BlackStrap
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MatureOngoing<5 mins
Last published Tue, Aug 12, 2014
19 year old Veronica Colly has had nothing but a normal life and one young bartender just wants to uncover all her deep dark secrets and will not give up.
With him digging around and a certain male turning up out of nowhere her life will get more twisted then ever. Will she be able to handle it or will it all just be too much.
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