The Pretty Savage

The Pretty Savage opens L.K. Reid's St. Vasili's Academy duet, a dark enemies-to-lovers romance with mafia elements. Vega Konstantinova is a trained assassin, planted at the academy by the man she owes a debt to, with orders to kill Adrian Zylla — the son of her employer's enemy. Adrian is waiting out his own long game, biding time for revenge and a claim to power within his family's criminal world.

Both are used to being weapons for other people's plans, and neither expects the other to matter. As their assignment forces them into close, adversarial contact, the attraction between them undermines the mission on both sides. Secrets, mutual deception, and the demands of the people controlling them complicate a bond neither wants to admit to. The book ends on a cliffhanger, resolved in its sequel, with the duet guaranteeing a happy ending.