His Reluctant Wife

What’s worse than flirting with the wrong man?

Finding out he followed you home.

And he’s not there to ask you on a date.

Vadim Gravitch looks like sin with a pulse.

Dark eyes. Inked arms. The kind of man you don’t say no to twice.

Too bad he’s one of the most dangerous men in Belgrade.

He needs a Serbian wife to stay in the country.

And I need my brother’s debts to stop haunting my door.

So he makes me an offer I can’t refuse.

A fake marriage. A temporary lie. A little paperwork.

Except when I show up to sign the forms, there’s a registrar waiting.

And rings.

And witnesses.

And suddenly, it’s not fake anymore.

I tell myself it’s just survival.

Just a contract. Just a roof and one bed and too many rules.

But then men start watching me.

And guns start following him.

And I realize I didn’t marry a man—

I married a war.

Which brings me to the worst moment of my life…

When I finally understand why he really needed a wife.

Because the enemies at our door aren’t here for him.

They’re here for me.