Tarnished Hearts (Redemption Series #2)
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Cadence Maxwell is living a double life.
During the day she spends her time as an average college student, taking an overload of courses in order to obtain her business degree and caring for her elderly, disabled mother. But at night, she's no longer Cadence. Instead, she has no choice but to transform into the effervescent Temperance, one of The Landing Strip's top earners and performers.
Cadence has managed to keep her secret occupation under wraps for the last four years, but her plans of keeping her head down and earning a steady income in order to pay for home health services for her mother come to a screeching halt when she begins to receive creepy fan mail and odd care packages from an anonymous admirer. Determined to keep their star dancer safe and secure, her club places her under close watch by their newest security guard.
There's only one problem. Her gruff, on the verge of antisocial, new security detail? Maverick Montgomery. Her lab partner.
BOOK #2 OF THE REDEMPTION SERIES
While this book features characters previously mentioned in book #1, it can be read as a complete standalone.
This is Maverick and Cadence's story. Coming 2023.
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