Description
⁕ Velrose. The name secured a level of authority. Acknowledgment. Status. It was a name that needn't ask for respect. Respect was taken. For one twenty-six-year-old woman, she never knew her last name would lead to substantial responsibilities one day. And when her parents, the two responsible for building an empire to their name, travel abroad on business, the duty falls onto her to ensure their organization continues to thrive without flaw. But it's not the organization on the outside that needs to be monitored, it's the one the outside world doesn't know about. The one veiled from public eyes. Her expertise gets put the test when an unexpected arrival falls into her lap. A man who's lived his life dancing along the edges of prison. So she gives him a choice: join or leave. He chooses the wiser-unbeknownst to her of how this simple decision will leave an everlasting mark. With limited contact from her parents, a brother who doesn't feel the weight of responsibility, a clandestine facility to manage, and a man who challenges the chilled walls cloaking her heart-- a glass of whiskey may be the only thing keeping her leveled. Set in modern-day Pennsylvania, join Ms. Velrose in a perilous world of light and dark-- love and lust-- pain and pleasure. For the Velrose name has many friends. But where there are friends, enemies also loiter in the dark. In her world, everyone is guilty until proven innocent.
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