Review by May 20, 2025/CLAIMED BOOKSPROUT/ BEAUTIFUL DECEPTION BY IVY DAVIS (Book 4 of Bound to the Mafia )

  CAN BE READ AS A STAND-ALONE 

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I was a girl trying to survive.

And he was the devil who saved me.

 

Viktor Smirnov is a cold, hard Bratva man.

It’s not my choice to go work for him as a maid but I’m out of options.

I was once part of a great Bratva family…

Until my family turned to ruin.

Now, I have to disguise myself as Viktor’s maid just to get by.

The last thing he can know is that my father tried to kill him.

I have to keep this secret or I will be killed.

Then Viktor sets his eyes onto me.

He decides he wants me for himself.

Now, I’m stuck between falling in love and keeping a deadly secret.

What will happen if Viktor finds out?

I can only hope he never does.

It would only end in heartbreak.

Or my death. 

MY REVIEW- 5 STARS TITLE OF REVIEW- 

Love doesn't always come easy

Beautiful Deception by ivy Davis- my notes

Viktor was an unusual main character. And so was Inessa, the daughter of the cowardly man who tried to steal and then kill Viktor. Galeb Oetrov was NOT an honorable man. He proved it over and over again, even trying to kill his own daughter at least once! He definitely roughed her up many times in desperation to steal her money and make her set him up for life. A pathetic man.

There's a lot of twists and surprises with both friends and foes. And although, I had hoped that more people would stand up for her more often, the story kept my interest focused squarely on it.

Great ending with a lead in to another interesting story called, "Merciless Union." 

 

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