Marked by Him

His ink on my skin. His ring on my finger. His protection for life. My heart as payment.<br/><br/>Nikolai:<br/>She came to my territory to spy on me. No one does that and lives. But this girl, she’s a rare beauty, beyond any I’ve seen.<br/>I want her under me, not under the ground. She’s a temptation I have to conquer, and so I make her an offer.<br/>My mark, on her skin. The Volkov family insignia tattooed on her shoulder, to tell the world she’s mine, and she earns my protection.<br/><br/>It starts out as a game but becomes an obsession so fierce it might burn the world down.<br/>Trouble is, I can’t tell who is winning the game.<br/>The stakes have never been higher, and we’re both playing for keeps.<br/><br/>Sienna:<br/>As a low-level street informant, I thought I’d finally gotten out and could resume my life, but I was mistaken. My handler had one last job for me.<br/>He wanted me to worm my way into the world of Nikolai Volkov, Slovakian arms dealer and all-round a very bad person.<br/>The first day of working at his mysterious Club V, I knew I was in over my head. Powerful, beautiful, and full of charismatic energy, he enticed me … and terrified me.<br/><br/>So here I am. A girl out of her depth, being dragged under by the kind of man she most certainly shouldn’t be messing with.<br/>He says he will protect me, so long as I wear his mark and become his.<br/>At first, I try to tell myself I can play his twisted games, but as time goes on, he takes over my body, my heart, and now he wants my very soul.<br/><br/>Nikolai Volkov is either going to be my downfall, or my savior, and I don’t know which.<br/><br/>NB: This can be read entirely as a standalone novel. It is a dark romance. For a list of what that entails, please visit my website.