this series continues to twist traditional mafia tropes in unconventional ways and this time was no difference. an alleged bodyguard romance where the mafia princess goes to russia to attend a prestigious project and ends up as a fake marriage but he's actually looking for revenge? it sounds so out of pocket but the author made it work. the couple's first interactions were hilarious, from how he pretended to only speak russian to create distance between them so she started to flirt with him in english, to how she introduced him as her husband, thinking he couldn't understand a word she said. these books really give a lightness to mafia romance without shying away from all the dark elements, there's just a great balance. i will say though, the only flaw for me was not having this book set in the same space as the previous ones because one of the main things about this series are the siblings and their dynamics, which where missing in this one and i felt that absence. 

* i was sent an arc by valentine pr in exchange for a honest review