He vowed to protect her, but didn't expect to fall in love.

Piper Williamson is a poor medical student with a family history she knows nothing about. She not only has access to a hidden fortune but a half-brother who wants her dead. Fate will intervene and lend a helping hand, but that hand will be attached to a dominating foreign stranger who will protect her and sweep her off her feet.

Nikolai Volkov is a Russian bratva leader who wants his enemies dead. They not only attempted to destroy his family, but now they are targeting an innocent woman in the States whom he has never met. When his plane sets down in Las Vegas, he is unprepared for the reaction his body has to the blonde bombshell. He falls into the role of her protector, but he also falls in love.

Publisher's Note: This dark, steamy Mafia romance contains graphic scenes and a theme of power exchange.