Abstract of the book "The Executioner’s Heart"

Alexei Vasiliev, the Tsar’s executioner, is a weapon forged in shadows. His heart is a fortress of ice. In Florence, Chiara, a brilliant art restorer, lives to bring light back to forgotten beauty. When a mission forces their worlds to collide, everything changes. He sees in her an impossible truth. She sees in him a shattered soul that longs to be saved. But Alexei’s world does not allow light. And loving him makes her a target. Caught between loyalty and redemption, the executioner must decide whether to destroy the only light daring to reach him… or risk everything to protect her.