Bound by the Bratva Vow

She was given to him to stop a war. He never expected to want to keep her.

Sofia Marchetti was raised to understand exactly what her family would eventually ask of her — but she never imagined the price of peace would be her hand in marriage to a man she’d never met.

Ivan Volkov is the Bratva’s most feared enforcer, cousin to the syndicate king, a man who has never once chosen anything for himself. When his cousin orders an alliance marriage to end a war neither of them started, Ivan accepts the only way he knows how: without complaint, without hope, and without expecting a wife who refuses to be managed.

What begins as a contract neither of them wanted becomes something neither of them can walk away from — forbidden trust, slow-burn obsession, and a possessive enforcer hero who discovers that loyalty to the syndicate was never the same as loyalty to her.

But a war doesn’t end just because a marriage begins. A traitor inside the family has been playing both sides — and the wedding that was supposed to secure peace may have built the perfect trap instead.

Perfect for readers who love:

• Arranged marriage romance
• Dark mafia romance
• Russian mob romance / Bratva romance
• Forced proximity romance
• Possessive alpha hero
• Slow burn enemies-to-lovers
• Age gap romance
• Morally grey hero
• Standalone with series ties

Book 2 of The Volkov Syndicate — can be read as a standalone or alongside Owned by the Bratva King.