Married to the Enemy - Forced by the Bratva Boss
(2026)(Book 25 in the Tarasov Bratva series)
A novel by Lexi Carter
It starts with a broken Bratva contract.
And the defiant green-eyed siren I forced to take her sister’s place.
Her family debt was supposed to be paid with a different bride.
Instead, the sister ran, and this beautiful little rebel was dragged to my altar.
Then I happen.
I am the commander of internal security. Forty years of absolute discipline, cold logic, and lethal authority.
She thinks she can resist my structure. She thinks her fierce, independent spirit will break my rules.
Now she's my wife.
My gorgeous little captive is nearly two decades younger than me, an innocent outsider trapped in my dark world.
She tries to hide her fear behind those sharp green-grey eyes.
But she trembles when my hands claim her waist.
Melts under my touch even while her lips spit venom at my name.
But we have a problem.
The runaway sister returns, pulling a dangerous switch that fractures everything.
Alice thinks she can run from the bond we forged in the dark.
She doesn’t realize she has already disrupted my entire internal order.
I am done operating by the book. I will hunt her down.
I will lock her back in my cage and make her realize there is no escaping a predator who has tasted his prey.
She was meant to be a temporary replacement.
But I am tearing my own empire apart before I ever let her go.
For readers who love: silver fox mafia bosses, a massive age gap, a strong and intelligent heroine, identity switch drama, and enemies to lovers romance with a forced marriage. A dangerously possessive Bratva enforcer who values discipline until he becomes completely obsessed with his captive bride. Forced proximity, high-stakes psychological tension, and an alpha hero who will burn his own rules to keep the woman he claims.
Genre: Romantic Suspense
And the defiant green-eyed siren I forced to take her sister’s place.
Her family debt was supposed to be paid with a different bride.
Instead, the sister ran, and this beautiful little rebel was dragged to my altar.
Then I happen.
I am the commander of internal security. Forty years of absolute discipline, cold logic, and lethal authority.
She thinks she can resist my structure. She thinks her fierce, independent spirit will break my rules.
Now she's my wife.
My gorgeous little captive is nearly two decades younger than me, an innocent outsider trapped in my dark world.
She tries to hide her fear behind those sharp green-grey eyes.
But she trembles when my hands claim her waist.
Melts under my touch even while her lips spit venom at my name.
But we have a problem.
The runaway sister returns, pulling a dangerous switch that fractures everything.
Alice thinks she can run from the bond we forged in the dark.
She doesn’t realize she has already disrupted my entire internal order.
I am done operating by the book. I will hunt her down.
I will lock her back in my cage and make her realize there is no escaping a predator who has tasted his prey.
She was meant to be a temporary replacement.
But I am tearing my own empire apart before I ever let her go.
For readers who love: silver fox mafia bosses, a massive age gap, a strong and intelligent heroine, identity switch drama, and enemies to lovers romance with a forced marriage. A dangerously possessive Bratva enforcer who values discipline until he becomes completely obsessed with his captive bride. Forced proximity, high-stakes psychological tension, and an alpha hero who will burn his own rules to keep the woman he claims.
Genre: Romantic Suspense