Adrian the Last Ainsworth

Adrian Ainsworth returned to A City with a single purpose: vengeance. For a decade, he has been in the shadows, being fore-sharpened by the elusive Master Arin. Now, under the false identity of Adrian Gray, he is ready to unmask the ones who reduced his family to ashes and reclaim the empire stolen from him. His meticulously developed plot ignites when he rescues a woman from being viciously kidnapped in the rubble of his old homestead. Selena Alden is the proud heiress to one of the city's most powerful families - a family now shrouded in the suspicion of their connection to his past. He is her savior; she sees only a captor. Her hatred is denser, as fiery as the one that plagues him. Surging into the glitter and blood of the A City elite, Adrian is playing the game inside, with the hidden corporate empire his mentor aided in creating. But every path of his revenge leads back to Selena. She is the key to the castle walls, an alluring enigma of inherent guilt and irresistible charm. When their destinies collide in a life or death game of corporate strength and secret life, a darker and scarier realization comes into view: the fire that burnt down Adrian’s family did not die. It only learned to burn in the dark. Now, Adrian must decide if the woman tied to his enemies is the pawn in his game of revenge, or the one who holds the power to either heal his scars or consume them both in the coming inferno.

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