The Shadows in the City
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London Brielle Keller is a self made billionaire, being the proud founder and CEO of Keller Publishing Co. Her whole life seemed content, until her father dies. Usually people inherit a fortune or maybe a house, but in London's case, she inherits a whole mafia.
She is now caught in a mafia war.
Noah Adams is your typical business man womanizer. He has a comfortable job in a luxurious real estate office, and is candy to the eye. Everything couldn't be better for Noah, until he is saved by a mystery women in a near death experience. Now he's on a quest to find her, no matter what it takes. But is Noah only a business man?
2 rival mafias.
2 leaders.
Who will win?
What will they gain from it?
and what will they l o s e ?
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