Mafia King's Broken Vow

A Dark Bratva Forced Proximity Romance (New York Bratva Series)

De: A J Summers

Narrado por: Shane Martinez, Clinton Woodhams

Yakov Gagarin was Bratva royalty. A ruthless tactician. A man built to destroy.

Until the day it all went wrong—and the syndicate locked him in a cage.

Dr. Mila Agapova is the one assigned to fix him.

But Yakov doesn’t want fixing. He wants her.

Sharp-tongued, unshakable, utterly off-limits—She’s everything he shouldn’t touch.

But obsession doesn’t care about boundaries.

And Yakov has never been a man who plays by the rules.

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Forbidden Romance

This is the fourth book in the New York Bratva series, a dark mafia romance. Yakov and Mila's forbidden love story is slow-paced and filled with passion, angst, intrigue, danger, and twists and turns. Shane Martinez and Clinton Woodhams did a good job bringing this story to life. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

Bratva romance

Mafia King’s Broken Vow by A. J. Summers is a wonderful mafia Bratva romance. Shane Martinez and Clinton Woodhams did a fantastic job with the narration. They brought the story to life. The story is entertaining, interesting, engaging, enjoyable, romantic, steamy, exciting, and more. I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.

Mafia King's Broken Vow!

WOW! The audiobook is wonderfully narrated. What a gripping, emotional and intriguing story about a broken man and a women trying to save him but is also broken. The story is part of the "New York Bratva" series. It can be read as a stand alone but is much better if the stories are read in order. There are connected characters and connected families. This one is about Yakov and Mila. This is an interesting story with some dark elements and two intriguing characters. I enjoyed the story from beginning to end. The characters past leads them down and interesting path with some suspense, action and drama. I did like the story and some of the secondary characters. This author is quickly becoming one of my favorites.

Lovely entertainment

I enjoyed this story. The story line was unique and different from any bratva story that I have read. A broken man is imprisoned in a mafia prison and a lady therapist is assigned to study him.
From the beginning, the passionate tension is there. They are attracted to each other easily. The romantic times when they happen are well written. Enough detail on both sides without being too wordy.
The voice actors do a very good job. Their voices are clear and warm. They really made the characters come alive.

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A New Perspective

I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this audiobook. I loved reading this mafia romance, but the narration in the audiobook brought out some amazing nuances.

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Great audiobook

This is a great audiobook I really enjoyed listening to this story the author did a great job writing this story I very much enjoyed the storyline this is a great audiobook.

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Holy cow, really intense!

This is a good dark romance story. I think it's reminiscent of the origin story of Harley Quinn with the Joker. Just made Mafia style. I think anyone that enjoys dark romance stories would like this too.

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Finding the truth

Loved this story of a man whose character is described as a killer without a conscious, but that is not how his therapist sees him. I loved how his character evolved throughout the story. She saw what others could not and she just might be the reason for him to live again. Happy ending included.

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way better in audio

Yakov and Mila are much better in audio. Mila is brought in to be Yakov's therapist. Little did anyone know her stocker was keeping a close eye on her while Yakov was falling for her from his house arrest. Can Yakov keep her safe and what happens when lines of professionalism are crossed.

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Some vows are in blood. Others are remade in love.

Yakov is the Bratva’s most ruthless mind, feared for his strategies and fury. Betrayal leaves him caged by his own family, locked in a prison of walls and memory. Then Mila walks into his life as his psychiatrist, determined to reach the man everyone else has given up on. What starts as duty soon becomes a dangerous pull neither can resist.

Their bond is tested under fire. Secrets surface, enemies close in, and every choice carries a price. Where vengeance once drives him, now it is Mila. To protect her, he unleashes the part of himself the Bratva tries to cage and proves his love not through destruction but through restraint.

Together they face storms of violence and family politics. She gives up her career to choose him. He gives up revenge to choose her. What begins as forbidden becomes redemptive, transforming weakness into strength and cages into freedom.

Yakov evolves from a man consumed by vengeance into someone who learns restraint and hope. Mila grows from a professional bound by duty into a woman who embraces choice and clarity. Their relationship shifts from tension into trust and passion, becoming the anchor that reshapes them both.

A dark, steamy Bratva romance, exploring betrayal, captivity, and the pull between a scarred man and the woman who refuses to give up on him. It’s about love and connection, vows remade, cages turned into freedom, family as wound and salvation, mercy beside violence, redemption chosen again and again, and broken people remade by love and a vow that endures when everything else is tested.

Shane Martinez and Clinton Woodhams bring the story to life through duet narration. Shane gives Mila warmth and determination, capturing her compassion and passion. Clinton delivers Yakov with intensity, though his voice sounds younger than I imagined for Yakov, a ruthless Bratva figure. The audio is immersive, clear, and carries the weight of their journey.