Checkmate
washu14
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  • Parts 19
  • Time 3h 35m
washu14
Complete, First published Sep 20, 2018
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Nathan is claimed to be the most beautiful man on English soil any girl would be glad to be in his presences but not Valerie Valentine a bookish young girl who could bring most men to their knees with a smile and the batting of her eyes thinks him boring and a stick in the mud. She even had the nerve to tell him so to his face. Nathan is determined to show her he is not boring at all. So, when they meet out in the country for the annual Valentines ball and the minx's asks him to go on a privet picnic and ice skating how could he say no? During their time they are skating they weather turns bad and they seek shelter at her families hunting lodge where they get snowed in. Despite Nathan's best efforts he cannot resist the dark-haired silver eyed beauty who he wants to show he is anything but boring. He has three days to show her before the snow stops and they can get back to her family estate. Will he win her heart, or will they have a stalemate? Or will they have an endgame that gives them their happily ever after?
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