A middle-aged widower trained to fight and kill to protect his family. Orphaned at 17, widowed at 24—both under violent circumstances—Alexander Kramer knows better than anyone that one’s happy life can be ripped from them in a heartbeat. His losses have only made him more determined to protect the only thing he has left at all costs… His stubborn adult daughter, who is almost as skilled and just as volatile as him. Guilt has forced Katiya to spend the last six years avoiding her father at all costs, but when he shows up at her apartment, she realizes that there is no escaping that reunion that she, deep down, so desperately wants. While both father and daughter are willing to clean the slate and repair their damaged relationship, the conflicting personalities between them, as well as painful secrets keep their bond fragile, and that is not even the least of their worries… His sadistic half-brother who wants to destroy them both…brutally. Trained alongside Alexander by their father, Jonathan Savt has since used those skills to cause decades of misery and death. Fueled by vengeance, he is the most dangerous threat to Alexander and Katiya, as he is just as strong as his brother and all too aware of the weaknesses they have. A fragile bond faces the most vital tests… As Katiya takes the first steps in beginning a family of her own, the pressure to rid their lives of Jonathan builds, with her and Alexander mending their bond enough to forge a united front against him. Yet, when Katiya commits an unthinkable act, she not only risks the destruction of her relationship with her father, but she might also become Alexander’s worst enemy. For every betrayal has its price, and this family feud will end in death .