Natasha Orlova negotiated her arranged marriage in fourteen terms, organized by priority. Aleksei Volkov replied to her message in four minutes and had her coffee brand ordered before she moved in. Neither of them planned to keep a list. When her father's rival targets the Orlov holdings, the only thing standing between her family and a takeover is an alliance with Boston's most controlled, most dangerous pakhan. She sets the terms. He meets them... moreNatasha Orlova negotiated her arranged marriage in fourteen terms, organized by priority. Aleksei Volkov replied to her message in four minutes and had her coffee brand ordered before she moved in. Neither of them planned to keep a list. When her father's rival targets the Orlov holdings, the only thing standing between her family and a takeover is an alliance with Boston's most controlled, most dangerous pakhan. She sets the terms. He meets them. What follows is two people who communicate entirely through action, building something they keep calling an arrangement long after it's become something else entirely. Then Sobol comes for her directly. And she turns out to be exactly the threat he was afraid she'd be. Forced marriage · Dark Bratva romance · Slow burn · Explicit 18+. less