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Restrain Me

Michelle Heard · Corrupted Royals #4

248 pagesdark romance
(11k)Scorching

A sheltered socialite's new bodyguard is secretly an assassin — and he's about to turn her world upside down.

Content Warnings
violence/gorestalking

Description

From USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author Michelle Heard comes a new STANDALONE, full-length BRATVA/BODYGUARD ROMANCE novel.My hobbies consist of shopping, eating, and sleeping. Yeah, I know, it doesn’t sound like I have much going for me, but what is a girl to do when she has an overbearing father who doesn’t allow her to be anything but a socialite?I’m used to being in the spotlight, but when my father starts getting threats on my life, he hires a bodyguard.Maxim Levin, the Russian God with intense eyes and a face carved from stone. I don’t think the man has ever cracked a smile. He’s domineering, broody, and scary as hell.The more time I spend with him, the more his secrets come to light.Turns out he’s not just a regular bodyguard. My father hired an assassin.An Assassin! Aka, a man who unalives people for a living.Maxim has one more secret yet to be uncovered, and when I finally crack the hard shell of his unforgiving exterior, I’m in for the shock of my life.

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