Bound by blood |✔️
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[Status: Completed - April 2025]
Helena Cassidy. Perfectly content as a plain old waitress, with a simple life. By day, she works at a local café, and by night, she cares for her beloved grandmother. Though she's comfortable in her routine, Helena can't shake the feeling that she's meant for something more-she just hasn't figured out what yet.
Cooper Lunzten. A powerful and dangerous business prodigy, Cooper's reputation as a ruthless heir to his father's empire precedes him. When he sets his sights on Helena, it raises one question: Why her?
As their worlds collide, Helena is thrust into a world she doesn't recognise as a powerful secret crumbles everything around her.
[Book #1 in the 'Bound' series]
[Word count: 50,000 - 55,000]
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