Gavriil (Book 1): Stepanov Family Mafia, #1

By Zoey Parker

This is book 1 of the Stepanov Family Mafia series! Books 2 and 3 are available everywhere now!

I've been sold to a mobster, and he wants me to carry his baby.

My brother owed too much to the wrong kind of people.

They beat him senseless and took me to satisfy his debt.

Now, my body belongs to the most feared man in the entire city.

Gavriil Stepanov.

His name alone sends fear coursing through my veins.

Gavriil's cruelty is legendary, as is his insatiable sexual appetite.

Obeying him is torture.

But one wrong move and he'll gut me like a fish.

I'm forced to let him take me how he wants: raw and endless.

At first, he is as savage and icy as his reputation suggests.

But when I discover he's left a baby in my belly, everything changes.

I'm no longer just a mobster's toy.

Now, I'm about to be his WIFE.

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A mobster's wife? A secret surprise pregnancy and baby? A Russian mafia boss? This book has it all! GAVRIIL is the most ruthless, sexy mob boss you'll ever meet—and you're about to fall head over heels in love with him. This dark romance with sex will keep you on the edge of your seat. It's got thrilling suspense and enough twists and turns to blow you away. So sit back, relax, and get ready for the ride of your life with GAVRIIL, the hottest mafia romance series from bestselling mob romance author Zoey Parker!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sopris Page Press
• Release date: Oct 16, 2019
• ISBN: 9781393719274

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Gavriil: A Mafia Romance (Stepanov Mafia Book 1)

By Zoey Parker

I’ve been sold to a mobster, and he wants me to carry his baby.

MY BROTHER OWED TOO much to the wrong kind of people.

They beat him senseless and took me to satisfy his debt.

Now, my body belongs to the most feared man in the entire city.

Gavriil Stepanov.

His name alone sends fear coursing through my veins.

Gavriil’s cruelty is legendary, as is his insatiable sexual appetite.

Obeying him is torture.

But one wrong move and he’ll gut me like a fish.

I’m forced to let him take me how he wants: raw and endless.

At first, he is as savage and icy as his reputation suggests.

But when I discover he’s left a baby in my belly, everything changes.

I’m no longer just a mobster’s toy.

Now, I’m about to be his WIFE.

A MOBSTER’S WIFE? A secret surprise pregnancy and baby? A Russian mafia boss? This book has it all! GAVRIIL is the most ruthless, sexy mob boss you’ll ever meet—and you’re about to fall head over heels in love with him. This dark romance with sex will keep you on the edge of your seat. It’s got thrilling suspense and enough twists and turns to blow you away. So sit back, relax, and get ready for the ride of your life with GAVRIIL, the hottest mafia romance series from bestselling mob romance author Zoey Parker!

Chapter One

Gavril

Yuri slid the paper across the desk towards me and bounced up on his heels. We’ve had more bets than we can keep track of these last six months running. Expanding our reach is necessary unless we want to continue turning people away.

Expanding our reach how? I asked, bored.

Usually, I liked talking business, but today it all felt mundane. The four walls of my office felt like a wood-clad cage. Being the boss and having people to command was great, but occasionally I missed being on the ground, seeing the action. I felt like a professional athlete who’d been benched.

Ivan stepped up next to Yuri, glancing at his partner before taking a deep breath and addressing me. Boss, we have options. We can expand our ranks, take on new initiates.

I shook my head. Not right now. It can wait until after we finish expanding the warehouses.

Ivan faltered for a minute, then nodded. Okay, then we expand our territory. We spread the guys we have a bit more thinly, and we will be able to handle a slightly larger volume. It won’t solve any issues long term, but it will set us up for when we are ready to take on more recruits.

I rubbed my finger across the end of my nose. Yuri and Ivan weren’t telling me anything I didn’t already know. But I wasn’t ready to take on new recruits. It felt like I was still trying to assert my control over the family since taking over after my father a year earlier. Adding to the ranks when my hold over them still felt slightly tenuous didn’t seem like the best idea.

Just as I was about to dismiss Yuri and Ivan, there was a knock at the door. Before I could say anything, the knock was followed by a thud and then another. Finally, the door clattered open, and a struggling man fell through the opening and collapsed on the floor in a bloody heap. Three of my men followed after him.

Sorry, boss, one of them said, gesturing to the man in a what are you gonna do kind of way.

He’s slippery from all the blood, the other explained.

I’d noticed that, not least of all because the stranger’s blood was soaking into my new rug. My father had always kept the room bare – hardwood floors, wooden desk, wooden walls, no décor. But I didn’t see anything wrong with making the space my own. I spent most of my time there, after all. However, I was beginning to realize that perhaps he’d been right about getting rid of the carpet. I’d already had to have blood scrubbed out of it three times.

What is this? I asked, sitting up, curiosity outweighing my annoyance.

Thief. Aleksei grimaced and kicked the man who was still hunched over, his face buried between his arms.

The man groaned and rolled to his side, revealing his face. Or what had once