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Distrust (Smirnov Bratva Book 1) Kindle Edition

by T.L Smith (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

4.1 1,445 ratings

Book 1 of 4: Smirnov Bratva

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She was a ghost, in heels.

She was there, then she wasn’t.

She would play with my emotions like a well-played guitar.

Then she would disappear. Making me want to strangle her.

Maybe she wasn’t a ghost, maybe she was the giver of sin. Because we sinned every time we touched, every time she was near.

Her lips were shaped like a heart, deceiving you at every word.

Her body was created straight from my fantasies, one I craved to bend to my will.

Her heart, well, who the hell knew. She kept that shit locked tight.

And I couldn’t find the key.

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T.L Smith has once again delivered an on the edge,gripping and riveting read in Distrust, with fascinating, intriguing and interesting characters and a plot that had me captivated to the end I was left hungry for more and can't wait for more in this series. - LABB Blogger

TL has once again blown me away with her ability to pull me away from reality and into the dark and f*cked up world that her characters live in. A world full of corruption, torture and dangerous, hot men. I world that I absolutely love. I was hooked from page one and was left reeling at the end with my mouth hanging open. -The Wandering Bookaholic

Again TL Smith has given us perfection. From the prologue I was completely drawn in. It had me hooked until the very end.Raw, gritty, confronting to the extreme.Nightmarish, stomach turning to the highest degree.Evil, edge of your seat with twists all consuming to the soul.Sexy, sinfully delicious and all things damn hot and heavy. - Bloggers From Down Under

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01LN8C3FW
Publisher ‏ : ‎ (September 21, 2016)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 21, 2016
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1634 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 266 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #4,997 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #90 in Crime Thrillers (Kindle Store)
- #429 in Romantic Suspense (Kindle Store)

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USA Today Best Selling Author T.L. Smith loves to write her characters with flaws so beautiful and dark you can’t turn away. Her books have been translated into several languages. If you don’t catch up with her in her home state of Queensland, Australia you can usually find her travelling the world, either sitting on a beach in Bali or exploring Alcatraz in San Francisco or walking the streets of New York.

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Lynder-Nette-Dee

WOW.....UNBELIEVABLE...... COMPLETELY.... DIFFERENT

Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2022

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At first I started to delete this book. But you know the drama definitely popped off by the second chapter, and well it kept me entertained past the end. Spoiler There is a cliffhanger within this book on several fronts. I don't know if it's bad or good, but it's truly surprising. Now that the author has me in their clutches I'm on to the next book. This is book is not a easy read for me. But I'm willing to read something out my comfort zone for a change. I usually go in for alien abduction and romance, for which this story line is not remotely close to my usual genre. Really , as a after thought, I don't usually read anything about mafia dramatic things. So to say WOW is ostentatiously of me. I did not see DEATH coming. Isn't it like that...DEATH is so, so Unpleasant, unpopular, unpredictable, unbelievable, and always you find him at "THE END "!

Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2023

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This story leave you wondering what will happen next. Its has so many highs and lows of a relationship with future spouse, family, and friends.

Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2017

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Distrust by T.L. Smith is book one in the Smirnov Bratva Series.
This is Kazier and Elina's book.

Kazier Smirnov is a russian mob boss, an alpha, ruthless.
He and his men are the typical mob, they drink vodka like water, solve their problems with fists, knives or guns.
He sees Elina and wants her, like WANTS her.
She's very mysterious, has secrets and vanishes all the time. Nobody knows her.
Kazier is obsessed with her.
He becomes Pakhan and his father orders him to marry a unknown, Freya. He gets engaged but then Elina shows up.
This book had me at the edge of my seat the whole time, I couldn't put it down.
Distrust is a brilliant read!
I loved the characters and I loved T.L. Smith's words.

Favorite Quote: "Normal people have no idea how beautiful the darkness is. "

5 Stars and Thank you T.L. Smith !!

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Bookworm Scholar

HIS OBSESSION, HER MARK

Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2021

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This book was okay. It’s not as good as the “Black Series”. I didn’t care for the character Elina, because of how she disrespected Freya on what should have been a special day for her and how Kaizer let Elina do it. I thought that was pretty spineless of him.

Kaizer and Elina meets at his cousin’s club and he is instantly obsessed with her. Elina is secretive and for good reason. They meet up a few times and have intimate relations.

Kaizer has been paired up with Freya (whom I liked better than Elina), in an arranged marriage. Kaizer is so smitten with Elina that he can’t see straight nor think straight. This leaves Freya neglected and angry.

Elina lures in Kaizer every time, with her sexy voice and body. However, she has secrets, which is why she never tells Kaizer anything personal about herself. After 2 years of them seeing each other, he still didn’t know her last name.

The only person who cares for Elina (as far as her family are concerned) is her brother Maso. He’s her saving grace.

Kaizer’s family has an ongoing dispute or war with the man (Pitrov) and his family (the Bartalotti family), that his Grandmother used to be involved with and her death is what keeps them at odds with each other. The readers aren’t given any information as to why she was killed. Not to mention that Kaizer and his father are always at odd, because of Elina.

The way that this book ends (ON A CLIFFHANGER) is interesting and now I’m forced to purchase the second book in this series (Disbelief). Although Death was more than strange, I found that I liked his character more than I did Kaizer’s. It was strange how a man so opposed to people took an almost instant liking to Elina’s blind friend Pollie. Now there’s a story behind Death and why he is the way that he is and… I’m geared up to find out what it is. On to the next book (Which is Death’s story).

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Just me

And she's done it again!

Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2016

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This was another winner from TL Smith. She really never disappoints. The H is obsessed with the h, which I love. I favor really, really dark books and the H was a little too much of an open book to satisfy my craving for a really dark anti-hero H. But the level of suspense and intrigue in the book fulfilled another craving, and his utter sweetness and the lengths he would go to to protect the h was absolutely fulfilling. The h was very much a mystery at first, and I wasn't sure how I felt about her until we begin to hear from her in her perspective. Once we do it was very easy to sympathize with her and you become very invested in her HEA. But what I really liked about this book was the excellent foundation laid for Death's story. He is my dark anti-hero that gets me going, and I can't wait to hear his story with Pollie (hopefully). I just love a great broken, violent hero and I'm certain that Death won't disappoint.

Buy the book- you won't be sorry you did.

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Garden Gal

Kazier & Elina's Story...sort-of

Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2018

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Distrust is a fantastic title for this book. Distrust is the theme, a prevalent characteristic and even a character in some sense. Without giving any part of the story or plot away, that's all I'll write about distrust.

In the beginning, the writing is a bit dry, hard to get into. The peek into characters, their development if you will, gave me a focus and I wanted to know more. Specifically, I wanted to know more about Elina. At first, I thought of her as a femme fatale, but that was short lived. She has so much depth and it will be missed if you skim read. I found myself going back several pages, re-reading every word and gaining an appreciation for her story and Kazier as well. There ending in this book might be happy for now, but will history between the Families repeat itself? Too many unanswered questions remain, but will likely be answered later in this series.

This book isn't exactly a stand alone. It does provide the introduction to the series and relevant characters. Overall, it's a good story and interesting beginning. There isn't much romance, there is lots of violence but what do you expect from a fictional series about Russian & Italian Mafia?

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Kindle-klant

Oh my!

Reviewed in the Netherlands on March 4, 2024

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If you like your maffia men a little dark and twisted....this one will do it for you! . Cant wait for the next book!

Amaranta Pacheco

Buena, y entretenida.

Reviewed in Mexico on October 5, 2020

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La verdad al principio estaba perdida. Ya hasta la mitad empezó a salir todo el drama. Estoy más interesada en la historia de los amigos <3.

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Kindle Customer

Good read

Reviewed in India on April 5, 2018

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The book keeps u glued.Its intruding and slowly lifts the layers of the story .The author keeps us thinking krazier will go for freya and makes elina look like a villan.But soon the story turns and elina is a subdued girl like a regular girl,falling in love and all that.The story is different,the reason I gave only 4 stars bcoz soon as the layers of the story started peeling off it was clear who elina and where she belonged.All in all a good read and would recommend reading other books too.

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Grpping

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 28, 2017

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This is a first time for this Author really enjoyed it, it was gripping from the start . Mafia , this story is about Kazier and Elina , god what a complicated love story ,can she , can he , how could she, how could he . it ends with a WHAT!!!!! . can't wait to read the next one in the series .

Kindle Customer

Holy shit

Reviewed in Australia on September 26, 2017

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Holy bloody hell what a ride....and death..omg what the geez that was a twist and a half I'm thinking maybe he has a happy ever after bloody hell I'm hooked I'm reading more xo