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Saving the Gunslinger by conleyswifey
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Samantha has been running from a monster for a long while. Everyday she lives in fear of being found. She wonders if her life will ever be anything other than hiding and looking over her shoulder. Zachary has failed his family. After five long years, attempting to avenge their deaths, he returns home unsuccessful. Full of pain, self-loathing, and regret, Zachary wants only to be left alone and attempt to get his family ranch back up and running. One night, Zachary decides to drown his pain at a saloon in town and that's where a red-haired beauty catches his eyes. Something about her seems out of place in a saloon full of drunken men and experienced women. Zachary finds himself desperate to help the woman and along the way she brings him back to life..... ...Until a monster from their past comes to tear everything apart.
Tough Love by freakylass
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Danica Romanov has just started her new job as a data analyst for the S.W.A.T team of the NYPD. She has spent the last few years on her own, away from everyone. What happens when a certain team of S.W.A.T guys want to befriend her? What happens when one particular guy wants to help her fight the demons he can see she is hiding? Will he be tough enough to battle through all the obstacles? Will she be able to trust him to help her? Read to find out. First story so please bear with me :)
Finding Love in a Coffee Shop by JordanLynde
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Katie Holmes is a caffeine addict. Between college, and taking care of her brother, it's acceptable. Though, it doesn't help that the cafe down the street is full of handsome baristas, including one William Cerak in particular who has a mysterious scar on his wrist. Synopses will be the death of my publishing career.
Wounded Hearts by conleyswifey
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After his wife's death, Ronan dedicates his life to their daughter. Laura hates men and feels none of them can be trusted after her boyfriend walks out of her life with a cavalier 'it's been fun sweetheart.' Can two wounded hearts be made whole again or is the pain in their past too much for them to overcome?
Courage Under Duress (SYTYCW) by ItalRT4u
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© Carey Decevito, 2013 At 24 years old, Erica Pattinson never saw herself as a victim. Trapped in an abusive marriage where she is beaten, demeaned and suffers every type of torment imaginable, she tries to find an out-an escape. When Thomas (Tom) Clarke rolls into town and discovers that his best friend's wife is in the hospital after a terrible "fall", he knows that something is amiss. The two never expected for Erica's husband to refuse her freedom or the fact that hero and survivor would develop more than a simple friendship in this thrilling tale of love and courage.
Beauty And Her Beast by tobeexpected
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He never wanted to be good, until he met her. He liked the feeling of fighting, until he met her. He liked being feared by everyone, until he met her. His favorite game was Russian Roulette, until he met her. He was who he was and never felt guilty about any of the horrible things he did, until he met her. She never wanted to take any risk, until she met him. She enjoyed the safety of a warm blanket and a book, until she met him. she didn't fall for temptation, until she met him. She thought the mafia only existed in movies, until she met him. She always dreamed of her fairytale prince charming, until she met him. Now beauty has her eyes on a beast, and it looks like the beast has his on her too. #57 in ROMANCE 4/4/17 #119 in Action 9/13/18
To Forgive & Hold Safe (The Broken Men Chronicles - #4)(SAMPLE ONLY) by ItalRT4u
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Loss, pain, guilt... Those are the emotions Ben Carpenter feels as the lone survivor of a terrible night, three years before, where fate was so unkind. On a quest to forget, aware of only one thing-overwhelming misery-he submerses himself into running Fairfax, the pub he and his wife had once planned on opening together, and his side gig as a volunteer firefighter. Resolved to a life of loneliness, Ben is sideswiped when envy takes hold after he's asked to stand as Best Man at his best friend's wedding. Before he can deal with the idea of opening up to love again, tragedy strikes...just not for Ben this time. As secrets to his wife's betrayal come to light, Ben is faced with the reality that an opportunity to heal stares him straight in the face-albeit, in the form of Hannah. Bonded by their similar losses, Ben begins to wonder. Is there really such a thing as second chances? RECOMMENDED READING ORDER: Once Written, Twice Shy Almost Forgotten Play Me to Infinity To Forgive & Hold Safe A Heart's War
Firecracker (On Hold) by freakylass
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Meet Arya Flynn. She's a firecracker. Actually, she's just one angry chick. She's constantly in trouble with the cops for fighting and despite jail time, nothing seems to make her want to change. So, when the District Attorney's office are trialling a new offender's rehabilitation program, guess who is first on the list? Join Arya's journey through angry eyes, along with her ways of getting amusement, and see if she can actually fight through that anger and make peace with herself.
She's different  by CSEdward
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Lily blue is very shy she doesn't like attention at all on her she is used to being in the background she don't like people looking at her since she is a big girl she has enough problems without people talking about her she works for a devil of a women as her assistant doing everything she needs an more !!! Lily cannot afford to quit she needs the money for her mothers hospital bills Lily mets her bosses brother an his business partner an they instantly take a liking to her but she tries to avoid them at all costs what will happen when they get a taste of her Sam Lupo an Nick Costa are have been together since college they are 28 now they are just more businesses partners they are a couple they love each other but they also miss having a women too they have tried to find a woman to add with them but they haven't found the one yet most women only want is their money an status they just about give up until they meet her she is so different from the other women an they love it A/N this story has a lot of sexual things in it if you don't like That then don't read it also this story has very mature things as well that can be unsettling to some people please do not read if you cannot Handle that also my story is my own. All characters are fictional. (©). "All Rights Reserved".
Scarred for Love by ItalRT4u
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Addison Parker, a gorgeous 21 year old who had a lifetime ahead of her, until her ex attacks her one night. Left with multiple scars, both emotionally and physically, Addison tries to rebuild herself by taking off and moving away where she'd be able to get away from the stigma, the whispers, the looks that followed her everywhere she went. Will she end up finding love, will she end up living her "happily ever after" or will terror reign over her once more? © ItalRT4u, 2011