Las Vegas, the city of glitz, secrets, and power, becomes the backdrop for an unlikely romance between two heirs bound by loyalty, legacy, and danger.
Serena King, a sharp and ambitious black woman, is the heiress to The Royale casino empire in Las Vegas. Raised in the world of luxury and power, she knows how to navigate the cutthroat business world her family has built. But when Matteo Romano, the handsome and enigmatic son of an Italian mafia boss, enters her life, she is drawn into a world far more dangerous than she ever imagined.
Matteo's father, a powerful mafia don, was forced to move the family from Italy to Vegas due to growing threats from rival families. Matteo, though loyal to his family, finds himself torn between the life he's always known and the woman who has captured his heart.
Serena's father, a close friend to Matteo's father, has always kept the families' worlds separate-until now.
Tensions rise as Matteo is forced to make difficult choices between loyalty to his family and his love for Serena. With his family's enemies closing in, and betrayal lurking around every corner, Matteo must decide if his heart is worth risking the very empire they've worked so hard to build. But Serena, fiercely protective of her own legacy, is not easily swayed.
As their love faces deadly consequences, both must navigate the fine line between loyalty, power, and survival.
Will Matteo and Serena be able to survive the challenges of their intertwined worlds, or will their love be torn apart by the very families that brought them together?
Henley agrees to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for a fee, falling in love as she wonders - how is he involved in her brother's false conviction?
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Henley Linden's brother is in jail for a crime he didn't commit, and she'll take any job to raise the money needed to free him. Soon, she's agreed to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for ten thousand dollars, so his mother will ease up the pressure on him to find a wife. But once Henley is enmeshed in Bennett's world, he falls for her, and she starts to have feelings for him as well. Despite her romance with Bennett, as she grows closer to the Calloways, Henley realizes they are somehow involved in her brother's conviction. Journeying deeper into a world of wealth and conspiracies, Henley is forced to rely on Bennett, though doing so could cost her everything.
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