His ink on my skin. His ring on my finger. His protection for life. My heart as payment. Nikolai: She came to my territory to spy on me. No one does that and lives. But this girl, she’s a rare beauty, beyond any I’ve seen. I want her under me, not under the ground. She’s a temptation I have to conquer, and so I make her an offer. My mark, on her skin. The Volkov family insignia tattooed on her shoulder, to tell the world she’s mine, and she earns my protection. It starts out as a game but becomes an obsession so fierce it might burn the world down. Trouble is, I can’t tell who is winning the game. The stakes have never been higher, and we’re both playing for keeps. Sienna: As a low-level street informant, I thought I’d finally gotten out and could resume my life, but I was mistaken. My handler had one last job for me. He wanted me to worm my way into the world of Nikolai Volkov, Slovakian arms dealer and all-round a very bad person. The first day of working at his mysterious Club V, I knew I was in over my head. Powerful, beautiful, and full of charismatic energy, he enticed me … and terrified me. So here I am. A girl out of her depth, being dragged under by the kind of man she most certainly shouldn’t be messing with. He says he will protect me, so long as I wear his mark and become his. At first, I try to tell myself I can play his twisted games, but as time goes on, he takes over my body, my heart, and now he wants my very soul. Nikolai Volkov is either going to be my downfall, or my savior, and I don’t know which. NB: This can be read entirely as a standalone novel. It is a dark romance. For a list of what that entails, please visit my website.

Given as a gift. Kept as a prisoner. Fighting to be a queen. Sasha: She was given to me as a gift, with a twist. I was to keep her safe, protect her. An old friend called in a big favor, and now I have this innocent young woman in my home. Scared, fragile...tempting. The lines blur and the heat between us ignites. She's my good girl gone bad, and I'll burn the world down to keep her safe. But as we grow closer, old secrets rise to the surface. I'm supposed to keep her safe, but she hasn't told me everything. I can't protect her if I don't know the truth, and soon things take a dangerous turn. One even my power and money might not be able to fight. Leah: He's my owner. For a few months. It's all fake though. Really, he's supposed to protect me. The trouble is, he wants more. I can see it in his hungry gaze. Worse still, so do I. Yet the world he inabits is dangerous. and full of sin. Too much for a girl like me. Then he says three little words, and I'm lost. "My good girl." I'll be his good girl, in private, but I also want my rightful place by his side. As his queen. I won't give up this fight because it is the most important of my life. Then fate throws us a curveball, and a secret I'd long thought buried resurfaces. My past and my future are at war. I can only pray my future wins.

He took me like a thief in the night, but I was already his from the moment I laid eyes on him. Maxim Volkov. A name I had never heard before but one that my heart now beats for. He’s not an easy man to love. He’s hard. Brutal. Unforgiving. A weapon forged in the fire and pain of his early life. I will take that weapon and use it to bring down all who betrayed me. At first we ran, needing to put distance between ourselves and those happy to sell me off like a brood mare at the local market. Now, we plan. Next, we take our revenge. When we finally meet with his family, we will discover whether he has his brothers backing in this crazy plot we have hatched. We also need friends in high places. Mafia connections both he and I can call upon to help us in the coming fight. We are about to turn our whole world upside down. Two families who will be thrown into conflict. Two bodies who worship each other every night. Two hearts beating in perfect sync. I was taken by him, but in stealing me away, Maxim Volkov set me free.