Painted Scars
Artist Nina Grey strikes a deal with Roman Petrov, the ruthless Pakhan of Chicago's Russian Bratva: a fake marriage to protect her father from his debts to the organization. Roman, recovering from a car bomb that left him confined to a wheelchair, needs a devoted wife at his side to quiet rumors that he's no longer fit to lead his own empire.
What begins as a contract collides with real feeling as Roman sees through Nina's performance of a happy wife, and neither of them can keep pretending it's only business. Painted Scars is the first book in Neva Altaj's Perfectly Imperfect series, an enemies-to-lovers, marriage-of-convenience mafia romance told from both points of view, with a guaranteed happy ending.
An artist blackmailed into a fake marriage with the Bratva's Pakhan to save her father from his debts.
Pakhan of Chicago's Russian Bratva, recovering from a car bomb that left him wheelchair-bound, who enters a marriage of convenience to project strength.
Painted Scars is the first book in Neva Altaj's Perfectly Imperfect series, a Chicago-set Russian Bratva mafia romance where each book follows a different couple.
The narrative of Painted Scars is told from the alternating perspectives of both Nina and Roman, offering insight into each character's thoughts and motivations.