Vernizzi: Duty and Desire (A Novel)
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Her desire was the first betrayal.
At just twenty-five, Sera Vernizzi became the cold, commanding face of her family's centuries-old maritime empire. Crowned CEO after her father's death, she rules Milan's elite circles with unshakable poise and ruthless precision. At her side stands Julien Beaumont-her devoted husband, a celebrated theater and film actor-producer, whose love is constant but whose presence never truly touches the heart of her world. His loyalty borders on blindness, unable-or unwilling-to see the storm quietly gathering within her.
But no empire is immune to the rot that begins at home.
Sera's enemies bear her own name. The Vernizzi family, bound by blood but fractured by ambition, plays a treacherous game of legacy and power. Every move is a threat. Every smile hides a blade. Amid this quiet war, Sera longs for something that power cannot give her-release.
Then comes Parker St. Clair. An adult film actor with eyes like secrets and a gaze that cuts through her armor. Their affair begins as a calculated escape. But what starts as control slips quickly into chaos. The chemistry is instant, combustible-and more dangerous than she ever imagined.
As her family closes in and betrayal sharpens its teeth, Sera is caught between the world she built and the one she craves. Between power and passion. Loyalty and lust. Control and surrender.
In a world where nothing is ever just business...
How far will she go for a desire she can no longer deny?
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