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Soulless Empire, Book 1
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Elle Sonali
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Tyler Darby
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By:
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Sasha Leone
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Jade Rowe
About this listen
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.
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Ryder, Garrett, Kenzo, and Diesel - The Vipers. Their deals are as sordid as their business, and their reputation is enough to bring a grown man to his knees, forcing him to beg for mercy. They are not people you mess with, yet my dad did. The old man ran up a debt with them and then sold me to cover his losses. Yes, sold me. They own me now. I’m theirs in every sense of the word. But I’ve never been meek and compliant.
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Shrek
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- Kaitlin
- 07-24-24
The conflicted romance and adventure
I love this story!!! Very spicy and detailed. There are tons of conflict, adventure, and love!!!
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- Reese
- 08-19-24
Great book
This was an amazing book!!! I would love to see how they would be as parents!!!!
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- 🐼🐇🐹
- 01-01-25
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.
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- Amy
- 12-27-24
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!!!
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- Mark
- 06-11-24
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.
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- B
- 01-30-25
eh...
Not overly complicated, not too dark.
story 4/5
spice 2/5. one REALLY delicious spicy scene but the other few are TAME.
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- Nicole weirick
- 12-12-24
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
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- S. Ilene Banks
- 02-24-25
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??
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- bets
- 09-19-24
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.
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- Crystal
- 01-30-25
Loved
Great story and performance. Really liked this a lot and excited for the second book.
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