Alexei — R.E. Saxton

Ordinary Tara Noland leads a boring existence until she sees something she was never meant to observe. Head of the Russian mafia in his city, Alexei Varnakov can't let her go after she witnesses him murdering an underling. He should follow the code of the vory v zakone and eliminate her, but he can't. Instead, he decides to keep the fiery redhead. It's the only way she can stay alive, but she's defiant and fights him at every turn. He can break his little fox with passion, but can he ever win her trust? This story contains violence and sexual situations some readers might find objectionable. If you don't like darker erotic romances, this mafia romance might not be the book for you. However, if you enjoy a possessive Alpha male who takes what he wants despite a defiant woman determined to resist him, wickedly dark acts meant to break resistance, and rough (but consensual) sex, get ready to meet “Alexei.”