

There are so many different storylines in this book, one of which is the Bratva Brotherhood that Adrian belongs to. He wants her to follow his every rule and he demands that she not talk back to him which includes questioning him when he tells her to do something. Though I must say he is a bit too strict for my tastes. Adrian is always dominant and in control and Winter can’t seem to help herself from defying him. It seems from the beginning Adrian wants Winter to be a submissive little pushover and she isn’t that since she has been living on the streets. She has no other choices so agrees to do what he wants. The Love Story: Adrian offers Winter food and shelter to slip into the place of his wife as opposed to going to jail for Murder. However, he turned up dead the next day and she is the chief suspect. Also the mayoral candidate and owner of a shelter touched her inappropriately and she fought her way out of the situation before giving him a swift kick to the family jewels.

Lia) - she is homeless and a drunk at the beginning of the book and it all seems to revolve around an accident that she can’t get over in which her baby died.

He may or may not have killed his wife Lia, and he is replacing her with Winter who he seems to want to turn into Lia completely. The only one he answers to is the Pakhan (Leader of the Bratva). The Hero: Adrian Volkov - An Obshchak in the Russian Bratva. She took my wife’s life, and her punishment is spending the rest of her existence being Lia’s replacement.” The ending was a total mindfuck, and I'm so excited for the next book, lets fast forward to April, March is canceled! 💋 I spent 50% of my time salivating over Adrian and Winter and the other half trying to figure out where the real Lia is, what happened to Winter, who the man in her nightmares is, and why Adrian is hiding stuff from the mafia. I loved Winter's strength, how even when she knew she was losing a battle she never shied away from her true self & stood up to Adrian. Adrian was strict, hardcore, and domineering, yet he showed moments of softness, protectiveness, looked after her, and gave her the exact amount of pain she needed. These two were fire together, I can't even describe their chemistry to you because it was off the fucking charts. Until Adrian, the brute forces his way into her life and turns her into his wife Lia. Winter has a past shrouded in mystery, she's been homeless and living on the streets for awhile fending for herself after an accident that caused her to lose both her mother and baby girl. Except as soon as you read the prologue we see actually his wife is MIA/possibly/kinda dead and he decides to pluck our heroine Winter off the streets to replace her! We love a thoughtful king 😍 This is Rina's best book yet! I mean the concept, the plot, the execution, everything just flowed together so well, this is definitely my most anticipated trilogy of the year and I need book 2 like yesterday.Īdrian is a part of the Russian mafia, who seemingly had a great life, he's the second most powerful person in the bratva, just under the Pakhan, and is always the brains behind all of the operations, has a beautiful wife and a son. Not me acting like I'm in an episode of Criminal Minds trying to figure out wtf is going on in this book & doing up FBI.
