Russian Tattoos: Prisoner
Kat Shehata
(Russian Tattoos, #2)
Published by: Limitless Publishing
Publication date: August 2nd 2016
Genres: New Adult, Romance, Suspense
American tennis player Carter Cook is being held prisoner by the Russian mafia…
Carter is the obsession of mob boss Vladimir Ivanov, a man she once loved. Now a mafia war has erupted on his home turf, and Vladimir’s enemies have put a bounty on her head to force him to surrender. If she is captured, his rivals will deliver a deadly ultimatum—his life in exchange for hers. The price for Carter’s freedom is Vladimir’s blood.
Vladimir holds ultimate power as godfather of the Ivanov Bratva…
He spent five years in a Siberian prison camp and has earned every tattoo inked into his skin. He is a powerful man who rules his crew with an iron fist.
But his enemies have discovered his only weakness—Carter. Vladimir knows if she stays in his world, he is handing her a death sentence, so he vows to get her home and never interfere in her life again. Giving up the woman he loves is the only way to protect her from the bad guys—including himself.
Vladimir’s rivals have a different plan for the ill-fated couple…
Some punishments are worse than death, and the head of the Ovechkin Bratva will go to any length to seek vengeance and inflict maximum suffering on Vladimir.
Carter may be Vladimir’s weakness, but she is also his only hope for survival. When the boss of the Ovechkin family threatens the man she loves, she must fight for Vladimir’s freedom before their rivals can deliver the fatal blow.
Love is blind—but it could also be deadly.
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Excerpt:
Vladimir had a
talent for collecting all my faults, wadding them up into a ball, and using the
negative energy to magnify my good qualities. Even after I found out about his
involvement in the mafia, I still loved Vladimir. I wished I could erase the
bad parts of our relationship, leaving only the passion and love we shared.
He ran his
fingers through my hair, tucked my head in the crook of his neck, and rubbed
warm circles on my back. I instinctively molded into the contours of his body
and inhaled his earthy aroma. His heavenly cologne no longer mingled with his
masculine scent, but I recognized his essence and a rush of memories of our
intimate moments washed over me.
I unfastened the
buttons on his flannel shirt and snuck my hand inside to touch his skin. I
traced the outline of the devil tattoo on his chest with my fingernail. I
couldn’t see his inky blue face, but I knew he was there. Vladimir’s body
tensed from my touch. He whispered my name, chastising my decision to cross the
line, but his hand moved to my ass and I knew he didn’t want me to stop. A loud
crack of thunder rattled the window. Startled, I jumped.
Vladimir picked
me up, carried me to the tiny bed, and laid on top of me. Feeling the weight of
his body pressing down on me and the way he was kissing me with so much
passion, I felt like the bed might crash through the floor and drop us in the
living room.
His beard
scratched against my skin, and the deeper his kiss, the rougher it felt—but in
a good way. I groaned out his name and snaked my fingers up his shirt,
squeezing and rubbing his muscular back. I’d been paralyzed by fear and
loneliness since my capture, but right or wrong, I felt safe and loved in
Vladimir’s arms.
Author Bio:
Kat Shehata’s first career involved caring for exotic, dangerous, and adorable animals as a zookeeper. As an author, Kat weaves her love of animals into her work. She is the co-author of the New York Times bestselling children’s book Animals on the Other Side written with Sylvia Browne.
She is an avid tennis player and spends her free time playing matches in a recreational league in Cincinnati, Ohio. She holds a bachelor’s degree in theatre from Wilmington College, a professional writing certificate from the University of Cincinnati, and a master’s degree in creative writing from Spalding University.
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