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Belles & Mobsters #4
Alexei
Alexei Nikolaev.
Blessed with the face of Adonis.
Cursed with eyes colder than the Arctic and a past he can’t escape.
His history is as tragic as a Dostoyevsky tale.
He’s been on the FBI’s radar for years but has managed to always stay a step ahead and just out of their grasp.
When I’m forced to work with him, fire ignites and things spiral out of control. Despite the desire felt from his mouthwatering body, covered in tattoos, distrust between us is deep.
But unless we learn to work together and trust each other, we’re both as good as dead.
This is a mature adult romance, and contains dubious situations and triggers that some readers might find offensive.
Blessed with the face of Adonis.
Cursed with eyes colder than the Arctic and a past he can’t escape.
His history is as tragic as a Dostoyevsky tale.
He’s been on the FBI’s radar for years but has managed to always stay a step ahead and just out of their grasp.
When I’m forced to work with him, fire ignites and things spiral out of control. Despite the desire felt from his mouthwatering body, covered in tattoos, distrust between us is deep.
But unless we learn to work together and trust each other, we’re both as good as dead.
This is a mature adult romance, and contains dubious situations and triggers that some readers might find offensive.
364 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 25, 2022
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Eva Winners
53 books3,429 followersEva released her first novel Second Chance At Love in 2020 and has been writing feverishly ever since. She writes about everlasting romance for every century focusing on characters emotional development and always guarantees an HEA.
She loves yoga, wine and her kiddos. In her spare time, she seeks adventures either hiking through trails or exploring the beaches.
Writing books has always been her passion and she brings real life to the forefront in everything she writes about.
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She loves yoga, wine and her kiddos. In her spare time, she seeks adventures either hiking through trails or exploring the beaches.
Writing books has always been her passion and she brings real life to the forefront in everything she writes about.
Deeply passionate characters and stories will draw you in and you'll never want to leave.
Follow her on social media to stay up to date with all her new releases!
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November 10, 2024
I thought this was going to be a simple recipe (opposites attract + mafia), but suddenly a a lot of other ingredients were added and it started to get very complicated, very quickly. I do feel bad writing this review (while continuing to write it 😅), but I just don’t understand where this story is going…
FYI - I only got up to chapter 3 and then aborted ship, so maybe I didn't give it enough of a chance, but I don't want to go back…
⚠️This contains a lot of spoilers (up to C3).
The prologue started off with a bang and definitely made me want to read more. It began with the main characters going undercover as a fake couple...to a sex club… in the hopes of tracking down a Mafia paedophile. I mean I wasn't expecting this turn of events straight off, but I was here for the absolute chaos that was bound to follow and it definitely followed.
The prologue wasn't the issue for me, it was chapter one and ✌️. So the FMC was an FBI profiler, but she also had a personal connection to the Mafia paedophile case, as her brother was kidnapped by this group. This was brought up as soon as she was introduced, so not only does she have a ‘main’ quest, but she already has a ‘side’ quest. I don't know, I just thought she was going to be this ordinary woman, but suddenly she has this very complicated backstory. OH, and she was also the daughter of a Senator, who ran for President 🤨
How do we know this? Because within 4 seconds of the MMC seeing the FMC in a lift, he explains who she was. How does he know this? Because this man kept “tabs on her, on and off, OVER THE LAST TWENTY YEARS” (Direct Quote). You may be asking yourself WTF, aren't they meant to be strangers? I also thought this.
The whole reason I was excited about this book was because I thought they were going to be strangers, who came from 2 completely different worlds...but they don’t. The FMC hasn't led a normal life being a Senators daughter with a kidnapped brother and the MMC is in the Mafia, yet had time to keep tabs on the FMC for 20 YEARS, for some unknown reason … This man needs another hobby.
I just feel like the plot is working too hard already and I'm apprehensive to see where else it goes. Other Mafia books I've read still focus on mystery and forbidden romance, but the backstories don't seem to be as unnecessarily complex. Maybe I'm just not used to this author and am set in my ways on what I like and what I don't 😅
This is a standalone, but it is part of an interconnected series, so references to characters in other books are made. Probably best to also read those if you want to have a better understanding.
This one wasn't for me, I think I had completely different expectations from reading the synopsis.
FYI - I only got up to chapter 3 and then aborted ship, so maybe I didn't give it enough of a chance, but I don't want to go back…
⚠️This contains a lot of spoilers (up to C3).
The prologue started off with a bang and definitely made me want to read more. It began with the main characters going undercover as a fake couple...to a sex club… in the hopes of tracking down a Mafia paedophile. I mean I wasn't expecting this turn of events straight off, but I was here for the absolute chaos that was bound to follow and it definitely followed.
The prologue wasn't the issue for me, it was chapter one and ✌️. So the FMC was an FBI profiler, but she also had a personal connection to the Mafia paedophile case, as her brother was kidnapped by this group. This was brought up as soon as she was introduced, so not only does she have a ‘main’ quest, but she already has a ‘side’ quest. I don't know, I just thought she was going to be this ordinary woman, but suddenly she has this very complicated backstory. OH, and she was also the daughter of a Senator, who ran for President 🤨
How do we know this? Because within 4 seconds of the MMC seeing the FMC in a lift, he explains who she was. How does he know this? Because this man kept “tabs on her, on and off, OVER THE LAST TWENTY YEARS” (Direct Quote). You may be asking yourself WTF, aren't they meant to be strangers? I also thought this.
The whole reason I was excited about this book was because I thought they were going to be strangers, who came from 2 completely different worlds...but they don’t. The FMC hasn't led a normal life being a Senators daughter with a kidnapped brother and the MMC is in the Mafia, yet had time to keep tabs on the FMC for 20 YEARS, for some unknown reason … This man needs another hobby.
I just feel like the plot is working too hard already and I'm apprehensive to see where else it goes. Other Mafia books I've read still focus on mystery and forbidden romance, but the backstories don't seem to be as unnecessarily complex. Maybe I'm just not used to this author and am set in my ways on what I like and what I don't 😅
This is a standalone, but it is part of an interconnected series, so references to characters in other books are made. Probably best to also read those if you want to have a better understanding.
This one wasn't for me, I think I had completely different expectations from reading the synopsis.
June 13, 2022
I LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH!!!!! HANDS DOWN THE BEST!!!😍😍 OMG. If you want a very over the top possessive alpha male in the mafia with a heroine is the FBI AGENT then read this book. It comes with a great plot twist and great romance❤️❤️❤️ This book is beautiful and the COUPLE HERE OMG!!!! SO FREAKIN ROMANTIC!!!! I WANT ALEXEI IN MY LIFE TOO🤣🤣
I'm tired of reading about a heroine character like her job is so ordinary like just so normal and what I always read, so for this heroine to be a FBI AGENT LIKE COUNT ME IN!
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY WHEN YOU READ THIS BOOK. IT'S SAFE AND SO FREAKIN ROMANTIC AND THE TWIST IN THIS BOOK IS SOOO MIND-BLOWING AMAZING. YOU WILL NEVER BE BORED. THE ACTIONS SCENES IS GREAT TOO😍😍😍😍 I EVEN READ IT SLOWLY CAUSE HOW GREAT THE BOOK IS🥺🥺🥺
AND NO. I didn't read the previous books cause I only got this one but oh boy this book really made my day. I was reading pretty bad book lately so when I read this, I got so happy again and want to read it again❤️❤️❤️
I just like to say that I love heroes like this that is soooo freakin obsessed with the heroine. Some say it's not healthy but either way I don't care. It's what I like and you're can't control my life. Everyone have different things they like and don't like. So please don't judge my review on this... And I like this types of books so much...
“I wanted her. Unlike anything or anyone before her. It was a depraved kind of hunger for her. An obsession that a single touch with her would fuel for the rest of my days.” ❤️❤️❤️🥺
NO unnecessary childish drama.
The story is written well and have a great scenes in it that made me knows immediately I will be having a hard time putting this book down cause I just want to read Until I'm finished.... This author knows the way to my heart🥺🥺🥺❤️❤️❤️
💫 ⭐ THE STORY is about the heroine who is a FBI AGENT working in the field in New Orleans... She's working on a trafficking children cases that may lead to her long lost brother who was taken when they were children. So she was working on the case just in case she found out about her brother... One day her boss ask her to go to his office and then she saw the hero in there... Her boss wants her to work in the case along with the hero's brothers and the hero himself so she won't be alone in this. When the hero and heroine meet, the hero knows that he will do anything to have her.... Cause there's a big story behind it. And that moment when they saw each other at the office, the hero became more obsessed with the heroine....
And for me this story is not too dark. The romance itself is the light here in this book if you know what I mean....
“It had been two weeks since I laid eyes on her again and nothing would ever be the same. My obsession ran deeper with each breath I took. It wasn’t healthy. It wasn’t right. Yet the more I told myself I couldn’t have her, the more I wanted her. I had never wanted anything as much as I wanted her. It was like I was an addict that needed an other fix. With each glimpse of her, she fed my addiction, and I feared any moment I’d reach a point of no return. Quite possibly, I was there already.” ❤️❤️❤️🥺🥺
‼️‼️‼️DUAL POV
‼️‼️‼️LOVE IN FIRST SIGHT
‼️‼️‼️TRIGGERS: Human trafficking, killing, high on violence, kidnapping, abusive, hospital, deception, mafia, drugs, alcohol, r*pe, guns and death.
‼️‼️‼️NO CHEATING
‼️‼️‼️AND NO EX BOYFRIEND OR EX GIRLFRIEND OR EX FCK BUDDY EVER SHOWS UP.
‼️‼️‼️THE HERO IS OVER THE TOP POSSESSIVE MILLIONAIRE BADASS KNOWS HOW FIGHT VERY WELL ALPHA MALE. YES OVER THE TOP POSSESSIVE... AND VERY PROTECTIVE.
“Nobody is getting rid of her, Or touching a single hair on her head.”
The hero describe himself as a very cold person who have been through a lot of hell growing up since he was a child in a very dark place.
“They made it hard to deal with life. So most of the time, I didn’t feel any emotions. Not a single damn one.”
Even when his own family touching him, he doesn't even like it too much... He always keep it to himself mostly. So basically the hero is growling to others but to the babies in the family like his nieces and nephews and of course to the heroine, the hero is soft and always likes to touch them🥺🥺
And even though he been through a lot of hell, he doesn't make it more difficult to the heroine. He's not a asshole to her, he doesn't always likes to bring up his past...
And for sure, the hero always say to himself and many people and to the heroine that SHE IS MINE. MINE. SHE'S MINE. MINE. And he said this many times🥺🥺
When the heroine was disappoint about something, the hero: “Aurora’s head whipped my way, horror in her eyes hitting me right in the heart. It hurt worse than a bullet to my chest.” when I read this like wow hero, he cares about the heroine more than anything...
AND THE HERO IS NOT A MANWHOR3. Maybe he used to but he didn't really say how long though...
‼️‼️‼️NO DRAMA WITH OW. ONLY WITH OM BUT NOT TOO ANNOYING... OTHER DRAMA IS ABOUT THE ENEMIES AND FAMILY.
‼️‼️‼️IT HAS SEPARATION FOR TWO MONTHS. BUT BOTH ARE LOYAL TO THE CORE. BOTH NEVER GO TO SEE ANYONE ELSE....
“But there was nobody else for me. Just this petite woman with the softest skin, the sassiest mouth and warmest smile. I hadn’t seen her in two months. Two fucking months.”
‼️‼️‼️NO VIRGINS.
BOTH said they ARE CLEAN.
‼️‼️‼️VERY EXTREMELY HOT SMUT SCENES.... THE HERO KNOWS AND LOVES THE HEROINE'S BODY🥺🥺🥺❤️ Like he worships her body....
‼️‼️‼️NO TALKING ABOUT PAST PARTNER FROM THE HERO... The heroine only mentioned it once but only said two guys and never more than that. She knows not to test the hero's limit🤣
‼️‼️‼️ LOCATION: NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA
‼️‼️‼️ AGE GAP, 13 YEARS.
The heroine is 25 and the hero is 38 years old...
‼️‼️‼️NO PUSHING AWAY FROM THE HERO. Only from the heroine but not too much and not too annoying...
‼️‼️‼️THE HERO IS VERY MUCH. YES VERY MUCH OBSESSED WITH THE HEROINE... HE ALWAYS, ALWAYS SAYS THE HEROINE BEAUTIFUL AND AMAZING SO MANY TIMES I LOST COUNT. Like the hero needs her like an air to breathe, without her, his life is meaningless and she is his light to his whole life and soul🥺 LIKE THE HERO FOR SURE SHOWS IT THAT LOVES THE HEROINE MORE THAN ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD. He doesn't care what people thinks, he really show it anyway without any doubt. Omg 🥺🥺🥺
After he meet her in the office, he begin to stalk her. And the heroine knows but never got mad about it, deep down she knows she loves it lol.
“And now here I was, stalking her. The pressure in my chest was unfamiliar. From the moment this woman entered my life, my blood ran hotter than ever. My obsession crept up on me, the need to learn every single thing about her clawing at me. So I dug up every thing I could on her.”
“Now that she was in my world, no information was off limits. I knew every single address Agent Ashford ever lived at, her social security number, names of her friends, how she liked her pasta, her coffee, and what shows she watched. Courtesy of her best friends. Agent Ashford didn’t have a Pinterest account but her friends did. And they kept a board specific for her likes. So sue me, I stalked their Pinterest page.” 🥺🥺🥺🥺
BEST PART:
“But don’t you fucking dare touch her. Ever. Even if she points a gun to my head. You. Do. Not. Touch. Her.”
ALEXEI🥺🥺❤️❤️❤️❤️
‼️‼️‼️MANY. MANY. YES MANY JEALOUS SCENES FROM THE HERO AND LITTLE FROM THE HEROINE....
THE HERO got so jealous even before they even dated or have s3x cause that's how much the hero is obsessed with her....
AND I LOVE IT.
“Two past serious boyfriends. I might hunt them down and kill them.”
“You even think about it, I’ll break your hands and legs, Nobody goes around her but me,”
“The fool that dared to grab Aurora’s ass was tied up in chains, hanging off the ceiling and waiting for me. That familiar, cold calm washed over me, just as it did every time I executed men. Killing him shouldn’t feel any different than any other man who wronged me. Yet, it did. I knew it would, because I was doing it for Agent Ashford. Because he dared to put his filthy hands on her ass.” Yes. He tortured the man who touch the heroine's ass without her permission.
“Comment on her appearance again and I’ll gouge your eyes out.”
And many more....
‼️‼️‼️THE HEROINE WOW. SHE REALLY IS SOMETHING ELSE, SHE'S AMAZING!!!! I LOVE THIS HEROINE. She's so loyal to her friends, friendly, badass who knows how to defend herself emotionally and physically like she knows how to fight, she's sassy like very sassy in a good way. Overall she's a great woman.
AND THE BEST PART IS THAT THE HEROINE IS A FBI AGENT. LIKE FREAKIN WOW!!!!
“I launched a hook right to his eye, just the way my brothers had taught me, and I watched his face plant the floor.
“Who’s the bitch now?”
I gloated
Damn this heroine is such a badass queen i love it so much!
ALSO THE BEST PART IS THAT SHE HAS 4 OLDER BROTHERS WHO IS VERY PROTECTIVE TOWARDS HER AND LOVES HER SO MUCH.... She always have great story about them and how it's like growing up with them.... They're scenes together as a family is so cute to see❤️❤️ Her brothers always introduce the heroine as the "little sister" and not just sister😍😍😍
“From the moment I was born, I could always count on my brothers. To them, I was the baby to protect and cherish. To me, they were gods.”
I hope the author makes her brothers book too. And please do not ruin the story😂 just sayin...
‼️‼️‼️THE CHEMISTRY BETWEEN THEM IS OUT OF THIS WORLD. SO HOT AND VERY ROMANTIC AS FCK!!!! ❤️❤️
“Say you’ll never leave,” he demanded.
“Never,”
💙💙💙
‼️‼️‼️HAPPY ENDING. Got married and pregnant!
“I love you”
“And I love you too, my kroshka. You and our baby. Until my death and even after it.”
Thank you author for adding cute scenes from the heroine's brothers and from the hero's nieces and nephew. It's so freakin cute😍😍😍❤️ and also the scenes between the heroine's friends coming over that was so refreshing to read that cute scenes like that was add up... Thank you. PLEASE Add more cute scenes like that in your next book lol. And also author pretty please add more great scenes too in your next book of this series of the heroine's brothers book🥺🙏🙏🙏
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I'm tired of reading about a heroine character like her job is so ordinary like just so normal and what I always read, so for this heroine to be a FBI AGENT LIKE COUNT ME IN!
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY WHEN YOU READ THIS BOOK. IT'S SAFE AND SO FREAKIN ROMANTIC AND THE TWIST IN THIS BOOK IS SOOO MIND-BLOWING AMAZING. YOU WILL NEVER BE BORED. THE ACTIONS SCENES IS GREAT TOO😍😍😍😍 I EVEN READ IT SLOWLY CAUSE HOW GREAT THE BOOK IS🥺🥺🥺
AND NO. I didn't read the previous books cause I only got this one but oh boy this book really made my day. I was reading pretty bad book lately so when I read this, I got so happy again and want to read it again❤️❤️❤️
I just like to say that I love heroes like this that is soooo freakin obsessed with the heroine. Some say it's not healthy but either way I don't care. It's what I like and you're can't control my life. Everyone have different things they like and don't like. So please don't judge my review on this... And I like this types of books so much...
“I wanted her. Unlike anything or anyone before her. It was a depraved kind of hunger for her. An obsession that a single touch with her would fuel for the rest of my days.” ❤️❤️❤️🥺
NO unnecessary childish drama.
The story is written well and have a great scenes in it that made me knows immediately I will be having a hard time putting this book down cause I just want to read Until I'm finished.... This author knows the way to my heart🥺🥺🥺❤️❤️❤️
💫 ⭐ THE STORY is about the heroine who is a FBI AGENT working in the field in New Orleans... She's working on a trafficking children cases that may lead to her long lost brother who was taken when they were children. So she was working on the case just in case she found out about her brother... One day her boss ask her to go to his office and then she saw the hero in there... Her boss wants her to work in the case along with the hero's brothers and the hero himself so she won't be alone in this. When the hero and heroine meet, the hero knows that he will do anything to have her.... Cause there's a big story behind it. And that moment when they saw each other at the office, the hero became more obsessed with the heroine....
And for me this story is not too dark. The romance itself is the light here in this book if you know what I mean....
“It had been two weeks since I laid eyes on her again and nothing would ever be the same. My obsession ran deeper with each breath I took. It wasn’t healthy. It wasn’t right. Yet the more I told myself I couldn’t have her, the more I wanted her. I had never wanted anything as much as I wanted her. It was like I was an addict that needed an other fix. With each glimpse of her, she fed my addiction, and I feared any moment I’d reach a point of no return. Quite possibly, I was there already.” ❤️❤️❤️🥺🥺
‼️‼️‼️DUAL POV
‼️‼️‼️LOVE IN FIRST SIGHT
‼️‼️‼️TRIGGERS: Human trafficking, killing, high on violence, kidnapping, abusive, hospital, deception, mafia, drugs, alcohol, r*pe, guns and death.
‼️‼️‼️NO CHEATING
‼️‼️‼️AND NO EX BOYFRIEND OR EX GIRLFRIEND OR EX FCK BUDDY EVER SHOWS UP.
‼️‼️‼️THE HERO IS OVER THE TOP POSSESSIVE MILLIONAIRE BADASS KNOWS HOW FIGHT VERY WELL ALPHA MALE. YES OVER THE TOP POSSESSIVE... AND VERY PROTECTIVE.
“Nobody is getting rid of her, Or touching a single hair on her head.”
The hero describe himself as a very cold person who have been through a lot of hell growing up since he was a child in a very dark place.
“They made it hard to deal with life. So most of the time, I didn’t feel any emotions. Not a single damn one.”
Even when his own family touching him, he doesn't even like it too much... He always keep it to himself mostly. So basically the hero is growling to others but to the babies in the family like his nieces and nephews and of course to the heroine, the hero is soft and always likes to touch them🥺🥺
And even though he been through a lot of hell, he doesn't make it more difficult to the heroine. He's not a asshole to her, he doesn't always likes to bring up his past...
And for sure, the hero always say to himself and many people and to the heroine that SHE IS MINE. MINE. SHE'S MINE. MINE. And he said this many times🥺🥺
When the heroine was disappoint about something, the hero: “Aurora’s head whipped my way, horror in her eyes hitting me right in the heart. It hurt worse than a bullet to my chest.” when I read this like wow hero, he cares about the heroine more than anything...
AND THE HERO IS NOT A MANWHOR3. Maybe he used to but he didn't really say how long though...
‼️‼️‼️NO DRAMA WITH OW. ONLY WITH OM BUT NOT TOO ANNOYING... OTHER DRAMA IS ABOUT THE ENEMIES AND FAMILY.
‼️‼️‼️IT HAS SEPARATION FOR TWO MONTHS. BUT BOTH ARE LOYAL TO THE CORE. BOTH NEVER GO TO SEE ANYONE ELSE....
“But there was nobody else for me. Just this petite woman with the softest skin, the sassiest mouth and warmest smile. I hadn’t seen her in two months. Two fucking months.”
‼️‼️‼️NO VIRGINS.
BOTH said they ARE CLEAN.
‼️‼️‼️VERY EXTREMELY HOT SMUT SCENES.... THE HERO KNOWS AND LOVES THE HEROINE'S BODY🥺🥺🥺❤️ Like he worships her body....
‼️‼️‼️NO TALKING ABOUT PAST PARTNER FROM THE HERO... The heroine only mentioned it once but only said two guys and never more than that. She knows not to test the hero's limit🤣
‼️‼️‼️ LOCATION: NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA
‼️‼️‼️ AGE GAP, 13 YEARS.
The heroine is 25 and the hero is 38 years old...
‼️‼️‼️NO PUSHING AWAY FROM THE HERO. Only from the heroine but not too much and not too annoying...
‼️‼️‼️THE HERO IS VERY MUCH. YES VERY MUCH OBSESSED WITH THE HEROINE... HE ALWAYS, ALWAYS SAYS THE HEROINE BEAUTIFUL AND AMAZING SO MANY TIMES I LOST COUNT. Like the hero needs her like an air to breathe, without her, his life is meaningless and she is his light to his whole life and soul🥺 LIKE THE HERO FOR SURE SHOWS IT THAT LOVES THE HEROINE MORE THAN ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD. He doesn't care what people thinks, he really show it anyway without any doubt. Omg 🥺🥺🥺
After he meet her in the office, he begin to stalk her. And the heroine knows but never got mad about it, deep down she knows she loves it lol.
“And now here I was, stalking her. The pressure in my chest was unfamiliar. From the moment this woman entered my life, my blood ran hotter than ever. My obsession crept up on me, the need to learn every single thing about her clawing at me. So I dug up every thing I could on her.”
“Now that she was in my world, no information was off limits. I knew every single address Agent Ashford ever lived at, her social security number, names of her friends, how she liked her pasta, her coffee, and what shows she watched. Courtesy of her best friends. Agent Ashford didn’t have a Pinterest account but her friends did. And they kept a board specific for her likes. So sue me, I stalked their Pinterest page.” 🥺🥺🥺🥺
BEST PART:
“But don’t you fucking dare touch her. Ever. Even if she points a gun to my head. You. Do. Not. Touch. Her.”
ALEXEI🥺🥺❤️❤️❤️❤️
‼️‼️‼️MANY. MANY. YES MANY JEALOUS SCENES FROM THE HERO AND LITTLE FROM THE HEROINE....
THE HERO got so jealous even before they even dated or have s3x cause that's how much the hero is obsessed with her....
AND I LOVE IT.
“Two past serious boyfriends. I might hunt them down and kill them.”
“You even think about it, I’ll break your hands and legs, Nobody goes around her but me,”
“The fool that dared to grab Aurora’s ass was tied up in chains, hanging off the ceiling and waiting for me. That familiar, cold calm washed over me, just as it did every time I executed men. Killing him shouldn’t feel any different than any other man who wronged me. Yet, it did. I knew it would, because I was doing it for Agent Ashford. Because he dared to put his filthy hands on her ass.” Yes. He tortured the man who touch the heroine's ass without her permission.
“Comment on her appearance again and I’ll gouge your eyes out.”
And many more....
‼️‼️‼️THE HEROINE WOW. SHE REALLY IS SOMETHING ELSE, SHE'S AMAZING!!!! I LOVE THIS HEROINE. She's so loyal to her friends, friendly, badass who knows how to defend herself emotionally and physically like she knows how to fight, she's sassy like very sassy in a good way. Overall she's a great woman.
AND THE BEST PART IS THAT THE HEROINE IS A FBI AGENT. LIKE FREAKIN WOW!!!!
“I launched a hook right to his eye, just the way my brothers had taught me, and I watched his face plant the floor.
“Who’s the bitch now?”
I gloated
Damn this heroine is such a badass queen i love it so much!
ALSO THE BEST PART IS THAT SHE HAS 4 OLDER BROTHERS WHO IS VERY PROTECTIVE TOWARDS HER AND LOVES HER SO MUCH.... She always have great story about them and how it's like growing up with them.... They're scenes together as a family is so cute to see❤️❤️ Her brothers always introduce the heroine as the "little sister" and not just sister😍😍😍
“From the moment I was born, I could always count on my brothers. To them, I was the baby to protect and cherish. To me, they were gods.”
I hope the author makes her brothers book too. And please do not ruin the story😂 just sayin...
‼️‼️‼️THE CHEMISTRY BETWEEN THEM IS OUT OF THIS WORLD. SO HOT AND VERY ROMANTIC AS FCK!!!! ❤️❤️
“Say you’ll never leave,” he demanded.
“Never,”
💙💙💙
‼️‼️‼️HAPPY ENDING. Got married and pregnant!
“I love you”
“And I love you too, my kroshka. You and our baby. Until my death and even after it.”
Thank you author for adding cute scenes from the heroine's brothers and from the hero's nieces and nephew. It's so freakin cute😍😍😍❤️ and also the scenes between the heroine's friends coming over that was so refreshing to read that cute scenes like that was add up... Thank you. PLEASE Add more cute scenes like that in your next book lol. And also author pretty please add more great scenes too in your next book of this series of the heroine's brothers book🥺🙏🙏🙏
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March 5, 2025
5 freaking stars!
If Alexei Nikolaev told me to get down on my freaking knees, I would be down on my damn knees. No words. No questions. No doubts. No second thoughts.
It's always the silent ones that are the hottest. No words, just actions.
Alexei and Aurora
↳ These two had the most electric chemistry ever. FBI AGENT x MAFIA was done so well. The prologue had me so excited and I knew these two would have burning chemistry and I was right.
↳ God, I could read about these two forever. The scenes at the sex club and in Russia were so perfect and literally so hot. Normally, I wouldn't ever get flustered while reading scenes like that, but I could feel the chemistry oozing off the pages.
This book was literal perfection. It's safe to say that I loved this book and I never use those words lightly. This was the best of the series so far, period. Idk if anyone can top Alexei "freaking" Nikolaev.
"Kroshka"
↳ Russian nicknames >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>. Honestly, Russian men just do it best. In general, and especially when it comes to nicknames.
His tattoos. His aura. His sexiness. He is the literal embodiment of perfection.
These two went through so much trauma since they were children and the way their vulnerabilities were written, especially Alexei's brought tears to my eyes. They went through it all, but in the end, they got what they deserved. Each other. I will never be over this book. I will never be over Alexei and Aurora.
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pre-read: HOLD UP, PAUSE, SHE'S AN FBI AGENT??? WHAT??? EXCITEMENT LEVELS HAVE SPIKED!! God, I can just imagine their chemistry!! This will so be 5-stars.
with Matteo's book coming out at the end of the month and knowing I'm going to read it as soon as it comes out, I have 5 books of the first-gen to finish, so continuing where I left off. I'm so dang excited for this one!
The Den of Sin | Luciano | Nico | Cassio | Alexei | Raphael | Sasha | Luca
If Alexei Nikolaev told me to get down on my freaking knees, I would be down on my damn knees. No words. No questions. No doubts. No second thoughts.
It's always the silent ones that are the hottest. No words, just actions.
Alexei and Aurora
↳ These two had the most electric chemistry ever. FBI AGENT x MAFIA was done so well. The prologue had me so excited and I knew these two would have burning chemistry and I was right.
↳ God, I could read about these two forever. The scenes at the sex club and in Russia were so perfect and literally so hot. Normally, I wouldn't ever get flustered while reading scenes like that, but I could feel the chemistry oozing off the pages.
This book was literal perfection. It's safe to say that I loved this book and I never use those words lightly. This was the best of the series so far, period. Idk if anyone can top Alexei "freaking" Nikolaev.
"Kroshka"
↳ Russian nicknames >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>. Honestly, Russian men just do it best. In general, and especially when it comes to nicknames.
His tattoos. His aura. His sexiness. He is the literal embodiment of perfection.
These two went through so much trauma since they were children and the way their vulnerabilities were written, especially Alexei's brought tears to my eyes. They went through it all, but in the end, they got what they deserved. Each other. I will never be over this book. I will never be over Alexei and Aurora.
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pre-read: HOLD UP, PAUSE, SHE'S AN FBI AGENT??? WHAT??? EXCITEMENT LEVELS HAVE SPIKED!! God, I can just imagine their chemistry!! This will so be 5-stars.
with Matteo's book coming out at the end of the month and knowing I'm going to read it as soon as it comes out, I have 5 books of the first-gen to finish, so continuing where I left off. I'm so dang excited for this one!
The Den of Sin | Luciano | Nico | Cassio | Alexei | Raphael | Sasha | Luca
July 17, 2024
Alexei de Eva Winners
5/5⭐️
4/5🌶
Bueno, esta serie me venía pareciendo más floja que otras de la autora. Hasta que llegó Alexei. Que libro!
Me encantó.
Mafioso + agente del FBI, qué puede salir mal???
Alexei es un protagonista oscuro, torturado, lleno de grises. Con un pasado duro y desgarrador.
Aurora es una heroína fuerte, que busca respuestas sobre la desaparición de su hermano. Hecho que la marcó.
Se van a encontrar para buscar respuestas, en una misión que los va a poner muy cerca.
Más allá de la trama en sí, me encantó la historia de amor.
Ella le tiene una paciencia increíble y él la ama tanto como para, incluso, dejarla ir.
Ese tipo de amor emociona. Cuándo el amor es más fuerte que el deseo y la posesión, sin egoísmo. Algo que no se suele ver en dark romance tan a menudo.
Es una historia muy hot, intensa y terriblemente romántica.
Lo recomiendo mucho.
Mi fav de toda la serie ❤️
5/5⭐️
4/5🌶
Bueno, esta serie me venía pareciendo más floja que otras de la autora. Hasta que llegó Alexei. Que libro!
Me encantó.
Mafioso + agente del FBI, qué puede salir mal???
Alexei es un protagonista oscuro, torturado, lleno de grises. Con un pasado duro y desgarrador.
Aurora es una heroína fuerte, que busca respuestas sobre la desaparición de su hermano. Hecho que la marcó.
Se van a encontrar para buscar respuestas, en una misión que los va a poner muy cerca.
Más allá de la trama en sí, me encantó la historia de amor.
Ella le tiene una paciencia increíble y él la ama tanto como para, incluso, dejarla ir.
Ese tipo de amor emociona. Cuándo el amor es más fuerte que el deseo y la posesión, sin egoísmo. Algo que no se suele ver en dark romance tan a menudo.
Es una historia muy hot, intensa y terriblemente romántica.
Lo recomiendo mucho.
Mi fav de toda la serie ❤️
May 28, 2022
***4,5 "Broken Eyes!!!" stars***
"I was an FBI agent.
He was a criminal."
I am so happy that I picked up "Luciano" months ago, cause now, we are already in book number four into this series and I have become an addict of this world and these characters....
I just want more and more... and I am extremely happy that Mrs. Winners is delivering dark, suspenful and captivating stories that I don't ever want to stop reading!!!
And as the books are progressing, the author is becoming better and better in the storytelling!!!
"Everything that touched me ended up broken.
Everything I touched rnded up ruined."
This was Alexei's turn!!! A man of not many words and with an unapproachable aura... and this man had found his belle in an FBI agent!!! A criminal with a law enforcer!!! Wow!!! What a pair was that!!!
Alexei is part of the mafia and a killer... His past is carrying too much pain and darkness and he is determined to put fire in this awful past and he needs Aurora Ashford to succeed in this suicide mission that he is determined to lead her!!!
These two are worlds apart, but they are having more common ground than they think they had...
"I shouldn't do it.
I'd break her. Ruin her.
Too late."
Well, I won't tell you more about the story!!!
Alexei was a very tortured creature and even though he seemed scary, he had such a big heart...
Aurora was tough and determined to catch the man who is giving her nightmares...
Both of them are carrying too much guilt and they are determined to chase away their demons no matter what...
But what they haven't calculated was the strange feelings that are starting to brew between them...
Aurora just want to stay away from this man and Alexei knows that he is undeserving of this woman's heart... Still... they can't stay away from each other!!!
"My own personal heaven that I had no right to, but I stole a taste of it anyhow."
I loved this couple very much!!! Honestly, at this point, I can't seem to decide which couple I love more!!! And honestly, i am waiting impatiently for the next book in the series...
Of course, I am dying for Aurora's brothers' turns as well!!! I am very curious about them!!!
Yep, if you haven't noticed, I am addicted to the Belles and Monsters world and to Eva Winners' writing!!!
I just need more and more of her stories!!! They are giving me such a rush!!!
"Maybe the two of us were like the sun and moon, always passing each other, but never actually meant to be together."
**I received an ARC for the exchange of an honest review**
"I was an FBI agent.
He was a criminal."
I am so happy that I picked up "Luciano" months ago, cause now, we are already in book number four into this series and I have become an addict of this world and these characters....
I just want more and more... and I am extremely happy that Mrs. Winners is delivering dark, suspenful and captivating stories that I don't ever want to stop reading!!!
And as the books are progressing, the author is becoming better and better in the storytelling!!!
"Everything that touched me ended up broken.
Everything I touched rnded up ruined."
This was Alexei's turn!!! A man of not many words and with an unapproachable aura... and this man had found his belle in an FBI agent!!! A criminal with a law enforcer!!! Wow!!! What a pair was that!!!
Alexei is part of the mafia and a killer... His past is carrying too much pain and darkness and he is determined to put fire in this awful past and he needs Aurora Ashford to succeed in this suicide mission that he is determined to lead her!!!
These two are worlds apart, but they are having more common ground than they think they had...
"I shouldn't do it.
I'd break her. Ruin her.
Too late."
Well, I won't tell you more about the story!!!
Alexei was a very tortured creature and even though he seemed scary, he had such a big heart...
Aurora was tough and determined to catch the man who is giving her nightmares...
Both of them are carrying too much guilt and they are determined to chase away their demons no matter what...
But what they haven't calculated was the strange feelings that are starting to brew between them...
Aurora just want to stay away from this man and Alexei knows that he is undeserving of this woman's heart... Still... they can't stay away from each other!!!
"My own personal heaven that I had no right to, but I stole a taste of it anyhow."
I loved this couple very much!!! Honestly, at this point, I can't seem to decide which couple I love more!!! And honestly, i am waiting impatiently for the next book in the series...
Of course, I am dying for Aurora's brothers' turns as well!!! I am very curious about them!!!
Yep, if you haven't noticed, I am addicted to the Belles and Monsters world and to Eva Winners' writing!!!
I just need more and more of her stories!!! They are giving me such a rush!!!
"Maybe the two of us were like the sun and moon, always passing each other, but never actually meant to be together."
**I received an ARC for the exchange of an honest review**
May 25, 2022
Story: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Trope: protector
Angst: 😱😱
Smexy: 🔥🔥🔥
Absolutely loved it! There is nothing that I love more than the FBI agent with the mobster trope, lol and Alexei did NOT disappoint. Aurora and Alexei are both alike in their fight against child trafficking, just different on their execution, being that they're on opposites sides of the law. Aurora and Alexei's stories have actually crossed paths more than Aurora knows, and Alexei is certain that once she finds out, she'll hate him forever.
What's not to love about this book? You have a badass female lead who gets shit done. She has a man that appreciates and supports her, even while wanting to protect her from the world and himself. We have the tortured hero, covered in tattoos that mask his physical scars. The story pulls at your heart, but is fast paced with tons of actions and tons of twists. It's well written and has smoking hot smexy times that tear up your kindle. Alexei and Aurora have a ton of chemistry and it makes their interactions that much more enjoyable. Alexei is the 4th book in the Belles and Mobster's series by Eva Winners. Alexei is a standalone, but best read and appreciated when read in series order. And quite frankly, why wouldn't you? Every single book in this series has been fantastic and this one is certainly not an exception.
⛔️ My bookshelves can sometimes be considered spoilers
Trope: protector
Angst: 😱😱
Smexy: 🔥🔥🔥
Absolutely loved it! There is nothing that I love more than the FBI agent with the mobster trope, lol and Alexei did NOT disappoint. Aurora and Alexei are both alike in their fight against child trafficking, just different on their execution, being that they're on opposites sides of the law. Aurora and Alexei's stories have actually crossed paths more than Aurora knows, and Alexei is certain that once she finds out, she'll hate him forever.
What's not to love about this book? You have a badass female lead who gets shit done. She has a man that appreciates and supports her, even while wanting to protect her from the world and himself. We have the tortured hero, covered in tattoos that mask his physical scars. The story pulls at your heart, but is fast paced with tons of actions and tons of twists. It's well written and has smoking hot smexy times that tear up your kindle. Alexei and Aurora have a ton of chemistry and it makes their interactions that much more enjoyable. Alexei is the 4th book in the Belles and Mobster's series by Eva Winners. Alexei is a standalone, but best read and appreciated when read in series order. And quite frankly, why wouldn't you? Every single book in this series has been fantastic and this one is certainly not an exception.
⛔️ My bookshelves can sometimes be considered spoilers
May 25, 2022
This is my first book by Eva Winners and I was not impressed. She has written a plethora of books and I felt like this book was her first rough draft. I love a good mafia, mc, and mobster book and this fell flat for me. The plot/storyline was there, but the execution was not.
Here is what I liked:
Alexei. He is this damaged, tortured soul who still has some good in him despite everything he has been through. He is determined to make good on his promises.
Aurora. She is determined to find the person who kidnapped her brother and joined the FBI. However, despite having all the resources at her fingertips, aka her brothers, she refuses to ask for help and does it on her own.
The plot. There is a ghost who has been kidnapping boys for decades and Aurora knows there is somehow a connection between these kidnappings to her brother’s kidnapping. The FBI has teamed up with Nikolaev brothers and taking down this kidnapping operation.
Here is what I didn’t like:
The Prologue was chapter 18. Isn’t the prologue supposed to be an earlier event that happened and connects the rest of the story. Since this was an ARC issue, was this an editing error?
There was no structure to the story. I feel like the story captured a minute-by-minute play.
There was soo much repetition within the dialogue and the story itself. There were times, I thought I was reading the same sentence 2-3 times.
The smut scenes were lacking. Some of the scenes felt like it only took 30 seconds. For example, the scene where he is blindfolding her and restraining her was soo boring. There needed to be more descriptive words to get the reader to feel what Aurora is feeling.
There was no foreshadowing on the surprise announcement at the end. It was more of a random - oh hey, I am pregnant. It didn’t feel like it belonged in the story. Maybe in the epilogue of 5 years later, we had 2 kids blah blah blah.
Overall, I would not recommend this book based on what I mentioned above. I am disappointed because it really sounded like a great read!
Rating: 2.5/5
Spice: 2/5
Trope: forced proximity, mafia/gang
Please check TW/CW prior to reading
*received ARC for an honest review
Here is what I liked:
Alexei. He is this damaged, tortured soul who still has some good in him despite everything he has been through. He is determined to make good on his promises.
Aurora. She is determined to find the person who kidnapped her brother and joined the FBI. However, despite having all the resources at her fingertips, aka her brothers, she refuses to ask for help and does it on her own.
The plot. There is a ghost who has been kidnapping boys for decades and Aurora knows there is somehow a connection between these kidnappings to her brother’s kidnapping. The FBI has teamed up with Nikolaev brothers and taking down this kidnapping operation.
Here is what I didn’t like:
The Prologue was chapter 18. Isn’t the prologue supposed to be an earlier event that happened and connects the rest of the story. Since this was an ARC issue, was this an editing error?
There was no structure to the story. I feel like the story captured a minute-by-minute play.
There was soo much repetition within the dialogue and the story itself. There were times, I thought I was reading the same sentence 2-3 times.
The smut scenes were lacking. Some of the scenes felt like it only took 30 seconds. For example, the scene where he is blindfolding her and restraining her was soo boring. There needed to be more descriptive words to get the reader to feel what Aurora is feeling.
There was no foreshadowing on the surprise announcement at the end. It was more of a random - oh hey, I am pregnant. It didn’t feel like it belonged in the story. Maybe in the epilogue of 5 years later, we had 2 kids blah blah blah.
Overall, I would not recommend this book based on what I mentioned above. I am disappointed because it really sounded like a great read!
Rating: 2.5/5
Spice: 2/5
Trope: forced proximity, mafia/gang
Please check TW/CW prior to reading
*received ARC for an honest review
September 23, 2024
Alexei's story is particularly difficult, but I love him, the crazy stalker. ♥
May 22, 2022
"Maybe the two of us were like the sun and moon, always passing each other, but never actually meant to be together."
I'm totally loving this series and I'm glad to say that each one is getting better and better! It has violence, darkness, lots of action, a sexy boss bitch of a special agent heroine and a tortured, closed off, brooding but protective and possesive hero who could go any lengths to correct his mistakes and keep his woman safe. Aurora was smart, strong and sassy but somehow she became even more fierce when Alexei came along. As much as he wanted to protect her, she was willing to do the same for him. Alexei had such a good heart, I just couldn't fathom all the pain he must've went through. I couldn't get enough of them together! Aurora bought out his mortal side, made him feel comfortable and eased him up. Overall, I enjoyed the story, it was intense, painful and drew out all the right emotions. I felt for the main characters as well as the side characters. I also loved the dynamic that Aurora developed with Alexei's brothers. Whenever the main characters of the other books in the series made an appearance, I was so excited to see them interact with Aurora! If you haven't started this series yet, you should really pick it up if a closed off tortured hero who doesn't like being touched but softens up to his love interest has you swooning!
ARC received in exchange of an honest review
I'm totally loving this series and I'm glad to say that each one is getting better and better! It has violence, darkness, lots of action, a sexy boss bitch of a special agent heroine and a tortured, closed off, brooding but protective and possesive hero who could go any lengths to correct his mistakes and keep his woman safe. Aurora was smart, strong and sassy but somehow she became even more fierce when Alexei came along. As much as he wanted to protect her, she was willing to do the same for him. Alexei had such a good heart, I just couldn't fathom all the pain he must've went through. I couldn't get enough of them together! Aurora bought out his mortal side, made him feel comfortable and eased him up. Overall, I enjoyed the story, it was intense, painful and drew out all the right emotions. I felt for the main characters as well as the side characters. I also loved the dynamic that Aurora developed with Alexei's brothers. Whenever the main characters of the other books in the series made an appearance, I was so excited to see them interact with Aurora! If you haven't started this series yet, you should really pick it up if a closed off tortured hero who doesn't like being touched but softens up to his love interest has you swooning!
ARC received in exchange of an honest review
May 25, 2022
★5 Kroshka stars★
Another chapter into this spell binding series, Eva gives her best shot delivering this superb story. It is definitely my favourite out of all the ones I have read so far. If you have enjoyed the ride up to now you’ll lose yourself into Alexei’s bottomless blue artic eyes.
Alexei’s cold exterior is his calling card, unapproachable and scary, you’ll walk the other way if you know what’s best for you. Enter Aurora a badass FBI agent set on bringing criminals down. A combination of integrity and kindness, a lethal cocktail for our tortured hero.
A common goal brings these two characters together; they are apparently two different people but both of them hide an unfortunate past, both are ashamed of their actions, both feel guilty and undeserving of love. They leave to go on a suicide mission and as they fight for their life denying their attraction to each other is harder and harder.
~𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒎. 𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒕, 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒖𝒑~
Aurora finds a new side of herself, something she never thought possible is suddenly materialising and she doesn’t want to run away from it. Alexei berates himself at every step, he can’t resist the charming tempting agent, he thinks he doesn’t deserve her, he doesn’t dare hope for the impossible and yet he’s tempted to indulge and believe.
~𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒅𝒈𝒚 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔. 𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒓𝒂𝒘 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒆~
To define what Alexei and Aurora have a love story would be an understatement and unfairly wrong. They share so much more, their story is perfectly broken, with edges and shards, it’s painful it bleeds pain and despair and yet it couldn’t be more perfect. I can’t deny how strongly I feel for this couple, they stole my heart and soul and I don’t want them back I just want more of them.
Ms Winners goes a shade darker than her previous opus (Cassio), so make sure you check the warning if you have triggers or are sensitive to the issues dealt with.
~𝒊𝒇 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆, 𝒔𝒉𝒆'𝒅 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒊𝒕. 𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒔. 𝑴𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕. 𝑴𝒚 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒑 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍~
There is no denying I’m a goner for this world, Ms Winners made an addict out of me and now I won’t stay still until the next story is delivered.
Another chapter into this spell binding series, Eva gives her best shot delivering this superb story. It is definitely my favourite out of all the ones I have read so far. If you have enjoyed the ride up to now you’ll lose yourself into Alexei’s bottomless blue artic eyes.
Alexei’s cold exterior is his calling card, unapproachable and scary, you’ll walk the other way if you know what’s best for you. Enter Aurora a badass FBI agent set on bringing criminals down. A combination of integrity and kindness, a lethal cocktail for our tortured hero.
A common goal brings these two characters together; they are apparently two different people but both of them hide an unfortunate past, both are ashamed of their actions, both feel guilty and undeserving of love. They leave to go on a suicide mission and as they fight for their life denying their attraction to each other is harder and harder.
~𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒎. 𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒕, 𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒖𝒑~
Aurora finds a new side of herself, something she never thought possible is suddenly materialising and she doesn’t want to run away from it. Alexei berates himself at every step, he can’t resist the charming tempting agent, he thinks he doesn’t deserve her, he doesn’t dare hope for the impossible and yet he’s tempted to indulge and believe.
~𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒅𝒈𝒚 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔. 𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒓𝒂𝒘 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒆~
To define what Alexei and Aurora have a love story would be an understatement and unfairly wrong. They share so much more, their story is perfectly broken, with edges and shards, it’s painful it bleeds pain and despair and yet it couldn’t be more perfect. I can’t deny how strongly I feel for this couple, they stole my heart and soul and I don’t want them back I just want more of them.
Ms Winners goes a shade darker than her previous opus (Cassio), so make sure you check the warning if you have triggers or are sensitive to the issues dealt with.
~𝒊𝒇 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆, 𝒔𝒉𝒆'𝒅 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒊𝒕. 𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒔. 𝑴𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕. 𝑴𝒚 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒑 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍~
There is no denying I’m a goner for this world, Ms Winners made an addict out of me and now I won’t stay still until the next story is delivered.
May 26, 2022
We're already familiar with the male lead of the fourth book in Belles & Mobsters yet this one in particular plays with complex family dynamics of both MCs so from what I have gathered ~
Nikola Nikolaev with his wife, Marietta Taylor fathers three children - Vasili, Sasha & Tatiana.
Nikola has an affair with another woman, which results in a pregnancy. Alexei Nikolaev is thus, a half-brother to Vasili, Sasha & Tatiana.
Then Alexei’s mother is violated by some old mafia perv which also results in a pregnancy. She gives birth to Isabella, making Alexei her half-brother.
A young Alexei was ruthlessly thrown at the enemy by Marietta Taylor once she discovered that her husband had been unfaithful. He had been forced to commit heinous crimes that still haunt him to this day. Fortunately, his brothers found him and he met the family he never realised he had had. But his past is now back to haunt him as Igor has become unstoppable, wrecking havoc all throughout the States.
Agent Aurora Ashford has been tirelessly working away at FBI in hopes of finding a person, whose absence still haunts her entire family. It has almost been two decades since that fateful day when she was separated from the person who completed her family, since he was heartlessly taken away from her by some mob boss her father had made an enemy out of.
Now the Nikolaev brothers want to join hands with the FBI to take down the worst human being anyone has ever come across and Aurora is most definitely not backing out. She wants justice and Alexei is the only person who can help her.
The mystery clouding the pasts of MCs which spanned almost the entire read had to be my favourite element among all. It keeps you guessing till the very end and you're not satisfied until you've reached the last page. Everything was beautifully tied-up w/o any sort of loose ends. But if you're still guessing about what happened to Anya, Sailor or Gabriel, I bet it'll all be clear in Rafael’s book. The Ashford brothers stole the limelight off the mobsters and now I cannot wait to read about the Billionaire Kings. Especially, Kingston! Already waiting for the next book here!! 🙋🏻♀️
Nikola Nikolaev with his wife, Marietta Taylor fathers three children - Vasili, Sasha & Tatiana.
Nikola has an affair with another woman, which results in a pregnancy. Alexei Nikolaev is thus, a half-brother to Vasili, Sasha & Tatiana.
Then Alexei’s mother is violated by some old mafia perv which also results in a pregnancy. She gives birth to Isabella, making Alexei her half-brother.
A young Alexei was ruthlessly thrown at the enemy by Marietta Taylor once she discovered that her husband had been unfaithful. He had been forced to commit heinous crimes that still haunt him to this day. Fortunately, his brothers found him and he met the family he never realised he had had. But his past is now back to haunt him as Igor has become unstoppable, wrecking havoc all throughout the States.
Agent Aurora Ashford has been tirelessly working away at FBI in hopes of finding a person, whose absence still haunts her entire family. It has almost been two decades since that fateful day when she was separated from the person who completed her family, since he was heartlessly taken away from her by some mob boss her father had made an enemy out of.
Now the Nikolaev brothers want to join hands with the FBI to take down the worst human being anyone has ever come across and Aurora is most definitely not backing out. She wants justice and Alexei is the only person who can help her.
The mystery clouding the pasts of MCs which spanned almost the entire read had to be my favourite element among all. It keeps you guessing till the very end and you're not satisfied until you've reached the last page. Everything was beautifully tied-up w/o any sort of loose ends. But if you're still guessing about what happened to Anya, Sailor or Gabriel, I bet it'll all be clear in Rafael’s book. The Ashford brothers stole the limelight off the mobsters and now I cannot wait to read about the Billionaire Kings. Especially, Kingston! Already waiting for the next book here!! 🙋🏻♀️
July 15, 2023
this book wrecked me emotionally and I don't think i can ever recover. + this is most likely my favorite mafia romance EVER, it was just too addicting.
full rtc!! this was just so so incredibly good
alexei and aurora have my heart forever
full rtc!! this was just so so incredibly good
alexei and aurora have my heart forever
July 22, 2022
Tad far fetched about certain things. The couple did not have the pul the others in the series did. I actually really didn’t like the female lead.
May 21, 2022
I am obsessed with Eva Winners Belle & Mobsters series! Each novel gets better and better I swear. Alexei's book was absolutely fantastic. I loved his moody, broody, growly personality and how obsessed he was with Aurora. He was such a delicious stalker. Their shared history was heartbreaking but I loved the secret/surprise element it provided in the story.
Overall, this book was great. I would have loved the ending and surprise twists (no spoilers) to have been expanded on as it felt a bit rushed but overall this was a great book. Now I can't wait for Sasha and Raphael's stories. Bravo! 4.5 stars! ~Ratula
Overall, this book was great. I would have loved the ending and surprise twists (no spoilers) to have been expanded on as it felt a bit rushed but overall this was a great book. Now I can't wait for Sasha and Raphael's stories. Bravo! 4.5 stars! ~Ratula
November 10, 2022
Alexei (Belles and Mobsters Book 4) By Eva Winners
Book 4 for Belles and Mobsters, this dark romance mafia book is truly intense. Alexei Nikolaev, a man with eyes colder than the Arctic has a past that is tragic. Aurora Ashford, an FBI agent, a woman who is determined to seek the truth for the disappearance of her brother. Unknown to Aurora, she has a shared past with Alexei that involves a cruel twist of fate in her quest to know the truth. They were both forced to work together despite their opposing nature.
I love this series ever since I read Luciano, the books can be read as standalone, but each book are kind of related given the characters relationship to each other. The Nikolaev’s family structure is a bit complicated, and it was explained in this book how they were also related to the other mobsters and thus making Alexei, a casualty of a childhood cruelty.
Alexei and Aurora are explosive together. The first part is so hot, it sets the vibe for this book. Alexei’s broody nature and Aurora’s badass personality combined makes them perfect as they work as a team. Eva’s men, when they got hit with the attraction towards the women of their match. They’re just all in, possessive, alpha and would burn the world to keep their lady love.
The romance in the Belles and Mobsters are always a delicious treat and offers different tropes for each book and what I love most is that each stories and plot extends to other books and we get to see the previous couples and new secondary characters. Nico’s twin girls, what a delight! It’s also interesting to know more about Aurora’s Brothers, Raphael, and Sasha! The revelations in this book made me cry. Overall, this series is enjoyable and I cannot wait to read more!
Book 4 for Belles and Mobsters, this dark romance mafia book is truly intense. Alexei Nikolaev, a man with eyes colder than the Arctic has a past that is tragic. Aurora Ashford, an FBI agent, a woman who is determined to seek the truth for the disappearance of her brother. Unknown to Aurora, she has a shared past with Alexei that involves a cruel twist of fate in her quest to know the truth. They were both forced to work together despite their opposing nature.
I love this series ever since I read Luciano, the books can be read as standalone, but each book are kind of related given the characters relationship to each other. The Nikolaev’s family structure is a bit complicated, and it was explained in this book how they were also related to the other mobsters and thus making Alexei, a casualty of a childhood cruelty.
Alexei and Aurora are explosive together. The first part is so hot, it sets the vibe for this book. Alexei’s broody nature and Aurora’s badass personality combined makes them perfect as they work as a team. Eva’s men, when they got hit with the attraction towards the women of their match. They’re just all in, possessive, alpha and would burn the world to keep their lady love.
The romance in the Belles and Mobsters are always a delicious treat and offers different tropes for each book and what I love most is that each stories and plot extends to other books and we get to see the previous couples and new secondary characters. Nico’s twin girls, what a delight! It’s also interesting to know more about Aurora’s Brothers, Raphael, and Sasha! The revelations in this book made me cry. Overall, this series is enjoyable and I cannot wait to read more!
May 28, 2022
This is my first time reading this author, and omfg, I LOVED IT. I've been missing a book like this in my life -- bloody, twisted, psycho, sexy with alll the feels. Honestly it checked all my boxes for me and I'm definitely going to go back and start this series from the beginning!
I love it when the heroine is a boss ass bitch and that's exactly what we get in Aurora. She's a special agent so she of course has to be strong, but she doesn't back down when it comes to Alexie. Oh no, she gives as good as she gets and I was here for it!!
Alexie is a broody, seemingly cold hero, but he burns in the presence of his woman. These two were straight up fire with their chemistry, but it was the emotional aspect I adored more. This man would do anything, cross any line to get to the woman he loves and it was just *chefs kiss*
This is definitely one of my favorite reads of the year! I can't wait for more from this author!
**I received an ARC of this book and these are my honest opinions **
I love it when the heroine is a boss ass bitch and that's exactly what we get in Aurora. She's a special agent so she of course has to be strong, but she doesn't back down when it comes to Alexie. Oh no, she gives as good as she gets and I was here for it!!
Alexie is a broody, seemingly cold hero, but he burns in the presence of his woman. These two were straight up fire with their chemistry, but it was the emotional aspect I adored more. This man would do anything, cross any line to get to the woman he loves and it was just *chefs kiss*
This is definitely one of my favorite reads of the year! I can't wait for more from this author!
**I received an ARC of this book and these are my honest opinions **
November 13, 2023
This book was so incredibly terrible in all aspects that it somehow made it entertaining. The writing? Awful. The plot? Full of holes. The characters? There’s way too many and zero of them are memorable. The editing? Absolutely non existent. The sex? Cringe worthy. And yet I keep wanted to read more to get to the next ridiculous thing. So if you’ve ever wanted to read a book where the FMCs arousal smells like chocolate, look no further. But I cannot in good faith recommend this book to anyone because it’s absolutely atrocious.
December 17, 2023
De la saga, de momento es el que más me ha gustado.
Los fantasmas de Alexei son casi palpables y sitúan al lector en el escenario, lo que hace la historia más creíble y real.
Aurora tiene una personalidad confusa, ya que siendo agente del FBI actúa de forma caritativa y bondadosa. Chocante para su papel.
La forma de actuar de Alexei con Aurora es maravillosa, a medio caballo entre el miedo al pasado y la desesperación por no perderla.
En general, me ha gustado mucho su historia. Sí que cambiaría cosas de ella, pero él es perfecto.
Los fantasmas de Alexei son casi palpables y sitúan al lector en el escenario, lo que hace la historia más creíble y real.
Aurora tiene una personalidad confusa, ya que siendo agente del FBI actúa de forma caritativa y bondadosa. Chocante para su papel.
La forma de actuar de Alexei con Aurora es maravillosa, a medio caballo entre el miedo al pasado y la desesperación por no perderla.
En general, me ha gustado mucho su historia. Sí que cambiaría cosas de ella, pero él es perfecto.
July 16, 2024
Alexei y Aurora
La historia de Alexei ha sido la más fuerte de leer en cuanto a protagonista masculino. 🥺 Qué horrible por todos los abusos por los que tuvo que pasar y sufrir, pero al final de todo lo malo, encontró a una persona como Aurora que lo quiere tal y como es y que no cambiaría nada de él, a pesar de sus cicatrices, sus traumas, sus tatuajes, su frialdad., etc., porque demostró ser una buena persona a pesar de todo lo malo de su pasado.
Así que Tqm Alexei 🥹 me faltó más historia para saber aún más sobre él 😁
La historia de Alexei ha sido la más fuerte de leer en cuanto a protagonista masculino. 🥺 Qué horrible por todos los abusos por los que tuvo que pasar y sufrir, pero al final de todo lo malo, encontró a una persona como Aurora que lo quiere tal y como es y que no cambiaría nada de él, a pesar de sus cicatrices, sus traumas, sus tatuajes, su frialdad., etc., porque demostró ser una buena persona a pesar de todo lo malo de su pasado.
Así que Tqm Alexei 🥹 me faltó más historia para saber aún más sobre él 😁
June 2, 2022
“Every time I looked at her, I felt peace wash over me. And happiness; at least, I thought it was happiness. It was unlike any other feeling I had felt before. Warm, soothing, light. Whatever it was, I wanted to keep it.”
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I absolutely loved this book! As soon as I found out he was emotionless I was sold. Alexei and Aurora have become my fav couple.
Alexei is now my favorite book-boyfriend from this series. We learn in the first few chapters that the reason he’s emotionless and cold is due to his horrible past. Alexei deserves so much love! My heart was hurting so much for him and for what he suffered through. When he began expressing himself, I couldn’t help but fall for him! I loved how Aurora slowly begins to care for Alexei. At first, she was put off since he was so cold and couldn’t stand the guy lol she’s one fierce heroine with a sassy mouth who also happens to be a badass FBI agent. She’s seriously my favorite. I loved how their relationship developed. The spicy scenes were just perfect! There was a little bit of BDSM and a few scenes in a s e x club! As this is a dark mafia romance I do highly suggest reading the trigger warnings.
Thanks so much Eva for providing me with an advance copy!
May 23, 2022
***Review copy requested and reviewed on behalf of OMGReads Blog***
Alexei is book four of the Belles and Mobsters Series. This is a dark, age-gap, mafia romance that can be read as a standalone, but personally I would start from book one as the stories interconnect. Fair warning, there are lots of triggers. The plot focuses on Alexei Nikolaev and Aurora Ashford.
Aurora was sassy, brave, strong, and was willing to face pure evil head on. She was on a mission to rid the world of scum as well as find answers to her past. Alexei was cold, stoic, intimidating, protective, and totally lethal. He's also made it his life mission to get revenge on his tormentors and to avenge others who fell prey to the same evil he did.
You could feel the chemistry between these two and their sexual tension was palpable. Their journey was excruciatingly heart breaking for both of them, but ultimately it lead them to each other, and they were destined to be together. The story contained twists, suspense, action, angst, revenge, redemption, and lots of violence.
I think my fave part was the interaction between Nico's twins and Alexei. I also enjoyed the banter Sasha brought forth. Lots of new people and little nuggets of information in the story. Looking forward to the next book.
May 20, 2024
#părerea_Violetei
#recomandaredelectură
❤️🔥Alexei, Eva Winners
386 pagini (Belles and Mobsters, volumul patru)
❤️🔥Posibile spoilere!
❤️🔥Alexei Nikolaev este cel mai tăcut, cel mai enigmatic și cel mai înfricoșător dintre cei trei frați. El are un trecut întunecat, plin de sechele și traume și faptul ca și-a găsit frații (fiind despărțit de mama lui de la o vârstă fragedă), Vasili și Sasha, a adus puțină lumină în viața lui, dar și faptul ca a întâlnit gașca nebună: Luciano, Nico, Cassio și Luca, l-a făcut să aibă un scop, alăturându-se luptei lor, după ceea ce a trăit captiv în Rusia vreme de 16 ani.
❤️🔥Aurora Ashford este fiica cea mai mică a senatorului Ashford, dar care are o meserie periculoasă și anume este agent FBI în New Orleans. În momentul în care vrea să rezolve un caz mai vechi va fi nevoită să facă pact cu diavolul, și anume să lucreze cu Alexei Nikolaev, lucru care ii dă toate planurile peste cap, deoarece se simte legată de bărbatul tăcut și enigmatic, plin de tatuaje și cu niște ochii de un albastru artic, ochi ce sunt frânți, ochi ce îi aduc aminte de întâmplările de acum 20 de ani, întâmplări ce au marcat-o profund.
❤️🔥La rândul lui, Alexei este atras de Aurora, este fascinat de ea și deși știe ca nu este tocmai bărbatul potrivit pentru ea, tot nu poate sta departe de ea. Cei doi vor trebui să colaboreze pentru a rezolva cazul și pentru a pune capăt unui lung șir de răpiri și exploatare de minori și femei, din partea organizației criminale al cărei conducator este Ivan Petrov, un om fără scrupule, cel care a frânt inimile celor doi, Alexei și Aurora, prin faptele sale.
❤️🔥Va reuși Aurora să își dea seama ce o leagă de Alexei? Cum va reacționa ea când va afla adevărul despre legătura dintre el și fratele său de mult dispărut, Kingston? Va reuși Alexei să își deschidă inima în fața Aurorei? Vor reuși ei să îl captureze pe Ivan? Răspunsul la toate întrebările și mai ales deznodământul poveștii il veți descoperi voi.
❤️🔥Ador universul creat de această autoare, ador legăturile pe care le crează între personaje, dar mai ales ador personajele ei. Alexei este un suflet torturat de trecut, este tăcut, nu suporta să-l atingi, preferă să fie singur, nu ai ca frații si pruteni să-i nu-l mai lasă singur, fiindu-i mereu aproape, dar în momentul în care Aurora reapare în viața lui, totul se schimbă, dorindu-și atingerile ei, săruturile ei, gândurile ei, privirile ei, dorindu-și să o aibă în viața lui. Aurora este surprinsă de faptul ca simte atracția față de un om care este în afara legii, mai ales ca el nu este tipul ei de bărbat, dar Alexei îi atinge cele mai ascunse camere are sufletului ei, o intrigă , scoate la iveală tot ce e mai bun din ea, iar câteodată tot ce e mai rău. Aurora este perfectată: puternică și bătăioasă, iar un momentul în care hotărăște ca Alexei este al ei, nimeni și nimic nu-i mai stă în cale. Ar mai fi multe de spus, dar mă opresc aici și vă recomand, asta dacă vă place genul dark romance, seria Evei Winners, iar eu mă îndrept de următoarea poveste din serie, și anume povestea lui Raphael Santos.
#recomandaredelectură
❤️🔥Alexei, Eva Winners
386 pagini (Belles and Mobsters, volumul patru)
❤️🔥Posibile spoilere!
❤️🔥Alexei Nikolaev este cel mai tăcut, cel mai enigmatic și cel mai înfricoșător dintre cei trei frați. El are un trecut întunecat, plin de sechele și traume și faptul ca și-a găsit frații (fiind despărțit de mama lui de la o vârstă fragedă), Vasili și Sasha, a adus puțină lumină în viața lui, dar și faptul ca a întâlnit gașca nebună: Luciano, Nico, Cassio și Luca, l-a făcut să aibă un scop, alăturându-se luptei lor, după ceea ce a trăit captiv în Rusia vreme de 16 ani.
❤️🔥Aurora Ashford este fiica cea mai mică a senatorului Ashford, dar care are o meserie periculoasă și anume este agent FBI în New Orleans. În momentul în care vrea să rezolve un caz mai vechi va fi nevoită să facă pact cu diavolul, și anume să lucreze cu Alexei Nikolaev, lucru care ii dă toate planurile peste cap, deoarece se simte legată de bărbatul tăcut și enigmatic, plin de tatuaje și cu niște ochii de un albastru artic, ochi ce sunt frânți, ochi ce îi aduc aminte de întâmplările de acum 20 de ani, întâmplări ce au marcat-o profund.
❤️🔥La rândul lui, Alexei este atras de Aurora, este fascinat de ea și deși știe ca nu este tocmai bărbatul potrivit pentru ea, tot nu poate sta departe de ea. Cei doi vor trebui să colaboreze pentru a rezolva cazul și pentru a pune capăt unui lung șir de răpiri și exploatare de minori și femei, din partea organizației criminale al cărei conducator este Ivan Petrov, un om fără scrupule, cel care a frânt inimile celor doi, Alexei și Aurora, prin faptele sale.
❤️🔥Va reuși Aurora să își dea seama ce o leagă de Alexei? Cum va reacționa ea când va afla adevărul despre legătura dintre el și fratele său de mult dispărut, Kingston? Va reuși Alexei să își deschidă inima în fața Aurorei? Vor reuși ei să îl captureze pe Ivan? Răspunsul la toate întrebările și mai ales deznodământul poveștii il veți descoperi voi.
❤️🔥Ador universul creat de această autoare, ador legăturile pe care le crează între personaje, dar mai ales ador personajele ei. Alexei este un suflet torturat de trecut, este tăcut, nu suporta să-l atingi, preferă să fie singur, nu ai ca frații si pruteni să-i nu-l mai lasă singur, fiindu-i mereu aproape, dar în momentul în care Aurora reapare în viața lui, totul se schimbă, dorindu-și atingerile ei, săruturile ei, gândurile ei, privirile ei, dorindu-și să o aibă în viața lui. Aurora este surprinsă de faptul ca simte atracția față de un om care este în afara legii, mai ales ca el nu este tipul ei de bărbat, dar Alexei îi atinge cele mai ascunse camere are sufletului ei, o intrigă , scoate la iveală tot ce e mai bun din ea, iar câteodată tot ce e mai rău. Aurora este perfectată: puternică și bătăioasă, iar un momentul în care hotărăște ca Alexei este al ei, nimeni și nimic nu-i mai stă în cale. Ar mai fi multe de spus, dar mă opresc aici și vă recomand, asta dacă vă place genul dark romance, seria Evei Winners, iar eu mă îndrept de următoarea poveste din serie, și anume povestea lui Raphael Santos.
November 12, 2022
No.
I really liked the first two books in this series. I liked but didn’t love the third one. I really enjoy this authors books, in general, though you have to ACTIVELY & PURPOSELY work to suspend your disbelief because they are in NO WAY grounded in any sort of fact or reality. Now, while I prefer my books to actually be realistic so I don’t have to constantly work to suspend my disbelief I choose to overlook for this author because I enjoy her heroes.
I love these jealous/ possessive, bossy, steamrolling heroes. In most books by other authors these guys tend to be assholes. I deal with that because I want all the other stuff. However I prefer it when my caveman heroes are actually nice and caring. Eva Winners delivers that type of H *most of the time*. They are possessive, alpha and NICE.
Sadly, I did not like Alexei. At all. I honestly didn’t like the heroine either. I was so off put by both main characters I couldn’t effectively suspend my disbelief with all the bizarrely batshit crazy stuff the author built her story around. So I was extremely displeased all around.
I struggled hard to read this and had to skim through much of it. If you make about halfway it’s jam packed with sex, sex and more sex but by the time we got there I was already thoroughly over the story and all the stuff with sex clubs and Orgies and trafficking was so insanely unbelievable I was done.
Because I skimmed a lot of the back half the book I don’t feel confident in commenting on it in an informative way. I didn’t feel the connection between H/h. They said all the right things but the actions said otherwise.
This was just plain bad and I’m super disappointed.
I really liked the first two books in this series. I liked but didn’t love the third one. I really enjoy this authors books, in general, though you have to ACTIVELY & PURPOSELY work to suspend your disbelief because they are in NO WAY grounded in any sort of fact or reality. Now, while I prefer my books to actually be realistic so I don’t have to constantly work to suspend my disbelief I choose to overlook for this author because I enjoy her heroes.
I love these jealous/ possessive, bossy, steamrolling heroes. In most books by other authors these guys tend to be assholes. I deal with that because I want all the other stuff. However I prefer it when my caveman heroes are actually nice and caring. Eva Winners delivers that type of H *most of the time*. They are possessive, alpha and NICE.
Sadly, I did not like Alexei. At all. I honestly didn’t like the heroine either. I was so off put by both main characters I couldn’t effectively suspend my disbelief with all the bizarrely batshit crazy stuff the author built her story around. So I was extremely displeased all around.
I struggled hard to read this and had to skim through much of it. If you make about halfway it’s jam packed with sex, sex and more sex but by the time we got there I was already thoroughly over the story and all the stuff with sex clubs and Orgies and trafficking was so insanely unbelievable I was done.
Because I skimmed a lot of the back half the book I don’t feel confident in commenting on it in an informative way. I didn’t feel the connection between H/h. They said all the right things but the actions said otherwise.
This was just plain bad and I’m super disappointed.
June 2, 2023
De las hisorias que he leído de esta serie, hasta el momento para mi es la más dura, sin desmeritas la de Vasili Luciano, Nico y Cassio.
Sino por todo lo que paso Alexei desde bebé en las garras de la madre de Vasili.
Ahora comprendo porque su comportamiento tan frío y desapegado de todo.
Algo que resalto en cada historia es el tipo de protagonistas que crea la escritora, fuertes, aguerridas y dispuestas a luchar contra sus verdugos.
Aurora, es tan fuerte a pesar de que parezca lo contrario, tiene una meta y es vengar la muerte e su hermano aunque sigue conservando esa esperarza de que esté vivo.
La química de Alexei con Aurora es fuerte, nunca había sentido desear proteger a alguien más que no fueran sus hermanos y hermana.
El dolor que causó hace 20 años atrás al separar a una niña de su hermano, lo persigue. Ahora quizás pueda retribuir algo de lo que ella le hizo sentir siendo tan pequeña.
Sino por todo lo que paso Alexei desde bebé en las garras de la madre de Vasili.
Ahora comprendo porque su comportamiento tan frío y desapegado de todo.
Algo que resalto en cada historia es el tipo de protagonistas que crea la escritora, fuertes, aguerridas y dispuestas a luchar contra sus verdugos.
Aurora, es tan fuerte a pesar de que parezca lo contrario, tiene una meta y es vengar la muerte e su hermano aunque sigue conservando esa esperarza de que esté vivo.
La química de Alexei con Aurora es fuerte, nunca había sentido desear proteger a alguien más que no fueran sus hermanos y hermana.
El dolor que causó hace 20 años atrás al separar a una niña de su hermano, lo persigue. Ahora quizás pueda retribuir algo de lo que ella le hizo sentir siendo tan pequeña.
May 25, 2022
Steam 5
Storyline 5
Feels 5
Overall Rating 5
Kindle eArc provided by Author
Reviewed by Joanna
This was an amazing story. A story of a lost soul...Alexei Nikolaev and Aurora Ashford. Aurora is an FBI agent and one tough cookie. I love a strong character. She is forced to work with Alexei out in the field. Alexei is a bad guy but the world needs to find a Russian mobster. With Aurora’s resources and Alexei’s knowledge, they would be good together. Well…the first time they are together…they are going to a sex club. Because the person who owns it is one step closer to who they are looking for. Let me just tell you…This Story Is HOT AS HELL (FIREEEEEEE). I love the connection and the banter in this romance. Aurora can take it and dish it out. She is good for Alexei who has a dark past. This kind of reminds me of “Beauty and the Beast”. So good…So So Good!!!
Storyline 5
Feels 5
Overall Rating 5
Kindle eArc provided by Author
Reviewed by Joanna
This was an amazing story. A story of a lost soul...Alexei Nikolaev and Aurora Ashford. Aurora is an FBI agent and one tough cookie. I love a strong character. She is forced to work with Alexei out in the field. Alexei is a bad guy but the world needs to find a Russian mobster. With Aurora’s resources and Alexei’s knowledge, they would be good together. Well…the first time they are together…they are going to a sex club. Because the person who owns it is one step closer to who they are looking for. Let me just tell you…This Story Is HOT AS HELL (FIREEEEEEE). I love the connection and the banter in this romance. Aurora can take it and dish it out. She is good for Alexei who has a dark past. This kind of reminds me of “Beauty and the Beast”. So good…So So Good!!!
January 5, 2023
3,5 es una historia súper entretenida no se me ha hecho pesada para nada y me han gustado mucho los personajes.
Alexei te adoro tanto , he llorado tanto por ti😭 me daban ganas de cogerlo y meterlo en una bola de cristal para que nadie le hiciera más daño ( y mira que puede asesinar a alguien en 3 segundos🙂)
En cambio Aurora a veces me ha sacado de mis casillas.
Le hubiera dado 4 estrellas incluso 5 si me hubieran desarrollado más los sentimientos ( es como de repente ella lo ama ??? Solo por tener sex0 no sé un poco superficial)
Los personajes secundarios los he amado y me han dado muchas ganas de leer sus historias. Sasha tiene mi corazón.
Tenemos los cliches de el protagonista obsesionado , el chico frío y cerrado por todo el daño que le han hecho pero que destruiría el mundo por tí…
Como me gustan estos cliches AAAA🖤
Alexei te adoro tanto , he llorado tanto por ti😭 me daban ganas de cogerlo y meterlo en una bola de cristal para que nadie le hiciera más daño ( y mira que puede asesinar a alguien en 3 segundos🙂)
En cambio Aurora a veces me ha sacado de mis casillas.
Le hubiera dado 4 estrellas incluso 5 si me hubieran desarrollado más los sentimientos ( es como de repente ella lo ama ??? Solo por tener sex0 no sé un poco superficial)
Los personajes secundarios los he amado y me han dado muchas ganas de leer sus historias. Sasha tiene mi corazón.
Tenemos los cliches de el protagonista obsesionado , el chico frío y cerrado por todo el daño que le han hecho pero que destruiría el mundo por tí…
Como me gustan estos cliches AAAA🖤
May 31, 2022
RTC but i’m pretty sure that this book is going to have a chokehold on my reading taste for a long time to come because this book is pretty much the definition of everything I want in a book. The damaged main character who is suffering and the lovely other main character who helps them through their pain is the superior trope for me and I absolutely adored how it was done in this one. This book was just so romantic, it made me swoon so much because the romance was just perfect to me.
This book was just the book for me and I enjoyed it, so much.
I received an arc of this book, and this is my honest opinion
This book was just the book for me and I enjoyed it, so much.
I received an arc of this book, and this is my honest opinion
January 4, 2024
Leer Alexei fue bastante inquietante a medias que vas adentrando en la trama, por todo el abuso que el vivió en manos de la madre de Vasil su medio hermano. Te das cuenta de porque el es como es, tan imparcial, frío sin expresiones en su rostro.
Y ahora en el presente después de tantos años se encuentra justo con ella esa niña que logro mover fibras en el, ahora es toda una mujer y no cualquier mujer..
El logrará redimirse y expiar sus pecados ante ella, pero la tentación y la química entre ellos es avasallante y explosiva. 🔥🥵🤯
Y ahora en el presente después de tantos años se encuentra justo con ella esa niña que logro mover fibras en el, ahora es toda una mujer y no cualquier mujer..
El logrará redimirse y expiar sus pecados ante ella, pero la tentación y la química entre ellos es avasallante y explosiva. 🔥🥵🤯
January 13, 2024
Perfecto
Dos almas rotas pueden amar o aprender amar. Aurora es una princesa, mientras Alexei es todo lo contrario. La agente del FBI que está dispuesta a salvar el mundo.
Esta historia fue sublime en todos los sentidos y me rompió el corazón, la verdad es que se convierte en uno de esos libros que leería varias veces.
Dos almas rotas pueden amar o aprender amar. Aurora es una princesa, mientras Alexei es todo lo contrario. La agente del FBI que está dispuesta a salvar el mundo.
Esta historia fue sublime en todos los sentidos y me rompió el corazón, la verdad es que se convierte en uno de esos libros que leería varias veces.
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