MIDNIGHT PURGATORYBOOK 1 OF THE BUGROV BRATVA DUETMy gorgeous neighbor just found my box of "personal toys."And my mission to steal them back...Ended in his bed.It was supposed to be a joke:Give my best friend raunchy toys for her bridal shower and embarrass her in front of her family.But when my package is wrongly delivered to my gorgeous, mysterious neighbor,I’m the one who ends up mortified.I sneak over to his place to try stealing it back before he finds it.The problem is, I get caught mid-heist...And then he makes me stay for dinner.Dinner leads to dessert and dessert leads to... other dessert, if you get my drift.Several courses of sweet, sinful temptation.In my defense, he's even more gorgeous up close than he is from my bedroom window.When I finally get back home the next morning, I open my stolen prize.But it seems I grabbed the wrong package.And the violent mess I find inside will change my life forever.Turns out my hot neighbor is a Russian Bratva boss, wi

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2URIThere’s a half-naked girl hanging from my fence.I pause a few feet away from her and stop to survey the scene. She’s dangling helplessly. One hand on the top of the boards, so close to freedom and yet so very fucking far away. There’s some kind of orange cartoon cat printed on her ass. The tattered material of her leggings flaps in the wind.She doesn’t look like any assassin who’s ever tried to kill me before.But there’s a first time for everything, so I keep my distance for now.“What the hell are you doing on my property?” I snarl.She flops where she’s hanging, enough for the curtain of hair to flow back from her face. I vaguely recognize her as the girl who lives next door, in that little shack the city zoning board refused to let me bulldoze.“Most people would offer a girl some help down,” she gasps. She kicks again and sucks in a sharp wince.My eyes track downward to see blood on her skin. There’s a loose nail responsible for cutting her open. She needs medical care a

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3ALYSSAI opt to walk.One, because I don’t want him to think I want him to carry me.And two, because if he so much as tries, I’m gonna blush so bad that astronauts flying through space will be able to see my red cheeks. Uri will feel me radiating nuclear-level embarrassed heat and will assume the obvious: that I’m completely and utterly infatuated with him.Which I’m most definitely not. Apart from having a healthy appreciation for his rock-hard physique and symmetrical bone structure, that is. I mean, physical attraction is only skin-deep, right? Practically meaningless.I mean, sure, I have been known to ogle him in the past from the reading nook in my bedroom. But I ogle Henry Cavill, too. Doesn’t mean I’m in love with him.It’s a long, silent trek across the lawn back to the mansion. He leads me inside without any sense of pride or even the slightest hint that he knows he lives in the fucking Taj Mahal of L.A. I do my best not to gawk as we pass by double-height floor-to-ceilin

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4ALYSSAIt’s official: dinner was a bad idea.Watching Uri chew his food is strangely sensual. Even the way he picks up his wine glass and gives the ruby red liquid a confident whirl is sexy somehow.The guys I’ve dated drank lukewarm Coors Light and burped between every sip. They ate Cheetos and frozen dinners, not foie gras and seared salmon.It all puts one thing into glaring focus—I am way, way out of my depth here.I have no idea how to talk to or deal with a man like Uri. He’s just such a… grownup. And he’s confident. And scary, although I can’t exactly put my finger on how. Maybe it’s all those rumors about his reputation swirling around in my head.Mob ties and bad men striking corrupt deals in smoky backrooms.Bodies stacked on bodies, gangland-style executions, bloody bones dissolving in vats of acid.And money. Money coming out of every pore, every nook and cranny.But the man just cleaned up my wound after I trespassed on his property. He can’t be all that bad, right?… R

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Right after the dessert plates are cleared away, I get to my feet. My head spins but I push through the dizziness. “I really should get, er, going… Thanks for dinner. And for the first-aid. It was really delicious.” Wait, that’s not right. “I mean, the food was delicious. The first-aid was… well, you know. I’ll just help you clear the table and then I’ll be on my way.”Cringe. Why the hell can’t I stop talking? Is it maybe because he’s super close to me right now and the smell of scotch and cinnamon coming off him is giving me a major lady boner?“What makes you think you can leave?”When did Uri even stand up? How did he manage to get so close without me even noticing?He’s staring down at me, not a trace of a smile on his face anymore. Those cheekbones really are something. So are his eyes.“You’re not going to let me go?” I ask numbly. The shivers are back, rippling up and down my spine, leaving goosebumps and dread in their wake.“Not without giving me something in return.” His to

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