HE LIVES BEHIND A BARRIER OF LEATHER AND GLASS. SHE IS THE ONLY MUSIC CAPABLE OF SHATTERING HIS CONTROL. Nikolai Vlasov is the Pakhan of the Chicago Bratva. Known as "The Wolf," he rules the city from high atop his impenetrable tower. Cold. Calculating. Untouchable. Cursed with a lethal aversion to skin-on-skin contact, Nikolai’s black leather gloves are the only thing separating his brutal discipline from absolute madness. He doesn’t want a wife. He wants silence. Elena Ricci is the forgotten daughter of the Cosa Nostra. A passionate cellist who uses music to scream what her voice cannot say. When she is sold into an arranged marriage to seal a bloody truce, she expects a monster. What she gets is a man who looks at her like he wants to devour her, yet recoils as if she were fire. Trapped in a cage of gold and glass, Elena refuses to be a silent trophy. She will play her cello until the tower walls shake. She will challenge the Wolf. For Nikolai, Elena is pure chaos. Irritatingly alive. But as enemies surround the Vlasov Tower, Nikolai discovers a terrifying the only thing more dangerous than his fear of touch... is the insane urge to take off his gloves and claim her. “Touch her and die” has never been so literal.