The Counterpart
Ruby Landers
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· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 24 ratings · 358 pages · Published: 21 Nov 2025
Eloise Silver is an actor in need of a big break. Now in her mid-thirties, her biggest credits to date are just one Australian soap opera and a series of ice-cream commercials. Oh, and that one time she played a real-life mob boss’s wife on prime-time television.
Suddenly, Estella Grant is no longer just the wife of a dangerous man. After leading a bloody coup she’s emerged as the leader of Melbourne’s biggest crime syndicate and she’s got one hell of a plan to execute. She’s got nothing to lose and an outsized reputation to help her in her reign of terror.
But Estella’s actions have unintended consequences because the public just can’t seem to get enough of a beautiful, dangerous mob boss. Season Seven of Universe Below is announced and Eloise is promoted to the lead role.
With her big break right on the horizon and her career hanging in the balance, Eloise decides that if she’s going to do the role justice, there’s only one thing left to do: try to get close to the most dangerous woman in the city.
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