Ruthless Addiction

Doomed Vows #3

by O.S. Feathers

Penelope raised her son alone, carrying a secret she swore would never surface again.

The child’s father—Dmitri Volkov—had vanished years ago, believing her dead, leaving behind only scars and a love that curdled into hate. She rebuilt her life in Greece, convincing herself she no longer needed the man who broke her.
Until she heard he was getting married.

She should have stayed away.
Instead, she returned—to his country, to his world, to the one place she was never meant to exist again.
At the wedding, her son tugged at her hand and whispered,
“Mommy… who is that uncle?”

Penelope didn’t look at the groom when she answered.
“He’s no one important.”

But the moment Dmitri’s eyes found her, everything shattered.

He stared at her like a ghost risen from the grave. Like a woman stolen from him by fate itself. She looked too much like his late wife—too much like a wound that never healed—and Dmitri Volkov was not a man who let mysteries walk away.
He refused to let her leave.

Three months.
That was the contract.
A forced marriage dressed up as protection, possession disguised as curiosity.

In public, he treated her like an inconvenience.
In private, he burned with a possessiveness that made her breath hitch and her fear blur with longing.
He snapped at other men for touching her.
Shielded her with silent violence.
And adored her son with a tenderness that terrified her more than his cruelty ever could.

Yet Dmitri remained cold—distant—haunted by secrets he refused to explain.
Until the night everything broke.
Penelope—his wife.
And the woman everyone whispered was his mistress.
Both kidnapped.
One choice.

And Dmitri Volkov chose… the other woman.

The betrayal shattered Penelope beyond repair.
But Dmitri would soon learn the truth too late:
Some sins demand a price paid in blood.

Genres: Dark Romance, Romance

303 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 22, 2025

About the author

O.S Feathers writes dark, twisty love stories about morally questionable men and the fierce, brilliant women who bring them to their knees, sometimes literally. She has a soft spot for arranged marriages, possessive antiheroes, and heroines who know how to shoot or at least threaten with style.

She drinks too much coffee, lives for slow-burn tension, and has never met a knife-to-throat scene she didn’t love. When she’s not writing, she’s probably researching obscure Russian swear words, rewriting a spicy chapter for the third time, or convincing her characters that therapy is not, in fact, the enemy.

If you like your love stories messy, dangerous, and just a little unhinged, she’s got you.

Reviews

[Marielle W · Rating 1 out of 5]

What in the actual fuck was that?
What a mess.
This story makes no sense.
Both main characters are fuckwits.
The kid is five, and still he has more sense than both parents put together.
What the fuck.

[S Walker]

DO NOT READ!!!!
Nothing happened, nothing, nothing, nothing
If you insist on reading 1 and 2, there’s absolutely no reason to read 3. Same name, same child but hey it’s not my dead wife and son. Child is five but talks like he’s 21. The MCs are so beyond clueless and dumb, it would be an insult to say this was AI. Its disgusting how unnecessary this was, ok you have a contract deadline and had to release something, anyone could have written something better in 24 hours much less AI.
NO NO NO

[itsyourfriendlyneighbourhoodreadergianna · Rating 1 out of 5]

ew

[Hilal Kahraman]

ben buna yorum yazmamışım ne diyebilirim ki daha ne olacak bitsin gitsin derken yazar tüm tuşlara basıp kombi yaptı hafıza kaybımı var gizli bebek o da var kendini ölü gösterip yıllar sonra ortaya çıkma var aileler arası savaş ALASI VAR köşeden çıkıp hiç tanımadığımız ama bize yardım eden ultra zengin mafya e o da var hani ağzım açık okudum ben buna puan veremem ne haddime devam kitabında beni de yazabilir intikam için tövbe hala hoşgelin TAŞACAK BU DİMİTRİ

[Nikky · Rating 2 out of 5]

I can’t say I’ve ever rage read 3 books in a series in 4 hours but it’s nearly the end of 2025 I guess I can now. Like…. Wtf. Read at your own peril. I’m filled with rage and writing a review about it so that tells you something. I’m already doubting my 2 star review

[Nour Al · Rating 1 out of 5]

Wtf was that
Nothing happened like literally gave us nothing

[Hana · Rating 1 out of 5]

Urrrmmm I’m so confused!! What a mess!! I have no words.

[Paige · Rating 3 out of 5]

are you JOKING? FINALLY a book worth reading and it finally started to get good and to leave me on a cliff hanger like that and not get the next book till march when ill forget the entire plot?! you have to be kidding me

the prologue was AMAZING like wow i really felt for Dmitri there that was such a good intense intro to the book. and the way he wouldn’t remarry because of penelope was just chefs kiss. i almost didn’t continue reading the book because the prologue was that good
but can we talk about how the FUCK he didn’t just get a DNA test like who marries someone who looks like their dead wife and not question it? who looks at a 5 year old and not go hmmm he’s the exact age my son should be and he looks EXACTLY like me why don’t i get a hair sample? WHY and the way dmitri softens towards vanya like he knows that’s his kid so why we putting up this little facade?

ERM WHERE IS VANYA. I NEED TO KNOW WHERE VANYA IS

why did Dmitri pick seraphina? why did he send pen TO ALBANIAN TRAFFICKERS? ERM HELLO?! it’s giving onyx storm and not remembering the 24 hours before and waking up married except this time you just got sold to albanian traffickers. WHERE IS VANYA i will not rest until i know where he is and who he is with

was this book good? yes. would i advise reading the first two books just to get to this one? probably not no. but now im too invested to not spiral about what could potentially be happening right now

WHERE IS VANYA

[Paige-Olivia · Rating 3 out of 5]

i am literally so annoyed at myself for getting invested again right at the very end, personally think this has been dragged on for far to long and there was no need for there to be 4 books but will i be reading the last one? yes because im a sucker

[Michala Sheranko · Rating 1 out of 5]

Well that sucked. Wonder how Dimitri will get himself outta this shit storm. Onto waiting for book 4 😒

[BarbarAzza Brioscina · Rating 2 out of 5]

Qualcuno mi dica perché .
Non ha senso .
Boh

[Smo · Rating 1 out of 5]

Great story telling as I read Book 1 & 2 cliffy. Book 3 implies cliffy however I suspect there is no book 4 and the cliffy at the end is really the ending - implies he dies and she’s about to be raped by the Albanian gang that kidnapped them. The end 🚮

[K · Rating 1 out of 5]

Story has dragged on for too long

Disappointing read....books could have been a duet. I'm totally fed up tbh. Bowing out from this author. Not only does the plot seem unnecessarily stretched but this book was full of typos which I reported. Won't be reading anymore of this or them

[Anwesha Abhishikta · Rating 3 out of 5]

Im going to go insane. R u having a laugh like im done w the plot alrrr!! Like atp im gonna transport into the book kill dmitri and give Penelope a lobotomy. Im fucking done w ts

[Rhianne Ralfs · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great 3rd book in this series with another amazing cliffhanger. Can’t wait for the final book.

[Tereza Haplová · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was the most confusing book I ever read

[Fran · Rating 1 out of 5]

What the Fuck! This was the first book of the year, and I’m so furious that it was so incredibly bad. I’m so angry that I wasted my time reading this monstrosity.🤬

[Olaya Blanco · Rating 1 out of 5]

hola? él está ciego que no reconoce a su mujer de hace cinco años o qué?
y el final...

[Hols · Rating 2 out of 5]

Just as bad as other 2 but fuming the 4th books not out yet !! Need to know the ending

[Poppy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just confused what even, might have to read book four just to gape at it

[Stephanie · Rating 1 out of 5]

So many typos on KU!! MMCs POV went back and forth with her new name and old name. Vanya’s name was Vanga a few times. Ughhhh

[Amanda W · Rating 2 out of 5]

cliffhanger

Leaving a cliff hanger and not knowing the end until the next book release in March has me so upset. Don’t read until last book available.

[amelia x · Rating 4 out of 5]

sooo much better ✨ the plot was actually so good

[Amutha · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't think this story needs 4 books...
But, I will still read the last one. Need to know the ending.

[Feder Van Uytfanghe · Rating 2 out of 5]

gewoonweg boos

[Megan · Rating 5 out of 5]

These cliffhangers are gonna destroy me but I’m willingly letting them 😮‍💨😮‍💨🖤

[Maysa · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lot of Cliffhangers here and a lot of unknowns

There's a lot of unanswered questions in the third book so make sure you have the fourth book ready. Story did kind of drag in this

[Joumana El Shammaa · Rating 1 out of 5]

That’s some bullshit