Title: Raze
Author: Tillie Cole
Age group: Mature new adult
Genre: Dark contemporary romance
Genre: Dark contemporary romance
Release date: 30th December 2014
To take back life, one must first face
death...
One man stripped of his freedom, his
morals...his life.
Conditioned in captivity to maim, to kill and
to slaughter, prisoner 818 becomes an unremorseful, unrivaled and unstoppable
fighter in the ring. Violence is all he knows. Death and brutality are the
masters of his fate.
After years of incarceration in an
underground hell, only one thought occupies his mind: revenge...bloody, slow
and violent revenge.
Revenge on the man who lied.
Revenge on the man who wronged him.
Revenge on the man who condemned him and
turned him into this: a rage-fueled killing machine. A monster void of
humanity; a monster filled with hate.
And no one will stand in the way of getting
what he wants.
One woman stripped of her freedom, her
morals...her life.
Kisa Volkova is the only daughter of Kirill ‘The Silencer’ Volkov,
head of the infamous ‘Triad’ bosses
of New York's Russian Bratva. Her life is protected. In reality, it’s a virtual prison. Her
father’s
savage treatment of his rivals and his lucrative and coveted underground
gambling ring—The Dungeon—ensures too many enemies lurk at their door.
She dreams to be set free.
Kisa has known only cruelty and loss in her
short life. As manager of her father’s death match enterprise, only grief and pain
fill her days. Her mafia boss father, in her world, rules absolute. And her
fiancé, Alik Durov, is no
better; the Dungeon’s five-time champion, a stone-cold killer, the treasured son of
her father’s
best friend, and her very own—and
much resented—personal guard.
Unrivaled in both strength and social standing, Alik controls every facet of
Kisa’s
life, dominates her every move; keeps her subdued and dead inside...then one
night changes everything.
While working for her church—the only reprieve in her constant
surveillance—Kisa stumbles across a
tattooed, scarred, but stunningly beautiful homeless man on the streets.
Something about him stirs feelings deep within her; familiar yet impossibly
forbidden desires. He doesn’t talk. Doesn’t communicate with
anyone. He’s a
man beyond saving, and a man she must quickly forget...for both their sakes.
But when weeks later, out of the blue and to
her complete surprise, he’s announced as the replacement fighter in The Dungeon, Kisa
knows she’s in
a whole lot of trouble. He’s built, ripped and lethally unforgiving to his opponents,
leaving fear in his wake and the look of death in his eyes.
Kisa becomes obsessed with him. Yearns for
him. Craves his touch. Needs to possess this mysterious man...this man they
call Raze.
This was my guilty little secret read over Christmas. Whenever I had a spare moment I would dip
back into this book and inhale a few chapters at a time.
This story centres around three families, the Tolstoi's,
Durov's and Volkova's they form the
Bratva, a Russian empire based in Brooklyn.
They have a place called The Dungeon where people come to cage fight
with the best underground cage fighters, the winner is the one still left alive
in the cage. They fight to kill.
Alik Durov is the undisputed champion. He is the son of Abram, the sole heir to the
Bratva family fortune. He is engaged to
Kisa, he is obsessed with her and needs her in his life. It is not a good obsession, despite his love
for her he still fucks other women and treats Kisa like his prized trophy possession.
It wasn't always like this.
Back when they were young there was Alik, Rodian, Luka, Talia and
Kisa. Luka was Kisa's boyfriend, since she was a young girl,
they always had that unexplained but beautiful connection, both sets of parents
believed they were destined to be together forever. This all changed one harrowing night when
Rodian was killed, Alik was injured and Luka was found covered in blood and
holding the knife.
This completely changed things for all three families. Alik was now the sole inheritance benefactor
and he claimed Kisa as his betrothed, leaving her in a no win situation but to
obey him and accept him as her future husband. She feared and hated him.
"My life was safer with him
if I acted the role of the perfect Bratva wife." - Kisa
A new fighter turns up at the family gym, determined to join
The Dungeon. He is seeking revenge on
someone who did him wrong and will to fight to kill until his quest for revenge
is satisfied. His name is Raze. Kisa finds herself inexplicably drawn to this
fighter, he stirs all sorts of feelings inside her and she struggles to keep
them under control. Alik would kill Raze
if he knew what was going through her mind whenever she was around him.
What is it about this crazy man that has her spellbound?
"I could feel him
everywhere: within my body, in my
heart... in my soul" - Kisa
This is such an addictive read. There are no hearts and flowers in this, at
times, gruesome story of betrayal and revenge. Some of the scenes between Kisa
and Alik had me seething with anger and revulsion but they are part of the
story and need to be told. Yet it also
is a story about family, love and loyalty interwoven amongst the pain and
heartache. Tillie Cole has once again
blown me away with her ability to write another gripping story that I could not
put down.
**Available for purchase Tuesday
30th December**
Amazon & USA Today Best Selling Author, Tillie Cole is a
Northern girl through and through. She originates from a place called Teesside
on that little but awesomely sunny (okay I exaggerate) Isle called Great
Britain. She was brought up surrounded by her English rose mother — a farmer’s
daughter, her crazy Scottish father, a savagely sarcastic sister and a
multitude of rescue animals and horses.
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