Empire

Melody-Byrd Chalestine has clawed her way to the top, defying every expectation stacked against her. From a childhood shadowed by absence and struggle to becoming one of the youngest, most powerful attorneys in New York, she's proof that grit and ambition can rewrite destiny.
But when she returns home to Chicago to expand her law firm, the past refuses to stay buried. Her father-once her greatest mystery-offers her an inheritance unlike any other: not a legacy of honor, but an empire built on fast money, dangerous loyalties, and the kind of power that stains everyone it touches.
Success has always fueled Melody, but this-this is different. Once she steps inside, there's no clean way out. Every decision she makes will determine not only her survival, but whether she rises as queen of the empire-or falls as just another casualty of the game.
Enemies or allies. Family or betrayal. The picture-perfect woman the world thought they knew is gone. What's left is a woman ready to claim everything-even if it costs her soul.
Empire is the story of how far one woman will go when ambition collides with the streets, and how the hunger for power can become the deadliest addiction of all.