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A semi-realistic crossover fanfic set in the American and British entertainment worlds, covering the media and celebrity circles, TV shows (The Newsroom, Succession, House of Cards, and more), Hollywood, and so on. There will be many fictional characters based on real people, as well as many real-life figures. This is imaginative fiction that might get people killed. It features an age gap and Daddy issues, so don't read if that's not your thing!
Synopsis: Freya Swan is an illegitimate daughter. When she is thirteen, her biological father dies, leaving her and her mother without a source of income. With no other option, her mother takes her to New York to seek help from her father's younger brother, Edmond Koch.
After lengthy negotiations and scrutiny, he adopts Freya with a thick stack of legal documents. She officially returns to the family and begins a life spent dancing through high society...
"What do you want me to call you... Uncle, Dad, or my lover?"
"You have a clever, pretty head, but that isn't enough to make you a player in this game."
"Politicians don't matter. If we write the lines and the script, and the entire production crew is ours, who cares which actor sits in the White House?"
"I've never seen a girl as beautiful as you, appearing before me like an angel. I'd give you everything, even my life... So will you put in a good word for me with your father?"
"Trading power for money. So many people in this city have made that mistake. Money buys you a gargantuan mansion in Sarasota, but it only lasts ten years. Power is an ancient stone building that can stand for centuries."
"Tell me, Freya. Beneath that beautiful, captivating exterior of yours, have you ever felt a moment of genuine sincerity?"
"I've met a lot of men, darling... Every one of them has professed their love to me, and every one of them has taught me firsthand how to avoid sincerity and indulge in power and desire without a second thought."
Keywords: adoptive father and daughter, uncle and niece, one woman with multiple partners, Western politicians and business and social elites. Don't read if that's not your thing!
Theme: The tangled interplay of love, power, and desire
