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  • Fractured by Riley Edwards

    Fractured by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Loving Echo Kent was painful. Not the falling in love part, that was easy. One look at the tall, blond-haired, blue-eyed narcotics detective and I knew I wanted him. A few months later I knew I couldn’t live without him. But my Echo, he had demons and secrets and a mountain of guilt. His love was selfish and one-sided—he could love but he refused to allow others to love him...
  • Dirty Cravings by Kenya Wright

    Dirty Cravings by Kenya Wright

    Rated: 4.86 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 18 ratings
    We return for the sixth installment of the Lion and the Mouse. Kazimir and Emily hunt for the traitor in Italy. Constant threat lurks within the shadows. The more puzzle pieces are discovered the more their reality unravels. Dark and deeply erotic, this high-octane romance will lure you into a mystery with deadly twists and turns...
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  • The Lies in the Falls by Elle Gray

    The Lies in the Falls by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    It’s the perfect time to enjoy the winter snow. Unfortunately, there are things brewing in Sweetwater Falls that neither coffee nor hot cocoa can solve…It’s Founders Day in the once idyllic town, as well as the beginning of the festive holiday season. Contrary to the beautiful scenery, being the sheriff of Sweetwater is not quite as cozy as Spenser Song imagined...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mafia  m-f  mystery  audiobook  length-short
  • Silenced in the Falls by Elle Gray

    Silenced in the Falls by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    To be young, wild, and carefree. The true essence of Taft High’s Spring dance. But there’s a price for the naivety of youth. A high price that could cost your blood, soul, and your silence. Sweetwater Falls is a charming town with all sorts of characters. From chaperoning the school dance with Ryker to putting drunk drivers behind bars...
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    suspense  mafia  m-f  mystery  audiobook  length-short
  • Ashes by Chelle Bliss

    Ashes by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Dylan Walsh left his small town behind and vowed to never return. But when his brother needs help, Dylan steps back into the memories he tried so hard to forget. He thought there was nothing there for him anymore until a woman he knew as a little girl catches more than Dylan’s eye. Rosie Gallo is known for her kind spirit, good-girl vibes, and her loyalty to the ones she loves...
  • Fatal Scandal by Marie Force

    Fatal Scandal by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Book 8 of the Fatal series from New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Marie Force. .. As a new year dawns in the capital city, dual scandals rock the Metropolitan Police Department—and Lieutenant Sam Holland is right in the middle of them...
  • Fatal Jeopardy by Marie Force

    Fatal Jeopardy by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Washington, D. C. Police Lieutenant Sam Holland and her husband, U. S. Senator Nick Cappuano, have been looking forward to a quiet Thanksgiving with their son. But any thoughts of a restful holiday are dashed when Sam and Nick return home to a gruesome scene: Sam's seventeen-year-old niece Brooke, barely conscious and covered in blood on their front stoop...
  • The Girls in the Falls by Elle Gray

    The Girls in the Falls by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    After answering the job posting for Sweetwater Falls, former FBI agent Spenser Song thought that she had finally escaped her painful past. Unfortunately, she quickly learned some things you just can’t ever run away from…. When a local girl goes missing and another one turns up dead, Spenser finds clues that connect to a grim reminder of another fatal mistake in her past...
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    suspense  mafia  m-f  audiobook  length-short
  • Secret by Penelope Sky

    Secret by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 22 ratings
    She saved my life. She promised she wouldn't intervene, that her loyalty was to her family, not me. But she did it anyway. Now everything is different. I can feel it with every kiss, every time she's underneath me. This isn't a meaningless fling anymore. It's so much more. I know it. .. and she knows it.
  • The New Girl by A.J. Rivers

    The New Girl by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sometimes starting over is simply letting go of the past. .. Heartbroken and in need of a fresh start,. Carrie Sweet packed up her car and headed to Juniper Springs. On the road to the idyllic town with a new journalist job waiting,. she encounters one roadblock after another. Stranded on the side of the road, a handsome stranger stops to offer her help...
  • Memories of the Falls by Elle Gray

    Memories of the Falls by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    It’s summertime at the Falls, and this season revenge tastes even sweeter…. Sheriff Spenser Song thought she would get a much-needed break after aiding FBI agent Blake Wilder on an international trafficking ring. Shortly upon her return to the Falls and to Ryker, the place is once again in an uproar. When the town’s star athletes are found dead due to a drug overdose...
  • Shadows of the Falls by Elle Gray

    Shadows of the Falls by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Spenser Song could have never imagined that her career in the FBI would lead to her husband’s death. She moved to Sweetwater Falls and accepted the job as the town’s Sheriff to escape from the pain of her dark past. But a fresh start in the once idyllic town came with many unexpected twists. .
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    mafia  suspense  m-f  mystery  audiobook
  • The Tallest Tower by Emilia Finn

    The Tallest Tower by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I hate Felix Malone with all my heart and soul. He’s the second born son of a murderous don. The newest leader of the Malone mafia family now that his father is dead. But if I could have hoped a change in management would mean a positive shift for the notorious crime family, then I’m proven wrong as Felix quickly settles into his new role and lays scourge on New York City...
  • Dirty Pleasures by Kenya Wright

    Dirty Pleasures by Kenya Wright

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 12 ratings
    In this gripping eighth installment, Kazimir and Emily head to New Orleans seeking solace and healing, but destiny has other plans. Will the eerie magic of New Orleans provide the healing the Mouse desperately seeks, or will new sinister threats emerge, pulling them into an entirely new war?
  • Crime Lord's Paradise by Mia Knight

    Crime Lord's Paradise by Mia Knight

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    After Gavin Pyre steps down from his position as crime lord, he and Lyla focus on picking up the pieces of their lives and creating the paradise they deserve. Note: This novella intersects with book 4, Awakened by Sin, so books should be read in sequence.
  • Reckless: Sins of the Father by Nicole James

    Reckless: Sins of the Father by Nicole James

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Nicole James, comes a STEAMY, WOKE UP MARRIED IN VEGAS, AGE GAP, MC ROMANCE! The SECOND GENERATION has arrived! Harley Jean—. The pounding in my head wakes me— that and the fact that I have to pee. Must have been one hell of a bachelorette party last night...
  • The Camorra Chronicles Box Set by Cora Reilly

    The Camorra Chronicles Box Set by Cora Reilly

    Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Twisted Loyalties:. Fabiano was raised to follow in his father’s footsteps as Consigliere of the Chicago Outfit – until the man abandons him. Left to fend for himself, Fabiano is forced to fight for a place in the mafia world. As a ruthless street fighter, he quickly earns his place as the new Enforcer of the Las Vegas Camorra – a man to fear...
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    suspense  mafia  m-f  contemporary  length-epic
  • Secret Betrayals: Dark MC & Mafia Romance | Second Chance | Romantic Suspense by Tonya Anders

    Secret Betrayals: Dark MC & Mafia Romance | Second Chance | Romantic Suspense by Tonya Anders

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In Secret Betrayals, loyalty is tested, family is redefined, and love is forged in fire. Some sins can’t be forgiven. Some debts can’t be repaid. And some hearts refuse to be broken more than once. Beneath the roar of engines and the glint of chrome, the Sinners ride the line between loyalty and treachery...
  • Lucky's Streak by E.C. Land

    Lucky's Streak by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    BLURB COMING SOON! !! !! !!
  • Worship Your Queen by Penelope Sky

    Worship Your Queen by Penelope Sky

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 26 ratings
    London is a lot more useful than I anticipated. She gets me what I need like a pro. With her by my side, I feel like I can do anything. My need for revenge is dimmed. My anger is contained. But her brother is still a problem. She wants me to let him go. I'm not sure if I can.
  • The Hunting Ground by Elle Gray, K.S. Gray

    The Hunting Ground by Elle Gray, K.S. Gray

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The time for the wicked to meet their end has arrived…. In the small tourist town of Colorado, women are vanishing. From the visitors to the locals, everyone is on the edge. After taking a road trip with Noah to track down her sister's last whereabouts,. Birdie arrives in the town of Driftwood, Colorado to find strange disappearances at her motel...
  • Faded Gray Lines by Cora Kenborn

    Faded Gray Lines by Cora Kenborn

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Love is the deadliest lie. Leighton. I’m jaded. The truth is a bitter pill to swallow. My first taste of love was my first betrayal. Now, all I want is to start over, but they want my life. Everyone says all’s fair in love and war. Except I’m done playing fair. I’m tired of turning my back on his darkness when it’s the light that always burns me. I’ve danced with the devil...
  • War of Monsters by Bella Di Corte

    War of Monsters by Bella Di Corte

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A Royal Organized Crime Romance. History books are written about why men go to war. Religion. Land. Oil. And the most dangerous reason of all—a woman, the kind worth risking your heart for. My wife, Scarlett Fausti, was that woman. She sparked a war amongst the world’s most dangerous men...
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    multicultural  suspense  m-f  length-epic
  • Savage Prince by Piper Stone

    Savage Prince by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Gillian's father may be a powerful Irish mob boss, but he owes a blood debt to my family, and when I came to collect I didn't ask permission before taking his daughter as payment. It was not up to him. .. or to her. I will make her my bride, but I am not the kind of man who will wait until our wedding night to bare her and claim what belongs to me...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mafia  m-f  length-medium
  • Secrets and Satin by Liliana Hart

    Secrets and Satin by Liliana Hart

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    No one knows heartbreak like Jade Jax. After losing her husband to a tragic death, she doesn’t believe love can happen twice. But after years of living a half-life without her husband, her body starts to waken again, and needs she’d forgotten come to the surface...
  • Shattered Oath by Lisa Lovell

    Shattered Oath by Lisa Lovell

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 12 ratings
    The Bratva Boss wants me dead. Too bad I’m pregnant with his baby. I’ve run far and wide to escape the Devil’s rage. But it wasn’t long before he caught me. Now I’m standing in front of him bound and naked. About to face the consequences of my betrayal. With every inch of my skin exposed to his will,. And my life flashing before my watery eyes,. He draws my traitorous body under his spell...
  • The Hitman's Dancer by Tabatha Kiss

    The Hitman's Dancer by Tabatha Kiss

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Snake Eyes Series: Standalone Romances. Interconnecting Stories. One Unforgettable Adventure. DANTE. It was only supposed to be one night. One night with me and I’d make her father’s debt to the Zappia crime family a little easier to swallow. Turns out, swallowing ain’t much of an issue for Lucy Vaughn. I should never have gotten involved with her...
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    suspense  mafia  m-f  athletes  humor  military  new adult
  • Edge of Danger: A Thrilling Romantic Mystery by Janie Crouch

    Edge of Danger: A Thrilling Romantic Mystery by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A thrilling romantic mystery about a child protector hero from the USA Today bestselling author, Janie Crouch. Previously published as Texas Bodyguard: Brax. A baby in his care… A target on their backs. A skilled security expert and bodyguard, Brax Patterson is ready for anything… except unexpected custody of his reckless half brother’s baby boy...
  • Cruel Prince by Aidèe Jaimes

    Cruel Prince by Aidèe Jaimes

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    I sold my soul to the Devil and he handed me over to someone far deadlier. After the death of my father, his enemies came knocking on my door. Left with no other choice, I agree to an indentured contract, selling my body to a criminal in exchange for my life. Only he never meant to keep me as his own...
  • The Godfather’s Christmas Twins by Ajme Williams

    The Godfather’s Christmas Twins by Ajme Williams

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Five years ago, I gave birth to his twins. Five years ago, I let another man claim them as his own. Five years ago, my father forced me to marry a mobster. And now these twins are calling their real father "Uncle Max. ". One night of sin with my godfather changed everything. Max Giraldi—seventeen years my senior, my brother's enforcer. By morning, he vanished...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  m-f  age difference  secret child  pregnancy
  • To Have and To Hold: Arranged marriage stand-alone by Aleatha Romig

    To Have and To Hold: Arranged marriage stand-alone by Aleatha Romig

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Arranged marriage, age-gap, forbidden love, enemies-to-lovers, forced proximity, Romeo and Juliet vibes, family saga, Mafia/cartel romance, Slow burn, Redemption, Morally gray hero, dangerous romance. The Roríguez cartel is spinning out of control, tragedy putting the alliance and our future in question...
  • Lust & Lies: AMBW Amnesia Romance by M'Renee Allen

    Lust & Lies: AMBW Amnesia Romance by M'Renee Allen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A seductive thriller with a romance so twisted it blurs the lines between passion and obsession. He says I’m his wife. He says I’m the love of his life. He says his world would fall apart if he ever lost me. But I don’t remember him. I don’t remember our love. I don’t remember this beautiful, elegant life he swears is mine. In fact, I don’t remember anything. Aiden Park is perfect...
  • The Lost Children by Elle Gray

    The Lost Children by Elle Gray

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Sheriff Eve Wicker never expected the biggest mystery of her past would land on her doorstep years later. After her mother’s death, Eve left the small-town and joined the NSA. Only to find herself back in Chesapeake Valley. While she attempts to juggle her sheriff duties and help her ailing father. She finds herself colliding with the town brute, a man with a dark and traumatic past...
    Categorized as:
    mafia  suspense  m-f  mystery  length-medium  audiobook
  • Savage Secrets by Amy McKinley

    Savage Secrets by Amy McKinley

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Chicago Mafia boss Marco La Rosa thought the only woman he’d ever loved had died years ago. But when her brother approaches him with an arranged marriage contract, he learns that she is very much alive and in danger. Bringing her back within the fold of the Five Families is a second chance he can’t pass up. The only problem is, he has to get to her before their enemies do...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mafia  m-f  new adult  length-short
  • Diamond by J.A. Low

    Diamond by J.A. Low

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Round 2 with the Devil begins. Grace thought she had left the nightmare of the Bratva Jewels behind her. Her days spent with them were some of the darkest of her life, but she’s safe now. Or so she thought. When the Bratva seeks revenge for losing one of their own, Grace knows she must be strong to withstand whatever they have in store for her...
  • Rich by Janet Elizabeth Henderson

    Rich by Janet Elizabeth Henderson

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rachel Ford-Talbot has nothing to do with her family or their pharmaceutical business. And she likes it that way. As one of four partners who own an internationally renowned security business, Rachel prefers to leave her past, with all its secrets, deeply buried...
  • Necessary Pursuit by Mari Carr, Lila Dubois

    Necessary Pursuit by Mari Carr, Lila Dubois

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Oscar has no desire to join one of the two secret societies issuing him invitations and he sure as hell isn’t interested in an arranged menage marriage. They say you can’t die of a broken heart, but he almost did. Deadly circumstances throw sexy physicist, Selene, and a dangerous man with a price on his head in his path. Now he’ll do anything to keep them safe...
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    suspense  multicultural  m-f  menage  cold hero
  • Monster SBMC Miami by Erin Trejo

    Monster SBMC Miami by Erin Trejo

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I  transferred from another chapter to Miami.   I needed a change and this was it. I fell into line with the rest of the guys here. The day I get shot is the day my life changes. Left at a local doctor's office to heal, I met her. She was different. She wasn't your normal type of girl. I could be myself with her. .. in the dark. In the light I was the monster I was named after...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  m-f  mafia  length-novella  bikers
  • Reno Gabrini: For His Lover by Mallory Monroe

    Reno Gabrini: For His Lover by Mallory Monroe

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Reno Gabrini, the longtime owner of the PaLargio Hotel and Casino on the Vegas Strip, faces his toughest foes yet when he has to face the ghosts of his past. Just when he thought life was sailing right along, and his family were all making their own dreams come true, the sins of his past come back with a vengeance and seek to dismantle all that he holds dear...
  • Bleed For Me by Erin Trejo

    Bleed For Me by Erin Trejo

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I spent ten years in prison for something I didn't do. I wanted my revenge for the years that I lost. Yet when I found her, she wasn't what I expected her to be. Someone forced her into her admission and I want to know who. That doesn't change the fact that I'm falling for her. I didn't plan on finding her. Or him for that matter. Now my life is in a tailspin and I have to figure a way out of it.
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    suspense  m-f  mafia  length-novella  bikers  bisexual  m-m-f
  • Reno and Trina: In the Shadows of Love by Mallory Monroe

    Reno and Trina: In the Shadows of Love by Mallory Monroe

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Reno Gabrini and his beautiful African-American wife Trina wheel and deal in Vegas as he runs the mighty PaLargio Hotel and Casino and she runs a high-end clothing store. But everything changes for them when lies are spread about romantic entanglements and their son is victimized...
  • Isaac by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Isaac by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Isaac Perry has spent the majority of his life wearing the Devil Hounds MC patches. As president, he’s used to making tough decisions, even the occasionally vicious ones. He doesn’t have to take orders from anyone anymore. He never bends, never breaks, until she literally stumbles into his life. Holly Garrison is young. Too young and innocent for an outlaw like Isaac to lay a hand on her...
  • Run by Janet Elizabeth Henderson

    Run by Janet Elizabeth Henderson

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Elle Roberts wants two things in life:. One—to find out everything there is to know about the mysterious spy who keeps kissing her, and. Two—to stay off her mob family’s radar. That isn’t too much to ask, is it? It’s not like she wants to win the lottery, or live in a Star Wars movie, or be Chris Hemsworth’s personal bather...
  • Weeping Roses by Stella Andrews

    Weeping Roses by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Our eyes met across a deserted graveyard. The rain weeping on the thorny rose he tossed into the ground. As the lightning struck overhead, I knew my life was about to change. My inner voice screamed at me to run. You have something he wants. The sense of danger was more ominous than the storm, but I couldn’t run if I tried...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mafia  m-f  contemporary  length-medium
  • The Chase by A.J. Rivers

    The Chase by A.J. Rivers

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Former pilot, now restaurateur, Eric Bentley has spent years rehabilitating his body after a traumatic head injury left him unable to fly again. When he runs into Nicole Lambert, a geriatric nurse tending to his father’s medical needs, he can’t help but think about their past. The two couldn’t be more different. He dreamed of soaring the skies and traveling the world...
  • Owned by the Irish Mafia Boss by A.L. Luca, Rosalie Rose

    Owned by the Irish Mafia Boss by A.L. Luca, Rosalie Rose

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I was forced to marry the monster I hated. Cade Burns, the most ruthless mafia boss in the city. And my brother's best friend. .. Aria. All I felt for him was hate:. Cade Burns,. The good-for-nothing Irish mob boss. And childhood stain I tried and failed to purge. He was both my brother’s best friend,. And the catalyst for my father’s death. Now, I was being married off to him like I was a pawn...
    Categorized as:
    multicultural  suspense  mafia  length-short
  • The Don's Doorstep Baby  by Ashlie Silas

    The Don's Doorstep Baby by Ashlie Silas

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The billionaire, the don, and the cute kid on the doorstep. .. the end. Or so I thought. I never expected to see him again but here he is, his presence as commanding as ever. His features are just as strikingly handsome as they were years ago. My relationship with Xander was a rollercoaster destined to crash so, I saved us both the trouble and left. My only regret is the one thing I had to do...
  • Daimon by Jessica Ames

    Daimon by Jessica Ames

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Daimon. As Treasurer of the Untamed Sons MC, I don't have time to deal with a bratty kid. Briella is nineteen. I'm thirty-one. I'm too old for her tantrums, but I'm sure there's something more to her acting out than a late teenage rebellion. When I look in her eyes, I see her demons glaring back at me, and I want to know who put them there...
  • Seized by Kaylea Cross

    Seized by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    She’s strictly off limits. Carmela Cruz has wanted the same man for over a year, and now that he’s finally free, he’s fair game. But just when it seems like everything is about to click into place for them, he puts on the brakes. For her, the decision is simple. He either wants her or he doesn’t. She’s tired of his mixed messages and done with waiting for him to make up his mind...
  • Oath of Sacrifice by Jane Henry

    Oath of Sacrifice by Jane Henry

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She may be promised to a stranger. .. But we know the truth. Rosa Rossi is mine. Mine to have and to hold,. No matter the cost. If we're discovered,. My life is forfeit,. And she'll be exiled forever. But I know. .. I see through every glance sent my way. I feel every pulse of her heart. And my heart beats with hers. Now she's under my protection. No matter the cost,...
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