by Kresley Cole
First published 2014
Aleksandr Sevastyan serves his mafiya boss without question until he meets Natalie Porter, the boss's redheaded daughter. The enforcer known as "The Siberian" receives orders to protect her, but he wants to possess her on his own terms. Natalie, a PhD student, barely processes her attraction to the gorgeous hit man before he takes her to Russia. There she enters a world of extreme wealth and forbidden pleasures. Under Sevastyan's protection, she falls deeper under his control each day. When enemies threaten Natalie, Sevastyan hides her from danger. Their journey takes them from a Russian palace to the playgrounds of Paris's mega-wealthy. In hiding together, both lovers find that their darkest fantasies can become reality.
Genres: romance, crime, adult-fiction, contemporary-romance
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, intimate
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity
Setting: Paris, Russia, Russian Palace
Period: 21st-century
120 pages · ebook · Pocket Star
Content warnings: explicit-sexual-content, violence