Alice
I swore I’d never trust again—not after my husband shattered every vow we made. I was done with love, with lies, with men who make promises and break them just as easily. Then he walked in. Mikhail Novikov. A man carved from shadows and secrets, with eyes that strip me bare and a touch that burns hotter than any vow. He’s not safe. He’s not good. But when I’m in his arms, I don’t care. Because in his darkness, I feel seen—and dangerously alive. If I fall for him, I might lose everything. But if I don’t… I might never feel again.
Mikhail
I’ve built an empire with blood-stained hands and a heart made of stone. No weakness. No attachments. Until Alice St. Clair.
She’s fire disguised as fragility—defiant, fierce, and stunningly broken. I should’ve walked away the night she stumbled into my world, but something in her dared me to stay. Now I can’t look at another woman without comparing her to the one who won’t have me. She thinks I’m chaos—she’s right. But I’d raze cities to keep her safe.
She doesn’t belong in my world of shadows and silence. Still, I’m not letting her go. Even if loving me destroys her.
Mikhail Novikov has won and lost a lot in his life, that has been one of the main reasons that make him the mysterious and unscrupulous man that he is. He is not afraid of anything, especially when he has so much power at his fingertips.
This is the third book in the Empire of Sin Series, Reading order: Cruel King, Brutal King, Lethal King, Sinful King, Savage King & Wicked King.