18+ | The Night It All Burned
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#1 Love Me Like A Crime Series: The Night It All Burned
Some stories don't start with a beginning, they start with damage.
Maëva Carter Simmons had one job: stay clean. Head down, mouth shut, survive probation without giving them a reason to drag her back.
That plan lasted about as long as it needed to fall apart.
Now she's trapped between old mistakes, federal eyes, and decisions that only seem to get worse the harder she tries to do the right thing. Every step forward feels like evidence waiting to be used against her.
One wrong move earns her another sentence. The next one becomes her obituary.
Somewhere in the middle of it all is a man who could either ruin everything...or become the fire she keeps mistaking for warmth.
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