Lies We Breathe
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She came back to win a case. Not face her past.
Eloura Valencia is many things: beautiful, ruthless criminal lawyer, Harvard educated prodigy, high-heeled hurricane in the courtroom, and London's most intimidating returnee.
A heartless, sharp-tongued criminal lawyer in New York City, Eloura is a force the courtroom fears and the media obsesses over. But when her firm sends her back to London to oversee a high-profile criminal case involving drug ties. Eloura thinks it'll be a short, brutal visit to a city she swore she's never return to. But the real problem isn't the press, or the opposing counsel, or even the corruption scandal tied to her family's law firm.
It's him.
Elliot Van Ashford-the polished, untouchable, London's golden boy. The man she once loved. The man who shattered her.
Now he's standing across the courtroom, representing the very people she's determined to light on fire.
He has secrets. So does she.
But Eloura has made one thing crystal clear: she didn't come to forgive-she came to destroy.
In a case where everyone has something to hide, the most dangerous lies are the ones you tell yourself.
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