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The story starts in the busy city of Hong Kong, where Ruth Lee is leading a life of privilege, replete with all the luxuries and protection provided by her powerful Mafia family. She suspects something is wrong, but the truth comes crashing down when, after a family argument, Ruth wakes up to a house full of dead servants and her family nowhere to be found.

Scared and desperate at first, Ruth finds, behind a hidden safe left by her father, an address in Seoul, South Korea; a credit card; and papers so she could travel. She finally settled in South Korea out of necessity in search of her answers. On landing, it is Frank Xia, a very-feared Mafia lord previously associated with the mafia family. Frank, owing to old debts to her father, agrees to help Ruth find her family-but only if she proves capable of surviving the brutal world of the Mafia.

As Ruth trains with Frank and his crew, she learns about her secret Mafia lineage and all the power dynamics that come with it. It is a tough, grueling training that pushes her to her limits, but slowly, Ruth morphs from pampered princess into Mafia heiress. The complication in their mission would be the budding attraction between Ruth and Frank, and as their feelings for each other deepen, so does their determination to find her family-and to unmask the formidable foes against them.

On her way, Ruth faces betrayal, dark secrets, and surprising alliances. Now she's supposed to learn her way with a world she never understood, and the dark legacy of her family. Tension between her and Frank heightens while running life-threatening missions, and a passionate romance blooms in the midst of chaos. But the road to the future is filled with perils, as Ruth's uncle, a powerful Mafia baron with a deep-seated grudge against her family, seeks to destroy everything they've built.

Ruth Lee (TAMING THE MAFIA PRINCESS )

<p>I can still feel the hot sticky grime of that Bangkok safehouse on my skin as I sit cross-legged on a creaking old cot, my mind whirling with plots and what-ifs. The cramped room, with its poor light and the distant buzz of a crowded street beyond the door, is both sanctuary and pressure cooker. Tonight, Ruth and I feel forced to lay everything open—our military strategy, to be sure, but the bare, painful reality of our inner lives.</p>

<p>I spread out a frayed map on the squeaky table, its corner creases worn from countless drafts, and point a line of red-spotted points. "Look here," I say to him, my finger trembling just so as I trace a route across the grid, "this is where they last got a report from our informant in the underworld. It may be our window into locating your family."</p>

CHAPTER 54