I knew from reading all the other books that Nikolai was going to be a favorite of mine. Because their tangled pasts are about to collide and the shockwave threatens to bring Houston’s criminal underbelly to its knees… Suddenly, Nikolai’s only chance to protect her is to do the one thing he vowed never to do-he’ll drag her deeper into his shadowy world and bind her to him forever.

After Vivian is ripped from his arms in a brazen blitz attack, Nikolai will stop at nothing to get her back-but rescuing her and keeping her safe in his arms isn’t enough. She’s the bright light in his dark world and the only thing that keeps him from sliding deeper into a life of crime and violence-a mobbed-up life he can’t escape no matter how hard he tries. From the moment Vivian appeared in his life on that tragic April night, Nikolai felt himself inextricably bonded to her. She’s completely, irrevocably and unabashedly in love with Nikolai, the Russian mob boss who saved her life. Anxiously looking forward to reading more in this series.After a brush with death as a juvenile delinquent, Vivian swore she’d never stray across that line again-but there’s just one problem with her plan to stay on the right side of the law. In the end, all is well and they live happily ever after. Vivian continued to be peaceful and forgiving and I was thrilled to see her develop a backbone and hold Nikolai responsible for his actions. I also felt that this was again, like the first book about Nikolai, much more of an emotional and sensual book then the others. I enjoyed the deeper look at the underworld he commanded. Even though Nikolai made me so angry and I was so disappointed in him in the beginning of the book, I couldn't help but feel his heartache, pain, and fear. None of the reasons I can think up for this debacle are good.

I'm considering just dropping this author altogether, because either she likes to mess with her fans, will do anything for another book, or has lost touch with the characters she came up with, and her fans. She ruined it and that's perhaps why I'm so pissed off right now.

But the author just ruined the romance for me. How could she, knowing Nikolai the way she does, EVER believe that he would cheat on her? That plot point and all its resulting angst was not just bizarre but immensely aggravating. And she never owns that or takes responsibility for her part in it. Here, she's insecure and weak, which is the major source of conflict in her marriage. In the first book she was strong and assured.

I won't go into my whole rant (I already did that verbally to a friend) but I will say that I'm thoroughly disgusted and mad as hell about the complete change in Vivian's personality. At least then I would get the satisfaction of ripping the book to shreds and burning the pieces. Review 1: It's times like these that I wish I were reading a physical book.

Nikolai by roxie rivera