Hi, my name is Nikita Slater and I'm the International Bestselling author of The Queens series, Fire & Vice series, The Sanctuary series, Driven Hearts series and several standalone novels. I've loved the written word my entire life and am an avid reader, as well as a writer. I live, eat and breathe books and I'm always working on something new!
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I live on the beautiful Canadian prairies with my son and crazy awesome dog. I have an unholy affinity for books (especially dark romance), wine, pets and anything chocolate. Despite some of the darker themes in my books (which are pure fun and fantasy), I am a staunch feminist and advocate of equal rights for all races, genders and non-gender specific persons. When I'm not writing, dreaming about writing or talking about writing, I love to help others discover a love of reading and writing through literacy and social work.

Mine.

“You have always been worth my life. If you kill me now, I will follow you around in death as I would in life, until you decide to join me.”

Boris.

Russian mafia enforcer Boris Grekov knew the moment he set eyes on her that she would belong to him. If he had a lifetime he would spend it convincing her that they were inseparable. Unfortunately, he doesn’t have the time. Exiled from Russia for more than a decade with a bounty on his head, he must now go back to reclaim his throne. He wants his woman at his side, whether she agrees to go or not.

Laney.

Born and raised an assassin, she must complete her job or lose the one thing she holds most dear. But every time she turns around he is right there, pursuing her, touching her, making her feel after a lifetime of emptiness. She will fight him with every breath in her body, because she cannot fall in love with the man she must ultimately murder.


Fire & Vice: Bound by Blood

The horrendous cramps that struck Laney less than two hours after Boris' declaration took some of the bite out of his point. Unless he wanted to become a complete monster, Boris couldn't touch Laney, except to offer her comfort. If she weren't in such terrible pain, Laney would have enjoyed the irony of his consistently being denied the prize he was so sure he would have once he got her on board the cargo ship.


She watched from her position curled in a tight ball on the bed as the giant man paced like a caged bear from one end of the cabin to the other. She had both arms wrapped tightly around her middle as wave after wave of burning hot coals crashed against her insides, searing and tearing at her. She moaned and squeezed her eyes shut.


"Tell me you are doing this to stop me from touching you again?" Boris demanded in a growl, coming to a halt in front of her and looking down at her with a look of helpless frustration.


Chapter 23