Zora has always been a ray of sunshine-kind-hearted, optimistic, and impossibly resilient, no matter how tough life gets. Whether it's juggling multiple jobs, or surviving on barely enough, Zora meets every challenge with an unshakable smile and a determination to make the best of life. As she steps into college, she dreams of new beginnings and possibilities.
But her world collides with Alexander, the epitome of coldness and cruelty. With his sharp jawline and sharper tongue, he's feared and revered by everyone. Ruthless, heartless, and unapproachable, Alexander makes it his mission to break Zora's cheerfulness, vowing to turn her college experience into a living hell.
Despite his relentless torment, Zora refuses to let him dull her sparkle. Her unyielding spirit begins to crack the icy walls around Alexander's heart, and he's torn between his desire to destroy her and an unfamiliar warmth she awakens within him.
As sparks fly and emotions intensify, both Zora and Alexander must face their own scars and vulnerabilities. Will her unwavering light be enough to thaw his cold, ruthless exterior? Or will Alexander's darkness consume them both?
❝You're the most beautiful and most exquisite thing
that was placed on this earth. No masterpiece could
ever compare.❞ Zasha says, brushing his thumb
against my cheek.
Zasha Sokolov has built his life on one rule: never
get attached. In the cold, ruthless world he inhabits, emotional distance is his only armor against the pain
of a past that refuses to stay buried. This detachment
has been his key to survival and the reason for his meteoric rise to power. But when the position he's
fought his whole life to attain comes with a condition-
a forced marriage-Zasha's carefully constructed world begins to crack.
Adora has always been a beacon of light, masking the shadows that linger in her life. But when her abusive family sells her into marriage to pay off her sister's
debt to the Bratva, she quickly realizes her so-called
new beginning is nothing more than a fresh kind of
hell. Trapped in a union that promises nothing but pain,
Adora clings to the hope of escape-until she meets
the man she's destined to marry.
Zasha never anticipated that his bride would be an arsenophile with a smile as disarming as her fascination with death. Adora's blend of innocence and darkness
stirs something in him that he's long suppressed, something that could destroy the fortress he's built around his heart. As their lives become entwined,
passion and danger ignite, threatening to consume
them both.