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**This site is for mature audiences 18 and older only**Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120565969522605813noreply@blogger.comBlogger1395125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5761217158619496688.post-34115729671880855592015-07-25T07:00:00.000-05:002015-07-25T07:00:04.717-05:00Blog Tour: Revived by Samantha Towle<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">India Harris didn’t have the best start in life. Abandoned as a baby, she and her twin brother, Kit, spent their lives in foster care, only having each other to rely on. Then, at a young age, a relationship with the wrong man left India pregnant. Wanting to give her son the life she never had, she put herself through school and graduated with honors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, at the age of thirty, she’s a highly respected therapist.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the top of his game as a Formula One driver, Leandro Silva had everything—until an accident on the track left him staring death in the face. After enduring twelve months of physical therapy, Leandro is now physically able to race, but his mind is keeping him from the track. Frustrated and angry, Leandro’s days and nights are filled with limitless alcohol and faceless women.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Entering the last year of his contract, he knows he has to race again, or he’ll lose everything he spent his life working for. Forced into therapy to get his life back, Leandro finds himself in the office of Dr. India Harris.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Falling for his uptight therapist is not part of Leandro’s plan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Having unethical feelings for her patient, the angry Brazilian race car driver, is not part of India’s plan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But what if the wrong person is the only person who is right?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love reading a story where the male lead character is a self centered player who gets completely knocked to his knees by a woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You know the guys I'm talking about, they like to play hard and have women dropping their panties without trying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The word commitment is not in their vocabulary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This pretty much sums up Leandro Silva.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Leandro is so messed up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is a well known Formula 1 racer, recovering from an accident that could have killed him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If he wants to get back on the track he needs to deal with all the stuff replaying in his head, he needs therapy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">India Harris is a successful , independent, beautiful woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had a pretty messed up childhood and has spent the last 12 twelve years raising her son and working hard to have the career she has always wanted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hew new patient is Leandro Silva.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This man is off the chart hot but she is a professional and can reign in the attraction she is feeling.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Leandro wants India from the first moment he meets her and he is determined to have her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knows she feels it to and he does nothing to hid his interest in her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>there is no way that India wants to risk her much loved career for a fleeting affair with a man she knows won't stick around in the long term.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why can't she stop thinking of him?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">India is the exception for Leandro, a game changer, she is the sort of woman who deserves more than one night of passion from him and he wants to give it to her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and I don't intend on walking away from it'<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">India struggles with her feelings and her conscience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She wants to do the right thing but in doing so she could be taking away her chance at a happy ever for her and her son.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes you have to make a decision that at the time makes you feel unsure and a bit too spontaneous but it is better than living with regret.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another fabulous read from Samantha Towle, I love this author's books :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I give this 4 stars.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the cover of the magazine is a picture of me with the caption, <em>What the Bad Side of Formula 1 Looks Like</em>.</span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, now, I’m the bad side of Formula 1. Good to know.</span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I already know what the media say about me. How I’ve turned from a great racer into a drunk and a whore.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They’re not wrong on the whore part. Well, <em>whore</em> is a bit harsh. I don’t charge for my services. And I wouldn’t say I’m a drunk. I just like to drink—a lot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I shouldn’t read the article. I know this, but the sadistic part of me has me turning those pages.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finding the article, eyes scanning the text, I pick out the usual shit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why is Silva no longer racing? Physically, he’s healthy. Is it mental problems? Fear over racing because of his accident? Is that why he drinks—drowning his misery in alcohol? Such a shame to see a once great driver fall from grace so dramatically.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Frustration and rage grip my chest like a vise.</span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fuck this. I don’t need this shit.</span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even though I can’t race, it’s not like I actually need to.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don’t need to race. I just need to drink and fuck. That’s all I need now. All I will ever need.</span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Liar.</span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m a liar and a chickenshit. And that’s why I’m sitting in the waiting room to see a therapist.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maybe I am beyond help.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tossing the magazine back onto the table, I get to my feet, ready to leave this place, just as the door opens, revealing the epitome of what I could really do with screwing right now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My eyes trail up the tanned, toned legs to the fitted pencil skirt that I would happily hitch up to see the magnificent pussy that I bet lies beneath. A pale-pink blouse is tucked into that skirt, covering what looks like a fantastically sized pair of tits. Silky blonde hair sits on her shoulders. Hair that I would enjoy getting my hands all tangled in while I fuck those bright red lips of hers, enjoying seeing that lipstick smeared all over my cock.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My dick pulses in my jeans, more than ready to proposition her with the offer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Mr. Silva.” She steps forward. “I’m Dr. Harris. But please call me India.”</span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She’s Dr. Harris?</span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This hitch-your-skirt-up-and-let-me-fuck-you-right-now woman is my new therapist.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, that’s just fucking great. It’s not like I can bang my therapist.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I put my cock on hold and give her my best smile, the one that always has panties dropping to the floor, as I say, “And you can call me Leandro.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>She has also written paranormal romances, THE BRINGER and the ALEXANDRA JONES SERIES, all penned to tunes of The Killers, Kings of Leon, Adele, The Doors, Oasis, Fleetwood Mac, and more of her favourite musicians.</em></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Phoebe St. Claire has devoted herself to saving her family's hotel empire--but her best efforts have not been good enough. With her whole world in turmoil, the tenacious go-getter turns to the once love of her life. Far from innocent, Jeremy McQueen was the guy from the wrong side of the tracks who her parents would never have approved of. Their years apart have only made the sexy bad boy more irresistible than ever--and their reunion is explosive.</span></span></div>
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romance five years ago, Phoebe is now engaged to be married (not to holiday
romance guy) and has recently taken over the reigns of the family
business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She should be excitedly making
wedding plans with her sweet fiance Dawson but there is just something
missing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Like having an itch between
your shoulder blades and no matter which way you twist your arm you just can't
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life because she can't go on feeling like this. A chance meeting with Mr
holiday romance, Jeremy McQueen changes everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The desire between them is palpable, is he
the missing piece in her life?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Five
years have passed but they are just as drawn to each other.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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and passion every time she is around him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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feelings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Things between them move along
at a rapid pace. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He seems to be all in
and wanting everything with her.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a complex love story with a couple
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kim Karr is a must read author for me ever
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Phoebe St. Claire</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Feeling a bit drunk and overwhelmed with so many and so few choices at the same time, I needed some time alone and snuck off toward the beach path.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I ran toward the ocean and twirled in the sand as the wind blew around me. Once I started to feel dizzy from twirling, I still wasn’t ready to head back to the party, so I took the path that would lead me to the large Olympic-sized pool. I tugged my sandals off with thoughts of putting my feet in the water to rinse the mud and sand away. As I approached the pool, I noticed how it glowed like it was lit by small pale fires. Lost in the enchantment of it, the sudden movement beneath the surface startled me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A fair-haired boy emerged from the water. He pulled himself up and out so quickly that I was momentarily stunned. And then when he drank me in with his eyes, I shuddered.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I couldn’t help it, the way he looked at me just made me shiver. No one had ever looked at me like that before and I found myself gazing back into his intense eyes.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He was utterly beautiful. His bare chest was sculpted but not overly bulky like Danny or Jamie. They worked out every day pumping obnoxious amounts of iron to look the way they did. In contrast, the boy standing before me had a swimmer’s build.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He stood stoic and a cautious look crossed his face. He was long and lean in a pair of bright green neon swim trunks.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Right away I could tell he didn’t care what anyone thought about him.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I loved the idea of that.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He shook his head and his hair fell into his eyes.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wanted to reach out and push it away. It wasn’t long, but it wasn’t short. It was perfect.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Hey,” he said, grabbing a towel off the ground.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It didn’t belong to the club. It was small, beige, and a bit worn—not the large hunter-green fluffy ones monogrammed in white I’d always gotten when I used to come here to swim as a kid.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He grabbed a pair of jeans that lay next to where the towel had been and walked right by me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I turned to watch him as he strode into one of the cabanas and dropped his trunks. I froze and squeezed my eyes shut, thinking I shouldn’t be watching him but then opened them quickly when I couldn’t resist maybe catching a glimpse.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Didn’t your parents ever tell you it isn’t polite to stare?” His voice was low and sexy, and it tugged me out of my own head.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I put my hands on my hips. “Didn’t your parents ever teach you not to undress in mixed company?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He pulled his jeans on and laughed. “My mother might have mentioned that once or twice but I’ve never been good at following the rules.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I didn’t see anything I shouldn’t have seen, it was too dark, but something inside me electrified at the thought of seeing him naked and I stepped closer. That’s when I noticed the scuffed-up black work boots on one of the lounges with a T-shirt thrown next to them.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then I stepped even closer and entered the cabana entrance, effectively blocking his way. “Why? You’re not doing anything wrong.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He shrugged but he didn’t try to move around me. “I usually swim in the ocean but when the water is too rough, like tonight, I come here.”</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another completely enthralling read from an
author that is well known as the queen of mindf*ckery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In person, Pepper Winters could not be more
opposite to the content of her stories, she is such a lovely lady and you
wonder just how she comes up with such incredibly dark stories like this. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are so many layers to this story that
you will not want to skip a word and I found myself thirsting for every tidbit
of insight to help make sense of what the heck was going on.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We begin this story with a nameless young
woman with no memory of who she is and there are peppering’s of flashbacks
which seem to confuse her more than anything as she tries to piece them
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then there is Arthur Killian, president of
the Pure Corruption MC, the man currently in possession of this amnesic
confused woman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He walks around with a
cloak of anger and regret clouding his every moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is intent on avenging the death of someone
who was important in his life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every
step and decision he has made in the last eight years has been careful planning
to exert revenge on the person responsible for his misery.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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weight inside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A betrayal so deep he
lived, breathed, almost died with it, all while it rotted away at his
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As the story moves forward you can just
feel something building, something dark and foreboding lurking in the
background getting ready to pounce when you least expect it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As much as don’t want to know, you also can’t
wait to know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is this feeling that
keeps you inhaling the pages like you need them as you need air to breath.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just when you think you have it all worked
out and the ending all plotted out in your mind, everything changes and you are
left with your mouth gaping open, completely mind f*cked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is why we love reading Pepper's books,
there is nothing predictable and it is an exhilarating experience, the very
essence of why I love to read.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The in-between world where time had no power over rhyme, reason, or connection. We met. We stared. We knew.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There was no distortion from the outside world. No right or wrong. No confusion or battles from hearts and minds.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just us. In our silent dreamworld.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That nightmare became our home. Planting ghosts, raising fantasies. Entwined together in our happily skewed reality.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That was my world now. Literally and physically.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The back of my skull hurt from being knocked unconscious. My wrists and shoulders ached from lying on my back with my hands tied behind me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nothing was broken—at least it didn’t feel that way—but everything was bruised. The fuzziness receded wisp by wisp, parting the clouds of sleep, trying to shed light on what’d happened. But there was no light. My eyes blinked at the endless darkness from the mask tied around my head. Anxiety twisted my stomach at having such a fundamental gift taken away.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I didn’t move, but mentally catalogued my body from the tips of my toes to the last strand of hair on my head. My jaw and tongue ached from the foul rag stuffed in my mouth and my nose permitted a shallow stream of oxygen to enter—just enough to keep me alive.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fear tried to claw its way through my mind, but I shoved it away. I deliberately suppressed panic in order to assess my predicament rather than lose myself to terror.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fear never helps, only hinders.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My senses came back, creeping tentatively, as if afraid whoever had stolen me would notice their return.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sound: the squeak of brakes, the creak of a vehicle settling from motion to stopping.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Touch: the skin on my right forearm stung, throbbing with a mixture of soreness and sharpness. A burn perhaps?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Smell: dank rotting vegetables and the astringent, pungent scent of fear—but it wasn’t mine. It was theirs.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It wasn’t just me being kidnapped.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My heart flurried, drinking in their terror. It made my breath quicken and legs itch to run. Forcing myself to ignore the outside world, I focused inward. Clutching my inner strength where calmness was a need rather than a luxury.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I refused to lose myself in a fog of tears. Desperation was a curse and I wouldn’t succumb, because I had every intention of being prepared for what might happen next.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hated the sniffles and stifled sobs of others around me. Their bleak sadness tugged at my heartstrings, making me fight with my own preservation, replacing it with concern for theirs.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Get through this, then worry about them.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I didn’t think this was a simple opportunistic snatch. Whoever had stolen me planned it. The hunch grew stronger as I searched inside for any liquor remnants or the smell of cigarettes.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Had I been at a party? Nightclub?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nothing.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hadn’t been stupid or reckless. I think…</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No hint or clue as to where I’d been or what I’d been doing when they’d come for me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wriggled, trying to move away from the stench. My bound wrists protested, stinging as the rope around them gnawed into my flesh like twine-beasts. My ribs bellowed, along with my head. There was no give in my restraints. I stopped trying to move, preserving my energy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I tried to swallow.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I tried to speak.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No voice.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I tried to remember…</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Panic.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nothing.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can’t remember.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Get up, bitch,” a man said. Something jabbed me in the ribs. “Won’t tell you again. Get.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I froze as my mind hurtled me from present to past.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’ll miss you so much,” she wailed, hugging me tighter.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“I’m not dying, you know.” I tried to untangle myself, looking over my shoulder at the final call flashing for my flight. I hated being late for anything. Let alone my one chance at escaping and finding out the truth once and for all.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Call me the moment you get there.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Promise.” I drew a cross over my heart—</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The memory shattered as my horizontal body suddenly went vertical in one swoop.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Who was that girl? Why did I have no memory of it ever happening?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“I said get up, bitch.” The man breathed hard in my ear, sending a waft of reeking breath over me. The blindfold stole my sight, but it left my nose woefully unprotected.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Unfortunately.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My captor shoved me forward. The ground was steady beneath my feet. The sickness plaiting with my confusion faded, leaving me cold.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My legs stumbled in the direction he wanted me to go. I hated shuffling in the darkness, not knowing where I came from or where I was being herded. There were no sounds of comfort or smothered snickers. This wasn’t a masquerade.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was real.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is real.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My heart thudded harder, fear slipping through my defenses. But full-blown terror remained elusive. Slippery like a silver fish, darting on the outskirts of my mind. It was there but fleeting, keeping me clear-headed and strong.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was grateful for that. Grateful that I maintained what dignity I had left—remaining strong even in the face of the unknown terrors lurking on the other side of my blindfold.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Moans and whimpers of other women grew in decibels as men ordered them to follow the same path I walked. Either death row or salvation, I had no choice but to inch my way forward, leaving my forgotten past behind.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I willed snippets to come back. I begged the puzzlement of my past to slot into place, so I could make sense of this horrible world I’d awoken in.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But my mind was locked to me. A fortress withholding everything I wished to know.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The pushing stopped. So did I.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Big mistake.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Move.” A cuff to the back of my head sent me wheeling forward. I didn’t stop again. My bare feet traversed…wood?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bare feet?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Where are my shoes?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The missing knowledge twisted my stomach.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Where did I come from?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How did I end up here?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What’s my name?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It wasn’t the terror of the unknown future that stole my false calmness. It was the fear of losing my very self. They’d stolen everything. My triumphs, my trespasses, my accomplishments and failures.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How could I deal with this new world if I didn’t know what skills I had to stay alive? How could I hope to defeat my enemy when my mind revolted and locked me out?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Who am I?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To have who I was deleted…It was unthinkable.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Faster, bitch.” Something cold wedged against my spine, pushing me onward. With my hands behind my back, I shuffled faster, negotiating the ground as best I could for dips or trips.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Step down.” The man grabbed my bound wrists, giving me something to lean against as my toes navigated the small steps before me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Again.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I obeyed.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Last one.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I managed the small staircase without falling flat on my face.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My face.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What do I look like?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A loud scraping noise sounded before me. I shied back, bumping against a feminine form. The woman behind me cried out—the first verbal sound of another.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Move.” The pressure on my lower back came again, and I obeyed. Inching forward until the stuffy air of old vegetables and must was replaced by…copper and metallic…blood?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why…why is that so familiar?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I gasped as my mind free-fell into another memory.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“I don’t think I can do this.” I darted away, throwing up in the rubbish bin in the classroom. The unique stench of blood curdled my stomach.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Don’t overthink it. It’s not what you’re doing to the animal to make it bleed. It’s what you’re doing to make it live.” My professor shook his head, waiting for me to swill out my mouth and return white-faced and queasy to the operation in progress.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My heart splintered like a broken piece of glass, reflecting the compassion and responsibility I felt for such an innocent creature. This little puppy that’d been dumped in a plastic bag to die after being shot with BB gun pellets. He’d survive only if I mastered the skills to stem his internal bleeding and embrace the vocation I was called to do.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Inhaling the scent of blood, I let it invade my nostrils, scald my throat, and impregnate my soul. I drank its coppery essence. I drenched myself in the smell of the creature’s life force until it no longer affected me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Picking up a scalpel, I said, “I’m ready—”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Holy fuck!” The man guiding me forward suddenly whacked the base of my spine. The hard pain shoved me forward and I tripped.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Wire—get me fucking reinforcements. He’s started a motherfucking war!”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wind and body motion swarmed me as men charged from behind. The darkness I lived in suddenly came alive with sound.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bullets flew, impaling themselves into the metal sides of the vehicle I’d just stepped from. Pings and ricochets echoed in my ear. Curses bellowed; moans of pain threaded like a breeze.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Someone grabbed my arm, swinging me to the side. “Get down!” The inertia of his throw knocked me off balance. With my wrists bound together, I had nothing to grab with, no way to protect myself from falling.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I fell.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My stomach swooped as tumbled off a small platform and smashed against the ground.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dirt, damp grass, and moldy leaves replaced the stench of blood, cutting through the cloying sharpness of spilled metallic. My mouth opened, gasping in pain. Blades of grass tickled my lips as my cheek stuck to wet mud.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My shoulder screamed with agony, but I ignored the new injury. My mind clung to the unlocked memory. The fleeting recollection of my profession.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m a vet.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The sense of homecoming and security that one little snippet brought was priceless. My soul snarled for more, suddenly ravenous for missing information.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I skipped straight from fumbling uncertainty into starvation for more.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tell me! Show me. Who am I?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I searched inside for more clues. But it was like trying to grab on to an elusive dream, fading faster and faster the harder I chased.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I couldn’t remember anything about medicine or how to heal. All I knew was I’d been trained to embrace the scent of blood. I wasn’t afraid of it. I didn’t faint or suffer sickness at the sight of it pouring from an open wound.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That tiniest knowledge was enough to settle my prickling nerves and focus on the outside world again.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Battle cries. Men screaming. Men growling. The dense thuds of fists on flesh and the horrible deflection of gunshots.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I couldn’t understand. Had I fallen through time and entered an alternate dimension?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another body landed on top of mine.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I cried out, winded from a sharp poke of an elbow to my ribs.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The figure rolled away, crying softly. Feminine.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why aren’t I crying?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I once again searched for fear. It wasn’t natural not to be afraid. I’d woken up alone, stolen, and thrown into the middle of a war, yet I wasn’t hyperventilating or panicked.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My calmness was like a drug, oozing over me, muting the sharp starkness of my situation. It was bearable if I embraced courage and the knowledge that I was strong.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My hands balled, grateful for the thought. I didn’t know who I was, but it didn’t matter, because the person who I was in this moment mattered the most.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had to remain segmented, so I could get through whatever was about to happen. All I had was gut instinct, quiet strength, and rationality. Everything else had been taken.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Stop fighting, you fucking idiots!”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The loud growl rumbled like an earthquake, hushing the battle in one fell swoop. Whoever had spoken had power.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Immense power. Colossal power.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A shiver darted over my skin.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“What the fuck happened? Have you lost your goddamn lovin’ mind?” a man yelled.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A sound of a short scuffle, then the fresh whiff of tilled dirt graced my nose.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“It’s done. Throw down your weapons and bend a fucking knee.” The same earthquake rumbled. The weight of his command pushed me harder against the damp ground.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“I’m not bending nothing, you asshole. You aren’t my Prez!”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“I am. Have been for the past four years.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“You’re not. You’re his bitch. Don’t think his power is yours.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another fight—muffled fists and kicks. It ended swiftly with a painful groan.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The earthquake voice came again. “Open your eyes and follow the red fucking river. Your chosen—the one you hand-picked to slaughter me and take over the Club—he’s dead. Did you ever stop to think Wallstreet made me Prez for a fucking reason?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another moan.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“I’m the chosen one. I’m the one who knows the family secrets, absorbed the legacy, and earned his way into power. You don’t know shit. Nobody does. So bend a fucking knee and respect.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another tremor ran down my back.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Silence for a time, apart from the squelch of boots and heavy breathing. Then a barely muttered curse. “You’ll die. One way or another, we won’t put up with a Dagger as a Prez. We’re the Corrupts, goddammit. Having a traitor rule us is a fucking joke.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“I’m the traitor? The man who obeys your leader? Who guides in his stead? I’m the traitor when you try and rally my brothers in a war?” A heavy thud of a fist connected with flesh. “No…I’m not. You are.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My mind raced, sucking up noises and forming wild conclusions of what happened before me. Was this World War Three? Was this the apocalypse of the life I couldn’t remember? No matter how I pieced it together, I couldn’t make sense of anything.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The air was thick with anticipation. I didn’t know how many men stood before me. I didn’t know how many corpses littered the ground, or how such violence could be permitted in the world I used to know. But I did know the cease-fire was fragile and any moment it would explode.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A single threat slithered through the grass like a snake. “I’ll kill you, motherfucker. Mark my words. The true Corrupts are just waiting to take you out.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The gentle foot-thuds of someone large vibrated through the ground. “The Corrupts haven’t existed for four fucking years. The moment I took the seat, it’s been Pure Corruption all the way. And you’re not fucking pure enough for this Club. You’re done.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I flinched as the sulfuric boom of a gun ripped through the stagnant air.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A crash as a body fell lifeless to the grass. A soft puff of a soul escaping.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Murder.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Murder was committed right before me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The inherent need to nurture and heal—the part of me that was as steadfast as the beat of my heart—wept with regret.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Death was something I’d fought against on a daily basis, but now I was weaponless.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hated that a life had been stolen right before me. That I hadn’t been able to stop it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m a witness.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And yet, I’d witnessed nothing.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’d been privy to a battle but seen nothing. Knew no one. I would never be able to tell who shot whom, or who was right and who was wrong.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My hands shook, even though I managed to stay eerily calm. Am I in shock? And if I was, how did I cure myself?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The woman beside me curled into a ball, her knees digging into my side. My first reaction was to repel away from the touch. I didn’t know who was friend or foe. But a second reaction came quickly; the urge to share my calmness—to let her know that no matter what happened, she wasn’t alone. We faced the same future—no matter how grim.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Voices cascaded over us, whispers mainly, quickly spoken orders. Every sound was heightened. Being robbed of sight made my body seek other ways in which to find clues.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Get rid of the bodies before daybreak.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“We’ll go back and make sure we’re still covered.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Send out the word. It’s over. The Prez won—no anarchy today.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Each voice was distinct but my ears twitched only for one: the earthquake rumble that set my skin quivering like quicksand.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He hadn’t spoken since he’d condemned someone to death and pulled the trigger. Every second of not hearing him made my heart trip faster. I wasn’t afraid. I should be. I should be immobile with fear. But he invoked something in me—something primal. Just like I knew I was female and a vet, I knew his voice meant something. Every inch of me tensed, waiting for him to speak. It was wrong to crave the voice of a killer, but it was the only thing I wanted.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Needed.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I need to know who he is.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wet mud sucked loudly against boots as they came closer.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The woman whimpered, but I angled my chin toward the sound, wishing my eyes were uncovered.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wanted to see. I wanted to witness the carnage before me. Because it was carnage. The stench of death confirmed it. It was morbid to want to see such destruction, but without my sight all of this seemed like a terrible nightmare. Nothing was grounded—completely nonsensical and far too strange.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I needed proof that this was real.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I needed concrete evidence that I wasn’t mad. That my body was intact, even if my mind was not.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I sucked in a breath as warm fingers touched my cheek, angling my face upward and out of the mud. Strong hands caressed the back of my skull, fumbling with my blindfold.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The anticipation of finally getting my wish to see made me stay still and cooperative in his hold.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I didn’t say a word or move. I just waited. And breathed. And listened.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The man’s breath was heavy and low, interspersed with a quick catch of pain. His fingers were swift and sure, but unable to hide the small fumble of agony.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He’s hurt.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The pressure of the blindfold suddenly released, trading opaque darkness for a new kind of gloom.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anchors of a world I knew, but no recognition of the dark-shrouded industrial estate where blood gleamed silver-black and corpses dotted the field.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The joy at having my eyes freed came and went as blazing as a comet.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then my life ended as our gazes connected.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Green to green.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have green eyes.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Down and down I spiraled, deeper and deeper into his clutches.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My life—past, present, and future—lost all purpose the second I stared into his soul.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The fear I’d been missing slammed into my heart.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I quivered. I quaked.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Something howled deep inside with age-old knowledge.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every part of me arched toward him, then shied away in terror.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Him.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A nightmare come to life.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A nightmare I wanted to live.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If life was a tapestry, already threaded and steadfast, then he was the scissors that cut me free. He tore me out, stole me away, changed the whole prophecy of who I was meant to be.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jaw-length dark hair, tangled and sweaty, framed a square jaw, straight nose, and full lips. His five-o’clock stubble held remnants of war, streaked with dirt and blood. But it was his eyes that shot a quivering arrow into my heart, spreading his emerald anger.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He froze, his body curving toward mine. Blistering hope flickered across his features. His mouth fell open and love so achingly deep glowed in his gaze. “What—” A leg gave out, making him kneel beside me. His hands shook as he cupped my face, his fingers digging painfully into my cheekbones. “It’s not—”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He changed from watching me like I was his angel to glowering as if I were a despicable devil.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I shivered at the change—at the iciness and hardness. He breathed hard, his chest rising and falling. His lips parted, a rumbling command falling from his mouth to my ears. “Stand up. You’re mine now.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I didn’t move, his hand landed on my side. His touch was blocked by clothing but I felt it everywhere. He stroked my soul, tickled my heart, and caressed every cell with fingers that despised me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With a vicious push, he rolled me over, and with a sharp blade sliced my bindings. With effortless power, so thrilling and terrifying, he hauled me to my feet.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Title: Insider (Exodus End #1)</strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Toni wants to be an insider.</strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Logan just wants inside her. </strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><em>She’s finally ready to rock... </em></strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Toni Nichols set aside her dreams to raise her little sister, but now she's reaching for the stars as the creator of a revolutionary interactive biography about Exodus End. She’s on tour with the rock band to immerse herself in their world, but how will she ever gain the trust of four veteran superstars who've been burned by the media before? Nobody said this was going to be easy. Then again, good things can come in hard packages.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Adrenaline junkie Logan Schmidt lives for the rush of playing his bass guitar before thousands of screaming fans. When he's not performing onstage or in the bedroom, he's looking for his next thrill in extreme sports. So why does a sweet, innocent journalist get his heart pumping and capture his full attention? Is Toni the real deal or just digging up dirt on his band? Logan’s eager to rock Toni’s world and roll her in the sack, but when she starts to get too close to his heart, she takes her insider look to a place he may never be willing to go.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Exodus End will be a familiar band name to
you if you have read the Sinners series by this author.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Logan Schmidt is the bassist and pretty
much lives the clichéd rock star lifestyle, parties hard and enjoys spending
time naked with willing women. He is pretty easy on the eye and has a very cute
side to him which is slowly revealed in his interactions with Toni.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Toni is kind of a cliche too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Early twenties, virgin, wears glasses, has a
very sheltered life and is like a deer in headlights when she meets Logan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is spending a month touring with Exodus
End while she writes an interactive biography on them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Logan sets his sight and the rest of his
body on sweet Toni, which pretty much turns into the 'education of Toni.'<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let me tell you, the hotness/sexiness is off
the charts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Olivia Cunning knows how to
write erotic scenes, making you wish it was you in bed with the rock star being
sexually educated.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These two could not be more different yet
when they are together they bring out the best and naughtiest in each
other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a really fast paced
instant connection that just feels so right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When you know, you know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was such a fun sexy read and a great
introduction to everyone else in the band which sets us up nicely for the rest
of this series. I also loved that we got to spend little pockets of time with
some of the Sinners guys and their partners.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-AU"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I give this 4 hot, sexy stars.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Have a seat, Toni,” Dare offered. He stood and took a gym bag from her hand. He set it on the floor next to the spot he’d vacated, making it clear that Toni should sit next to Logan on the sofa. Logan loved the guy. Such a thoughtful son of a bitch. Toni’s dark eyes, hidden behind a pair of thick-rimmed glasses, scanned the interior of the bus as if searching for refuge. Apparently the seat next to Logan was not it. Dare plopped himself down in the only available recliner and extended the leg rest, as if he had no intention of moving for the night.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Th-thanks,” Toni said, pushing her glasses up her nose with one trembling hand.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Logan wasn’t sure what she was so nervous about all of a sudden. She’d seemed perfectly at ease when they’d been interacting with their fans. Perhaps she’d taken his comment about a lamb in a den of wolves to heart. He’d only been teasing, but he found her skittishness endearing in a world where most women threw all inhibitions to the wind when in the presence of any member of his band, much less all four of them.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She plopped down beside Logan, perching on the edge of a cushion as if the sofa’s back was made of shards of glass. Logan was pretty sure she was looking for the emergency exit. Her gaze settled on Butch, who was standing next to their driver and running over a strict schedule detailing how to get them to their next show in time while making a promotional stop between venues. Their schedule never had an inch of give. Their manager, Sam, was a genius when it came to getting the band the most exposure, but he had the tendency to believe that because they were a metal band, they were made of iron. They didn’t require useless things like down time and rest.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“So tell us more about this book,” Dare said, which was apparently the exact right thing to say to Toni, because her unease evaporated instantly.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Have you seen the new interactive electronic textbooks?” she asked, her eager gaze moving from Dare to Max to Steve.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Logan was very conscious of the fact that she didn’t look at him once. He’d thought their attraction was mutual, but maybe not. He scooted several inches closer to her because he saw something he wanted and wasn’t one to sacrifice his personal needs for the greater good.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Textbooks?” Steve asked. “Like for school and shit?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Yeah, that’s usually where textbooks are used,” she said, a teasing grin on her lush lips. When no one laughed, her face fell. Logan forced a guffaw about five seconds too late. That got his bandmates laughing. Not at Toni’s understated joke. They were laughing at his blatant stupidity. Nothing new there.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“I can’t say I’ve even seen a textbook since high school,” Steve said.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“These new interactive ones are amazing. Each topic has videos and pictures and links. It presents the information in a way that gets students who are used to constant entertainment excited about learning.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“So you’re writing a textbook about us?” Dare asked, brows drawn together in a confused scowl.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“What kind of textbook would that be? A manual on mayhem and debauchery?” Toni cringed when no one laughed at that joke either.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Logan guffawed five seconds too late again. He was going to have to pay really close attention to what she said to figure out when she was joking. He didn’t think she lacked a sense of humor, she just looked serious. She’d definitely fit in better at a library than at standup-comedy night.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“The publishing company I work for designs and distributes these interactive textbooks,” she said. “Samuel Baily approached us to make an interactive book about the band, the first of its kind. He’s very forward thinking.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That got the band laughing. “You might say that,” Max said. “Sometimes he’s a bit too forward thinking. He’s got every minute of our schedules booked for the next eighteen years. He thinks we’re robots or something.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Toni’s eyes bulged. “Eighteen years?” she muttered under her breath.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Surely she knew Max was joking, so why did she look so unsettled? Wondering if he could make her blush again, Logan scooted a few more inches closer to her. His knee brushed her thigh, and she yanked on her skirt. Other than her hands and face, not an inch of bare flesh was showing. He wasn’t sure exactly what she was trying to conceal. Maybe she wasn’t open to his attempts to seduce her. Which made her a challenge. Which, like her tits, he couldn’t resist. Or maybe she had a nice boyfriend at home. His loss.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Speaking of robots,” Steve said. “How are the prototypes of our androids coming?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Good until they tried to replicate my dick and ran out of materials,” Logan said.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Toni’s sudden intake of breath made him grin. <em>That</em> shocked her? Seriously? Too easy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“If they ran out of materials, it had to be due to Max’s giant forehead,” Steve said.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Or your enormous feet,” Max countered.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Toni grabbed a pad of paper out of her bag and started writing furiously. Logan leaned against her shoulder to read what had her so excited. She was writing down their conversation. In the margin, she wrote: <em>Keep video camera close at hand when all band members are together. They’re hilarious.</em></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He was close enough to feel her body heat and inhale the sweet fragrance of her fruity shampoo. He wondered if she tasted as sweet as she smelled.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“For the record,” Logan said in her ear as he pointed toward her notes, “I was the one with the big dick.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hard nipples? Did his crassness turn her on? That was all the encouragement he needed to behave inappropriately. Visible nipples also meant that her bra was not padded. There was so much win in that, he should have her name engraved on a trophy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“What’s wrong?” Logan asked. “I won’t bite. But I will nibble. And suck. And lick.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She stared at him with her mouth agape and her eyes wide. Her nipples strained against her sweater, begging him to do all those things and more to the tips of those luscious melons.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a sweet story about two people who meet nd just
seem to fit with each other.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both of
them have had past relationships and experiences that they would rather not
relive but together they seem perfect for each other.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well that is what it looks like from the outside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Peyton is a girl with a traumatic past, her
whole life changed one night and she believes that she is forever broken and
will never be completely fixed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is
smart and successful in all other aspects of her life but when it comes to love
& relationships it is quite the opposite.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Reed is a bit of a player, he has his regular 'buffet' of
women that he frequents to ease his manly needs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is not looking for anyone to make forever
plans with, until he walks into Peyton's store and suddenly everything he never
knew he wanted is standing right there looking at him.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Reed is completely knocked on his ass by this beautiful girl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Peyton definitely is attracted to Reed but is
very wary of him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Both of them have
pasts they would rather forget but if they want to be together they have will
need to be open and honest with each other if they are to ever have a chance at
happiness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is such a sweet story, Reed is an adorable guy who
cannot understand all these feelings he is having and is completely out of his
depth, I love everything he does for Peyton, so cute.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you are looking for a feel good love story
then this is it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I give this 3.5 stars</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Sometimes it’s better to push people away, so you don’t hurt them,” Peyton said, “and they don’t hurt you.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Bullshit!”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><br /></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Peyton shook her head. “I’m never going to be whole again.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><br /></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“That’s bullshit, too. I won’t have talk like that, Miss Peyton. I just won’t have it.” Dr. Lorraine cocked her head to the side. “It’s time for a change in direction -- a serious change of direction. This is what we are going to do. You made a lot of progress with Reed – lots of good oral and other stuff. But now you’ve cut him off, and I see you backsliding. I don’t like to see it. I won’t allow it.” She stroked her chin then cracked her knuckles in preparation for some great declaration. “I’m prescribing a little retail therapy.” </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Yes, that’s what I’m prescribing. You get that friend of yours, Quinn, and hit the shops – Canal Place, Magazine Street, St. Charles Avenue, wherever,” Dr. Lorraine ordered, her whole body bouncing. “I don’t want to see you in those sad, baggy ass clothes anymore. Just looking at them, they mess with my head, and they screw up my whole day. You ever think about how they make me feel?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Honey, you’re hiding again. You’ve flipped your sex switch back to off, and I’m not about to let it hibernate in some frozen tundra again for years. We’ve worked too damn hard. You need to get in touch with your sexuality without a man helping you do it. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">You</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> have to do it. And clothes are the perfect place to start.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Peyton shrugged. “I don’t feel like it.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“You don’t feel like it? Tough shit! I didn’t feel like getting my pap smear last week, but I did.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Good,” Dr. Lorraine said, writing in Peyton’s chart, as if filling out a prescription to take to the drugstore. “Among other things, I want you to get some power panties.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Sexy underwear,” Dr. Lorraine said, still writing. “They can make a woman feel very powerful.” She put down her pen and looked at Peyton. “When a man wants to be taken seriously, he usually wears a red tie. Ever notice that in presidential debates? Lots of red ties. Red is the color of power.” Dr. Lorraine waved her hand and snapped her fingers. “So get yourself some red panties, girl! Take back your power! Do it for yourself!” She handed Peyton her prescription.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A priest cannot marry. A priest cannot abandon his flock. A priest cannot forsake his God.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've always been good at following rules.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Until she came.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My name is Tyler Anselm Bell. I'm twenty-nine years old. Six months ago, I broke my vow of celibacy on the altar of my own church, and God help me, I would do it again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am a priest and this is my confession.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">***Priest is a standalone, full-length novel with an HEA. For mature audiences only.***</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The title alone suggests that this is going to be a
forbidden romance right?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And that is why
I wanted to read this, I love getting caught up in a story that just by the
title alone insinuates a lot of angst.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A priest is not an untouchable, mythical creature, they are
just human beings like us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They may have
taken a vow of celibacy and devoted their life to God but they are still human
too. Not all priests are old and wrinkly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It's true that less young men are choosing this as a vocation but some
still do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can remember sitting in a Sunday mass one day and my
husband leaned over and quietly said 'is it wrong that I am checking out your
cleavage in church?'<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My reply was 'is it
wrong that I think the priest is hot?' - true story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So therefore, the fact that Father Bell in
this story is young and good looking is completely plausible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, let's all remember, this is fiction
so he can be anything the author chooses to write :)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Poppy Danforth arrives in the confession booth one
afternoon, looking for a bit of guidance I guess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She appears to have very little verbal filter
as she recounts her sins over several different occasions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will admit that I found her a bit too
forthcoming with information and almost deliberately enticing Father Bell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was obvious she was attracted to him and
although it was inappropriate, she did nothing to hide it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Father Tyler Bell has only been a priest for three years and
takes pride in his parish community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
has done great things in this town since he arrived.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He lives with great sorrow however and the
path that he has chosen to live has only slightly dulled it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is surprised by what he is feeling for
Poppy and his lack of self control around her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What is it about this woman that has him questioning everything?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'Is this Your will for me? Am I giving into lust? Or am I finally
realizing Your plan for my life?'<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was a really controversial but erotic read.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a story about finding your path in
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I give this 4 stars.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="s4" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm failing. </span></div>
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<span class="s4" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My younger brother is getting worse, and my job - my duty - is to help him at all costs. We've tried everything modern medicine has to offer and nothing works. </span></div>
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<span class="s4" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Deciding to turn to unconventional treatments, we end up at Fire-on-the-Mountain, a holistic resort deep in the Rockies. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="s4">In our search for medical marijuana, I find beautiful, free-spirited Hudson </span><span class="s4">Shavell</span><span class="s4"> - a girl who may not only hold the key to heal my brother, but to fix me as well. Even though I can't afford distractions right now, she's all I can think about. All that I want. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="s4">***Though Spark is the first book in the Fire on the Mountain Series, it is a </span><span class="s4">stand alone</span><span class="s4"> novel*** </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a story I decided to go into without reading the
blurb first.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love Erin's writing so I knew
I would enjoy this without finding out what it was all about beforehand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My decision paid off big time. I love how
this book had such a unique vibe to it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was like nothing I had ever read before and delves into untouched subjects.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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intertwined in such a way that will have lasting memories for both of
them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mary and her two sons, Crew and
Caleb, move to Colorado in a last ditch attempt to find something that will
help Caleb deal with a health condition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They want to try and see if the medicinal marijuana that is developed by
the Shavell family can really make a difference in Caleb, to help him have a
'normal' teenage life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Caleb is 13 years old and thinks he has arrived in heaven
when he finds out the Shavell family has five daughters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He loves pulling out his wit and pick up
lines in an effort to impress the girls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One in particular catches the eye of his older brother Crew.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hudson is like no other girl Crew has met
before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is free spirited, open,
honest, not caked in make-up and doesn't realize just how beautiful she is.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hudson's family grow and produce marijuana, with a
particular interest in developing different strains to help people with health
issues.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess you could say they are
modern day hippies, the kind of family that people gravitate towards because
they just make you feel so welcome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just
the sort of people Crew & his family need right now.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Crew is the most dedicated older brother to Caleb, he has
made so many sacrifices and given up a lot in an effort to help his mother with
Caleb.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He doesn't begrudge it one bit,
it is so obvious how much he loves them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This family may have moved to start a new life but they
probably never envisaged how fast their lives would change over a few short
months.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are moments of happiness, love, grief, anger and
forgiveness in this story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At different
times I was left, holding my breath, covering my mouth in shock, shouting out
loud and smiling in relief.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is just
a glimpse of what I felt reading this!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Needless to say I loved reading this and I'm looking forward to the next
in this series.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">I have always had a thing for my brother’s best friend, Ben. When I found him on my parents’ couch, drowning his sorrows in a whiskey bottle, my attempts to comfort him quickly turned into a night of raw and intense passion. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">My foolish heart hoped he might feel the same way I do. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">But Ben wasn’t there to stay and I woke up the next morning alone with a broken heart.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">I attempted to forget the guy with a smile to die for and a touch that sets me on fire.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">I thought he was gone forever.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">Until, eighteen months later Ben returns and learns my secret. Now, he is hell-bent on winning me back. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">And he won’t stop until he gets what he wants—me.</span></div>
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</span><span class="s8" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Until I met Millie, and heaven became something different. I became something different. I knew I loved her when I watched her stand perfectly still in the middle of a crowded room, people swarming, buzzing, slipping around her, her straight dancer’s posture unyielding, her chin high, her hands loose at her sides. No one seemed to see her at all, except for the few who squeezed past her, tossing exasperated looks at her unsmiling face. When they realized she wasn’t normal, they hurried away. Why was it that no one saw her, yet she was the first thing I saw?</span><span class="s8"><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="s5">**This is David ‘Tag’ </span><span class="s5">Taggert's</span><span class="s5"> book, a supporting character introduced in </span><span class="s9" style="font-style: italic;">The Law of Moses.</span><span class="s5"> This is a stand-alone story.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every book I've read of Amy Harmon's has touched me in one way or another. The message I've taken from them are always different, but powerful just the same. This book, it hit so close to home for me though. The reason?? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This quote from the book, well it made me cry. Because it's so true and yet, my husband has never once made me feel as though I'm a burden.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><strong>"But there’s an extra responsibility that comes with loving someone who will need you in a different way, who will rely on you in a different way."</strong></em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Millie was a character who immediately touched my heart. Not because of her blindness but in spite of it. She was such a strong and resilient character. And I loved her with Tag. They were the perfect couple, even when they weren't. She was exactly who he needed in his life after all that he had been and continued to go through. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tag has fought so many demons, as you are aware of if you've read The Law of Moses. He has been struggling with demons from his past until he forms an unlikely friendship with Moses. They are from completely different worlds, but the bound they share is a strong one. I loved seeing the support system Tag had because of that relationship with Moses. And I especially liked all the crap Henry gave him! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also loved getting more of Moses and Georgia. Their book was a favorite of mine, so it was nice getting more of them and to see where they were at in life now. Definitely the the icing on the cake of an already amazing read.</span> </div>
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out, taking one of her hands in mine. “Do you like this song?” I asked.
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Me
too,” I whispered. I reached for her other hand.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“What?”
I tugged her hands gently, and she took a step. I was so close now that the top
of her head provided a shelf for my chin, and Damien’s song was being drowned
out by the sound of my heart.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“It’s
another one of his songs. . . and I think I love it even more,” she whispered
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“But
that song is so sad,” I breathed, and laid my cheek against her hair.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“That’s
what makes it beautiful. It’s devastating. I love it when a song devastates
me.” Her voice was thready, as if she was struggling to breathe.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Ah,
the sweet kind of suffering.” I dropped her hands and wrapped my arms around
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“The
best kind.” Her voice hitched as our bodies aligned.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“I’ve
been suffering for a while now, Millie.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“You
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Since
the moment I saw you. It devastated me. And I love when a girl devastates me.”
I was using her definition of the word, but the truth was, my sister was the
only girl who had ever devastated me, and it hadn’t been sweet agony. <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“I’ve
never devastated anyone before,” Millie said faintly, shock and pleasure
coloring her words. She still stood with her arms at her sides, almost like she
couldn’t believe what was happening. But her lips hovered close to my jaw, as
if she was enjoying the tension between almost and not quite.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“I’m
guessing you’ve left a wake of destruction,” I whispered. “You just don’t
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Finally,
as if she couldn’t resist any longer, she raised her hands to my waist.
Trembling fingers and flat palms slid across my abdomen, up my chest, past my
shoulders, progressing slowly as if she memorized as she moved. Then she
touched my face and her thumbs found the cleft in my chin, the way they’d done
the first time she’d traced my smile. Hesitantly, she urged my face down toward
hers. A heartbeat before our mouths touched she spoke, and the soft words
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>“Are
you going to devastate me, David?” she asked.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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dissolved the lingering space between us, and I pressed needy lips to her
seeking mouth. And then we melded together, hands clinging, bodies surging,
music moaning, dancing in the wreckage. Sweet, sweet, devastation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<br />Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120565969522605813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5761217158619496688.post-66726048650336272302015-06-25T07:00:00.000-05:002015-06-25T07:00:07.563-05:00Blog Tour: STOP by Alison G. Bailey<div class="s2" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
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</span><span class="s13" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Benton Daniels is intelligent, caring, sweet, and the bravest boy Hollis has ever met. He doesn’t fit into her life but gives it purpose and makes it extraordinary. Everyone hates him.</span><span class="s13"><br />
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Risher is no stranger to being with a beautiful girl but there is a big difference between the girls that throw themselves at him and girls like Hollis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hollis is a forever sort of girl, the girl you hang on to with everything you've got.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If only she saw herself the same way.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hollis didn't want to go away to college, she was happy to stay home and get her qualifications under the safety of her family home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes you have to be your own hero and step outside the comfort zone if things are ever going to change. Risher is the sort of guy you dream of, he is everything she has ever wanted but she always waiting for the bubble to pop, surely he is just too good to be true? Sometimes you can drown yourself in your own thoughts.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then there is Benton.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is one of the bravest people that Hollis has ever met.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hollis has had her fair share of physical and emotional pain but she is in awe of Benton and his determination to live his life the way he intended. Hollis is his only real friend, she believes in him with no judgment of his past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He hasn't someone like that in his life before and it means everything to him<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two boys, who have both influenced Hollis in her first year at college. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They inspire, encourage and care about her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of them will leave her heart broken and the other will make her whole.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #181818; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have always had a huge crush on Noah from the Perfect series but I am now torn between him and Risher.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seriously, Risher is such a beautiful person inside and out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I loved Benton too, he shared all his vulnerability and fears with Hollis and I love the connection that they built.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="s15" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Name?” she said, impatiently.</span></div>
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<span class="s15" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was so flustered that for a second I’d forgotten who I was. “Hollis Murphy.”</span></div>
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<span class="s15" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She scribbled something on a spreadsheet and handed me a packet with my name and the number two hundred ten typed out on the front sticker, which I assumed was my room number.</span></div>
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<span class="s15" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In a flat bored voice, she said, “Everything you need to know is in the packet. Should you have any additional questions or needs after reading the information, please ask your RA. Have a productive semester. Next!” </span></div>
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<span class="s15" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Clutching the envelope to my chest, my gaze shifted back down, and I walked quickly out of the office.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="s15">As I turned the corner, a loud deep woot! </span><span class="s15">jerked</span><span class="s15"> my attention down the hall. I took one step before crashing full force into something solid and warm. Stumbling back, I dropped the envelope. Once my balance returned, my eyes focused on a gray T-shirt with cut off sleeves, stretched across broad shoulders. When I glanced down in search of my envelope, I couldn’t help but spot the narrow hips and round ass covered in black basketball shorts. As I squatted to pick up the envelope, a tanned forearm came into view. My gaze roamed up to find the arm was covered in bulging muscles.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="s15">“Oh god, I’m so . . . </span><span class="s15">sor</span><span class="s15">…</span><span class="s15">ry</span><span class="s15">,” I stammered, my cheeks heating with embarrassment.</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="s15" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Reaching for the envelope, my gaze inadvertently shot up to the warmest green eyes ever created. His dark brown hair was cut short on the sides, longer on top, and tousled. The perfect amount of scuff peppered his strong jawline, with deep dimples framing a sexy lopsided smile. The air was immediately sucked from my lungs. He wasn’t just hot, he was boy band hot.</span></div>
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<span class="s15" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I slipped my hand into his and felt an immediate jolt of electricity. The muscles in his arm twitched. He felt it too.</span></div>
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<span class="s15" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Thank you,” I said, as he helped me up.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="padding-left: 36px;"></span><span class="s18" style="font-style: italic;">He was actually introducing himself to me.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="padding-left: 36px;"></span><span class="s15">It had become a habit not to look directly at anyone, especially a stranger. I automatically angled my head down and to the left, to hide the messed-up side of my face. But those green eyes locked me in place. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="padding-left: 36px;"></span><span class="s15">“Hollis Murphy.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Author: Kindle Alexander</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tristan Wilder, self-made millionaire and devastatingly handsome CEO of Wilder-Nation is on the verge of a very lucrative buyout. With tough negotiations ahead, he's armed with his acquisition pitch, ready to launch the deal of a lifetime. There’s just one glitch. The last thing he expects is to fall for the hot business owner he's trying to sway.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dylan Reeves, computer science engineer and founder of the very successful social media site, Secret, is faced with a life-altering decision. A devoted family man with three kids and a wife, Dylan has been living a secret for years. Fiercely loyal to his convictions, his boundaries blur after meeting the striking owner of the corporation interested in acquiring his company. For the first time in his life, reckless desire consumes him when the gorgeous computer mogul makes an offer he can't refuse.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="s2">Wow, this was such a fa</span><span class="s2">ntastic story. It had all the components</span><span class="s2"> I love in a good book and had me feeling all sort of emotions all at once. I think that what I loved about it most is that it was so real. I truly believed that this was an actual situation and I'm guessing that it is not an uncommon one either.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He’d waited, hoping Teri would come back out and finish their conversation. She hadn’t. Now he was six hours into his confession and all he could do was sit there and stew, all sorts of scenarios playing out in his head. He’d trusted her with one of the most intimate details of his life. Would she throw a fit, tell everyone in their lives what he’d just confessed? He hoped not. This not knowing, not confronting it was more stressful than the confession itself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Me too, but it all starting to make sense now. More sense than anything else.” He let that go, not wanting any more of an explanation from her. He didn’t want to talk about his sexual orientation. He was on unsteady ground. It was hard enough to acknowledge it himself. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“I’d be interested in going to law school,” she said quietly. “I always wanted to do that, but I can’t manage the kids and work and go to school like that. It’s too hard.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“You don’t have to do it by yourself. I’ll always be here for you and the kids.” Those words were the truth and he meant them from the bottom of his heart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“I just feel bad for them. They didn’t ask to be brought into this world. You aren’t the only one that made mistakes.” She picked at something on the back of the sofa. This was the part of Teri that had always attracted Dylan. She was always the first to admit fault and apologize if she’d played any part in the situation. It was a rare trait. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“I’ve been thinking about that. I liked what you said about Texas Instruments and law school. I think if we got our shit together and worked as a team we could give the kids a firm foundation and good start.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“I absolutely agree.” The somber mood that had been weighing on him started to lift. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“I think if we stay together and not separate, we could accomplish so much more and give the kids a better and stable life. They didn’t ask to be born into this mess. We did this to them. It’ll take some time to get on our feet, but we’re stronger together. So, I vote to get ourselves established and get our kids raised before we go out on our own.” Teri’s tentative smile was genuine and it helped ease his heart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“I was hoping you would feel that way. I’m not comfortable with what I told you. I just thought you deserved to know. I’m not ready to fully talk about me yet, but someday I will be.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“I will. But until then, our family will be the only thing that matters. No more alcohol and definitely no more lies between us.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“No more lies. Agreed. And since this is new territory for both of us, I guess we’ll have to figure this out as we go, right?” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Yes. Everything we do from this point forward is for the betterment of our family.” He was so thankful Teri was taking this so well and on board with the plan. She had always been the level headed one. It took a lot to ruffle her feathers. That’s not saying she didn’t like to fight, because she did. But she always had this calmness about her that comforted him. Probably the main reason he’d been so drawn to her. He could honestly say, he couldn’t have chosen a better mother for his kids. This whole situation could have turned out badly, he was happy it hadn’t, he owed that to Teri.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Right.” Chloe’s little whimper cut off whatever else Teri planned to say. Before he knew it, Teri was up and on her feet, quickly trying to get to their little girl before she woke Chad. It didn’t work. Cate started to fuss and Chad began to cry right along with Chloe. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Best Selling Author Kindle Alexander is an innovative writer, and a genre-crosser who writes classic fantasy, romance, suspense, and erotica in both the male/male and male/female genres. It's always a surprise to see what's coming next!</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>I live in the suburbs of Dallas where it's true, the only thing bigger than an over active imagination, may be women's hair!</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Usually, I try for funny. Humor is a major part of my life - I love to laugh, and it seems to be the thing I do in most situations - regardless of the situation, but jokes are a tricky deal... I don't want to offend anyone and jokes tend to offend. So instead I'm going to tell you about Kindle.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>I tragically lost my sixteen year old daughter to a drunk driver. She had just been at home, it was early in the night and I heard the accident happen. I'll never forget that moment. The sirens were immediate and something inside me just knew. I left my house, drove straight to the accident on nothing more than instinct. I got to be there when my little girl died - weirdly, I consider that a true gift from above. She didn't have to be alone.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>That time in my life was terrible. It's everything you think it would be times about a billion. I love that kid. I loved being her mother and I loved watching her grow into this incredibly beautiful person, both inside and out. She was such a gift to me. To have it all ripped away so suddenly broke me.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Her name was Kindle. Honest to goodness - it was her name and she died a few weeks before Amazon released their brand new Kindle ereader. She had no idea it was coming out and she would have finally gotten her name on something! Try finding a ruler with the name Kindle on it.. It never happened.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Through the course of that crippling event I was lucky enough to begin to write with a dear friend in the fan fiction world of Facebook. She got me through those dark days with her unwavering support and friendship. There wasn't a time she wasn't there for me. Sometimes together and sometimes by myself, we built a world where Kindle lives and stands for peace, love and harmony. It's its own kind of support group. I know without question I wouldn't be here today without her.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Find out more by visiting www.kindlealexander.com or email me at <a href="mailto:kindle@kindlealexander.com">kindle@kindlealexander.com</a></em></span><br />
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<br />Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120565969522605813noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5761217158619496688.post-2897124832634138072015-06-18T07:00:00.000-05:002015-06-18T07:00:03.697-05:00Blog Tour: Verite by Rachel Blaufeld<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That’s me––Tingly Simmons––athlete, foreign-language major, professor lover, obsessed idiot girl. Definitely not a frat rat or sorority slut. I’ve never even played beer pong.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I ditched the vapid, soulless high-society life of Los Angeles for the promise of something more meaningful in rural Ohio. Accepting a track scholarship for college, I tried running my way to happiness, but instead I ended up sleeping with my French professor and falling head over heels for him.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When that relationship fell apart, so did I.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Barely hanging on by a thread and using the most absurd coping skills, I was determined to hide behind my past indiscretions. That was, until I met Tiberius Jones. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d learn the truth about love from a six-foot-five basketball player.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wow, this story was an unexpected highlight of my reading
week. Two people, who you could not find more opposite as far as their
upbringing and culture, who just seem so right for each other.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tingly (yep, that's her name) has made a lot of mistakes in
her past and carries them around with her like a cloak.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is trying to keep her head down and just
blend in quietly now that she is back at college.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has a very disfunctional, estranged relationship
with her family and is pretty much alone in life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I was hungry for
contact.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I'd starved myself for so long."
- Tingly<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tiberious is a beautiful young man, in every way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has a sweet disposition and is very
intuitive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is a basketball player so
very tall and muscular in physique.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So
yeah, not bad to look at either.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is
not like the other guys in his team who always seem to be looking for the next
girl they can hook up with.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He sees in Tingly what she can't see in herself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is not like the other girls, who only
want to know him because of who he is and what they can get out of it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He isn't interested in her past
mistakes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is intrigued by her and
cannot stop thinking about her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'Leave you past where it
belongs.... in the dirt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you're gonna
run, run to me, <br />
to your future, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to being happy.' -
Tiberious<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tingly continually doubts herself and puts up walls faster
than a master builder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She thinks she is
not good enough for him and sooner or later he will realise it too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her self-talk is her downfall. Tiberious had
no idea he was looking for a girl like Tingly until he found her, when you
least expect it, you find your person, the one.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"You can push and shove and
run and whatever other stupid shit you want, <br />
but I'm coming for you." - Tiberious<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tingly feels so much uncertainty and she just needs to
embrace it, trust in Tiberious and see herself through his eyes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I loved how Tiberious was so patient with
Tingly and let her figure things out at her own pace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nothing was rushed, it just slowly grew
between them and was just so damn sweet to read.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span>It was a breath of fresh air, completely unique story and I could not
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I give this 4 stars<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He stood there patiently, grinning as he waited for me to move through the doorway or answer him, and pinned me with his unusual blue eyes, so pale in his handsome face against his deep brown skin. His gaze seared right through me, just like it had earlier, before dinner in the courtyard.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Completely unnerved, I didn’t respond. His size was daunting, his large frame loomed over the threshold, and I was struck speechless. Uncertain whether it was his obvious good looks that threw me, or the overtly friendly wide grin on display, I simply stood there for a moment, trying to figure out his angle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As I took in his long athletic shorts, tight gray athletic hoodie, and the pair of spiky Air Jordan slides on his feet, his left eyebrow cocked up at me like I was the next sideshow. Well, I’d already played that act countless times at home, including but not limited to last year when I was caught with the professor’s dick deep inside me. Now I was all about slipping under the radar, getting by silently and with little fuss.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Hey, you okay?” he asked, his deep voice interrupting my thoughts. “I’m talking to you . . . you coming in? I’m over here holding the door.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">His pale blue eyes scanned my brown ones as his smile faded. I imagined him knowing who I was and what I did, perhaps mentally undressing me one piece of clothing at a time, wanting to give the slut a whirl.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh God, was my name being passed around—again?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Self-disgust consumed me, spurring me to action. “Um, yeah. I am,” I answered, averting my gaze as I shifted my backpack up on my shoulder and stomped through the doorway.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From the <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of <em>Taking Chances</em>, <em>From Ashes</em>, and <em>Stealing Harper,</em> comes the new unforgettable adult romance Molly McAdams’ fans have been waiting for—the sizzling story of a young woman who must place her trust in the one man who can break through her defenses.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>A night they will always remember…a connection neither can deny…a secret that could destroy it all…</em></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When Kennedy Ryan moves to California, she never expects to come face-to-face with Liam Taylor—the intriguing man who has haunted her thoughts for a year. A man who led her to breaking every one of her rules for a single night of passion that ended up meaning more than it was ever supposed to. Accustomed to disastrous experiences with men, Kennedy shields herself before he can break down more of the carefully built control she’s clung to for the last four years. But every time she sees Liam, she feels her resolve weakening.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Liam Taylor has been asked to help socialize his boss’s nieces. But what he thinks sounds more like a babysitting job ends up leading him to the only girl who ever slipped away before morning—a girl he thought he’d never find again. And now that she’s within reach, Liam’s determined to never let her go.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But when a secret from her past tests their relationship, will they be able to cling to the trust Liam has worked so hard to build?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I went</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> into this book with a bit of trepidation, not knowing
what to expect but hoping not to have my heart crushed like we all did with the
story of Liam's parents.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let's talk about Liam, the genetic gods were shining down on
him when he was born to Harper & Chase.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He is absolutely gorgeous.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not
just in looks though.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He adores his
mother and has such an amazing relationship with his dad.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A guy who loves his family and is not afraid
to show is just adds to the attraction of why Liam is such a sweet guy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Liam has been haunted by the memory of one perfect night he
spent with a girl a year ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
slipped out of his room leaving no evidence of who she was or how he would ever
find her. Twelve months later they meet again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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remembers him and what they shared.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kennedy and Kira are the twin daughters of Rachel &
Kash.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are reluctantly spending their
summer, away from their family, in L.A.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Kennedy is shocked to see Liam again, he is one of only two men who has
ever gotten under her skin. She needs to steer clear of him if she is to
protect herself from being hurt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Liam is so like his birth father and is completely messed up
over his feelings for Kennedy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The night
they spent together over a year ago is still etched in his memory as the best
night of his life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knows they have a
connection the neither of them can deny feeling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He needs to show Kennedy how wonderful it
could be between them before she lets her past dictate her future.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This story will take you on a wonderful journey down memory
lane and will leave you with a wonderful sense of peace. My heart is now
healed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<span style="color: black;">Trying not to wake him, I slowly slid out from under his arm and off the bed to search for my clothes. Once I was dressed, I told myself to just leave, but I couldn’t help it—I turned to look at him in the light. I needed to be sure I hadn’t made <em>him</em> up.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The images from last night tore through my mind again when I saw the large, tattooed arm resting where my body had just been. The muscles were well defined even relaxed, and the face had a boyish charm now that <em>he </em>was asleep. Such a difference from the predatory stare and knowing smirk I kept seeing in my mind. Before I could stop myself, I gently ran my fingers through his dirty-blond hair that, now in the sunlight, I could see had a red tint to it. And I knew if he opened them, those arctic blue eyes would once again captivate me.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But I couldn’t risk that.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’d already stayed too long; I’d already made a mistake with him. Drunken one-night stands weren’t my thing. Drunken one-night stands with strangers in Vegas were even worse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Straightening, I turned and walked quietly from the room."</span>-- Molly McAdams, <em>Trusting Liam</em></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Title: A Forever Kind of Love</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Series: Choices Series Book 2</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Author: Ellie Wade</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Release Date: June 8, 2015</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I believe in soul mates. Why? Because I have one and her name is Lily Madison. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’ve loved Lily my whole life; she’s all I’ve ever known. But sometimes, when something has always been there, it’s hard to recognize it for what it is. I didn’t realize how deeply Lily was ingrained in every fabric of my soul until I felt her absence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sometimes in life, once choices are made and paths are altered, it is often impossible to go back.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know this because I stand here with a two-carat engagement ring in my hand, waiting to ask someone to be my wife. I’m ready to love and cherish her ‘til death do us part. But, there’s just one problem.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Will the choices that have been made change our path forever or can fate find its way?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Forever Kind of Love is the second book in the series. You MUST read A Beautiful Kind of Love first. It also makes writing a review very difficult as I don't want to give away too much. So, I am going to stick to just my feelings on the characters. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alright, I'm just saying this upfront and you can judge me all you want but....I hate Stella. There, I said it. And I don't feel the least bit guilty about it either. I probably should feel differently now that I've read this book, but I don't. So yeah, not my favorite by a long a shot. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now that I've gotten that out of the way, on to the ones who mattered (to me).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jax. Oh, dear sweet, dumb, lovable, selfish, selfless Jax.. I had SO many mixed emotions when it came to him in this book. I was seriously all over the place when it came to him. One minute I loved him and felt his actions were honorable, but then just a page later and I'd want to strangle him. He had to work really hard to win me over this go round and even now, I'm not sure he did. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And Lily took a lot on emotionally is this book. She was determined that her forever was with Jax and even when it seemed hopeless, her heart never gave up. I hated what she was put through, it felt like too much. I think that was my major issue with Jax. How much emotional turmoil did he think she could withstand??? Evidently a lot if this book is any indication.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">God, I love her. I cradle her face between my hands, staring into her eyes for a beat before I crash my lips against hers taking her in a soul devouring kiss. Taking what’s mine. What I want. What I’ve always wanted.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>By: M. Mabie</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Look into my eyes. Again."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">"Again, Felix. Always."</span></h5>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This isn't a story about how two young lovers meet, get to know each other, and how they effortlessly fall in love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You don't have to worry about the "Will they?" or "Won't they?" We’re soulmates, but don't assume our ending is a happy one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh, it ends all right. And it ends. Then, it ends again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No matter how hard I fight to save him, the outcome is permanently the same. Still—if there’s a shot—I have to try. He would. He’d be able to save me if our roles were reversed. I won’t give up until my last breath.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I always knew we’d be together for years and years; I just didn’t imagine it would be the same ones... over and over again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If first impressions mean everything, then what happens… the very second time? What happens to forever? This isn't a story about how two young lovers meet, get to know each other, and how they effortlessly fall in love.</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They didn't expect this either, but fate doesn't come with a warning</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>*The Very Second Time is a standalone novel. It is a one part contemporary romance and one part time-travel romance.*</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">India Harris didn’t have the best start in life. Abandoned as a baby, she and her twin brother, Kit, spent their lives in foster care, only having each other to rely on. Then, at a young age, a relationship with the wrong man left India pregnant. Wanting to give her son the life she never had, she put herself through school and graduated with honors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, at the age of thirty, she’s a highly respected therapist.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the top of his game as a Formula One driver, Leandro Silva had everything—until an accident on the track left him staring death in the face. After enduring twelve months of physical therapy, Leandro is now physically able to race, but his mind is keeping him from the track. Frustrated and angry, Leandro’s days and nights are filled with limitless alcohol and faceless women.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Entering the last year of his contract, he knows he has to race again, or he’ll lose everything he spent his life working for. Forced into therapy to get his life back, Leandro finds himself in the office of Dr. India Harris.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But what if the wrong person is the only person who is right?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My eyes move to the magazines on the table. There’s a sports mag peeking out from under the fashion mags.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Leaning forward, I pull it out, instantly wishing I hadn’t.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Top of the magazine is a picture of me, with the caption ‘What the bad side of Formula 1 looks like’.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nice.</span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, now I’m the bad side of F1. Good to know.</span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I already know what the media say about me. How I’ve turned from a great racer into a drunk, and a whore.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They’re not wrong on the whore part – well, whore is a bit harsh, I don’t charge for my services. And I wouldn’t say I’m a drunk. I just like to drink, a lot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I shouldn’t read the article, I know this, but the sadistic part of me has me turning those pages.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finding the article, eyes scanning the text, I pick out the usual shit.</span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why is Silva no longer racing? Physically he’s healthy. Is it mental problems? Fear over racing because of his accident. Is that why he drinks – drowning his misery in alcohol? Such a shame to see, a once great driver, fall from grace so dramatically.</span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Frustration and rage grip my chest like a vice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fuck this. I don’t need this shit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even though I can’t race, it’s not like I actually need to.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don’t need to race. I just need to drink and fuck. That’s all I need now. All I’ll ever need.</span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Liar.</span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am a liar, and a chicken shit. And that’s why I’m sitting in the waiting room of a therapist.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maybe I’m beyond help.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tossing the magazine back on the table, I get to my feet ready to leave this place, just as the door opens, revealing the epitome of what I could really do with screwing right now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My eyes trail up the toned, tanned legs, to the fitted pencil skirt that I would happily hitch up to see the magnificent pussy that I bet lies beneath. A pale pink blouse is tucked into that skirt, covering what look like a fantastically sized pair of tits. Silky blonde hair sits on her shoulders. Hair that I would enjoy getting my hands all tangled in, while I fuck those bright red lips of hers, enjoying seeing that lipstick smeared all over my cock.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My dick pulses in my jeans, more than ready to proposition her with the offer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Mr. Silva.” She steps forward. “I’m Dr. Harris. But please call me India.”</span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She’s Dr. Harris?</span></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This, hitch-your-skirt-up-and-let-me-fuck-you-right-now, woman is my new therapist.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well that’s just fucking great. It’s not like I can bang my therapist.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I put my cock on hold, and giving her my best smile, the one that always has panties dropping to the floor, I say, “And you can call me Leandro.”</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24938482-the-way-we-rise"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Way We Rise</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (Book Three)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Way We Break is the stunning continuation of the bestselling Story of Us series from New York Times bestselling author Cassia Leo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The truth about Hallie has torn Houston and Rory apart for a second time. Houston is finally unburdened of the secret his sister confided in him, but now he must deal with the aftermath.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He has vowed to set things right for Rory, and he's determined to get her back. But the destruction left in the wake of Hallie's letter is not the only obstacle he must face. Houston must find a way to win Rory back by showing her their story isn't over yet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In her desperation to move past the anguish of Hallie's secret and Houston’s lies, Rory seeks solace in Liam. When Liam is transferred to another tech company in California, Rory jumps at his invitation to leave Portland, and her broken heart, behind. In California, Rory finds a friend who opens new doors for her in the literary world. But does this new friend have ulterior motives?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Way We Break is the second book in The Story of Us Series, which follows the tumultuous love story of Rory and Houston. The third and final book in the series, The Way We Rise, will be released September 2015.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rory...oh, dear sweet Rory. I completely understood her motivation for choosing the path she took in this book. She wanted to have a decision that was hers and hers alone. But because of her desire to feel in control, she jumps into something without really thinking it through. And it has unforeseen consequences that makes Rory question everything. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And Houston. He was a little late to the game but hey better late than never, right? He made a huge mistake when it came to Rory and now that he has finally come to his senses, it may just be too late. Can he right the wrongs of the past before she slips away?? I can't tell you how things turn out but I can tell you, I was pulling for him the whole book!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's it. I'm not saying anything else. I will tell you that this book does end on a cliffhanger but you should know that already seeing as how this is book two of the series. This one (in my opinion) isn't too bad and I'm perfectly okay with waiting for the next book. Can't wait to see where Cassia Leo takes the story and how things will end for everyone!</span> </div>
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pre-divorce counseling until I handed Tessa divorce papers last week and she
responded by handing me a business card with the name of a therapist who
specializes in it. Now I’m sitting in this therapist’s office, gritting my
teeth and trying to convince myself the next four to six weeks of my life won’t
be a complete waste of time when I can go back to Rory a free man. Four to six
weeks is how long it will take for the divorce to go through, which isn’t very
long compared to some other states, where it can take as long as six to twelve
months. But it still feels like an eternity. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“How are you feeling today, Houston?” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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he asks the question, making himself comfortable as he’s in the process of
making me uncomfortable. I want to ask him if he has any compassion for me. <i>Can’t
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tessa crosses her arms over her chest and shakes
her head. “See? This is what I have to deal with every time I try to talk to
him. He doesn’t take me seriously.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Garamond;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“I take you very seriously. Otherwise, I
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Author:</strong> Katie Ashley</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Series:</strong> A Vicious Cycle Novel 1</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Genre:</strong> Motorcycle Club Romance</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>On Sale Date:</strong> June 2, 2015</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Deacon Malloy’s life is dedicated to the Hells Raiders motorcycle club. Tough, hard, and fast with his fists, he serves the group as sergeant at arms. But his devil-may-care approach to life is thrown for a loop when the five-year-old daughter he never knew existed lands on the club steps.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alexandra Evans is devoted to all her students—but there’s always been something about Willow Malloy that tugs at her heart. There’s an aura of sadness about her, a girl in need of all the love Alexandra can give. When Willow stops coming to school, Alexandra’s search leads to a clubhouse full of bikers…and a father hell-bent on keeping his daughter always within sight.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The moment Deacon sees Alexandra, he has to have her in his bed—and he’s never met a woman yet who couldn’t be persuaded. No matter how attracted she is to Deacon, Alexandra refuses to be just another conquest. But it’s Deacon himself who could be seduced—into a brighter future for himself, his daughter, and the woman he’s falling for against all odds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As I entered the door, I took a deep breath to try and still my out-of-control nerves. Smoke hung heavy in the air, stinging my eyes and causing me to cough. Several men in leather biker cuts lounged on stools at the bar, nursing beers. Across from me, a heated pool game was taking place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I took a few steps inside and then froze. “Are you lost, darlin’?” a big busted woman in a halter top asked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Uh…I’m looking for David Malloy,” I said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two men at the pool table whirled around. The shorter of the two, a tough but cute looking blond, cocked his head curiously at me. But then the moment my gaze locked on the other man, I knew he was Willow’s father. They had the same dark hair, soulful dark eyes, and heart-shaped face. David, however, had dark scruff covering his face. Although he was Rev’s brother, I didn’t see any resemblance between the two. Although he was shorter and slightly less built, David was just as good-looking as Rev. “Mr. Malloy?” I questioned, as I closed the distance between us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He tossed the pool stick on the table. Taking a long drag on his cigarette, he then stubbed it out in an ashtray on the table. “What do you want?” he demanded.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Without even glancing around the room, I knew that every eye in the place was on us. “I really need to speak with you for a moment.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">His dark eyes narrowed as they raked over my body. Then the next thing I knew, he leapt at me, knocking me back into the wall. One of his hands came to grip my throat while his body pinned me in place. Fear like I had never known overwhelmed me, sending my heartbeat drumming wildly in my ears. It was so loud it felt like a cannon blast going off around me. “Please,” I murmured.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">David glared at me as his thumb pressed harder into my throat. “They’re really falling down on their job at the academy.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With a smirk, he replied, “Don’t they train you ATF bitches to hide your fear a little better? I mean, you’re practically pissing your pants right now, not to mention your heart is beating ninety to nothing.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I shook my head slowly back and forth as I tried processing his words. “ATF? I don’t understand.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He rolled his eyes. “A white-bred piece of ass comes waltzing into my clubhouse wanting to talk to me alone. It doesn’t take a fucking genius to realize you’re a Fed.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A Fed? It took me a moment to process what he meant. Holy shit, he thought I worked for the government as an agent of some sort. Quickly, I replied, “No, I’m not.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A voice came from him. “Deacon, man, you’re gonna get your ass jacked up even further for this.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Glancing over his shoulder, Deacon said to the young, blond haired man, “Stay out of this, Bishop.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bishop held up his hands. “Fine. It’s your fucking funeral.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">David’s hand slid down my throat to the buttons on my dress. Glancing over his shoulder at the others, he questioned, “What do you bet she’s wired up under her tits?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When his hands started to rip open my dress, I couldn’t hold back my scream. “No, stop! I’m not who you think I am. I swear!” I protested.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Then just who the hell are you?” he demanded.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Before I could answer, a tiny voice came from behind us. “Miss Alex?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The sound of Willow’s voice caused David to release his hold on my dress, but his body still kept me pinned to the wall. At that same moment, Rev entered the clubhouse. When he saw me, his eyes bulged, and he broke into a run to reach us. Grabbing David’s shoulders, he slung him away from me. “For fuck’s sake, Deacon, what the hell are you doing?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“I’m giving this undercover ATF bitch what she deserves,” Deacon spat, taking a step back toward me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Christ, she’s not ATF,” Rev countered.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Oh, then who the hell is she?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“She’s my teacher…and my friend,” Willow answered in a small voice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Katie Ashley is the New York Times, USA Today, and Amazon Best-Selling author of The Proposition Series, Runaway Train Series, as well as several New Adult and Young Adult titles. Her latest series, Vicious Cycle, has been picked up for publication by Penguin Books.</em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>She lives outside of Atlanta, Georgia with her two very spoiled dogs. She has a slight obsession with Pinterest, The Golden Girls, Harry Potter, Shakespeare, Supernatural, Sons of Anarchy, Downton Abbey, Designing Women, and Scooby-Doo. </em></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>With a BA in English, a BS in Secondary English Education, and a Masters in English Education, she spent 11 1/2 years educating the Youth of America aka teaching MS and HS English until she left to write full time in December 2012.</em></span></div>
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<br />Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00120565969522605813noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5761217158619496688.post-25455623379529964972015-06-01T08:00:00.000-05:002015-06-01T08:00:13.485-05:00Review: Follow Me Back by A. Meredith Walters<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The sequel to <em>Lead Me Not</em>, this dangerously sexy second installment in the Twisted Love series continues Aubrey and Maxx’s love story, from <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author A. Meredith Walters—who “writes the most beautifully flawed characters that still have you swooning” (Sawyer Bennett, <em>USA Today</em> bestselling author of the Off series).</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He has vowed to become the man Aubrey Duncan deserves. Even if he has to tear himself apart to do it. So he enters rehab, trying to fix the parts of him that are shattered as he longs to be healthy and whole.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Aubrey lost everything because she chose to listen to her heart. Now she has sworn to put herself first, to heal in the only way that she can…far away from Maxx and his demons.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But just as Aubrey is starting over, Maxx is released from rehab and thrust back into her world, determined to prove how much they still need each other. And the chaos that had defined them threatens to unleash once again…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Follow Me Back is the second book in the Twisted Love series. It MUST be read after Lead Me Not. If you have not read the first book yet, STOP! My review will contain spoilers. You can read my review of Lead Me Not here (it is spoiler-free)--></span><a href="http://realitybites-letsgetlost.blogspot.com/2014/07/blog-tour-giveaway-lead-me-not-by.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://realitybites-letsgetlost.blogs...</span></a></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I finished Lead Me Not, I was an emotional wreck. Never before had I felt so conflicted on the future of two characters. I loved both Maxx and Aubrey, and even more than that, I loved their love for one another. But I wasn't sure I wanted them together. Given Aubrey's past, I just couldn't see how a relationship with Maxx could possibly be good for her with the place he was in his life. So, I went into Follow Me Back with apprehension. I didn't see how this was going to end well for anyone involved. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Aubrey made me feel so proud of how well she handled things this go round. How much she had grown since the last book was evident from the start. The events that occurred with Maxx had jolted her, but that wasn't necessarily a bad thing. She had been traveling a path that wasn't intended for her and it took the shake up Mazx caused in her life for her to see that.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And I have to be honest, I did not have enough faith in Maxx to believe he would overcome his drug habit. I was not convinced he had it in him to stay away from the easy money that came with the club scene, which would ultimately lead him right back to the very thing that almost killed him. But the more I read, the more convinced I became that I had underestimated him. I was never so happy to have a character prove me wrong as I was Maxx!</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They both have traveled a hard and bumpy road in their lives. And they both still have so much to overcome in their future. Can they find a path that works with them on it together? Well, you just have to read the conclusion to Maxx and Aubrey's story to find out! I know I am glad that I did and LOVED how everything played out for them both.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It had only been a matter of weeks since Maxx had said those
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Only weeks since he had made promises he hadn't been able to keep. It was such
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But it had changed. And now all I could do was accept it and
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My eyes were drawn to the brick wall that ran along the edge
of the green. The once vibrant colors of Maxx's street art had faded, but I
could still the painting of a woman walking off a cliff. The word Compulsion
was woven into her familiar blond hair. It was a small part of the complicated
man who continued to own me. The tiny, intricate X's dotted through the picture
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have known Jax my whole life and I have loved him with every breath I’ve ever taken. The fact that we were born a mere month apart to mothers that are best friends has made us inseparable since birth.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What we have is so rare, one would think our story would be written, our fate sealed. But, unfortunately that’s not how life works. Life offers us many choices that can turn destiny into chance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am such a sucker for a good friends to lovers book. There is just something about being a part of two people's journey and seeing it all building towards that inevitable shift long before they do. A Beautiful Kind of Love definitely gave me that and so much more. </span></div>
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<em>"<b>Someday, I know that I’ll be Mrs. Porter, and Jax and I will be living the American dream. I will forever be linked to him, just as I always have been, and that is great. I couldn’t ask for anything more. For now though, while I can, I need to experience life on my own. Even if only for a short time, I have to know what it is like to be just me."- Lily</b></em></div>
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I was rooting for them from the moment I realized they would have to endure a long distance relationship. I was hoping they could stand this test and make it through. But time and distance takes its toll on them. Can their love for one another survive it all? And if not, will a lifelong friendship be lost? </div>
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<span class="s7" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic;">She said I was like a song. </span><span class="s7" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic;">Her favorite song.</span><span class="s7" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: italic;"> A song isn’t something you can see. It’s something you feel, something you move to, something that disappears after the last note is played.</span></div>
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<span class="s9">I won my first fight when I was eleven years old, and I’ve been throwing punches ever since. Fighting is the purest, truest, most elemental thing there is. Some people describe heaven as a sea of unending white. Where choirs sing and loved ones </span><span class="s9">await</span><span class="s9">. But for me, heaven was something else. It sounded like the bell at the beginning of a round, it tasted like adrenaline, </span><span class="s9">it</span><span class="s9"> burned like sweat in my eyes and fire in my belly. It looked like the blur of screaming crowds and an opponent who wanted my blood. </span></div>
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Until I met Millie, and heaven became something different. I became something different. I knew I loved her when I watched her stand perfectly still in the middle of a crowded room, people swarming, buzzing, slipping around her, her straight dancer’s posture unyielding, her chin high, her hands loose at her sides. No one seemed to see her at all, except for the few who squeezed past her, tossing exasperated looks at her unsmiling face. When they realized she wasn’t normal, they hurried away. Why was it that no one saw her, yet she was the first thing I saw?</div>
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If heaven was the octagon, then she was my angel at the center of it all, the girl with the power to take me down and lift me up again. The girl I wanted to fight for, the girl I wanted to claim. The girl who taught me that sometimes the biggest heroes go unsung and the most important battles are the ones we don’t think we can win.</div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sweet Something</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Series: Sweet Series #1</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Author: K.C. Harper</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Genre: Contemporary Romance</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Release Date: October 31, 2014</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When Tyler Reese sets his sights on Bar Harbor Maine, he has no idea it will change his life…forever. After being left at the altar by his fiancé, Tyler runs away from his past and love, only to find that what he really wants is right in front of him. Grace Carter spent most of her life caring for her two younger sisters after her mother abandoned them at a young age. After her boyfriend of three years breaks her heart when he leaves her for a tourist passing through town, Grace closes her heart off to love...that is until she meets the man who will mend her broken heart one kiss at a time. Tyler breaks down the walls surrounding Grace’s heart, making her question her plans for giving up on love. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a really
sweet story about two people who have individually been on the receiving end of
heartache and have decided that maybe love isn't for them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Grace lives in the
small town of Bay Harbour Maine and has assumed the responsibility of raising
her two younger sisters since she was a teenage girl herself. She has selflessly devoted her life to making
sure they had a happy and stable family unit.
After a betrayal by someone she thought she loved, she is thinking that
relationships and love are on the back burner now.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tyler has moved to
this quaint town to leave his broken hearted past behind him too. How can someone you love and were devoted to
suddenly pull the rug out from under you, leave you lying on the floor,
blindsided?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I really enjoyed
this sweet and very sexy read, these two are smoking hot together. I love how devoted and loyal Tyler is, when
he cares about someone he makes sure that they know it. Grace's trust fears are ever present and
opening herself up to another man is hard for her. She still has this immense sense of
responsibility for her sisters. It is time for her to take a chance and live
for herself, be a bit self indulgent.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maybe things don't
work out with other people because there is something better out there, someone
who was meant for you all along. They
say that the right person comes along when you least expect it and it when it happens
you should hold on with all your might and never let go.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"What
did you do to me? I never thought I could feel this way again. I can't stop thinking about you or wanting
you." - Tyler</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>K.C. Haper is a best-selling author, mother of four and has a degree in Psychology. She writes Contemporary Romance, Horror Mystery and Thrillers. Her Lakeshore Evil Series is an Amazon best seller in Horror and Suspense.</i></span></div>
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<span class="s5" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I loved you once. A love I thought irrevocable. A love I mistakenly believed could transcend both time and circumstance. Under the influence of my dimwitted, naïve, traitorous heart, I became intoxicated with what I now know was simply a figment of my self-indulgent imagination. So drunk on the feeling, I couldn’t see what was right in front of my face. So foolishly enamored, I blindly followed my heart into the depths of an emotion that would ravage me. </span></div>
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<span class="s5" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Years later, I know now what I wish I knew then. I am stronger. Smarter. Tougher. I will not allow myself to be broken again. </span></div>
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<span class="s5" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I loved you.</span></div>
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<span class="s5" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I raged for you.</span></div>
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<span class="s5" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wept for you.</span></div>
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<span class="s5" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And now, I’m letting you go.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As soon as L.B. Simmons started posting teasers for this book, I knew I had to read it. I was so intrigued by the little peeks we were getting. Factor in the synopsis, that promised this to be an angsty read and I knew I was in for a roller coaster ride of emotional torture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And I was right!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The thing I loved most? That it was NOTHING like I was expecting. Yes, it ripped my heart out and I cried more than once. But it was for reasons I never expected. This story takes you places you don't want to go. The subject matter is tough to read at certain points. But it is that realistic look into things that happen everyday that made the read that much more appealing. The author never sugar coated the ugly parts and I appreciated the story even more for that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But it isn't all sadness. Ms. Simmons isn't completely evil after all. There are happy moments mixed in there. And ones that will make you laugh, out loud (loved Rat and his "that's what I said" moments). There are definitely swoon worthy moments throughout the book as well (Dalton sure knows how to woo a girl!). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's it. I'm not saying anything else. As I said above, the book was a million times more enjoyable for me because I had no clue what to expect. So, I am not giving away anything that truly pertains to the storyline. Just trust me when I say, this is a MUST read! Don't believe me? Just download the sample. I was hooked immediately and you will be too. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Cassie maintains
her wide smile. </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">“</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">You go on a date and I guarantee what you find regarding Dalton and
his feelings will surprise you.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">”</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">“</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Cassie. No one
wants to go out on a date with me. Trust me.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">”</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">She shakes her head
before she busts out laughing. The ridiculous sound of it reverberates around
my room. </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">“</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">You really have no idea, do you? Every guy at school has a hard-on for
you, you fool. They</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">’</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">re fucking scared to come within even ten feet of you because of
Dalton. He let it be known that if they did, he would deal with them.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">”</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">“</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Oh my God! You have
no idea what you</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">’</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">re talking about!</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">”</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">I</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">’</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">m laughing outright now. She really has
lost her mind. </span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">She shakes her
head, the severity of her statement tightening her features. </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">“</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">I</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">’</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">m totally serious,
Spence. I swear on my Kindle.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">”</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">At this, I take a
sharp breath and sober immediately. To Cassie, her Kindle is sacred as the
Bible. </span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">She nods slowly,
dramatically, as she watches me grasp the meaning of her statement. Right hand
raised, she states, </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">“</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">On the over-abundance of trashy romance novels within my possession, I
solemnly swear that before Dalton graduated, he straight-up took out a vendetta
against any male in our school who dares approach you.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">”</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">“</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">He did what?!</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">”</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">
</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">I screech, pressing
myself off the bed and catapulting into upright position. </span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Anger ignites and
my face heats wildly as realization dawns. </span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">This whole year, in
fact, the entire four years of high school, no one has</span><span lang="NL" style="line-height: 115%;"> look</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">ed at me. No one has asked me to come to parties, to go on dates, to
go to prom. Not that I would go, but it would be nice to be asked, you know?
Okay, I probably would go. I mean, it</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">’</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">s a rite of passage, right?</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Two black painted
fingernails make their appearance as they snap directly in front of my face,
jolting me out of my inner thoughts. </span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">“</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Hooker! Pay
attention!</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">”</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">I shake my head and
refocus. Still seething, I whisper, </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">“</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">This whole time, I thought it was me.
That I wasn</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">’</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">t dating material or pretty enough. Four years, Cass. Four years of
feeling like I wasn</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">’</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">t good enough.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">”</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">My molars grind together. </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">“</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">It all makes sense now.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">”</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">She waves her hand
dismissively. </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">“</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">We</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">’</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">re getting off track here.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">”</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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someone who, luckily for you, seems to have recently acquired a death wish."</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s release day for <em>Compulsive </em>by Lia Fairchild! We are so excited to be sharing this new contemporary romance with you. To celebrate the release, Lia is giving away a gift card, and sharing an exclusive excerpt with us!</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Compulsive (Liar, Book 1): </b></span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From Bestselling author, Lia Fairchild</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lies hurt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lies destroy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But some lies protect…and heal. At least that’s what Gray Donovan had hoped for. She’s a compulsive liar using it as a defense mechanism to survive life and her shattered past</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When she starts seeing therapist Daniel Harrison, she can no longer deny the truths that have haunted her for so many years. She must now stand and face them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Opening up to Daniel leaves her exposed and vulnerable. When her soul is bared to him, she can’t contain the attraction or the feelings he elicits.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Daniel feels drawn to his new patient, but knows he will have to fight it in order to resurrect Gray from her demons. His will and his judgment are tested when he must overcome his own doubts and face his own secrets.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well this was a completely different read for me. I'm very much a romance reader but was
completely intrigued with the synopsis of this story. Once I got into the story I found it very
difficult to put down.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gray Donovan is a really interesting girl, she likes to
embellish the truth a bit and it just comes naturally to her. Being honest does not. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I'm talking about
bold-faced lies that spilled from my lips as easy as the breath from my
lungs. Lies that ruined people, lies
that protected people, lies for the hell of it.
I ate, slept, and drank lies. </span></i></b></div>
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I bathed in deceit." - Gray</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then she meets her new therapist, Daniel Harrison. Apart
from the fact that he is strikingly good looking, there is just something about
him that has her opening up and being more honest than she ever has in her
life. Outside of their sessions they
also form another connection of sorts via two teenage girls. This reveals another side of Daniel that
shows the more vulnerable part of him. Gray really looks forward to her
sessions with Daniel and there is an growing attraction between them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Doctors are just human like the rest of us and Daniel seems
to have his own burdens to bear. He is
doing a wonderful job helping Gray but it seems there is a lot he needs to work
on to get to a place where he is available to explore what he is feeling for
Gray. You know how sometimes you can
find the right person buy the timing is just not right. Sometimes you have to walk away and take a
step back if you want to move forward.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I really liked Gray, she was so interesting to read about
and I loved how she developed from when we first met her until the end of her
therapy sessions. Daniel helped her face her past and she seems to have finally
found the strength to stand up and have a future. The only question is, will Daniel be in it?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I give this 4 stars</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The ridges on the stark white ceiling blurred from my intense stare as I listened to the steady even breaths coming from the body next to me. He wasn’t a bad guy. Just an idiot. Maybe even married for all I knew. The clock read four twenty-three. That wouldn’t work for me. I waited for a nice round even number. Something that felt right. I held my phone with the message typed out: <em>I need you</em>. I keyed in the address, and when the clock hit four thirty, I hit <em>Send</em>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At ten before five AM, I eased my body out of the bed the way a mother slips from her sleeping child, hoping not to rouse her angel. He stirred a moment and turned on his side, his arm involuntarily reaching for me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Sky,” he murmured with his eyes closed. His dark buzz cut hair was sprinkled with gray flecks, and a small rectangular scar bordered the hairline on the right side of his face. I hadn’t noticed that the night before, or I would have asked him. Now my curiosity had me pausing, conjuring up various scenarios for its origin. Whatever the cause would forever remain a mystery. With a gentle hold around his wrist, I lifted his hand and rested it on the comforter. His eyes flitted open and closed. Frozen, I waited to see if he’d wake. I didn’t worry about coming up with a story. It always came.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Still sitting on the edge of the bed, I reached over to an adjacent chair to snag my black silk shirt. When I pulled it over my head and then glanced down, two light blue eyes met mine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Hey, you,” he whispered. His soft, sweet smile almost made a dent, but I pulled my hand away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“I’ve got to run.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Surprise and confusion colored his face. “What time is it?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Around five. I’ve got early rounds.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He seemed satisfied with my excuse and looked thoughtful. “Ah, yes, Dr. Phillips. Time to save lives.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I gave him a nod and a tight smile just before a knock at the door sounded. I rose from the bed to pull on my skirt and slip my feet into my heels.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He sat up watching me closely like a cat that’d dart out of an open door. “Who could that be at this time?” he said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“My ride,” I threw over my shoulder. I scooped up my purse from the dresser on the way out, catching his face in the mirror. They always had that same look the next day. Or perhaps I was the one who saw things differently.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I heard him jump out of bed and scramble for his pants as I made my way to the living room, picking up my pace. “Sky, wait.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I reached the door, he came in and leaned against the couch, folding his arms. “I could have driven you home.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“It’s okay,” I said, pulling the door open.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nathan stood in the doorway, hands stretched out to the jams on each side, his brown hair ragged from being dragged from the comfort of his bed. He shot me that look that said, <em>you owe me</em> and then let one hand fall and sweep to the side as if making a path for royalty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Wait,” a voice came from behind me. “Who’s this guy?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nathan took a step into the doorway. “Oh, hey, man.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“John, this is my cousin, Nathan,” I said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Unfortunately, Nathan had spoken at the same time I did and said, “I’m her neighbor.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">John walked over to the two of us, eyes darting between me and my partner in crime. “Well, which is it?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nathan and I exchanged looks, and I opened my mouth to speak.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">John held up his hand. “No. Let me guess,” he said in a sarcastic tone. “He’s your cousin who lives next door.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I half-shrugged while looking him dead in the eye. “I really should get going.” A split second later, I plastered on a smile. “I’ll call you.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“You haven’t given me much choice,” he said to my back as I sidled past Nathan. “I don’t even have your number.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’d be willing to bet John wouldn’t be holding his breath.</span></div>
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