Forced Marriage to the Cruel Bratva Pakhan
(2026)(The fourth book in the Rudenko Bratva series)
A novel by Maree Fox
My father sold me to the Bratva. Now I’m trapped in a forced marriage
with a man old enough to ruin me— and dangerous enough to enjoy it.
Pavel Rudenko.
Cold. Controlled. Violent when necessary.
The Bratva enforcer who watches me
like I’m already wearing his name.
I was supposed to smile through the arrangement.
Play the obedient politician’s daughter.
Pretend I didn’t hate the man who dragged me into his world.
Instead, I fight him.
Every rule.
Every order.
Every time he looks at me like I belong to him.
But captivity does strange things to a person.
Especially when the man keeping you locked away
would kill to keep you safe.
Pavel is ruthless in a way that should terrify me.
And it does.
Until his enemies put their hands on me.
Until he burns an empire to get me back.
Until I realize the most dangerous place I could be
is alone with him.
Because the longer I stay inside his mansion,
the harder it becomes to remember
which part of me wants freedom—
and which part wants him on his knees
begging me to stay.
I’m Serena Sartore.
Curvy. Defiant.
And completely trapped inside a war
I never agreed to be part of.
But Pavel Rudenko doesn’t let go of what belongs to him.
And the worst thing about monsters?
Sometimes they feel more like home
than the people who were supposed to protect you.
Author’s Note:
A dark Bratva romance featuring enemies to lovers, age gap, arranged marriage, captive romance, forced proximity, a possessive morally gray hero, brutal protection, and a curvy heroine who refuses to break. No cheating. Standalone. HEA guaranteed.
Genre: Mystery
with a man old enough to ruin me— and dangerous enough to enjoy it.
Pavel Rudenko.
Cold. Controlled. Violent when necessary.
The Bratva enforcer who watches me
like I’m already wearing his name.
I was supposed to smile through the arrangement.
Play the obedient politician’s daughter.
Pretend I didn’t hate the man who dragged me into his world.
Instead, I fight him.
Every rule.
Every order.
Every time he looks at me like I belong to him.
But captivity does strange things to a person.
Especially when the man keeping you locked away
would kill to keep you safe.
Pavel is ruthless in a way that should terrify me.
And it does.
Until his enemies put their hands on me.
Until he burns an empire to get me back.
Until I realize the most dangerous place I could be
is alone with him.
Because the longer I stay inside his mansion,
the harder it becomes to remember
which part of me wants freedom—
and which part wants him on his knees
begging me to stay.
I’m Serena Sartore.
Curvy. Defiant.
And completely trapped inside a war
I never agreed to be part of.
But Pavel Rudenko doesn’t let go of what belongs to him.
And the worst thing about monsters?
Sometimes they feel more like home
than the people who were supposed to protect you.
Author’s Note:
A dark Bratva romance featuring enemies to lovers, age gap, arranged marriage, captive romance, forced proximity, a possessive morally gray hero, brutal protection, and a curvy heroine who refuses to break. No cheating. Standalone. HEA guaranteed.
Genre: Mystery