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The novel combines Beauty and the Beast with the Mafia world, following Imogen Demotta and Lincoln Knight.
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Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
Read All About It Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups pleaded not guilty to a two-count federal indictment accusing him of participating in a brazen scheme to rig underground poker games backed by the Mafia.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 25 Nov. 2025
This World Series is rigged, probably by the Dems & the Mafia.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
In the Brooklyn prosecution, the Mafia played a major role in the high-end poker games, with mobsters posing as ordinary players at the tables and providing the muscle to collect debts, prosecutors said.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
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Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
Read All About It Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups pleaded not guilty to a two-count federal indictment accusing him of participating in a brazen scheme to rig underground poker games backed by the Mafia.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 25 Nov. 2025
This World Series is rigged, probably by the Dems & the Mafia.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
In the Brooklyn prosecution, the Mafia played a major role in the high-end poker games, with mobsters posing as ordinary players at the tables and providing the muscle to collect debts, prosecutors said.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
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“The Mafia.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Mafia. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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