He’s terrifying…and irresistible Hope is a stranger to me. I exist. I survive. Waiting for the day it all ends. But now everything has changed. I’ve been taken by the coldest man I’ve ever met. He’s ruthless. Implacable. I’m nothing but a tool to him. Except that he touches something deep inside me…a place no one else has ever reached. And now, against all reason, I want. Crave. Him.

She’s the one person who could ruin my revenge. I don’t feel. Emotions are for the weak. I left them behind the day cruelty shattered my childhood. Now I live for vengeance. And she’s the perfect instrument to make my enemy suffer…but all I want to do is keep her for myself. I should use her. Destroy her. Before she leaves me vulnerable. Before she makes me feel too much.I know what I need to do. But I can’t let her go.

Ten years after the boy broke her heart…the man wants her back. I was never a nice, normal guy, but for her I pretended to be. One look at her sweet eyes and sinful curves, and I was a goner. But I could never tell her the truth. An innocent like her would never love the son of a crime lord, especially not one destined to take his father’s place. So when my real life came calling, I left her behind. Tried to forget her. Failed. All these years later, fate has thrown us together again. I know I should walk away, but when bullets start flying, my plan goes out the window. I’ll protect her, but she can never be mine. As soon as she’s safe, I’ll let her go. Maybe. After one last kiss…

The job is simple: find out what she knows, then make her disappear. Same thing I’ve done countless times before. When I see her, I know this job is going to be different. She’s innocent, kind…makes me crave things I don’t even believe in. I tell myself it doesn’t matter, that I have a job to do, but my body—my heart—don’t get the message. And now, I’m the least of her worries. Whoever hired me won’t stop until she’s dead. This simple job has gotten more complicated. But I’m going to save her and myself. And try not to lose my heart in the process...