I'm paid to kill, not to care. One night with a mysterious woman in a small town haunted my dreams. Then I found her again – the lost Baranov princess. Carrying my child, running from demons I was hired to protect. She's thirteen years younger, innocent despite her darkness. The virgin sacrifice in a mafia war I never wanted to join. But now her enemies are mine to destroy. They think they can use her as a pawn? I'll burn their empire to ashes. The hitman without a home has found something worth dying for. Her defiancé awakens my devotion. And I'll paint this city red to keep what's mine. Author's Defiant Devotion features a protective alpha male, age gap romance, and forced proximity. Contains dark mafia themes, steamy scenes, and pregnancy. This standalone romance in The Baranov Legacy series guarantees an HEA.