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THE BEAST & THE BRAT
Aria Vale has spent years surviving men who mistake control for love.
Sharp-tongued, fiercely independent, and constantly one bad decision away from disaster, Aria knows how to protect herself. She works late nights at a luxury nightclub owned by some of the most dangerous people in the city, keeps her walls high, and trusts absolutely no one, especially powerful men.
Then she meets Roman Volkov.
Cold, controlled, and terrifyingly observant, Roman is the kind of man people fear without needing a reason why. He rules his criminal empire with brutal precision, untouched by emotion and impossible to intimidate. Men obey him. Women avoid him. Entire cities move carefully around his name.
Until Aria spills champagne on him... and refuses to apologize.
What begins as dangerous fascination quickly turns into obsession neither of them knows how to stop. Because Roman doesn't want temporary attention.
He wants her completely.
But Aria knows men like Roman are dangerous. Possessive. Consuming. And after surviving one controlling relationship already, the last thing she should want is another man trying to take over her life.
Unfortunately for her?
Roman Volkov doesn't know how to love halfway.
As enemies close in, past trauma resurfaces, and the criminal underworld begins noticing Roman's growing attachment to the fiery bartender constantly challenging him, Aria is forced to decide whether Roman is becoming her greatest danger...
or the first person who ever truly made her feel safe.
In a world built on power, loyalty, obsession, and violence, falling in love might be the most reckless thing either of them has ever done.