Ivanov Crime Family

When I give an order, I expect it to be obeyed. She's too smart for her own good, and it's going to get her killed. Against my better judgement, I put her under the protection of my powerful Russian mafia family. So imagine my anger when the little minx ran. For three long years I've been on her trail, always one step behind. Finding and claiming her had become an obsession. It was getting harder to rein in my driving need to possess her... to own her. But now the chase is over. I've found her. Soon she will be mine. And I plan to make it official, even if I have to drag her kicking and screaming to the altar. This time...there will be no escape from me.

Her innocence was going to get her killed. That was if I didn't get to her first. She's the protected little sister of the powerful Ivanov Russian mafia family–the very definition of forbidden. It's always been my job, as their Head of Security, to watch over her but never to touch. That ends today. She disobeyed me and put herself in danger. It was time to take her in hand. I'm the only one who can save her and I will fight anyone who tries to stop me, including her brothers. Honor and loyalty be damned. She's mine now.

I'm the only one standing between her and those who want her dead. She sees a monster when she looks at me-blood-stained hands, a heart blackened by violence. What she doesn't see is that those same hands are the only thing keeping her alive. She runs from me, again and again. But every escape only drags her closer to the enemies hunting us both. She burns with hatred for the cage I've built around her… And yet, there's heat beneath the fury. A hunger neither of us can outrun. The rival bratva won't stop until she's eliminated. My solution? Marry her. Make her untouchable. Bind her to me in blood and name. She fights me at every turn-wild, beautiful, and furious. But this is war. And I protect what's mine. When an ambush leaves her bleeding in my arms, everything changes. This marriage isn't a tactic anymore. It's a claim. A vow. She'll wear my ring. She'll bear my name. She'll belong to me-Even if I have to break her to make her stay. Buckle up, because this ride is darker, deadlier, and far more addictive than before. Step into the dark and dangerous world of the Ivanov men-where power is absolute, loyalty is lethal, and love is the ultimate risk.