Deceitful Bond

Barinov Bratva, Book 3

By: Brook Wilder

Narrated by: Allie Shae, Tyler Darby

Andrei Barinov deceived me and made me a partner in his crimes.

Underneath his handsome face was a bottomless sea of darkness. One that threatened to drown me beneath its pitiless waves.

He knew a secret that was hidden from me my entire life—the truth about my family, a family that he destroyed.

And now I risk losing what little I have left. Because the final question that remains unanswered is this: Can my heart truly belong to a monster like Andrei Barinov? Or was everything doomed from the very beginning?

Deceitful Bond is book three of the Barinov Bratva trilogy. It is not a standalone. You must listen to both book one, Deceitful Vows, and book two, Deceitful Lies, beforehand.

For mature listeners.

©2023 Brook Wilder and Scholae Palatina Inc. (P)2025 Podium Audio

Would have been better as a duet

Enjoyed the book but it drug at times. I found my self skipping ahead. Loved the ending.

Loved the full series

The series was great. Loved the story but the constant ‘threat’ of leaving wasn’t my favorite part. I got to a point of ‘just go already’. However, I still loved it!

Entertaining

Good narration. I did, however, dislike the overall main female character. She was much too frustrating with her on again, off again behavior. Too many personalities in one character.

This one tho…

So the first two were fantastic, but this one tho…it really dragged. Sorry to say that but I guess I should have seen it coming. In every trilogy (kind of a spoiler, but it’s so common it’s not really a spoiler) you expect a prolonged period where the MCs are apart. Sigh, super annoying. And at that point you just guess how they will get back together. I just got frustrated with the FMC not listening to the MMC and paying the Bratva-style price, it just got ridiculous. I started checking how much more book I had to listen to! I won’t lie - fast forwarding was involved. I did finish and the end was fairly satisfying, so there’s that. I wish that this would have been a duet though and it could have gone out on top - bc the first two books were so amazing. That said, the narrators are excellent and the writing is very good.