7 years ago From the moment Alexandr Novikov met the young auburn haired woman bartending at her uncle's pub in Ireland, he'd beenfascinated by her delicate beauty and fiery spirit. Unfortunately, he is in no position to offer her the kind of safe, normal life she deservesso he attempts to put her from his mind for her own good. Somethingeasier said then done when a deal is struck between the Novikov Bratvaand the Irish Cleary Gang, an arrangement that includes Alex and his men being on twenty-four hour bodyguard duty with the object of hisforbidden desires. Jessica Venture came to Dublin to spend sometime bonding with her birth mother's family, a connection shedesperately needs after losing her adoptive parents within a year ofeach other back in the States. The last thing she expected was to fallin love with a handsome, mysterious, and sometimes scary man who waswell known for his sexual appetite, but rejected her attempts to seducehim. There are outside forces that will do anything to keep themapart, and Jessica will have to make a desperate choice that will change their lives forever.