A Love Most Brutal

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Maxim Orlov is running out of time. At 38 years old he's spent the last decade trying to turn the Orlovs into a </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>respectable </em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>crime family but if he doesn't make an heir and quick his horrid cousin is the next in line. With two failed engagements under his belt Maxim is starting to feel desperate. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Meanwhile Mary Morelli is floundering. As the youngest daughter and top enforcer of the Morelli crime family Mary is a force to be reckoned with but she's beginning to crumble under the weight of trying to keep her sisters' growing families safe. In a fit of anxiety Mary comes up with the perfect solution: marry the Russian. The calculated union will be mutually beneficial offering protection and power both ways and conveniently passionless. To cement the deal she vows to him that she will never ever fall in love with him.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Maxim has been watching Mary for months both fascinated and thrilled by her. A no-feelings-attached marriage to Mary Morelli is like a dream but keeping his heart neutral proves harder than he expected as she worms her way under his skin and into his life. Can their marriage remain a business deal without feelings getting in the way?</span></p><p></p>