The Monster She Loved

<p><strong>He was forged in hell. She was born to rule it. And loving him might be the one sin she can't survive.</strong></p><p><strong>Damon</strong> never had a childhood-only pain brutality and the twisted hands of a secret organization that shaped him into a weapon. Rescued and adopted by the most feared Pakhan of the Russian Mafia he grew into a man who sees himself as one thing only: a monster barely contained.</p><p><strong>Annika</strong> has always understood power. Heiress to the Volkov empire she knows the world bows to her family name. But the only person who ever mattered-who ever <em>burned</em> in her thoughts-was the silent scarred boy her father brought home.</p><p>Now he's a man. Cold. Deadly. Untouchable.<br>And she's still hopelessly dangerously in love with him.</p><p>Their connection is forbidden. Their desire is a threat.<br>But Annika refuses to let go of the man who owns her heart even if he believes he's unworthy of it.</p><p>When buried secrets resurface and enemies close in love becomes a battlefield of betrayal obsession and blood. Annika must decide how far she's willing to go to keep Damon-and Damon must face the truth he's spent his whole life running from:</p><p>Sometimes the real monster is the one you can't live without.</p>