Bought by the Beast

He bought me at auction. Now he owns my heart. I was supposed to be getting my life together. Art history degree. Normal job. Safe future. Then I was taken. Caged. Put up for sale to the highest bidder. He was supposed to be my nightmare. Niccolò Moretti. Head of the most feared crime family on the East Coast. Ruthless. Dangerous. Drop-dead gorgeous. The man who paid half a million dollars to own me. But nothing is what it seems. The monster who bought me? He might be the only one who can keep me alive.
The auction house? Just the beginning of a war eight years in the making. My parents' car accident? Not an accident at all. Now I have a choice: Run and hide from the truth. Or stand and fight beside the beast who calls me his queen. Viktor Kozlov killed my family and destroyed my life. Now I'm going to destroy his. Even if it means becoming someone I don't recognize. Even if it means falling for a man who deals in death.
Even if it means crossing lines I can never uncross. Some sins can never be forgiven. Some debts can only be paid in blood. And some women are born to burn empires to the ground.