Leonid Viktorovich Volkov, the firstborn son of a powerful Russian Mafia boss, grew up in a world of blood, betrayal, and deception. His only source of warmth was his mother, the only person who ever showed him love. But when she was killed...because of his father...his world turned cold. Forced to live with his father’s new wife and his half-brother, Lorenzo learned to mask his hatred behind a charming but dangerous smile.

Years later, a chance encounter changes everything. He sees her...an innocent college girl with a kindness that reminds him of the mother he lost. She is everything he has been deprived of. Soft. Pure. Untouched by the cruelty of his world. He wants her...not just to have, but to possess, to keep, to make her his.

But he’s not the only one who wants her.

His half-brother, sets his eyes on her, seeing her as nothing more than a mistress or toy to claim. And in the Mafia world, men take what they want. But Lorenzo has never been one to share. He will claim her first...whether she wants it or not. Even if it means taking her by force, locking her away, and breaking her until she belongs to him alone.