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In the shadows of a powerful whiskey empire and the violent wake of a botched heist, two worlds collide. Rhett Lawson, desperate to cement his legacy within a notorious criminal family, leads a high-stakes robbery against the formidable Bronte Cruz. When the operation ends in a tragic shootout and the loss of his brother, Rhett is forced into a desperate flight across state lines. Meanwhile, Maggie Marshall, a recovering alcoholic and CFO of her family's Louisiana distillery, discovers that her father's bourbon shipments mask a much darker trade. After a chance encounter at a hospital ER connects her to the fleeing Lawson men, Maggie is pulled into a dangerous web of secrets, corruption, and revenge. As the Lawson family's failures converge with the Marshall family's hidden sins, both Rhett and Maggie must navigate a landscape of shifting loyalties and deadly consequences. This gripping tale explores the heavy price of family legacy and the thin line between survival and total ruin. Comparable works include Ozark