Drakov's Debt: A Forbidden Protector Mafia Romance

The debt survived the fire. So did the woman who can prove it. Maxim Ilyich Sviridov has spent his life making Drakov orders hold. When the Reznikova ledger resurfaces, he is sent to watch the one woman who can turn a buried family obligation into a public reckoning. Vera Borisovna Reznikova restores coats in the shop her family fought to keep. She also preserves the names powerful men expected the fire to erase. She does not want Drakov protection. She wants the record opened, the debt witnessed, and the right to decide what happens to her own evidence. Maxim's assignment is simple: contain the ledger and keep Vera alive. The problem is the order folded inside his coat - and the trust growing between a man trained to obey and a woman who refuses to be managed. When surveillance turns into protection, he must choose where he stands before the next match is struck. Book 3 of the Drakov Bratva series. A dual-POV forbidden-protector romance with an age-gap dynamic between consenting adults, a morally gray hero, a strong coat-restorer heroine, medium heat, no cheating, and an emotionally complete ending. Content note: organized-crime violence, surveillance, threats, arson history, grief, family loss, and consensual adult sexual content.