King of Ruin

Soulless Empire, Book 1

By: Sasha Leone, Jade Rowe

Narrated by: Elle Sonali, Tyler Darby

He's the most dangerous man in Chicago—and I'm his newest obsession.

Dark emerald eyes. Black tattoos. A killer's smile… god, that smile…

When I'm dragged to a secretive nightclub, the last thing I expect is to find myself in the owner's back office. But after he rescues me from a drunken creep, that's exactly where I end up.

Alone with a heartbreakingly gorgeous man who says his name is Andrei Zherdev… though most call him Pakhan—leader of the Russian mafia.

Next thing I know, I'm screaming his name. Then, I'm hiding beneath his desk as he's called away on business. That's how I learned my dark fate.

Apparently, once you've slept with a Bratva boss, you're his. Forever. There's only one problem with that arrangement: I don't belong to anyone.

If only he agreed.

©2024 Sasha Leone (P)2024 Podium Audio

Great book

This was an amazing book!!! I would love to see how they would be as parents!!!!

the voices we're spot on except with some of the accents

I liked everything except some of Russian accents, they were a little over the top and exaggerated. I also LOVED Andrei's voice.

Weakest FMC I’ve ever seen

Gosh this FMC was infuriating. Between the lies and doubts, it was too frustrating to finish. The spicy scenes were good but not good enough to get past the idiot FMC! Don’t waste your credit!!!

I loved this book

I couldn't wait until the next book. Some of these reviews seem very off. I absolutely think anyone should give this book a chance.

eh...

Not overly complicated, not too dark.
story 4/5
spice 2/5. one REALLY delicious spicy scene but the other few are TAME.

The conflicted romance and adventure

I love this story!!! Very spicy and detailed. There are tons of conflict, adventure, and love!!!

half way through and Im over her

she's not a woman scorned she's childish. I understand the push and pull in relationships but I cannot deal with her continuously winning. How do you lose the card to a man that you can't stand. I most definitely will push through (because 23$ for a audiobook is getting old real quick too)
if for some reason I grow to like or enjoy I will come back and edit. both their voices are off as well. i don't know I'm just missing the older mafia books I guess I should stop trying to compare them to each other

Story ok, FMC seriously off, performance decent

The male character was written very well. The female character was so simple minded which didn't mix with the survivor side. The story winded very very slowly. The spicy scenes were decent. This character was very young, unsure, naive, confused about her identity and definitively not a critical thinker but it was steady being pitched to me as a 'survivor'. Nah.. 👎🏾 what did she survive a trip to Disney Land??

Spicy Russian mafia romance

This was a fun and spicy adventure. The performances helped to really paint the picture even further.

Great new series

If your like me and love a good mafia story you will love this book. It has everything you could want in the story.