His Redemption by Toni J. Strawn

Trapped in the darkness of his past mistakes, Thomas Langford does his best to make amends. He lives his life to perfection and does everything he can to be the honorable political candidate everyone expects him to be. Except for one little thing…

Meet Thomas’s alter ego. Nixon. A brutal streetfighter who pounds out his frustration for the life he never wanted in the back alleys of Wellsford’s. Each time Thomas dons his mask, he risks everything. His status. His standing. His political future. When a fight goes wrong and his true identity is threatened, Thomas must put his trust in the only person willing to help him.

Talia Markof is the daughter of a notorious Russian mobster. She tries to distance herself from her family, but always seems to get reeled back in. When her brother begs Talia to run the street fights one night, she never imagines hiding out with the injured fighter in her apartment. Or in her bed.

Everyone thinks Thomas is the last honest politician in Maryland and Talia is the only person who knows the truth. And she is in just as much danger if her liaison with Thomas is discovered.

But darkness cannot exist without light, and fighting for love may turn out to be as important as fighting for the lives they never wanted.