Ivy & Venom: Seven Crowns book 1
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Cleo Berlusconi was raised to be perfect-graceful, obedient, and blind to her family's true power. She believes her father is a successful entrepreneur. In truth, he runs New York's most feared crime syndicate: one of the Seven Families who rule the city's underground empire.
When Cleo crosses paths with Kai Ribbel-a sharp-tongued boy with a vendetta-cracks begin to form in her pristine world. His uncle was murdered by her father's organization, and Kai may be more than just a threat-he might be her undoing.
Her twin sister, Kehlani, craves fame and freedom, not family legacy. But when her best friend is murdered, Kehlani is pulled into a spiral of secrets, betrayal, and the deadly reach of their bloodline.
As both sisters uncover the truth, they're drawn into a world where loyalty is brutal, power is inherited, and secrets are worth killing for. But the most dangerous secret of all? The one their father sacrificed part of his soul to protect.
In a world ruled by blood and bound by legacy, Cleo and Kehlani must choose:
Will they break free? Or become the queens they were born to be?
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