by Evie James | May 15, 2026 | Eyes on You, Featured Quote, Forced Proximity, Lyla Laine Oakley, Nikolai Volkov
Lyla had already seen Nikolai kill without hesitation, but outside Cipher Coffee, he made one thing brutally clear: being a killer didn’t make him the same kind of monster as the men hunting her. He let the silence stretch before delivering the final blow. “And you’re...
by Evie James | May 15, 2026 | Eyes on You, Featured Quote, Forced Proximity, Lyla Laine Oakley
Nikolai had let Lyla run after their first brutal collision in the alley, but distance didn’t loosen his grip. Watching her unravel only made the obsession worse—because every ounce of fear, fire, and defiance in her made him want her more. She was perfect. Beautiful...
by Evie James | May 15, 2026 | Eyes on You, Featured Quote, Forced Proximity, Lyla Laine Oakley, Nikolai Volkov
Nikolai told himself he was only watching Lyla because she was tied to Delgado’s operation. But after seeing her command the stage at The Sacrifice, logic was no longer the problem—wanting her was. She looked like temptation incarnate—everything I didn’t want to want....
by Evie James | May 15, 2026 | Eyes on You, Featured Quote, Forced Proximity, Lyla Laine Oakley, Nikolai Volkov
After witnessing a brutal murder at The Sacrifice, Lyla should have been afraid of the mysterious man stalking her through Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen. Instead, the memory of his eyes on her followed her home, slipping beneath her fear and turning into...
by Evie James | May 14, 2026 | Featured Quote, Eyes on You, Forced Proximity, Lyla Laine Oakley, Nikolai Volkov, Spicy
Nikolai had torn through hell to get Lyla out of The Sacrifice, but it wasn’t the blood, the bullets, or the war he’d started that nearly broke him—it was the way she clung to him afterward, fragile and grateful, like he was something better than the monster who came...
