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Reviewed by Jamie Michele for Readers' Favorite
The Trafficker by Mirela Kanini follows Mia, a successful New York immigration attorney whose career depends on absolute disclosure. She agrees to represent Alen, a wealthy Albanian client with a guarded past. Their meetings begin as routine consultations focused on paperwork, fees, and disclosure, but turn into a romantic affair as Mia’s engagement to Ethan collapses, with Alen drawing her into a world of private flights, offshore investments, and unanswered questions about how he funds his lavish lifestyle. What begins as a case about visas becomes a collision between law and secrecy, as Mia learns that Alen’s history spans debt, violence, and organized crime across Europe. Each step deeper ties her future to choices made far outside her control, until a cataclysmic call from Australia rocks everything.
The Trafficker by Mirela Kanini is a really sharp romantic thriller, and I love that Kanini places private lives inside modern systems of law and money. Through Mia, an immigration lawyer shaped by childhood precarity, Kanini constructs a professional life that is inseparable from memory. There is some sizzle, but it evolves organically. Alen and Ethan are both dodgy in how they handle their business, but Alen has a volatile energy that is stratospherically bigger than Ethan and his corporate worldview. Neither are good guys...but who wants one of those, anyway? The writing style is simple and straightforward, so it is easy to get blissfully lost in lavish birthday gifts and helicopter rides without fear of overkill. That's kind of a big deal in this genre, as is a female lead who is brilliant and capable in her own right. Overall, this is a great read with a shocking climax. Very highly recommended.
