Second Love & Magic
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With more enemies lining up to kill him than he can count, a playboy billionaire must hire the only woman capable of keeping him alive, even if she hates his guts.
Gabriel Gerard's life is full of gorgeous women, expensive cars, and infinite wealth. And people who want him dead. After recently inheriting the largest energy conglomerate in the world and becoming the sole financier of the newly formed United Countries of America, regimes bent on world domination and militant political activists alike would benefit from his demise. Then there's his 11-minute younger twin brother, their deceased father's spare. And finally, his mother, Vice President of the UCA, second only to the man who blew the world into the post-apocalyptic state that gave rise to his Dark Mage Order and destroyed Gabriel's life.
Secretly funding a rebellion against this supernatural world order while dodging bullets and bombs, Gabriel knows his magic isn't enough to keep him alive. He needs real protection. Her name is Olivia Leon, and she hates everything for which he stands. But he doesn't have time to prove her wrong before he must trust her to find out who is trying to kill him. All he can do is hope that either his devastating charm or massive paycheck will convince her that his life's worth saving.
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