Tempted to Touch (Book 1)
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Last published Tue, Dec 12, 2017
"I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul."
Death Lingers; it lingers on the soul; You carry it with you like a weight, and sometimes the dark seems more appealing than the life you live. For Twenty year old Lakota Dawson, she carried the weight of the world on her shoulders. she walked through life because she had to, not because she wanted to. It seemed impossible for her to ever resurface.
For Twenty-Three year old renowned tattoo artist Dexter Wilkson, he lost everything one cold December night. Dex must find the strength in himself to let go and live again.
In the city that never sleeps comes a tale of two utterly lost people, finding themselves in something neither of them ever imagined having or feeling again. love.
Lakota Dawson, and Dex Wilkson in...Tempted to Touch.
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