ASHES OF EMPIRE

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Adrian Vale built a world that runs on discretion, debt, and fear. From waterfront towers and private clubs to sealed ledgers and whispered alliances, his influence reaches every corner of the city. No one touches him. No one even tries. Until Ella Marlowe. A relentless financial crimes prosecutor with ice in her spine and a reputation for making powerful men fall hard, Ella is assigned the case that could finally drag Adrian’s empire into the light. She knows exactly what he is: dangerous, disciplined, and far too skilled at making monsters look civilized. Adrian should see her as a problem to eliminate. Instead, he sees the first person who has ever looked at him without fear. Their war begins in court filings, surveillance reports, and closed-door confrontations. But when a rival faction turns the investigation into something deadlier, Adrian and Ella are forced into an impossible proximity neither of them can control. And the deeper Ella gets into his world, the more she begins to see the man beneath the legend. He could ruin her life. She could destroy everything he built. Falling for each other might be the one move neither of them survives.

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