Deck the Halls with Bratva Brawls by Gianni Holmes


Enemies that keep trying to kill each other but have to spend Christmas together? There's something about Yuriy that gets under Stanislav's skin, but is it can't be attraction can it? 


From the blurb:

Two rival Bratva pakhans.
One holiday.
Zero self-control.


What could possibly go wrong?

Five years ago, my daughter ran off with Yuriy Orlov’s younger brother.
I should’ve wiped the Orlovs off the map for that alone.

Instead, I’m stuck under the same roof with Yuriy,
playing nice for Christmas like we’re not one wrong move away from bloodshed…
or from me dragging him into my bed.

Because Yuriy isn’t just my enemy.
He’s reckless. Arrogant. Infuriatingly beautiful.
The kind of man who smirks like he knows exactly how far he can push me—
and gets away with it.

I should hate him.
God knows I’ve tried.

Because the only thing more dangerous than loving a Zhukovsky…
is wanting an Orlov.

Deck the Halls with Bratva’s Brawls is an enemies-to-lovers MM mafia romance with forced proximity, a tightly wound older pakhan, and a very inconvenient bi-awakening triggered by the one man who knows how to get him on his knees… and tells him he’s good for it.


SNik's review:

Standalone. Enemies to lovers. Age gap. Heed content warnings. 

Stas and Yuriy are truly enemies, as competing mob bosses they’ve tried to kill each other over the years and then Yuriy’s brother and Stas’s daughter ran off together. Five years later they have been keeping to a truce and are finally invited to spend Christmas with their family, but maybe the enemy that you know too well becomes the person you can’t live without. 

This story brings all the heat and all the heart with a sprinkle of violence and the holidays thrown in. Yuriy is a chaos gremlin younger top that has no problem telling Stas how much he wants him, and Stas does not give up one ounce of power as he meets Yuriy head on and doesn’t deny his desires. The feelings ramp up fast, as these men really see beneath the armor of being heads of their crime families, and it was so entertaining to see them relate to each other and accept and appreciate each other on all levels, both private and violent business. I enjoyed every single part of this and really can’t get enough of these two.


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