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Midnight Run

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Reads 6,247
Votes 359
Parts 25
Time 2h 57m

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Once Upon a Time never felt like this...

"Cinderella" meets marathon training in this modern fairy tale!

Running, coffee, and New York City: Nora feels like she's got it all. But when this barista meets Kingston, a handsome Texan, she realizes the one thing she's been missing is love.

Kingston doesn't want to admit that he's looking for a fairy tale, and he sure didn't think he'd fall for two women. But what he doesn't know about his running buddy and the pretty barista might surprise him.

MIDNIGHT RUN is a contemporary romance inspired by Cinderella, and it's the first book in the Once Upon a Desire series.

Once Upon a Desire: contemporary fairy tales with a pinch of spiceAll Rights Reserved

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Sweet Encounters

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