JETMIR by Eva Winners
Legacy of Heathens #5
Dark Mafia Romance
September 3, 2026
🩶Second Generation of Belles & Mobsters
🖤Age-Gap
❤️🔥Dark Romance
🩶Mafia Romance
🖤Found Family
❤️🔥Forced Proximity
🩶Enemies To Lovers
🖤Second Chance
❤️🔥He Falls First
🩶Kidnapping
I’ve always been the good girl. The adored daughter. The sheltered sister. The innocent, younger friend.
Then I met Jetmir Volkov.
A morally corrupt heir to a mafia empire. A beautiful monster wrapped in tailored suits and bloodstained promises.
I fell into his bed… and followed him all the way to the altar. I thought marrying him was the most dangerous thing I’d ever do.
I was wrong.
Because when his lies finally shattered our marriage, I ran back to my family. Back to safety.
But men like Jetmir didn’t let go.
My ruthless and unhinged ex-husband dragged me back into his world with cold hands and darker intentions. He chained me to himself. He destroyed every wall I built while away from him until I was breathless, furious… and screaming his name again.
I fought him at every turn. But then the bodies started piling up. Anyone who came for me and threatened to take me from him.
Dead.
And I finally understood that when Jetmir vowed until death do us part, he meant every word. Jetmir Volkov would burn down the cities and paint the whole world red just to keep me beside him.
And the worst part?
Beneath all the violence, obsession, and ruin… he was the only one I wanted.
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Jetmir by Eva Winners
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
***Review copy requested and reviewed on behalf of OMGReads Blog***
Jetmir is book five in the Legacy of Heathens series. This is a second‑generation, forbidden, age gap‑ish, second chance mafia romance. It contains dark themes and elements, so make sure to read your trigger warnings. For maximum enjoyment, I recommend reading the first generation books first.
Jetmir was as unhinged as I expected him to be. It’s no surprise he’s obsessive, controlling, lethal, and considerably selfish. We do see his vulnerable side, though, and it’s obvious, beyond what we’ve already read, why he is the way he is. I was genuinely surprised by his romantic side when he was courting (aka stalking) Anya.
Initially, I liked Anya. She has that Latin fire you’d expect, and her sass was on point. But I got tired of her constant guilt over Gabriel and her constant blame on Jetmir when it came to anything involving Gabriel. She did have guts when it came to some of the things she pulled on Jetmir, though.
This was a lengthy book and included everything you’d expect in a mafia romance: violence, suspense, angst, humor, spice, action, plot twists, etc. With all that said, the story unfortunately ended up being extremely anticlimactic.
Nothing really happens for most of the book, and the progression/timeline is a pretty large jump. Their entire romance and marriage happen over the span of a few months. Then we jump forward three years, years they spent entirely apart. The book relies heavily on flashbacks to their whirlwind romance three years prior.
After that, it’s basically Jetmir trying to win Anya back while they have the same argument over and over again until the end. It becomes so repetitive that it’s boring. I understand that Anya was upset Jetmir kept a lot of information and truths from her in the beginning. But I don’t agree that she should blame him for what happened to Gabriel, and I’ve seen other reviews dramatically acting like Jetmir physically caused Gabriel’s pain. He didn’t. It’s not as if he advertenly set the incident in motion.
Actions have consequences, and everyone’s choices played a part: Gabriel’s, for showing up unannounced trying to act like a shot‑caller when Anya was a grown adult making her own decisions; Anya’s, for lying to her family about her whereabouts and what she was up to; Jetmir, for keeping secrets, trying to be sneaky and getting mixed up with the wrong people; and Amara for her inconsistent support and how she didn’t try to instill logic and common sense to all since she has a connection to everyone.
I expected so much more from this story, and it ended up being all hype. I was sorely disappointed. There were several missed opportunities, including a casual bomb drop involving Matteo Agosti that deserved far more weight, and Elira’s characterization felt noticeably different from how she was portrayed in Gabriel’s book.
Overall, it’s an okay read with a few pivotal moments, some cute romantic scenes, and a solid happily ever after, but not enough to elevate the story. I’d give it 3 to 3.5 stars at most.
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