Victoria Cross, a grad school dropout (or rather, flunk out), is struggling to help support her foster mother, Anna, the woman who sacrificed everything to make sure she had a better life. Feeling trapped in her bartending job at a popular night club, and a seemingly endless loop of bad decisions while the rest of the world moves on and up without her, Victoria is anxious to make something of herself.
Then one night, a chance encounter with Tom, Russian criminal looking for a way out, alters the course of her life forever. Meanwhile, on the other side of the Northern Hemisphere, Katya is fighting a battle of her own…one that she’s sure to lose.
Without knowing it, or each other, these two young women are about to be confronted with some truths about their own pasts before taking their respective destinies into their own hands.
A Tale of Power, Passion, and Betrayal
Kyla, a sharp and determined law student, is drawn into a dangerous game with Hadeon Volkov, a charismatic and ruthless figure whose dark secrets and mafia ties threaten everything she's worked for. What starts as a forbidden attraction quickly evolves into a fierce rivalry, where passion and power collide.
As their love affair twists into manipulation and revenge, Kyla navigates the treacherous worlds of the underworld, using her intellect to rise to power. But as the stakes grow higher, she must decide whether to follow her heart or her ambition, and if she can truly escape the shadow of the man who once captivated her.
a charismatic rival? or...a power-hungry sociopath?