Two Steps To Success and Redemption (in Revision)
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Synopsis:
"1900, Louisiana.
The Wild West is drowning in bourbon, saloon music and broken promises.
Marina Lagunova Łupków Petrova Kaminski, a legendary bounty hunter, returns from the powder fields of China carrying more scars than dreams.
She wants peace, or at least to pretend that peace can exist.
But in New Orleans, nothing is simple because a casino boat on the Mississippi shines like an invitation to hell: cards, champagne, jazz... and blood.
Marina boards thinking she's going to play and discovers that, in fact, it's the board.
Amid shootouts in luxurious saloons, political conspiracies and treacherous alliances, Marina begins to build something greater than any bounty: an empire.
From cards to bullets.
From mud to absolute power.
She will stop at nothing to write her name in history as the richest, most feared woman, and, one day, the first President of the United States"
Age rating: +16
Note 1: This book is an English translation of the original work in Brazilian Portuguese called À Dois Passos do Sucesso e Redenção
Note 2: Contains strong words and scenes, names of real people, etc.
Note 3: This story here was made just as a hobby
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