Absolutely an AMAZING debut novel. Stalker mode engaged.
From the blurb:
Executioner. Monster. Butcher. Nothing Alexei Avrorin hasn’t been called before. Born into Russia’s oldest and deadliest mafia family, now its most ruthless enforcer, Alexei has become numb, disillusioned. When a simple job goes sideways, he meets Kelly Mackey, who unexpectedly and discreetly saves his life instead of turning him in.
Unable to forget the guarded veterinarian who showed him compassion he didn’t deserve, Alexei watches him from afar. As his obsession grows, so does his certainty that Kelly has dangerous secrets buried deep. And Alexei won’t stop until he uncovers every single one.
Despite Alexei’s sexuality being a death sentence in his world, Kelly awakens something in him that he’s spent his entire life suppressing. Their connection may be forbidden, deadly, but by the time they let down their walls, escape is no longer an option.
Violent Devotion is L. Norell’s debut novel and the first in The Empire of Sins series—dark MM mafia romances where each Avrorin brother gets his own interconnected story. Come for the darkness and the forbidden, stay for the dark humor, shocking reveals, and a steamy romance with a guaranteed HEA.
This book is intended for mature audiences and explores dark themes that may make readers uncomfortable.
DuffetteReads review:
Wow. This book was just simply everything I could hope for in a book. I love the mafia type books and unalivers finding their perfect person to love.
The only depressing part of me as a reader, was that this was a debut novel from a new author -- I can't properly stalk their backlist. If they had one, I most definitely would grab every single thing they wrote.
100% obsessed with this world the author created and cannot wait to dive further into the Empire of Sins., like Alexei level obsessed.
Sending this book to all my MM / Mafia / Unhinged / Unaliver / Touch him and 💀 / book friends. They cannot miss out on everything that is Alexei and Kelly (Clover too 🐇).
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