First published 2018
Katya Petrov knows what people call her. Monster. She cannot argue with them. Years of marriage to a violent man changed her into something she never wanted to become. Her own siblings hate her. Sergei, the one person she trusted, has abandoned her like garbage on the roadside. Now Katya travels to Gainesville, Tennessee hoping to repair her broken relationships with Dmitri and Ksenia. War threatens her family. The Petrovs face enemies on all sides. In Tennessee, Katya finds an unexpected connection with another damaged soul. This man carries his own dark secrets. He opens himself to her in ways her husband never did. Their bond deepens as danger closes in. Katya must protect everyone she loves while fighting battles that could destroy them all. The Petrov family has one rule that keeps them alive. They survive no matter what comes.
Genres: romance, literary-fiction, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: dark, emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family, redemption-arc
Setting: Gainesville, Tennessee
Period: contemporary
336 pages · Paperback · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Content warnings: abuse, domestic-violence, emotional-abuse, physical-abuse