Cruel Bratva Boss
(2026)(The first book in the New York Diamond Bratva series)
A novel by Zoya Carter
SKYLAR
Sold to pay my father's debts. Forced into marriage. Stalked and pregnant by a man fifteen years older who decided I was his before we ever met.
I thought I was saving my father's legacy—his jewelry shop, his life's work, everything he built. Instead, I became property.
Ilya doesn't ask. He takes. He watched me for months, learned my routines, waited until I had no choice but to say yes. Now I'm living in his Brooklyn compound, wearing his ring, carrying his name.
He's Bratva. Ruthless. A killer who comes home with blood on his hands and looks at me like I'm the only soft thing in his world.
But he's also the man who holds me like I'm precious. Who burns down anyone who threatens me. Who traces my skin like he's memorizing something he's afraid to lose.
I should be counting the days until our one-year arrangement ends.
Instead, I'm carrying his heir—and ashamed of how much I want his body on mine.
ILYA
I saw her once and knew she would be mine.
I waited. Watched. Learned everything about her—her smile, her stubbornness, the way she fights for the things she loves.
When her father's debts gave me an opening, I took it. Forced her hand. Made her my wife.
She thinks I trapped her. She's right.
But now she's under my roof, in my bed, and I'll slaughter anyone who tries to take her from me.
She's fierce. Defiant. Looks at me like she's not afraid of the monster I am.
Good. I don't want her fear.
I want her surrender. Her future. Her baby.
And I'll wage war against anyone—including her—to keep her.
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Sold to pay my father's debts. Forced into marriage. Stalked and pregnant by a man fifteen years older who decided I was his before we ever met.
I thought I was saving my father's legacy—his jewelry shop, his life's work, everything he built. Instead, I became property.
Ilya doesn't ask. He takes. He watched me for months, learned my routines, waited until I had no choice but to say yes. Now I'm living in his Brooklyn compound, wearing his ring, carrying his name.
He's Bratva. Ruthless. A killer who comes home with blood on his hands and looks at me like I'm the only soft thing in his world.
But he's also the man who holds me like I'm precious. Who burns down anyone who threatens me. Who traces my skin like he's memorizing something he's afraid to lose.
I should be counting the days until our one-year arrangement ends.
Instead, I'm carrying his heir—and ashamed of how much I want his body on mine.
ILYA
I saw her once and knew she would be mine.
I waited. Watched. Learned everything about her—her smile, her stubbornness, the way she fights for the things she loves.
When her father's debts gave me an opening, I took it. Forced her hand. Made her my wife.
She thinks I trapped her. She's right.
But now she's under my roof, in my bed, and I'll slaughter anyone who tries to take her from me.
She's fierce. Defiant. Looks at me like she's not afraid of the monster I am.
Good. I don't want her fear.
I want her surrender. Her future. Her baby.
And I'll wage war against anyone—including her—to keep her.
Genre: Romantic Suspense
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