[Read by Lexi Richmond and John Lane]
A former Russian Mafia soldier is hired to protect a friend’s young daughter, but he knows he’ll do more than keep her safe — he’ll make her his. Forever.
If she were to simply whisper my name, I would be at her feet, begging to touch what I shouldn’t, taste what doesn’ t belong to me, run my hands along the sweet innocence she taunts me with.
Penelope Justice is eighteen, old enough to graduate high school but — according to her parents — not old enough to live without 24/7 security. Practice has made her an expert at ditching her bodyguards. One look at Ivan and she never wants to run again.
I’ve been hired to protect her.
I can’t help but think that perhaps someone should have protected her from me.
Ivan steals the breath right out of her lungs, something no boy has ever done. Then again, he’s far from a boy. This man, this man who looks like he could kill someone with the flick of a wrist, is everything. He is her future.
I can’t let her go and I won’t give her up. I’ve done bad things in my life, and I don’t deserve her. But I can’t do the honorable thing.
I’ve never been noble, and I’m not starting now.
Sweet, safe and sexy! I’m a huge Alexa Riley fan, and their steamy, instalove novellas are one of my favorite guilty pleasures. I can’t get enough of their brand of over-the-top, obsessed, alpha males and the outrageous campaigns they wage to claim the virgin of their dreams. There is not a lot of realism in these types of stories, but that’s perfectly fine with me. This is fantasy-based escapism reading, and this talented author duo are the queens of this genre.Â
Another Alexa Riley hit **ARC RECEIVED IN EXCHANGE FOR AN HONEST REVIEW**Â
Whyyyy?? Wth happened?? I LOVE Alexa Riley books…..I mean, I buy every book day of release but this “novella” was a struggle to get through. The characters were dull, the sex lifeless, and the writing stilted. I do know what happened here, but hopefully they talk and actually read this trainwreck that they’ve written so it doesn’t happen again. So disappointed.