Nightfall - A Mafia Romance

I didn't mean to call my boss. I definitely didn't mean to leave a seven-minute voicemail of dirty secrets about him. Working for Ruslan Oryolov is the job from hell. The man is impossible-demanding, arrogant, and way too gorgeous for his own good. After eighteen months of fetching his coffee and swallowing my pride, all I wanted was one night of stress relief. But the billionaire CEO of Bane Corporation isn't just a boss from hell. He's the head of the Oryolov Bratva-and now that he's heard every secret I never meant to share, he's decided to claim me. His contract. His rules. His protection for my three orphaned nieces and nephews-the only reason I'm signing my life away to a man I should fear. He owns my signature. He owns my safety. Now he wants my soul.

One wardrobe malfunction. Two people who don't belong together. Three awful "Be my wife." Everyone else is at this party to marry the host. I'm only here until I can get a ride home. When my dress rips in the world's worst-timed wardrobe malfunction, I go find somewhere quiet to fix it. So I'm standing there in nothing but my heels when, As my luck would have it, the door opens... And the man of the hour walks in. I wish I could say I played it cool. But it's been a looong time since anyone has seen me in my birthday suit... Much less the hottest man I've ever laid eyes on. All I want to do is fix my dress, click my heels three times, and be back on my couch in fuzzy slippers. But Ivan has other ideas. He's decided who he's taking to the altar... And I don't have a choice but to say "I do."

I'LL LOCK HER IN A GILDED CAGE AND THROW AWAY THE KEY. The night we met, she thought she was tasting freedom. I devoured her once and left before I even knew her name. Four months later, Bratva business leads me to the house of my enemy with one objective: Burn it down and kill everyone inside. That's exactly what I plan to do... Until I find her cowering before me. The innocent girl from the club. My beautiful caged bird. I'm not here to save her-I'm here to ruin her. But something stops me in my tracks. Something I never expected. Did she say that's my baby in her womb?

She's my fake wife, my property... and my last chance at redemption. She's beautiful. An angel. I'm dangerous. A killer. She's my fake bride for a single reason – so I can crush her father's resistance. But marrying Eve brings me far more than I bargained for. She's fiery. Feisty. Won't take no for an answer. She makes me believe that I might be worth redemption. Until I discover a past she's been hiding from me. One that threatens everything. Now, I know that our wedding vows are not enough. I need to make sure she's mine for good. A baby in her belly is the only way to seal the deal. And in the end, the Bratva always gets what it wants. A don's daughter is sold to a ruthless Bratva kingpin in this full-length mafia romance from author Nicole Fox. Eve wants desperately to escape a marriage she never asked for... but Luka isn't about to let his newest prize go free. Taming the girl might cost him everything. The question is: Is she worth it?

My BFF sent the hot stranger a voice note... Of me saying I want to climb him like a tree. And he just. Texted. Back. It's the dog's fault, really. If this untrained Great Dane I'm walking had any manners at all, I never would've ended up With my leash wrapped around the most gorgeous man I've ever seen. Lucky for me, the guy is a good sport about it. (Although his joke that "Dogs take after their owners" hits a little too close to home when Rufus starts humping his leg.) He leaves me with his business card and a smile that makes my knees weak. I'm still pinching myself as me and the bestie resume our walk. "Methinks you had a little crush on him," she accuses. Not thinking and a little flustered by the whole experience, I reply, "I'd wrap my legs around his waist tighter than that leash." THAT'S when she reveals that she'd been recording my response. THAT'S when she gives me the most devilish grin I've ever seen and says, "You're welcome." And THAT'S when she hands me my phone and reveals... She sent the recording to him. My heart is in my throat as those three little dots appear... Then a text. "PROVE IT."

I found my angel. Then I broke her wings. Alexis should've never set foot in my world. Men like me stain girls like her. We take their innocence and tear it to shreds. She thinks she's tough. She thinks she can handle me. But she doesn't know just how deep my darkness goes. It was for the best that I claimed her for a night and left her behind. Anything more than that would have been cruel. I thought I'd seen the last of Alexis Wright. So imagine my surprise two years later when the door to my office opens... And she walks in. The girl I ravaged. The girl I devoured. Now that's she's in front of me again, I have just two questions for her: First-what is she doing here? And second... What does she mean, "our baby"?