in love with my professor

Maria Petrov never expected college to change her life. She never expected to fall for the coldest man on campus. And she certainly never expected that loving him would put her life in danger.

Professor Ivan Volkov is untouchable. Brilliant, ruthless, and completely closed off, he rules his classroom with an iron fist and keeps everyone at arm's length. No one gets close. No one even tries.

Except Maria.

From the moment their eyes meet, something dangerous ignites between them. A look that lasts too long. A touch that burns. A kiss that shatters every boundary they've built.

But Ivan is hiding something. Something dark. Something that makes the shadows around him feel less like mystery and more like threat.

As their forbidden desire turns into obsession, Maria discovers that the man she's falling for isn't just a professor with a cold heart. He's a man with blood on his hands. A man whose world operates on fear, loyalty, and violence.

And now that she knows his secret, she's become a target.

Torn between the darkness he lives in and the love that's pulling them both under, Maria must decide how far she's willing to go for a man who warns her to run.

Because in Ivan Volkov's world, love doesn't protect you.

It destroys you.