It Was Only Supposed to Be Business
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Adeline Yardley is a young, beautiful and kindhearted Birmingham native who is doomed to marry an aristocrat twice her age. When things turn sour between Adeline and her scathing fiancé, Adeline finds herself under the protection of Birmingham's most notorious and violent gang, the Peaky Blinders. Despite her world being on fire, Adeline is tangled in the rising kingdom of crime boss Thomas Shelby and becomes more than just a business deal to him.
Thomas Shelby x original character.
Slow burn.
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