Cold as Steel: Dark Mafia Romance

ALESSIA

People always warned me about dangerous men.

Nobody warned me about the quiet ones.

The ones who don't promise forever—

they just rearrange their entire life until you accidentally become part of it.

Nikolai doesn't say pretty things.

He buys closets.

Remembers details.

Kills problems.

Touches me like I belong nowhere else.

And somehow that terrifies me more than hatred ever did.

Because hate is easy.

But being loved by a man capable of ruining cities?

That's where survival gets complicated.

NIKOLAI

I built my empire with discipline.

No distractions.

No weakness.

No attachments.

Then she arrived.

Now my mornings start with lipstick stains and arguments.

My evenings end with her stealing my jackets and pretending she doesn't wait up for me.

I should've known she was dangerous.

Not because she ruined me.

Because she made me want to be ruined.

And if the world thinks I'll let it take her—

they've misunderstood what kind of monster I am.

This is the second book in The Cold In Our Hearts Series. Reading Order:

Cold As Ice

Cold As Steel

Cold As Blood

Cold As You