He was sent to use her. He fell in love with her instead — and used her anyway.
Rhys Voloshyn is Yuri Volkov's most trusted operative, sent to broker a fragile peace between the Volkov Bratva and the Draganov family. His real orders: get close to Sabine Draganov, the family's underestimated outside liaison, and extract whatever leverage he can find. Sabine has spent her entire life being useful without ever being trusted — and Rhys is the first person who seems to actually see her.
Then he uses something she told him in confidence to hand his uncle a decisive advantage at the negotiating table, and everything falls apart.
What follows is a war fought as much within Rhys's own family as between the two organizations — a splinter faction willing to kill him for choosing principle over loyalty, a woman forced to decide whether genuine remorse can ever undo a calculated betrayal, and a peace treaty that may not survive either. When Rhys finally chooses Sabine publicly, at total cost to his standing in his own family, the two of them discover a partnership worth everything it took to earn.
CRUEL INHERITANCE is Book 3 of The Draganov Reckoning — a dark, forbidden mafia romance featuring a rival-family infiltrator, a heroine who refuses to be underestimated twice, danger that follows them at every turn, and a hero who has to burn down everything he was raised to be in order to deserve her.
Contains mature content and themes of manipulation, organized crime violence, and betrayal. Intended for adult readers.
Rhys Voloshyn is Yuri Volkov's most trusted operative, sent to broker a fragile peace between the Volkov Bratva and the Draganov family. His real orders: get close to Sabine Draganov, the family's underestimated outside liaison, and extract whatever leverage he can find. Sabine has spent her entire life being useful without ever being trusted — and Rhys is the first person who seems to actually see her.
Then he uses something she told him in confidence to hand his uncle a decisive advantage at the negotiating table, and everything falls apart.
What follows is a war fought as much within Rhys's own family as between the two organizations — a splinter faction willing to kill him for choosing principle over loyalty, a woman forced to decide whether genuine remorse can ever undo a calculated betrayal, and a peace treaty that may not survive either. When Rhys finally chooses Sabine publicly, at total cost to his standing in his own family, the two of them discover a partnership worth everything it took to earn.
CRUEL INHERITANCE is Book 3 of The Draganov Reckoning — a dark, forbidden mafia romance featuring a rival-family infiltrator, a heroine who refuses to be underestimated twice, danger that follows them at every turn, and a hero who has to burn down everything he was raised to be in order to deserve her.
Contains mature content and themes of manipulation, organized crime violence, and betrayal. Intended for adult readers.
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