Yesterday’s Treasures: A Blueberry Beach Novel (Blueberry Beach Book 1)

By Jessie Gussman / Genre: Christian, ST Romance Test, 5edb3046-f9c1-4621-85f5-a4f7c2464a28_201

The last thing Lindy Coats wants is a divorce, but deep down she knows there has to be more to her twenty-year marriage than laundry and loneliness. In an act of desperation, she leaves her workaholic husband a note, pulls her teenage daughter out of school in Pittsburgh, and moves to their summer cottage on the shores of Lake Michigan.

Adam Coats can barely grasp the contents of the note in his hands. His wife has left him. That is what it says. And it says so many other heartbreaking things about how they barely see one another, or talk, or touch. How she’s been laid off from her job for six weeks, and Adam hadn’t even noticed. Worst of all, it is all true. Adam knows this. When had wanting to be a good business owner and provider for his family turned into this nightmare? He must earn Lindy back. There has to be a way.

In the town of Blueberry Beach, Michigan, Lindy’s new neighbors, a lonely single dad, a crotchety business owner, and a young mother with terrible secrets and a son fighting leukemia, begin to help Lindy discover how to infuse joy back into her life and heal her soul. She’s even inspired to start her own business.

But when Adam shows up, determined to reconcile, Lindy must decide between her bright new future or the value of yesterday’s treasures.

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Casino King: A Dark Mafia Romance (Carfano Crime Family Book 1)

By Rebecca Gannon / Genre: Romance, Subjects, Books

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Every week he sits at the same table, half in the shadows, watching me. Raw power rolls off of him in waves, and because of him, I dance better than I ever have before.

I only know him as A, the simple signature he uses on every note left for me at the end of each show. But I want to know more. I want to know if his eyes are as dark as they feel, and if his touch will burn as much as his gaze promises it will. He keeps his distance, though, until the night I need saving, and I’m swept away to his castle in the sky.

The moment I lock eyes with him, I feel my world tilt. He brings out a part of me I’ve kept hidden away, but so desperately need to be. I know I should run in the opposite direction when I find out who he is, but I take a step closer instead. And even when I try to run, he has other plans. Alec Carfano isn’t a man to let what’s his go easily, and there’s no question that I’m his.

Alec
Tessa Lyons is mine.
She became my obsession the moment I saw her.
There’s a darkness in her that matches my own, hiding just below her cover of innocence. It calls to me, begging me to coax it out of her so she can join me in the shadows where I live.

I stayed away as long as I could, not wanting the evils of my world to touch her. But when the evils of hers dares to, I use the opportunity to finally take her. And now that I have her, I refuse to let her go.

She doesn’t know who I am or what I’m capable of, but she’ll soon find out just how far I’ll go to keep her safe. No matter the cost, I’ll do anything to protect her. Nothing will stop me from keeping the one thing in my life that makes me feel anything good.

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The Island (Coral Island Book 1)

By Lilly Mirren / Genre: Divorce, Women’s Fiction

Beatrice is starting her life over after her husband broke the news of his affair moments before their anniversary party and vow renewal.

His revelation derails her. Her children have left home and she’d always imagined she and her husband would travel and grow old together. But now she’s unsure of where her life is headed.

With nowhere left to turn, she goes home to Coral Island to visit her estranged father. She stays in the old beach cottage from her childhood years and uncovers a hidden roll of fifty-year-old undeveloped photos. Who put them there and why?

Will she find answers & purpose on the island, rekindling old friendships and rediscovering a long-lost love? Or will she be driven back to the city and her failed marriage?

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Her Dangerous Viscount (Rakes & Rebels: The Beauvisage Family Book 5)

By Cynthia Wrig / Genre: Victorian, Historical, ST Romance Test

The year is 1814 and Grey St. James, Viscount Altburne, has escaped from Napoleon’s prison on the rocky isle of Mont St. Michel. Desperate and dangerous, he is a far cry from the rakish nobleman who broke hearts in Regency London.

High in a tower in her uncle Nicholai’s French château, Natalya Beauvisage is writing a romantic novel. At 26, she is beautiful but hardly marriageable, devoted instead to being an author. However, when a potently attractive stranger appears to hold her at knifepoint, Natalya thrills to a flesh-and-blood man.

Grey must escape from France and Natalya longs to return to America, so they form an unlikely alliance, traveling together in disguise. Natalya is caught up in a passionate fantasy that surpasses any she could imagine, but Grey’s heart is imprisoned by dark secrets that must be uncovered before he can open his heart to love…

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The Amish Widow: Amish Romantic Suspense (Amish Secret Widows’ Society Book 1)

By Samantha Price / Genre: Amish, Christian Denominations & Sects, Christian Books & Bibles

Newly widowed Amish woman, Emma Kurtzler, has had little time to grieve when she learns someone is trying to take her farm.
When someone close to her is killed, a group of Amish widows befriends her. She soon learns there’s more to these sweet widows than meets the eye.
In the midst of Emma’s troubles, she is drawn to a neighbor, but can she trust this man who is trying his best to win her heart?

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A Summer of Surprises

By Judith Keim / Genre: Contemporary, Women’s Fiction

Jill Conroy is tricked by her sister into becoming the housekeeper and cook for the summer at Seashell Cottage where Greg Campbell and his nephew, Brody, have been hired to do maintenance projects on the house. Annoyed at first, Jill soon realizes how wonderful it is to be away from her home in New York and the memories of her deceased, emotionally abusive husband. Soon the magic of the beach heals Jill enough for her to decide to move to Florida permanently to make a new life for herself. Her part-time work at a summer camp and the promise of a new job as a third-grade teacher in the fall make it seem as if her future is set. But a visit from her sister, followed by her mother, reveals secrets that surprise them all. Jill learns to accept the idea of love not only from Brody but from his daughter, Kacy, as the summer brings even more surprises.

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Wolf Shunned: A shifter fantasy romance (The Warrior Queen Legacy Book 1)

By Laurel Night / Genre: Romantic, Fantasy, Science Fiction & Fantasy

When you’re a nineteen year-old girl who can beat the crap out of every wolf in your pack, suddenly it’s not so great.

Love isn’t everything, I know; but even the most powerful she-wolf submits to her mate. If you can’t be beaten, you can’t be mated.

And an unmated wolf has no place in the pack.

My one hope is the clan gathering in the Blackwood Fortress. Every wolf in the continent attends, and a few seriously sexy wolves catch my eye. I’m bound to find at least one who can match me, right?

Then there’s my other problem: My pack leader is a grade-A jerk. After treating me like a genetic freak my whole life, he suddenly decides to stake a claim. But I can’t refuse the challenge, and my wolf won’t back down. Either I submit to the pack leader and become mated to his skeezy pelt, or I win the challenge and my freedom… by taking his place as pack leader.

Only no one has ever heard of a female pack leader, and if I become one, I’ll never find a mate.

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Teasing Destiny (Wishing Well, Texas Book 1)

By Melanie Shaw / Genre: Contemporary, ST Romance Test, 5edb3046-f9c1-4621-85f5-a4f7c2464a28_201

One fateful night four years ago, Destiny Rose Porter gave in to her desires and ended up with a shattered heart. A heart that, with time, learned to heal and guard itself. But when Jefferson James Briggs returns to their small hometown of Wishing Well, Texas, memories of that unforgettable night come back with him….

JJ Briggs knew he had started something he couldn’t finish four years ago. But now, he was back to set it right. The sexy Major League pitcher never forgot about his fiery redhead. The love and passion he felt for his “Pip” never faded.

They say old wounds cut deep…will JJ be able to heal the pain he caused all those years ago? Or will history repeat itself, keeping his Destiny just out of reach?

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Alexandra (Sweet Chase Brides: The Regency Book 1)

By Lauren Royal / Genre: Regency, Historical Romance, Romance

Lady Alexandra Chase has always liked being the perfect daughter, thank you very much. Why would she bother chafing against society’s restrictions when instead she could be basking in the warm glow of its approval? But when her brother’s best friend—and secret obsession—returns from a long spell abroad, she begins losing interest in the suitable young lord she’s expected to marry. Suddenly, family duty and a flawless reputation seem less important than the chance, however slight, that her girlhood crush might notice her now that she’s all grown up…

Tristan Nesbitt has done some growing up himself over the last few years, what with moving across oceans, inheriting a title, and facing a devastating scandal. But through it all, he’s never forgotten the Chases, the closest thing he had to a family back in his school days. When his old friend Griffin Chase requests a favor, he’s happy to oblige, as long as he can maintain enough distance from the family that his infamous past won’t tarnish their good name. Unfortunately, one Chase seems intent on getting much closer to him than she should…

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Blind Deception (Kings of Retribution MC Book 8)

By Crystal Danie / Genre: Romantic Suspense, Romance

Austin Blackstone lives and breathes for his club—his family. At seventeen, tragedy brought Austin and his sister to Polson, Montana, to live with a grandfather they never met before. His life-altering move eventually put him on the path to finding the Kings of Retribution MC. The club represented a strong sense of family and brotherhood. It was an easy choice to make when offered the opportunity to prospect.
Time and time again, he proved his loyalty, and now, years later, Austin proudly wears the club’s patch.
New Orleans is where he first laid eyes on Lelani. She needed their help, and he wanted nothing more than to protect her—to claim her as his own. The moment Austin allowed himself to kiss her, it became his undoing.

At the age of thirteen, Lelani Mancini’s world was shattered when she lost her parents, along with her eyesight, in a tragic accident. Lelani’s brother blames her for everything. Her parents’ deaths leave a gaping hole in the Mancini family.
Feeling defeated and lost, Lelani struggled to adjust to a life of darkness. Though terrified of the unknown, she found the strength to move on.
Years later, Lelani uncovered a secret, with her at the center of the deception. She put her trust in the wrong hands, almost costing Lelani her life. Those who should protect her are the ones she fears the most. All that she has ever known is gone.
The darkness Lelani lived in was suffocating.
Until she found light in an overprotective, tattooed Kings of Retribution MC member.
Loving Austin is dangerous.
Now, to protect her new life, Lelani is the one keeping a secret.

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Three Simple Rules (The Blindfold Club Book 1)

By Nikki Sloane / Genre: Contemporary, Romance

I would do anything for my dream job. Now I have to.

In order to save my skin at the office, I’m forced to sell it at an exclusive and illegal blindfold club. He paid thousands of dollars for one night to own me, but when my blindfold comes off, I want more. More nights, more rules, and more from this unavailable and uncompromising man.

Rule number one, no questions. Rule number two, no lies. But, rule number three? That’s the hardest one to obey.

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Meet Clara Andrews: The first book in the laugh-out-loud romantic comedy series that will have you hooked! (Clara Andrews Book 1)

By Lacey London / Genre: Literature & Fiction, Teen & Young Adult

It all starts with an unfortunate first meeting…

Being young, free and single, Clara Andrews thought she had it all.

A fabulous job in the fashion industry, a buzzing social life and the world’s greatest best friends are all that her heart desires. But when a chance meeting introduces her to Oliver, a devastatingly handsome American designer, Clara has her head turned.

Trying to keep the focus on her work, Clara finds her heart stolen by lavish restaurants and luxury hotels.

As things get flirty, Clara reminds herself that office relationships are against the rules. So, when a sudden memory of an evening out leads her to a gorgeous barman, she decides to see where it leads.

Clara soon finds out that dating two men isn’t as easy as it seems.

Will she be able to play the field without getting played herself?

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Shy girls write it better (Some Girls Do It Book 1)

By May Sage / Genre: Billionaires, Romance

Cassie Franklin trips over nothing on perfectly flat surfaces every day, and she cannot seem to be able to simultaneously speak and look into her audience’s eyes.
Cassandra Frank is the ultimate tease; her words have aroused, intrigued and captured the heart of thousands…
And somehow, they are the same person.

Hiding the fact that she writes erotica isn’t much of a challenge – no one would ever think that a plain, boring little accountant like Cassie could so much as read anything so scandalous…
But one day, she makes a huge mistake.

Carter Harris employs so many people he can’t exactly recall all their names, but strangely, he knows her. She isn’t an executive, she isn’t sexy, or otherwise noticeable, but the girl is cute – in a helpless, unique sort of way.
He can’t pretend to say she ever crosses his mind, though… Until the day he finds the manuscript she worked on during her lunch hour.

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Lunar Witch (Phases of the Moon Book 1)

By M. Sinclair / Genre: New Adult & College, Romance

No man would ever own me again.

A simple promise I’d made to myself after escaping a brutal childhood of abuse and being trained to enact violence on unblessed witches. Since that moment, I had managed to survive on the streets by successfully pickpocketing.

Unfortunately, after years of hiding, the monster who starred in all of my nightmares was closer than ever and I was faced with only one option – seeking refuge at the Dark Imaginarium Academy.

Filled with the elite witches of our society, I should have expected to run into some of my previous targets and that normally wouldn’t have been a problem. It wasn’t like they’d known I’d stolen from them.

Except for my last hit.

What I stole from him was something I would never forget because it was literally embedded in my chest. Yeah, he was a bit upset about that one… as in acting absolutely psychotic. Except he’s not the only one…

A blood witch who has an addiction to my taste.

A lunar witch who takes pleasure in trying to scare me into submission.

An unblessed that wants to dissect me, literally.

A shadow witch that relishes in marking up my body to show ownership.

These men want to claim me, own me, and the treasure that I now possess, but I would never break the promise I made to myself.

But when my past follows me right into the place I considered a safe haven, I find that these psychos may be the exact key to getting rid of my problem forever. The only problem? These men are convinced that I’ve never experienced the type of horror that would be required for that to happen, that they have to protect me from it. What they don’t realize?

Killing left a stain on the soul and mine was pitch black.

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Spurred (Steele Ranch Book 1)

By Vanessa Val / Genre: Contemporary, Women’s Fiction

It’s time to saddle up with a slew of Vanessa Vale cowboys! Welcome to Steele Ranch, where the men see what they want. And claim it.
For Cord and Riley, that’s sexy and sinfully sweet Kady Parks.

The Philadelphia school teacher discovers she’s the heir—along with half-sisters she didn’t know existed—to the Steele fortune, including a real-life cattle ranch. Instead of spending her summer break at home, she’s in Barlow, Montana. The West is as wild as she imagined when two hot cowboys take her for one wild ride. Kady’s ready to dig in her spurs and hang on tight.

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Of Beast and Beauty (Daughters of Eville Book 1)

By Chanda H / Genre: Mythology & Folk Tales, Literature & Fiction

Everyone dreams of marrying a prince—except for me. I am nothing more than a pawn in my adoptive mother’s diabolical plot against the seven kingdoms. I was the chosen tool, her sharpened blade that would cut the deepest into the heart of the Kingdom of Baist. But like all deadly weapons, my wedding is two-edged sword that could cost me my soul.

For I am Rosalie, one of the adopted daughters of Lady Eville, and it is my duty to enter into a loveless and hate-filled marriage with the narcissistic Crown Prince of Baist. My choices and heart are not my own to give. Yet even in the thick of dire situations, beastly vengeance can give way to beautiful attraction.

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Entranced: A Brother’s Best Friend Billionaire Romance (The ROGUES Billionaire Series Book 1)

By Tracie Delaney / Genre: Billionaires & Millionaires, Romance

Have you ever loved anyone so much that you’d give them up at the expense of your own happiness?
No? Well, I did.

Okay, that’s not the first lie I’ve ever told myself. I fought tooth and nail for the only man I’ll ever love, but in the end, I had to concede defeat. Even now, seven years later, the cruel words Ryker uttered the morning after he took my virginity still wield the power to shatter the remains of my heart.

Yet fate has a way of shaping our lives. No matter how hard we fight for a different outcome.

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HATE CRUSH

By A. Zavarelli / Genre: Contemporary, ST Romance Test, 5edb3046-f9c1-4621-85f5-a4f7c2464a28_201

They call him the devil.

When I crash-landed into him on my first day at Loyola Academy, I was sure that couldn’t be true.

He was the most gorgeous man I’d ever seen in real life.

Little did I know he was also the cruelest.

I went from starstruck to stunned the moment his cynical eyes cut through me.

I can’t tell you what it was that made him want to punish me. But from that day forward the brooding recluse of a man made it his goal to torment me.

I want to loathe him, and some days, I do.

But good or bad, nobody’s attention has ever tasted so sweet.

What do you do when you have a hate crush on your bully?

Worse yet, what do you do when he’s also your teacher?

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Once Upon an Achingly Beautiful Kiss (The Whickertons in Love Book 5)

By Bree Wolf / Genre: Romance, Classics

A forgotten lady.
A tortured earl.
And an invitation that will change their lives.

England 1803: LADY JULIET BEAUMONT, eldest daughter to the Earl of Whickerton, has loved and lost…long ago. With her hopes dashed, she turns away from seeking a match and continues on as her grandmother’s faithful companion, grateful to find happiness in her wild, boisterous and utterly unconventional family. Yet, every once in a while, a distant part of Juliet’s soul cries out for the man she once loved, unable to even contemplate the notion of choosing another. After all, one cannot give away one’s heart if it is no longer in one’s possession, can one.

CHRISTOPHER HURST, EARL OF LOCKHART, left England years ago, turning his back not only on his family and the title that was never meant for him, but also on his dearest friend. Always has he loved Juliet, and yet it is only in the very moment that Fate forces him from these shores that he realizes he is in love with her. The realization comes far too late.

Until the Dowager Countess of Whickerton—known to those who love her as Grandma Edie—calls Christopher back to England. He doubts whether it is wise to return, afraid he will find Juliet married to another; however, no one in their right mind would ever dare refuse the dowager.

And so, Christopher does return…and the moment he finds Juliet’s bewitching green eyes look into his once more, he knows he cannot lose her a second time.

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Love Bites (Tails from the Alpha Art Gallery Book 1)

By Cynthia St. Aub / Genre: Werewolves & Shifters, Romance

A girl’s gotta eat—and so do her three cats. Recently divorced art history grad student Hanna Harvey has just fibbed her way into a job as the assistant to dangerously drool-worthy art gallery owner Mark Abernathy. For Hanna, working in the field she desperately loves provides the perfect opportunity to begin putting her life back together. Soon her cheese budget is in the black and her feline life partners are no longer eyeing her like a six-foot can of Fancy Feast.

But when her boss’s lady friends start turning up dead, Hanna finds herself in the cross hairs of a murder investigation. Even worse, hunky homicide detective James Morrison fears hers might be the next body he discovers.

With the “help” of the gallery’s quirky cast of resident artists, Hanna will have to hunt down the truth about Abernathy’s dark secret—before it hunts her.

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When an Earl Meets a Girl (Chase Family Series Book 1)

By Lauren Royal / Genre: Medieval, Historical, ST Romance Test

Descended from generations of jewelers, Amethyst Goldsmith loves her craft nearly as much as she loves her family. But she hates that her wedding is mere days away. Amy is promised to her father’s small-minded apprentice, the last man on earth she could ever love, honor, or especially obey. But the date is set, the dress is ordered, and there’s no way out—until the devastating Great Fire of 1666 sweeps through London, shattering her workaday world and recasting her fate…

Colin Chase, the Earl of Greystone, doesn’t believe in fate. He believes in hard work and securing his family’s future, which means marrying the wealthy, high-born Lady Priscilla Snobs—er, Hobbs. When he rescues a lowly jeweler’s daughter from the inferno, he’s only taking pity on a broken young woman. But as the pieces begin to mend, Amy emerges. Beautiful, passionate, playful Amy, who maddeningly captures his family’s hearts. Soon Colin fears that if he lets his guard down for even a moment, he might find his own heart held hostage as well…

Snowed in together at empty, crumbling Greystone Castle, an earl and a common girl can’t help surrendering to desire. But when the dream is over and reality catches up with them, can they find a way to make their two worlds one?

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The Umbra King (Vincula Realm Book 1)

By Jamie Applegate Hunter / Genre: Fantasy, Romance

After the brutal murder of her twin sister, Aurora “Rory” Raven spends years forging herself into a ruthless vigilante killer.

She never gave up her search for the man who killed her sister, but when she is convicted of thirteen murders and sentenced to five-hundred years in Vincula, the prison realm, she knows her sister’s death will never be avenged.

After arriving in Vincula, Aurora discovers her opportunity for retribution is closer than she thought.

Caius is the notorious Umbra King, ruler of Vincula, King of the Monsters, and the thing nightmares are made of. After being locked in his own realm for a crime he didn’t commit, his only focus has been revenge.

But when Aurora drops into his throne room, representing everything he despises, they begin a game of cat and mouse, and before long, their hatred turns into something else.

Circumstances draw them together, but revenge might tear them apart.

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The Teacher: A Romantic Women’s Fiction Novel (The Lewis Brothers Series Book 1)

By Meg Gray / Genre: Domestic Life, Women’s Fiction

Portland, Oregon. Emma Hewitt never dreamed she’d have to start over outside her rural community. But she rises to the challenge and enthusiastically welcomes her class of kindergartners, right until a harried father drops off his disruptive child mid-meltdown. And after failing to calm the kid’s distress as the year advances or get the handsome-but-oh-so-frustrating lawyer to return her calls, she jumps at the chance to squeeze into a surprise meeting at his office.

Discovering the truth behind the five-year-old’s trauma, Emma devotes herself to connecting him with professional treatment as she grows close to the wounded family. But despite all her efforts to resist, she begins to worry that she’s falling for the cantankerous single dad.

Can she help two broken souls heal and grab hold of a beautiful future together?

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Sweatpants and Spells: A Paranormal Women’s Fiction Novel (Midlife Magic in Marshmallow Book 1)

By Keira Blackwood / Genre: Werewolves & Shifters, Romance

One day I’m in anger management, normalizing the cordial hate between me and my husband.

The next, we’re divorced and he has taken both our house and the business we built together. I’m forty years old and living above our empty restaurant, plotting my next move.

And then the world around starts lighting up—literally catching on fire. I’m starting to think my defining characteristic may not be my snark or my cupcake-baking prowess, but spontaneous combustion.

I’m done suppressing my anger. I’m done playing by other people’s rules. Ready to take the reins on my destiny, I’m making the choices I used to be too afraid to make. Like my favorite cast iron skillet, women get better with age. And at forty, I know exactly who I am and what I want.

I’ll embrace the fire and the fury. This is my life, and I’m in control.

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Heart & Soul: A Romance (Tanner Family Book 3)

By Brooke St. James / Genre: Clean & Wholesome, Romance

I honestly thought I was set for life—at least where love was concerned. I was dating the man of my dreams and assumed we would live happily ever after. But then he left me with a broken heart.

I was embarrassed and hurt, and picking up the pieces seemed impossible. I hadn’t sworn off men completely, but getting into another relationship was something I just didn’t care about.

For the time being, I was living for myself and for the weekend, and I thought nothing would change that. Then I met Caleb, the son of a preacher.

He was not what I expected, but everything I needed.

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