Burning Shadows
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Nineteen-year-old Diamond Green is used to running-from broken homes, from her parents' lies, from the mess her brother always leaves behind. She's spent her life packing up, moving on, and pretending she's fine. But this time feels different. Florida is supposed to be a new beginning-a place to finally breathe, to finally belong.
Then Oliver Hale walks in.
Dangerous. Charming. The kind of man who carries trouble like it's stitched into his skin. He's everything Diamond swore she'd stay away from-and everything she can't seem to let go of.
While her brother, Iris, spirals deeper into old habits, Diamond finds herself tangled in Oliver's world-a world of secrets, smoke, and pain she's not sure she can escape. And when the lines between love and destruction start to blur, Diamond will have to choose: save the people she loves, or finally save herself.
Diamond is a dark, emotional coming-of-age story about family, betrayal, and the kind of love that can burn you alive-or set you free.
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His Obsession
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Touch Her And Die
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