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Hearts Beyond The Empire
Romance In the political underbelly of the world's wealthiest nation, the Empire Consortium, love is a weapon-and sex, a form of currency. When Selene Vargas, a brilliant but emotionally guarded daughter of a disgraced diplomat, is offered a mysterious high-stakes job inside the walls of the elite power circle, she finds herself drawn into a dangerous web of betrayal, ambition, and obsession.
There, she meets Damon Vale, the cold, commanding heir to the Empire's most influential corporate dynasty. Known for his ruthlessness and disinterest in anything sentimental, Damon sees Selene as a pawn-until her fiery intelligence and haunting vulnerability unravel something primal in him.
What begins as a power play spirals into a volatile, all-consuming affair-blending raw desire with emotional peril. As secrets unravel and enemies close in, Selene and Damon must choose: destroy each other, or burn the empire down together.
This is not a love story. This is survival laced in silk sheets, whispered lies, and the taste of sin.
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