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CRIMSON CROWN: THE MAFIA PRINCE'S EMPIRE

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Victor "The Viper" Castellano ruled the criminal underworld with an iron fist and brilliant strategy—until his own lieutenant put a bullet in his back. He died in a pool of blood, betrayed by the family he built. Then he woke up as Prince Adrian Valtheris, the forgotten third son of a dying kingdom—a prince so incompetent that even servants mock him openly. His brothers plot his assassination. His father has written him off. The neighboring empire circles like wolves. In six months, the King will choose his heir, and Adrian's name isn't even in consideration. But Victor didn't claw his way from the streets to mafia kingpin by playing fair. He knows how to build loyalty from nothing, turn enemies into assets, and make people who underestimate him regret it deeply. This medieval fantasy world has magic and dragons, but Victor has something better: three decades of ruthless experience in organization, strategy, and knowing exactly which threats to eliminate and which to turn into weapons. The useless prince is dead. The Viper has awakened in a crown. When Lady Seraphina Ashenheart—the brilliant, beautiful enemy general's daughter—arrives as a "peace offering" bride, she expects a weak prince she can manipulate. Instead, she finds a man with predator's eyes who speaks of power like he's tasted it before. Their marriage of convenience becomes a dangerous game where two master manipulators might actually be each other's perfect match. Can a mafia boss rewrite a kingdom's fate? Or will his old world's sins catch up to him in this new one?
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