Lethal Alliance by Paula Walshe

Love is deadly. Trust is lethal.

LUCIA
Roman and I are an impossible dream.
Divided by a past we didn’t choose,
And promises we can’t betray.
The Orlovs have taken Roman’s children,
And there’s nothing he won’t do to get them back.
Even if that means killing my brother.
I love Roman with my entire heart. Nothing can change that. Nothing ever could.
But in a world where nothing is what it seems,
Nobody can be trusted.
Not even me.

ROMAN
I thought I knew my enemy.
But the darkness is worse than I imagined—
And now it’s come for those I love.
Saving them means exposing the secrets that hold us all hostage.
Secrets bound by blood.
By death.
And by loyalty and honor.
Secrets that threaten to destroy Lucia and I forever.
I can’t allow myself to think about Lucia. If I do, I risk losing everything I promised to guard.
But letting her go is harder than I could ever have imagined.
Her face on every street.
A darkness in my soul that I know will never leave.
A love that I can’t forget.

*Lethal Alliance concludes Lucia and Roman’s story. No cheating, and a guaranteed HEA.
The rest of the Lethal Legacy Series are standalone books set in an interconnected world.

Primarily a romance story, Lethal Alliance is set in the dangerous, high stakes world of the Russian mafia, amid international locations and a luxury billionaire lifestyle. Featuring a fast paced plot and complex characters, it has enough heat to sear the bedsheets and some violence, but is less dark than many in the genre.

TROPES
Hidden past; secret pregnancy; alpha male; intelligent FMC; found family; family secrets; possessive MMC.