A former private in the Russian mafia is hired to protect the young daughter of his friends, but he realizes that he will do much more than keep her safe - he will make her his. Forever.

If she had just whispered my name, I would have found myself at her feet, begging her to touch what is forbidden, to taste what is not mine and to run her palms over the sweet innocence that teases me.

Eighteen-year-old Penelope Justice is old enough to graduate, but—according to her parents—not old enough to be without 24-hour security. Her experience has made her an expert at escaping bodyguards. But one meeting with Ivan, and she doesn't want to run away anymore.

I was hired to protect her.

But I can't stop thinking that maybe someone should be protected her from me.

Ivan takes the breath away from her lungs, something no boy has ever managed before. However, he is far from the concept of “boy”. This is a man - a man who looks like he could kill someone with just a wave of his hand. And he is her future.

I can’t let her leave, and I don’t want to leave her myself. I've done bad things in my life and I don't deserve it. But I can’t act nobly either.

I have never been noble and I won’t even begin...