IVANA
I was the daughter nobody was supposed to know about.
My sister got the lessons, the gowns and the fiancé. I got a garage, a pair of skates and a fake name. I liked it that way.
Then the most feared man in New York walked into the wrong room and saw me instead.
He didn't ask. He took the contract meant for my sister, crossed out her name, and wrote in mine. And my father let him.
He wants my family on its knees. He thinks I'll be the first to kneel.
So I moved into his glass tower and declared war.
I cut his shirts to ribbons. I fixed his cars without asking. I put a bullet in him.
And somewhere between the fights and the bruises and his hands on my throat, I started to want him back.
That's the most dangerous thing I've ever done.
VASCO
I don't take anything a woman doesn't give me. It's the only rule I've never broken.
So I'll wait.
She hates me. Good. She bites. She lies. She smiles at me across my own table like she's choosing where to bury me.
Her father owes me a debt only blood can pay. She's the interest.
I should keep my distance. I should remember whose daughter she is, and who sent her into my house.
Instead I keep her closer every night.
Let her hate me. She's still going to say yes.
This is the first book in The Silent Desire Series. Reading order:
Silent Fury.
Silent Sins.