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Antipodes - Scarlet Love Series [Now Published on Amazon] - Extract Only
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Last published Fri, Mar 18, 2022
Reagan
It was meant to be a date of convenience. I received an all-expenses paid trip to Italy in exchange for signing one hell of a non-disclosure agreement. Ty Landon, drummer in the chart-breaking rock band Scarlet Shadow, needed a wedding date and made me an offer too good to refuse.
But it turned out that I signed my heart away when I signed that contract. There was something about Ty that made every single warning bell go off inside my body like a fire alarm. I welcomed the heat, despite knowing that this little arrangement of ours had an expiration date. Pity that neither of us believed in fairy tales.
Ty
I was taken with Reagan from the moment we met, but I wasn't a believer in relationships or love. Whatever this was, I convinced myself that it couldn't be more than just physical attraction. But somehow, she crawled under my skin and she lingered.
I was trying to break free from my past. The last thing I expected was to meet my destiny. She made me change every rule, and I started believing again. But that was my mistake because it turned out that I was always destined to break her wings.
*Now available on Amazon as paperback, e-book and Kindle download.
* Can be read as a standalone, but is part of the Scarlet Love Series - a series centered around the band Scarlet Shadow and their loved ones.
*Copyright Talita Lawrence 2022 - all rights reserved
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