Bulletproof Vows and Sleeping Venom

Vessia Morzenco expects a bullet when her treacherous family offers her to the underworld’s most feared kingpin beside her uncle's deathbed to settle their blood debt. After all, she slapped Kavrik Vossen the first time they met. Instead, she receives a diamond ring and the keys to his fortress. Determined to protect her little brother Pavka, Vessia refuses to cower, weaponizing her sharp tongue and shockingly befriending Kavrik's terrifying, battle-scarred bodyguards. But there is a haunting, bittersweet distance to her new husband's absolute devotion. When an assassin’s sniper bullet shatters their bedroom window, Vessia realizes Kavrik isn't just shielding her - he is burning down the city’s underworld to keep her safe. What Vessia doesn't know is the real reason behind his ruthless crusade. Her family secretly infected her with a fatal, slow-acting toxin before trading her away. The marriage is Kavrik’s desperate cover to keep her close while he hunts the cure. With a hidden time limit ticking closer to zero, can Kavrik destroy the rival syndicates hunting them before time runs out for the woman he secretly loves?