Through the Storm

"You don't have to drink it if you don't want to, Kotik." Those were the first words he'd ever said to me. I'd known that he was a threat. I could feel it in the way that power and control rolled off of him. But you know what? I'd taken that damned drink anyway. And that was how I was dragged back into the dark world of the mafia. One that I had fought tooth and nail to claw my way out of and put behind me. Now I was the hostage of the great Nikolai Demidov. A pawn in the war between the Bratva and the Cosa Nostra. I should have been terrified. But it wasn't the hostage situation that scared me, it was my reaction to my captor. The man was arguably the most dangerous man in the city, my enemy...but that didn't matter to me when his stormy grey eyes were undoing me, mind, body, and soul. There was no way in hell that I was going to be able to survive him. "Aren't you supposed to ask first?" Those were the first words that she'd ever said to me. I hadn't wanted the babysitting job. Taking care of Lucian Montalvo's daughter while he decided if he wanted to give our leader back what he stole was going to be a pain in the ass. I just didn't realize how big of one until I met Marcella Montalvo. She wasn't what I expected. She was much, much worse. She distracted me. She elicited feelings in me that thought I'd buried long ago. It only took one look from her honey, bedroom eyes and I lost my ability to have a rational thought. Oh, and she wouldn't stop trying to stab me. I faced hardened criminals with less fear than I faced that woman. I had no idea how in the hell I was going to be able to survive her. Through the Storm is a standalone, forbidden enemies to lovers romance with a very happily ever after!