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 mafiaโฆ
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 Vladimirโs enemies have put a bounty on her head to force him to surrender. If she is captured, his rivals will deliver a deadly ultimatumโhis life in exchange for hers. The price for Carterโs freedom is Vladimirโs blood.
Vladimir holds ultimate power as godfather of the Ivanov Bratvaโฆ
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 weaknessโCarter. 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 guysโincluding himself.
Vladimirโs rivals have a different plan for the ill-fated coupleโฆ
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 Vladimirโs 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 Vladimirโs freedom before their rivals can deliver the fatal blow.
Love is blindโbut it could also be deadly.
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 couldnโt see his inky blue face, but I knew he was there. Vladimirโs 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 didnโt 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 feltโbut in a good way. I groaned out his name and snaked my fingers up his shirt, squeezing and rubbing his muscular back. Iโd been paralyzed by fear and loneliness since my capture, but right or wrong, I felt safe and loved in Vladimirโs arms.
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Author Bio:
Kat Shehataโs 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 childrenโs 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 bachelorโs degree in theatre from Wilmington College, a professional writing certificate from the University of Cincinnati, and a masterโs degree in creative writing from Spalding University.
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Happy to have Kat on the blog!
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I liked the excerpt.
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Hi Rita, me too!
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