Deadlier Than Desire
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Last published Mon, Mar 17, 2025
"In a world of lies and deception, the most dangerous game is falling in love."
Celeste Valeria Anastasia Moretti was raised in the shadows of power. To the world, she is just a brilliant college student. But behind closed doors, she is the heir to a ruthless empire-trained to be both a weapon and a strategist. She plays the game well, hiding her deadly nature beneath elegance and wit.
Until Damian Alessandro Russo steps into her life.
Charming. Intelligent. Dangerous. A man who holds grudges like a religion. He moves like a king on the chessboard of crime, and Celeste? She's just another piece in his twisted game of vengeance.
Or so he thinks.
Because Celeste has her own secrets, her own reasons to destroy the man who seeks to manipulate her. What starts as a battle of power and control soon turns into something far more dangerous-an obsession, a seduction, and a war where the heart is the most treacherous weapon.
In the end, one of them will fall. The question is... who will survive the game?
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