"If you challenge the devil in his own lair, be prepared to make a deal with your soul-or lose it entirely." She came for blood, but found herself face to face with a ghost from her past-a ghost who might just burn her alive. Anastasia Kamarazova's life is shattered when her father's gambling debts lead to the brutal loss of her family. Fueled by vengeance, she seeks out someone powerful-someone with the wealth, connections, and information to help her destroy those responsible. --------------- A new monster in Stefanov Sergei Stefanov, the ruthless new head of Russia's most dangerous mafia clan, is more terrifying than anyone before him. But he's also someone Anastasia never expected to see again: her former high school crush, the boy who secretly left her strawberry cakes and vanished without a trace. --------------- Now, the boy is a mafia boss, and the girl is no longer the innocent she once was. When their paths cross again, sparks ignite, and Sergei won't let Anastasia slip away. Not this time. Fate has given him a second chance-and he'll make sure she's his. [WARNING 21+: Harsh language, sex, alcohol, drugs, dangerous and disturbing scenes. Reader be wise please.] Genre: Dark Romance, Thriller, Crime. [On Going] [RANK UPDATE] 13th December 2024: #10 in the BookTok category. --------------- 🚫All right reserved🚫 Anyone who distributes, copies, adapts, plagiarizes, or engages in similiar illegal actions will be subject to legal action and applicable social sanctions. If you don't believe in karma, then believe this: one crime will be met with another, and you'll be haunted by that crime until the end of your life.