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The first two books in the Scarred Souls series, in one volume! RAZE One man stripped of his freedom, his morals... his life. Conditioned in captivity to maim, to kill and to slaughter, prisoner 818 becomes an unrivaled and unstoppable fighter in the ring. Violence is all he knows. After years of incarceration in an underground hell, only one thought occupies his mind: revenge... bloody, slow and violent revenge. Revenge on the man who wronged him. Kisa Volkova is the only daughter of Kirill 'The Silencer' Volkov, head of the infamous 'Red' bosses of New York's Russian Bratva. Her life is protected. In reality, it's a virtual prison. Her father's savage treatment of his rivals and his lucrative and coveted underground gambling ring-The Dungeon-ensures too many enemies lurk at their door. She dreams to be set free. Kisa has known only cruelty and loss in her short life. While working for her church-the only reprieve in her constant surveillance-Kisa stumbles across a tattooed, scarred, but stunningly beautiful homeless man on the streets. Something about him stirs feelings deep within her; familiar yet impossibly forbidden desires. He doesn't talk. Doesn't communicate with anyone. He's a man beyond saving. But Kisa becomes obsessed with him. Yearns for him. Craves his touch. Needs to possess this mysterious man... ... this man they call Raze. REAP Raised as a prototype for the Georgian Bratva's obedience drug, 221 fails to think, act or live for himself; his master's perfectly-crafted killing puppet. Standing at six foot six, weighing two-hundred and fifty pounds, and unrivalled in to-the-death combat, 221 successfully secures business for, the Georgian Mafiya Boss of NYC, in the dark world of the criminal underground. Until his enemies capture him. Talia Tolstoi dreams to break from the heavy clutches of Bratva life and dreams of another life-away from the stifling leash of her Russian Bratva Boss father, from the brutality of her work at The Dungeon-her criminal family's underground death match enterprise. But when she stumbles upon her family's captive who is more monster than man, she starts to see the man underneath. A powerful, beautiful, damaged man whose heart calls to hers.
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4 primary booksScarred Souls is a 4-book series with 4 primary works first released in 2014 with contributions by Tillie Cole.
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I am a huge Tillie Cole fan & I've been missing her dark romance lately. So I figured now is as good a time as any to dive into this series.
I would say that I would rate this more like 3.5 stars. It was a good start to the series and it kept me interested, but it had some issues.
Luka & Kisa's souls have been intertwined since birth. Tragedy separated them as teenagers. Luka was involved in something that made Kisa believe that he died but instead he was sent to a Gulag prison. There they wiped him of his memory, and pumped him full of drugs that made him just want to kill.
Meanwhile, Kisa is engaged to Alik Durov, her childhood friend & business associate of her father. However, Alik is an abusive POS and makes Kisa's life hell.
Honestly, one of my main issues with this book was that Kisa's father (The mother effing mafia boss) could clearly tell that Alik was abusing his daughter....and he did NOTHING.
I was waiting for Mafia Daddy to go all Godfather on Alik.
Spoiler alert: he doesn't. Annnnnnnd I no longer respected him as the head honcho.
There was a lot of angst, but I'm happy with how it turned out. It's a dark romance so there are definitely triggers in this story. Honestly I wanted to say more about this book but I read all 4 in the series within a week and now they all kinda mesh together in my head. Whoops.
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