Beneath the Armor
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Serriene Devereux, the independent, fashion-forward daughter of a powerful mafia boss, lives a life split between glitz and danger. She's built her own empire as a fashion designer and makeup brand owner, distancing herself from her father's criminal world. But when the longstanding feud between her father's Red Skull Mafia and the rival Black Dragon Society escalates, Serriene's life is thrown into chaos. Her father hires Kane Blackwood, a skilled yet mysterious assassin, as her bodyguard. What starts as a reluctant partnership soon becomes more, as Serriene and Kane navigate a world of betrayal, loyalty, and forbidden romance. Can she keep her life from spiraling into the shadows she's fought so hard to escape?
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