What happens when the life you live is nothing like what you wished for?Phoenix has lived a very sad and tumultuous life thanks her evil diabolical father. She and her brothers and sisters have suffered and none of them escaped unscarred. All she has ever wanted was someone to love protect and nurture her and for this, she will give him herself. Upon meeting Mikhail one night she thinks she has found him only for him to disappear.When he returns, she is so anxious to find her version of happily ever after that she doesn't look closer then her eye can see... until it is too late.Mikhail had a rough start to life but was given a chance to start over. Choosing to work hard to honor the parents that gave him this extraordinary new life, before theirs was so viciously snuffed out, he has given up on finding love. Until the day she walked into the bar and took his life by storm. Though he knows she is his and will stop at nothing to have her, he must first walk away to straighten out his present before he brings his future into it. When he goes to claim what is rightfully his, unforeseen forces threaten to tear them apart.Can these two-scarred souls find their way through the chaos to lasting love? Or will evil win and tear them apart forever?Warning: This book contains storyline that may be painful for you to read. This is a trigger warning. Also, there is a cliffhanger and no HEA...for now. It is a safe read with exception.