I was on the brink of being sold into slavery. Then Captain Gleb Lycaon saved me.

He stole me from his rivals and captured my heart, so I gave him my virginity. But he's far from a knight in shining armor.

He's a merciless killer, the right hand to one of New York's most ruthless Bratvas. And his need to control me resurrects ghosts from my past.

I don't know if I can trust him. Every man I've ever known has betrayed me. And now it's not just me I have to protect but my unborn child… his. So I run. Because in my twisted fairy tale, Prince Charming is as dark and dangerous as the monsters he hunts.

When he finds us, years later, I'm still hopelessly ensnared by him. But Gleb's sudden reappearance has deadly consequences. Because he's not the only one who's set his sights on me.

To protect my Twisted Prince, I must send him away.

The only question is, can I give up my freedom and everything I hold dear to save the man I love?

The last thing either of us want is to fall in love. But that doesn't mean it won't happen anyway.

Gabriel Esposito is a part of the same criminal underworld that my father is–and a widower in need of someone to care for his children. My father offers me to him as a wife, but Gabriel doesn't want to marry anyone.

He wants to give me a job.

Away from my childhood home and on my own for the first time in my life, I have a chance to heal from the horrors that haunt me. But Gabriel is a different kind of complication–the kind of man I never knew existed in my world. A good man.

A man who shouldn't want me–and who says he can't give me what I deserve.

He says he'll only break my heart in the end. But neither of us can resist this vicious temptation.

I thought I'd escaped my past. But some things you just can't run from.

With the help of Gabriel Esposito, my boss–and briefly, my lover–I thought I put the fears of my past behind me. Until the Bratva pakhan tracks me down, wanting retribution for the loss of his son.

He says I cost him his heir, so I'll give him a new one instead. But Gabriel has no intention of letting that happen. Our safe haven is the rolling hills of the Italian countryside, where he swears he can keep me safe. But no matter where we go, the Bratva will find us.

There's only one answer, and it's the one I've been running from all along.

In order to protect me, Gabriel will have to make me his. Forever.

Vicious Devotion is the final book of the Dark Temptation duet with billionaire romance author, Ivy Thorn.