When Calista Okailey Benson, a sharp-tongued criminal defense lawyer, takes on the case of a banker accused of embezzling a senator's funds, she expects corruption. She doesn't expect Vsevolod Rurikovich Svyatopolsky - the cold, seven-foot heir to a Russian empire built on crime and silence.

The deeper Calista digs into her client's case, the more she uncovers a network of money, murder, and political rot. Every trail leads back to the Svyatopolsky family. Every warning to drop the case comes with another shadow following her home.

Vsevolod should have silenced her.
Instead, he saves her - and makes her his liability.

Now, lawyer and mob heir are bound by survival and obsession. Calista fights with words; Vsevolod fights with blood. Together, they're untouchable - but every secret they bury brings them closer to a truth that could destroy them both.

He calls her his weakness.
She calls him her ruin.
And together, they might just burn the empire down.

You ever met someone who makes your blood boil and your pulse race - at the same time?


Meet Calista Okailey Benson. Sharp, short-tempered, and legally dangerous.


Meet Vsevolod Rurikovich Svyatopolsky. Tall, silent, and morally questionable.


Together? They rewrite the definition of "complicated."


When truth is lethal, love is the deadliest sin..


Chapter 1 - Introduction