Damian Volkov doesn’t need a wife. He needs a weapon.On a cold Moscow night, Anya Morozov is marched to the altar at gunpoint—stolen from rival don Torres and crowned as the Bratva king’s bride. The marriage is a public execution of her freedom and a message to every enemy: Moscow belongs to Volkov.But Anya refuses to be leverage. When a blood-soaked veil and a branded corpse arrive at the Volkov gala, she learns she’s more than bait—she’s the target. Each night brings a new test: judge a traitor, survive the docks, outtalk a room full of killers. Each choice costs blood. Then the truth detonates: her father didn’t sell her once. He sold her twice. She was never meant for Damian at all—she was promised to Torres.War erupts. Abducted, bound, and paraded as a prize, Anya faces the only question that matters in this world: be pawn, or take the board.Kings fall to bullets. Queens rise by choosing when to fire.BRIDE AT GUNPOINT is a dark, high-velocity mafia romance with vicious politics, cliffhangers every chapter, and a heroine who becomes more dangerous than the men who forged her cage.