About the book

He kidnapped the wrong woman. She trusted the wrong man.

Riley has spent her entire life believing she was ordinary. An artist with a quiet life and a future she built herself, she’s never questioned the gaps in her past—until she’s abducted by the Russian mafia.

Alexei Volkov doesn’t make mistakes. As the ruthless enforcer for one of the most powerful crime families in the world, he follows orders without hesitation. His latest mission is simple: keep Riley alive until the truth about her identity is uncovered.

She is supposed to be a bargaining chip. Nothing more.

But the longer Riley remains under his watch, the harder it becomes to ignore the woman behind the hostage. Her quiet strength, sharp wit, and refusal to break challenge everything Alexei thought he knew about loyalty, duty, and himself.