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estelleaurelia
Ongoing, First published Jul 15, 2022
Mature
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Dalton Pierce is a sexy, muscular, and clever detective from Europe. His life is going nowhere until he meets Brooklyn Chance, beautiful, tan woman with a passion for music.

Brooklyn takes an instant disliking to Dalton and the snotty and cold-blooded ways, he learnt during his years working as a detective.

However, when The Dragon, the well known Italian Mafia, leader tries to trick Brooklyn, Dalton springs to the rescue.  Brooklyn begins to notices that Dalton is actually rather charming at heart.

But, the pressures of Dalton's job as a detective leave him blind to Brooklyn's affections and Brooklyn takes up writing to try to distract herself.

Finally, when callous lawyer, Carla Greenway, threatens to come between them, Brooklyn has to act fast. But will they ever find the deep love that they deserve?
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LONELY HEARTS (COMPLETE)

20 parts Complete Mature

She's a law intern and lives life on her own terms. He's the head of NYC's biggest crime family and he too, lives life on his own terms. A chance encounter brings together two similar people who lead very different lives. Their story will push the boundaries of trust, compromise, heartache, and how far one will go for the one you love. Will their similarities let their love grow or will their differences force it to crash and burn? •STRONG LANGUAGE •VIOLENCE •SEXUAL CONTENT

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