Nikolai

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When opposing sides of the law collide it isn't solely the rules being broken. </strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I dreamed about being an architect when I was a child but when my brother was sentenced to life behind bars only weeks after pleading for my pardon at the feet of a ruthless mafia don my plans altered.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Now I am a first-year intern at the number one defense firm in the country. I'm seeking help from the right side of the law so the last place I expect to find it is in a man who's far from lawful.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Nikolai Popov was raised in a criminal entity that's as bigoted as it is violent. The devilishly good-looking bratva prince has lived a hard and fast life that often sees him facing a line-up yet he's not spent one night behind bars.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>If his lawyer hadn't left town on a whim our lives would have never crossed paths. However a mix-up with Nikolai's home arrest documentation awards my firm more than the chance to defend him.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>He becomes my unexpected house guest for the long weekend.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I'm still hiding the scars of my last tussle with mafia royalty so I anticipate the worst when I'm thrust back into the dark and dangerous world that almost claimed my life.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Will I survive a second tightrope walk with a mafia prince or will the protection of a man who has only ever looked out for himself be greater than the deceptive web that tore my family apart? </span></p>