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Leonardo Roche was born into power, but he never wanted it. As the son of Levon Roche, a ruthless crime boss with a past full of ghosts, Leonardo struggles to define his own path. When he discovers his father has stolen the ashes of a nameless boy—a boy who never had a chance—Leonardo’s simmering defiance ignites into full-blown war. Across town, Viper wants nothing more than to keep his stepson Vance out of the life. But when Levon resurfaces with leverage that cuts to the bone, Viper is forced into a brutal game where survival means sacrificing more than he’s willing to lose.

Roche Pride is a gripping tale of power, deception, and the fragile bonds that hold a family together. Levon Roche, the unyielding head of a powerful dynasty, fights to maintain control as the foundations of his world begin to crack. His wife, Stephania, harbors a devastating secret—her affair with Maurice "Python" Hecate and the true paternity of her youngest child, Alessio. Meanwhile, Amythist Nexxe, Stephania’s younger cousin, wrestles with her own silent suffering.

Ethan Blackwood has a dark destiny that will make him the next Blackwood Crow. He’s being haunted by his past and is slowly morphing into the man he never wanted to be. Every decision he’s made to get to this point in his life has been a misstep, and he’s desperate to get turned in the right direction before it’s too late. He doesn’t know how, until he runs into a clumsy little beauty who has decided he is hers, and she is his. What he needs to do is stay steady and figure out a way to get rid of the ghost from his past, but Leah is making it hard to think straight.

Alexis crawls, beaten but not broken, from the trunk of her car. She hadn’t taken the threat seriously and now she’s sure he’ll be back. Cyrus Lee is a name she’ll never forget, and not because of her possibly broken ribs. Her new investor is Nicholas Lee, Cyrus’s son. Afraid of the answers the cops might find, she calls The Pride. Every girl’s father leaves a dial-a-hero card hidden behind the Monet? Right? If she didn’t know why before, she knew now. The bastard wasn’t getting a dime!

Three trees, known as the Peacock trees, are blamed by the peasants for the fever that has killed many. Squire Vane scoffs at this legend as superstition. To prove them wrong, once and for all, he takes a bet to spend the night in the trees. In the morning he has vanished. Is he dead, and if so who has killed him? The poet? The lawyer? The woodsman? The trees?