In the era where swords rule, where women consider their modesty their greatest virtue. Where a man would kill to find his wife warming another mans bed, a time when women would consider it the greatest of adultery or fornication to warm a bed other than her husbands. A time when an honorable man guards his gaze, for his gaze is solely for his wife alone, as well as his heart. He's feared, ruthless, cold, heartless, manipulative, cunning, a rake. Or so they assume... She's beautiful yet silent, not by a defect, she simply dislikes to mingle with gossip.Yet she has emotional scars that no one sees behind her smile, but a few. Cover by @forcade

I stared at the man who'd kidnapped me, my heart pounding. His green eyes burned me. Burned me until I was nothing but ash. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sadie Mills wanted nothing but to accomplish her dreams of becoming a world class ballet dancer. All her life she had worked hard to reach where she was now. She was close. So close to achieving her goals. However, a sudden attack and an impulsive mistake sends Sadie's life in a tailspin, when she comes face to face with a man who was the epitome of destruction. Renzo Pugliesi likes his life and his women in order. The slightest mistake results in murder as he prides himself on delivering the most painful of punishments. When an honest mistake lands him with a girl who is fire and ice all in one, Renzo knows that he has to do whatever it takes to bring her to heel; even if it means losing himself in the process. Who would win and who would lose? Sadie knows that Renzo is no ordinary man. But she has yet to find out that he powerful enough to destroy her. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Warning: Mature Content!