Ruthless
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Christy is a bookstore owner soon to be married to Dan but, Christy stumbles upon some news that causes her to kill her husband.
Traumatize by the events that took place after a good thing has happened Christy tries to hide the evidence of her husband's death.
Luke is a detective by day and bartender by night. His first assignment happens to be to uncover the case of Christy's husband's death. Lies pile up and feelings flourish but Christy still hides the truth from Luke even though she's in love with him.
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