Control & Chaos

Some people are meant to shatter your world.

Dmitry Sokolov is a man of absolute precision. A Russian military officer who has built his entire existence on control, order, and unwavering discipline. Everything in his life has a place. Everything serves a purpose. Until Chloe Russo arrives at the university like a hurricane-all chaos, dark humor, and reckless spontaneity.

She's everything he despises. She's everything he can't resist.

When civil unrest erupts and traps them together in his carefully controlled apartment, Dmitry discovers that chaos might not be the enemy he always believed it to be. But when violence forces him to choose between duty and desire, everything changes. A bullet to the chest steals his memories, erasing Chloe from his mind entirely-leaving her to watch the man she loves look at her like a stranger.

Except Dmitry can't forget her. Not really. Because some connections run deeper than memory.

As he struggles to rebuild what was lost, Dmitry discovers that sometimes the most dangerous thing isn't chaos-it's the moment you realize you'd rather burn than return to your perfectly ordered life.

In Kazakhstan, where civil unrest threatens everything, two people learn that control is an illusion and falling in love might be the only real choice that matters.