Blurb:
Lena
Our worlds shouldn't cross. I'm a performer in the spotlight, and he's the monster people in the underworld fear most.
He's someone who doesn't feel, let alone touch another person. The thought revolts him, so much so that he always wears gloves.
So why can't I seem to stay away from him? And why is he able to touch only me?
Aleksandr
I will stop at nothing in my pursuit to free the dancer, but the moment I lay eyes on the singer, Lena, my world changes.
She's a bright ray of sunshine, lighting up the shadows I walk in.
I won't leave her alone. In fact, I force her into a contract to sing only for me.
But it's not her voice I'm after.
My 4* Review:
Deranged Vows is the fourth book in the Lethal Vows series by authors T.L. Smith and Kia Carrington Russell. This is an opposites attract, enemies to lovers romance between Aleksandr Ivanov and Lena Love. Alek is Anya's twin brother and in her book Cunning Vows, he had disappeared. We found out he had spent the last six months trying to find a ballerina and had followed her to Russia. We were left with lots of questions about him and now we get some answers.
Alek is a silent and broody man who always wears gloves as he hates being touched or touching anyone. He feels guilty for leaving Anya to run their business and auctions especially as he returns empty-handed. Alek unexpectedly meets Lena while resuming his search for Cinita.
Lena has always wanted to be a singer and is currently in an off-Broadway show. One evening a man just stares at her and it turns out he is interested in her roommate. She's intrigued by the gloves on his hands and how little he speaks. She's worried what trouble Cinita is in because he seems a dangerous man.
Alek finds Lena beautiful and unexpectedly wants to get to know her but he can't believe how she speaks to him. Her fiery attitude confuses and confounds him. The banter between the pair is hilarious and I loved how she stands up to him and occasionally makes him smirk because he is so serious most of the time. She refuses to feel intimidated or be told what to do by him.
A series of events keeps throwing them together and she's shocked by how far he goes to help her. He finds the mixed emotions she brings out of him hard to deal with especially as it's the first time he has ever felt this way. Lena is also shocked by her feelings for him and can't believe she could date a killer.
The arguments and back and forth with his sister was equally entertaining. She is still cross about his vanishing act and how he can't stop chasing the ballerina. The relationship that develops between Lena and Anya is fantastic and the pair of them made me laugh so much, especially when they gang up on Alek. Lena gains confidence and learns how to deal with Alek by her interactions with his twin. She fascinated by their family dynamics and how brutally blunt and honest they both are. It was funny how she starts to boss him around just like Anya does.
I felt sorry for Alek over the voices in his head and how the past has affected him. He knows Lena's too good for his world but can't stop seeing her. She provides the light in his darkness but his history with Cinita is complicated and how will it effect his relationship with Lena.
Will he find some happiness like his sister has with River?
Could a man who hasn't experienced love before have a loving relationship?
A dramatic turn of events leads to a great ending for this fun dark romance.
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