Joshua Howard

“He gave her a ring. She came for his blood.”
Kira Antonova married the most feared man in Moscow. Not for love—but for revenge. Maxim Belov, head of the Bratva, is her enemy… and her only way to uncover the truth about her aunt’s brutal murder.
With a smile on her lips and a knife behind her back, Kira plays the part of the perfect mafia wife. But the deeper she slips into Maxim’s world, the more uncertain her heart becomes. He’s ruthless, yes—but not without scars. Not without secrets.
As passion ignites and loyalties fracture, Kira must decide: Will she finish what she started—or will her vendetta destroy them both?
In a world where love is lethal and truth is never simple…
Can vengeance survive desire?

He wanted a servant. Fate gave him a mate.
Banished. Scarred. Broken.
Valeria was marked a traitor and thrown to the wolves—literally. Her only crime? Refusing to bow to the mate who rejected her and tried to kill her.
Now, she’s forced to serve the most feared Alpha in the realm—King Aldric, a monstrous Lycan whose rage is legend and whose mercy is a myth.
But something shifts in the shadows of his desire. A stolen glance. A trembling touch. A beast who sees something in her no one else ever did.
When a dangerous aphrodisiac pushes Aldric past the brink, Valeria becomes the object of his obsession—and perhaps the key to breaking his curse.
But in a world where love is weakness and power rules all, can a scarred servant tame a cursed King?
Or will her second chance at love become her final downfall?