by Rina Kent
First published 2026
The narrator despises Yulian Dimitriev from their first meeting. Yulian embodies chaos and violence, traits the narrator finds repulsive. Both men inherit leadership of competing mafia dynasties, thrust together in circumstances neither chose. The narrator's hatred grows as he discovers more about Yulian's nature. Then something shifts. He glimpses the real person beneath the brutal exterior, and attraction ignites where only contempt existed before. Tragedy tears them apart, sending each back to his separate criminal empire. Their worlds should remain divided, but fate pulls them together again. The narrator finds himself drawn to the one man he cannot have. In their realm, two men cannot be together. Yulian pushes against every boundary the narrator believed was absolute. Their forbidden connection threatens everything they know, including their own hearts.
Genres: drama, romance, crime, action
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, forbidden-romance
546 pages · Kindle Edition · Blackthorn Books, LLC
Content warnings: violence