The Quiet One
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When the wild twin goes missing, the quiet one becomes dangerous.
Lena Vale was always the dependable one, the responsible one, the one who stayed home while her sister chased the spotlight. But when a single night out turns into a nightmare and her twin vanishes without a trace, Lena is forced to step out of the shadows and into a world she never knew existed.
The police say to wait. Her gut says to run.
Tracking whispers through a city ruled by velvet-suited criminals and golden lies, Lena discovers a brutal underworld where women disappear, and silence is currency. To find her sister, she'll have to face danger, deception... and the mysterious heir to a crime empire who may be her greatest threat-or her only ally.
Loyalty is tested. Lines blur. And the quiet one? She might be the most dangerous of them all.
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