I’ve spent years building my tech empire, determined to escape my family’s criminal legacy. But when the Ivanov brothers take me captive to control my father, all my careful plans crumble.

My jailer, Erik Ivanov, is nothing like I expected. Behind his icy control burns a darkness that calls to my own. Each time he touches me, my resistance weakens. Each time he claims me, the line between captor and lover blurs.

But falling for an Ivanov is a death sentence. Our families have been enemies for generations, and love won’t erase the blood between us. The deeper I fall, the more...

I’ve spent years building my tech empire, determined to escape my family’s criminal legacy. But when the Ivanov brothers take me captive to control my father, all my careful plans crumble.

My jailer, Erik Ivanov, is nothing like I expected. Behind his icy control burns a darkness that calls to my own. Each time he touches me, my resistance weakens. Each time he claims me, the line between captor and lover blurs.

But falling for an Ivanov is a death sentence. Our families have been enemies for generations, and love won’t erase the blood between us. The deeper I fall, the more dangerous this game becomes.

Erik awakens parts of me I’ve tried to deny—the need to submit, to be owned, to surrender to the beast beneath his careful mask. But when the time comes to choose between family loyalty and the man who’s claimed my body and soul, I’m not sure I’ll survive the fallout.

They say keep your enemies closer, but no one warned me what happens when you let them into your heart.