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The Kingmaker

by Kennedy Ryan · All the King's Men #1

2019 · 344 pages · Sourcebooks, Inc.

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📚 Book 1 of an ongoing series (2 published)

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A ruthless dynasty's rebellious heir determined to forge his own path meets the one woman he can't resist—even though his family's sins make them sworn enemies. Lennix Hunter should be off-limits for a hundred reasons, especially when he's built his empire partly on a lie to have her, but the magnetic pull between them refuses to be denied. As secrets threaten to unravel everything he's worked for and everything she believes to be true, he'll discover that some rules are meant to be broken and some loves are worth the fallout. A deliciously angsty enemies-to-lovers romance about power, ambition, and the one person who makes a kingmaker willing to lose it all.

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