"Keep your distance, princess. Or I'll be your ruin."<br/>I should listen.<br/>I’m Bratva royalty, and he’s my brother’s closest ally.<br/>Older. Scarred. Lethal.<br/>But as his dark gaze locks with mine, full of the desire he’s tried to bury,<br/>I know I’m ready to break every d*mn rule written in my book.<br/>When masked men crash my birthday with the intent to make it my last,<br/>It’s Grigori who saves me.<br/>In the shadows of a safehouse, he becomes my obsession. And I, his.<br/>His words tell me I deserve better.<br/>But his eyes reveal a hunger he’s buried for years,<br/>A desire he’s fought every step of the way.<br/>They say a savage enforcer with bloodstained hands will only destroy me.<br/>And I’m ready to burn for him.<br/>Because walking away from the only man who’s ever made me feel alive isn’t an option.<br/>Not when I’m carrying the one secret that could destroy us both.<br/><br/>Readers note: This is full-length standalone, Russian mafia/bratva, age-gap, brother's best friend romance in the bestselling Chicago Bratva series. K.C. Crowne is an Amazon Top 6 Bestseller and International Bestselling Author.