The Hacker: A Russian Bratva Romance (Dark mafia enemies-to-lovers romantic suspense)

A CAPTIVE AND HER CAPTOR The story is the fifth in the Chicago Bratva series but could read well as a stand-alone. Dima is the hacker and part of the Chicago Bratva, under Ravil—Natasha Zolotova, along with her mother, live in the Kremlin, where her mother is a midwife and healer and Natasha has worked with her mother. She is also a masseuse, and Dima has used her professional services. While the two characters have known each other, it is only in a professional manner. The story’s plot will have Dima making an appointment with Natasha for a massage but act angry and tenser when it is over. Natasha asks Dima about attending a high-stakes card game, and he finally capitulates and tells her when and where. What a shock when she shows up, dressed in a sexy dress, and with another man—Alex. The situation goes from bad to a gun going off, and Nikolai is shot by Alex, a Fed. “He dies, you die.” “I am disappointed, Natasha. I consider you and your mother to be family. You were under my protection. This feels like a violation of trust.” --Ravil The story will have Dima, Natasha, and Nikolai in a hidden cabin, where she will use her medical EMT training and be in charge of tending to Nikolai as he recovers. Dima is so angry, he holds her responsible, and even Ravil questions his trust in her. Natasha’s life hangs in the balance—what has she done—and how can she make things right. The story mainly revolves around Dima and Natasha—they each have feelings for one another, but a promise haunts him to his first love, and she was warned not to get involved with Bratva men. Dima is angry, and he takes his anger and frustrations out of Natasha, punishing her for what he feels. She wasn’t into Alex and had hoped to make Dima jealous—but that has all backfired, and now Nikolai is paying the price. Natasha: I would think you would trust us by now. Dima: It was my trust in your that got us into this, wasn’t it? Natasha: I didn’t know he was a Fed, and I wasn’t a party to his infiltration plan. So I’m a prisoner here. Dima: Maybe think of it more as detention. You’re here as a consequence. We’re still examining the finer points of what happened. The story keeps the pages turning as the past collides with the present. Dima is angry with himself for having feelings and desire for Natasha. She is caught in a situation she helped create and yet, was innocent in what would transpire. Her feelings for Dima are strong, the sexual chemistry between them is erotic, but the ghost of the past is holding him prisoner. When this is over and done, will she be able to move forward in her life and put Dima in the past? Has he lived with a teenage promise that has robbed him of a future and happiness? “The irony isn’t lost of me that I wasn’t ready to open my heart until the day she closed hers.” The story has power exchange, dominance, control, and explicit sex scenes. It has life and death danger, some violence—but best of all, it has chemistry and romance.

I’ve been eagerly awaiting one or both of the brothers’ story in Renee Rose’s Chicago Bratva series and it was great entertainment. If you’re currently reading the series, then you know who Natasha is, and she makes such a great balance to Dima, who is such the tortured soul that you can’t resist cheering him on. While Natasha is all sorts of sweetness and sunshine. And then when they are together…mmmm…yummy. Hacker is a great addition to this bratva family and it was a pleasurable read that immediately has me ready for more.

This is another excellent entry in this series that is as steamy as it is thrilling. This read gives us Dima and Natasha's story. A strong vein of emotion runs through this tempting tale, so you can expect to receive plenty of feels. The skillfully crafted blend of drama, intensity, angst, danger, action, twists, humor, kink and heart is potent and irresistible. I fell really hard for these two. I could genuinely sympathize with Dima, but boy, oh boy, did my heart simply ache for Natasha. Their chemistry sizzles, the sparks fly between this duo. When paired with raw sweetness, deep emotions and a rich, painful poignancy; you have yourself a romance that moves you emotionally, while making you feel the heat from the very edge of your seat. By my own volition I am posting a frank review.