For the confused newcomers.

"With you, the act ends." . . .

"I am a man of my word," Alexi said, walking closer. "And I promise you, Rose, that I will make you mine." He was pitch black darkness in the grey of her life. He was her solitude. He was her savior. She was his life. She was his Rose. . . . Alexi Sokolov, the Russian Mafiya boss undercover in NYC, never expected to fall for a big-mouthed girl with secrets surrounding her. Rose Candella, a High School graduate, never expected to fall for the new mystery worker at her mother's bookstore. . . . BDSM. Mature content.