Hard Time and Silk Ties

Jackson Volkov is the King of Federal Max. After three years in solitary, he's more animal than man-a lethal weapon for the Russian Bratva with a cage-door heart and a hair-trigger temper. He doesn't talk, he doesn't negotiate, and he certainly doesn't play by the rules.

Julian Thorne is a disgraced elite. A high-priced defense attorney who fell from grace and landed in the prison's administrative wing. He's polished, arrogant, and looks at Jackson like a stain on his expensive floor. He thinks he's in control because he holds the clipboard. He thinks his sharp tongue can keep the beast at bay.
When Julian is assigned to Jackson's "re-entry" case, the friction between them is enough to burn the prison down.

In a world where touch is a luxury and weakness is a death sentence, Jackson is about to teach the "Quiet Student" that some ledgers are written in blood-and some men are never truly caged

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