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Under Her Influence
At twenty-eight, Alessandra Moretti has everything most people spend a lifetime chasing.
A multimillion-dollar real-estate empire. A name that opens doors across Los Angeles. A luxurious life that looks perfect from the outside.
What she doesn't have is someone she can trust.
After being used for her money and betrayed by women who claimed to want her, Alessandra stopped believing in love. Now she keeps women at a safe distance-private, temporary, and never serious. It's easier that way. No expectations. No vulnerability. No chance of being hurt again.
Then Amara Bennett walks into her life.
Fresh to Los Angeles and determined to make it as a model, Amara is everything Alessandra should stay away from. She's young, captivating, and completely unfamiliar with the world Alessandra lives in.
And for the first time, Alessandra doesn't want a woman just for one night.
She wants to know her.
Amara has never been with a woman before. She certainly never expected the first woman to awaken something inside her to be the intimidating billionaire whose name seems to be everywhere in Los Angeles.
But attraction quickly becomes impossible to ignore.
So they pretend it's nothing.
Alessandra hides behind her wealth and control. Amara hides behind uncertainty and fear. Neither woman is willing to admit that what began as attraction has become something far more dangerous.
Because the more they try to keep their feelings buried, the harder it becomes to deny them.
And when the woman who has everything finally risks losing the one thing money can't buy, Alessandra will have to decide-
Is she willing to surrender control?
And is Amara brave enough to love the woman behind the empire?