RELEASE BLITZ Title: Savage Vow Series: Ivanov Crime Family #1 Author: Zoe Blake Genre: Dark Mafia Romance Release Date: January 15, 2021   BLURB   I took her innocence as payment. She was far too young and naïve to be betrothed to a monster like me. I would bring only pain and darkness into her sheltered world.   That’s why she ran. I should’ve just let her go… She never asked to marry into a powerful Russian mafia family. None of this was her choice.   Unfortunately for her, I don’t care. I own her… and after three years of searching… I’ve found her. My runaway bride was about to learn disobedience has consequences… punishing ones.   Having her in my arms and under my control had become an obsession. Nothing was going to keep me from claiming her before the eyes of God and man. She’s finally mine… and I’m never letting her go.      GOODREADS LINK: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55781322-savage-vow     PURCHASE LINKS   US: https://amzn.to/3hDX8q3 UK: https://amzn.to/3oayv6H CA: https://amzn.to/3hD1IEU AU: https://amzn.to/3rQFOCL   Free in Kindle Unlimited   Also available in paperback: https://amzn.to/2MYCUMs     EXCERPTS   #1   I rounded the long dining room table putting distance between me and Gregor.  He followed.  “This isn’t about your father or our families or about the damn money. I don’t give a shit about the money. This is about us,” he yelled as he quickened his pace.  Panicking, I pulled out one of the chairs and thrust it in his way. “There is no us! There is nothing between us. We are only bound by blood money.” Gregor reached down and flipped the chair on its side sending it skidding across the hardwood floor.  I screamed and turned to run.  His hand wrapped around my upper arm. I was propelled backwards till I slammed against the wall. Gregor quickly followed, placing this forearms on either side of my head, caging me in.  “I don’t ever want to hear you say that again. Do you understand me, mалы́шка?” I was breathing heavily. I breasts brushed against his chest with each inhalation. I could feel my nipples tighten against silk fabric of my strapless bra.  Still, I dared to challenge him. Why not? The damned have nothing to lose. “Say what? The truth?” I viscously spit out, “You’re just the monster whose been chasing me. Nothing more.” Reaching down, he raised the hem of my dress. His hand a fiery brand on my thigh.   “No! Stop!” He ignored my protest. Wedging his knee between my thighs, he forced my legs open. His fingers sought out my core, caressing me through the thin fabric of my panties. He leaned down to nuzzle my neck just below my ear.  I bit my lip to stifle a groan.  He shifted his hips so I could feel the hard press of his cock against my inner thigh. “You’re lying to yourself and to me. Does that feel like nothing to you?” I rolled my head from side to side. “Lust fueled by hatred and revenge. Every kiss taken by force.” He raised his arm and slammed his fist against the wall, making me cry out. He then clasped his hands over my jaw to cradle my face. His gaze bore into my own before it traveled to my mouth. It looked as if he were going to say something but instead he turned away with an animalistic growl.  I stayed plastered against the wall, afraid to move.  Gregor turned back to me. His eyes dark and cold as steel. “So be it, Samara. I’ll show you just what a monster I can be.” A terrified scream tore through my body as he tossed me over his shoulder and carried me up the dark staircase to his bedroom.   #2   She screamed and strained against the binds around her wrists. Fighting my restraining hand, she tried to twist her hips and close her legs but to no avail. I slashed the leather against her other thigh. “Consider that your only warning. Close your legs again without permission and the punishment will be much harsher.” Tears streamed down her flushed cheeks. “I’ll never forgive you for this.” Her words were a knife to my gut but they wouldn’t change anything. It was past time I claimed her for my own. It was selfish and cruel but there were reasons beyond my own needs. This was the only way I could keep her safe. Every moment she remained an unmarried virgin she was in danger. “It’s not your forgiveness I want.” I crawled onto the bed between her now open knees. Grinding my hips against her core, I balanced the rest of my weight on my right forearm near her head. A shaft of moonlight from the window crossed over the bed and highlighted her beautiful emerald eyes. One day maybe those eyes would look on me with love… but not tonight. For now, I would settle for lust.   #3   One moment I was standing in the middle of the room, the next, he pressed me against the wall, towering over me. His hips leaned into mine as his right arm rested high over my head, caging me in. His warm spicy scent enveloped me. The sensation was overwhelming and terrifying. Still, he didn’t speak. I licked my lips and watched as his gaze zeroed in on my mouth. “Answer me,” I demanded with more boldness than I felt. “Would I have pulled the trigger?” he repeated. I nodded. He lowered his right arm. The cold barrel of the gun grazed my cheek. I sucked in a breath. He pointed the gun off to the side and cocked the hammer. I squeezed my eyes shut and braced for the gunshot, but only heard the same hollow metallic click. Opening my eyes, I watched as Gregor tossed the gun onto the bed. “But… I don’t….” Lifting his left arm, he held up a bullet between his thumb and forefinger. He had never truly loaded the gun. It had all been a twisted game from the start. My brow furrowed. “Why would you do something like that? You scared him to death!” “He deserved to be punished for touching you.” He said it so matter of factly. As if we weren’t discussing terrorizing my now ex-boyfriend with a fucking gun! I shoved at his chest. It was solid muscle, so of course he didn’t budge. I hated that I had to crane my head back to meet his gaze. It made me feel small and vulnerable. “No one asked you! I can take care of myself!” “Malyshka, you can’t honestly think I was going to let him assault you like that and just walk away unscathed? He’s lucky it’s my little sister’s birthday, and the house is filled with witnesses, otherwise I would have beaten him within an inch of his worthless life.” “I don’t understand. Why do you care?” I hadn’t laid eyes on this man in over five years. I was just his little sister’s friend. I was nothing to him. He reached down to pull back the fabric of my dress, exposing the top of my breast and shoulder. His fingertip traced my collarbone before slowly moving down to caress near the bruise marks. His brow creased, and a small tick appeared high on his cheekbone just below his eye. He breathed heavily through his nose as if he were trying to calm himself down. His anger was palatable. “He hurt you,” he said matter-of-factly, his voice gruff and low. “When I entered from the patio, even before I saw your face, I could feel your fear. If I hadn’t come in when I did? That little bastard would have….” It hadn’t occurred to me he might actually be shaken and upset at Peter’s treatment of me. Gregor almost appeared human in this moment. Vulnerable. “Yeah, but he didn’t….” He cupped my jaw and gazed down at me, his eyes as hard as flint. Gone was my brief glimpse of his unfamiliar human side. He was back to being the scary, inscrutable man I knew him to be. “It will never happen again. Do you understand me? I’m here now to make sure of it.” What was that supposed to mean? Alarm bells raged inside my head. He ran his thumb over my bottom lip before continuing. “From this point forward, you are under my protection. I will expect you to behave accordingly and not put yourself in these types of dangerous positions again. I will be obeyed in this, malyshka.” Under his protection? Obey him? Malyshka? No. Something was wrong here. I couldn’t think straight. Too much had happened in the last hour. My head was spinning. Nothing he said or did was making any sense to me. My eyes welled up as the trauma set in. Frustrated, I swiped at a tear that fell down my cheek. “Stop calling me that!” “What?” “You know what.” “Malyshka?” “Yes, malyshka! I’m not you’re malyshka. I’m not your anything! You can’t just come in here and start dictating rules to me!” “That’s where you’re wrong. You’re mine now.”     READ CHAPTER ONE: https://www.zblakebooks.com/chapterexcerpts/savage-vow-chapter-one     COMING SOON   #2 Vicious Oath – Releasing February 19   US: https://amzn.to/3od4rHQ UK: https://amzn.to/351MqEw CA: https://amzn.to/2X3BORd AU: https://amzn.to/3b3lLuQ   #3 Betrayed Honor – Releasing March 19   US: https://amzn.to/3om77TD UK: https://amzn.to/3hAu82m CA: https://amzn.to/3hEoVXa AU: https://amzn.to/356kdfQ     AUTHOR BIO   USA TODAY Bestselling Author in Dark Romance She delights in writing Dark Romance books filled with overly-possessive Billionaires, Taboo scenes and Unexpected twists. ​She usually spends her ill-gotten gains on martinis, travel and red lipstick. 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