The Glided Debt (wlw)
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The gripping sequel to Finding Lorraine.
In the shadow of Chicago's underworld, loyalty is a currency, and Lana Vargas is the bank.
After the fall of the Arthur empire, Lana has solidified her reign as the city's undisputed Queen of Logistics. She is cold, calculated, and untouchable. But when a multi-million dollar investment in a high-end jewelry boutique fails, Lana is forced to collect a debt from the only man she once called a friend: Colin St. James.
Colin has no money left to give, but he has something far more precious.
Enter Amber St. James. Twenty years old, fierce, and possessing eyes the color of raw emeralds and hair like a dying ember. To save her father from the ruthless machinery of the cartel, Amber becomes the collateral. Sold into Lana's world, she is no longer a daughter; she is a possession.
As Amber is pulled into Lana's orbit of secrets and bloodstained elegance, she discovers that the "Ice Queen" of Chicago hides a soul forged in a fire very much like her own. But in a world where power is constantly challenged by rising traitors and old ghosts from the Finding Lorraine era, their growing connection might be the very thing that burns them both down.
A story of power, obsession, and the high price of a heart.
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