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Ashley Delaney Hale is seventeen, kind-hearted, independent, and perfectly happy living a quiet life working at a small tea house in Birmingham. She knows nothing about the city’s dangerous underworld—and she certainly doesn’t know the man who walks through the tea house doors one rainy afternoon. Tommy Shelby. To Ashley, he’s just a mysterious, intimidating customer who seems to carry far more darkness than he lets anyone see. She doesn’t know his name is feared across Birmingham. She doesn’t know he’s a powerful mob boss. And she has no idea why he keeps coming back. But Tommy finds something in Ashley that he hasn’t felt in years: peace. Around her, the noise in his head becomes quieter. She doesn’t judge him, fear him, or care about the Shelby reputation. She simply sees Tommy as a person. As Tommy begins quietly protecting Ashley from the dangers surrounding his family, Ashley slowly finds herself pulled into a world of secrets, enemies, and violence she never knew existed. Because when Tommy Shelby cares about someone, his enemies notice. And now Ashley may be the one thing Tommy cannot afford to lose. She might be the change Tommy needs—but can he protect her from the world he built before it’s too late?