He is Elias Thorne — 32, British Mafia King of New York. Built, tattooed, scarred, and every inch a killer. Women want him. Men fear him. He doesn't need a bodyguard — he IS the danger. She is Nova Quinn Kim — 27, half-Korean half-American, ex-Army, broke and about to be evicted. Beautiful enough to be a model, dangerous enough to kill a man with her bare hands. When his enemy puts a death mark on Elias, his own soldiers can't protect him. The enemy knows all his men. He needs someone invisible. Someone no one will suspect. He hires her. The female bodyguard. Now she must live in his mafia mansion, sleep outside his door, go where he goes. His rule: No one touches what's his. Her rule: Never fall for a mafia man. But there is only one bed, one shower, and one obsession — her. He is her job. She is his only weakness.