His code name is Echo, but they call him the Ghost, and he's the most notorious fixer in the business. It stands to reason the only one who can save me is the devil himself. I'm suspect number one, and I'm guilty as sin.

The guy whose life I snuffed out happens to have been the district attorney's son.

He's known by many names, but he expects me to call him Master.Īs the future DiFiore don, I should know more than anyone that we're not the good guys, but when I catch an even more depraved man about to prey on an innocent woman, I lose sight of that just long enough to make the biggest mistake of my life. Is it even possible for them to choose each other? They will both be forced to make choices they never thought they’d make. And yet, the way Oliver Turner looks at Mal’ik makes him feel like he could be so much more than just the scarred tool of an empire.Īs Oliver and Mal’ik wrestle with their surprising and unfamiliar feelings, the tense political situation surrounding them explodes into chaos. Surely the prissy, brilliant young man can’t want him of all people. Mal’ik has been a soldier for decades and bears the proof of it in his mangled face and metal arm. But Oliver has spent his whole life chasing the love and approval of his father, and he can’t let that slip through his fingers when he’s so close.Ĭaptain Mal’ik can’t believe that the yearning, longing scent pouring from the beautiful human man he’s been assigned to protect is for him. Oliver wants the man with an intensity that both scares and shocks him, and he’s terrified of letting the desire pass him by after being so afraid for so long that he’d never desire a man again. Oliver Turner has been given one last chance to regain his rightful position by his father’s side, running the family corporation, but he can’t keep his eyes off his klah’eel bodyguard. horned eyebrows over electric orange eyes.

Mechaniek by JC Compton