State of grace
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Gracelyn Adams was smart, she was one of the smartest people until she wasn't. One mistake cost her everything and she had to take off running. Her empire was taken over by her once husband, the man who was her best friend and her only option is now to run.
Nikolai Sokolov was the heir to the russian mafia and yet wanted nothing to do with it, he was a business man and the only thing he wanted was Gracelyn Adams, his ultimate obsession.
She was his waitress, he hired her when he didn't need a waitress but he did because he wanted her. Nikolai Sokolov knew Gracelyn Adams for longer than she'd even know, she was his, even if she didn't know it.
One deal between them and everything changed.
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