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MediaDB / «Crimson Ties by Wendy Owens: download fb2, read online
About the book: year / Born into a world of power and danger, Amelia King's life is a gilded cage ruled by the iron fist of her father, the notorious head of the King crime family. Her every move is watched and her fate is controlled. And yet Amelia yearns for freedom, longs to experience the wild side of life. And one fateful night, she succumbs to an impulse of pure recklessness, succumbing to fiery passion with a mysterious stranger in the shadows of an alley. But fate has a twisted sense of humor. The random stranger turned out to be not just any man, but Alexei Ivanov, heir to the King family's fiercest rivals. This information puts their romance under ban. A dangerous alliance runs counter to family loyalty and undermines the delicate balance of power. Torn between duty and desire, Amelia finds herself in a whirlpool of secret dates and passionate nights with Alexei. He is the embodiment of everything she has been taught to despise, and at the same time the only man she finds irresistibly attractive. When someone finds out about their love and tries to use the information to seize power, will they be able to survive the chessboard of deadly mafia wars when information about their affair becomes someone's weapon in the struggle for power? Or will it create a spark that will ignite an all-out conflict? In this passionate, heartbreaking story, Amelia King must decide whether to risk everything for her love for Alex.?