Nikolai Sokolov, the vicious and ruthless heir to the Russian Bratva, forces Serafina De Luca, the mafia princess of the Italian organisation, into a cold marriage. One meant to end in betrayal, not lust. Their wedding is a blood contract intended to end a brutal conflict. Nikolai was born to destroy her bloodline. Serafina was raised to loathe everything the Bratva stands for. She vows never to submit to the man who represents everything she despises. She promises that she will murder him; she’ll never be his. He wants her. Her submission, her rage, her fire, her surrender. He wants nothing more than to see her shattered beneath him. What begins as hatred spirals into something far darker and more dangerous. Twisted chemistry, forbidden touches, lust, obsession, and brutal mind games. Their touch is poison. Their words are weapons. But in the shadows of betrayal and bloodshed, something even more dangerous brews: desire. The war they unleash inside their bed is the only thing more explosive than the history that threatens to destroy them. In this deadly marriage, love isn’t the goal. Survival is. But how do you survive the man who makes you burn?