In Between The Lines
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➳❥[ᴏᴜᴛ ɴᴏᴡ] [ᴏɴɢᴏɪɴɢ] [ᴡᴇᴇᴋʟʏ ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇꜱ]
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Dive into a dark, intense thriller where love, loyalty, and betrayal are forged in the crucible of extreme violence. This is a gripping, multi-layered narrative following Asteria, a ruthless survivor, and Orion, a haunted young man, whose lives are tragically intertwined by devastating events from their past. Drawn together by shared trauma and a powerful mentor, they're soon plunged into a dangerous underworld. As hidden truths about what truly happened begin to surface, they find themselves targets of powerful forces, unknowingly on a collision course with a betrayal that runs far deeper than they could imagine. Their journey forces them to confront their past and a shocking truth about who they can truly trust.
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⚡🅶🅴🅽🆁🅴: Thriller Romance
⚡🆂🆄🅱 🅶🅴🅽🆁🅴: Crime Triller, Action Thriller, Conspiracy Thriller, Revenge Triller, Dark Romance
⚡🆃🅷🅴🅼🅴: Trauma, Betrayal, Justice, Revenge, Identity, Family, Curruption, Survival, Deception, Truth
⚡🅰🆄🅳🅸🅴🅽🅲🅴: Young Adults, New Adults, Adults
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This book is for readers who enjoy dark, gritty thriller with high stakes, organized crime narratives, intricate plots with conspiracy theories and major twists. Fans of complex, morally grey characters and anti heroes, stick around.
Warning: This book has deep emotional arcs and very sensitive, potentially triggering contents. CW is listed
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𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒇𝒊𝒂 𝑮𝒂𝒏𝒈 : 𝑯𝒆𝒓 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 - 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝑬𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐬 ☠️🔥 𝐚 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫. 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝, 𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡. 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 🌸✨ 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬, 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭? 🌍💥 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐲, 𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 ? ❤️🔥✨
𝐕𝐞𝐢𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞: 𝐀 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐝
𝐒𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐲 𝐀𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞: 𝐄𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 & 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟐: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐣𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲: 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏, 𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒚. 𝑽𝒆𝒊𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝑽𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒚 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑽𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒖𝒌𝒕𝒂, 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒂 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒄 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅. 𝑭𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕, 𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅, 𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒌𝒊𝒅𝒏𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒂. 𝒀𝒆𝒕, 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔, 𝑽𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅-𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒖𝒏𝒘𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆, 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝑺𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒖𝒌𝒕𝒂 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆. Copyright © [202
For the Empire - Inganno
[Book 1] Stella and her father had no choice but to move in with her Uncle Timo, in New York, in refuge, after witnessing her mom's murder, as a child. She feels a connection to her Uncle, but his responsibilities as the leader for one of the largest Mafia families, in the East coast, keep him distant. Years later, Stella, is desperate to escape the life she never wanted to take part in. But soon her life takes a turn for the worst when her world is once again turned upside down. In the midst of her sorrow, guilt and pain, she finds herself conflicted with growing affection, towards her best friend, JP. JP has only ever wanted Stella to be happy, even if it means not being in her life. But he's carrying secrets he knows will shatter her. JP's overbearing father, feeds into his already growing uneasiness, with not knowing how he will fit into Stella's life, as his responsibilities as a soldier in her Uncle's family continue to grow. Secrets will be exposed, and betrayals will be made. **Book 1 of For The Empire Series** Content Advisory: Mature themes, course language, violence, explicit sexual content © 2020 LJRae Highest Rank: #1 Mafia Stories 7/3/2021 #4 in Deception 5/29/2022 #12 in Sadlovestory 5/29/2022Complete
✧°•𝓢𝓮𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓭 𝓫𝓸𝓸𝓴 𝓸𝓯 𝓶𝓪𝓯𝓲𝓪 𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓼•°✧ ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Secrets are something you don't want everybody to know. They can be sweet, essential, toxic and dangerous. And there are some secrets which can ruin someone's entire life. Like a mysterious disappearance that unexpectedly erased her from everyone's lives, ❝𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢❞ suddenly reappeared. Everyone had assumed she was gone forever, but fate had other plans. Not only did she return, but she also brought with her the potential downfall of someone else. Her lover, ❝Sumedh Singh'❞'s downfall. Fifteen years ago, he committed a sin, and now, he will pay dearly for his transgressions. This story is not solely based on redemption and love; rather, it delves into the realms of greed, power, betrayal, pain, and deceit. As they uncover the hidden secrets their families had kept from them, they will also unravel the true nature of their siblings' suffering and the atrocities committed against them. Bella will come to realize that the person she once believed was her protector is, in fact, her most dangerous enemy. She will uncover secrets buried deep within the hearts of the people she lives with, that she could never have imagined. ♤↬𝓑𝓮𝓽𝓻𝓪𝔂𝓪𝓵 𝓑𝓮𝓽𝔀𝓮𝓮𝓷 𝓤𝓼↫♤ ✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠✠ NOTE - This book can't be read stand alone. You have to read it's first part.
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