Crashing Down Into Flames
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"It's all just a game. The question is, who's going to fall first?"
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Evangeline is a 28-year-old reporter and assistant to the well-known Mr. Lockhart at the Lockhart Media Company. By the daytime, being a reporter is easy. Get coffee for the boss, meet and interview many famous people, and gossip with her coworkers. But when night comes, that's where her secret comes out: being an exotic stripper at an exotic (Playhouse) nightclub. The only thing keeping her secret from exploding in front of her face is one black mask.
Her life, now, is perfect as it can be from recovering from a past of dealing and being engaged with the dark, threatening, and obsessed, Mr. Cole Winters.
Fate be on the underside of Evangeline because dealing with the powerful -and best looking- Winters family is known all too for her. But, slowly getting dragged into the Mafia by her twin brother as she gets revenge for the person who murdered her unborn child is something she never expected to happen.
While her brother tries to mess with her life and slowly drags her into his job in the Mafia, Mr. Winters appears back in her life, offering a game to play. The first to fall in love loses. The price? The other person's head. Unwantingly, she accepts his offer, but for only one reason. Revenge. Little does she know that her plans might be hard when Mr. Winters plans to take back what's rightfully his. Her.
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{18+ Dark Romance Story}
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"She hates him. He wants to take every breath out of her body."
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"Don't worry, Cupcake. I'll make it worth your time. It'll be special... just you and me." -Nicholas
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