> She was never meant to be seen. But now he won't look away. Born from a forbidden affair and hidden behind mansion walls, Lya Ivanova lives like a ghost-an illegitimate daughter no one claims, with a dead mother and a half-sister who wants her destroyed. She has survived the silence. The scorn. The blame. But she won't survive him. Enter Volkov Alexandrovich Bogdanov - heir to the Bratva, feared strategist, and ruthless killer. When he arrives at her father's estate for a simple business deal, he doesn't even notice her. Not at first. But when her name surfaces where it shouldn't- When her existence disrupts a perfect power play- His curiosity turns to control. His glance becomes fixation. And obsession... demands a price. Now Lya is trapped in a game she never chose, between blood feuds, brutal punishments, and a man who doesn't understand love-only possession.

(Book #2 of the Sinners Of Dark Series) She was known for her beauty in the dark underworld of of New York, a seemingly docile angel in the form of a nightmare. He was ruthless, cold and far worse than the men she knew in the Cosa Nostra-His reputation alone sent chills through the city crime circles. I once thought marrying a made man would be the worst fate, but being drawn to one was far more treacherous. It was a debt to be settled, a price to be repaid. Sold in exchange for my cousin. My body, mind, and soul given to the most terrifying man ever known. A marriage born from violence and betrayal. I had expected an fifty-year-old boss who wanted my so-called purity in payment for his service, planning to keep up the facade of a fake smile and tight dresses yet I wasn't prepared for the six-foot tall, dangerously handsome pakhan, a man known for killing men with his bare hands. I hated him. Not just because he was lethal, but because he made my heart race, his low, gravelly voice sinking into my bones, offering me everything I knew I couldn't accept. - preview - "He was quiet for a second, pinning me with his intense gaze. "Don't go looking for trouble you can't handle." "How do you know what I can handle?" I shot back. He raised a brow in question. His voice was soft almost deceiving when he spoke. "You can't handle me, lisichka." "I haven't tried." "You won't get the chance."

There's nothing Emma Chassèriaux can do to escape Matteo Lucchese, he'll make sure of it. After all, someone has to pay, right? "You're sick in the head, Matteo." My voice is thick with emotion, with vulnerability. How fucking dare he. "And you're delusional if you think I want anything to do with you after what you just did." He's quite the sight right now, composed but teetering on the edge. I can tell by the slight twitch in his left eye. His breath fans across the tip of my nose as he leans down, eyes flickering back and forth between my pupils shrewdly. "I own you, Emmy. It doesn't really matter what you fucking want." I'm tempted to pull my chin out of his grip when he suddenly grasps it firmly, his thumb digging into the side of my jaw. "When I tell you to jump, your only response should be 'How high, Matteo?'"

**This Book Contains Mature Content** They think I'm dead. It's better that way. More peaceful. I can live my life in peace....I have been living my life in peace. I put my past behind me. I put him to bed. Vowing to never have to go into that mindset again.....for her. But now she's asking me to wake him. She's asking me to undo everything I've done for us. Doesn't seem like I have a choice in the matter. She's asking for it, asking for him. And she always gets what she wants. What does that mean? It means that Akuma is unleashed.

**Rated M for Mature** I'm being hunted. I'm being hunted by every lowlife looking to make five hundred million. As long as they don't get to close, they can keep hunting me. It'd take a genius to figure out who I am. Get to close or corner me and it's all over. There's no saving you. No amount of begging or bargaining will save you. Everything changes when ghosts from the past come back. When they come back looking to stir things up. They seek to dig up old memories and get back for things done wrong to them. But as everyone will soon find out..... When cornered, the hunted becomes the hunter.