He was supposed to die in the snow.
She was supposed to pull the trigger.
When sniper Ash West steals the wrong drive from the Bratva’s encrypted servers, he doesn’t expect Roman Volkov’s ice-queen accountant to find him bleeding out in a Finnish hunting lodge. Katya Volkova deals in numbers, not mercy—but something about the green-eyed thief makes her reach for sutures instead of her sidearm.
One bullet extraction. One blizzard. One night that rewrites every equation she’s spent years balancing.
Ash knows he should run the moment his leg heals. Katya knows she should end him before her cousin discovers her betrayal.
Instead, they negotiate a different arrangement—one sealed in breath and blood, in silk-bound trust, in the copper-jacketed bullet she carved from his thigh and now wears against her heart.
But Roman Volkov didn’t build his empire by missing details. When extraction arrives with questions neither can answer, Katya and Ash must choose: maintain the lie that keeps them breathing, or gamble everything on the feral connection forged in violence and snowmelt.
In the Bratva, loyalty is currency. Betrayal is death.
And love? Love is the most dangerous weapon of all.
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Tropes: Enemies to Lovers ✓ Forced Proximity ✓ He Falls First ✓ Morally Grey Heroine ✓
Reader Note: A dark, high-heat mafia romance with intense power dynamics and mature themes. Contains scenes suited for adult readers only. Stand-alone novella set before Velvet Chains.
Genre: Romantic Suspense
She was supposed to pull the trigger.
When sniper Ash West steals the wrong drive from the Bratva’s encrypted servers, he doesn’t expect Roman Volkov’s ice-queen accountant to find him bleeding out in a Finnish hunting lodge. Katya Volkova deals in numbers, not mercy—but something about the green-eyed thief makes her reach for sutures instead of her sidearm.
One bullet extraction. One blizzard. One night that rewrites every equation she’s spent years balancing.
Ash knows he should run the moment his leg heals. Katya knows she should end him before her cousin discovers her betrayal.
Instead, they negotiate a different arrangement—one sealed in breath and blood, in silk-bound trust, in the copper-jacketed bullet she carved from his thigh and now wears against her heart.
But Roman Volkov didn’t build his empire by missing details. When extraction arrives with questions neither can answer, Katya and Ash must choose: maintain the lie that keeps them breathing, or gamble everything on the feral connection forged in violence and snowmelt.
In the Bratva, loyalty is currency. Betrayal is death.
And love? Love is the most dangerous weapon of all.
---
Tropes: Enemies to Lovers ✓ Forced Proximity ✓ He Falls First ✓ Morally Grey Heroine ✓
Reader Note: A dark, high-heat mafia romance with intense power dynamics and mature themes. Contains scenes suited for adult readers only. Stand-alone novella set before Velvet Chains.
Genre: Romantic Suspense
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