Vanya Zhukov doesn’t bow, bend, or break. He rules the Zhukov Bratva’s West Coast empire with an iron fist, and he’ll be damned if he lets anyone—especially a woman—challenge his power. But when war threatens his territory, he’s forced into an uneasy alliance with the one person more dangerous than any enemy: Inez Bravo.
Inez clawed her way to the top of her familys cartel, outsmarting and outgunning her own brothers to take the crown. She doesn’t need a man’s protection—least of all from a Bratva prince with ice in his veins and fire in his gaze. She agrees to the...
Vanya Zhukov doesn’t bow, bend, or break. He rules the Zhukov Bratva’s West Coast empire with an iron fist, and he’ll be damned if he lets anyone—especially a woman—challenge his power. But when war threatens his territory, he’s forced into an uneasy alliance with the one person more dangerous than any enemy: Inez Bravo.
Inez clawed her way to the top of her familys cartel, outsmarting and outgunning her own brothers to take the crown. She doesn’t need a man’s protection—least of all from a Bratva prince with ice in his veins and fire in his gaze. She agrees to the merger for blood and power… not pleasure.
But power turns to obsession. Rage turns to desire. And in the middle of a criminal war, Vanya and Inez find themselves locked in a brutal, passionate standoff neither of them wants to win.
