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Leverage

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Reads 18
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Parts 6
Time 28m

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In Blackridge Falls, power isn't given it's taken.

Eighteen-year-old Sloane Sinclair has always known her place among the town's elite. The daughter of a famed real estate lawyer and a world-renowned ballerina, she was raised in the spotlight, taught to smile for the cameras and never let anyone see her bleed.

But when the Ashbys-the most private and feared family in Blackridge-step out of the shadows to partner with the Sinclairs, Sloane finds herself caught in the orbit of their cold, unreadable heir: Nikolai Ashby. He's not charming, not kind, and not even pretending to like her. In fact, the first time they meet, he calls her "just leverage."

Sloane should hate him. She should focus on her perfect boyfriend, Theo Reyes, and ignore Nikolai's quiet dominance over every room he walks into. But the more she sees him-the calculated glances, the rare smirks, the dangerous alliances-the more she begins to wonder:

Who is Nikolai Ashby?
Why are his family so secretive?
And why does her heart race when he's near, even as he claims he doesn't want her?

As tensions between the town's most powerful families grow, Sloane is pulled into a game of obsession, betrayal, and survival where love feels like a weapon, and trust could cost her everything.

In Blackridge Falls, nothing is just business.
And everyone is leverage.All Rights Reserved

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