Levi the Lender (Tales of New Camelot #21)

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Malik Leviticus is beset with multiple crises on his first day of ascending as the Levi Empire leader-all of them dealing with women. Facing him when he returns from his father's last rites is a bitter step-mother insisting his brother be sent to the other side of New Camelot and her nephew be given a prestigious post. A beautiful young noblewoman arrives and stands before him terrified of the rumors she's heard about him. Her father offered up Lady Gwendolyn to settle a debt in arrears and Malik's father thought her a perfect mate for Malik. And then there's Keeva. Delectable, intelligent, Keeva whom he played with as a child. A powerful man, he is the descendant of a Greek sailor that washed ashore New Camelot's southern beaches. As The Levi, he commands a wide diaspora of financial lenders located in every major port and city throughout the known world. Kings pander to him to solicit the gold he possesses to fund their wars. And then there is the other more pressing problem. Someone is attacking his lenders. Five have been assaulted by blank-faced knife-wielding assailants. Even he is not immune, for someone tries to poison him. Malik suspects a sorcerer is using evil magic, directing innocent victims to do his bidding through hypnosis. Invariably, the High Sheriff becomes involved in Malik's affairs. Bronson is determined to hang the perpetrator after a fair trial. Malik has another idea for the evil sorcerer's demise. Juggling three women and a maniac is going to take all of Malik's leadership skills and Keeva's wit to keep the Levi empire intact and unscathed from a talented and diabolical enemy.