Crimson River (The Edens #5)
Devney Perry
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
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· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 97 ratings · Published: 01 Jun 2023

It’s there that she spots a man washing blood from his hands in a stream. One moment she’s staring at the jagged scar on his face. The next, his hand is around her throat. But by some miracle, he lets her go.
Shaken to her core, Lyla reports the incident to the local police. Two days later, Vance Sutter arrives in town, armed with endless questions and a tarnished badge.
Vance may be ruggedly handsome but he’s as mysterious as the man he’s hunting. And he’ll be gone from Quincy in a blink. Yet Lyla’s crush is impossible to stop.
No matter how hard Vance tries to ignore it, there’s no denying the chemistry between them. And avoiding Lyla is not an option. After years of chasing dead ends, she’s his only lead to closing the case that haunts his career. So together, they’ll retrace her steps.
To find the scarred man she met beside a crimson river.
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- contemporary 11
- suspense 10
- mystery 10
- small town 8
- dual pov 7
- western 6
- insta-love 6
- men in uniform 6
- friends with benefits 6
- secret relationship 5
- tortured hero 5
- first person pov 4
- competent heroine 4
- sweet/gentle heroine 4
- possessive hero 4
- friends to lovers 4
- forced proximity 4
- height difference 3
- alpha male 3
- rich heroine 2
- angst 2
- male pov 2
- independent heroine 2
- new adult 1
- grumpy & sunshine 1
- tortured heroine 1
- cheerful/happy heroine 1
- working class hero 1
- m-f romance 1
- found family 1
- cowboy hero 1
- dark romance 1
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The 'The Edens' series
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