Elena Popov would do anything for her ruthless father—including assassinate Viktor Sokolov, her best friend Alexandra’s husband. She’ll have no problem with this request, in fact, as Alexandra was forced to marry him. Elena will simply be rescuing her friend from a cruel mob boss. Pretending she’s defecting, Elena heads to the Sokolov compound, escorted by the most maddening and distracting man … distracting man she’s ever met. It’s almost as if Roman Garinovich was created just to get under her skin. Still, Elena won’t let Roman stop her from completing her deadly task. There’s just one hitch: Alexandra really loves Viktor, and killing him will crush her. Torn between her loyalty to her father and her best friend, Elena continues to plot, trying to ignore the growing instinct telling her to spare Viktor’s life—and also working to ignore her growing attraction to Roman.
Roman doesn’t believe a word that comes out of Elena’s mouth, however, and he’s not about to let his guard down around her. Deep in his gut, he knows something’s not right about her story… but that doesn’t stop him from acting on his unwelcome attraction to her. Even as he lets Elena into his heart, though, he knows she’s not all that she seems. When he discovers her true reason for being in the Sokolov compound, he’ll have to choose between the woman he loves and his deep loyalty to his friend.
As danger swirls around Elena and Roman, the question becomes whether they can learn to trust not only each other, but what’s in their hearts.
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The storyline was well written, the plot flowed smoothly from page to page and the characters were written with great detail and depth which kept me totally glued to my kindle until the very last page was read!
An outstanding mafia romance read of loyalty, danger, attraction, suspense, intrigue, trust, and love.
I volunteered to review an advance reader copy of this book.
North has a gift for imagineering up strong heroines. Women who refuse to be victims and will fight to the death, if need be. Elena is no fool. She knows the game and is not afraid to fall. Roman is her perfect match. Her Achilles heel. Her heart’s desire and her greatest fear. He sees the woman she hides behind. The fearless warrior is afraid to risk her greatest treasure. She refuses to give into her heart. Falling for the Mob Soldier is a battle between two of the most stubborn people. Elena and Roman are a dangerous duo.