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The Predator
Dark Verse, Book 1
RuNyx
Morana Vitalio is a brilliant hacker from a rival mafia family, and Tristan Caine is the lethal outsider at the center of the enemy Outfit. She breaks into his home intending to expose or kill him; instead, the two are dragged into a twenty-year mystery neither family wants uncovered.
Moderate-to-frequent, growing alongside the enemies-to-lovers tension; the criminal mystery remains a major engine between scenes.
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Clocked.
if you've been called intimidating by someone who meant it as a warning
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This book is great for
Mafia romance for readers who need the FMC to arrive armed, brilliant, and fully capable of ruining the man across from her.
- needs the FMC formidable, not merely resilient
- wants criminal-family stakes with an actual mystery plot
- likes enemies who begin with a weapon between them
- reads mafia romance for suspense as much as heat
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