With her father deceased and her mother comatose, she lives with her uncle aka the Don of the Russian mafia. Being the niece of a mafia don, you don't have a life of privilege. No rainbows and bedtime stories; only training, training and... more brutal training. Throw in two older twin brothers and an older cousin, all of whom are overprotective, and lo and behold; you get a glimpse of the life of Natasha Kuznetsova. With two toxic, alcoholic parents who couldn't care less about him and the love of his life who betrayed him, Dmitry Markov is alone. Lost. He has long given up on life and love, barely surviving. One morning, he sets off on a journey to end all his pain. What happens when his journey is rudely interrupted by Natasha? Instead of succumbing to the darkness, he is greeted with a slap back to reality. Literally. She saved him from death, but will she be able to save herself from him? ... This is book 2 in Hopes series but it can be read as a stand-alone too.

"Everyone has secrets." "Dreams are the subconscious' way of telling people what they truly want." ******* Artemis Mallory had lived fourteen of her eighteen years in the dark as to why her mother left her with her adoptive family and pack. She had gone through life feeling abandoned and lost. On the outside, she was a sarcastic, confident and independent girl. On the inside... She was hiding a dark secret. One that if anyone found out, someone she loved with all her heart would get hurt. ****** Ryder Black had it all. The perfect family, the perfect pack. Ever since he had turned nineteen, he felt like he had been missing something. His mate. The person that would make his life complete. When he met Artemis Mallory, he felt like the luckiest man in the world, but he soon found out that she was hiding something. Something that could potentially devastate any chance of a relationship. He was determined to find out what she was hiding, but was he ready for the consequences of unveiling these secrets? Ryder and Artemis were meant to be together, but would secrets tear them apart before they even had a chance? Will their dreams of a perfect life be enough to keep them together as dark secrets are revealed around every corner?