Series: Russian Tattoos, Book Three
Author: K.M. Shehata
Release Date:  April 28, 2026
Genre: Dark Romance
Tropes: 

Kidnapped Heroine

Rival Pakhan

Obsessive Alpha

Loyalty at all costs

Secrets and Lies

She’s his weakness

Found Family

He would burn the world for her

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::: ABOUT THE BOOK :::

Carter has always known loving a Bratva Pakhan comes with a price.
She just never expected to pay it on enemy ground. 

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When a mafia war spills into London, Carter finds herself trapped in the gilded cage of rival Pakhan Maksim Ovechkin—a man as charming as he is ruthless. Maksim plays the perfect host, offering luxury, protection, and dangerous attention… while keeping her locked behind closed doors and reminding her exactly who controls her fate.

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Maksim wants Vladimir Ivanov’s empire.
And he knows the fastest way to break him is through the woman he loves.

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While Vladimir tears the Russian Bratva apart to get Carter back, she’s fighting a more dangerous battle—holding her ground on Maksim’s own turf while guarding a secret that must never fall into the wrong hands. Because if he discovers what she’s protecting, it won’t just end the war.

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It will destroy Vladimir’s legacy and erase their future.

Caught between two powerful men and a secret worth killing for, Carter fights to outmaneuver Maksim on his own turf while Vladimir and their family battle impossible odds to reach her—before everything they’ve built is torn apart.

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Russian Tattoos: Criminal is a dark mafia romance full of secrets, lies, and a love that refuses to die.

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