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Inherited
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Series: The Vance Legacy, Book 1
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jun 21 2026
Pages: 390
Weight: 1.03
Height: 0.97 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Marie DuPre has spent her entire life studying power.
As an eighth-grade history teacher in New Orleans, she teaches her students how empires rise, how tyrants maintain control, and how entire civilizations collapse under the weight of their own corruption. What nobody knows is that her fascination with history was born from surviving a tyrant of her own.
Lorenzo Vance lives in a different world.
As heir to one of Louisiana's most powerful criminal dynasties, his life is governed by loyalty, strategy, and the relentless expectations of a family legacy he never truly chose. Every move he makes is watched. Every weakness is exploited. And his mother-the ruthless matriarch behind the empire-expects absolute obedience.
When a chance encounter throws Marie and Lorenzo together, neither expects the connection that follows.
What begins as a dangerous attraction quickly becomes something far more complicated. As old secrets surface and powerful enemies close in, Marie finds herself pulled into a world of wealth, violence, and political intrigue where appearances are carefully crafted and trust is a luxury few can afford.
But Marie has spent her life studying the people who believe they control history.
And Lorenzo is about to discover that the quiet schoolteacher standing beside him may be far more dangerous than anyone realizes.
As family loyalties fracture and buried truths rise to the surface, Marie and Lorenzo must decide whether they are willing to break free from the legacies that shaped them-or become the very thing they swore they would never be.
Because some empires are built on power.
Others are built on secrets.
And every legacy eventually comes due.
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