{"product_id":"coldhearted-bastard-the-underworld-kings","title":"Coldhearted Bastard (The Underworld Kings)","description":"“My heart was racing with each turn of the page. I was submerged into Jenika’s writing, feeling the fear and desolation. With a strong and determined heroine and an unapologetically dangerous hero I couldn’t stop until I knew the future and at the same time, I didn’t want this story to end. Five brilliant stars for COLD HEARTED BASTARD.” ~ New York Times bestselling author Aleatha Romig\n\nFrom USA Today bestselling author Jenika Snow comes a full-length gritty mafia romance that blurs the lines between right and wrong... and love and hate.\nHe didn’t have a heart… but he wanted hers.\n\nAll I knew about life was anger and violence. Pain and suffering. Kill or be killed.\n\nI was a “fixer” for the Ruin—a syndicate for the Bratva, Cosa Nostra, Cartel, and any other organized crime faction that dealt in the darker, crueler aspects of humanity.\n\nI was a free agent who was called upon to do things weaker men didn’t have the stomach for.\n\nAnd when you surround yourself with death for long enough, soon you don’t remember what it felt like to be alive.\n\nAnd then I saw her. She was a fragile little thing who tried to be strong. But I could tell she’d seen too much horror in the world, too much of the ugly within people. I should have stayed away. I’d only bring her further down into the darkness.\n\nBut for the first time in my life, I felt a stirring in my chest, this protectiveness and possessiveness toward another living person. And it was painful. It made me feel alive.\n\nLina tried to hide how broken she was, but I was an old friend of being ruined. She held secrets I’d find out. Because for the first time in my miserable life, I wanted something for myself. I felt something more than apathy and indifference.\n\nI wanted to possess the innocence she clung to. I wanted to break it open and consume it for myself.\n\nI could look into her too trusting blue eyes and knew I’d maim for her. I’d kill for her. And that became our truth when her past finally came back for her, when my present tried to destroy her.\n\nThey thought they could take the one thing—the only thing—I’d ever wanted for myself. They were wrong.\n\nWhen I looked at her, I felt some of the monster that made me who I was retreat back to my black soul. He’d never leave… but he’d share the space.\n\nFor her.\n\nA complete standalone novel in the Underworld Kings series.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B09GZR7PD7\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.B09GZR7PD7.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Snow, Jenika\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42983157956669,"sku":"BVV.B09GZR7PD7.G","price":15.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/B09GZR7PD7-0.jpg?v=1770411944","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/coldhearted-bastard-the-underworld-kings","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}