The Markov Bargain
(2026)(The first book in the Markov Dynasty series)
A novel by Nadia Aidan and Eve Noon
He expected her to come and beg. Instead, she came with a bargain. One he couldn’t refuse.
At forty-two, Enid Winters is the most feared defense attorney in Atlanta… Ice in the courtroom, flawless in four-inch heels, answerable to no one. She built a life that needs no man and breaks for nothing.
Then the call comes in the middle of the night. Her baby brother is in a warehouse that belongs to the Bratva, and the man on the other end of the line is offering her one chance to walk in and bargain for his life.
Ivan Markov is heir to the most powerful crime family in the South… Thirty-six, lethal, and used to being obeyed. He expects a frightened woman with a checkbook. What he gets is a queen in a wool coat who stares him down across his own table and refuses to flinch.
The boys saw too much. Someone has to pay a price that can be seen. So Enid offers the one thing this man can't buy, can't demand, and has too much honor to ever take by force:
One night. Her body for their freedom. They walk. No one speaks of this night ever again.
Ivan has never paid for a woman in his life.
He says yes immediately.
What neither of them expects is morning. Or that the most dangerous man in Atlanta will burn the city to the ground to keep her.
One night was supposed to be the end.
It was only just the beginning.
The Markov Bargain is a full-length, scorching-hot BWWM dark Bratva romance: a possessive morally gray younger hero, a curvy older heroine who never begs, and a forced-proximity bargain that burns it all down. No cheating. No cliffhanger. Guaranteed HEA. Book One in the Markov Family series.
Genre: Romance
At forty-two, Enid Winters is the most feared defense attorney in Atlanta… Ice in the courtroom, flawless in four-inch heels, answerable to no one. She built a life that needs no man and breaks for nothing.
Then the call comes in the middle of the night. Her baby brother is in a warehouse that belongs to the Bratva, and the man on the other end of the line is offering her one chance to walk in and bargain for his life.
Ivan Markov is heir to the most powerful crime family in the South… Thirty-six, lethal, and used to being obeyed. He expects a frightened woman with a checkbook. What he gets is a queen in a wool coat who stares him down across his own table and refuses to flinch.
The boys saw too much. Someone has to pay a price that can be seen. So Enid offers the one thing this man can't buy, can't demand, and has too much honor to ever take by force:
One night. Her body for their freedom. They walk. No one speaks of this night ever again.
Ivan has never paid for a woman in his life.
He says yes immediately.
What neither of them expects is morning. Or that the most dangerous man in Atlanta will burn the city to the ground to keep her.
One night was supposed to be the end.
It was only just the beginning.
The Markov Bargain is a full-length, scorching-hot BWWM dark Bratva romance: a possessive morally gray younger hero, a curvy older heroine who never begs, and a forced-proximity bargain that burns it all down. No cheating. No cliffhanger. Guaranteed HEA. Book One in the Markov Family series.
Genre: Romance
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