Title: Stay Toxic
Series: Semyonov Bratva #1
Author: Lani Lynn Vale
Genre: Mafia Romance
Tropes: Forced Proximity/Antihero
Release Date: January 7, 2025
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There was right, there was wrong, and then there was the in-between.
The place where normal people reside, understanding that there are two sides to every coin. People that do bad things for good reasons. People that do bad things for bad reasons.
First, I knew that Shasha Semyonov was a bad man. One that did bad things for bad reasons. That didn’t mean that I was rational when it came to him.
He was toxic to my health, yet I wanted him anyway.
They say the first step to healing is admitting when you have a problem.
My problem happened to be six feet two inches tall, two hundred and twenty pounds, and bearded to perfection.
Oh, and he was also the scariest guy I knew.
Meanwhile, I was the laughingstock of the city.
The woman who was cheated on by her boyfriend with her best friend, and it was captured live while a band played in the background, perfectly accenting the humiliating video.
There was no way that Shasha Semyonov would notice me.
Right?
Wrong.
I’d definitely been noticed.
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Releasing February 4
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Lani Lynn Vale is an American author of humorous romantic suspense novels. Born in the Great State of Texas, she has lived the majority of her adult life in East Texas where most of her novels are based. She’s married to her high school sweetheart whom her readers refer to as “LLV’s Bearded Half.” She published her first novel, Boomtown. in the summer of 2013 after the birth of her third child. She’s gone on to publish over 100 novels, with most of them going on to become USA Today Bestsellers.
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My Review: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5 out of 5
He’s not in the market for an HEA, but fate has other ideas for Shasha Semyonov. One look and he can’t seem to pass up on the beauty he sees in the coffee shop.
Brecken is the laughing stock of the city. Her ex’s exploits caught on camera and seen by so many people was unavoidable. Now she has to tell her brothers what happened and convince them not to take matters into their own hands.
I loved Shasha’s book and I love Shasha and Brecken. LLV has a wonderful way with interconnecting her books from series to series and they are always great reads. I love her characters as well as the stories, and you usually find shenanigans throughout the books. I love the quotes/thoughts/texts at the start of each chapter and I am always up for one-clicking LLV’s books when she has a new out. Stay Toxic was a great start to a new series and a wonderful continuation with past characters. LLV has a way of working her characters into a new series with just enough to update you on the character and show the interactions between the series. I love her writing and can’t wait for the next book in the Semyonov Bratva to come out. I devoured this book in one day.
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