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In the soot-covered streets of Small Heath, Ophelia Smark is known for her sharp tongue, quick fists, and refusal to kneel for any man. Independent, volatile, and guarded, she has survived more than most and learned to trust no one.
John Shelby is her opposite and her equal reckless but loyal, wild but devoted, dangerous but painfully soft with the people he loves. When their worlds collide, it's fire meeting gasoline. They argue, they bruise, they cling, they adore. Their love is messy, intoxicating, and impossible to walk away from.
As the Shelby empire grows and new enemies close in, John and Ophelia must face violence, jealousy, loyalty, and the ghosts of their pasts. But in the chaos of guns, whiskey, and family, they discover a truth that frightens them more than any rival gang:
Some loves are toxic. Some loves are healing. Theirs is both.
And neither of them would ever give it up.