{"product_id":"2940166245557","title":"Ink and Masks","description":"\u003cp\u003eShe poisoned me. He cured me. It saved me. He condemned me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'm everything I ever wanted to be, and yet, I'm the most unhappy man in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMillionaire, athletic, respected. I don't lack sex, power, or luxury.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd yet, here I am, in the shadows of my house.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI run a millionaire empire. Beyond Beyond order. An empire capable of buying the law, destroying order and moving the world as if its inhabitants were puppets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI am Sokolov, The Architect, the man whom mafias, governments and companies look with submission. And yet here I am, sitting in a dark mansion, only inhabited by the echo and a glass of wine poured out at my feet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd then she showed up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI, the representative of the Bratva, the Red Mafia, Mother Russia, was meeting with the Japanese Yakuza. (haughty) Tattooed. Sexy. Italian Sabina, The Woman in Black, an onyx stone in a coal world. I’ve never seen anyone fight\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe turned, smiled sufficiently and looked at me as if I were... normal. The leader of La Cosa Nostra, the Italian underworld par excellence. Never, no woman, ever looked at me like that. I'd never been hit until I took the air out of my stomach.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow did that woman become the leader of the oldest mob in the world? How could I look at a 10-foot tattooed bull like that? I had to get to know her more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter so many years feeling that there were no more challenges in life, there she was; a challenge, a mystery, a power at my height. Unmasking her became my purpose, but she… knew how to play.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd now, here I am, kissing her behind a trail of corpses, with her blood-stained face and her ivory hands holding a knife against the tattoos on my neck. What's next?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWarning: A dark, romantic and erotic novel aimed at a mature audience. Contains scenes of explicit sex, foul language, violence and a game of shadows.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laura Lago","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46464904626417,"sku":"2940166245557","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/2940166245557_p0.jpg?v=1765966350","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940166245557","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}