by Evie James | May 15, 2026 | Eyes on You, Featured Quote, Forced Proximity, Lyla Laine Oakley, Mafia Romance, Nikolai Volkov
After hearing Lyla’s heartbreaking truth, Nikolai no longer saw her as a file, a liability, or a woman caught in his war. He saw the light she had carried through grief—and knew exactly how wrong it was to drag her deeper into his darkness. She was Persephone. Pure...
by Evie James | May 15, 2026 | Eyes on You, Featured Quote, Forced Proximity, Lyla Laine Oakley, Mafia Romance, Nikolai Volkov, Spicy
Lyla had survived predators, captivity, and the violence of Nikolai’s world, but nothing prepared her for the moment desire stripped away every defense she had left—and he still had no idea what she was giving him. He, a man who took what he wanted, had no way of...
by Evie James | May 15, 2026 | Eyes on You, Featured Quote, Forced Proximity, Lyla Laine Oakley, Mafia Romance, Nikolai Volkov
Lyla was supposed to be the one Nikolai needed to protect from herself, from Delgado, and from the violent world closing in around her. Then she stood before him wild, furious, and unbroken—and the man who wanted to own her found himself ready to kneel. She turned...
by Evie James | May 15, 2026 | Eyes on You, Featured Quote, Forced Proximity, Lyla Laine Oakley, Mafia Romance, Nikolai Volkov
Trapped in Delgado’s auction and stripped of every illusion of safety, Lyla should have been praying for anyone but Nikolai Volkov. But when the monsters came out of the shadows, the dangerous man who haunted her dreams was the only one she wanted to find her first. I...
by Evie James | May 15, 2026 | Eyes on You, Featured Quote, Forced Proximity, Lyla Laine Oakley, Mafia Romance, Nikolai Volkov
Nikolai built his world on control, secrets, and cold calculation. Then Lyla stepped into his path like a spark, and suddenly the empire he ruled wasn’t the only thing in danger of burning. She was a match, and I was soaked in gasoline. Now every part of my life—my...
by Evie James | May 15, 2026 | Eyes on You, Featured Quote, Forced Proximity, Lyla Laine Oakley, Mafia Romance, 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...
