He doesn't believe in love. She was never meant to be his. But now, she belongs to him.

Maxim is the ruthless underboss of the Russian mafia in America—cold, calculating, and incapable of emotion. Or so the entire Brotherhood believes.

Sentiments like love, passion, even hate? Foreign to a man who built his empire on silence and steel. He doesn't feel. He controls.
Until her.

When the former Pakhan demands one final favor—protect his innocent, eighteen-year-old goddaughter—Maxim agrees without question. But keeping her safe means taking her as his wife.

An arranged marriage. A forbidden attraction. An obsession he never saw coming.

Anastacia is everything Maxim shouldn't want. Too young. Too pure. Too vulnerable for a man like him. But once she steps into his world, she ignites something buried deep inside—something raw, possessive, and dangerous.

In the middle of a bloody mafia war, Maxim must protect her from more than just their enemies. He must protect her from himself.

Because the moment she became his, there was no going back.
And now, she'll never belong to anyone else.