The Grand Opening
A Family Business Novel
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Carl Weber
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Eric Pete
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Before there was the family, there was just the business. From the minds of New York Times best-selling authors Carl Weber and Eric Pete comes the game-changing prequel to their blockbuster Family Business saga.
Travel back to a small Southern town where, before there was Duncan Motors, there were the Duncan brothers: Louis, aka Sweet Lou, a lover of ladies and life and a man you did not want to cross; Lawrence, aka Larry, a screw-up as attracted to trouble as it was to him; and Lavernius, better known as LC, the soft-spoken college boy who simply wanted to sell cars.
But the Duncan brothers weren't alone at the crossroads. There was also the mysterious and seductive Chippy, a woman who saw a way out of her circumstances and dared to take it. Witness what changed the course of their lives when ambitions intersected with opportunity that came calling one day in the form of a man named Alejandro Zuniga. Welcome to the familiar, but as you've never seen it before.
The full voice cast includes Alonso Riggs, Julian Durant, and Neicy Bethea.
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AN ENEMIES-TO-LOVERS URBAN FICTION STANDALONE FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR, JADE JONES Evelyn Fairchild ain’t your average Hollywood starlet. She’s got the fame, the money, and the looks, but she’s also got a mean streak as sharp as her stilettos. Quick to judge and even quicker to dismiss, Evelyn’s built walls around herself so high, nobody’s getting in. She feeds off the spotlight, loving the power that comes with being a star, but she’s blind to the ice in her own heart. Then along comes Sav—short for Savage—a man who’s as dangerous as his name suggests. He owns several ...
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2 out of 5 stars
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Unfortunately, no
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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Engaging!
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good Listen but inconsistent
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 258
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2 out of 5 stars
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27 minutes???!!!
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By: Zane
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GREAT PREQUEL FOR FAMILY BUSINESS
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Captures all your attention from chapter one!
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great book
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A suspenseful urban love tale
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I love the Duncan family!!!!
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A 🔥read
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Loved it!!!
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EXCELLENT
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