are truly the meaning of King & Queen! It’s action packed, super HOT and when I say HOT, I recommend you read in a spot alone. that’s how HOT some parts were!!!
This is Book 2 in the V games series. It’s a dark mafia love story! I cant wait to see where the series goes! its super entertaining, and great for a great escape!
Another enthralling instalment of the V games; this is Ven & Diana’s story. It was dark, gritty, raw and brutal! I love the combined writing force of these two authors. The twisted world of the Russian organise crime families each seeking power calls to my dark side. The story continues from where Vlad left us…
Ven just made my heart melted he time he uttered moya Rosa to Diana , it was great we got to see his vulnerable side and how he stood up to his father… he made my heart beat faster every single time!
Vika is just a character you love to hate. Every good book has a villain. This has two, Ruslan! She is sly, sneaky, underhand and a complete bitch & I absolutely love her, but I can’t wait for her to get what’s coming! He is cold, dark and unworthy. So many great characters make up this series. I love the fact that it has so many strong female characters as well as male dominating characters.
Secrets and lies continue to be unveiled as the story continues to shock us. Told from a dual POV, this book will leave you craving more.
The V Games continue with this dark, volcanic and bloody brilliant addition! This fantastic duo of authors kept me mesmerized and teetering on the edge of my seat throughout this intense and mindblowing read.
Ven and Diana are two characters I absolutely loved. Fierce, protective and loyal these two are both forces to be reckoned with. I loved the way they complimented each other and the growth they underwent both as a couple and as individuals. As much as I loved Vlad, Diana the Dark Angel and Ven the Devil have stolen the games.
Any time this duo of authors gets together I know I am in for a shocking, riveting and bloody brilliant read and Ven was all this and more. All the characters are strong, fierce and each draw you into the story in their own way. The ending took me by surprise and has me eagerly anticipating the next book in this dark, twisted and spellbinding series!
Ven Vetrov’s story might come second to Vlad’s but he is by no means second in nature.
Ven is being groomed by his father to one day take over the Vetrov ‘kingdom’ and he is, in his own right, a man not to be messed with. With a heart of ice he has no trouble in bring respect back to his family and has no qualms in punishing those who are connected to a traitor.
Now for Diana. I didn’t really like her much in Vlad but the way she was portrayed in Ven, she was kickass. I loved her. Even though she was dealing with her own demons and secrets she came out strong, commanding and was able to hold her own. She certainly dominated in this story. All hail the Queen.
The sordid and depraved acts that happen under the Vetrov roof are unbelievable. No one is safe when it comes to Yegor Vetrov. He likes to ‘taste’ everything.
Webster and Dukey are a powerhouse when they collaborate together just as much as they do when they go solo. Together or singly they have not written a story that I haven’t liked or wouldn’t recommend.
I’m super excited for Vas Volkov’s story.