ARC Book Review - Tainted Embrace by Maria Raye
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Book Tropes: dark mafia romance, obsessive anti-heroes, strong characters, touch her and die, spicy.
Book Warnings: Dark Romance, Childhood Trauma, Power Imbalance, Tracking/Stalking,
This was my first book by Maria Raye.
Tainted Embrace is a prequel to the Foundation series, but having prior insight into Maksym makes this story hit even deeper.
Kira Sokolova is Pakhan's daughter, a mafia princess, she's just a girl, just currency in the mafia world. She lives in a mansion, in a sheltered life. She is taken to and from the university in a private car. She doesn't have body guards on her when she's at school. She able to do as she pleases for the most part. She is spoiled, with no one to tell her no. Her mother lives in a drug filled haze. But, lately her father has been stating she needs to get engaged and get married. She was set up on a 'date' with a family friends son. But, the son happens to be a sleaze ball, who Kira doesn't want anything to do with. But, her father doesn't take no for an answer. When he sets her up with another man, he doesn't even tell her that she is engaged, he just announces it one day that she is going to marry. What? Kira doesn't want to marry, she wants to live her life. Kira loves to draw, but she was told that wasn't a skill that she should waste her time on, so she does it in secret. Maksym finds himself on her drawings one day. He isn't sure why she would draw him, when he is nothing but a bad man, but, she sees the good inside of him. She is pulling him towards the goodness, towards the light, away from the darkness he's only known.
Maksym (The Reaper) he is the man you call when you want protection. He is the man who will protect your family/your blood line. But, if you cross him, he will not hesitate to put a bullet in you. When Pakhan calls on Maksym to be his hired gun, Maksym knows things will get bloody. But, what he didn't count on what Kira. He never expected to fall for the boss's daughter. Maksym has lost his sister, and his mother. He's sworn off love until he sees Kira. Something drives him towards Kira. He's not kind to her. He's not hateful towards her. He saves her and her friend from being raped. He saves her and her father from an attack on their home. When he becomes the boss's right hand man will he still want Kira in his bed?
Will Kira and Maksym be able to be together? Will they just be alone in secret? Will her father find out about their relationship?? Will Kira be able to choose who she wants to be with? Or will being under her father make her a target to those who are after her father?
I did receive a free ARC copy of this book. I am freely leaving a honest book review.
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