When Royal lands a dream job at a high-end boutique, she has no idea her impossibly charming boss is the ruthless head of a Russian crime empire—but she's about to find out the hard way. As Dmitry pulls her deeper into his world of luxury and danger, she becomes the one thing that could make this cold, calculating mobster want to walk away from everything he's built. Their forbidden connection promises passion and escape, but when a vengeful threat emerges from Dmitry's past, Royal becomes caught in a deadly game where love might be the most dangerous weapon of all. This epic interracial romantic suspense will break your heart and put it back together with every twist.

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