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Shadows on the Riviera: The Devereaux Dynasty Series, Cleo Kensington, Book 1

Romance, Family, Travel, Suspense, Thriller & suspense, and Literature

Every Silver Gravity story centres women with agency.

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One dynasty, one heiress, and a hotel that could make or break their empire.

Monaco boardrooms. Cap-Ferrat terraces. A dynasty built on elegance, discipline, and secrets. When Ava Devereaux is tasked with delivering a full overhaul of Hotel Lumiere in time for festival season, she finds more than faded grandeur. She uncovers neglect, code risks, and a staff terrified the hotel will be flipped into condominiums.

At the Yacht Club de Monaco, Ava faces a gauntlet: investors, her merciless father Victor, and whispers that Artemis Luxury Collection is scouting land a kilometre away. Selling would be prudent. Ava's plan is bolder: secure heritage approvals, expand keys, modernise the unseen systems, and lead with sustainability and community.

Then Juliette, the dynasty's matriarch, opens a leather-bound album and reveals the hotel's soul: during the war, the Lumiere hid artists and dissidents behind the wine cellar. Heritage isn't just facades. It's memory. Ava must rebuild without erasing what made the hotel a sanctuary.

Enter Leonardo Rossi, Lake Como architect with a spine of steel and a studio that refuses flash over substance. Their first meeting sparks friction, their second grudging respect, their third a partnership that starts to look like something more. Together they navigate staff morale, a breaking PR story, and a board that doubts Ava, until she goes all-in with her inheritance to force the vote.

As the reopening draws near, storms gather offshore and on a private yacht, where plans are laid to ensure Ava fails. But under fireworks and Riviera twilight, the Lumiere begins to shine again, and so does the woman determined to lead it.

Featured Locations

Monaco, Devereaux Boardroom and Harbour - power moves with yachts glittering below
Yacht Club de Monaco - investors, rivals, and a pivotal lunch
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, Juliette's Villa - the photo album that reveals the Lumiere's wartime sanctuary
Hotel Lumiere, Riviera Flagship - Belle Epoque beauty, hidden decay, and a daring reinvention
Lake Como, Rossi Design Studio - principles over flash, until the right project

Reader Praise

"Glamour with teeth, boardroom chess, Riviera sparkle, and a heroine you can't help but root for."
"A sweeping, sexy family saga that nails luxury hospitality and the cost of legacy."
"Enemies-to-allies romance with real bite. Ava and Leonardo crackle on the page."

About the Devereaux Dynasty Series: Drama-Adventure Romance

The Devereaux Dynasty Series follows the powerful Devereaux family, an international dynasty navigating inherited wealth, luxury hospitality, boardroom wars, hidden scars, and love that threatens carefully built empires.

Set across the French Riviera, Monaco, Lake Como, Venice, Mykonos, and Europe’s most exclusive destinations, each novel explores what happens when family legacy collides with ambition, desire, and reinvention.

Readers can expect: