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Trail Of Dead Empires
book-rating-imgREADING AGE 16+
Moyin Nell
Romance
ABSTRACT
Olivia Castillo, the brilliant yet conflicted daughter of a world-renowned preacher, who studies political ethics at the elite Saint Geneva University in Austria. Raised on gospel and purity, Olivia’s life takes a dangerous turn when her best friend is found murdered after attending a secret political rally. That night, Olivia becomes entangled in a three-headed war of crime, wealth, and obsession.At the center of the storm is Michael Moretti, the heir to the feared Moretti mafia dynasty in northern Italy. Once a boxing prodigy, now an underground champion and secret investor in international arms, Michael is brutal yet disciplined, haunted by the death of his younger sister—a tragedy he blames himself for. When Olivia catches his eye after exposing corruption in the student council (which he secretly funds), Michael becomes both her protector and her worst temptation.But Michael isn’t her only danger.Kingsley Rothschild, a 40-year-old political billionaire running for President of the European Federation, is polished, commanding, and utterly ruthless. Years ago, he donated to Olivia’s father’s church as a way of cleaning his image. Now he wants Olivia by his side—to tame his public reputation and hide his violent ambitions. With a kiss that manipulates and a voice that commands, Kingsley isn’t used to hearing “no.”Then there’s Simeon Leclerc, a seductive con man raised in the slums of Marseille, who rose to fame by charming rich women and bleeding them dry. He plays the lover, the poet, the philanthropist, but he’s been hired by Kingsley’s opposition to dig into Olivia’s past. But Simeon didn’t plan on falling in love—or discovering that Olivia holds the key to destroying both Michael and Kingsley.Torn between three empires—mafia, political, and corporate—Olivia is forced to choose who to trust in a world where everyone wears a mask. Her closest friends, Juliet and Elicia, each have their own links to the men she’s caught between. Juliet, a fierce street activist, was once Michael’s lover and holds a secret that could unravel the Moretti family forever. Elicia, Olivia’s roommate, is Simeon’s current “mark”—a naïve heiress who doesn’t know she’s being used.As assassinations mount, elections draw near, and underground boxing becomes a battlefield for power, Olivia learns that her own father may have made a deal with the mafia years ago to protect his ministry—and it cost her mother her life.In the shadows, Olivia finds strength she never thought she had. She begins to play the game—attending Kingsley's campaign galas, manipulating Simeon into revealing his employers, and even stepping into Michael’s world as his fake fiancée. But emotions blur, lust ignites, and Olivia discovers that all three men have one thing in common: they’re willing to burn down the world for her.Everything comes to a head in Prague, where Kingsley holds a clandestine international summit that will solidify his grip on power. Olivia is kidn*pped by one of Kingsley’s aides—someone she once trusted. Michael and Simeon team up—reluctantly—to rescue her, leading to a brutal showdown in the ruins of an old cathedral that once symbolized peace.Blood is spilled. Secrets are exposed. One of the three men dies. Another is left broken.But Olivia doesn’t emerge a victim—she walks out a queen.She gives up her place in the church, leaves university, and builds a foundation dedicated to exposing the political-criminal network that tried to destroy her. She walks away from the men who would own her… but one follows her—not to possess her, but to stand beside her.