The Bratva Stalker's Ruthless Claim
(2026)(The tenth book in the Rusnak Bratva series)
A novel by Lexi Carter
The Bratva Stalker started watching me long before I noticed him.
Now he’s forcing me into an arranged marriage I never agreed to.
And the most dangerous man in the city refuses to let me go.
Mike Rusnak was raised in the Bratva.
The ruthless enforcer.
The silent predator.
The man enemies learn to fear too late.
Cold.
Controlled.
Untouchable.
Until me.
I’m just a scientist working in a secure research lab.
Numbers. Data. Logic.
Not crime syndicates.
Not violent men with dark eyes and darker reputations.
But the moment Mike Rusnak decides I belong to him…
My life stops being mine.
Now I’m trapped in the orbit of the Rusnak empire.
Backroom deals.
Hidden enemies.
A marriage arranged to keep me close.
Or under his control.
I should run.
But everything changes
when his gaze follows me everywhere,
when his touch feels like a claim,
when his voice turns into an order I obey.
Because Mike Rusnak isn’t just dangerous.
He’s obsessed.
And when his enemies decide I’m the perfect way to destroy him…
He makes one thing brutally clear.
I’m his.
My name.
My body.
My future.
He calls it protection. I call it possession.
But in Mike Rusnak’s world, a Rusnak doesn’t ask.
And I don’t know if he plans to protect me…
Or keep me.
Author’s Note: A dark Bratva romance featuring arranged marriage, forced proximity, age gap, a morally gray antihero, obsessive stalker hero, and a good-girl heroine pulled into the dangerous Rusnak empire. No cheating. No cliffhanger. HEA guaranteed.
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Now he’s forcing me into an arranged marriage I never agreed to.
And the most dangerous man in the city refuses to let me go.
Mike Rusnak was raised in the Bratva.
The ruthless enforcer.
The silent predator.
The man enemies learn to fear too late.
Cold.
Controlled.
Untouchable.
Until me.
I’m just a scientist working in a secure research lab.
Numbers. Data. Logic.
Not crime syndicates.
Not violent men with dark eyes and darker reputations.
But the moment Mike Rusnak decides I belong to him…
My life stops being mine.
Now I’m trapped in the orbit of the Rusnak empire.
Backroom deals.
Hidden enemies.
A marriage arranged to keep me close.
Or under his control.
I should run.
But everything changes
when his gaze follows me everywhere,
when his touch feels like a claim,
when his voice turns into an order I obey.
Because Mike Rusnak isn’t just dangerous.
He’s obsessed.
And when his enemies decide I’m the perfect way to destroy him…
He makes one thing brutally clear.
I’m his.
My name.
My body.
My future.
He calls it protection. I call it possession.
But in Mike Rusnak’s world, a Rusnak doesn’t ask.
And I don’t know if he plans to protect me…
Or keep me.
Author’s Note: A dark Bratva romance featuring arranged marriage, forced proximity, age gap, a morally gray antihero, obsessive stalker hero, and a good-girl heroine pulled into the dangerous Rusnak empire. No cheating. No cliffhanger. HEA guaranteed.
Genre: Romantic Suspense